The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-17 00:00:00

in the Court. rue detail of evidence the Pt.bl.t t't

&fort. As far as regards sky. tebtiatuay, there dew..
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enabled the ,Puhlic to stren4tlseo Cu.; ver,:ict, with ai aimust
universal approbation. Colonel Wardle, iodated by a popu-
larity, the extent of which was as unexpected. alit ad ere
found to have been undeserved. bad vainly ilattered 611.1atIt
that this same popularity would protect him agolot the dm.
tke of A 6 country s disappointed at the verdict, he has last
ens prudence with teiuper; and, without giving hiamey'
time lie relkeli•lfi, • s rade an unu-stal ap,,eal to the psupte
uf the L'nited Ky..; ' sgaimit the we; stet of a Jury. As ea
even ...r almost imerecedeotell circumstance, he Misstat-
ed that his Cositrel, aetwithstanding his earnest =treaty, re-
peated to them is writing, daring the Trial, in the strongest
teem, did Nut comply with Ai:: request, to examine Major
Dodd, Mr. Glesoir, and others. However he eee., vare„r
aboL t these w.toemes out of Court, eves Colonel Wirdle will
hesitate before he vcae:es to sub!ert them tear czaintadion
wpm oath, whilst the written doom/seats exist, which will in-
, celpate more exakedpermas, mid shake the eery fuendatiimi of
his owe ephemeral popularity. Colonel Wardle is not igno-
rant of the rensonv which may have inclined the suppres•iun
of the written testimony. that woaid have undeniably corro-
borated my evidence. Colonel Wardle knows that lir.
Wright's sensate, as well as others, two prove every syllable
that I have sworn. Col. Wardle has becalm full of himself,
and hie Imprudent, not to have made many eniseceseary con-
Ada* of hb inteetboos and promises. I dare say the evi-
dame of lifajur Dodd and Mr. Weenie would ham. ben found-
ed
in Inith; it would, therefore, have been tuadoess to Cul.
Wardle to have emmised them, and be Loess tali,. Major
Ds d heard my avideset, be could bare comradkled me
era the spot, W I hod bees wrong ; mid is there my reason
to airfeell that he WINN have had any scruple to bare morn
to us troth, if that ft 'mild have coatindicted use ?—is
any sass mask a Awl as to believe that l Nu in this case the
Maier Matt have milieu therwhok truth, mil seething but the
trathomm the Aftwory-Cksieml said, his preessce or his ab-
eam equally sappeesod Kr. Wright's awe. Ide Not pretend
is know any thing atom law, bat I kite w what is commas
west, which I think is more than Colonel Wardle appears to
kw*. If he had been contest to throw the blame of his
failure tepee Ida Counsel, It would have been no business of
esitie-.obey are able to defend themselves; but to be charg-
ed with a crime m disgraceful, so low, so weir Ruble, and,
I by a person, toe, who, of all men, best knows bow abhorrent
my stature is from say thing like falsehood; to be charged, I
my, with rerjury, by Colonel Wardle, is really too had; I
understand great mess has bees laid by Colonel IVardle and
some of his partisatu, upon a letter which I wrote to him in
the mouth of May last, upon the subject of the engagements
and promises made to me prior to the iinestigatios, and this
letter is said to have occasioned bit determination 110 i to see
Rte crag MOM

Wily COIONeI Wardle called the same day after be had
received the letter, and I would not -ee him, being determin-
ed to have no further conair.uniratioo with him, except to
writing. Colonel Wardle will recoiled the coagulation he
had will my servant epos' the soliji ct of Ibis letter; and the
appuisdnesal Ac made with her to ;nett hies at stool o'clock
that (cc:flag at the Chapel door: tortunately I have a copy
ot that letter,and little am di-paved to conceal any
tiling I may citiier la.i%e said or written, that if this inti-
mation dues not compel Colonel Wardle to do me the
justice of giving Ibis letter to the public, and no lodger to
shelter his samilaiy insinuations under the cloak of delicate
WILL MVSEL.II 113111.15 U IT, in the Newspapers.—lt only
remains fur me to declares bejirt God and asp Commie), that
the evidence I gave was *trial' true; and Met atif
silk OIL iFeedis wager(' edema to my evidence mad Ms pee.
odes; most asuloarly, therefire, do I look forward to the
p. rind, when the futility of Col. Wardle's atSsuipb to prove
tin co:Wary to is Ike fact. will recoil upon biases? •ND
OTPLii.s, and only droarthen the claims which I have to too
public eoelltksee is my veracity. 1 trust that, till ton, tie
public will sospesd their judgment upon Col. Wardle's is/coo-
perate areasation. Although it may not be equally proper in
me, as in Col. Wardle, to state the gratitude and nerd 1
feel for the public approbation of such parts of my conduct
as admitted of that approbation, yet I hope it is Not sinned.
even to me, to expsoss the anguish of miod I should endure,
If, upon soca an geossiont,.and in Such a sugamer, I had really
de/laved tacit Stil*Frobation. I have did honor to he, with
.great respect, • MARY ANN -CLARKE.
Wedthuurce-Mare, Jely 15, 104.