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THE SUN REVIEW. (No. X.) ALETTEB to the Et.ccrons of WESTMINSTLIt on the Case of Lord Cocuumgr, as dictinguished front ,that of his Associates. SnERWOOD, NEELY, and JoNEs, Paternoster row, p.p.30. This brief but sensible letter is well worth the attention of every Elector of Westminster. It is plainly and temperately written, and, we think, can scarcely leave the shadow of a doubt on the mind of any rational man, that Lord COCHRANE was privy to the conspiracy, and is therefore most justly degraded from his place in society, by the verdict which has been pronounced against him. • We live in strange times, when not only the internal regulations of the Country, but its 'ex ternal relation, not only the public acts of the Sovereign, but his most private domestic affairs, not only matters of general opinion, but the most. sacred institutions of the Realm are brought into popular discussion; and either in ignorat'ice, or on the slightest information, decided according to the impulse given to the multitude. We are not con tent with settling by clamour our Catholick Ques tions, and others which only concern ourselves, bit we must dictate to foreign and independent natiOns what ' they are to do with their Press, their Constitutions, their Colonies, and their Slaves.—We 4renot content with canvassing the Government of our. REGENT, but we must see that he builds no cottages wrongfully; misapplies him self in no matter of private taste, nor treats his Wife or Child in any way not agreeable to our ideas of propriety. We are not content with West minster. election pOlitics ; -but we% must impeach Trial by Jury, re-try causes, after they are most solenmly_decided ; revise e sentences of the law, and, as it suits our fancies, approve or disapprove of the forms of Courts,, and the achninistration of instice.—Such it state of things is much to he de-; precate " It cannot, afid it will not, come to good." But to revert to the publication under notice, it sets out by enlarging upon the importance and sacredness of the duty the Electors of iVestminster are now called upon to perform. The writer then says— " I have learnt, with surprise, that there are some persons, who cherish the extravagant idea,. that you will re-place Lord COCHRANE in his seat. They of course 'assume his Lord Ship's entire inno cence of the crime of which he has been con victed. They ought, I think, to go much far ther. 'They ought to be prepared to show, that his conduct throughout the transaction, has borne that stamp of dignity and honour, which befits a Legislator of such a Nation as Britain, o'Representative of such . a City as .Westminster." To chew that Lord COCHRANE is:not a person Of the purity here described, the Writer proceeds to an investigation of the evidence produced at the Trial, and a comparison of the various de fences set up: by his Lordship, in his Affidavits; and in his Speeches And Declarations, from all of which be comes to the conclusion, that his Lord ship is guilty "to the full extent of the indict ment," an extent to which we are scarcely pre pared to accede, though we think there is guilt enough to warrant the conviction and punish ment. • " His Lordship (says the Author) represents himself, and is represented by his friends, as a man of a high sense of honour,,of the most open,. - straight-forward conduct, a plain, blunt sailor, regardless of his own interests, and zealous for honesty and uprightness in others. lam sorry' can see no traces of this. lofty character in the present transaction. How does his Lordship. first introduce himself to our notice ? As a gambling stockjobber, as a person who thinks the pursuits, svhich are the disgrace of the Stock Exchange, neither illegal, nor improper, nor dishonoitrable. What ! was be a Legislator, and so ignorant of the Laws ?