Star.
London, England, 1814-07-06 00:00:00

COLONIAL DEPARI MENT.

bowsING-sTitLEy, JULY 3.
Dispatches, of which the following are a Copy and
Extract, have been this thy received by Earl BA-
THURST from Lieutenant General S;r GEMGE PILE-
VoST, Bart.

licaJ-cparters, 1 !Acatlie, March 31.
Mr Loan—l had scarcely closed the Session of the
Provincial Legislature, when info:lllation arrived, of
the enemy having concentrated a considerable force
at Plattsbutg, for the invasion of Lower Canada.
Major General Wilkinson advanced on the 19th
inst. to CI lazy, and detached Brigadier . General
*Comb with► a corps of tillenien and a brigade of
infantry in sleighs, across the ice to Isle La Motile,
and from thence to Swanton, in the State of Vermont.
On the 22d, this corps crossed the line of separation
between the United States and Lower Canada, and
took possession of Philipsburg, in the seigniory of St.
At mand, and on the 2:id several guns followed, and
a judicious position was selected and occupied. yen!:
demonstrations of an intention to catablish themselves
there in force.

Having previously assembled, at St. John's and in
its vicinity, the Pith and 49th regiments, and the
Canadian voltigeurs, with a sufficient field train, and
one troop of the 19th Light Dragoons, I placed the
whole under the command of Colonel Sir S. Beck-
with, and ordered him to advance to dislodge the
enemy, should circumstances not disclose this move-
ment to be a feint made to cover •other operations.—
On this I left Quebec. On my route 1 received a re-
port from Major General De Rottenburg, of the
enemy having retired precipitately from Philipsburg
on the 2(it!,, and again crossed Lake Champlain, for
the purpose of joining the main body of the AMeri-
Canarmy near Cli.implain Town.

On the 30th the enemy's light trerps ente•ed Odell
Town, followed by three brigades or infaia:re, com-
manded by Brigadier Generals Smith, Bisseit, and
M,Comb, and composed of the 4th, Gth, 10th, 13th,
14th, 20th, 23d, 25th, 29th, 30th, and 34th regiments,
a squadron of cavalry, and one 18, three 12. and four
6-pounders, drove in our piquets on the I. ad leading
from Odell Town to Burton Ville, and commenced
an attack on the latter posit►on, but were so well re-
ceived by the light troops, supported by the grenadiers
of the Canadian Fencibles, that it was not persevered
in, and the brigades in adv.,nce were d►rec:ed upon
the post It La Cole, entrusted to Major Handcock,
of the 13th regiment, whose able conduct on this oc-
casion your Lordship will find detailed in the accom-
panying report front Lieutenant Colonel Williams of
the 13th, who had the charge of the advanced posts
on the Richelieu.

In consequence of the sudion rise cf water in every
direction, from the mwlting of Cie snow and ice, it
was with extreme difficulty the enemy withdrew their
cannon, and it is now almost impossible for either
patty to make a movement.
The tenors brought forward to support those at
Burton Ville and the mill at La Cole, were obliged to
wade through mud and water up to their 'v tur
many miles, helore they could attain the points they
were directed to occupy. The Indian warriors alone
were able to bang 00 the euemy's rear, whilst retreat-
ing to Champlain Town.
I have ascertained theloss of the American army to
have exceeded threZ hundred men in killed and woun-
ded ; it is also stated, that many of their ..fitters suf-
fered on this occasion. I have the honour to to, &c.
(Signed) GEuttCC PREVCST.
Ls -Cole, March 31.

. Sitt—l beg leave to acqqaint you, that I have just
received from M.ijor Handcock, of the 13th regiment,
coal:mowing at the block-house ou La Cole River, a
repeal, stating that the out-posts on the roads from
r Burton Ville and La Cole Mill, leading from Odell
Town, were attacked at an early hour yesterday mor-
ning by. the enemy in great force, collected from
Plattsburg and Burlington, under the command of
Major General Wilkinson. The attack on the Bur-
ton Vile Road was soon over, when the enemy stewed
themselves on the road from the mill, that leads di.
rect to Odell Town, where they drove in a picquet
stationed in advance of La Cole, about a mile and a
half distant ; and soon after the enemy established a
of three guns (12-pounders) in the wood.—
batteryu,th
this artillery they began to fire on the mill, when
Major Handcock, hearing of the arrival of the flank
companies of the 13th regiment at the block-house,
ordered an attack on the guns, which, however, was
not successful, from the wood being so thick and so
filled with men. Soon after, another opportunity pre.-
seated itself, when the Canadian grenadier company,

Ithjor Handcook feels exceedingly indebted to Cap-
tain Pring, Royal Navy, for his ready and prompt
assistance isimoving up the sloop and gun-boats from
Isle Aux Noir, to the entrance of the La Cole river,
the fire horn which was so destructive. Lieutenants
Creswick and Hicks. of the Royal Navy, were most
actively zealous in forwarding the stores, and land•
ing two guns from the boats and getting them up to
the Mill.

To Major H4ndcock the greatest praise is dne for
hii most gallant defence of the Mill asainst such su-
perior numbers, and I earnestly trust it will meet the
approbation of his Excellency the Commander of the
Forces. I have the honour to transmit a hit of the
killed and wounded of al.! British; that of theenemy,
from all accounts 1 can collect from the inhabitants,
must have been Car greater.
1 Lave the honour to be, &c.
W. ‘VILLIAMS, Lt.-Col- 1311, reg.
Kitten, WOLINnzv, and k1i.;7.1N0, in Action at La Cole Mill,
on the such at March, 1814.
Total-11 rank awl file ki114,1; I Cap:aiti I Subaltern. ser-
jeant, 43 rank awl womided ; 4 rank And mosaing.
Of PIC. k t WGUNDLD. •
13(11 Regiment«.Ca, LAP Eilasd, and Eimign Whitford. alightly.
(Signed) LLB finspenc IC, Major.
Note—One Indian Warrior killed and one wounded.

