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

HOUSE OF COALTIONS.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3.
A person from the Office ot. Chief Secretarytof
-Fetaild laid the Insire6tor,Generars Report of 'the
S ate of the Prisons of Leland before the House.

Mr. TIMI NT pri'sentit certain ACcounts of 4x-
polls and Imports, which were ordered to lie °lf
the table. _ .

61:. J. SINCLO.IR brought up the Rep-1i of die
Committee on the Highway Bill. The Bill was or-
dered to be printed, arid the Repuit to be taken into
lurtlirr considtration on Monday.

Lord PALMERSTON brought tip a-Correspondence
between the Physician-General and the Secretary at
IV,r, which wag ordered to lie on the table,.
On the motion of Lord COCHRANE, additional
papers relating to the Baltic Conyoy were-ordered to.
be laid bethre tie Hou'se.

Lord PALMERSTON IIIOVO for . leave to bring in
t'•-• • ai A 'Jima' Bill, regulating the allowancei
granted to Innkeepers, &C.
Mi..
.6. 14;tqcv hoped the petition of the Inn-
keepers would not be negleaed. He trusted the
Noble Lord, when the Bill welit into a ComMittee,
-would have no objection to the introduction' of a
clause or clauses tending -to do assay the evils of
which*the.y complained.
Lord PALMEitsToN said he should have no objec-
tion;. leave was given-to bring in the Bill. . .
S:r C DUNDAS gave notice, that he. w ould to-
morrow' move tor.a` SeleCt Qommittee
,to Like into
r,,f,•=ideration'ihe mode of collecting the .Assessed
Taxes.

The Iri•h School Bill wept through a Corntniltee,
the report of which was ordered to be received to,
morrow.

THE HON. WARWICK LAKE;

Sir F. BuRDETT,rose to bring before the House

the subject on which he had given notice of a:tno-
tion. Atter:touch consideration he was of opinion
the best mode of proceeding would be to apportst.a"--
Committee, to which the w hole 'ot the papers Qil the
subject might be referred. The cumMittee to re-:
port their deliberations from time- to time to the
H,,use, and give their opinion, whe her or not fug-.
Cher procee,lings were necessary. The
_sobjed, he
thought, of the greatest importance': The circum-
stances a+tending the treatment of the unfortunate-
indiv; ,n I!,,ise case 'he would call their atten-
tion was of consequence, as it was so peculiarly ne-

cessary that the proteaion of ,that House should be
atfordva to that desrriptinn of men. He would not,
in the .present ease, nor wocld he, in any similar
case, where/the administration of justice was con-
cc, tied, and ,A byre the character and Lfe of an in-.
dividual was at stake, attempt by any high colouring
of language to aggravate the guilt of the offender, Or
endei:vAur to excite any indignant feelings other than
those which he thought must naturally spring in the
breast of every man, from a contemplation of the
facts disclosed in evidenCe. He had first taken up
the subject from seeing in a newspaper a paragraph
lightly mentioning thecircurnstance of a mart having
b,,c. put on shore on a desolate Island. The little
importance attached to
.the circumstance struck him
more forcibly than if the greatest exertions had been
made to attraa notice. It shocked him that -it
• should be spoken. thus ligbtly.of.' It appeared to
him that some further step Abould be taten on the.
std3jea, though,hudid not take upon himself to say
..-what that step should be. He-was however of opi-
nion that it was incumbent on the k.-use to look
iqto the sub;M. From the letter which he-held in
his hand from Mc. TltornaS .to a Member of drat
House (Mr.
.133thurst)„ there appeared to,be' abuses
io the management of the West India stares,
of themselves ere of sutlicidrit incportance to claim
the seriou4 attention of the House. The impression
made on his mind' by tire evidence,given was, that.
' the man had perished. Whether however the man
had perished or survived, the at he thought was
equally censurable in a moral point of view, vi'•as
equally tioletit, oppressive, and unwarrantable.-
The prosecution lately instituted was unsatisfaaory,
as it had been cat vied on by those whom he must
consider as accomplices. He, had thought of ad-.
dressing the King on th 6 subjea, that a prosecution
might be commenced against ,the offender for tnur-
der. . Butt:ltiicuhes were thrown ;in the *ay, as,
ti rOtNh the:c ho no direa evidence of the death
the man, he wrehendedi a bill would not have
been found by the Grand Jury, though he thought
here were:just grounds for so referring the case toil
Jorb wi en the improbability of'the mart's escaping
was taken Into consideration. It could not

be that the a& called for inquiry, anel he
should U:11 ,k, for his-part; tltiat futtlierprocecdings
rc(.essary. It appeared that the man had st,t›.*

