Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-22

complaining heavily Of the treatment nc
hid experienced. Mrs. Shave had also
written to Mrs. Clarke, ard threatened her
and the commander in chief with apabllc
exposure Of the whole transaction, unless
Justice were immediately done her husband,
but in vain. Herr, heas, heas!f Ihis case
pretty clearly Showed that Mrs. Clarke,s IN
Auence extended to The staff as wel as 70 me
other Departments Of the military service ~
bv reducing an individual from tuil TO nan !.
pay. In consequence alone OF has breach OF
such an iniquitous bargain, his royal highness
the commander in chief had made hHnseil
direct party to the transactions The next
case to which he shoald cali the attent'on OF
the House related TO levy under the ca
rection of Col. French. Colonel French
applied in the year 1904 for permission TO
conduct the levy OF a regiment. lhls iesy
was set on foot by the influence OF NfIS.
Clarke, to whom Colonel French was m
troduced by Captain Huxley Sander, and
an agreement took place, by which 1t was
stipulated that Mrs. Clarke should receive
a given sum out of the bounty OF each man,
and have the patronage Ola certain number.
of officers. This agreement Mrs. Clarke
Immediately made known te the Duke o.
York. and then SEM Col. French to tbs
horse guards to wait or his Royal high
ness, where after several interviews he sue
ceeded III obtaining his object. As the ie-
w proceeded, Mrs. Clarke received seve-
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Huxley Sander, and from Mr.. Cory -
one sum OF 500 pounds she received by
the hands of Mr., Cory, which was paid 10
him BY Mr. Gockayne, solicitor OF emf
nence in London, employed by Colonel
French. In the next case which ne should
state, it would be necessary for him &c re-
vert to Lieutenant Donovan OF the royal
garrison battalion, who WIS the agent CT
an old officer, Captain Tuck, and who
had actually given TO that officer wrltten
list Of the prices at which Mrs. Clarke
would engage 10 procure military promo
ton, namely Eor a majority, 1901 fer a
company z0OL tor a lieutenancy 4O0L and
Cor an er1signcy 20Ci. Now, the regula-
tioo prices were, lor majority 2,o00l tor
| company 2,5OOL for lieutenancy 550l
aud Tor an ensigncy AGO.. SO that the half
pay list and the compassionate fund must
evidently have sustained the most material
injury. The next case re should bving
forward WAS of still more pointed nature
and bore on the ,coaan 1ander in chief alone.
Lac was prepared to prove that the com.
naoGer 10 chirf was te have had a loan
10 a considerable amount from Col. French
or his agent, on condition Of successfully
as,ag has influence 70 procure for Colonel
FRENCH large arrear 3ue to him from go
verninemr, ior the very levy Of which be
had already spoken. His Rovsa Highness
did sss his intaence, bat did not succeed,
and cid Rot receive his loan and it was
fact, that al that moment there was due
from government 10 Col. French no less
sans than 5000.
The lasr case which he should intru1e on
The patience Of the House was that ct Cap
tain Making, VINO, being appointed an en-
Sign IN she 8Tth regiment on tie 28th Of.
November, 1905, was made q lieutenant
on the z6th December, 1897, and ootainedJ
a company IN the African corps on he l5th
CT September, 1896. This African corps,
by the way, was commanded by Col. Cor
don, the Duke Of York's private secretary
Gaptzin Mailing ras man o. unexception
able character, he meant TO casG no seaec
ton upon bin, but be certainly had had the
good tortune to be a clerk in Mr. Green
woods Office, and he could prove, that tho
an ensign in 1895, he was at MIR. Green |
woods desk in 1907. But what was worse
was this, that In three years, without an
hougof actual service, he was pat over the
heaas Of ali the subalterns in the array, CON
slSting of hundreds ct brave men who had
lonls. served their country, who had siled