The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-04 00:00:00

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that quarter were of the samedescription,
a„~h< dirt opt meats to•''s•ity there: were :iiCrocks
t 1 t Wilena yotniglnan, he, in company ,wsith •
}!,v,el:4 otheri, in' his passage; from Tortola to St..,
'wished to go on shore. on Sombrero, but
It: at; old coaster, refused to accede to their '1
-78 be, because it was*dangero' us to land on accoont,
tiffie snrf
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IiV.HITBREAD and Mr. SwErnsw. made -a. feW •
. '-.l'vationri in the way of explanation.
1,1 ir cHA4LE.;i HANIILrov recollected the.island.
ar:)r,redly. well. He ob.erved that it wouldsttike
Periori pa .sing at ,a distance as.a IoW Island an,:
'With resiocilif—to. the conclud of. Captain
was satisfied that every L4cer in- the ser-,
.thee ryas aghained of 'hiS (.7...mducti but at the same
Ijll say that there were birds and shell-,
41,`1 'lb the hl!And by whieh the man ,rnight subsist
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The
CHANCELLOR of the E4C.IIEQUER c9UIO DQt
L'e to the Solemnity which the I-7km., Genteniap, ,
existed for appointing two
~:tottlissioners to g>> out the West Indies to stalk
ftet an island about one•mile and a half-in' &tenni-
thr,,ence. 'He :thought the 'Admiralty 'might -direa
fffe
inquir' and would move an aMendment to that •
Sir J. SI NotAi astated; hehad information on which
ht.,Tely, that the man had been taken off the.,
slew
bpan American vessel, and is now alive in
York. He thought it better to adopt• the
tknendmt‘nt- of the Right Hon. Gentleman, rather
"°n the motion of the Hon. Gentleman.
W. Pol,E thogght further iriOiry, necessary,
respe& to-Abe assertion of the ;Right. Hon.
htni!etnan (Mr. Sheridan), that it was no DkOM-
04V1 thing for Captains to send men on shore and
e them; he must express his reprobation of-
,u"if a pradice.' The Navy was rot in such a state
°require !any such expedients, and such•assertions
prog abroad might prove injurious to the service.--
P. suggested,: that if itistrudions were'sent to
tibe. America!' •MiniSter to make the inquiry, the
would be obtained without the address.
hl r. S-HERIDAN, in explanation, declared that he'
"ad stated it was not unusual-to land-men on inha-
bl',ted islands, but he had never said men had been
„ on uninhabited islands.
N'lr. f3ouaNs suggested that it would be as well to
"'re the discretion in his Majesty's Councils, to
make
tk such inquiries as they thought necessaty after
"" titan, both-at the island and in America.
Mr. WHITBREAD, with every resped to the opi-
hh,-°4 of the lion. Gentleman whotmoved the amend-
thought-that solemnity was-not due in respeCt--,
the extent of die Island, but to the enormity of
ue.offetice. .1f any Offices were going to the West
4Mics, they 'might be appointed. _ With iespeti to
''hat had fallen from. the Hon. Gentleman (w..,
Stephen), it Was not a little strange that-he should,.
to.such-a conclusion a on a Jury, when. het
e'Vessed heliad not even heard the evidence,
ildtttr some further conversation betlye'en
'reaker„"Mr. Ryder, and Stitnft other Members, the-
L'44.1011 of Mr. Whitbread was ag:eei to nem. con.-
, Mr. WHiTBREAD then moved another address -to
Majesty, that h,,!.wouid be pleased to g'vedirec--
!;l'ls for searching his dominions,- the Royal Navy,.
11"(! commereial.shipping,
.and foreign countries,
t° ascertain whether jefferies was alive bubscinent,
td the 13rh Dkcember, 807. •

Nfr. CROKER observed, that the Admiralty had
updn Sir 'A. Cochrane to explain respecting
the condutt of Capr..Lake, as to the man Jeer s,
Which the' gallant 'Admiral had done, and the expli.-
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nation was perlealy .tatisfa6tory.
IL was asked by another Member, whether the
tbroad R. had beeritakn off the name of Jelferies,
,because, if it had not, his friends or relations would
ue excluded from receiving his pay.
Another Hon'. Member replied, that it had been
taken off by Capt. Lake's order. Some further con-
versltion arose on this motion, winch at length was
%treed to. •
Air, WHITBREAD then prepared to move a third
Adifress for the purpose of ascertaining whether
Sir Alexander
_Cochrane was to blame or not in
the transaction. It was ,of. importance, not only.
t° the service, but to the Gallant Admiral. He
NeLl-
An•Addiess for an Inquiry into the conduct of Vice-Ad-
Irti;r_il Sir Alexander Cozhrane, respeaing the representations
had been made by Capt. Lake to hint, on the subject
°' setting lefkries ashore," &c. -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the
Gentleman world not- think it necessary to

Press this motion. It would be carrying the feel-
ings of the House a little too far to order a Court
Alartial upon'Sir Alexander Cochrane, who had no-
thing toclo witli the transaetion. He hoped, there-
fore, the "Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his
_Motion.
Admiral HARXEY thought the Hon. Gentleriisn
Wasuot aware of the inconvenience which would
result to the service by this motion. He could ob-
tain his•objeet by the Admiralty instituting fuTtlicr
inquiry,
Mr. 8.. WARD wished' to state, most distinetly,
that the 'Admiralty --Waa satisfied with the conduct
of Sir A. Cochrane on the subje&, who•had, upon
lovestigating the conduet of Captain•Lake,lhought
Proper to admonish that Officer, which, in the na-
-val service, was considered next-to-a ,reprimand. •
Lord COCHRANE defended the conduct of hiS-gal-
lanr ,elation, and stated that he,'ihad sent Captain
Lake borne,- but the Admiralty had ordered hith out
again, and appointed him to ctinunand another ship.
Mr. Catmint said, that the first information had
.by tae AdMiralty Of the transadtion of Capt. Lake,
Was from -the letter.of Mr. Thomas. FroM the trro-
'nient they received it, they had proueeded, day
after day, in the inquiry, till they brought the mat-
ter before a Court Martial:
PoLE said, that having been Se-tretary to
the A-dmiralty during the period in which this trail-
satiort took place, he felt himself called upon to
sly a few words upon the subjeEt. he fat was,.
that Captain Lake, was not sent home by Admiral
'Cochrane in consequence of his having miscondutt-
ed himself ; he came home on'aecount of ill health.
lie remained some time in London, and upon
,hii
recovery he was.sent out to the West
..Indies, re-
commended to Admiral .Cochrane for promotion.—
At that time no repre,...entation had been ;made, to
the. Board of Admiralty .against his condutt. A
question had been asked, whether 'Captain L:tke
11?.d been rkornmended by ate Admirialty for pro-
tr:otion, after .his conduct with respeCt to Jeffrey,
was known ? I'D this question he ,could answer