* Was he a Knight of the Bath, and so destitute of all sense of dignity ? Vas he a Captain in his Majesty's Navy, and so totally un professional and unsailorlike in his thoughts and feelings He says, he embarked in his pursuit, conceiving that he might be'a gainer, without prejudice to any body. It is that s ort of flatter ing unction,' which usually serves as a first bait to cupidity. The eager youth is thus led to game, and gaming degenerates to gambling, and the gambler becomes a sharper, and the sharper turns to a conceited knave, who laughs at the simpli city of those whom he has gulled, and glosses over a gross and infamouS • fraud, with the plea sant and facetious appellation of _a Hoar." • Again,— " How Lord COCHRANE was first led , into this • state of temptation, doet - not very clearly appe a r, and the contradictory stal.ements that have been mule on this point, are something more than Os piCions. In his 'own affidavit of the I lth of _ Mareh, he says, connection in any way with the funds, arose from an impression, that in the present favourable aspect of affairs, it was • only necessary to hold stock - in• order to become • a gainer, without prejudice to any body: • I did • so ()licitly, considering it in no degree improper, ' far less dishonourable. I had no secret informa ' tion of any kind ; and had my expectations in ' the success of affairs been disappointed, I should • have been the Duly sufferer.' Here his Lord ship most plainly speaks of his connection with the Funds, as resulting from his ow n impressions, his own. expectations, his own mode of considering the subject. He does not admit that he was ad vised by any body. He, does not pretend that the. transactions were unknown•to him, or beyond his * See the Statute of the 9th of George 11. entitled, Ast 11. ct to prereat the 17 , 4/knit/lir practicc..of Stuekjobbiug.• ' controul; and he expressly negatives any idea ors his own part at the time that he did not oryler stand what he was about. On th trial, anotlyer view of the matter came out, not indeed Abs.° , !lady incompatible vvith -what- his -.Lordship had said; but sOmewhat.startling.; with reference to the character of the individual concerned: It was proved Di lIERF.I:CER had assumed to biin t --self the credit - of being his Lordship's adviser. Mr. LE MARCHANT swore that DE 33ERENGER told him that Lord Cocs4r,Nv. had kept a'pri ✓ vate purse for him -(DE BF.anscea), being a per • tentag e on money made in .the Funds by advice • that he'gave." "And the Uon.Mr,MuitnAy swore that DE BERENGER had said he had a plan in • his head, which would put many thousands into • the pockets of Lord COCHRANE and Mr. Cocn • 'LANE JOHNSTONE."' ‘` Hitherto there is nothing extraordinary in itself : hut the must astonishing a;s3 inc'r'edible representatlttn of all, is that which is statcd to have been given .within thew few days by Lord C6CHRANE' himself in the House' of Commons." " mentioned Mr. BUTT: says he, • take this opportunity of stating, 'that my con tection with the funds arose from a convessa ` tion with that Gentleman yin .ocrober last, when • the progress of the Allies, and the favourable • aspect of affairs; induced him to recommend me to • place my-Spare money in Government Securities. r 1 told him that I. fru} disposed e, , f it i'7l • securities and iniand. lie then ii formed me, ✓ that I might gain, .u:ithout advancing the piinci pal, and offered ; to conduct the business for me.' 1 . lie urged this proposal, which I. then decli*ed, • being unwillit4; to enter into speculutions'which I • did not Undergand. Uowever, in the course of • a few days, to my very great surprise, he hroughf • me the sum of 4301. as .the'profit 9f a speettia • tiOn; which he said he had made for tie. Not • wanting the money, I desired' bins to spot t with • it, till he had lost it. Between that period and r the 19th of February, the stiff.' which he had • gained for, and placed to my account without' fee • or reward, and without my controal, amonnted 4,200.1 have witnessed many disinterested - acts •of Mr. BUTT'; and think him incapable of a • dishonourable action.' . ;;e " Nhw 1 must say, that. this tale sa totally destitute of , all semblance of reason, and seems to set credibility so much at defiance, that even if it were not ip opposition to his Lordship's first affidavit, should have no hesitation in set ting it down as an absolute fiction. According to the . affidavit that I refer to, his Lordship had a very clear view of the benefits