[ !lien fltioers a Letter :rom Sir G. Prevost, sated Montreal,
Nlay tit, simply ceterring t substance date fohowing in-
c.oivtl Lein r hum General Memnon:it]
Ponce Iteglnt, off Oswego, Lake Ontario, May 7.
Sin—l ant htypy to have to autionnce to your
Excellrncy the complete success of the expedition
ttgainst Oswegn.
The tr,;ops mmtioned in my dispatch of the 3.!
instant, viz. six cninpanies ol ])e Watteville's regi
merit, tinder Liewenant-Cnlonel Fischer; the light
company of the Glengary light infantry, under Cap-
tain M•Millan ; and the who:e of the 2d battalion of
Royal Marines, under L'autenant!Colottel Malcolm,
having been embarked with a detachnnost of the R iyal
Artillery, under Captain Cruttenden, With two field-
pieces, a detachment of the Rocket Company, under
Lieutenant Stevens; and a detachment of &ppm
and ;Aide's, tinder Lieutenant Gusset, of the kop4
Engineers, on the evening of the ',s.l instant, pro-
ceeded on board the ]three Regent at day-I ght on
the 4.h, and the sqiiadron immediately sa led ; the
wind being vatiaW,, we did nit at rive off Osweg,.
uhti: r.Joa the foliowing day. The ships Liy to within
long grin-shot of the battery ; and the gun boats,'
under Captain Cclier, weie sent close in for the pur-
pose of inducing the enemy to shew his fire, and par.
ticulaily the number and position of his guns ; this
str vice was performed in a most gallant manner, the
boats taking a position within point blank shot of the
fort, which returned the fire from four guns, one of
them heavy. The enemy did not appear to have any
guns mounted on the town side of the River.
Having sufficiently reconnoitred the place, arrange-
ments were made for its attack, which, it was de-
cided should take place at eight o'clock that evening ;
but ft sun-set a very heavy squall blowing directly
on the shore, obliged the squidron to get tinder
weigh, and prevented our return until next morning ;
whut the following disposition was made of the troops
and squadron by Commodore Sir J. Yen and myself.
The Princtss Charlotte, Wolk, and Royal George
to etige%e the batteries, as close as the depth of water
would admit of their approaching the shore; the Sir
Sidney Smith Schooner to scour the town, and keep
in check a large body of Militia who might attempt
to pass over into the !ort ; the Moira and Melville
brigs to tow the boats with the troops, and then cover
their landing by scouring the svuocLi on the low point-
towards the foot el the hill, by which it was intended
to advance to the assault of the fort.
Captain O'Connor had the direction of t! le boats
land gun-boats destined to land the troops, which con-
sis.ed of the flank companies of Dc 'Vt'acteville's regi-
ment, the company of the Glengarry light inflintry,
and the `LI battalion of the Royal Marines, being all
that could be landed at one embarkation. The four
battalion companies of the regiment of Watteville,
and the detachment of artillery remaining in reserve
on board the P:incess Charlotte and Sir Sidney Smith
schooner.

As soon as every thing was re,:dy, the ships opened
their fire, and the boats pushcd fur the point of dis-
embarkation, in the most regular order. The land-
ing was effected under a heavy fire from the fort, as
well as from a considerable body of the enemy drawn
up un the brow of the hill and in the woods. The
immediate command cf the troops was entrusted to
Lieutenant-colonel Fischer, of the regiment De
Watteville, of whose gallant, cool and judicious con-
duct, as well as of the distinguished bravery, steadi-
ness and discipline of every officer and soldier com-
posing this small force, I was a witness, having, wi:h
Commodore Sir James Yeo, the Deputy Adjutant-
General, and the officers of my Staff, landed with the
troops. I refer your Excellency to Lieutenant-Co-
lonel Fischer's letter, inclose d, for an account of the
operations. The place was gained in ten ntinates
from the moment the troops advanced. The fort
being every where almost open, the %%hole of the gar
riaon,conaisting of the third battalion of artillery,

about 400 s.rotig, and a. me hunde d militia, effected
their escape, with the exeeption of about 60 men, half
of them severely wounded
I inclose a retie n of our loss, amongst which thaw,
to regret that of C-ptain liolteway, of the Royal
Marines. Your Excellency will lament to observe in
the list the name of that gallant, judit ious, and excel-
lent officer, Capta Mulcarer, of the Royal Navy.
who landed at the head of 200 volunteers, geuners
from the fleet, and received a severe and dangerous
wound, when within a few yards of the guns, which
he was advancing to storm, whi h I fear will deprive
the squadron of his valuable assistance for some time
at. least.
In noticing theco-operation of the uaval branch of
the service, I the highest satisfaction In assuring
your Excellency that I have, thr ughout this, as well
as on every other o:casion, experienced the toast iteis-
hies, cot dial, and able support from Sr James Y:o.
It will be f r him to do justice to the met its of those
under his commani ; but I may ne-ertheless be pet..
mitted to eh;crve, Mat nothing could-exceed the cool-
ness and gallantry in action, or the unwe tried exer-
tions on shore, of the Captains, officers, and cret7s of
the whole squadron.
I en,-lese a meteoraedum of the captured articles
that have been brought away, In which your Excel-
lency will perceive with satisfaction seven heavy guns
that were intended far the enemy's new ship. fbree
3'2-pounders were sunk by the en. my in the river, as
well as a large quantity of cordage, and other naval
steres. The less to them, therefore, has been very
great; and i am sanguine in believing that, by this
blow, they have been deprived of the means of corn-
ple.ing_t he armament, and particularly the equip..
ment of the large man of war—an object of the great-
est importance.
Ese ry object of the cape& ioa having been effect-
ed, and the captured se res embarked, the troops re-
turned, in the most perfect order, on board their re-
spe :tive ships at four o'clock tit's :earning, when the
squadron immediately s tiled, the barracks in the town
as well as those in the fort, having been previously
burnt, together with the platforms, bridge. &c. and
.he worksin every other respect dismantled and des-
' strayed, as far as practicable.
I cannot ease his disp itch without offering to
your Ex, ellency's ne ice, the admi able and judi-
cious manner in which Lieutenant-Colonel Fischer
formed the troops, and led them to the attack, the
cool and gallant conduct of Lieu extant Colonel Mal-
colm, at the head of the 2i battalion of Ro) 1 Ma.
lines ; the intrepidi y of Captain De 13ersey, (1 the
regiment of De Watreville, wha commanded the ad-
vattce the act, and energy of Lieutenant Culnael
Pear;on, luspe,:tii:g Field Offiter, who, with Major
Sm. It, cf .he It tSd regiment, had chained a pas. age
on board the squad on to Niagara, and volunten ed
the r ssrvi. es.en the occasion ; the gallantry of Cap-
tain M.Millan, of the Glengarry Li. ht Infant: y, who
covered the le t flank of the troops in advan c ; and
the activity and judgment of Cap ain Cruttenden, of
the Royal Artillery ; Brevet Major 1)e Con ten. of
the ieg:ment cf De NVatevide ; Lieutenant Sevens,
f ti.e to_ket company; Lieutenant Gossett, of the
Royal Engineers; each in theirr.spective situations.
Lieutenant-colonel Malcolm has reported in Ligh
terms !he conduct of Lienteuant Lawrie ache Royal
Marines, who was at the head of the first men who .n-
-tered the fort ; and I had an opportunity of w tn. ssing
the lastvery of Lieutenant Hewett, of th ,t corps, w'ao
climbed the flag-staff and pulled down the Ameri:an
ensign which was nailed to it.
'lO Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey, Deputy Adjutant
General, my warmest approbation is most justly due,
for his unremitting zeal and useful assistance ;—the
services of this intelligent and experienced Officer
have been so frequently brought under your Excel-
lency'. observation before, that it would be superflu-
ous niy making any comment on the high estimation
in which I hold his valuable exertions.

