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moment cannot be regarded as otherwise than a national
cal Ofiverver.

SIR,—In a recent number of your respectable and
justly popular journal, I perused with deep interest and
lively satisfaction, a very powerful and pathetic appeal,
Thurso Castle, 13th April, 1847.
on behalf Of my much respected and much isjured friend
Lord Dundoeald, in whose esteem and regard I have for
many years deemed it an honour to weary a place. You
will perhaps allow me to encroach upon your columns,
by troubling you with a few details, connected with the
transactions to which you have been inviting public
attention.
On the morning after the trial in which his Lordship and
others had been involved, I saw Lord Cochrane in Oxford-
street ; and for a few moments hesitated whether I stiould
venture to meet him under such peculiar circumstances for
fear of exe:ting painful feelings in his mind. Being,
however, still more apprehensive, that, if I turned down
one of the bye streets, he might think I was desirous
to avoid him, I went up to his lordship, took him by
the hand, and expressed to him with wneh emotion, my
sorrow and surprise at what had occurred, adding, that,
having long and intimate knowledge of, and respect
for, his personal character, I was convinced that the
evidence must have been distorted by legal ingenuity,
so as to mislead and impose upon the jury, " Well,,
Sinclair," replied Lord C., " I feel much gratified at
this trying moment, by the assurance of your sympathy,
but I should be sorry to rest my claims upon your
esteem (which I highly value), upon your kind appre-
ciation of my general character. It has been my mis-
fortune, from
mixed myself up in this business with others, whom I
possessing an unsuspicious temper, to have
supposed to be as guiltless as myself, and. the same
feeling of conscious innocence made me less careful
than perhaps I ought to have been-, in making proper
preparations for the trial ; but there is no help
for these things now, and all that remains for
me to do, is to move, as I shall of course imme-
diately do, for a new trial, when I shall fight my battle
alone. If I do not rebut every charge to your entire
satisfaction, and that of all other honest men, I am con-
tented to be branded with infamy, and shall never ex-
pect you or them to speak to me again."
I mention this occurrence, Sir, in order to prove how
convinced his Lordship was that when the ease was re-
heard his character would be completely cleared. He
never would have staked it so emphatically on the issue
of a new trial, if he had not been entirely confident as
to its triumphant result. I may here add, that after the.
conviction Lord Dundonald's uncle, the late Hon. Basil
Cochrane, with whom I was very intimate, bestowed a
great deal of trouble and expense in collecting informa-
tionechhaperseveranceobtainedp
oasnsde
ii
01 ingeonf t
fsaccrtus tsi
on )-,
strongass urae
nddmso
e
with respect to his nephew's case, and, as the result
of
famt hu
conclusive as would completely establish Lord C.'s in-
nocence.

You are probably aware, Sir, that I lived for many
years in habits of the most affectionate regard and un-
bounded confidence with the late Sir F. Burdett, who
was long the attached friend and colleague of Lord
Cochrane. I never knew any man who so thoroughly
identified himself with the feelings and interests of those
whom he loved; but at the same time he had so nice
and so scrupulous a sense of honour, and was so tena-
cious of strict principle both in public and private life,
that if any one, however beloved by him, had been
guilty of a base or sordid action, it would not have been
possible for him, in consistency with the impulses of his
noble and chivalrous heart, to have continued to live with
any such individual in habits of familiar intercourse and
friendship. Sir Francis, however, retained from first to
last the same entire and unwavering confidence in Lord
C.'s integrity, the same unqualified admiration of
his character, the same ardent desire to witness his
complete vindication from what he considered to be the
most cruel and groundless aspersions. A few years
subsequent to the trial, on one of the first occasions on
which his late Majesty, then Duke of Clarence, honoured
the late Countess of Dysart with his company to dinner
at Ham House, permission was given that Sir Francis
Burdett should be one of the party, and I remember his
Royal Highness said to me on that occasion, " Sir
Francis has entertained some extreme opinions, but I
do him no more than justice when I observe, that he has
never for a moment lost sight of that respect which every
good subject owes to the royal family." When the com-
panyF retired to the drawing-room after dinner, Sir
F. and I had a long conversation with the Duke, in
