Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-03-07

and one or two from real sense OF good nature
and benevolence. The examination Of 'n''
woman and her various prohigate intima!es oe
fore the House Of Commons, occupied tnat 40
sembly for nearly three months, aAd lna' wiz, wiz
an intenseness Of anxiety seldom equailed. "e
Duke Of York was acquitted from the mo.io"
broueh eainsl him by majority o' eisn.y'
but so strong was the outcry againsehim VIZ"
out doors, SO much was the nation convineeu
rha, all Mrs Clarke said was true, aud so ii''ss
could they be broght TO doubt that the luke %
York was conscious and participant actor 10
all that persons schemes, that his Royal Hisn-
ness seeing his utility DISTRACTED 6y popular
prejudice, rendered 10 his majesty the resisha-
ton of his Office, which was accepted accord
ineiv, March 20, 1909. Ard thus, as accord
ing 10 Solomon, dead fy can pollule the most
precious unguent, was the honorable tame ac-
uuired by the services OF lifetime, obscured oy
the consequences OF what the gay world wou'a
have termed a venial lie, ity.. The warning 10
those Of birth and eminence is oil the most
serious nature. This step had not oeen io"s
taken, when the mis-, in which the question was
involved began to disperse., The public aeeu'
ser in the House of Commons, Colonel Wardie
was detected in some suspicious dealings with
the principal witness, Mrs. Clarke. and 1t was
evidently expectation Of gain that had brought
this lady 10 The bar as ap evidence. Next oc-
Cured. in the calm moments Of retrospect, the
great i,nprobsbil,y that bis Royal Highnesse v'
er could know on what terms she negotiated
with those in whose favour she solicited. 1t
may be we'll supposed she concealed the motive
for interesting herself in such as were his own
favoured ri, Els, and what greater probability
was there that she should explain to him her
mercenary speculations, or distinguish them
from the intercessions which she made upon
more honorable motives? When the matter OF
accusation was thus reduced, 10 his Koya'
Hie hness's having been, in two or three instan-
ces, The dupe OF an artFul woman, men began to
set that when once the guilt oil entertaining
mistress as acknowledged, the disposition to
CRAFTY such person, who must always exei-
else a natural influence over her paramount, FOL
lows as matter Of course. II was then that
the public compared the extensive and length
ened train CT cubic services, by which the Duke
had distinguished hinlseirin the management
Of the army, with the ir9ing foble Of his hav-
ing granted ore or wv o favours, not in them
selves improper, the request OF woman who
had such opportunities 10 press her suit; and,
doing 10 his Royal Highness the justice Inc well
deserved, wtlcomed him back, IN May, lSl 10
the situation ffom which he had been driven
by calumny and popular prejudice.
In that high command his Royal HIghneas
continued 10 manage our military affairs. Dur
ing the last years Of the most momentous war
that ever was waeed, his Royal Highness pre-
pared the most splendid victories our annals
boast, by an unceaslng attention 10 the charac-
ter and talents Of The officers, and the comforts
and health Of The men Trained under a sys'
tenn so admirable, our army seemed to increase
in efficacy, power, and even in numbers, in pro-
portion 10 the Increasing occasion which the
public had for their services. Nor is il less
praise that, when The men SO disciplined return
ed from scenes of battle, ravaged countries,
and stormed cities, they re assumed the habits
Of private life as if they had never left them;
and that Of all the crimes whlsh the criminal
calendar presented Gin Scotland at least), there
are not above one or two instances in which the
perpetrators have been di5banded soldiers
This is happy change since !he reduction Of
the army, after peace with America in 1888,
which was the means Of infrsiing the country
with rufiians Of every description; and, in the
prison of Edinburg alone, there were six or Sc
ven disbandeG solciers under sentence Of death
at fhe saNe time.
This experimenting care, il not the most
gauGy, is amongst the most enduring flowers
which will bloom over the Duke of York's
tomb 1t gave energy to Britain in war, and
strength to her in peace. 1t combined Tranquil
lily with triumph, and morality with the habits
of a military life. If our soldiers have been
found nvincible M battle, and meritorious in
peaceful society, when restored TO It's bosom,
lie: no Brj,on forget that this is owing 10 the
paternal care Of him, to whose memory we here
offer an imperfect tribute
Edinburgh W. Journal
1t is stated that Governor Kent has issued
noHe proSegui in the case Of the Rev. ]. VALIANT.