The National Register.
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

JULY l 0•

where no good could result from it. On these grounds he would
propose to gra►+t her Royal Highness the net sum of 50,000 i. per an-
num ont of the Consolidated Fund. _ _

• 111:. TIERNEY said, he understood the unfortunate separation be-
tween *1
the Prince and the Princess arose only from incomputability of
terop.a. He could not avoid returning his thanks to the Noble Lord
for having done so much on this subject, and he had no dt.ubt, but
wider the auspices of the Nr.ble Lord, the Prince Regent would he
brought, having thus cowedred to her Royal Highness's having the
income ut the Princess of Wales, to acknowledge her as such ; and
that one effect resulting from the happy efforts of the Noble Lord
would be, that her loyal Highness would be seen in her proper state
in the approaching procession to St. Paul's, in a situation as near tile
Prince as conveniently might be. Such an arrangement as this, aris-
ing noel the good °tikes of the Noble Lord, would indeed render him
popular.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he could not assent to make any attempt
to bring these two lilustrio'is Personages together, with their present
feelings, where none but feelings of devotion ought to prevail.
Mr. W utTart EA D must again declare, that his conduct on this ques-
tion had ',ever been governed by the bare motive of obtaining an in
crease (.1 income for the Princess of Wales. NVllat he had wished was
a participation of her character—an acknowledgment of her rights;
and he would not now consent that she should give up any of these
rights in consideration of any addition whatever being made to her
income.

Mr. CANNING was happy this proposition bad been brought fel.-
ward and adopted, lis it went to spew the opinion of the House on the
:subject

ford Castlcrenali's motion was then agreed to.
The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Supply,
Mr. WAno enumerated the principal items of the Oldnonee Esti-
mate 4, in which, as compared Ivith those of last year, lie !-Ited there
would be found a deficit of 1,000,0001. In the various dopartraents
great deductions had been made, but it was impossible at present to
declare what the peace establishment was likely to be.
Mr. BAtittEs and Mr. WYNNU recommended strict economy and
a small peace establishment; after which the resolutions were agreed
to.

The City Gaol Bill was read a second time.—Adjourned.

TUESDAY, JULY 50

Mr. M. SUTTON brouulit in a bill to rival the Acts of the 30th
and 31.(1 ef Charles 11. relative to burying in woollen, which was read
a first time.

Mr. P. Moorte presented a petition from Alexander M'Rae one
of the persons convicted of the stock-jobbing hoax, which stated,
that the petitioner was competent to devclope the whole fraud on
the Stock Exchange; that he was anxious to do so, not only on pub-
lic grounds, but from his private teeliog ; that he could prove,
that the illttstrious person who had been convicted of the conspiracy
was not implicated in, or privy to the plot; that he could also
prove, by many witnesses, that the agent to the Stock Exchange
offered him a sum of money for his information ; but when they
found that it went to exculpate Lord Cochrane, they rejected it.
Mr. li,yrutatsr could not see how it was possible for the house to
recci%e such a petition. It appeared that a person convicted of a
couspila,.y by a Jury now wished to be heard at the bar of the Honsc
against the conviction.—The petition was rejected.
The Order of the Day was then read for taking into consideration
a charge affecting Lord Cochrane and Mr. Cochrane Johnstone.
The SPEAKER enquired whether Lord Cochrane was ill attend-
ance, and was answered in the affirmative. It was then ordered
that he should be called in.—Lord Cochrane then came into the
Howe, and took his accustomed place.—Mr. Cochrane Johnstone not
appearing, the House agreed to proceed in the case of Lord Coch-
rane.—The record of his conviction having been read, his Lordship
was called ( n for his defence.

Lord CI:7NR ANE then rose, and read a very long statement, many
parts of reflecting strongly upon the learned J:;dge and the
duty by wheal he was tried, it was pretty broadly hit:ted in the
home Cie it would be unsafe to publish. Lord Cochrane began

Mr. Speaker,—The circumstances tinder which I appear before
you and the house this day, entitle me to, at least, a patient hear
ing. The unfortunate man, who, in the time of Cardinal Richelieu,
was condemned to be racked and burnt, rin the charge bf practising
magic, when protesting his innocence and exposing the deiinquency
of his accuser, while the fire was preparing before his eyes, was, to
prevent his being heard by the people, struck upon the month with
$a crucifix, bora: iu the timid of a monk, horriW.e judicial war-