Captain Jervois, my Aid.cle-camp, and Lieutenant
Colonel H.tgermane, my provencial Aid-d_-camp,
the only officcis of my personal staff who accompa-
nied me, rendered me every assistance.
Captain Jervoise, who will deliver to your Excel-
lency with this dispatch, the American flag taken at
Owego, is fully enabled to afford every farther in-
tot mation you may require, and I avail myself of the
present opportunity strongly to recommend this offi-
cer to the favourable consideration of his Royal
Highness the Commander in Chief.
I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)

GIRDON DM:141110Na.
His Majesty's ship Prince Regent, of Oswego,
Lake Ontario, May lbl4.
Sus—it is with heartfelt satisfaction that I have •
the honour to report to you, for the information of
Lieutenant-General Drummond, commanding, that
the troops placed under my orders for the purpose of
storming the fart at Oswego, have completely sue•
seeded in this service.

tunl:eniysenssLight
Infantry, under
It will be superfluous for me to enter into any
d. tails of the operations, as the Lieutenant-General
has personally aituessed the conduct of the whole
party, and the irateful task only remains to point
out for his approbation, the distinguished bravery •
and discipline of the troops.
The 2d battalion of Royal Marines formed their
column in the most regular manner, and by their
steady and rapid advance, carried the fort in a very
short time. In fact nothing could surpass the gal-
lantry of that battalion, commanded bl• Lieutenant-
Colonel Malcolm, to whose cool and deliberate con.
duct our success is greatly to be attributed.
The Lieutenant• Colonel reported to me in high
terms the conduct of Lieutenant James Laurie, wto
was at the head of the first men who entered the tort.
The two flank companies of De Wattevilie's, under
Captain de Bersy, behaved with spirit, though
du►ing their forma-
tion, landing place,
• of the enemy.
touring
nd o
Th:hengec
moreowini
p accounttha
company
n
directfrei hGodeplis
Captain Mac Milian, behaved io ap "Pull) &Ida-

guished manner, by clearing the wood, and driving
the enemy into the fort.
I beg leave to make my personal acknowledg.
ments to Staff Adjutant Greig, and Lieutenant and
Adjutant Mermet, of De Watteville's, for their zeal
and attertion to me during the day's service. Nor
can I forbear to mention the regular behaviour of
the whole of the troops during their stay on -shore,
and the most perfect order in which the re-embarka-
tion of the troops has been executed and, every service
perfr:rme.l.
I enclose herewith, the Return of Killed and
Wounded, as sent to me by the different corps.
1 have the honour to-' be, &e. (Signed)
V. FISCHER Lieutenant-Colonel,
(A true err ) De' Vatteville's Regt.
NOAH Faxen, Mili:ary Secretary.

Lteutenant-Coluncl Haivey, Deputy Adjutant•Gcneral.

PETUIIN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED OF TIIE TROrWS,
I V ACTION WITH TUE ENEMY AT OtrWEGO, ON THE
6TH MAT,' 1814.
21 Rat Ilion Royal Marineal Captain, 2 Serjeants, 4 rank
and tiler killed.
e Watrev:lle's Regiment-1 drummer, 7 rank and file, killed.
‘dd Batt. Royal Marines-1 Serjeant, 32 tank and file, wounded.
De \k arrtville's Regiment-1 CaptaiL, 1 subaltern, 1 Serjeant,
t 7 r.ak and file, wounded.
Criengarry Feuciblea-9 rank and file wounded.
Tn'al-1 Captain, 2 Serjeanta, 1 drummer, 15 rank and
W.:, killed ; 1 Captain, 1 Subaltern, 2 Serjeants, 511 rank
and file, wounded.

OFFICERS KILLED.
'2cl Latta ion, Royal Marins--Ca;tain William Holtantay.
OYFICER3 WeUNDED.
De M'atteriUe's Regiment—Captain Lendtrgerw, severely;—
Lieutenant Victor May, dangerously (since dead).
(Signed) J. HARVEY, Lieut. Col. Dep. Adj. Gen.

/Arrows of the KILLED and WOUNDED of the ROYAL NAVY at
Oswego, 6tlt May, ►Bl4.
3 Setjeants killed ; 3 Captains, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Master, 7 Sea-
in n, wounded—Total, S killed; It wounded.
OFFICERS WOUNDED.

Captain Muicaster, dangerously.
Captain Popham, Li, mount Griffin, severely.
Mr. Richardson, Mister, arm amputated. (Signed)
(Ct.rtified Copy,) 1. LAMM!, See.
zuwAan BAYNE+, Adj. Gen..
His Majesty's Brig Magnet, (late Sir Sidney Smith,)
cif Oswego, U. S. May 7, 1814.
RZTIMN of ORDNANCE and ORDNANCE-STORES taken and de-
stroyed at Oswego, Lake Ontario, on the 6th May, 1814, by
his Majesty 'ts Troops, under the command of Lieutenant-Go:
neral DRCNMON D.
'Jatze-3 .1 hirty-two-pounder iron gun., 4 twenty-four poun-
der iron gulis. 1 native-pounder iron gun, 1 six•pouuder iron
gun—To:al, 9.
P651-POYE9-1 Heavy twi..lee-potiuder, 1 heavy six-poulffitr—
otal, 2.
Soor-8l Porty-two-pounder, round; 32 thirty two-rnuntltr,
round; 36 forty-twit pounder, canister; 42 thirty...two- poun-
der, canister; SU tweary-four4ounder, canister; I'2 tor: y wo
pounder, grape; 48 thirty-two-pounder, grape; ill twenty•
four pounder, grape,
]iii lla barrels of gunpowder, end all the shot of small calibre ill
die Fun and Stores .crown into the Ricer. (Signed)
Fuw. CatrurcNDEN, Captain, commanding
(Certified Copy.) Royal Artil.ery.
rDW. BAT NILS, Adj. Gen.
MiIIORANDUM of PROVISU.S3, S routs, &c. captured.
1045 Barrels of Flour Pork, PoLitoes, salt,. &c. &c ;
70 Coils of Rope ands Cm:laze; Tar, Blorlis (large and smati),
2 small Schooners, with several Boats and other smal!er Cr .a.
(A 42 tie Copt.) rioAa Ficcit, Mil. Sec.
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, JULY 3.
Copy of -a Letter from Commodore Sir James !.:seas Yen, Corn- ,
°under in Chief of-his !Majesty's Ships and Vessels on the
Lakes of Canada. to Juhs Wilson Croker, Esq. dated on board
b t Majesty's shift prime Regent, May 9.
His Majesty's sip Prince Regent, May 9
Sin—My letter of the 15th of April last will have
informed their Lordships, that his Majesty's ships
j'rince Regent and Princess Charlotte were launched
izig the preceding day. I now have the satisfaction
to acquaint you, for their Lordships' information,
that the squadron, by the unremitting exertions
of thk tfficgrs and nitre under my command, were
Teacly pn'the 3d instant, when it was determined by
Lieutenant General Drummond and myself, that an
immediate attack should be made on the forts and
tosett of OsWego, which, in point of position, is the
most formidable I have 'seen in Upper Canada, and
c: mere the *enemy had by river navigation collected
horn the interior sereral 'heavy guns and stores for
the shies, and large depots of provisions for their
:ranty.—At noon on the sth, we got eff the port, and
were on the point of landing, -when a heavy gale
from the N.W. obliged me to gain an offing. On
.the morning of the 6th, every thing being ready, one
hui.dred and fi rty troops, two hundred seamen,
anned.rwith Ores, under Captaip Muleaster, and four
thulidred marines, were put into the boats; the Mont
lea) and Niagara took their scions abreast, and
+within a q•sarter of a mile of the fort, the Magnet
i •
opfivsite the town, and the Star and Charweil to
p.,ver Wicking, which was effected under a nio4t
!Natty- hirieltoe.ad, grape, and musketry, kept up
with gte:it spirit. Our men having to ascend a very
deep antflung bill. were consequently exposed to a
alpteuciive the; their gallantry overcoming every
difficulty, they Soon gained the summit of the hill,
,and throwing themselves into the fosse, mounted the
ramparts on all sidts, vying with each other who
be foremost. lacutenitat Laurie, my Secre,
coy, was the first who gained. the ramparts; and
Lieutenant Hewitt climbed Ike flag-stafF, under a
heavy fire, arid in the most gallant style struck -the
American colours, which had !teen nailed to the mast.
M' gallant and -much esteemed friend Captain
Mialcastrr feta the seamen to the assault with his ac.
Ctr,imated bravery, but I Lune it to say he received
et chinerrous wound in the act of entering the fort,
which I arprehend %sill r a considerable time de-
prive we or his valuable services; Neott, my tirst
Lieutenant, who was next m critrinrilmnd, nobly led
them on and soon gained 6:: rampant
Captaiti O'Connt,r, of the Prince R• year, to whom
ottrustvd the landing of the trovi, displayed great
ability and cool judgment, the boats bring tintla a
heavy fire !runt ;ill points
Captain Popham in the Montreal, anchored his
ship in a most gail.int sustaining the whole fire
until we pined the sheie. Abe was let on fire three
times by red hot shot, ind.much Cut up in her hull,
and rigging ; Captain Popham received a se-
vere Wontati in ?sir right h..nd, and !peaks in 'high
t Tara of Mr. itiehar4on the Master, who from a se-
vete wound in the lett arm was obliged. to undergo
amputation at theibiNider joint.
CaptalifSpileStiefitif the Niagara, Captain Dobbs
ocure lain Anthony or the Star, and
Colilei in Magnet, behaved much, to my
s.i rsfactien. • .
The 2.l.b.ittalion of royal marines etched tbc ad-