1,11 a I;ttle spruce leer. But there seemed to be a
czAisi,iracy to get ri,lcf the wan ; and so as'he was

got ri.l ot, •they cared not how or for what. From
t te evidence of Mr. Spei;Cer,, it appeared that being
o f the island of Sombrero, Captain Lake came on
(I,!ck, ;Ind asked the Warne of the island, of which
bc informed, he Enquired if they had not thieves'
on board. Being answeied.tbat there were lwo, he
iMmediately ordered Jefferies to be sent up. Now;
why ail( if they had thieves OP board? and then be-
ing,
answered that there were two, order one only'
to be sent up, unless a sort olcomptocy-had ex-
isted against that-unhappy man ?- It then-appeared
that Captain lAke had ordered the man-to be put on.
shore immediately. • He was accordingly .sent,
ithout water, Without food, without clothes—
without either hat or shoes was he left in a desolate
i l Ind.- It was curious to observe, that while thus
pnuishing a man for theft,: they dttuany robbed
:him

. . . . ._
to .3 }greaterfimuuat than he 1);td been stated to haye
,lubbrd ati}; Otie,• as in thus. sending him atnaked,
they robbed him of the whole of his cloaths, &e.—
'Licit cuadn6t irirthia instance lie .0101161 a merited

particular attention.
,The itnprestibu made on- I
mind was; that-his-things badAieen withheld as use-
less, as ,they,thought not survive. Two
_ months after, ou A. Cochrane's having heard of
this,‘‘. irreguttrity," as he had called Pit, the man
who 11;t-,', committed the murder was sent back to-see
any traces:remained. • Spencer, who he could not
but regard as an accomplice,, was on that occasion
sent'on shore with four others, when, aftershoot-
ing a few birds,. they-returned satisfied ihat the man
had .found means to escape: Their minds were very.
soon .at ease on the subjea. The Honourable
Eqonet'titen read the letter written by Sir A. Coch-
rane -on the subject, which was as follows

SIR, . Poinpec. Halifax Harbour, Nov..r,- 1304.
¶' 1 have received 'Mr:. Barrow's letter of the i,t,th
Of July; enclosing an exttad of one from the late
Purser of the Derierary, containing' a charge against
Captain Hie Honourable Warwick Lake, for having.
Olt a man on shore upon an uninhabited island
together with Captain Lake's report, and Mr.
Bicknell's opinion of the affair.; • and signifying
to me the. diredion of 'the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty to make a stnei investigation into
the case. I was well aware of the irregularity of
the proceeding, at the time it, occurred ;,and when it,
was reported to me, I immediately sent Captain
Lake back to the island to. take thef man off, but
he was already gone and haVing
,heard,. Soon: after,
of the circumstance being reported; in on American
viper, and of the man's arrival thece, which assured
me all's safety, I consented, afterseriously:admo-
niihing Captain Lake, to. et .the bUsiness.re3t ; but
should their 'Lordships itill deem it proper to order
him to be tried by a Court Martial for his condua,
there are many persons the Recruit( who,
doubt, can prove the circumstance 01. the man's
being set on shore 'though the situation of the
Vand of Sombrero 'is clO3e to. Anguilla, and in -the
track where vessels are constantly passing and re-
passing.

I have the honour to be, Sir, • -
" Your, most obedient bumble Servant,
(Signed) ." A. _COCHRANE."

"

