The life and eminent services of the gallant Lord Cochrane, : the hero of Basque roads! The companion of Collingwood!--The sailor's friend! The independent senator! The friend to universal education! The advocate for parliamentary reform! The asserter of the peoples rights! The opposer of corruption, of sinecures, and pensions! The terror of his country's enemies! and The free chosen servant of the electors of Westminster!.
London: : Printed and published by Smeeton, St. Martin's Lane.,
[1815?]
An anonymous pamphlet written in support of the then incarcerated Scottish naval officer Thomas Cochrane. In February 1814, Cochrane became embroiled in a hoax by one Captain De Berenger, claiming that Napoleon was dead and that the allied armies were marching on Paris. The 'news' was exploited by Cochrane’s uncle to net a large profit when the value of government funds rose rapidly.  Although apparently ignorant of the whole affair, Cochrane was arrested, tried before Lord Ellenborough, found guilty, fined £1000, and imprisoned for one year. Cochrane was imprisoned, and after escaping and being recaptured, he was released in June 1815, after paying the fine, but still protested his innocence.
Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860.
England London.