The National Register. — London, England, 1814-07-24 00:00:00

TuTi: NATIONAL TIECISTER. bid slush open dutianee of the law. But it was turtliet trptc~c: feel that %%lien one Mogg, a respectable attorney of that place, emit d f o r the purpose of waiting upon a pi i‘oner who wished to consult him ;Mont AolUe legal business. admittance was refused ; and w hen Mozg adverted to the letter of Lord 5W1114,004 eommandit,g the go;iler tee allow the prisoners to consult their legal advisers, Mr Cinatingliain answered, that he did not care for Lord Sidnionth. Nogg might easily he examined at their Lordships bar, to aicert..in 'whether this statement was correct Another allegation was, that a prisoner wishing to give instructions to his attorney, rel.itive ti. the rOCIIrItig tat miler from Lord Ellenborongh respecting his trial, was prebented from A.eitit: that attorney ; or prevented from writing Lim a letter, withorit its being inspected. A pirson tried and touted guilty, or a verdict found against him ',craw', he was not allowed to consult his legal adviiers! It could hardly be believed. He walk' did not know how their Lordships telt, but he bad never in Lis life been more indignant. The petitions having been laid on the table, it was agreed that the petitions should be taken into consideration on 'l i ce day=, Lord Stanhope engaging to give notice to Megg to attend to be examined. .IPTII SHAFTISBURY, at the retrest of Lord Sidmontit, ponvil the notice of the motion tor the aecoml reading of the Irish Seditiolis Meeting 13111 from Alimflaty to IVeduesday.—Ailjourned. S4TURIMY, JULY °23. .11as day the Royal Assent was given by commission to the fol low i l b g Rills. The Commissioners en the occasion were the Lord Chasieellor. the Marquis of HerttUril, and Lord Chohnondeley. The Irish Insolvent Debtors Bill, the Irish Aunnity B:11, the Greenwich Hospital Embezzlement the Highway Bill, the Pap Duty Regnlation I;ill.,the French Wines Duty Bill, the Stic.ar Dr 1M back Bill. the Irish Postage, the lrkli Stamps, the Irish and several other public and private Bills. The East India Shipphig Bill, the Irish Peace Pieservation Bill, the Irish Bank Re-ttiction Bill, the Spoilt Stamps Bill. and the Irish Statre Co-deli Bill, were read a third time and passed. Ti. U,oversity Paper Drawback, the Insurance Stamp Duty, the Tea Expo, t„ the Spirit Intereour.e, and the Annuity wure se. trady read a sectind . time anti committed kw Monday. me following Bills wvre brought from the Commons : —The Of- Ere. of IVorks Regulation, the Gunpowder Wmoval, the Agents Gc Hes. Regula lion, and the Scotch Customs Bills. They were severally read a fit.t time, and ordered to be read u steoud time on Zlonday. atljuurucd. HOUSE OP COMMONS. MONDAY, JULY 18. The Cu ‘xert.r on of the Excot tan co brought up a Message front the Prince Reeeett, for a Vote at Credit. the l'op‘.:• , ilt 1341 was reportrd after some conversation, and or th.red to be read a third time to-ruorrow.—Adjourned. JULY 94. were alike. I o r d El a m t o „ ~a=d he coulit not co.oloy won ties re.. Bluest, .ceitsiderine.. 4s he did, that it wits leis dues to brine forward the 'object. In .douig this, he eid not at all wirert to the guilt or 111110. crime of the Noble Lord, hut he wished now 40 he the 11,, use . an „ p . portueity of declaring the (Orden it entertained et the past service. Lord Cochrane, aid !so the opinion, which, he beliesea, was Lfenerally entertained of the St eerily if the sentence. Lord Eli', g. ton then adverted to the punishment by the pillory ienersilly. which lor considered a disgrace to the *wide the populace both Judeee and executioners, wfii.' t as !fry pleased coeverted it i n to a scene either of mockery or troolin—and sotnetinies even C 440 tied it to e scene of death. The Noble Lord also rel e oed 'v his principal int‘al services, and to the dreadful streets which the punichmetit of pilk r y would !vine on his Lordship ; and concluded hy inayine, " Finn an humble Aildrts% be presented to his Royal Iliehness ME Pripet. Re. . - gent, pra:Aog that he would he graciously pleased to noun the i s o u . minims.: part of the sentence passed upon 'Lod Cochrane, in conAder. itn of his professional services." Lard Nyco NT Sinolloed the motion, very ably supporting. the argu. !rents of Lord Essington. The Soutetrott GEN a.t, (Mr. Serjeaht Shepherd) opposed the motion. Ile considered the Noble Lord's former services acted rather as an aggravation than a palliation of his clime. Ile had read the evi. do nee and summing up of the Judo., and could truly and costseen. tionsly declare, in the presence of God, that it' he were on the Jury, he should Ikel himself hound to give the seine verdict, even it it were auniust his brother. Ili, Lordship's Solicitors were as honourable men any in the profession. They had been accussd of negligence its pre• paring his defence, but the truth wa., it had iecn prepared by the his structions of the Noble. Lord himself. The brie f was read :o him for his approbation ; the muminatitin of witnesses was also read and eon. 