The National Register.
London, England, 1816-08-19 00:00:00

TM. NATIONAL REGISTER.

iNt to Ming Mr coudnet of Lord Ellcidiunaviell b. fore the House
of and that II Annid art accor.l.hgly at an rash day,
probably the Tuesday following, and it %%a. preeiwly on ►he
ina:Jay I. (lowing that I aid ~4) net: anti Mr. CieChl 1110 had,
in the moan time, communicated my intention to the Marshal,
biol had aelliallv reenannomled him to love persorn in readiness
to 1:11Le n,c .n Thal go, on my rettuu from the 11..it.e, ;aid it teas
wider anprelliaision that such persons would he in atten-
donee, that I went at an eat iv hour, in order that 111 w eivrance
might no. be oh.to noted ; nut and id Pining ally violence within
the wails, and b% ing indifferent what might ocesir at my
eggre,s, pro% Wed I could succeed,: in my purpii3e of being
heard in the lion‘e."

The paper went :ni to prove that in leaving the King's Bench,
bra Coehiane Lail no wish to elude the sentence (..t. the Coort•
It then de scribed the damp, cull, and offensive state of the
strong room, or " hole" (as it ie said to have beeo called by the
Judges in I 7 2O), in which he was confined, on being retaken.
In this place lie es as coati:Jed for twenty-six days, and was only
rei»oved vi hen the Marshat had been informed that his brans
kept there larger Ise attended with "thin:fermis conse-
quenees.” ,lle ascertained haw fir lie could torture him ( I
Cochrane 1, and only interfere/ to sac!' Ins lice. 31111 pIeSCI.%
him for farther intlietions. It was not, iu fact, ,kit aft.as the
urgent eertifirate which he received trent one of the gentleni,m
sent by the Marshal, as well as that of his (i .ord Cochrane's)
own Physician, Dr, Buchan, pointing out the necessity or a
change of abode. Intl been transmitted to the Hon. Mr. Ben-
nett. Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into the State of
Prisons, and hy him laid before one of the Secretaries of State ; I
and until Mr. Bennett and 'Mr. Lambton (et Mem her of that
Committee) bail renowytratril with the Marshal, that lie relite•
tautly deter' ll ill ed to liberate hint front the dungeon. The certi-
ficates were here introduced, and these were followed by a
repetiti 111 l of his complaints against the riguor with which lie
conreived himself to have been treated by the Marshal after
his return to the prism', and further comments on the damp
and filthy state of the strong room. He falsifier maintained,
the punishment inflieted was nut limitesl to close confinement
for six and twenty days in the hole or strong room, but the ,
apartment to which he was then removed, namely, the grated
chamber over the lobby, was also a place of .e/.se cm, finemunt ;
and the Marshal did there retilin him closely confined from the
day of his removal front the strong room, to the es piratiou of
the twelve months for which he was sentenced by the Court,
hying a period of nearly ten weeks.. The escape, therefore,
had already been visited by die privation of air ;mil exercise
for the space of more than three cakmilar snood's, by MI
whose legal power of punishment was limited to one
month only, and represented to be adequate to the offence , '
yet his malignity (if lie were realy theprinviiial in this business)
was still aerated, and he stilt called for additional vengeance.
The authority given to the Marshal to punish an escape, limited
the period of confinement fora second offence to three
Bat notwithstanding the Court ofKing's Bench conceived drat 1
three months close confinement was a punishment fully adequate
even for a repetkinie of the offence with which he was charged,
and had Instrnetedtheirofficer so to consider it, ht not only had
had the audacity to exceed that infliction for the first offence,
but now implored that Court, whose servant lie was, and whose
antliorityhe had thus exceeded, to impose additional penalties.
He had either the incredible effrontery to tegnire the Court to ,
encourage and imitate him in the vindictive violation of its
own public ordinance, made for his governance, or he ailed its
obedience to secret inetrochots.
The Noble Lord, after some further remarks, said o.e had
but two words more to add, and these were to express the sur-
prise which he felt at the conduct of the Counsel whom lie had
employed to advocate Isis canoe in the first indictment which
had been preferred against him. That Gentlesnan had thought
proper to unite his defence with that of the other Defendants
on the record, and had thereby acted in direct opposition to
his wishes, He meant not to ascribe this to any improper mo-
tive On the part rifbis Counsel; bin he felt it his duty to state,
that whatever might have been the cause, the effect was pecu-
liarly iinforismate to hint. He had elan to remark, that the
Coutisel who had appeared against him 4/31 that occasion, and
whom be did not then see in Court (Mr. liurney)—

Mr. Gurney ruse and said," I am here."
Lord Cochrane in eontimiatinit observed, that that Gentle-
man hail ilettially received retaining fees from him, had attend.
ed consoltations on hiw ease; and yet, to his astonishment, ap-
peared in the lists against him.