to be gained., and of the causes which rendered those gains-.prOba-. ble ; and by the evidence on the Trial, it appears that he . was . personally . active in attending to the business ; had a room of his own in die office of . the partnership; and was frequently on the spot, directingand transacting business with the broker, Who was employed by all the three partners ; but according to this new 'statement, it is really unfair to suppose Lord ,COCHRAIVE bad any thing at all to do with the matter ; he himself was under a delusion in imagining he had ; and if the stocks had fallen, instead of„rising,* it would, upon thiS state Of_ the facts, have been utterly impossible, as well as unjust, to have fixed him with-the loss; for he says, he `.not duly declined entering into any engagement, but declined allowing Mr. HUTT to conduct the business for him, and that' it was at first conducted without his knowledge, and afterwards without his controul ! Mr. BUTT, too, (except that virtue is its own reward) acted all the time without .-fee or reward, and surprised his Lordship with a gratuitous compliment of four thousand two hundred pounds ! Well _might his Lordship describe -this Worthy Gentleman as dis interested! ft is intrroesible to draw any othez.infertuce from these statements,• than that they have been fabricated from time to time, to suit the emergen cies of the case." • After inquiring in,to the connection with DE IIintENGER, a very problematical character, who sends for Lord COCHRANE to his house, 'very , like a man soliciting favours,. the Author sums up his remarks in the following manner : " 'Here, then, we have the circumstantial proof of conspiracy. Lord COCHRANE embarks' very deeply in an illegal and dishonourable kind of gambling with two other, persons ; he takes an active part in the management ; the whole con cern is wound up on the 'day of the franc! ; he an his,associates came off gainers of 10,0001. ; the principal agent in the fraud is traCed . to his hodse ; his Lordship lends him a cou and hat to walk away in_.; this wan receives the hire of his iniquity from BUTT, 011 C• of Lord CO6HRANE'S partners, and part of this very money is traced through Lord CocumANE's 'hands. Whatever there may ,he of dubious or 'uncertain in this chain of testimony,' receives,. Linust say, an in dubitable character from his Loru;:hip's shuffling _and -skulking line of conduct. He has attempted evasion and intimidation. He has .given contra dictory and incredible stateMents,of,fact. He has avowed an utter laxity* priTiciple. I say there can be no such thing as making up one'smind in the ,cOmnion affairs of life, if these concurring considerations do not convince u that the verdict of the Jury against his Lordship was perfeetly consonant to justice. " This, however, Gentlemen, is not what you are called to decide on. You, are to decide, whe ther you will force again into the Legislature, from which he has been expelled, a-man pro nounced by a verdict of his country to be guilty of an infamous fraud, and who admits bimselt to have violated, to a great extent, the law which pronounces stock jobbing infamous." - Lord Hut., who, with his gallant colleague in arms, Lord COMBiRMERE, 'has been on a visit to Birmingham, where ,they were cheered and con ducted out of the town by an immense body of the people. Before he left the Royal •Hotel, a sword of most exquisite workmanship was pre sented to hint by Mr. PHELPS, of Soho ; the hilt of which represented an eagle destroying a ser pent, finely executed, and the blade was adorned with appropriate trophies ; on presenting it, Mr. PHELPS said, '''My 'Lord, the sword I now pre sent is of Birmingham manufactUre—truit to it, and it will never tail you !" To which his Lord ship replied, '' Trust it tie me, Sir, and it shall never be disgraced." FRENCH PAPEItS. MAThntn, itiNt 30.