On this he animadverted . in strong ter—s. The
Island of AnguAla, which hat been spoken of-as be-
ing close o,Sombrera waS seven ot•eight, leagues .dis.s
tank. The. island' of Sombrero atfOrded nothing btit a
rough groSS weed. Lake and his accomplices wtre
the last persons in the. WOrld who ought to hove,
been sent on,st.leh a tnis,ion, as if on their shooting
party any traces of the,unforiurnate man had been
found, it would-have been their - ,interest to conceal
them'. To make a proper search the whole of the
crew -should have been landed, at -least a boat's
crew ought to have been.sent on the inquiry. He
then.went at length into the-evidence given on the
• late trial, .from which it appeared, that Ca.pf. Lake
might have taken the poor man off the Island the
next morning, had he not pyrsevered 'hi his;cruel
intention—that the report of Jetferies having been
taken off by an Arnet wan vessel . had but slender
claims to credit--that it was the opiniorsof some of
the crew he must either have perished by famine or
by wild birds, which in Sombrero were very large
—that it had been publicly-spoken of as an act: of
cruel' oppression—rthat it appeared they-wished to get
rid of the man at any rate—'that he appeared to have
been punished more because he was 'Weak than for
any thing else-:--that there were great reasons to' be-
lieve the island was known to be uninhabited—that
Captain Lake had subsevently stated, he 'would
rather have given 20,0001. than such an occurrence
should have taken place, and, that according fa} one.,
of the witnesses, the roan bore a good denuder.—
Having commented on'various parts of the evidence,
the Hon. Baronet next took a view of the defence,
which he thought an aggravation of the original
fact. Upon the whole, he thought the world could.
not but agree with him in thinking him guilty.-==
The Court Maktal seemed to have been actuated by
a desire to screen him—to have endeavoured to.
throw dust in the eyes of the Public; and take off'
the edge of the general indignation. Every cir--
curnstance corneaed with. the subject filled him
with horror. Whether Captain Lake-Was drunk or
insane at the time, no excuse could be set up for
his conduct, and he thought it extraordinary that
such a man should again have been entrusted With
the command-of a ship. that other Men should be,
exposed, to his _cruelty. This circumstance, he
hoped, would be satistaaerily accounted 407.
What he had done could not be excused as an error
of the moment. He had slept. upon it--" the 31111
had gone down' upon his wrath"—it had again
risen upon it,•and still it did not subside. As to
the offence, no one could think of- justify logit,
when- the horror-of the sittiatioiOn which the man
hadheen placed was considered. Set on shore on a
&saint island, without toed, without waer, with-
out clothes, &c. he could hardly be expected to
survive_24 hours: He hoped, for the safety of
others, for tl.e honour of the country, and fOr the
diameter of the G'overnment, that the House would -
not say no further proceedings shOuld take place:—
Whether or not there were, gruends on-which the
man could be prosecuted for murder, the law offi-
cers of the House must decide. cond:tied by.,
moving, that a Committee should be appointed, to
whom all papers on the subject should be referred,
to yeport frotn.time-to time to the, House their epi;
. nion'on the subjea.
The CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer rose, not to-
represS any of the feelings of humanity which the
Honourable Baronet had evinced; he merely wished
to submit to the House one question, namely, whe-
ther there was any predicable utility in the appoint-
ment of a Committee? He wished to assume all
the propositions which had been laid down by the
'Honourable Baronet, except one, 'which was the
evidence of his-having committed a 'murder. Capt.
Lake ought to have known that the island was un-
inhabited ; there was little shade between the belief
and disbelief 'of its being so. One thing ai: least was
evident, that it was an ad of the greatest cruelty
and wantonness. He, admitted that the decision of
tire Court amounted Only to fiuding him guilty, of
a thisdemeanour,:on the supposition of 'his being
tried by Jury; and if it appeared in evidence that
hen-was guilty of the intention, .without completing
his purpose, such would be the decision. 'He
trusted the 'House would not so far mistake the na-
ture of tine law, that after an inquiry already, de- •
eided, they should proceed to institute another.—
On this case a Court Martial had gtsen.its verdia,
and had inflicted the severest punishmeet which
could iutliaed by sucks au-offence. If it was the