Mr..lnFtice Burroughs.—" Suck imputatium arc extremely
impropci."

Ft k. Gerney.---" My Lord they arc net true :—I never was
retained lay the Noble Lord in the ease to which he alludes; I
n inde;:il, consulted on the part of the Noble Lord, respect-
ing a prosecution for a libel; and I wrote my opinion on that
subject. Three weeks after, I was offered, oat his part, a re-
t; • g fee; but I r:•titscd toaecept it. having been previously
engatt•cdd ajaiaast him; and it was not for six mouths afterwards
that I heard a doubt suggested of the propriety of my conduct.'•

Mr. Jostice Itarroughs..-46 No tine believe•, Mr. Gurney,
that you could h.l%ct dune airy thing inconsistent with your cha-
racter as a Mai ister an a (ieutleinan."

Lnril Cochrane,—" I can only say, such charges were made
in my Attorney's hill to Me."
Mr. Marryatt.—" I hope the Noble Lord will call some evi-
dence after the extraorditiary speech he has thought proper to
make."

Mr. Justice liturronghs wasiitreßo evidence would !weaned.
He hail lice,, anxious that the Noble I)..fetidant should have an
opportunity of stating ever* thing lie pleased; and be was the
more desirous to take this course from the daily anisrepreseLta•
nuns which took place of the proceedines of the Courts of
Justice. as it might have been inferucd, had he not heard every
ward which the noble laird had to say, ill:dila., ice had not been
drily ailimnistered. Alter having patiently heard all the Noble
Lord had to offer, however, be could not but temark, that, with
' all hi+ attention he had not been able to discover a single sen-
tence oldie-Noble Lord's speech, which, directly, or indirectly.
Applied te the iswee %aird' they were ru Iled Opola to-try. Nothing
could be Moos unjustethan to asperse and vilify the charaeter of
a odd:c officer, who, the Noble Lord mast have known, could
h eve no epponimity of windicatiuchimself. The Noble Lord
had detailed charges against the Marsh:slot* the King's Bench,
which, ergot if went led, hadamthing in the world to do
with the conduct imputed to his Lordship; but which, as they
meld not be answered, it was incensisteuttrith the ;principles
of justice and of honour fur blotto have made. what had
p issed, lie trusted there was not an iadividnal in Court who
would noted once dismiss from his breast any coachision fueind.
ed upon aspersions ti. filch there was no opportunity of reply-
ing. The only goestiou ter the Jury to decide on this occasion
was, whether Lord Cochrane had been committed to the ens.
body of the Marshal of the Kim's Bench for a given period ;
and if lie had been en commiued, whether he bud net bee n
hound at Large haute the esperatioli of that period. That lie

AUGI7ST IP.

had been committed wa. prayed by et idotee of the mood lu-
contruv,•ctiblc description; and that he had escaped W. ns
clear a' the tom at noonday. The Jury, tht rc:l,re, could only
(mole to the emielttbion, that the charge Imputed to biww3s well
founded.

The Jury now proceeded to consider their verdict and after
a few initiates emasultatitiu, i Ir. W. Ifaydon, the foreman, beg.
gad to ask, whether the Joey were at liberty to accompany their
verdict by any remark beyond the simple decision of guilty or
not guilty?

Mr.Justie..!Burraughs.—" You will find your verdict u t^ the sim.
ple fact whetiwr Lord Co.hrane was committed to the custody cf the
Alaraii3l of the KiNes Bench ; and whether, after he has been so com-
mitted, he did not escape before the expiration of his stipulated con-

Mr. W. Vincent (another Juryman).—" Arc we permitted. in re-
turning our verdict, to ucconyany it by an expression of our, inion
Are we allowed to recomnicial the defendant to mercy."
Mr. Justice Ilurrouglia.—" Certainly, you arc at liberty, if you shall
think tit, to reeorr.inend the ildeudaat to merry."
Ile Jury now consulted again tin a short time ; whca their Fore_
man returned the following vcrlict arc of op;nkm, that Lord
Co-braise ix guilty of esenpiug front prison ; but roc recommend hint to
merry, herustre rr, think his subsequent punishment fully adequate to
the qi•nee of ;thigh hr rrarguittn."