miration of all ; they were led by the gallant Colonel
Malcolm, and suffered severely. Ceram Holtaway,
doing duty in the ,Princess Charlotte, gallantly fell at
the head of his company.
Hoag 'landed with the seamen and marines, I
' bad great 'pleasure in witnessing not only the zeal and
prompt attention of the officers to my orders, but also
the intrepid bravery of the men, whose good and tern-
perate conduct under circumstances of great tempta-
tion (being a whole night in the town, employed
loading the captured vessels with ordnance. naval
stores and provisions), most justly claim my high
approbation and acknowledgment ; and I here beg
leave to recommend to their Lordships' notice the
services of all, of my First Lieutenant, Mr. Scott, and
.of my Aid-dc-Camp Acting Lieutenant Yeo, to
whom I b:g leave to refer their Lordships for infor.
maticn ; nor should the meritorious exertions of
Acting Lieutenant Griffin, severely wounded in the
arm, or Mr. Brown, both of whom were attached to
the storming party, be omitted.
It is a great source of satisfaction to me to acquaint
their Lordships, that I have on this, and on all other
occasions, received from Lieutenant-General Drum-
mond that support and attention which never fail in
securing perfect cordiality between the two services.
I herewith transmit a list of the killed and wounded,
and of the ordnance, naval stores, and provisions,
captured and destroyed by the combined attack on
the 6th instant. I have the honour to be, B,c.
(Signed) JAMES LUCAS YEO,
Commodore and Commander-in-Chief.
J. W. Croker, Esci. dtc. Etc. Ste.
A Lire of OFFICERS, SEAMEN, and MARINZI,EIf his Majesty's
Fleet on Lake Ontario, KILLED and WOUNDED at Oswego,
on the Gth ut May 1814.
PRINCE Race John, seaman.
Wounded—G. A. C. Griffin, Acting Lieutenant ; Thomas Har-
rington, seaman, severely ; James Heagsliam, ditto.
PRINCESS CHAR LOTI E M`Kenzie, seaman.
Wounded—W. H. Mulcaster, Captain, severely.

Mo:‘ Tv so L.—Killed—Thomas Gearman, seaman.
Wounded--Stephen Popham, Captain ; James Richardson, Mas-
ter, Merely; John Baster, Thomas Gillingham, Joseph Padds,

and John Oscar.
ROYAL MARlNT.S.—Killed—William Hideaway, Captain; Str-
jeant Green; Joseph Brown, private; Corporal Battle, Ser-
jeant Kain, and Thomas Hooper, private.
Wounded—John Hewitt, lieutenant; William Meredith, pri-
vate; James Lee, J. Calahan, Thomas Greenleve, Samuel
Wright, John Newburgh, Thomas Russel, and Peter Keever,
privates ; John Boa, ('orporal ; John Blundell, serieant ; John
Jacked, corporal; James Cave: ey. Edward Fill. William
Wench, Thomas Making, John Webber, John Gillingham,
William Trout, Isaac Ta)lor, John B ater, John Jackson,
Fras. Marlow, Matthew lloosry, Philp Thomas
Beckfocil, and John Smith, privates.
(Signed) 1at479 Lucas Yro, Commodore and
Commander-in Chief.
Tons. Lev is, Surgeon.

.'.. STA 'EVENT Of ORO:SAE:CZ and NAVAL STORES and PROV:-
SI )Ng bropsht Cfl and de-troyed in a Combined Ait:tek of the

iva and Land Forces on the 1.0%11 ancl"hort of o.wrgo, on

the COI May, t 41.1.
Brought WE— Ordnance Store.-3 long thirty-two-pounder pt n
4 long twenty-four•petAiders ; and a quantity of varito-,

of ordnance stores.
Naval Stores and Provi.iotts.--1 sehorou•r% Roo barruls of finor,
500 barrels of pork, 600 bArrels of salt. 500 barrelb of .read,

and a quaini:y of large rope.
amtroyed-3 long twenty-four. pounder guns, 1 tort twelve-
pounder gun, 2 long skit-pounder guns, I schooner,and all bar-
racks and le). vulvae buildings.
(Sined) Jamas I.uoAc rA, Cumniodom and
Commander in Clnef.

ADMIRATV OFRCE,-JULY 5, 18 I i.

Vice Admiral Lard Exmouth has transmitted to
John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Captain
Grant, of his Majesty's ship Armada, dated off Sa-
vona, the 25th of April, stating his arrivat off that
place on the 23d, with his Majesty's ships Armada
and Curacoa, and twelve Sicilian gun-boats, for the
purpose of co-operating with a corps of British and
Sicilian troops, under the orders of Colonel Rocca, in
the reduction of the fortress.

The French Commandant having, on the 21th, re-
fused to surrender on being summoned, a cannonade
y:as commenced front the ships, gun-boats, and a bat-
tery, and contiued for an hour, when a flag of trace
was hoisted, and the fortress surrendered by capitu-
lation. The gar ris6n marched out with the honours
of war, and were to proceed to France by land.

(Inc hundred and ten pieces of artillery were found
in the place.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

July 19, Anthony I.cTiis and Thomas Lewis. of St. James's-
strcet, M Willem:it, tavern and coffee-house-Iterpers, vintners,
dealers, chapmen, and copartners, at ten,at

BANKRUPTS.

Francis Knowles, of Shelpeld. ifs.Flobtre, nal-rnalc•-r, tn 'turrets,.
der July 12, 12, and August Jai at twelve, at tier Hwy]. Shef-
field. Attornirs, Messrs. Brookfirld at.d ht Meld ;
or Mean!. 'I ilson anJ Pre ton, No. 29, Colentatt-mreet,

Janus Peter Trrgent, of Ilirmingka, 9,pholuerer, dealer and
eharoag, It; at aht, July Y 9, aUd August 16, at twelve,
at the Rrtodater lun,Worcetter. Attornirs' Mr. Franei. thorly,
Pershore; or Mr. Philip Hord, N. 7, King's Benct Walk,
Temple, London.