opinion of the House that thit punishment was not
a sight one, what occ 'slim was there for its gomg
into a Committee Froin what-fell from the Hon.
Baronet, he seemed to think that the man lest his
life in consequence of being left on the
Island. --
'Phis might be the case; but, in support of such an
assertion, no proof cari.be found on evidence. The
paragraph in the American Newspaper had been
mentioned ; he perlthly agreed that it was not quite
sufficient proof of the existence of the unhappy in-
dividual ; but, in the case olconimon law, it should
recollected,be
p that on a prosecution, no one can be
fotind guilty of murder without a positive proof-of
the fact ; without it, <he would- positively asseri„ no
Judge would' allow a Jury to cons i6t. - 'There was
no ground whatever for instituting a trial-for mut:—
der ; the evidence ,which had been adduced would
rather secure an acquittal. than 'a condemnation; if
the carcase, or any remains had been found, then .
such a trial Might with. more safety, be instituted.
Flehad no. objection to an inquiry by Committee,
if through it any further proof Could be obtained.
Ha did. not think the House shOtild_convert its
ComMittee into, a Grand Jury.: The preferable
mode of proceeding would be to dire& the Attorney s:
General to pros'cute. If Jefferies- should ever re-
turn
hemight indi& Captain Lake, and oThain da-
mages for the losses. he had sustained. The Hon. ,
Baronet had adverted to abuses relafrvelo'lthe ma-
nagement of West India stores; he did not think
it proper to blend different proceedings, the more
especially as an inquiry into this circumstance had
already, been instituted. 'He hoped the Hori—Ba-
ronei would. consider these circumstances ; and
concluded-bi saying, that he felt it his duty to vote
-against the motion.
Mr.WHITBRE/0 Coneeived, that the papers which
lay on the table not only cofcerued.capt: t4e, but ,
embraced far more ithportant objeicAs. In the-case of
the letter of Mr. Thomas, he asked if the Admiralty
had instituted an inquiry respecting the fads, therein
,stated. He conceived. the conlict of AdMiral
Cochrane to be more'deeply stricken than even that
of Capt. Lake, whom' he had 'ordered only, t o return
to his ship till the search .was made; on him then
fell a' much greater shay, of .blanie-.- £very. inferior
was responsible to bis superior officer ; his surprize
therefore, was -great, when an-offending in:divide-A
should not only be promoted, but his clime passed
by in silence: his surprise was greater when he had
not heard of an inquiry into the conduct of Sir Alex-
anderCoehrane. The Right' Hon. Gentleman- op-;
posite had spoken on the subjed as became a man.ot -
feeling ; but he had as-,erie„l if an individual was
once tried and acquitted-, (or- the 'same offence, lie
could not-he tried. again ;ea this tiesd he was not
.very learned, but believed, tbat after a decision of a ~
Court-martial the individual-could be tried by the
cothmon tribunal of the.country. He put, himself '
in the place of a- Grand JUryinan, where,- if. such •
evidence was adduced, _consistent with his'oath he
could not find a true bill. It w3spther strange,
that on the first search nothing w lies on:
the second something was found ; from these cir-:
ctunstances, it Might rationally be conclud&l that
neither search was as perfe'Ct as it ought to have
been.' A handle of a tomahawk, and the temains-of
a pair of -troWsers, were what tbe shooting party
met with. It appeared, on "examination," that -the -
handle did not belong to a ship hatchet, nor were
the remnants of the trow-ers'of the same triaterink
as worn by the ship'S company , but why were -lipt
those articles produced on the trial? If Jefferies had
perished, Capt. Lake should be a,cconn I a ble ; but how
dreadful; would be their situation, if they shouldicone
demo the latter, and it should afterwards appear the..
former still existed ? It Was necessary the Houseshould
steer bet Ween the two; and endeavotir to ascertain
the faet. , lie--suggested the. Ipismigty;pl... addressing
his Majesty, praying that he would order a strict
search to be made, to discover if any remains could
be found, or whether the man existed ; and' this not
only to satisfy Capt. Lake's faMily, and that House,
but the minds of the Public.

Mr. STEPHEN confessed, that his other avocations
had prevented him fi Om perusing the Mitiutes'of the
Court Martial, or making himself sufficieniy master
of the case. When he heard, howe.er; of this
Island of-Sombrero, he could not avoid rising to
state, that he had some geographical knowledge of
that island, which other Members had an equal
opportunity of obtaining. He had sailed by that
island ; and from his recollection of it, he dicrilot
conceive it possible that any officer could have
ed a Man there without intending to commit a mur-
der, and he had no doubt .but that the • murder was
completed:. If he were on a.grand jury, he would
not hes,tate to find a true bill; or if were on a
.petty jury, he shonl,l no more hesitate tosay.guilty,
than he would to pronounce it murder, if a man
was to be' let down into an unfrequented
and left there to perish. It was a.flat, sandy island,
and only frequented by sea-foWl ;: nor was_ there
any thing on'the island that could induce any -per-
son to Lind on it, exec; -to get sea-eggs. He fslip
poied that this Wand was never trodden by 'human'
foot more than. three or four times in the.year: He
bad heard that it bad nb fresh water, and be thoUght
it was iMpossible that it could have- any. He .-was
therefore sufficiently. convinced in his own mind-,
that the matt must have-perished ; but if any pro,
position was made which could lead to a, tuither
investigation of this case, it shoUld have his
.decided
support., , . •

Lord F6LxsToNE expressed his confidence' that
when the Hun. Gentleman was aCquainted,with the
case he would not 'refuse his support to, the. Motion,
and hoped that he would be a 'Member of the Corn-
mittee. :Another consideration he would submit,
namely, wtiat became of the property of Jeiferies—
he had wages; which; as he was no deserter, 'if
alive, shoald'be forihcoming; if not, it is, due to
his friends ; though this Was not a material one, yet..
he considered it another ground for preferring..the
mode of investigation, recommended by the Hon.
Baronet. •
Mr. LITTLETON wai'Of opinion the evidence was •
not strong in any part, 'and that, if referred to a
Counnittee; no amendMent of what liad.,all-eldy.
been enacted in the 2d of George H. could be pro-
posed.
Mr. C. ADAM supported the investigation by,
Committ,,e.

