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might account perhaps for Mr. 

 Wardle's defending this cause, for 

 it was by no means to be wondered 

 at, he said, that a gentleman should 

 now forget a promise of this kind 

 made six months ago, when some 

 persons could not even remember 

 upon a great public occasion, where 

 they had been the very day before. 



Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke was call- 

 ed. She appeared with her usual 

 gaiety. She was rather elegantly 

 dressed in white muslin, with a 

 white silk hat, white ribbons, and a 

 veil. A spotted muslin cloak lined 

 with pink silk, a white handkerchief 

 tied loosely round her neck, and 

 primrose or brimstone coloured 

 French habit-gloves. She was ex- 

 amined by Mr. Garrow. Her evi- 

 dence was to the following effect: — 



Mr. Serjeant Best, for the de- 

 fendant, objected to her being ex- 

 amined without being previously 

 released by the plaintiff; but lord 

 Ellenborough thought that as she 

 did not come to charge herself, and 

 the plaintiff by the statement of his 

 counsel, and by calling her as a wit- 

 ness, discharged her, it was not ne- 

 cessary. 



She stated, that she first became 

 acquainted with colonel Wardle in 

 consequence of a letter from the 

 Exchequer Coffee-house. I took 

 my house in Westbourne- place, 

 from September, hut I did not en- 

 ter till the 9lh of November. I 

 communicated to Mr. Wardle that 

 I had taken it, and had several con- 

 versationsabout furnishing it before 

 I applied to Wright. 1 was indebt- 

 ed to Mr. Wriglit 500/. or 600/. I 

 did not propose to him to furnish 

 my house on credit, because I knew 

 it would be in vain. I told him 1 

 had a friend in view, who I believed 

 would furnish it. I did not men- 



tion his name. Mr. Wardle was 

 that friend in view, in consequence 

 of some promises that he was hold- 

 ing out to me. I was to give him 

 every information in my power, and 

 to assist him in the Investigation. 

 In return for which he was to fur- 

 nish the house. This was a part of 

 the requital to me for giving that 

 assistance. I informed colonel 

 W^ardle of Wright's requiring some 

 other person's credit. He asked 

 some one as a friend first for his 

 advice, and then he told me he ap- 

 proved of it. I had no other means 

 then of paying. I was very much 

 distressed at that time. He knew 

 that, and knew of Wright's debt, 

 because he advised Mr. Wright to 

 bring an action against the person 

 whom bethought ought to pay. He 

 promised to Mr. Wright, if he 

 would bring such an action, that 

 he would pay all the costs. He af- 

 terwards accompanied me to Mr. 

 Wright's, and I took him there to 

 say that he was the person who was 

 to be responsible. Daniel Wright 

 attended us that day in the shop. I 

 introduced colonel Wardle — I do 

 not know I did that by name. What 

 I said was, this is the gentleman 

 who is to furnish my house. He 

 went for that purpose. He was si- 

 lent. We walked in the ware-room, 

 colonel Wardle remaining with the 

 things. Colonel W. knew the state 

 of my house, and had seen the 

 things previously sent in on hire by 

 Mr. Wright. I had gone up stairs 

 to Mr. Wright, who was ill a-bed. 

 When I came, he said he thought 

 the sideboard in the ware rooms a 

 very handsome one, and he ordered 

 it instead of the one at my house. 

 He said nothing more — there was, 

 indeed, very little more for him to 

 say — and I gave orders for the 



things. 