Saul Mordecai Solomon, of Birmingham, pencil maker, dealer
and chapman, July 22, 23, and August lai. at twelve, at the
Rapti Hind, tn in Dirnogh Attorssivs, sayer and
ato. _

. _ .
Muth:, Fund _ Londcou ; er I*. !Uhler& -Bird, in
Edward Birch, of Mateheater, catton-merehant, dealer and ohap-
man, July Id, 19, and August 16, at two, at the Star Inn, in
Tlanc !tester. Attornfes, Fairthort le, and Clarke,
Warittord-court, London; or Mr. Heslop, Mancbesttr.
William Willins, of North Slitelds, Northuntb, rland, shipowner,
dealer and chapman, July IS, at the George Inn, Newcastle,
August ..:, a the Crammer cial Hotel, North Shield 4, and August
16, at the George Inn, in Newcastle. Attonoles, Mr. George
Mor on,,Nn. 5, t :ray'i. Inn-square, London ; or Messrs. Cock-
er:lL Nor: and South Shiekls.
Robert Copland the li,oologer, of Liverpool, merchant, July 29,
30, and Augo.t 16, at one, at the Star and Garter Tavern, Pa-
raitlise-st refit, Liverpool. Attnmles, Messrs. Marl:stork and
runce. Pap, t-Buii.iinp, Temple; or Mr. James Murruw,
Paradise.,A,.-et, Liverpool.
Benjamin 8u..1 I-, of Cheltenham' Gl-meesterthire, baker and
usaatt.,iie; th _ler and chapman, July 16, at six, July In, and
Augnat Is, a: elevin, at the George Inn, Cheltenham. Actor-
Dies, Messrs. 'V iztrd, Hutchinson, and Blower, Lincoln's Inn,
London; ur Mr. frown, Cheltenham.
Thomas Donnell, of Bury Sr. Edmonds, Suffolk, tallowchandler,
dealer and chapman, July 11, 22, an 4 August 16, at ten, at
Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Cuppage, JecntynastreetOt. James's,
London,
Abraham Sheath and Cbals Sheath, both of &men, I.lneedn-
shire, bathers and copartners, Jul) 21, 23, and August 16, ac
rot e, at, Guild:Wl. Attorney, Mr. Dunn, 3 hreadneedle.street.
&Amur' Flea), of Broad-Clist, Devonshire, miller, July 19, 23,
and August 16, at ten, at Guildhall: Attorney, Mr. G. M.
Dance, No. I, Princes-street, Red Lion-square.

Woolf Solomon, of Middlesex-street, Whlteehapel, Lonaon,
gabatongei, dealer and chairman, July 12, 23; atoll August 10,
at ten, at autl4hall. Attorney, Mr. Eyleicaatk tet,
Hoiindatnttb, Lon :Q:1.

PiItUAMENTARY ntanth7ly CS4I

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• HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY S.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL pre anted s Message front the
Prince Regent, recommending so their Lordship to concur with'
the Commons,_ in assigning a provision for Vim-AdMirel Lord
EZSLOUTU and Lieutenant-Gemmel Lord Cossigignis.
guitar
We to the otaintesance of they igh dignities which bad bees be-
stowed on them, end suggestig that the peewit thereof should
be "000 a-year for each.
The copy of the Message being laid on the Table, It was or-
dered, on the motion of the Noble Earl, that the same be taken
into consideration tolnorrow.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Earls of LAVDMIDALII,
&MURK, StiAtTESBURT, and HAILBOWIT, the Dube of SO.
ifERSLT, Lords BoRINGDON, Ds DUNST•NVII.S.r, and HAllle-
new, presented a great variety of Petitions against any revival
of the Slave Trade.—Ordered to Ne on the Table.
Earl STANHOPE presented a variety of Petitions from the
Masters and Joorneymen of various branches of manufactures in
the Metropolis, and from the Barge-builders, Coopers, Sail-
makers, end others, against the Apprentice 11111. While his
Lordship presented hose Petitions, he took occasion to comment
on various absurd clauses jn the fah Act of Elizabeth, Which, if
enforced, would expose say of their Lordships to grievous fines
and Imprisonment for hiring gavots in the way which they were
daily in the habit of doing, ,
THANKS TO TUE MINT AND NAVY.
Earl BATHURST, pursuant to notice, moved
the thanks of that House to the Army and Miry, for
the various high and essential services which they
had rendered to their country. In submitting that
motion to their Lordships, be had little doubt of the r
unanimous concorrence, possessed as they were of
the glowing recollection of those great achievements
which, in the course of a long and arelooUt contest,
sometimes against almost all the Powers of Europe,
had maintained and exalted the British character both
by sea and land, not only in the splendid victoria sat
the Nile, 'Trafalgar, and elsewhere, but in a military
point of view on land, especially in the latter part of
our warfare, where the exertions of the British troops
were the admiration of the surrounding countrirs.—
Never had armies attained a higher reputation for
valour, enterprise, skill, and discipline, than those of
Great Britain, in the progress and at the close of the
late glorious campaign. How much of the praise
due to such a proud condition of the army brlonged
to the Duke of Wellington, and other grett and dis.
tinguished Commanders, their Lordships conld well
appreciate. But in contemplating the present flou-
rishing condition of the British army, it was i:rpos-
sible not to trace it directly to the wise, salutary, and
efficient measures adopted and pursued by the Com-
mander in Chief, in reterence.and application to every
department of the military service. His Lordship
concluded by moving the 'Cranks of the House seve-
[rally to the Commanders and other Officers, com-
missioned and non.commicsioned, and to the P. ivates
of the Army, Navy, and Marines, Militia and Volun-
teers, which being unanimously agreed to, it was or-
dered that the Lord Chancellor should present the
Thanks, for the Army, to hi, Royal Highisesi the
Duke of York. Commander in Chief, and for the
Navy, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence,
Admiral of the Fleet, by them to be communicated
to the officers and men in each department.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Petitions were presented from Lawns places against the Slave
Trade.

Mr. M. Sutton brought In a Bill to repeal the Acts of the 30th
and Sed of Charles 11. relative to burying in woollen, which was
reLti a EMI time.
The Nay Prize Mnney and L.an Charge Bin. were read a
third time, and passed
The Report o the Madhouse BM was taken into further con-
siders-inn, the Resolutions were agreed to, and the NU ordered
to be read a third time to-morrow.

The Acts respt cting I imber were referred to a Come
mince, and leave given to bring in a &Il to continue the same.
The Report of the Northern Lights Bill wa: brought up.—
Third reading to-morrow.
The House went into a Committee on the London Docks
Bill, the Resolutions were agreed to, and Report ordered.—Fur-
titer consideration on Friday.
In a Committee on the Quern's Ferry Passage Report, Mr.
W. Saints moved, that when et should be certified that eel ii3Oteo,
already granted towards carrying on this work was expended, a
further sum of .4'10,000, or so much as was considered necessary,
should be granted.—Agreed to ; It-port to-rnorrow.
?t1 tte%E'S prtirlov.

Mr. P. MOORE said he held in his hand a petieon
from Alexander M.Rae, which complained of punish•
ments inflicted upon nne sec cf men for the crimes of
another ; and declared that the Petitioner would, at
the Bar of that House, prove these facts. He should,
%ever, having stated this, content himself with
moving, that the Petition be now bronght np.

Mr. BATHURST said, the Hon. Member had not
stated v:ho M'Rae was; but he supposed it was the
verso') who had hen convict,d of a conspiracy with
ft!..iers. The prayer of the petition then was, that the
House, with: ut any allegation, stating abuse of power
in the Court below, WAS called on to enquire into, and
change thc judgment of the Court below. The House
was ready at all times-to he.tr complaints, but here
nn compl.int was aglinst the Court below, on
which the House mild entertain the Petition.