Mr..eitoKan- agreed with regard to tile address
sugges'..ed
.by the Hon. Gentleman opposite. He
should be sorry to be thought capable ofan inten-
tion bt screening guilt ; and hoped that an addres
might be presented to his MAjesty, praying him to

order a stria search to be made in the Nand of Som.
brero; and to ascertain whether Jederfes was taken
away
,bi! at American ship. The reason tlizit
tenant Mt ulds had not been examined was, thatshe
had gone on foreign servic,•; - and it was thought
unadvisable .to delay the proceedings- of tire Court\
•MartW, for the purp,se of obtammg the evidence
of one who was but a joint speaa' or with thosie wh6
had already given in theirs. With respect:lo.W
Windsor's evidence, it.could have bt-en of no weight,
as he did not coma into the ship till a ycar-afttr the -
transaaion ; all his information proceeded from con:-
versations with the Officers, of course he could only
direct where the evidence might be fiund. Ihe
Hon., Baronet would plAceive such he,-say evidence
could not be. admitted, and he therelZoie boped be
would agree to the Address. IN/h.-Thomas,
.the ac-
coser, was summoned, but he was no where to be
found. In his letters, he.staled,that a Morber csf
the House was acquainted-whit the state of his mind
on the subject.

Mr. SHERIDAN professed 'he would never shrink
from punishing the,proudest and most exaited roan,
if guilty of tyranny or cruelty to the low,est MUM-
dual, who- would find in hien mis 'wahuest so-ppbr;.
ter. The whole charge seemed to turn au the ocit -
whether the island was or was-not inhibited. :With
regret he heard•froman Hun. Gentleman (Mr. Ste- -
phen) assertions far'from justifiable, paniculariy as ,;i•
On a recent occasion, he had displayed such noble 4
sentiments ; he was quite shocked when he heard,
declare that if he were on a Jury, from the ap-
pearance of the Island, he would find the accused •••'
gutltY:of . murder, without , being acquainted with
any other part of the case. He begged leaVe so.re-
tnin4 the Hon. crew lt mart, that there, was' no e%
denLe to prove di it Captain Lake knew the Island
to.:heOninbabited, and lie did not' belleve'any
eel; could get his crew to commit so barbarous an
at.ton, if they thought the Island to be snub as it
had been de,,,cribed. The cuAtoin sentino men
on shore and, nig 'them, he• pieheikle'd , waS
too yconduct of, Achni•• -
ral Cochrane he thought as reorehemsik)le of
Capiaiu and the tubes ffiquiry
:became fit-
csssary, as,theie.existed itt;xiely in the
mind. •

Mr: .STPIIEN in explanation stated, tit the point
on which lie•ro,,e was, that if the case
on the prob e.af)e :he shoula .in the ver-
dia of
-Admiral .}IAavEY mentioned,, that front his rem
colleetion of the place, it seemeda rocky rkiter. tiiaiit
a sandy- island ; troth the lregttent rains' winch fell,
tationdance.of crater could be procured:
Capt..l3AttasFoßD ;toted, 'that, ftom.. arr experi-
ence 4.4 threT"Years, be mia acqumited pert with
the liland of-Sothrero;ii was daily t,tstt.d ..y
men, and afforded neCessaittisuSt.enance. He waS
of opinion; OE rper'sop 3:v3s- i.O7atsts at,y's;gnal ul
the Mortiii g he ivuuld itceive as.3istance• berbro
night.
Sir J. SEBRiGir.fi'upported the motion, and 'num-
tioned that Aftinirai Cochrane had sent a report to •
the Admiralty respecting Captain *Lake:
Sir tlicxleicroN l'hat intelligence of
Jetierks being- in America artiv..d a: tertfte di:partur4 -
of !he vessel which ,t.ent in se.,rdh 01 him
Mr. it. WARD vitichcated the cnarac,er of Mali"
ral Cochrane, and exprcised con%i,,otinttnat Jet"'
icries could not iCti)3ll) ;"4. I.t.JUrs relief.

