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enemies; but he generoubly stepped font ard, and
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bringing the inattr; into a Court of Justice, I obtain-
ed judgment- against the whole party, including the
Military Governor who had injured me. 1 I.roved
the falsity of the charge, and Chewed that the only
object of the internal league was. to!extort from me
a la'rge stim of mriney.
44 On my arrival in Petersburgh, what was it fit
that I should do ? What...? ou or any mat. wou:d have
done under such circumstances. I felt myself injurcd
in my fortune, and above all in my reputation.-
-Should Pilot go to the Minister of Justice for the
vindicaticnsof my honour ? Was it not a duty lowed
to myself to impeach the Military Governor by whose
hand such torture had been inflicted ? I did so : I
Made appFcation to Count Kotzebue, then Minister,
of the Interior, and I brought two charges against
my persecutrx ; Ist, for having written a letter, the
contents of whlch were false ;Lod :out, for the purl me
of perverting justice ; 2dly, for having detained me
for the purpose of extortion. Cotun Kotzebue had ,
the affair investigated in most of the departments at !
Archangel, and finding my statement accurate, he!
gaie me a document which enablzd me to bring my
case before the Senate, that a full- and (air invesiiga.
•tion might take place. It bad previously devolved
into the hands c f Prince aitterinsky, Minister of!
Foreign-Affairs, by whoin it• was laid befoie the
Emperor, from whence it•was transmitted to the St.-. 1
nate to be tletermined.accordiag to the law. Just at
this perioa Lord GoWer . arrived, and I put the pa.
pert into his hands; that they might be laid before!,
the Senate. I continued with Mri. Bellingham durlitg
that time, she being then•at St. Petersburgh, which
I had. ruched.. Before the Senate I produced my
complaints, but before any decision was had I found
myself arres.ed on two charges, the one criminal,
and the other !civil, and I was dragged horn my fit.
roily, thrown again Into prison, where I continued
for no less a space than two years! These were
trials that would bow the proudest head and sink the
not lest heart. Think, Gentlemen, what I endined,
and what was my offence t Nothing : there was nit
the shadow of proof against me. was accus?d,
however, of having quitted Archangel clandestinely.

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In itihsequence, however, a ilut tveeiving any rcidy. i It was falsehood from beginning to end ; yet IL . i _
Kiva- Council--I did 30 ; and what was the result? Attorney-Genera[ and wherever it ;lacy tor
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,ltoOtt. the *violation, ender instrociion ot counsel, they called giving me jtotee. - an answer from the Council Office, that their Lord- necessary." To thii letter I received an answer that .
.IfiaPply,tolAnnel hlldahotaonthe subject. 1E4160-. not the way it is Administered I
in this happy ccuntry.
ships did not find any matter in my case, in which i Mr. Read could not interfere ; but, as was his duty, '
pealed the be bad receive:4 the :Petition, but it had —Gentlemen, I.feel myself so' much exhausted, that •
, they could interfere. Again defeated, I had to seek I especially as was proved by the subsequent trielmo
beta mislant narl its 'conscqueoce 1 sent anther, bf i I must beg to pause for a few secon h.—CI-het/410ml' ' some other mode of redress ; and I was now informed ! cholfcatastrophe, he communicated the master tO his •
whrch, wltatlliuld in silillaud as,a.:cuff.. I will beg hole reared for about a *lissom, and th:n being called! that it was an affair of Par liamentary_ consideration ; i Majesty's Ministers. I . then went to. Mr. • its c'.ei'
lease to read it, that lon Inv he:iatuatned set the.' *tot dy Sir Jam" Manffleld, he rootlet:led.] I
but I was told also, by several Members, that as I' again, by him I was iiferred to the' Treasury foils
vonmencettittitamd Peogresa. 41his bob soppy buii. I - " Gentlemen, thus 'I was again thrown into a dun- [claimed pecuniary compensation for my losses and my 1 final decision upon my elaima r that final de, iaiin e 1
nen in ituais,whir.h gave 4.44. ta my applicant-as ow geon and into despair, without a hope ; witliont a 'sufferings, my petition for such compensation could ' length received from Mr. Hill, who and me mat-
this Ode at the waters aud Whicfi, •uuturtattately.for t friend !—The very day-I- expected a complete enhan- I not be received without a recommendation or per. I nothing could be done, andadded, that I was at tibelty • •
.eve, fur Mr: Perceial,. anal tot the country at kart,se, i *chisement t the veryhour 1 looked for re-established • mission Born his Majesty's Ministers. I according-I ,
to take any measures I thought proper, and to cha 5i0.1.-.. '
hare ended in a manner SC.I liselanitllola end tragical. honour and reviving fortunes, I was handed to art-*lty applied to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—l short, obatever I chose.