Mr. P. MOCi RE saki, there must have been a fai.
lure in his mode of staling it. He would therefore
read the sentence, which stated that he was ready to
come fOrward and explain all the circumstances at.
tending a recent transaction, which explanation would
prove that a person, a Member of that Hous..., now
suffering under an implication of being a party in that
transaction, had no share whatever in it. The peti-
tioner had agreed to make such explanation to the
Stock Exchange, who offered him a pecuniary re-
compence for his information ; but, when it was un•
derstood that his explanation would have excutputed
Lord Cochrane, they refused to hear him. This he
was ready to prove by ev;dence at the Bar ; and, fail-
ing to do so he would suffer the punishment of the
law most readily.

Mr. OATHORST said, the proper time to do this
would halm been at the trial, instead of which he had
not attended and run from his punishment, and now
came forward most heroically, promisng to establish
something, and if he should fail in doing ►o, declaring
himself ready to suffer the punishment to which he
was already seritewed.

Mr. LbeK HART said, it was impossible fix the
House to receive this Petition, or to hear the petitio-
ner, who by his sentence WU. rendered incapable of
giving testimony. It also appeared that the petitioner
.tated lie had more evidence besides his own ; pop,
if such was the fact ht might inform the Noble Lord
conceincd who these witnesses were. The Noble
Lord might then make what use he thouglit fit of
their testimony: •
The questiint was then pat for bringing tue the lie-
tition, and negatived by a great majority. • •

LORD COCOONS,
Mr. BROADHEAD then moved the Order of
the Day for taking into consideration the record of
the conviction of Lo:
Cochrane and. Mr. Cochrane
Johnstone.
The SPEAKER asked if Lord Cochrane was in
attendance? and being ansvrered in the affirmative,
he desired that Lord Cochrane be tailed in, and
Lordship was called in accordingly.
MA. Cochrane
The SPEAKER then asked if r.
Johnstone was in attendance f An answer was nods
that he was riot in attendance.
The SPEAKER then desired the Messenger who
had served the notice on Ur. C. Johnstone,' to be

called in.
&miaow, the Messenger, appeared at .the,Bar.
said, he had galled at the house of Mr. C..,:bnltuntr.,
when a person whom he saw them, of the na..71.,411
Moore, told him, it was of no use to leave an oreh.".•
bec.tuse Mr. Johnstone was aot there, nor aid he live

there.
jsaid.
that on Ft id ty last he went to a house where he bad
und7rsF:ciiodthleul:cloulcl essenger,hea was next called..—He
hear something of Mr. C. John-
stone ; he saw a woman there, who told hint *be
knew rothing at an about Mr. C. Johnston*.
The SPEAKER then said, he understood that
there were some blemb...rs present who could give
some information respecting Mr. Johnstooe.
Mr. ORAfIAM said, that since the conviction of
Mr. Jr.linstene, he. SAW him in Calais.
Another Member m ide a similar statemer.t.
The SPEAKER then observed, !hat it remained
for the House, with these facts before it, to deter-
mine in what mataier it should proceed With respect
to Mr. Johnstone.
The SPEAKER informed Lord Cochrane' that
of °lithe iltheecrnor(clionfn of .Mir.the Convictionnß°A DwaislEAreadD, the
read, when
was the time for him to deliver what he had to say
to the House.
Lord C(lfilßAxn then rose; and addressed tl.e
Speaker to tile following effect :
" Ma. SPRARP.R-.•Tile circumstances under which
1 appear before you and the House this, days entitle
me to, at least, a patitot healing. The unfortunatq
man, who, in the time of Cnrdirial Richelieu, was
condemned to be racked and burnt, on the charge of
practising magic, when protesting his innocence and
exposing the villany of his enemies, while the five was
preparing before his eyes, was, to prevent his being
heard by the people, struck upon the mouth with a,
judicial murder shocked all France and all Europe g
crucifix, borne in ttie hand of a monk. This horrible
but of all the circumstances attending it. the falaricaa
,lion of evidence, the flagrant partiality of the Judge
the cruelty of the sentence, the notorious falsehood o si
f
the charge. nothing produced so deep a sense of indig-
nation as the act of this timetable monk, who, not
coolest with the torture and the death of the eietimt
not content with thy destruction cf his body, wax».
&dyed to pursue him beyond tliegrave. Therefore*
S.r, thought what I have now west of the 4000, coo-.
vinces me that cowardly malignity is not the e::lgsive
possession of monks, I attic that on this day. no anent
will be resorted to to stifle my voice, or to prevent thq
public at iargelrom hearing 'all that I have to say is
my defence-.all that I have to ur'e against the con-
duct of my enemies, and against we means that
have been pursued to bringrjuin and degradatioa
upon me. I ant not here.. Sir, to bespeak compas-
sion, or to pave the way to pardon. koth ideas are
alike repugnant to my feelings,. That the public in
genet n 1 have felt indignation at the sentence that has
been passed upon me, does hotour to their hearts. and
tends still to make my country dear W 1/$1 in Slip of
what I have suffered from the malignity of persons in,
power. Btu, Sir, I am not here to coisphan oi• thee.
hardships of my case, or about the cruelty of Jades)
who, for an act which was never till now either knows
or thought to be'a legal offence, have laid upon me
a sentence more heavy than they have ever yet
upon persons clearly convicted of the matt horrid.
crimes. climes if which nature herself cries aloud
ag t nu the commission. If, tnertiore, it was my ob-
j, zt to complain of the cruelty of my Judges. I sl ould.
bid the Public Lane into the calendar, and see if hey
could find a punishment like that inflicted on me. in-
flicted by these same Judges on any one of these un-
natural wretches. It is nut, huwev,a. my business to
complain of the cruelty of this sentence. I am here
to assert, for a third time, my innocence, in the most
unqualified and solemn manner; I here to expose
the unfairness of the proceedings against me previous
to the trial, at the trial, and subseginnt to it I ISM
here to expose the long train of artful villainies which.
have been practised against me, hitherto with so muck
success, under the forms of law and justice ; I am
here, its short, to appeal to my country, against the
• • • • [Here the Noble Lord used
expressions which we cahoot publish]. The House,
Sir. will easily percei.e, and every honourable man
will, I am sure, participate in my feelings, that the
tine, the imprisonment, the pillory ; even that pil-
lory to which I am condemned, are nothing, that
they weigh not as a feather when put in the balance
against my desire, to Mew that I have been unjustly
condemned: therefore, Sir, I trust that the House
will give a fair and impartial hearing
tovo say„e w
hic respectinghconiiuct the ei
scaondduutcyt
con-
stituents and my country not In the first place, Sir. 1 here, 1p the presence of this
House, and with the eyes of the country fixed upon
me, most solemnly declare, that 4 am wholly
cent of the crime which has been laid ch to spy • arge,
and tor which I have been condemned
t,kt:lotwhen.mineaithiisstorhatinhaanvel to the most
infamous of punishments. Having'tepeated this as-
sei tiun of my innocence, I next proceed
to. complain
my destruction. And first, Sir. was it ever bviore
pro-
secutor should form a court of his •
own erection, call
witnesses before it of his own choosing and under
offers of great rewards take minutes
of the evidence
of such witneases—publish those mintoes to the world.
under the forms and appearances of a judicial pro-
ceeding?
. Was it ever before aff..van, that stekb like
there were taken previous to an indicinsent—previous
to toe bringing an foteifued victim a
Info Court Jus-
tice? Was it ever b, tore known, that so regular, so
systematic a schtn.e for tuf.h.), suspicion agassist
man—of ouplantif,g au =moveable prejouste a •
him iu the minds of it tb 114• against
nation. previous to the
pri..erring a bill of indictment •
order
—in that the
Grand J ury (be it composed
of whomsoever b nus ti
otherbw4nies*chioaiuchnidneibilaytrluenyoset.onnwetathwoaitte:"::. itaithtYclely'rohlftiirezcet-

