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Parliamentary Proceedings.
House of Commons, Tuesday, December 5.
A GREAT deal of private business was done, such as read
ing a firft, second, and third time bills for enclosure, &c.
, Mr. Orel having brought up the resolutions of the Commit
tee of Supply,
Capt. Minchin rose, not in fact to oppose the resolutions of
the Committee „he reserved his observations on that point to
a future day, but wished to be informed why a Surgeon, De
puty and Purveyor of Rhode-Ifland Ihould be included in the
eftimfes before them?
• Lord Lifarne replied, that he presumed those officers had
been appointed when the island was in our poffeftion, and it
was usual to continue them.
Hon. T. Townfamd could not help making some observa
tions on .what, had fell from a noble Lord yeftefday, concern
ing the appointment of Post-Captains, Masters and Comman
sti the noble Lord,' he said, With his usual vivacity and ri
sibility of countenance, had entertained the I-Joufe, as he u
lually does, on matters which ought to be molt seriously con
sidered ; the noble Lord teemed to have come prepared to de
fend himfelf against any attack, for he had got in his hand a
lift of all the officers lately promoted, giving his reasons why
they were promoted, and making an obferyation, that they
had been promoted by the Admirals abroad ; this, said Mr.
Townihend, is not fatisfadtory to me ; it is well kriown that
these men had letters of recommendation from Adminiltration
here before they embarked, therefore it was as much an a^t
of persons in power, as if they had been appointed to their
different ftatjons by persons residing here. It is therefore evi
dent, that the publick money, is sported with ; that the prefect
Minifters.do not aft in that ^economical manner they pretend,
and which it is incumbent on them to do. The noble Lord in
the blue ribbon (not now in his place) had taken notice of an
expression of his the preceding day, that those roetywho had
experience and abilities to support the honour of the nation,
would be niadif they Accepted of any appointment under the
present Administration; and added, that the present Ministers
must consequently be mad, and only fit for Bedlam, if they
made choice pf gentlemen to go on service who were,of such
an opinion. This, he said, was very judicious in the noble
Lord; but he would advert to a circumstance in the time of
Lord Anson, that mad, injudicious, and head-ftron^ Com
mander, who willed to promote every officer according to his
merit: he had fixed upon an honourable friend of his (Admiral
Keppel) to a more elevated Ration ; but it was found he was
so mad, and so fit for Bedlam, that the offer was rejected.
Mr. Townshend took occasion to mention the names of Hai
land and Campbell, particularly the last, as men deferring the
attention of Administration, and who had never declined ser
ving. If men of such known abilities .are neglected, is it to be
wondered at that our Navy is not on so refpedtable^a footing as
it has formerly been ?
Mr. North (son of Lord North) said it was unfair to com
ment on what had been said on a former day, especially as the
gentleman alluded to was not present; in his idea the Right
Hon. Gentleman was mistaken wheqhe mentioned the names
of Harland and Campbell as being supposed to be under the
predicament of madmen if they served under the present Ad
ministration ; the meaning he presumed was, that if gentle
men must be called madmen for. at this time taking a part in
the service of their country under such an Administration, then
that Administration muft.be mad indeed to employ them.
The resolutions being agreed to,
Sir Robert Smyth prefaced a motion he had in bis hand with
observing that a similar one had been rejected last year, but
from what had passed yesterday he thought there could be no
objection to its being now proposed; it was, that the minutes
of the trial arid Sentence of the Court Martial on Su Hugh I al
lifer be laid before the House.
Lord Surrey role, he said, to second the motion. No per
son could more sincerely regret, that any th^which might,
in its consequences, hate a tendency to sow dilutions in the
Navy, ihould be agitated in that House, than oe.-—•1 he
situation of publick affairs called for unanimity, both within
and without doors; but as the Navy was the great national
bulwark, and as nothing would prove more likely to defeat^thv.
objects which might be attained by its full and effectual exer
tion, than differences arising in the service from party and
prejudice, he wished most anxiously to avoid it. ,
It was to be lamented, however, that this opinion and rule
of conduß had not been more prevalent ; for he feared, from
what had palled the preceding day, that it was now too late
to expert unanimity. He, for his own part, did not pretend
to give an opinion either way, as to the propriety of the sen
tence, which had been fofeverely arraigned by the Vice-Ad
miral, who was the objert.of it. That sentence might be well
founded, or unjust, for ought he knew.—The Vice-Admiral,
instead of censure, might have deserved applause; the other
Admiral, who was acquitted with so honourable and favour
able a teftirhony of his good conduct, might have been to
blame. Of the truth of those facts, he confeffed himfelf ig
norant; nor, all circumstances considered, did he desire to be
informed but for what passed yesterday in that House.—Since
that, the affair had assumed a very different appearance.