which both of us, particularly Sir F., dwelt at great
length upon the 'services and sufferings of Lord Coch-
rane; in fact, I never heard Sir Francis express him-
self with greater energy, eloquence, and animation. His
Royal Highness intimated his hearty concurrence in every
eulogium that was pronounced on Lord Cochrane's pre-
eminence in point both of personal bravery and profes-
sional knowledge ; but being at that time Lord High
Admiral, he abstained from stating any decided opinion
on the subject of the trial, though he listened with great
patience and attention to all that was urged on behalf o'
Lord Cochrane, and so far from being offended at the
earnestness with which we pleaded the cause of an absent
and, as we thought, deeply injured friend, that when
communicated to him, soon atter the termination of this
discussion, a respectful wish on the part of Sir Francis
Burdett that his Royal Highness would do him the
honour to fix a day for dining with him at a villa which
fie then occupied
at Twickenham, the Duke at once re-
plied, " I will dine with him with the greatest pleasure,"
and immediately fixed a day for that purpose. The en-
tertainment took place not long thereafter, and Sir
Francis again renewed the subject with his royal guest
as earnestly
as before. I saw them sitting tete a-tete for
a long time on the sofa, whilst this matter was discussed
(as Sir Francis told me afterwards), but did not myself
hear what actually passed.
I trouble you, Sir, with these details, in order to illus-
trate the anxiety with which Sir Francis availed himself
of every opportunity to stand forward as the champion
and advocate of one so dear to him. But I must be al-
lowed to add a still stronger and more striking proof of
the conviction which he
entertained of Lord Cochrane's
entire innocence. He has not once, but often, assured
me that if the most painful part of the sentence had
been carried into effect, he intended to have gone down
in his carriage to
the spot, and to have insisted on
taking his stand by the side of his friend, in order to
enjoy the high honour of sharing his unmerited dis-
grace. I have frequently since that period met Lord
Cochrane at Sir Francis Burdett's, both at dinner and
in the morning ; and although Sir Francis was of all
men tte most courteous and fascinating, in his manner
of doing the honours of his house, even to the hum-
blest individual who entered it, I always observed on
his part a marked anxiety to distinguish Lord Cochran(
gratifying manifestations
manifestations of
by the most soothing andlgti
cordiality and regard. Often, when Lord C. has lef
the room, I have heard Sir F. a
exclaim—"
Ah, Sinclair,
I cannot look at that man without feeling ashamed of
England's ingratitude and neglect. Cochrane is the
man best fitted to save the country in any season of
perilous emergency—he has done much to promote her
honour and advantage—it is her own fault if he has not
dune more. lam as convinced of his innocence as to
the charge brought against him, as I am of yours or of
my own ; and I feel indignant when I see the traces of
sorrow ned brokenness of heart in the furrowed counte-
nance of that man, who has beeu deprived, through pre-
judice the honours he has so signally
to a punishment, which to him
merited, and
andm malignity, of
is worse than death, and not less undeserved than over-
whelming."
When I mentioned at the commencement of this para-
graph that Sir F. had made up his mind to share the
punishment which (even had the sentence been just)

Was, in the case of Lord Cochrane, one of such extiew,
harshness and cruelty, I cannot say "idena trecenti Jura-
vine's'," nor, indeed, do I believe that any man but Sir F.
himself has, in my time, been characterised by such a
spirit of chivalrous friendship, its would have suggested
the adoption of a step so unexampled and so magnani
mous. But if, as was the case in an earlier and less
refined period of our history, a large number of respect-
able compurgators might have been allowed to attest
their firm belief in the groundlessness of this charge, I
have no doubt that au overwhelming majority ot
those to whom Lord C. was best known, and who had
witaessed either professionally or in private, his
heroism, his integrity, his eagerness to promote his
country's fame, his neglect of his personal interests,
would have stepped forward and exclaimed with one
voice," not guilty, upon my honour!" I remember when
the late gallant and excellent Lord Napier came to pass
a few days with my father, at his residence in Ham Com-
mon, I introduced the subject of Lord Cochrane's merits
and misfortunes; Lord Napier emphatically replied, " I
would stake my life upon Cochrane's innocence—and 1
don't see how any man who knows him can believe that
he is guilty."
