300 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



Martello Towers. Mr. Wardle, 

 Mr. Glenny, the engineer, and 

 major Dodd. They would not let 

 me off the journey ; I was in very 

 distressed circumstances : I never 

 went out of town but with Mr. 

 Wardle. 



Lord Ellenborough thought it 

 unnecessary to pursue this course 

 of examination further, 



Mrs. Clarke. — I first heard of an 

 objection to pay ffom Mr. Wright, 

 about a fortnight or three weeks 

 since, about the time parliament 

 was prorogued, Mr. Wright trust- 

 ed entirely to colonel Wardle. Be- 

 fore I could go out of town I was 

 obliged to have fifty pounds of co- 

 lonel Wardle, to pay the butcher, 

 and the fishmonger, and other 

 things. He always told me that he 

 would lend me 50/. at a time. His 

 expression was — lend, but I did not 

 understand that I was to repay it. 

 The reason of my going out of 

 town was, because I had many 

 friends about me, and it was fear- 

 ed they would persuade me not to 

 accept of colonel W.'s proposals. 

 There were no goods sent in till 

 after the 23rd of November. 

 Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant 

 Best. 



The liouse was first taken in No- 

 vember. 



Mr. Serjeant Best.— It was in 

 consequence of a correspondence 

 with M'Callum that you became 

 acquainted with colonel Wardle ? 



Mrs. Clarke.— Yes. If you call 

 one letter a correspondence. 



Mr. Serjeant Best having put se- 

 veral questions as to the time when 

 she first became acquainted with 

 colonel Wardle, and she saying it 

 was in the end of Autumn, she said 

 it was quite ridiculous to examine 

 her as to that. She did not recol- 



lect exactly when the first order was 

 given, but she believed it was after 

 major Dodd's letter on the 21st of 

 November. It might be the 23rd ; 

 it was a few days before she went 

 to the Martello Towers. Being ask- 

 ed whether colonel Wardle had or- 

 dered coals, she said he gave a ge- 

 neral order to Mr. Wright to let me 

 be indulged in any thing. He would 

 have let me had money through 

 Wright. He said one day when I 

 wanted money, cannot you borrow 

 money of Mr. Wright. He often 

 complained that he had no money, 

 but still he found me some when- 

 ever I wanted it. Being asked whe- 

 ther she had not sent him a threat- 

 ening letter, saying that if he did 

 not let her have 1,000Z. she would 

 do for him ; and whether she had 

 quarrelled with him ? she said, she 

 had not quarrelled ; but she had 

 sent a letter, written by her, but 

 dictated by a Dr. Metcalf, which 

 she was sorry she had sent. She 

 had not seen him for two months. 

 As to receiving money of him, she 

 said, that he was averse to letting 

 her have any thing after their ne- 

 gotiation was settled. She once 

 went to his House. He asked her 

 in with a friend who was there. She 

 sent for him into the carriage, and 

 told him she wanted some money, 

 and did not care how small a sura. 

 He said it would be asked of her 

 if she was giving her information 

 with a view to any future advan- 

 tage, but if every thing was previ- 

 ously settled, that might be fairly 

 answered to the contrary. He af- 

 terwards sent her a draft on Marsh 

 Sibbold, and Co. for 20/. signed 

 by Scott, an army tailor, who as- 

 sisted in the Investigation. She 

 then begged leave to say something 

 to correct hej evidence as to quar- 

 relling 