—The King has seriously directed his attention to the disturkeil state of South America. He has invited such Members of-lise Cortes as were Deputies from America, to give in memorials and projets for the better go vernment of that country. One of. the Ministers of the late Government, the Marc - Luis D'Almenara, has anticipated the or- Acts of the Court, and transmitted to. the Minister . •a list of :the' pic-tures and other valuable, objects deposited in 'his care at Paris, when Joseph' Boo naparte:tpsitted France. These monuments of the fine arts are inestimable. We know that the Visitation, the Madona del Pesee,• the Pearl, all three by 'Raphael : a Holy Trinity, by-11111010 7 i, a' Last Supper by Juan de auanes ; and a Philip II. ; playing the organ by the side ofa naked Female; by Titian, are in the possession of the Marquis d'Al menara, who has offered to deliver them to any person who shall be appointed for the purpose.. Thus, we hope, not Withstanding the irreparable* losses that have been sustained, still to see in the • palaces of our Kings, a collection worthy of at tracting the notice of connoisseurs. ,GEONA, JULY city is faefroni enjoying the tranquillity promised by the peace. ,The Ski -lian troops, Who form part of our garrison, ob serve no discipline, and serious 'inconveniences arc the consequence. Our communications with Piedmont and thetowns °tithe Riviera, are render ed dangerous by the great number of banditti and Vagabonds who in - Test our roads, and scour the •eonntry. The state of risings is truly deplorable we flatter ourselves, however, that it will speedi ly.change, • ROME; JUNE is not without. surprise that we have read in Certain Journals an Order of the Day; pitblished at Ancona by the Commandant , of the Neapolitan troops,, to .hrtng ,before.au Ex-, traiirdinary rand Special Conimission, "- certain malevolent •persons.. who seek to disturP the trais 2 quillity ,of the Departments of - the Metauro, Mu-, sone,-and Trento, and who spread seditiouS snouts." We may demand to' be ir.fmined,.,if we' stilt live in times 'when _the most loyal subjects Were called seditious i This' was too long the fashion in Spain and other countries. The Tyrant who wished to subjugate Spain gave -the name of - Rebels to those generous spirits who took, arms' against him : hitt now that his yoke is broken, ail injuries repaired, and every one restored to his. rights, this revolutionary - language nod the pro ceedings threatened ought to be proscribed.. All usurpation ought to cease with: the UstiF- - , per : he invaded, in 1808, the March of - Ancona, and the EaStern parts of the States of the Church, took them frosts the Pope, and forrned them into three Departments.. But the_ Holy See never ced-: ed these Provinces by any treaty :, no - treaty gave them to any other Power ; and it is as dnjusp to retain Ahem as it Was to take them originally". The inhabitants, who evinced attachment to their le- - gitimate,Grivernment, cannot therefore be regard ed as malignant and seditious persons. Those who disturb these Provinces' by foreign armies, and. commit ravages, or exercise an illegitiinate, authority therein; are, the real seditious and Ma lignant persons, The March of Ancona, -and the' adjacent' territories, belong as. strictly to the Pope, as Rome, and the Litorale of the Mediterranean. He ought to enter into full possession of both ; and to keep them from him by violence, without any title, is an act of ambition and-tyranny which has too much resemblance to the condilet of the late Despot, and which probably trill not have a longer run of success than his iniquitous_ pro ceedings. AR:kU (SINITZERLASD), - JuLy 2.--The Count' St. Len has. publiclied a 'document in our Gsi: zette,'in which, alter anew,declaring that he re nounces, for him Self and his children, all the ad vantages stipulated in his favour by the 6th article of the Convention, signed at - Fontainebleau on the llth of April, lie adds, that, become a private in dividual since 1810, living as such, and wishing to 'remain completely so, espeCially since he was absolved from all obligations , towards Holland by the return of the Prince of Orange, lie had re fused all the offers which were made to. him ~ . . by, the preceding •Trench Government,- - both when he was at Gratz in Styria, when he resided in Switzerland, and when • be came to Paris, about the beginoing of this year.