The Sun.
London, England, 1813-05-06 00:00:00

CAPTAIN PIIILLIATORE;

Sir FrtAcTS Buttntt'T rose to ,renew Iris mo-.
tion for, ,the production of ;the Minutes of
Cburt of Inquiry, upon the allegationS.of Mr.
Hancock .against Captain lie stated,
that. iii his opinion: it' would be an act of injtistiae.
towards the public, towards•the Person complaiu-
ing,,aud towards Captain Phillinitwe- himself, if
these 1-,3pers ‘vere taused. Lie should be !sorrY
to be suppOsed a per Son who wouldcow:lien:Jute.
insubordination', and 'especially' in the navy,
where discipline was so essentially, necessary i but
it would grOss dereliction of hiS duty, after
he had Verified the facts of. the oppression com-
plained against, did he not bring the subject un-
dcr the consideration of the, House. \\lien' he
received the ftrNt relation of 'the circumstances of
this case, he,was perfectly unacquainted with any.
of the parties concerned, and the most ziq;reeable
part of his present task.was to have to state, that
every matter whieh had come to his' knowledge
since; redounded to the honour of Captain
more. Of that Officer he had heard from the best'
authorities, that his charaetor,stood as high in
every point Of view tis' an 'Olficer and as as man,
as that of any one in, the service. 'Excepr in this
unexplained paint, of his severity tO lifincoek,
which might, however, be justified by the papers
he called for, there-did not exist a man of higher
,reputation. It was not necessary for him to 'l-ay
any thing'.of the opposite result of his inquiries
into the charaCter tit the complainant, But per-
sonal character hid -nothing* to do with , his mo-
.tioti. This Wtni'the 'case of the whole navy, and
it was obvious,,that after being brought into pub-
lic notice, necessity existed for its ‘bjeing tho-
roughly in vestigaled.. It waS'iiis- duty to read to
the Hoitse soMe of thehonoutable testittionieshe,
bud reveiVed to the character of Captain Milli,
more, not only for other qualifications, but for:
' possessing the utmost 'humanity anti. kindness.
(Here lie read the 'letter from the Officers ant!
crew of the Diadem, which has appeared in all
the Newspapers Of the day, anti also a'sitnilar.
letter from Captain Hationett, the successor
Captain PhillimOre in that ship, speaking of his
universal kind treatment tif' the men under ,his
command). With respect to the essential facts
(he continued); he s %Vas correct in what he ,bad
formerly stated. Mr. Hancock was 'a master's
mate of the age of 22,'and had lost a leg at the
battle of Trafalgar. Ile -Could not
that the punishment inflicted upon him .emild.
mit' of just iticatiou ; but still it vi-ould he:s3tis.ti.rtct::
tor y to him, if that could he dont!,
should be produced, which ""!". ""tit'ut to have
of proving. .Captain Phillimore s cop..
been as hlutneles tinti in3tance, 118 in the with
of' his life. Neither could be conceive on what
ground this itiloymation could be objected to,
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protecting favonred individuals. He concluded
by moving, that a copy of the Minutes of the