The National Register.
London, England, 1811-04-21 00:00:00

• . and those who are Comprehended
merchants. Those acts of parr'
fiats charity were not confined ,
vicinity. In all.the districts of
then the.fugitives- resorted, they
ceptioit, and .experienced the same kindness and li-
beral- aid, as far as the ability of the inhabitants
enabled them to extend it.
I"- The Governors of the kingdom, in the name
• of the Prince Regent, return thanks to all for such
• distinguished services, Joy which the lives of so. ma-
sly of his subjects have been saved, and thole cala-
• ntities .7.oftened which were caused by the scourge
of a destructive war. His Royal Highness will rea
• joke in being the Sovereign of a people so loyal, pa.-.
triotic, generous, and Christian.
4" it now only remains to complete the work, to
"promote the restoration of- the fugitives to• their
homes, to render habitable the Amnia which the
barbarism of these spoilers has left covered with filth,
and unburied carcasses ; to relieve witlrthe medicine
and food the sick who are perishing for want of such
assistance ; to give life to agriculture, by supplying,
the husbandman with seed.corn, as well as a little
bread for his consumption for tome time, and faci-
litating his means of purchasing cattle, and acquir-
ing the instruments of agriculture.
".. Stich have been and ate the constant cares of
the Governors of the kingdom.
" Portuguese ! Tribulations are the crucible in
which the merit of men is purified. You have passed
through this ordeal, and the result has been glorious.
You are become a great nation—a, nation worthy of
shoe .heroic progenitors who illustrated the cradle of
the Monarchy. Preserve unalterable these senti-
ments ; confide in your Government, as your Go.
vernment confides in you; draw every day more
closely the bonds of union among yourselves, with
other nations and with our generous Allies, who
are our true brothers. Let----ede soul, one will, di-
rect our common efforts ; and if Any one attempt
. toisow discord, let us-tear from our bosom the ve-
nomous viper, and let us seal with his blood the ra-
tification of our indissoluble alliance.
" Practise these maxims with the same constancy
with which you have hitherto followed them, and
you will be invincible. •
. 'll6 CardiAal Litet P. SOUZits,
CH ARL uES sTAkx, • • •
• • lvtaitiehi NCO NYF:IRO MORI .
Conde de REDONDQ, • •
kiC. RAll\llll4l5O NOGUF4RA.
.Palace or the Goverment, MV •ch,3Q, 480,”

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'The fob an authentic :imitative of the circumstances
of Lord COchnint's arrest at hlalta, commitment to prison, and
*leapt front thence.
66 Malta; March 8.
•6 You sifill‘haveheard,efthelood complaints made in England,
on the pat f of Lord Cochrane and his friends, against the char-
gees Of the Admiralty (ourt of this island. It seems one, if not
• - the main, object of his voyage to this port was, in order to search
theAbtuses that may prevail in this Court. lie arrived
; About two mooths ago to a brig of war, proceeded to Messina,
41:4-bar been retutundabOut a month.
rri; '0 One day entwitig the Admiralty Court, he vent into the
-111mgletty, (an apartment behhid the chamber in which the Judge
holds ids ,sittings, or the cpurt Roon1,) and sakirtg' doWn the
. table of chaps thert hating,, put it in his podretiant walked
•'• away. The ;edge, Dr. Sertello sateen/log this to be an insult
col th''CourtOlough not thin sitilogs) requiradthat his Lard.

noiNT,

whil
and ;,he charges made by Jackson sew to haelskollitht. on Win
inudi of his Lordship's indignition.
" The Deputy Marshal is Zahn_ Chapoillh, **a 41 likewise
Deputy Auctioneer; (the Chief .A.ustionear; whio'has tty o-thirtis
of the profits, resides in Ellgland, whilst the depay, w4has
all the labour, takes the rest;) but he, It seenti, was not thilr
empowered so to act ; and hid. Lordship carried a pair of pioccds
in his breast, and declared he would tboot any man that touched
him unlawfully.
"After his Lordship had appeared at all hours for-about a
e Deputy Marshal
inststing his-

owl9;a
was , purportil an _
believed by the deponent to be Lord'. oe, oW n ednewlay
(I believe the I:3th of February) emend r Registry of the A..i•
mir.iltySourt, and there took down ,he table Ji charges. fle
held up the table, as if to cause it to lir seen- I v :he Kinies d-
Vocate, Dr. MoncriciY, there ,itting chi" path iu his piscine[,
and. walked, aw ay.' • • . • .
This was the charge. The Judge ten dildstssrA dwel-
ling on the offence, explaining the course which bad 1..t0
sued with raspect to his Lordship, first', in sending bin a moni-
tion requesting him to return the yaint within twp Clays, or
suffer the consequence ; secondly, on iiistion-coraplinnce in is-
suing she writ of attachturat ; and dually be dir illtr to
answer the charge, denying or adrultthig accu-
sation deposition - of
Court,
I .ordsh.
he might
" Th:
On three
salon
tablished
Ink
to tt)e
cone
mucl