'reefed by hiin, iu ime partietihr. After all this it was stated, that the Noble Lerd had bren careless in prepnring his defence. Mr BA RHAM •UppOrird the otiotion. Mr. Weotti tscsy 'to a view of the whole case, thought the Nob)* Lord gull?) , of toe charge iinguted to him Lord A. !Issue-to.. supported the motion. There was no evidence of De Berenger's appealing before Lord Cochrane in the dress he had assumed, and the charge to the Jury was therefore so tar incorrect. Mr. Ascii r a 'Lill on thOULhr the House bad nu right to interfere. Mr. Wv:.. a Collt6ided, on the contrary. thit there was no prero gative of the Crown with which the House hud not a right to interfere. lie considered the evidence sufficient to warrant the coaviction. Mr. Ile HST was f,f opinion that the sentence was more ignominious than the occasion ceded loc. One part of it might at any rate have been spaced Lord CA STLIIRF ACT! saw no reason for parliamentary interference. Alter expatiating at some length on the mucmtude of tin- crime, which went to overthrow and subvert the security of property in this country, his Lordship proceeded to state, that, its consequence of a- L econat.en. 1 .0 the Crown, its mercy would be iorerposed on this occ.ision; not, however, merely to screen Lord Cochrane from the pillory, but the other petsons who wr-.e reut••t:ecd to the same punishmen4 with hint. •l•tris was Rut done (and Ito wished it to be perfectly understood) from sissy doubt of the proptiety of the cmtviction anti Of the sentence, asit respected the morality erf• the case, and the prop. rty of the country. This step was taken, because the crime was so little known to E•gitsb srmen--because it was a sonrce of emolument they very rarely emoarked in. The Crown, under all the circumstances, felt, as the law was in. tended for example and prevention, that the sentence *night he ►emitted in the present inytance, in the Lope, that tl e offence being ts,us pub• licly h?anded, woehi nut occur again. S;r F. bun:mt . : rettretted that the Noble Lord had. rot made the declaration, with tshicto he concluded, is little sooner, by which meats the time of tt•e Howe would have been spared. He could not, how e• er, help thinking the cause given fur remitting the pillory most ex traordinary—because funds st ere extremely sure On the Stock Ex thange ! It he (sir Francis) met a gentleman - in the hail, read stattd this to have been the reipon ussiped, he should expect that he would laugh in his lace. _ _ The ArrottwEv•GENEßst, said, it was utterly impossible for P n honest Jury yo have deci•led otherwise than the Jury io this ease had ; he had no doubt when the rift rvescence Gf p-polar prejudice should have subsided, and ti - e public cone to the exercise of their sober judge latent, that they would agree with him iu this conclusion. Lord EISIUNGTON said, the pillory befog monied, he should with. draw him motion. Mr. liot.mEi hoped Lord Cochrane would release his Counsel and Soloci!or trout their obligattfm of secrecy, otherwise every matt must come to the conclusion that he was guilty. Alter some further remarks from Mr. Abercrombie and Mr. Whit. bread, the caution was withdrawn. TUESDAY, JUI Y 19. NCOENT rose to wove for Foyers relative to the ettengentent %%inch to.l plan between the Lady Mary Pethaw and the Montagne pickets nod the Cilohe Anierican priviteer. It appear , d from the biohle Lord . .., statement, that the Captititimt the INlontagne beim; Ca. command devolved Ii; Ali. Watkins, who vinck . ..is cottons !and bunk his ntail ; but afterwards re hoisted lib c 4 mins aud made hi. escapts, rind ou his arrival at the Brazils, boasted that he had, by hip brace rica;sed, and that it was owing to the holding back of the Lady Alais Pelham that he been obliged to sink the Upon this represeiitati.m. the l'ost Office had promoted Mr. Watkiiis.to the rank of er, hut had n tty pissed over tie Captain of the Pel ham, ii , one het mail. A Court of EtiAtiiry 11110 sltice been hell, and the e‘idetice completely falsified Wat!,ins's statement iNtettwitli..tandintz this proor, Mr. %V Ains obtained his reward, and Captain ['erring rewai net!soticed. Under these circumstances, lie lild'ilioistoitt it tiring the snhject before the House, and ilwre fOre moved chat the paper, i•ecessary to elucidate the subject be laid va thelaiile, which was :terec , i to. LORD COCHRANE Lord East ?qc lOW ro.e to brow: lot" ,trot Isis motion, for an Address to the eriove RA:gent 4►n the sttl N iret ()I Lord C.,clorane ; but prrohnis Its going two Ilse subject, he wish d stiste to the House the content* I' a is tier which he had received from lois Losidsi , ip, in which be re yorsien hits not isri bring forward 41 irution, Ilse tendency of which was t•• drcrovle Iti , u heysond slily step which had yet been taken, and corn. tg it the wireliiraitthi, that it he was guilty, he deserved the il it m,i liv e i st it the j,tilury ; had it he whs,hhaocehi, auJ polubLtncitts J-. I