I fear, Sir, that I have trespassed at far too great a
length upon your own time and the patience
of your
readers—hut I could not (though scarcely able to commit
to paper so long a statement) neglect to avail myself ot
such an opportunity, not only for declaring my own
considerations, which may in some degree tend to pro-
mote that tardy justice (for I will not call it favour)
which you have so ably and so kindly advocated. For:
oaid of respect
before the public a few
ec tand admiration for Lord Dun
feelingsdn
my own part, Sir, when I consider, dispassionately, the
personal character of Lord Dundonakl, and the whole
tenor of his conduct both public and private, as well as
the high estimation in which he has been uniformly held
by all who have seen him oftenest, knew him well, and
lived with him longest, I feel impelled, in reference to
such a charge, when made against such a man, to adopt
(with the mere insertion of a negative) a celebrated
remain, your faithful and obedient
ex-
pression of Tertullian, and to exclaim, "Non edo, quid
i
GEORGE SINCLAIR.
sn;rpvoasnsitl:/e."—l Sir,

A deputation
oof ship owners of Liverpool, headed by
Viscount
my., Sir Howard Douglas, MY., and
Mr. William Brown, M.P., and consisting of Mr. Jolla
Miller, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Coulburn, and Mr. Lockett
(chairman), had an interview on Saturday with Viscount
Palmerston, on the subject of, an Act lately passed by
n,
the Congress of the United States of America, with
reference to the conveyance of passengers to the United
States.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, had an interview with
.the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Saturday, :at to official residence, ill
Dowelpretnat.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22.—We have received letters
from Rear-Admiral Dacres' squadron, and Cape papers
to the 20th of February, from which we glean the fol-
lowing with respect to the wreck of the Thunderbolt
steam-sloop, Commander Beyle:—
" Port Elizabeth, Feb. 4.
" Yesterday evening, at about five o'clock, the smoke
of a steamer was seen over the Sandy Point, apparently
rounding Cspe Receife, and nearly at the same time the
report of five or six guns was heard at intervals. The
inhabitants were all on the qui vine, supposing it pro-
bable that this steamer was the bearer of the new Gover-
nor (Sir Henry Pattinger), and the guns, therefore,
excited no particular attention. Soon afterwards she
was made out to be the Thunderbolt, rather close in
shore, and although to all appearance with all her steam
up, she appeared to be making but little way, and
to be deep in the water. As she neared the anchorage,
it was discovered that her ensign was reversed, and then
for the first time it became evident that some accident
had happened. Her close approach to the shore excited
the alarm of the spectators, when in a few minutes it
proved to be the intention to beach her, and accordingly
she grounded in an upright position, some distance out,
nearly opposite the Beakens River. The port-boat had
been for some time alongside of her ; other boats also
put oft to her assistance. The first which returned
brought the unwelcome intelligence that she had struck
on one of the outer points of Cape Receife, had passed
over the rock. but that immediately afterwards six feet
of water were found on sounding the wells and that it
was with great difficulty she had been kept ;float. This
morning she is in the same position, and the weather
being very mild, exertions are being made to save and
land her stores, &c., but scarcely any hopes are enter-
tained of getting her off, She had been sent round from
Simon's Bay for the9oth regiment, and had only two or
three steerage passengers.
The Graham's Town Journal. says—" As this unto-
ward disaster will no doubt become the subject of in-
vestigation, it would be premature to offer any remarks
further than to observe that the 'Thunderbolt has on for-
mer occasions made the inner passage - that the weather
was very fine, and the light breeze that was blowing
was off the land."
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Dacres, sailed from Simon's-bay to Algoa Bay
on the 11th of February, to render assistance to the
Thunderbolt.
