The National Register.
London, England, 1814-07-10 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Land are excellent ; but, of late years, and especially since the coin-
we,:cement of the present reign, so many injurious and fatal alter-
ation% in the law have taken place, that any man who ventures to
me ddle with public affairs, and to oppose persons in power, is sure
and certain, sooner or later, to suffer in some way or other. Sir,
the punishment which the malice of my enemies have procured to be
inflicted on me, is not, in my mind, worth a moment's reflection.
The Judge supposed, apparently, that his sentence of pillory would
disgrace and mortify me. I can assure him, and I now solemnly as-
sure this House, my constituents, and my country, thanl would
rather stain., in my own name, in the pillory every clay of my life
under such a sentence, than I would sit upon the bench in the name
of • • • for one single hour. Something has
been said, Sir, in this House, as I have read, about an application
for a mitigation e: my sentence, in a certain quarter, where it is
cbsro ce I, ri;3# mercy never failed to flow. It was, lam informeA
Attortiey-General, who (I suppose, unintentionally)
diem t' insult to iiiv ti clings. I excnse it, because lam
aware that e Learned Guilt( man is an utter stranger to the senti-
no tits,hat othsbit my bosom but I can assure him, that an appli-
crtion for pardon, extol red from me, is one of the things which
the powei t No, Sir, I will seek for, and
I loos: for, r ti no ; t'or I have committed no crime. I
Mire .for. I still ,eek for, a!,d I confidently expect justice:
1111 however, of those by whose machinations i have
b: en brow ht to whit tiny tegard :+.s lily ruin, but at the hands of
enlightened and virtuous coestitor els, to exertions aline
the cat• in owes that there is still a voice to cry out against that
havv.!lN and inexorable tyranny, which now corcrnands silence to '
all but parasites and hypocrites. His Lordship concluded by pro-
tesiing uefore Aliioelity God, that he never knew any thing about
the offence rit.; wino' he I:fici been found guilty.—fin the course of
his oetenee, Lori Ccc!,:ane gr:.ve loose to the most bitter invectives
ag !te,t Lord Ellenborourli, 'which produced loud cries of Order!
bud Lord Caetiercagli !Innen to the newspaper reporters the proba-
biiity of their being prosecuted if they published them.]
A..ord Cochrane having withdrawn, was remanded to the King's
rencli Prison.
stir. BROADHEAD said lie did not come forward as an accuser;
but a ti coo.. iction for a conspiracy having taken place, in
eert:on Pembers of that House were implicated, he consi-
dered ri his duty to move, " that Lord Cochrane, a Member of that
House, having been found guilty of a conspiracy, ought to be ex-
yelled that House."
nit% l'rnowN could Lot believe that it was in the power of Lord
Cochrane, if guilty, to come forvard and boldly assert and re-assert
his innocence betorc such an awful tribunal as the House of Com-
mons. 'Foe Noble Lord had entered into a long and distinct ana-
lysis of the alledged pro. fs of 1:;s guilt. The Horace could not be
competent to embrace all the new matter advacced, w;thout further
inquiry. lie therefore moved, that the statement and papers of
Lord Cochrane •lionld be referred te a private Committee. Wilk!!!
51101110 have power to consider, send for papers, and report thereon.
The ATIOhN EY GENEHAL warmly deleoded Lord Ellenborough,
and deoied that Special J:Wes were corrupt : hot he would give no
opinion as to tile guilt or innocence of the Noble Lord.
Mr. ?WAN n said, he had always entertained doubts ac to Ms
Lorci.eip's privity in time late transactions : he thought further in•
qni.y necessary.
Mr. BARHAM said, cirmostanees toudell to create cm!.iderable
doubts whether the !'.;ohle Lord was not as iidiocent of the chdrzes
as any Gentleman in that House. 'like extreme. severity of the
put•isliment was wet thy of the attention.of the House. Few men
coulu !hive. been punislud as severely, as he had heel, degraded from.
a very high rook in talent, station and tame. As the ease stood he
could vote for a motion of expulsion without a sufficient inves-
tigatiou.
Air. PoxsoNpy condemned the rule of Court by which Lord
Cochrane was prreholed having a new trial ; w; re he to vote this
night fur the expvosfou of the Noble Lord, he could not sleep with
icemfort on his pillow.
Lord CASTLIAIF AGD said, Parliament was incompetent to re-
view the sentence 1.1 .1 Court of Justice, unless on a • epseoion of
impeacnine..t. Expulsion was the necessary result of ceneiction.
S. %Vol tley, Yr. Whiiiiread, Sir V. Burdett, Mr. W. Wvrne,
Lord A. flan,iiton, am: 11r. W. Smith, were xiso for the Com-
Banl;,s, ,Y.r. Bathurst, Mr. Wilberferce, Colour!
and Air L.,ekli,,rt, opposed it.—Mr. Wre::.rslev moved an
adjurnmekt of the debate, upon which the Howe dioi4.:Al --far the
it, li2—majority, (3.—The proposition
rot a co.iloottee uses withdravri4-11'Ir. Broadhead then proposed
the que.tiun of expulsion, wi4eu the uumbera ucre—for the me-

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