The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-13 00:00:00

793.] LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1849. [THREEPENCE.

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IMPERIAL P.

HOUR OF LORDS.—MoNDAT, Maim 12.
The LORD CIANOZLIA:I4 took kis seat at 6 o'clock.

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THE CASE OF MB. COTTER.
Lord BEAUMONT bad given notice of a question which
he would now proceed to put to her Majesty's government.
In order le make it clear, it was necessary that he should
narrate Melia events in connexion with it. It appeared that
as far bask se the 16th September last, Mr. Cotter was
arrested in his own boom at Madrid. He was takes oat of
bed sad aenveyed to a public prima, where he was con-
fined is • seam deepen for twenty-nine days, and hod no
oryeehmily of esmmeakiating with his friends. He was
never Whims& et the nature of the offence of which he was
award, bat at the end of the time named, he wee removed
toss infirmary attached to the prison. He then wrote a
letter to the Captain Onearal d WWI, to 'squire the
gre•Mbee *Wit le bed Men airmteel, sod scathing 'wan-
nest, he ailkamed Nerven himself. but steamed how him no
direct reply. He also applied to the British essmnel, but 'with-
out effect. It was intimated to him aMeially that he was
about to be removed to Cadiz, end he senesquently ez-
=his Iletilment would have beds the one as that of
Mt sad othm, who were taken to the frostier,
sal tjtme dissharged. Mr. Cotter wee. however, taken, an-
der aa escort, ho a post-chaise to Cadis, where he was thrown
into prison, and remained there until some time in the
month of Jemmy. He protested against his detention, and
claimed the protection of England; bat the only reply the
authorities made loss that they did not care in the least what
the British sound might say on the subject. A short
tiny afterwvds be was ordered on board a ship proceeding
to Manilla, and was informed that he was about to be tran-
Manilla. He again protested against such eon-
ruettto
but in vain. These accounts had been published in
Spin and in England, and certain papers had sounded a
note of triumph at the manner in which they said the
Spanish government dared to beard the English govern-
ment. There weasel to be a question as to whether Mr.
Cotter was a British subject, owing allegiance to the Queen
of this country. If he wee, no doubt the government would de-
mand reparation. If, however, he wee note British subject, it
would be entirely a Spanish affair, and we could not interpose.
He did sot wish to interfere with a government which set at
defiance all the roles of eivilised government which had
dared to send the Brit'sh minister from the court of Madrid
beans, be accidentally met and conversed with a member
of the opposition. He would allow the Spanish people, with-
out any further comment on the subject, to hug the chain
which they dared not break ; but he could not help observ-
ing that a nation which professed so much jealousy as to the
interference of other conatries was herself intereieddling
in the affairs of Central Italy, for the purpose of endeavour-
ing to restore the Pope to his temporal power. (Hear.)
The noble lord concluded by asking whether the government
had taken any steps to overlain if Mr. Cotter was a British
eubject, and, if so, whether say means ;bad been taken to
obtain satishetion for the injury which had been done him ?

Lord BDDISBURY said a letter was received from the
British consul at Cadiz, Mr. Beechenbur!, stating that •
gentleman of the name of Cotter had been arrested, and
was about to be transported. It appeared that this gentle-
man had beet arrested in March, 1848, charged with being
concerned in • conspiracy. Subsequently be was again ar-
rested on suspicion of being concerned in another conspfracy
against Narrate. The first intelligence which the British
government received on the subject was in January, 1849 ;
and the defence which the Bpaalth government made was,
that Mr. Cotter was not a British subject, that he had originally
served in the British legion, had afterwards been a captain
in the regular Spanish army, had bees aide-le-eamo to
General Concha, and had subsequently been appointed
comptroller of caste= in a Spanish port. Mr. Cotter was
not, therefore, a British subject owing allegiance to the
Queen of Busload, neither had he on either his first or se-
cond imprisonment (hinted the protection of the British go-
vernment ; sod they could not interfere unless it
that he had bees treated more *evenly than a 7pPaniand iard
would have bees. (Hear, leaf.)
Lord BEAUMONT was satisfied with the explanation.

Lord BROUGHAM mid whether Mr. Cotter was •
Bri•ieh subject ee mot, if he Waa living ia Spaia, and com-
mitted art Whom
be the Municipal law of that coat:try,
he maid entalmly be seea•Db to it.
Altar • herebrerratleas from the Marrieds of lAN/DOWNS
sad Levi OAMPSZLL, which were inaudible is the gallery,
the abject damped.
THE CONVICT MITCHEL.

I. reply le a question from Earl WALL/1011417,
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE mid be had no objection
to produce the instructions issued to the captain of the
Scourge, as to the treatment of the convict Mitchel on his
passage to Bermuda. At the same time, it was but fair to
state that the instructions did not reach the eaptain of the
Scourge in time; and he had, therefore, to use his own dis-
cretion to a certain extent. It should also be stated that be
had received an intimation from a member of the Irish go-
vernment that, in consequence of Mitehel•s state of health,
he wee to be treated with such indulgence as might be
neesmary. (Hear, bear.)
Earl WALDEORAVE moved an address to her Majesty,
praying that there be laid before the house a copy of the
instructions given to the Captain of the Scourge as te the
treatment of Mitchel on his voyage to Bermuda.—Ordered.