The Snake, 12, Commander Brown, arrived in Simon's
Bay, from Gordon's Bay, on the 15th of February, and
reported the Robert, of London, being on shore there,
laden with teak wood, from Moulmein for London ; sup-
posed she would be a total wreck.
The Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres, and the Snake,
were the only vessels of the squadron in Simon's Bay
when the Wellesley left (the 20th of February).
The Myrtle steam-vessel, Second Master Balliston, re-
turned to-day from Sheerness. -
The Recruit, 12, Commander Slade, is receiving a
coating of composition, which is expected to have the
effect of preventing the adhesion of rubbish to her
bottom.
A Yucatan paper gives the following list as the squa-
dron intended to attack the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa
—Cumberland, 44 ; Britain, 44 ; Potomac 44 ; John
Adams, 20 ; St. Mary, 20 ; Albany, 20 ; Porpoise, 10 ' •
and steamers, Princeton, 10 ; Mississippi, 10 ; Relief
6 ; Spitfire, 3 ; Vixen, 3 ; Reefer, 1 ; Peterel, 1, and
Bonita, 1.
The Geyser steam-sloop, Captain Brown, hauled off
alongside the Blake hulk last evening, and removed her
shot and shells ; she returned to the jetty this morning
tte complete her repairs.
The Dee steam-transport, Master Commander Driver,
left this evening with meal for Scotland.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 23.—After the Dec steam-trans-
port had got out of harbour last evening a box of charts
of the coast of Scotland was received from the Admi-
ralty by rail for her use. Her recal was consequently
made, and a number of guns were fired to draw her at-
tention to the signal, but they never attended to it, the
wind being in a contrary direction doubtless preventing
the report of the guns from being heard on board.
The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, is to
take on board a part of the cargo designed for the Dee,
but which that vessel was unable to carry, consisting of
400 sacks of seed barley. She has nearly made good
her defects, and will sail in a day or two for Scotland.
The Kestrel, 4, Lieutenant-Commander Baker, will
be removed from the basin to-day if the tide rises to a
sufficient height to remove the caisson, which is very
doubtful.

Much surprise has been expressed that the appoint-
ment of Mr. Scarlett, late of the Mercury tender, to
command the Commander-in-Chief's tender or yacht
has been cancelled. Mr. Searlett's appointment was in
the first instance precisely similar to that of his prede-
cessor, Mr. Allen, viz., " acting master," but after it had
been lying in the Rear-Admiral Superintendent's office
five weeks (Mr. Scarlett being then in the Mercury, on
;he Irish coast), it was sent for to London, and the title
changed to that of " acting second-master," which
strikes off nearly half his pay! Mr. Scarlett is an old
sailor, upwards of fifty, and has long enjoyed the repu-
tation of being one of the best cutter sailors in the mari-
time world.
Portsmouth has presented to-day the appearance of a
fortress preparing for siege, the sluices having been
pulled up and the sea allowed to fill the moats, the water
around the walls being in some places sixteen feet deep.
We believe this is done to test the foundations of the
fortifications.
We regret to announce the death, under most painful
circumstances, of Second-Lieutenant John } rancis
Henry, of the Royal Marine Artillery corps, a most
highly-esteemed young officer, which was caused last
Peening under the following circumstance :—The de-
ceased, with two friends—Second-Lieutenant Hugh S.
Buck, of the same corps, in the Excellent, and Mr.
Onslow, also of the Royal Marines—was in a dog-cart,
Mr. Buck driving, and were en route from the Marine
barracks to Southsea for a drive, about seven o'clock
last evening ; had passed along King's-terrace from
Southsea-common, and were making towards Hamp-
shire-terrace ; when close to Croxton-lodge, where the
road is not more than nine feet wide; they appeared to
have suddenly changed their minds as to their intended
route, and turned tha horse sharp round to the right to
go down Elm-grove. The turn was so sudden, the
space occupied in making it so small, and the cen-
trifugal force so great, that the vehicle ran
upon ono wheel only (and that upon its outer
edge) for some yards, the other wheel being some foot
or more from the ground; and one of two gentlemen
(Mr. Onslow, we aro informed) who sat behind, endea-
vouring to keep his seat, grasped the iron on the irrong side
of the seat, and thus accelerated a catastrophe which all
near the spot who were witnesses of the sudden turn of
the vehicle were aware must happen, and the cart was
upset with great violence, Mr. Henry being thrown out
with terrific force, and Mr. Buck upon him; while Mr.
