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decidedly in the negative. Great interest was made
tochlve him promoted while The Ws's.Et hoMe, but
the promotiun did not tike place, and he was .sent
. . .

oqt, as he'hael bttnre stated,with a recommenda--.
tion. With respea to the...transaction now in clues-
tion, the Adtnirakty were unacquainted with it, till
they rectived a letter froin Mr:Thomas, transmittei

,tln-ough a Member of that House -; He thOught Ole
-Admiralty were pertealy right in not taking any .
further steps with .regard to Admiral Cochrariet-- .•
No cane could read the lettea: of that gallant Admiral,
. which Was 43eforeilie, House, wit-boric seeing, that
,if he had erred at all, it was from ,an over-strained
-principle of humanity. —After paying, some high
'compliments. to the. professional chttraaer of Sir
Alexander Cochrane,-Mr. Pole said, be did not
concur in opinion with, those \I/hot-bought that Ad=
miral dochrane had not brought•Ciptain. Lake. too-a
Court Marti:il for,want 7of : Captains ; his firm be- '
'lief was, that the gallant, Admiral, upon a fair view
of the case,,thought that the man •was alive, and out,
of _tenderness tcia. young man, and out of regard
for his family, thought that an admonishment,would
be sufficient punishment. He begged the House to
consider that :something was dire. to the character
• and feelings of Officers:high in the service, , and he
was convinced, that if. the House Was to interfere
upon _occasion, ,to have 'Admiral Cochrane
brought to -a' Court Martial, it would excite great
cliSgust among the Officers of the Navy. The Hon.
' Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread). seemed, inclined to
withdraW his motion, provided the Admiralty would
undertake to:bring Admiral Cochrane to an account
. for his conduct. (Mr. 11hitbread, across the table,
said, that was not his wish.) Ile underk.ood that
to be the meaning of the Hen. Gentleman ; if he
merely meant, that after the Court Martial, and.
- after what had passed in that House, it would be
proper -to inquire of Admiral Cochrane. if .he
knew any thing .More ,Upon the subject, it
very much , altered the case. But he.. beg-
ged leave again to
.assert, that there was
no person at the, Admiralty who thought that
, Captain Lake came home with a slur upan his cha-
raier, nor did they'know of the transaction at all
until they received -Thomas's letter. He. trusted
that-no man could. feel-more than.he did with' re-
_sped to thetransaaion in question, but be had long
been in the habit qt revering the charaaer. of the
late Lord Lake; .and he never thought ,of this-trans-
ataion without feeling for the distress of-the family,
first on account of the death of. Lord Lake, and then
on account of this unfortunate event. With regard
to the conduct of Captain Lake, rtimself, he,thciught
-I no language was too strong. for it. He was glad
the subject had been taken up, because it was fit
that the people of • England-should know that the
House of Couwmous were as ready, to protea.tbe
tt lowest man in the service as well as the highest
Officer. . .

Mr. WiIITBREAD said it was by no means his
wish to have Admiral Cochrane. broniht to a Court
Martial ; be merely wished that some further in-
quiry should. be made of Admiral Cochrane, and to
that there seemed to be no objection, and therefore
-be would withdraw his motion, which he didkand
then moved for copies of all the correspondent be-;
tween the Admiralty and Admiral Cochrane upon
this subject; .

Mr. WARD begged to state, that the Admiralty
1)4.1 received .Admiral Cuchrane's explanation—of
this affair, With
.which they were satisfied----that is
to say, they had it not in contemplation to take any
further steps upon the busineSs.
Captain BERESFORD declared his persuasion, that
Sir A. C,,ehrane would be most anxious for this in-
quiry; and that he would not screen. Capt. Lake or
any other. person.
Mr. CROKER repeated that Sir Alex. Cochrane had
been called on by the Admiralty for information on
this subject ; that he had accordingly furnished them
with this information, which satisfied them that
there was no occasion for any censlire on his con-
dud. They had g. ,t all the information they wish-
ed, and had nothing more to ask. If the Honour-
able Get denim) wished it, however, he saw no ob-
jedion to the produCtion of the Tapers now Moved
for.

Mr. TIERNEY said it appeared that this officer,
after the highly improper conduit observed by him,
had been sent back to the same fleet, to be' made
Post, thereby holding out an excellent lesson' to
other officers in similar circumstances.

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Mr. W. POLE said the Admiralty had no trace of
any misconduct as attributable to Captain Lake, at
the time he .was recommended to be made Post.
Lord COCHRANE asked, was he wrong in saying
that Captain Lake was made,Post atshome, and then
sent out to the Wes! Indies
Mr. W. POLE said he was sent out with a com-
mission as Post-Captain, to be appointed .to the
lowest ship on the station.
Lord COCHRANE contended, that in that case no
Warne was imputable to Sir A. Cochrane..
Admiral l‘latiktrAm thought something remained
here to be cleared' up. Either the condia of Cap-
tain Lake was not known to the. Admiralty, or
knowing it, they sent him out to the West Indies
to, be tnadd Post. It was material that the House
and the Public should be informed on this point.
The discipline of the n-ivy required to be kept up
among the superior Officers as well as irnong the
lowest of the seamen.
Lord CocuttA'NE repeated his question, Had not
Captain Lake been made Post before he sailed to
the West Indies ?
Mr. W. POLE said, according to his recolleEtion
Captain Lake was sent back to join the Recruit, and
his commission was sent alter him. •
After some farther observations, Mr. Whitbread's
motion for produ(tiou of the Correspondence was
also agreed to nem. con. , • - -