should be predisposed to find the bill? I ask yoU,
Sir, and I ask the House, whether it was ever before
known that means like these were resorted to, previ.
ous to a man being legally accused ? But, Sir, what
Most the world dunk, when they see those to whom
the welfare and the honour of the nation are commit. ted covertly cooperating with a Committee of the
Stock Exchange? I must confess, that I was not
prepared to believe the thing possible. I was aware,
indeed, that I had to expect from some of those in
power, whom I had' in vain endeavoured to bring to
ktstice, every thing that malignity could suggest and
cunning perpetrate: I was aware of my endeavours,
though humble, to expose the sources of corruption :
I was aware of the unquenchable thirst for revenge
which I had excited in the breasts of many, by exhi-
',siting to the world their frauds upon my ill-treated
brethren of the Navy. . . . . . . .
So much, Sir, for the steps taken
previous to the indictment. The conspiracy against
Int being thus matured, the public mind being com-
pletely prejudiced, and that prejudice kept alive by
a series of falsehoods and misrepresentations, the
legal proceedings began. The bill of indictment
was preferred. There were some persons indicted
who had confessed their share in the imposition.—
These perions had deviated to my prosecutors that
they knew me not ; that they bad never seen me ; that
they never had any connexion with me ; and yet, we
there all put into* one indictMent, for the manifest
purpose of so confounding innocence with guilt, as
to secure a chance, at least, of my conviction, even
at the hands of a jury who, in spite of all precaa,
tints, might be disposed to act justly. Their object
was so to confound and confuse ideas, that a jury of
honest enerv,might, be led to give a wrong verdict.—
Care, however, was taken, Sir, that the success of this
base conspiracy should not be exposed to the chances
of failure from the Jwy nor being of the right stamp.
The indictment, if left to its fair, regular course,
would have he 'dm is called a amson Jury ; that
is to say, a jury wizen names are eaten pportiscuously
out of a bas containing the names of the whole
• of Ike Aron, summoned far the trial of all the cuss
brought before the Court during the sessions. I was
ready to meet the accusation before such a jury. I
mit no steps to put of the trial for a day. The in-
dramettwas removed from the Court before which
iktesulaelvainc, into a Court where the prosecutors
Isnrat tliat they could cause me to be tried by a jury
of their own ng ; and, which was full as much
to their purpose, before a
[Here there were con-
siderable murmurs, as well as cries of —(Creler, order,
Chair, chair.]
The _SPEAKER said, he hoped the Noble Lord
Would see that his defence was not to be made a ve-
hicle for invective and abuse against persons in high
situations. However, the Noble Lord might think
fit to avail himself of the privilege of speech, he
should be aware that the House would not permit
such language to be circulated afterwards out of that
House.

Lord COCHRANE proceeded
N
I have said, Sir, that the Jury hefcre whom I
was tried, was a Jury chosen by the prosecutors;
and who can doubt the fact, when it is notorious
that the Jury was appointed, selected, picked our,
Johnson, in reference to the happier dates which
England had seen, has these verses:
" When sterling freedom circled Alfred's throne,
" And Spa and Staid Juries were ttasknotsn.
V7hen, Sir, I first read these lines, I was wholly ig-
norant of what Special Jury meant. I now un-
derstand the thing but too well ; and I am not without
hopes that the horrible injustice which has now been
practised, and which could not have been practised
without the aid of a Special Jury, may, in the end,
be the Means of totally extirpating that intolerable
evil. A Special Jury is composed of twelve persons
taken out of forty-eight persons, the whole of which
forty-eight persons are selected by the Master of the
Crown Office, lt it nolorious, Sir, that these Special
Jurors follow the business as a trade ; that they are
paid a guinea each for every trial that it is deemed
a favour to be put upon the Special Jury list; that
persons pay money to get upon that list ; that if they
displease the Jude, care is taken to prevent them
from serving again, or, in other words, to cut them
Offs or turn them oat from a profitable employment.
And, is it this. Sir, which we call a Jury of our
country! Have f been tried by a Jury of my country ?
No, Sir, I have been tried by twelve men,
• • • . . . . The institution
of Special Juries, an institution unknown till times of
modern date, and repugnant to the laws of England,
bad its rise in a pretence, that matters of technical dif-
fienhy a Common Jitry might not be competent to
understand, as in cases- of insurance, shipping of
goods, and the like. Bat what was there in this case
theta Commits Jury, composed of tradesmt n in the
City of Licodon, would not have understood ? A
Cowmen Jury would surely have been as competent
to decide upon my case as upon the cases cf hundreds
who err condemn,* to death upon the decision of
such a Jury in abet same Court where, if it had been the
intention to do me justice, my case would have been
trio what avian principle of justice, or of reason,
theoete is m proceed try inflict up, n me a new
pttnishment, without themselves hearing and examin-
ing the evidence, I will not here attempt to enquire.
It, Sir, the accusation against me had not brought the
whale conduct of say life under animadversion, I
should not think it necessary to account for the man-
ner is which my time has been employed since I was
actively engaged in my prokssional duties. The in-
terval has not been idly spent, nor without a view to
the interests of my country. At an expense of nearly
t.. 0 thousand pounds, for which I neither sought nor
thought of remuneration examined the situations
And procured plans of the various important ports and
places in the Mediterranean. I meditated the ma-
tured plans for the more effectual prosecution of the
war. They were approved, pronounce..l practicable,
and considered infallible by some of the must distin-
guished °dicers now living. I offered they to succes-
sive administrations, and I also offered my services to
put them in execution. Subsequently my attention
was chiefly directed to the prosecution and perfection
of an invention of considerable public convenience and
utility, and on the very day of the cffence so unex-
pectedly laid to my charge, I was solely occupied in
tarthering this, at least, inoffensive objett, without the
slightest idea of the mischief which that day was to
bring forth. 1 had been appointed to the command

df his Majesty's ship the Tonnant, and the loss of that
command, after expending more than a atousand
pounds in fitting for sea, is one of the many misfor-
tunes in which this groundless accusation has involv-
ed me. To my duty on board that ship I returned on
the Ist of March, And it was not till the Bth day of
that month that I found that my name was connect-
ed with the fraud, from the following paragraph in
the public pints :

" Stock Exchange Committee Room, March 4.
" it Is particularly requested, that all those Members of the
Stott Exchange who transacted business, either directly or in•
directly, for any of the persons undermentioned, on Monday,
the Rist of February last, wilt. favour the. Committee with an
Interview :—The Hon. Cochrane Johnstone, Mr. G. R. Butt,
Lord Cochrane, Mr. Holloway, Mr. Sandon, Mr. M'Rae.*