ATIQRNEY-GENEti AL thought,:thal,tiom the
representotiQn of a-gallati, er kCapi. Beresfordp
thts aggravation of Capt. Lake's c.c.'niduct was
cou-
siderattly lessened.- Flom the- evtoei,Ce, it was %al'
possible. to suppose he th,,u[ll. tkatlt Arould ensue 3•
nor did he think the conduct or Admiral cot:ln-46d
such as to merit the censure winch soale Gentico.lol
seerned*disposedto cast upon it.
Mr. CUR WEN ;ipproved ot. the suggestion ot 4•_
dressing-the. Cr-own ;he b1101144-4e—Vlriy:urnr-cilci"
sion should. take place, confident as `tie' was
there was no difference- in' the sense of the tiot4'4'
oti the subject:'
'Lord COCHRANE was, convinced the condu:l
the Gallant Admiral was totally exempt
.from
wi,oin.he.vindicated in very warm krius.
Mr. CANNING though .there were litany reason;
to avoid rustittLing an inquiry, after the de, 0;ion v •
the-Court 'Martial. The Hon. Baronet wou]d
on consideration, that the inquiry could end io Elc;
other way than it had done alre,-Fd)'. The islands !i•
appeared, was liable to daily visitation ; but evell It
there were no further occasion procec.d again!,
Capt. Lake, he thought the House should, "by al
address, shew its sense of the crime.
h q i
-Sir F. BURDETT that he had
_completeo.;.
duty. He was desirous-Of adopting any mode et "
tainiog'the end he wished. resped to 0)0 /°.,
cal knowledge expiessecl of.the Island, he enterta'°,
no doubt ; bur he' cuuld not help'thinking, that 1:1;-
cot-1(1nd of Captain Lake originined.iiLmalic„ Evel
the honour of the, King wai concerned-in the i%fe.,°f
t,
his. subjeas ; he ti;e:eture hoped, (hal.
agreed to the sUgges;ions justice would be done. t
_Mr. WHITEttEAD, conceiving it ileceti'arY ajt?f,
the Public shotilii be satisfied with respt:et- to
fate of the unfortunate. wan, had erawn op a I'l°'
tion which would have the C-11:::0 .thbired:
•Hon:Getitlerrila then moved—

• " That an hutable address -be presented to his :‘,l"i'-'sl.,
prayingthat his AW.i)esty b: -ple.,s.:d to
,i,tiv.c•
that the most. Ountite sea'r'ch Shuti:d be ravie
whether any rracts-tti—Ro'!tettltifery ,
Recruit, sloop of war and who
Captain Werw ick-1--trite;4tte viyounaudiN t-itst 011
Ib)Jrld of:Soriittreto, 10.1114 West lathes, c,uttrafy to
'princrple ot <Jury anil viulalion Oict,T, :-:tral",-
Puy), hid been d'ticov,:re.i, and that his ,Cla_i'bt)," •"°'-'l`,l ,vnit
pleated to order a Special C.annisbioa t-,e
that purpost, and that tile C,,,inalissioners r,pott- $
-this 1-louse-the result 01 their searcn." ' •
.
Air:ST4PHEN klieferit•d histiScli 'froth the.ohser'
ssulor,
vation of t: e f-lon,. Gentletuans(Mr. B::eridan) Wcti
had expressed himself : shucked i hat 'he (1''";
Sti7phen).sh:).uld declare',:he wGuld find, if oil ibj,
Jury, .Capt. Lakt• guilty of mutth-r. Mr. S. 134
again to state, that he made that dt'cl;ro:l tt oofie
the disadvantage of not having r:.-:ad t it, et idcrice•
bid formed his opitiion horn the and wtot
press his sorrow that 'any" titan should lav:= :-,tX" 1%3
harsh. The idea' whileli he had; 'loin li(iU'Vttt~
island was, that a 11111 n-set on ',no, ti,cre
~perished - here wis" not affy in-obabil.fy of c,“;;IP
.Vi his We, and lie ‘.could," .13,V)scr,
that under these citrcutust.inees he s!i(,,tl ; be j,ilsll°'-
lor
in curning to.suet! a conclusion; It vv:;5'110111C0%
in,the eye of the law to have positive pitiQE '7f not
`death of the man.- It was a lo.v sandy islar
above forty feet from the level' of the sea. -11.3 t

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