Onslow was thrown in another direction. The horse
was for a moment stunned, but rose immediately, and
would have inevitably dragged the vehicle over the
bodies of Messrs. Buck and Onslow had not an artillery-
man of the Marines, who was passing at the time, sprung
at his head and held him down. Mr. Henry was taken
up instantan;ly, bleeding profusely and quite insensible.
He was takers to Mr. Batchelor s, surgeon, adjacent ;
but pulsation was not perceptible. Dr. E. J. Scott, of
St. George's.square, was passing at the time of the acci-
dent, and instantly attended to render assistance to the
sufferers ; taking Mr. Henry to his quarters in the Vic-
tualling Store Barracks, in his own carriage ; but we be-
lieve he never rallied, and died this morning about five
o'clock. Mr. Buck is very much injured, and is in the
hospital, and Mr. Onslow has a cut across the knee, just
under the cap. The horse and chaise were not injured.
CR ATIIAIII, APRIL 23.—The Semarang. 26 guns, fitted
for a guard-ship for Gibraltar, is having alterations made
in her for the accommodation of troops, who are to pro-
ceed in her to Gibraltar. During the week she has
been taking in provisions, consisting of beef, bread, rum,
&c., which have been brought round in lighters from the
victualling-yard at Deptford.
The Cleopatra, 26 guns, in dock, has her copper
stripped off her bottom. Her skinning timber and keel
are very defective; the whole of her gripe appears to be
rotten, and it is expected that she will have an entire
new keel. She was lifted up seven inchesyesteeday.
The Rochester, Sedgwick master, remains loading for
Woolwich and Deptford yards.
The ships fitting for commissions are the Terpsichore,
18 guns; Arab, 16 guns; and the Antelope steam-packet.
The Mars, 80 guns, building, which was commenced in
January, 1840, is nearly completed in the skinning of her
bottom; the knee for her figure-head is ready for fixing.
Commander Jenner, R.N., and Captain Wright, of the
Woolwich division of the Royal Marines, and formerly
of the Royal Marine Artillery, arrived at the dockyard
this day, and commenced their duties of organising the
Dockyard Battalion. The 4 gun battery to be erected
for the practice of heavy guns is progressing but slowly,
and it is to be so formed as to represent a ship's side;
it will be 60 feet in length. The leading men of the
yard assembled yesterday. It is expected that they will
be the non-commissioned officers of the battalion. For
the battalions of the different dockyards there are to
be five staff sergeants of the Royal Marines (it is be-
lieved that sergeant-majors will be selected), who are to
be gazetted to second lietenanteies in the carps, and
placed on half-pay, and appointed to the several dock-
yards, viz.. Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham, and Wool-
wich, as adjuncts of the naval arsenal battalions of ar
tificers. The pay of thos officers is to be made up to
6s. 6d. per diem, with fuel, &c., and lodging money, 6s.
per week, when quarters cannot be provided for them,
and forage for a horse. In the winter season, when
drills are suspended, these officers will perform the du-
ties of quarter-masters in taking charge of the arms
and accoutrements, and other military stores belonging
to their respective battalions. Sergeant-Major Christie,
of the Chatham division, has been recommended for one
of the appointments. Captain Wright is selected to or-
ganise the force, and is now employed in that duty.
He returned from Pembroke yard last night, having al-
ready visited the other ports.
POIITSIIIOCrTIf, APRIL 25.—A highly respectable jury
of the chief mercantile men of this borough, of which
Mr. Wright, of High-street, was foreman, alter minutely
investigating the cause of the accident by which Lieute-
nant Henry, of tt e Royal Marine Artillery, lost his life
on Thursday night, returned a verdict of " Accidental
death."
Abe POW* roma borab-YOOl, Gmmoder J. C.