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der shocked all France and all Europe; but of all the ciiemnstauces
attending, it the fabrication of evidence, the flagrant partiality of
the judges, the cruelty of the sentence, the notorious falsehoed of
the charge, nothing produced so deep a sense of indignation as t 7.0
act of this execrable monk, who, not content with the torture and
death of the victim—not content with the destruction of his body,
was resolved to pursue him even beyond the grave. Therefore S.;
though what I have pow seen of * • * *' • es'
• • * * • * • convinces me that coward', me.
lignity is not the exclusive possession of monks, I trust teat lei this
day uo means will he resorted to to :stifle my Voice, or to present
the public at large hem hearing all that I have to say in my dettesee.
I am not here, Sir, to bespeak compassion, or to, pave the way to
pardon. Both ideas are alike repugnant to my teeling,e 'flea the
public in general have felt indignation at tilt senteece that has been
passed upon me, does honour to their hearts and tends still to make
my country dear to me, in spite of what I have suffered from the
malignity of persons in power But, Sir, Ia! t not here to complain
of the hardships of my case, or about the cruelty ofjudges, who, for
an act which was never till now either known or thouelit to be a
legal offence, have laid upon me a sentence more: 'lease, than they
have ever yet laid upon persons clearly convicted of the most horrid
of crimes,—crimes of which maitre herself cries aloud against the
commission. It, therefore, it was my object to complain of my
judges, I should bid the public look into the calendar, and see if thef
could find a punishment like that inflicted on me, inflicted by these
same judges on any one of those unnatural wretches. It is not, how.
ever, my business to complain of the cruelty of this sentence. The
house, Sir, will easily perceive, and every honourable netn will, I am
sure, participate in my feeling:, that the fine, the impe isonment, the
pillory,--even that pillory to which I am condemned,—are nothing,
that they weigh not as a feather when put in the balance against my
desire to shew that I have been tiejustly :condemned. In the first
place, Sir, I here, in the presence of this bowie and with the eyes of
the country fixed upon me, most solemnly declare that I inn Wholly
lemma of the crime which has been laid to my charge, and for
which I have been condemned to the most infamous of pimishmenti.
Having repeated this assertion of my innocence, I next proceed to
complain of the means that have been Made use of to etfect my des-
truction. And first, Sir, was it ever before known, in this, or in any
other country, that the prosecutor should form a sort of court of his
own erection, call witnesses before it of his owl. choosing, and under
offers of great rewidds, take minutes of the evidence of such wit-
nesses, publish those minutes to the word ender the forms and ap.
pearauces of a judicial proceeding? Was it ever 'reline Itieten th et
steps like these were taken previous to an indictment, previous to
the bringing of an intended victim into a court of justice ? Was it
ever before known that so regular, so systematic a scheme for ex-
citing suspicion against a man, of implanting au immoveable pre-
judice against him iu the minds of the whole nation, previous to thee
preferring a bill ef indictment, in order that the Grand Juty, be it
composed of whomsoever it might, should be predisposed to fled the
bill ? I ask you, Sir, and I ask the house, whether it was ever bee, re.
known, that means, like these were resorted to, previous to a 111,111'S
being legally accused ? But, Sir, what must the world think. w
they see those to whom the welfare and the honour Jf the nation are
committed covertly op operating with a committee of the Stoce ex-
change,--becoming their associates in so nefarious a scheme ? Never-
theless, Sir, this fact is now notorious to the Miele world. I must
confess that I 1,1;o not prepered to believe the thieg eossiele; theeeh
I was aware, indeed. that I had to expect horn some ut. those ia
power whom I had in vain endeavoured to brieg to eotitice, every
thing that malignity could suggest and Ctinnine privet, ate ; new 411
I was aware of my endeavours 01011.411 111 t c'Xpost. !Ia• stw,ces
of corruption ; though the pension list, and the prize co lees, nad
raised against me many enemies ; thotrels I was aware of the me.
quenchable thirst for revenge which I had excited in the !nee, ts of
many corrupt and hypocritical individea:s; and espech.l tectigli
I was aware, of the offence which I had elven to the te.avieg and
never-pardoning phalanx of the law, by exhibiting to the wuriti teeir
frauds upon my ill treated brethren of the navy. • •
Care however, was taken, Sir, diet the snei:ess
base conspiracy should not be exposed to tho chances el titiluy +ems
the jury not being of the rieht stamp. The hanctwenr, lett
fair, regular course, would have been tried :it the Se-eel's-h. est a- !. • e
Old betore a iary impat tinily taken. In that ce e, rt %Need
have been what is tailed a Common Jury ; that is to say, a pee weose.
names are taken promiscuously out of a box cectanonie the Dome• f.t
the whole of the jurors, seinniZeted for the trial ot a 1 int cases 0!•••• girt
before the eonrt derine the Session. I
cusatioe before suchl took no stee- to pet eff ready
to ac
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it regularly came, into a court where the proseeuture

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