Mr. Justic2 Ilutrouihs.—•• I will state your verdict, Ganda:alien,
precisely in the terms in which you have given it." His Lordship
then wrote down the verdict as reported by the Foreman.
Lord Cochrane—" My lord, I want justice, and not merry."

On the verdict being finally recorded. there were some marks of ap.
probation; and for a moment the decorum of the Court was interrupted.
_ . _

Mr. Justice Burroughs said, if such indecorous conduct was r.
peated, he should commit the offenders to custody. There was no
ground for rejoicing, because the Jury. after finding the defendant
guilty, had thought proper to recommend him to mercy.

MR. SHERIDAN
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Mr. Sheridan tweeting Miss Unity, afterwards Mrs. Sheridan,
at the entrance of a Grotto, in the vicinity of Bath ; took the
liberty of offering her some advice; with which apprehendii.g
she was dispkassed,lte left the following Lines in the Grotto tart
next day.

Uncouth is this moss-covered Grotto of stone,
And damp is the shade of this dew-dropping tree
Yet I this rude Grotto with rapture will own.
And willow, thy thunps are refreshing to me.
For this is the Grotto where Delia reeliii'd,
As late I in secret her confidence sought ;
And this is the tree kept her safe from the wind,
As, blushing, she heard the grave lesson I taught.
Then tell me, thou Grotto of moss-covered stone,
And tell me, thou willow, with leaves dropping dew,
Did Delia seem vex'ul when Horatio was gone?
And did she confess her resentment to you?
Methinks how each bough, as you're WarinZ, it tries,
To whisper a cause for the sorrow I feel ;
To hint how she frOveled, when I dared to advise,
And sigli'd When she saw that I did it with zeal.
True, true, silly leaves, so she did, I alloik;
She frowned, but no rage in her looks ...und I see ,
She frowied, but reflectiou haul clouded her brow
She sigh'd, brut perhaps 'twas in pity to me.
Then wave thy leaves brisker, thou willow of wo• ,
I tell thee, no rage in her looks could I see ;
I cannot, I will not, believe it was so ;
She was not, she could not, be angry with me.
Farwell did she know that my heart meant no wrong,
It sunk at the tholiglit of but giving her pain;
But trusted its task to a faltering tongue,
Which erred trout the feelings it could not explain.
Vet, 0 ! if indeed,`l've offended the maid,
If Delia my 'nimble monition refuse,
Sweet willow, the next time she visits your shade,
Fan gently her bosom, and pie-au my excuse.
And thou, stony Grin, in thy arch may'st preserve
Two lingering drops of the night-fallen dew ;
Then let theebut fall at her feet, and they'll serve
As tears of lily sorrow entrusted to you.
Or, lest they unheeded should fall at her feet,
Let them fall on her boson of snow ; and I swear,
The next time I visit thy inoas-covered seat,
I'll plif thee each drop with a gouniuc tear.
So may'st thou, green willow, for ages, thus toss
Thy branches so lank o'er the slow winding strum];;
And thou, stony Grotto, retain all thy moss,
While yet there's a poet to make thee his theme.
Nay, more ; may my Delia still give you her chart.:s.
Each ev'iiing,and sometimes the whole evening lo:ig ,
Then, Grotto, be proud to support lacy white arms ;
Then, willow, wave all tlty green tops o'er her song.

We lament to say, that Mr. Gibbs, merchant, at
ilermo, and who was Paymaster to the British trcmps, bac
put an end to his existence, in consequence of peen/lid:s
embarrassments. fle is a relation to Chief Justice Gibbs.

A self-constituted Society, who called themselves, very un-
warrantably, " Me Landos,"43ave been recently guilty of great
disorders in Worcester. Several of them have been held to
bail at the next Quarter Sessions, for outrage ; and it is hoped
their punishment will deter others tizin follow ing their example.
Diet:tom N NESS.—Drunkenness expels reason; drowns the
'armory ; distempers the body ; diminishes strength ; intlaines
the blood ; causes external, Internal, and incurable womuls ; is
a witch to the senses a devil to the soul ; a thief to the purse ;
the beggar's companion ; a wife's woe ; caildreui. sorrow ; the
picture of a beast mid self-murderer; who drinks to others good
health, and robs himself of his .ost n.

DROACIFIAL Emaccs OF PA•ScON.-4 man named Chew, of
Bath, on Tuesday threw a knife at his sou, ten years or age,
winch entered his bvk, and indicted a wound likely to e
mortal. The wretched father has anuendracd Itniself to
justice.