',tying ,
he must I/nett-6ga' tot jets, aisti beg.
question , respecting tlie Hid Loripship answered.
not, but continued to ask for the accuser or Wimesses.
Judge peremptorily required antrivers. His Lordship then de-
clared if those interrogatories were persisted in he.,should be
obliged to pretest against the procetli.ng which had been used,
and was using against him he denied .the authority of the
Court ;he disclaimed-. its corone, tense to take cognizance-of a
matter made thesittbject of avriminal charge.
" He enlarged upon . this point, making it a shief argunient
that this was nut a Court of Record. The.process used on this
occasion, added his Lordship, is not consonant with. the com-
mon- principles.of justice ; I Ain tot allowed the tinivermi !hive.
lege of an Englishman, as such I have a ritht to call on my ac-
cuser to stand forth and produce his witnesses, . w islentlfy my
person, and tesubstautiate the chSrge. Those pertain whose
names appear to'that document, possibly, neverhefore beheld
the man they verily believed to be Lord Cochatne,notperhaps
have they since ; and yet upon this aecusatlon,*foundeitrupon a
momentary and casual observation, lam pursuer!,-arreited, im-
prisoned ib the common jail, and publicly endeotintred to be
criminated. Is it just la it consistent I I have a right to ques-
tion and cross-examine my accuser and the witnesses Without
such cross-examination, it is imptmible to establish the negative
which I maintain. Against this proceeding Ido most selemul y
protest. With respect to the able of Charges aescribt.

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ended in the clitss of ship should beano:it'd. This ofilce should be perioinied by the
siotism and of Chris- Marshal, Mr. Jackson, bur he does hia duty by deputy, and•ern-
loys his time much more lucratively by practising as Proctoro
pa:
to the capital and its 'nit holding of these two capacities in elm individual is said bf
4 the kingdom, whi- Lord Cochrane to be illegal. His Lordship hat laid canses of
ey met the same re- his
lown tried in this Court in Whin!' Jackson whit the Proctor,

week in the public 'treats, the `Leputy Marshal not darkig to
speak to hini„. and the Judge instating on his arresting him, the
Depot . elophis office. James Stevens applied for, and bb-
tai pie* foorthSool. a year. He was furrashoil with his
'P brifroLita ; and in waiting on Lad Cochrane, who
Arai e*asm ntials, he found him submissive. The
documents of Steffen" were signed by JacksOn, and Ms tordsl.ip
wanted this proof of his actin's* Marshal. Ids Lordshicl was
in the commissioner of the Navy's house, Fraser ; and was car-
ried in the eViir in which he sat (for he would not stir, thouzn
he resisted n&) by, leatese unwired sokiiers, to a carriage.—
They voadihive taken kin to ass inn, but lie would go to the
Jail. .He illikis the visited by numbers of naval
.stirs anti
friends, tblblointer 'yoking on him Is their champloo.
" On Saturday the 2‘ll tflfit. he was brought into cPUTt f)4'
trial. He was here attended by Oaptaiu Rowley (oS:Lifao Eagle
man of war, the senior olficr), Cpitaraissioner Fraser, .140 d u.kve-
rat of the chief naval °Seer" in port. This tirst proceeding WWI
to-read the Judge's credtatialaniNß; afterwards the charge
wap read,. purporting, ' That an itinaval uniform, verily
. .

on was only a deposttion or attestation of two chats of the
art, one an old man, named Dann, the tuber a Maltese. His
.dship, in reply, wished that his aCCUlClrJutwitt appetite. that
might haVe the imiPortunity of csais-exatlitiog him.
The Judge explained that this was not the course practised
three occasions.. His Loitiship at litnitth answesed accu-
on : I deny that I took downthel'able of Cliasgts
lishesi by Act of Parliament, hOlil ibis Court Room,. The
Ige oh:erved that be could natant)* any but a direct answer
tje prrcisecharge svhich was made; adOuz, that ifsbe charge
tamed no crime, he should himself' h& resitoirsible. After
ch hesitationg hk Lutdelaip sea, I decoy that I took down
lehie of Chargtx'froui the CoierßOotta:
Here thermitiectWA'brought to ail prisoper de-
ng theekurge, or pleadthg not putty. The lutige then "mitt
nut!: administer to him certain intertsigatolips, 4,11 Went, to
.stion him respecting tle Matter. His L* hip answeri.d.
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