A circumstantial report of the evidence and proceedings upon the charges preferred against His Royal Highness the Duke of York in the capacity of commander in chief, in the months of February and March, 1809 . that pencildate mean; was it ,the day you re-ceived the letter ? ; - A. No, this must be wrong, be-cause it is June 9^h, and here isJunesth,* a nd J u ne the 8 th doesnot look lik^ my hand-writin^ ; theword * Majority is mine. Q. Has tbatll^tterbeen out of yourcustody since the time you receivedit, till last night * A. No, Certainly not. Q. Then is it possible any otherperson than yourse
A circumstantial report of the evidence and proceedings upon the charges preferred against His Royal Highness the Duke of York in the capacity of commander in chief, in the months of February and March, 1809 . that pencildate mean; was it ,the day you re-ceived the letter ? ; - A. No, this must be wrong, be-cause it is June 9^h, and here isJunesth,* a nd J u ne the 8 th doesnot look lik^ my hand-writin^ ; theword * Majority is mine. Q. Has tbatll^tterbeen out of yourcustody since the time you receivedit, till last night * A. No, Certainly not. Q. Then is it possible any otherperson than yourself could have ^utthatdate to it ? ,^ ,i,..; .,: A. No, I should imagine nQt;but still it does not look like myhand-writing. [,..^.j » Do you recollect the purportof ? A. No, I entirely forget what it is.[The note Wjis read.] Q. Hcariijg the purport of thisnote, state how this note,. whichmentions ^ a stop to the .businesscould possibly encourage MajorTonyn in the idea of its going for-ward ? A. The note says, docs it not, thatit is to go on. Q. On the contrary, it says itstops, * shall remain as it is ; howcan this note, which^ speaks of it«lemainiiig as it is, encourage this gentlemaix. L(Q)IO) FQ)IL1KST©:NE , I^iishe^ MarA ?if^£s Qjidee, Zondcn. s 425 gentleman in the expectation of its shall stand still; what do you under- 8^§on? stand by the expression in that A. It was then going on, and 1 note, that it is to remain as it is ?should imagine it was meant that it A. I really do not understand it I should go on. • must confess ^ Q. If you attend to the purport of the note, you will tind that it says it L^^^ zoitness was taken from the Bar,} Mr. Perceval inquired/ whether it was the intention ot thehon. gentleman to go into any further evidence ? and Mr. Wardledeclared it was not. Mr. Perceval then observed, that, from themass of papers laid on the table this day, it would require time toinspect them; he therefore wished the Committee might adjour
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