The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL, REGISTER. ~~... 2, AUG.it• without drawing n a ttentrrn twit ininiediatAy. bey. lettar, •it is. kkr-flietit to explain*; yefiliey - admit that they,never wrote ,to me on the subject. They very Tiietly, however, inserted it, 'and let it remain in the brief unf;l 1 should ha ppen to discover it ; which, as I have pretty clearly proved, never did happen previous to the trial. . •It was on the second day ()I the trial, and nor benne, that tn my very great surprisel disco vered in a newspaper the admission of my cotifisel in contradiction to ruy affiday.it . . . .says this Attorney General. 'A there 'was no mistake and no suplize—it there had'. the Judges would have disprnsed with their tide, and granted a new trial—but no !. there was nothing ot• Gat sort here." . . In whatever way .my so!icktorst took he-examiaation of -my servants on the subject .4)1 . De 13Prengees dress, it is . indisputable that nothing can justify their_ Neglect in not immediately drawing my attention to the difference between the result of that eltamination and the statement in my owu affidavit. It never can he permitted," said the tiolicitor General, 0 that a Perst'm accused. should try in the first instance how far he could go without his own- witnesses. BIM lben, should the result prove unfavourable, how far he could.go with them." .1-low unjust this observation is, '.is applied to me, is well known to ruy solicitors—they well know how unxious I was . to have my witnesses brotOtt forward in the first instance. Those witcesses would and could consclvntiously have sworn to - the green cola'', which.would have sufficiently corrobo rated the deserjptionin my affidavit, as it never was pretended that lie Bereoger wore a green collar to his scarlet 'coat. . . It was asked by the Attorney General, " If the servants could have confirmed Ow Lffitlavit, where was the advocate who could have been stupid enough• to hesitate to produce thou ?" It is possible, however, Oa: advocates may be prejudiced, may be. mistaken . , and may be misled by their brief. . • . I hope that it will now appear to be satisfi.ctorily proved, not only that I did not see De Ilerengerin his scarlet eoat. but that he did not come to my. door,• . nor even enter the hackney coach in that dress. In reply to elteSolieitor General's observation that i had sought to estab:ish my own innuceoce by recrimination upon theltidge and Jury, I shall at !Peseta merely. ask the Learned Gentlemitn, whether he' is of opinion 11;fit a like sentence for a like offence would , have been passed. on any Nobleman,, or Member of l'ar!ianient, on his side of t be.Hoisse ? Would a punishment which, according to the unfortunate admisstiso of the Attorney. General, is calculated to " bow down the heydwith bit miliation even after I' together with fine and imprisonment, an d the privation of -every office and honour, have been thought` little enough for a Ministerial defendant s:t sad) a charge ?'Anil if the candour of the Learned Gentlemen impels hint to answer in the negative, •is it not fair to enquire whether he thiuks that such u one .would even have. been convicted on similar evidence . ? The Attorney General observed, " that he was glad' that the period had arrived when the trial could be. read at I,olgth, and 'thus-do away the effect of thoie 'incorrect state-. ments which misled the puhlic•mind." . = Retterving my 'remarks on the trial for a future opportunity, Lshull at present just ask the Attorney tianeral how it come-3 Thu he, who . is so anxious that the public mind , should not be misled, should have made the,unfoonded assertion that I not only pocketed a large sum of money by the foam!, lint put off abs late ruin ? Such an .assertion is4he more Inexutistilile • iit . the c Atiorney General who had every facility of obtaining more correct information. His own broker Could liave•tuld him that theOtnitiumrhiehl pos sessed on toe 191110 _February, when the fraud inie;l have been in agi tation, could have been sold on that day at .t.? 7 'Die average cost was 27 7 Bths, so that the whole loss on the .1.39.,0001. thonitnn t . if sold on that- day: would. not have amounted to.a . thove4o)l, And when it is considered that-the result of my- previous speculaiis.ns Was a gailt - of 4./001. received, and 001. in the hands of my -broker,. how does the Attorney General niake•it out that I had so embarrassed myself by such speculations,. as itohave n., other 'than franditleot means of escaping absolute run; ? Besides, .I can assure the Learned Gentleman, if he is• nut already infOinied . of the fact, that if I had heid,the ()notion) till, the Ist, Si,i or 4th of Kari - 11,1 should have sold it at a pre' ; and it I find held it till the settling day, %hell I •most -of necessity have sold it, I should not have last one.half of the stim Ihad previously gained But if, upon the wholc,.l had•lost a few hundreds, or even thousands, bow would the Attorney General be justified in inferring my ahoilote rids, ? It is well known that I had heels -snore successful at. sea than almost any other officer of my-standing in the navy, and that I have eoastantly lived, not only within my income, but at less expellee - than almost ally ether person - of my rank .iti.society. : 00. what grounds, therehtte, 1/4 t tie Attorney General warranted in representing me as a person in such desperate circumstances as be obliged to have recourse to the lowest knavery in order to avert absolute ruin ? • • - .