The proceedings ^.d sentence of one of the most refpertable
military tribunals that ever fat, was not only questioned on
its propriety, but arranged in the face of the nation for its
partiality and injustice by a Member of that Assembly. Not
contented with arrainging the Court-martial, the fame Ho
nourable Member had accused another Honourable Member,
and brother officer, of gross and notorious mifcondurt in the
exercise of his profeflion, and the discharge of a fpecifick and
particular duty. These were matters, in the shape they came
before that House, which assumed a very serious and important
appearance. Thev were worthy of enquiry, because, if per mitted
to remain on their present footing, the not taking further notice
of them might be productive of very serious, if not fatal conse
quences. Who were the dbjeds of the censure ? A most respec
table judicial tribunal, compofeo of some of the ablest officers
in the naval service. Who again was the person supposed to
be thus oppreffed^nd ill-treated?—An officer of considerable
rank and long experience. What then would be the probable
consequence, but that on one hand the persons who con
diluted the court-martial must buffer under a general indis
criminate charge of partiality and injustice, and that too in
a place where they were neither present; nor in a capacity to
answer for theirifelves; or on the other hand, that the person
who defcribed^himfelf differing tinder those imputed injuries,
must rest contented with' barely Rating them, without a pof
libility of redress.
But even putting all personal considerations out of the
question, he wished the House would seriously attend to the
probable effects which the permitting this affair to pass away
unnoticed might have updn the whole of the naval service,
both as affecting the body, and each individual who composed
it. What officer could trust himfelf to Tea, when perhaps
after the most spirited and judicious exertions on his part,
and a neglert of duty in his superior, when he endeavoured
to bring "that superior to justice, and to knfwer for his mif
condurt, that the very tribunal appointed by law to enquire
into the truth of his accusation, fhould,from factious or wqrfe
motives, acquit the culprit, and censure him for a faithful
discharge of his duty? Or what officer could accept with
fafety or confidence a chief command, if he was sure to run
the xifque of being accused by an inferior officer; and after
MANY persons who have been long indebted to us, and
from whom we have patiently expected some payment from
the late crop, having totally neglected us, we now call upon to pay,
at least, the interest due to us, and if they can, part of the principal;
otherwise, we shall be compelled, however contrary to our wishes, to
put our demands in suit without dißindtion, by the middle of May ;
it being incumbent on us to remit to our friends in Great-Britain im
mediately ; and as our demands have mod of them been many years
Ranking, our friends cannot complain of want of indulgence.
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March 47, I,Bx. GEORGE GREENLAND, Administrator.
an honourable acquital, behold that officer countenanced and
favoured by Administration?
Such being the Rate of the matter as it struck him_it was
now too late to recede; the publick justice of the nation re
quired that the House should take up the bufineft; not as a
matter of choice, but necessity; and upon that ground he
rose to second the motion, which he declared met with his %
hearty concurrence.
Admiral Keppel observed, that the narrative read by the
Governour of Greenwich Hospital the preceding day, reached
his ears in so imperfect a manner, that the most material parte
of the contents of that paper, escaped his notice; otherwise,
when he rose to fay a few words upon the occasion, he should
most certainly not have passed over some parages in silence.
He had heard out of doors, that some parts of that narrative
contained matter of heavy accusation against him: he was
therefore well pleased, that the present motion, if agreed to,
would afford him an opportunity of juftifying the whole of his
condurt on the 27th of July. He had heard of other accusa
tions, but he was not afraid to meet them though he fat on the
weaker fide of the House. He fruited to the justice and
candour of those who were to determine on his conduft; and
he had nothing to fear on his own account, though the whole
of his profeffional life had been taken into the account. He
was conscious of his own. innocence, and that he had always,
to the bed of his knowledge and abilities, difeharged his duty
to his King and Country. It gave him great pain that he Ihould
have been the cause of so much trouble to the House; but
he had a perfect confidence in its candour and justice, and
was ready at all times to meet his accusers face to face. He
ihould not have rose, but for the circumstance already alluded to,
particularly as the Governour of Greenwich Hospital was not
present; but from the low and imperfect manner the narra
tive had been read by that gentleman, he thought proper to
take notice now of what he had not an opportunity of doing
the preceding day, ~.^ b : -
Mr. Alderman Sa<wbridg^ said a few words. He observed,
it was impossible for any person present, when the Vice-Ad
miral read the pamphlet; to carry away with him the contents,
or a tenth part of them., He presumed the Vice-Admiral had
not wrote the pamphlet, otherwise, from an acquaintance
with his own hand-writing,' it anight be ^fairly presumed he
would not have hesitated so frequently in the deliyery of it,
or conveyed so imperfect an idea of what it contained, to his
auditors. There Was one passage in it, however, which he
caught, and which particularly struck him; that ivas, where
the author contended, that the accuser or prosecutor was
entitled to reply, after the final close of the evidence, and
the defence of the party accused. %This appeared to him
a very novel doctrine indeed; and though he, did not mean
to pronounce decisively or authoritatively on the fubjettywas,
he understood,, contrary to the whole course of criminal pro
ceedings. This; however, he could affirm from his own
experience, which was pretty considerable, that it was dire&ly
contrary, whatever it might be in the Courts of common law,
or naval courts martial, to the eftablilhed usage of land
courts martial.
The question was thefi put pn Sir Robert Smyth's motion,
and unanimously agreed to.—The House rose at five o'clock,
and adjourned to next day;
House of Commons, Wednesday, December 6.
READ a third time, arid passed the bill for repairing Wan
tage roads.
Ordered in a bill for inclofing Dilbourn Common.
Ordered in a bill for the better regulation of marines while
on shore. .
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