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

Cour: o! L 77% ....t't‘d to, should be laid before
the Flouse.

Oi the in 1:131 •se ;g_ .put' into the Seraeun's
hand, .he said, ." IS/Lai stronds the. motion ?'' to
which no answer being made, be repeated the ques-
tion .when - •
Me, LITTLEtoisr rime and observed, that as there
P:ppeaied tim be no Ge#tieman in, the House will-•
ing to second, theanotiOn of the How. Baronet,' he
was compelled to undertake that office, for the
_ 'perpose of beingtnabled to bear his personal tes-
timony to the distinguished -merits of his gallant
:friend Cmpt;P.,hillimore, mai `of stating how. en-
tirely he cl.:unproved of the general tendency, and
neture-of the llon;Baronet's propeedings in this
aiLir. This he would not have missed the oppor-
.'tunity of diiing, had he' been in the House when
_the Hon,. Baronet before threw out hiS vague and
loose accusations. It was :nof,his intention to
enter minutely into the arguments against the run-
lion,. tiS. it 'was easy to .foresee it coelcinot be
agreed to. .his chief inducement in rising was to
t speak to the high and,embellished character of the
brave officer, whose name had thus been brought
coestionm That character he had, however,
no fear could be hurt by theassertimis of an ilte-
rested witness, or by the charge of the Ifon.,..Bart;
for whose veracity, though he had tin! uttnost re-
' bpeet, he lutist say, for.his jrulgrnent, in the pre-
• sent case, he had none at all. lie had enjoyed
tic pleasure of beings three 'weeks with Captain
Pilillimnore, about time period when these coin-
pLints originated, and he had
.personally Observed
that .his Gallant. Friend entertained great objec-
tiusto corporal punishment (against which the
lion. Baronet so strenuously set his foe),
,and
employed shame and ridicule as hiS .priticipal en-
` gLe for amaintaining the discipline of his ship.—
His general conduct -was lenieet in the extrente,
never was ;lierean officer mole justly beloved
by thoe under his coinmand. (Mr. L.) had
imuei Opportunities of being in other King's ships,
and from. every observation he had made, the re-
' snit of his con victionWas,:that Captain Yliillinaore
was slow to inflict punishment of any kind, Lind in
every situation decidedly the enemy to cruelty or
severity. With respect to such Motions as the Ke-
sel:it, be thought it impossible that they.eoald
acceded to uolesi some grounds were held a priori,
which had not` ecn done by the Hon. Daronet,
for doubting the propriety of the deeisiOn wished
to he brought under the consideration of Parlia-
ment. if they consented to entertain motions like
time presermt,,and review the sentences crf Courts,
for the. purpose of reviewing them on no better
grounds than had been alleged in.this case-, there
would be no end to their labours in this thankless.
course. He would therefore, for general/reasons,
refuse his vote for the proposition of the Ifon.
Barooet, whose motion, though be seconded, be
certainly dirt not approve. • • •
The. question being put, ;
• Mr.-W. DUNDAs expressed his accordance with
the sentiments of the lion. Gentleman who had
just sat down, and bore testimony equally warm
and honourable to the character of Captain
Pimilli-
more. He recalled the attention of time, House to
the whole circumstances of •the case, and asked
them it they could agree to, the MotiOn of the
Barouet, who aerated to have set his face against
all discipline, and think it oecessary, on the' in-
Competeul grounds he bad laid before them in sup-
port of his allegations, to'reyiew the sentence pro-
nounced by three officers of the most distinguished
reputation and onimpeachable conduct.
Mr. Dtcx*NsoN spoke on the same ande. The
case of llancoele was. this : after a lone course of
mutiny
,and misconduct, which would' have in-
ceased any officer to,have punished him repeated,:
ly with the utmost severity, he was, through time
butuatky of Captain Phillintore, on one occasion
of extreme offence, flogged like a boy, below, in•
steied of being punished on the quarter,leck,
which would have been a stain upon him for life.
This was done widiont reference to hi's actual age;
and he had' to observe, that flancoek was a very
young loohiog person., There was then nothing
in this case to call for the •inter€erence of Pat lia-
titeity. Bid a.hat ivaelhe nature of such amtiOns as
these ? lie lomew time •aliswergaven to Captain 3 in
the Navy it they ordered punishment to be inflicted
—they were told, if you venture to:punish iii;,
I. will apply to 'Sir Francis Burdett.' '•f.4et.-the
House then „reflect. on what time condition of Crap
,tairmS of the would be if they listene4 to ernes
propim•iiCormaif they did not set .their face
,
cidedly against them., They, were always told of
• cruelties and oppressions,:bmtt he would say to the
HOti, Baronet, that they who, inflicted cruelties
were those who, upheld the loWer, orders against
ON -higher, I)Qtli in 'and out, of that House--e
those who dimmed it into the ear Of the .public,
that ,we Were a flogged nation. The Honourable
Baeonet himself, arot in- one of his oratorical
flourishes, but iu his deliberate democraticel letter
to the Meeting, at Westminster, where he told
them that lie 'bad a pleasure in doing his duty
here, butt none in the Haase of conintiins, sheav-
ed himself to be one of those personcgoilty of
c.,l.utiric.i. The annals of democracy furnished no
.greateradulation to the lowest passions than this:
eonduct of the Lion:. liAvonct. The Dnke of Or-
leans, who're forpmes.rnight enable bins to pro-
motemaieh fc.el:ngs, even more than time ample for-
tune of time_flon, .Barouet, could not have beeo
guilty of a grasser - instance than this., But, the
1100. IWonet's toile was now somewhat different
from what it hail been when' be first hi ought for-
ward this business avoWeilly, he,seid, for the
purpose of putting a bar to ca.ptain
promotitrli,.l#oll loose, or as he iti!uself cho•ie• to
call it, casual information. It was exactly of a
kind with his elmrge relative to .11che$ter Gaol,
not ft word Of which was, true. After his aecusa7,
Cons on this .point had l)cen.disseuunat,eq, be bad
applied to the Hon. Baronet to' know when lie
••:- would brint,.- the charge to the test, but was put
like 0, dull from daY to day, with " call to-
morrow,“ tilt at length 'to fix. Litt Ron. Baroimt
to ac 01ethi`ng explicit, he had been obliged to put
filestiOns 'to hint npott time SUbiect in time house
1110 tion. 'Baronet a,i,,ured bin) that all be Inul
all-thud was trimelme, thew a.,..;ked biro if the loaf
tyris true, and was auovered that the loaf wag not
tom, whoa the stmry tb,.ll(Lif was the ,aliole jet
sty the cays. ,After further reprobating tle slight

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