•• With respect to the other assertion ,that,l pocketed a large.strin of motley in con Sequence of the transactions of the 21st of February, did not the learned lawyer know that the Stock Exchange Committee had seized not un!y 1,7001. of my money, which was my actaal profit from 519 that day's sale, but also a furth er sum of 7701. to answer their exagge rated calculation of that profit ?•ond that •the aforementioned sum vol. was also lost through the proceedings of that Committee? If the Learned Gentleman knew nothing of all this, I cao only observe, that lie ought to hove informed himself on the subject before he made such statements in the House of Commons. ' I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, . With great respect, your moat obedient and faithful servant, COCHRANE. his. Lord-hip, in another letter, has put a number of queries to his solicitors, which they declined answering; he 1133 released them from all obliglyi , Tls of'secrecy. Seven fresh affidavits are appended to the letter, which go to p , o‘le the bad character of Crane, the coachman, and that De Derenger actually went t' Loyd Cochrane's in a green - coat ; it is added, that De Bvrengerhinistlt has owned, since his con- Snenient, that the coat in which he appeared before brd Cochrane was dark. green.—No reply is made to the letters of De 13erenger. PROVINCIAL ASSIZES. SUSSEX. n lIINGTON v. GRANT.--This .was an action of - assmslt. The plaintiff is Barrack-masts, of Lewes, and the slefendant h Captain in the - 18th dragoons. On the 4th of November last, Lewes was illOnsinaled in celebration of the victory of Leipsie, and the plaintiff illuminated hiA rooms at the barracks, iihich• overhung the road. He alsolet off sonic fireworks in his- garden.• Captain Grant was coming from Lewes to Brighton, and as•he approached The plaintiffl garden, called out with a volley of OrStliSv and asked him *what he was doing ? The plaintiff replied, that his he sent back in his teeth; that he was rejoicing for a victory, and he that would not rejoice ought to be doubly d--d. This produced turther•-alteri • • cation. Captain G. asked if he had a servant tQ hold his horse. • ti The plaintiff replied lie Baal no. servant at his• command. Captain ,G. said he wouhl soon Rini a•servaist, and drove round Back towards Lees. He Rini ned in a abort, time .with two private, dragoons. Lieut. Lempriere, or the Horse Artillery, and Lieut. Dawson. They came into the plaintiff's garden • upon, which Capt. 0. asked the plaintiff who he was.: To which lhe-replied that he was a gen. •• • • tleman. ..He said he should then expect to meet to-morrtrw • • monthly. Mr. W. said, it he sx,ould.pot his...ropiest in writing, ht would meet him before a magistrate. Captain G. asked him if lie • was a coward? He, said he was no coward, for. he had served .his King and. Country. Captain 0. told him to send Isis wale out of the .garden. He answered, he should order no oneatutAnst him; rapt. ti; Tit is altercation proceeded at some length, when Capt. knocl6. • ' (1 .Ir. W. down, and when down, he was about to kick him in the sides with his spurs, when he was caught off by the barrack-serjeant. • • The serjeant who gave evidence represented his languag„as a tor , rent of 'oaths and violent expressions. The plaintiff was at the time very lame from the gout ; had formerly heen a Lieutenant, but being incapable of active service, was made Barrack-Master at Lew s. -• Mr. Gurney addressed the Jsiry'in Mitigation of damages, , when they found for the'plaintiff—Damages 501.: ' Tna.Kive v. Gn A KT.—This was an indietturnr against ..Ca;'lsl..t Grant, of the 18. h Dragoons, tor assaulting Mr. Dail, a land sisise,,e of this comity.—Tl:e facts, as stated by Mrs. Bull, were, that as she and her linsband were coming from Lewes to Ibighton,- in their g*, iltcy met Captain Grant coining in the contrary direction. At first he was on the right side of the road, but be, cr0."40 over, and catnrbo &ice noon them, that Mr. Bull was obliged' to go oG the road on 11 , e ,green swat(' by the road's side ; upon this he asked Giloain Giant I y he did not Touter ? Th Captain replied, w15..4 is ;hat you soy ► 11-w• e • 'slOwn upon voor knees and beg my pardon, or I will horses‘ hip you. , To.this Mr. Bull replied, that he never beaged paldon of ripples. Captain (;?ant made no other reply to this, nut !wean plyieg his horsewhip over the shoulders of Mr. Bull, and•with• •a hide La a consequences, that Mrs. • Bull and the child iu her alms rec• ived save. • ral sei ere lashes. Verdirt—Otilitu.--He was tumid • guit'y abu the other indietmemt. for acsnultino Nits. Bull. • • PAC F, SF NT TOR, I'. NawmAN.-williis was an 110;04 }fir n"duhi"" the • .plaintiff., by horsewhipping him. The plaintiff nfrovacds of 60 . the deleodant•trot hoe Ulf ..the iiee....:llr. • Pupas, wh., sat Onidray, in this conuty. gives animal races in his pa rk ; and the plainuhF, an m old huntsan, - ts.aiapnoioltd si'w ard of th . r ‘‘ 3lll.se ' "" the Ist .17une last. He haiiioccH.ian to turn, ff 'he def. 'want from the who was,, Tiding. Aube head of- the racers, much to the annoyance of good order, - fur-which- the de fenclimt subsequently most violently assaulted and horse-v,hinped him. A surceon . had never seen worse eifeets from military flogging. Verdict for pla intiff--damages fifty pounds. A