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rise up in judgment against him. It was more in the style °fan ad-
vocate than of a judge. He had talked of " dow a die game,"
and wanted tc know " what was become of the Skin." A keyeer
sportsman
soul lie (Sir. Francis) had never witnessed, bin there was was
old story of the man who had so the lion's shiiu while living,
which he should not repeat. He would only add, thdt land Coch-
rane was not yet hunted down, and he hoped the electors of West.
unoster would not sutler Lar to be hunted down. The per:•ou this
proposed to be limited down was all illustrious elia:Acter who hart
served his country gallantly and gloriously ; and even vipporingilial
to have so far forgotten himself as to have become an aceetsary itt
the base crime imputed to him, yet the consideration Of past her-
vices ought to have protected him front the degradiog and Hinman
punishment, %%inch was now to bt. inflicted on bbn. (Na, no, tram
the crowd.) Sir F. Burdett hoped that by their sentiments ex-
pressed this day, and by (Wr unpacked, unsolicited, uneerropted
votes, this part of the sentence might be prevented. ledeed cer-
-14111 Persons had overstepped themselves to their eagerness to knock
rap Loitl Cochrane, they had knocked up the pillory by sentencing
Zoos I.or.'ship tei it, andshe (Sir F. Burdett) should think it his duty
to attend him there.—( Lend approbation.) No one would here-
after think it a di=grace to stand where the Noble Lord had stinal
bvtne him. Even if Lord Coe/Wane were guilty of the otlence of
which he stood convicted, yet the. vengeance whie't he had drawn
dome upon himself was not for that offence, hot tar a very digereot
species of crime, which during a certain period of- our history had
been the .61 against the Bala Chat, namely, the support of the pri-
vileges ot the people. Public peculators, thorough passed retainers
ot the Court, found with the money which they had eml.wszled itl
their pockets, were let oil cosily, they were very honest gentlemen,
and meant shortly to pay the public their own back again. The
Hon. Baronet here alluded to the story of the Scotch gardener who
plundered his neighbours, and heilig detected by one of them in
carrying off his best wall-fruit, and asked where he was going with
it, answered, " only back again." He hoped the electors of West-
olifister would at least send Lord Ceciirane '' back again" to the
Howe from which he had been expriled without a hearing, when
lie might combat corruption in its source, and strike at the roots of
that secret influence which spread its baneful ramifications throug,ll-
- the land, and blasted the blossoms of liberty or happiness.
Lord Cochrane did not come to them for his lite, that lie had often
risked for his conntry; he did not come to them for reputation,
that he had sought even in the CM:11011'S Illtillth ; !Mt be came to
them to protect hian trout becoming the victim of the honest and
conscientious effotts he had made in their cause, and be thus ap-
pealed to the people of England. He concluded by moving, " That
it is the opinion of this Meeting that Lord Cochrane is not gmlty
of the offence for which he has been condemned to a severe and in-
famous punishment, and that?.e is a tit liaison to reprt-sent the City
of Westminster in Parliament."

Mr. Wishart seconded the motion.

Major Cartwright expressed his firm conviction of Lord Coch•
rane's innocence, and said, that lie would rather be in his Lordship'S•
skits than in that of any otitis ptirsnets.
Mr. P. Walker maintained, that the electors of Westmiuster
were bound in (boy to replace I.uril Cochraoe.
Mr. Alderman Wood said, he had had a conversation %vial several
of the Jorpnen before whom Lord Cochrane was tried ; one of theta
most sclemnly affirmed, not as his eyyvn iTecliugs merely, but as the
fccling of many of his brother jurymen, that it the evidence whicia.
had siree come out, bad been produced before them at the time,
and it' Lord Coe brute had darended himself in Court, as he lint diine
in the Hone of Commons, it would have been impossible for there
to find him guilty.—(Applauses !) —He could bring that person Fur•
ward on his oath if it were necessary—(Cries of No, No 1)--Lot i!e
did not himself think that it was necessary. Independently of that,
however, he had himself put such questions to Lord Coehrane, and
had received answers to them from his Lordship of site. a :moire,
as it was impossible a nature framed like his could have riven bad
he been guilty. At the time he heard of the proqable expo!.
sion of Lord Cochrane from the I louse of Common,, I,s (Kr. Wo,-)b)
as an elector of Westminsrer, began to think of sotne pr,Ter person
to r preseut that City in Parliament. His choice, if 1w had not
been aaticipated, would uodoubtedlv have fallen on Lord Coet
e, and be should have called upon electors ot. li.cstin;nsfrr
;o tame tiwward and support an old acrd tried patrint-
--He rejoiced, however, to rind that they %%cry all any
jr.stiee to an injured character, and he hoped they %von!,
i I "tunlin4 Lord Cochrane, whid, t ald the.l be their vs. r,
his Lordship's case.—(Applause
The first resolution w their put and carried with ottani
plause.

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