[The Prisoner here read the'commencement OEMs ' other prison, because I toatikl not and could not sub- (17te Prisoner *tiered Men words with a strong and " Gentlemen, lam now coshing to a conclusions I
Atut:bia to the Regent. sihiehlah bosh already it'alai I .mit to the extortion of 200 roubles. I was dragged 1 fteesdiar esslahasis.) I applied to Mr. Perceval, and I , have stated to you a history of bay case, in the nun
, lis;red. He then proceeded j' s . - . . 2 about the streets with offenders who had been guilty received an answer—(which. Me p_riromer .read)—! hope that it will prove seimejdstig _cation or etc crime
• ."-I 6)uld state to you, Gentlenien,• thAt the - of the most atrOcions crimes. 1 was bandied about ' from him, dated Downing-street,. May '17,1810, ►in I with which iam charged. • I shall onty tut Jar trouble
lie/ is a traveliing paS*4 whiCh is givenao per •. -t from cue place to another—l have even passed the which I was informed, that the time for receiving , you with a defence which, at *a hue hour last nib.. hi,,
Laving a place; without which they'are unable to I very door of the British Ambassador who had refused private petitions Was past for that Session ; nor, he : turd at an early hour-this morning, laliew up.—[Here .
•zerca—it is not granted until ftli ascertained that the to listen to my complaints, and who flaunt have been added, did he think my claims such as could with: the prisoner read from a written paper, in aubstince
claims of al! persons titiodthe person soliciting it have an unmoved and pitiless witness of what would have propriety be submitted to Parliament. Now With re-'"to the following-effect s] • * .
tear. settled. This iastrunient I obtained, and it was ,I
wrung the heart-strings of oilier men,* but to have ' gard to private Bills, I know there Is a limited titre; " Gentlemen, wheoeier I appear before the tuba.
a meet evidence that I could not be-leg-ally de- .looked opon. Of what must my heart have been fur. heir reception r but I have yet to learn, that a 1 nal of my Gov, I shall appear there as ii,noceni a- :4,
termed.hly imprisonment, however, was 'in cense- r composed, that was the sufferer of this indignity and private petition, imploring justice from the wisdom, wilful murder of Mr. Perceial, as they, ash% alter
faience or the supposed loss of a Russian ship called ; this torture, to the eternal disgrace of both natioes ? apd integrity of Parliament, torrid ever be out of time. judgment, are admitted among the Angels .4 / .ease.,,
the Shfos, the preceding year, in the White Sea. It ' I applied to Sir Stephen Sihurpe again without suc•• Justice is a matter of right, and not of favour ; and, Ihiit my arm destroyed him, I :thus, ;• nits tie use. .
was much such an affair as you doubtless tecollect eess--1 was not listentd to--I could obtain no redress as such, I think it should be dispensed at all times. I rishedhy my hand, 1 admits but to cods itut. Limy-
same time since, far Which Capt. Codling suffered there.--I -sought it here, and here in my native coup- If lam wrong in this opinion, there are many Hon. their must be .a eftertrew.. ht re Must I,c ti!: w bid
at Execution Dock. The intelligence Of the frauds- ' try I have been again refused c My fortune and my lalembers now present in the Court,•who can correct , intention, and I deny that that has been pi= v•a a
lent wreck reaching Lloyd's Cotfee-house, where the •character have been ruined, and X stand here alone me. I beg, also, to call your attention, Gentlemen,: Unless proied, however, the felony calitaa be Triad* ~
Sops was insured, the Underwriters refused to pay and unprotected by all but the laws of my country. ro the latter clause of this letter, in which Mr. Perk : out. This' you will shortly hear from the aleach, ai.d,
lot the loss, in consequence of advices from Archan- They, I trust, will afford me that which all others ceval told me that he could not encourage my pais.: in that case, you must acquit me. Ree7,ll,e, G,.., ..
gel. :Die Mayor of that place ...as interested in the there denied: • , - tion, because he did not think my claims exactly fit'. ilemen, what was hey bitilatunt--.recollect unit'
nay . 1
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p,and suspicioos fell upon all, but more especially I fa I applied constantly to every Ambassador for for the consideration of Parliament.. per what place • family was ruined, and ' mynelt drat-coed, nwrely ',
1P"o me, that I had sent the inform •tion to England. ' redress, and still I was kept in that miserable condi- could it be so fit, I would ask ? Where can an in- because .it was Mt. Perceval's ph-attire that just te
I was about leaving the townh when I was arrested . tion for six Ttars;bandied film Prillina to prison, from jilted subject appeal so justly as to Parliament ; and : shouli not be gsauted ; sneiternis nav,elf betnaJ Use
avid pet into confinement. This Pretence was, how- ; torture to turmret made a public sPectkcle of, led if that constitutional door be shut against him, where i imagined security ut his station, and tramp ng upon :
ever, soon drapped ; they chant,"ied their mode of per* : through the streets of Petersburgh with a common is his redress ? 'law and right, in the beiiet 0.4 s.o retribusessit Gout.'
caution; and I was proceeded A- a 11. i for tile am t: herd of malefactors. I ask You, Gentlemen of the "By this refusal, I was again reduced to despair. iteachhim. Of chit depar.ed Gentleman I depot w..h
of the loos of the Sojus-7 or bOgu'rubles. • ' hey, what my feelings must have been ? Consult My situation became daily and hourly worse. My to 'speak with disrespect •-I do nut wish to bay any
" A lent,. soon arrived from Lloyd's, and - * bosoms, and there you will find the answer. property was all sold ;my creditors were clamorous; ibibg in..dtapar‘gcalant Li- the virtues which Its was •
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