for a conspiracy to defraud Gwyllim Lloyd Wardle, Esq. The circumstances of the case were so amply recited on the former trial, in which, by the perjuries alledged on this occasion, Mr. Wardle had a verdict given against him for furniture delivered by the Wrights to Mrs. Clarke, that it it is unnecessary, and our limits prevent us from entering into details.--The witnessess called to prove that Mr. Wardle had not made himself liable to pay Mr. Wright for Mrs. Clarke's furniture, and consequently to prove by inference, the fact of the conspiracy, were the Colonel himself, Major Dodd, Mr. Glennie, and Sir R. Phillips. The two first contradicted the testimony given by Mrs. Clarke on a former trial, as to certain expressions used by her while selecting the furmture at the upholsterers, and the two latter gentlemen stated the substance of conversations with Mrs. Clarke, subsequent to the conclusion of the late parliamentary investigation, in which that lady admitted her own responsibility for the goods in question; particularly on offering her memoirs for publication to that respectable bookseller, who bade 50001. for them, when she said she must have 7000 as she had to pay Francis Wright 20001. for furniture; on which Sir Richard declined the purchase, but for which she had since obtamed 10,000l. by the hands of the Earl of Chichester for their suppression, besides an annuity for life!! On the part of the defendants Mr. Stokes (Mrs. Clarke's attorney) was called, who said that he told Col. Wardle, during the investigation, that he must not call him as a witness, (since he could not there claim his privilege as an attorney) for by cross-examination he might be compelled to tell that Mrs. Clarke expected to derive considerable Bank Stock advantage from her evidence before the house of Commons, and to relate all he knew on the subject of Col. Wardle's furnishing Mrs. Clarke's house; and that therefore the colonel forbore calling either him or Wright; though they had both been subpænaed.-Col. Wardle being again called into court as a witness, positively denied that Stokes ever assigned to him, that the furnishing of Mrs. Clarke's house was a reason why he wished him not to appear as a witness in the house, or that any conversation passed on that topic in his interview with Stokes. This was the substance of the evidence of both sides. Mr. Alley, the leading counsel, (Serjeant Best being subpænaed as a witness but not called) who so eloquently opened the case, was then heard in reply, in which he made a forcible appeal to the jury, on the superior credibility which the plaintiff's witnesses justly claimed. Lord Ellenborough summed up the evidence, and the jury, after deliberating about five minutes in the box, returned a verdict-Not Guilty. The Royal Dukes of York and Kent were present. Mr. Canning is said to have expressed considerable surprise, and even dissatisfaction, at the readiness manifested by Lord Wellesley to supply his place in the foreign department. The occurrence reminds us of an Eastern tale, wherein one of two friends being condemned to die for an offence committed against the state, the other consents not only to be the messenger of the melan choly tidings to his prison, but to inform him, "that as somebody must undertake the office of strangling him, and as it does not signify by whose hand a man dies, he is himself just arrived time enough to be his executioner!" PRICE OF STOCKS.-DEC. 23, 1809. END OF THE SIXTH VOLUME. [B. Flower, Printer, Harlow.] TO THE POLITICAL REVIEW. VOL. VI. ANTWERP, abandonment of the en- Archduke Charles, resignation of the, Army, French, defeated by the Aus- B. Barrington, Lord, his account of the infi- delity of the court of Rome, vi. notė Bavaria, religious liberty in, vii Brazillian court interdicts the liberty of C. Cabinet Arrangements, and disputes, Campaign in Spain and Portugal, re- ficiency of the government, lxvi Church Establishment, additional ex- Cuesta, General, remarks on his retreat VOL, VI. Methodists, have done more good than Ministers, change of, li—squabbles of Moniteur, the, on the peace between of the most murderous of weapons, Morning Post, infuriate ravings of the, Moore, Sir John, remarks on his expe- N. Naples, numerous assassinations in the P. Palmerstone, Lord, appointed war mi- Peace between France and Austria, Perceval, Mr. account of his places and Perry, Mr. challenged by Cobbett, and Pluralists and non-residents, such per- sons lightly esteemed by Christ, xxxvi Popes generally vicious men, iii Protestant governments, intolerance of, vii Q, Queen Anne's bounty to the clergy, in- R. Romana, Marquis of, his ridiculous va- Reform in parliament, absolutely ne- Religion, state, always useless and ge- Ryder, Mr. appointed secretary of state, ADDRESS of the Duke of Sudermania, Allegiance, on the meaning of the America, affairs of, 120-250—287— Anecdote, election, 258-Newgate, 416 the consecration of colours, 188.191 extract from, respecting the Walche- Army agency and cloathing, abuses in, 100.103 Aspern, battle of, 63.75-plan of at- Aspland, Robert, oration of, 389 Austria, affairs of, 45-158-290-351 B. Bacon, Lord, on the freedom of an Bank, national, balances in the, 101 Battle, near the bridge of St. Payo, 79 of Santiago, 62-of Cuxhaven, 63. Belsham's jubilee sermon, 375 451 Britain, fighting against God, 465 Brazillian court, bigotry of the, 329 Bulletins, French, the 17th. operations of the Duke of Ragusa's army, 76— the 23d. order for the seizure of 29th. return of Durosnel and Foulers, Commissioners for auditing the public accounts, 101-of naval revision sub- Constitution of Sweden, abstract of the |