— He adds, that having learned at Gratz, that a Senates Consultum of the 10th Of December, IWO, gave him a domain around his estate. of St. Len, as an indemnity for Holland, he immediately protested, on the 30th of the same mouth, against this shameful grant, in letters which he wrote to the French Senate, and to the Counteis' St. Lett, his wife. Ile therefore declares null. and :void and of no effect all acceptance or any act Of pro perty relative to the said domain, as having been done, not 'only without his knowledge,. but against his formal orders. .11e, orders those who .manage the said property, eitho id his 'name, or that of his children and their mother, to restore 'it to the right owners. - He wishes`to retain only the estate of St. Le'ti, as that which he really pur chased. • , - LAUSANNE, JULY s.—The Federal Compact of the Swiss Cantons has just been accepted by the Grand .Council. The.following are some of the principal provisions of this Act : The . • 19 Sovereign Cantons of the S'wiss Confederation, Uri, Sewitz, Underwald, Lucern`e," Zurich, Glaris, Zug, Berne, Friharg, Soleure, Basle, Schaffhausen, Appenzel, the two Rhodes, St. Gall, the Grisons, Argovia, Thurgovia, Tes sin, 'and, the Canton of Vaud, enter into a confederation for the maintenance of their liberty, their independence, and se- eurity, both against the attacks of Foreign Powers, and for their own internal repose. They reciprocally guarantee their Constitutions, such as they shall be accepted by the Chief Authorities of each Can ton, and by the Diet. They also reciprocally guarantee their territory. The second Article declares erery Swiii to bea soldier. There s4al be armed and organized a contingent 'of 32,000 men, dratvn from t he' mass of the citizens fit to bear arms. The test of the men fit to boar anus must alsu be organized and exercised, SU that the contingent may he completed,and reinforced in the same proportion as when raised. - By Article 5, a getirral fuud is to be r.lised fur the equip- ' Jv ti tnent, and maintenance of the contingent, by Wa n " °f on the importation of articles not of the first ucces.Fity". Art.. 6, provides for the due invitation to m utual a 55 4. . 'in the case of external or internal danger; ,and that in case of external' danger, the expencei shall he by tin; Confederation ; in ca se o f internal cinuit;OtiOst shall, be borne by the Canton 'demanding aid. ons'e l4 they Art. 7. pr shilloviles, b tl e ia :si %i t t t i le c d case of arbitrators disputesof rul sa aruisinsv;-110$ froysti among the Alagistrates of adj6ining Canton's. 'Art. R. Alliances - with Foreigli Poricrs are coll tr ' c a ,' to g , the Confederation, Evert/ allian c e of oar OE n'6" with an , Power is prohibited. • 14 , Siugie CtintOtis arc entithd to form r nilitt..ry car —c c•e; 'or to'conclude treaties relative to their inteinal poitee; with' Foreign States treaties 10'144:1 contradictory, either to therederal Act, to treattes,-44_, existing, or to' the Constitutional rights of other GB'it°l,l, Art. 9, Treatiei of Commerce with ForeigiiStatcsi'l.'s made by the Diet. of f fi ; Art. io. Se ) cures the f rees exportation and Fur" -a se . 3 bc• • visions,,natie.productions, cattle, anti ni ercliand iref as their transit f.rom.otte Canton to another ; th e t i °l 1 , 15 i, puntages remaining as they now are, if approved " Diet. 0 0 4 Art:34. declares, that there is in Switzerlan d ngs d ej country. No class of Citizens of any Canton from the enjoyment of political rights. Arts. 1 . 5 9 16; 17, is, and 39, prescribethe duties r piv" of the Diet. As the guardi an o f th e s e curity of S' ci l ti ;ol l ' it has the,management of the c o ntingents in met , ir f - roi ll .Deelarlitions of %vat and treaties of peace ernar 3l46 coy Diet ; but: must: be approved by three-fuurths c% the - It appoints' and rccals Ambassadors. Of t" 4tior, A variety of other articles respect the orgatti, Diet. It meets yearly the tst at Jely, but fi 7traordinary,SesSions.: It is composed of DepOt'' e3 , , f e e l' •. 19 Cantons, who %We conform a bly t o th e la.:vs of tl ' . 