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London, England, 1811-07-19 00:00:00

'trot In Malta to the Civil ommissioners, to the
President:; and to the Governor; but their opinions
wet that they eontil not interfere with thelodieta.
awl (lily. The Noble. Lord stated that he conti-
nued a prisoner during another sitting clay. When
finding tie should not be called into court, and ex-.
petting that it was intended to detain Iniu there Un-
til the packet ad sailed for England, he, after Pik
day's confinement, made his escape out of prison.,
A Pim:l4million Was then issued,. which he. consi...
tiered not Only asa gross insult to thisflotise, but
also to England. The Proclamation was headed
with, 14 Escape of Lord Cochrane;" to which was.
'added' fifty abu4es to his name, Asir he.had been a
tliiet, offering for his apprehension a reward of too°,
,scadi, (about ,2001. sterling). This proclamation
has posted all over the islata The,Noble Lord
loade a variety of observations,. and Observed,- that,
before he put his motion, lie wished, to'know from,
the whether. the treatment *ad: expe-
rieneed was riot a Breach of the Privileges-a: the
}louse/ He would troohle the night Honotirable
Gentleman to tell him whether the Privileges ex-
tended to the Colonies, or' Plantations, or Islands
abroad. •

Stemcett.=—" I do not know whether the

House eXpeeti' me to reply to the questions which
the Noble Lord has put tct, me, peltectly new as
one appears in specie; but, .as tar as my informa-
tion goes, I will iiite it,. iithe Rouse thinks fit that
so, Wtith respect to the PrivllMs of
the House, I know or tin means of enforcing its
:414vtlesys, ,but in the usual way, from lime imme.
by its' own officers ;, and I never knew one
instance of any,' (Mica haying been sent across
the si as at the itistanceef any. Member, on a COITI•
plaint of inault•otlered ,to him personally. So tuuth
tor the questionof privilege. In the next irlace,
*mever..knew, an instance in,,wltichany Member of
t.irliament, properly before a Court 61 Justice, was
ott linerty to treat ovith impunity the proceedings of
;that Court, ,Or to say that what was done in respect
:to himself., was done in contempt, or that could au-
-thorize litm to say that the Privileges of Parliament
woe infringed in his. person for such. conduct.!"
TheNnble Lord then suited, that it had. at ,first
been his intention to wove an Address.to,the Prince
•Regctit to recall Dr. Sewell, but upoji,xpospltation
with the Pirst Lord of the Admiralty,, :that ll.lght
Hon,Gentlemait had suggested thatit would be..bet-
,ter to .eVikillite the docuinentirresi.ecting-the vex-
''sonsiiccused. • He then guwed, •,

" That a Committee be appointed to examine (under the
Cth or Itt: King) into the ctriuluet of the Judge;: the Regis-
(rat anti the lvian,ltai cat the Court of Adiimalty at. Nialta,
dee. respeztiug certaitt, pr4Ledings .I..urd Cud'.
:rune."

Mr. PCTEa Moone seconded the .m,otleti, not
from any knowledge 'of its mvrits,. but think-
tog, that if the Matter of charge was nut inquired
into, u would lefleci, upon the House. ,
Mr. STernr.N conceived that it was expected he
should otiet' a hJW otetervations upon the subject.
tie cOuld not av .id apelaoding the benevolept mo-
tive of the Hoo;Gentiencm who seconded the. poor
oniemt of he Noble Lord, With respett to the cen-
do6 of theLearte:d Judge alluded to, he was sett isfied it
itiv.s the °pillion of the Hoese that he had d9tie no-
th,ng amiss —t hat ihedignity of ins office mci,bired that
he should xert tos arolue it% after' the direct iusoli
that the Nobie Lord had offered to the Court. • The
charge against the Noble Lord was for taking down
the public documents of the Court, a charge which
be Iwo not denied, eay,.indeed, the Noble Lord had
exhibited what, lie termed a fac simile of the table
of toes, and so closely imitated, that the very im-
pression of the waters—the document itself, and its
stooke-dried appearance, seemed to procl..trn its
origioality. The conduct of the Noble Lord, when
,require d to answer for this cunter»pt, wits not mere-
ly that he refused to obey the munition, but that be
pulled out a pistol, and threatened to shoot any
wan who attempted to execute it upon him.. Chap-
man, the officer, therefore (and the NU wet vm-
firmed by two witeesses), thought it not predeut to
execute a warrant at the, point of a pistel,.and there-,
fore had not the conrage to. act. Thee Noble Lord
had stated, that he refused to answer interrogatories,,
and that he 11444 a protest against the prOceedings„
of the Conti, It was not,regular fur the Couit.to,
receive proteins ai tali/ming i•ts proceedings, and. upon
'inquiry did not-think there were sinficieragroutids'
'for dischargiqg the Noble Lord- front)4oFrest.
however, he was aggrieted, tleete
through which he might have had redteatl,. without
comittg to the House, by apPeating before the .Privy
ebuncil, and staling,hi. charges'against .Dr. Setvelt,
who wutild, if pioVed, be removed; 'BM. should
there not have existed, in the Executive 6overn-
'mem, a disposilloil to redress the Noble Lard's griev-
ances, then it Would have been open for hint to come
to alts House. But to come at the end of the Sea.,
start Was not very regular. Dr. Sewell was a per
son of correct cunduct, and unlikely to at with in-
justice to any individual.
Lord COCHRANE replied, and repeated his former
statements.
Mr. YoRKE agreed with his Hon. Friend in ob-
jecting to the motiatt.on three grounds: first; be-
eause she case was ono of the molt frivolous ones he
had over met with. Secondly, because the Noble
Lord, if he had just cause for complaint, should
have n,a e it at the Admiralty, and that Board
would have investigated the complaint and thirdly,
bet:unit, the complaint, instead of _being made by the
Noble Lord, wan, by his own sliewing,,a complaint
agaiest himself.' He had this stistate to, the Noble
Lord, that if he hart not been au Officer on hale-
he would have heard from. the Board
or Admiralty hi 4: ditiereat way. With:. respeCt
the Alaritbal exercising the ollibe -or Proc-
tor in cnntonctioe, he would reconmeoul:an inquiry
to be inane, as it was contrary to the express pro-
visions of au Aet of. Palliatnent. But with wiped
to the Noble Lord's case it was, againAtti nttist re-
peat it, one of the most oleos cities ever brought
heroic Perlattnetn.
The Gallery was then cleared for a division,
but the motion was rejected v. ithoot -the House
thvidiog.

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