'compact, and theinstructions of their respectiO c The first Deputy of the,Canton of Zurich, as beij* ver 4 'recting,Canton, is President of the-Diet. Only for each Canton is entitled to vote for his Canton, t''•''ll' may have as Juan)* colleagues as his Canton cl" 0 "' es ,0 111 proceedings and acts of the Diet are to he draYo of German language, af t dit .or •,1 variety of Articl e s r e spe c t th e di rec ti o n of O ;4 . the Confederation. While ttieDiet is not sittiotfr ra a'' rection is conferred on the CantonolZuriell,lA - it litile 6oei -formerly enjoyed by it prior to 1793. It i to thin te iO lt meat that the Nlinisters . o?Forcio - n"Puwer dentials, and all their other communications, wl'i cl). : l l r ec tli' v . by it transmitted to the respective Cantons. • 111' to t ' Canton convoke:, yearly the Di e t, an d com munic ate 0 0, Cantons the subjects which will be submitted Its , • • sion. • r e s . In extraordinary c i rcums t ances o f war an d ot-er P i tl! 0 ; dangers, when th e Diet 'cannot remain pe rg.l3fi c e s sie cil o seifibled, the direction of affairs is entrusted to a Federal' Representatives. This Fetleral Council i ! posed of seven Mend On- st of which tfic Canton of 7't' Off ways to fitnishlhrPresident ; the other 'six are to f (' ed by the Cantons di v id e d i n t o c l asses. 4 ig P- lac Art.-40., All Treaties and Concordats, as well a' . e t° of the diet since the year 1803, • which are not op? t present Federal:A c t, rema i n in - vigour till forroallY ris":„ ll* 41. The National Debt, as fixed on the her, 1914, at the amount of 3,118,3 U Wised and.achnowledged. s e By Art. 42, the Canonical existence of cont'e nt ' ~itt ° tern, and the security of .th e i r property, arc i•-• l3 ': t s. far as the same depend s on th e C an t ona l G o vern'''%it ° property, however, like that of individuals, 15 tit an P posts and taxes._ • tl,e By Art. 45, the seal of the confederation banner of the ancient Swiss—a white cross on 3 with the legend, Swiss Confederation. pd o b' A plan for the union of th e VniiniS Ait,.Ll ,51; to the Swiss :Confederation- has a lso mitted to the comideration of-,a C 011111)-1 yen Members. lIAMBURGH CO PEN7AGEN,, JULY 2. l' ' be m enst; rcs ‘151 r 111:1 the property :sec intou es t t r h a l e t i o p r o l of Wench subjects are 11 0 ‘ c : r r :te rt 1 to cease l tt French o p n r l i )' v . is still to continue. atltieec' , f e the tCailvei l li ; s (( t )iffil o e f c: D ) 111. a st'i n ' s il i l t i od O Ne ifi i go i hr e tir r .ero s ae . y: \n'i. Salia::::°:bsfe.cetOPieleretilirsi::l es;setssrl3: ; lls:sel:l:l'(';'sl e amEontsgrt‘;TJß,l expected 110 e London 1 , )al passed the Sound witlii° t , s le ( i i )f a ' Y cliffe rr re is: i ve l t h: t ic l g a l 11 [ 1 i t o i6s n f s a , m a i l ; y6 O 71 :1 1 r .1 ti.i(.1c1).::11s",e:5:11111.31:::t4():.:115:. UNE 25 ,-A "great number ° , w oo . • 16g after so many years 'of iiiterrtiptioril."..; clay, have,paid the 'Sound dtitv w ithin these i 3 .e r; , 1; ° . MOSCOW, slit `)B.—The taking °f 13 . ki ii i . ,nt V ' e been cerebrated here with great so , c o.- y sc or Eminenceugustine hell a very eiM ilet' r t a i i p l l iii, j in the Cathedral Church, in WI, lett, 111-W• s ` :- ,te., illOscovt; he said, •11 " ..-...lese ruins w ill be . 01/ , i11C 55 ' l t monuments of the wonders of God' 3 iP -°` ra ,3 . 1 , , , to ic i justice, which were displayed- io" e , ile 0 5- e and all Europe, that destroyed thy beauty, will sbe w i.o , l ;ti of ", ages. that thou watt the victim of the r ctc ,,,rol ier nux only of our beloved country, b lip °I s ilt f ., o t:' ! and the reflectiOn. of ' to f o ttl i from the heavy v(;ke. of an ambitif,ui I,''',,,t, Ivi - HAMBURGII, JULY 5.---General 13cul'iljCsOfe41 rii . C l ' 13 f IV written a letter to the Senate, in s•- -1 0 t wo ill' .that, in spite all previous warning'' (I 3 ' (i °" I joSUl te r orr est ei Burgher Guard have publicly beiot, car ( treated a French Captain i tont 0 ,1 • file and 'convicted before a Court-;)ltirtial, r 0 1 fral 3 et' sentenced,•one to be shot, before th e tbr oor 4 Ge o. , sii . 4 re o g o i o m . e n i: e t n , t;hethoatt,liehrowtoc:curn, t il l: , g;Litiie' itlet . ::i. liel ,t, tbeir , ~,s annulled the sentence, and 11-.oc 0 pr c oo l inent to the Senate, in ortier'to W ye la , 0 4 the respect with which their vair iutls - •