On reading this paragraph, I lost no time (whatever
may have been insinuated to the contrary) in apply-
ing for leave of absence. I gave the necessary orders
about the ship, and waited on Admiral Surridge to
obtain his permissi.,n to proceed to town. He in-
formed me he hitd sent me Admiralty leave, and a
letter from Ltfrd Melville ; neither of which were
forwarded to me for a considerable time after, and
Lord Melville's letter remains still unopened. I
mention this merely to shew, that I was not induced

to return to town, for the pure' :e of clearing my
character, by any communication from the Admi-
ralty. On my return to town, I did what every in-
nocent man would have done. I made an oath to a
true statement of all I knew of the circumstances on

which the accusation against.me was founded.•-••
It nas said by the Counsel for the prosecution,
that he thought that a Nobleman in my situation.
would have pledged his wind and honour. If I

understood the difference between the sanctity of
such a pledge and that of an oath, I might be
able to reply to his observation ;—hut I do not.
—But this I understand, that if I had pledged
my word and bonott:, it would not have escaped
that person's discernment, that I did not dare
to make oath to the truth of my statement. 'I he
Report of tie St.)ck.Exchange Committee was not
pub.i,lied two' days after my affidavit, and the
description of the dress of the pretended messenger,
as given by them in their hand-bill of the 7th,
a brown great coat and a red under coat, being wholly
different from that in which De Berenger appeared
before me, which was a grey great coat and a green
uniform, I firmly believed that he was not the same

person ; and so -impressed, I published my affidavit
of the 11th ; and shortly after the affidavits of my
s• wants, as to the dress in which De Berenget ap-
peared. Isa,ic Davis, Thomas Dewtnan, and Maly
Turisin, made oath that the upper coat wits grey, and
the collar and all that they saw of the under coat was
green My affidavit of the 11th of March was most
unmercifully handled by the Counsel for the prosecu-
tion, and also by the Chief Justice. They insisted
' that I must hate inown, when I received the note, that
lit came from De Berenger. My statement was, that
while .I wa- superintending work at Mr. King's ma-
nufactory, I received a note, but did no know that it
came iron; De Berenger, because the name was writ-
ten so close to the bottom, that I could not read it.

It was triump!iantly remarked, that this note was not
frirthcoming. It was mentioned as a suspicious cir-
cumstance, that I could not produce this no:c. The
tict is. that I tr.re it and threw ii dawn. I had not
the smalkst ides tlyit it was worth iireset ving—a note
merely soliciting an interview which I was imme-
diately going to grant. What conk( it contain th it
the writer himself could not inform me of For what

purpose should I preserve it? It I had preserved it
—it I had brought it lortli-a.what would the Learned
Judge have saw ? Why, Sit) he would have said, that
thew could not he a more suspicious circumstance.—
I have to lament that l was not more particular as
to the important tact of my going away front the
lamp.maket's, under the impression that 1 was
about to meet an Officer with distressing intelli-
gence relative to my brother, the Honourable Major
'Cochrane. I can now only supply the defici, racy by
offering the same statement and the s,ime evidLnce,
which I tesdered to the Court of King's Bench when
I made my second application Icr a new trial. I then
observed, 6 that I was in apprehension of fatal news'
respecting my brother then in France,' from whom I
had nceived a letter but three days before, with the

intelligence of his being dangerously ill ; and I now
tendtr you his affidavit, with the surgeon's certificate,
dated the 13th of Febreary, which he brought home
with him. And, therefore, on receiving the note front
Berenger, whose name 1 was unable to decipher, and
as that note announced that the writer; whom I learnt
from my servant had the appearance of an officer in
the army, was desirous of seeing me, I hastened to,
learn intelligence so anxiously expected ; nor had I
the least doubt that it related to my brother. When,
however, I found that the person was De Berenger,
and that he had only to speak of his own private
affairs, the apparent distress he was in, and the relief
it gave my mind to know that he was not the
bearer of the news I dreaded, prevented me from
feeling that displeasure which I might otherwise
have felt at the liberty he had taken, or the interrup-
tion it had occasioned. Comments have been made
on my saying so bele to tl.:e servant 1. ho brought me
that note : the fact is, I did ask him several questions
aeappears by his affidavit. My acquaintance with De
'Berenger was extremely slight, and till that day I had
never received more than one cr two notes from him
u hich related to the drawingola lamp. All that lcould
afterwards recollect of thenote, more than what isstated
in my affidavit is, that he bad something to contain-
nicate which would affect my feelii:g mind, or words
to that effect, which confirmed my apprehensions that.
1:1^ either was the messenger of fatal news of my
brother.—[Here Lord Cochrane read an affidavit
from his brother in corroboration of his statement,
and also the certificate of a surgeon, proving that
111 ajar Cochrane had been in a dangeions state of ill.
ness.]—The affidavit of my brother as well as the
certificate of the surgeon, were treated as fabrlcations ;
and ti ith respect to my brother's letter, the Judge
would not believe that I had received it, unless 1
could produce it, and thew him the post mark. It
is known to all my friends that I seldom preserve
such letters as are not likely to be of future impor-1
tance—but it was also known to many of my friends
that I had received such a letter. And since my
brother Colonel Cochrane't return from Ireland, 1
have learnt that he did actually receive the letter
enclosed front me ; and he is ready to prove it ; and
my other brother, Major Cochrane, has sworn to
the fact of having sent it. The Learnied Judges
would not believe there Was time for the arrival

of such letter between the 12th and. 18th of
February ; but I did not speak to the ague ofl
the letter, I only said, that I received on the
18th ; and my brother did not swear that it was
written on the 12th, but early in February With
respect to my account of the conversation which
passed between de Bereager and myself, I submit to
the House, that it is not only true but perfectly pro-
bable. It was not necessary that I should know the
business which de Berenger had been transacting, in
order to believe that he had reasons for wishing to
quit the kingdom. His wish to go to America, and
iSir Alexander Cochrane's application in his behalf,
were known to me, and clearly proved on the trial.
Within these few days, a letter from de Berenger to
his Solicitor, Mr. Gabriel Tahourdin, has come into
my possession, which clearly proves the distressed
state of his mind, and his anxiety to get out of thel
country. The letter is dated the 17th of February,
four days previous to the fraud of the 21 sr. The

letter is long, and, to me, perfectly unintelligible.—
[Here his Lordship read a pa sage from the letter,
in order to show the rim bed state of de Be-
renger's mind.] After the apprehension of Mr.
De Berenger, I did, by the advice of Mr. Johnstone,
address to him a letter, through the Office of Lord
Sidmouth, calling upon him to state to the public his
reasons for coming to my house on the 21st of Feb-
ruary : and he answered, that " his object was cor-
rectly detailed in my affidavit." I hold his original
letter in my hand. Relying upon the difference of
the dress in which De Berenger appeared before me
from that described by the Stock Exchange Commit-
tee, and on the assurance of Mr. Johnstone, that De
Bet enger had informed him that he could unequivo-
cally prove aft alibi by at least a dozen credible wit-
nesses;, and believing that atall events my own in-
nocence would prove my protection, I telt so per-
fectly secure as to the issue of the trial, that I gave
no instructions to Counsel, attended no consultation,

and never even read my own brief, into which a fa-
tal error was introduced; but, leaving the whole
business in the hands of my Solicitor, I retired to my
house in the country, and did not return till two days
previous to the trial. While in the country, I recei-
ved a letter from my Solicitor, informing me, that
at a consultation it had been resolved to defend my

case jointly with that r,f Mr. Butt ; and that it wis
not determined, whether it might not also be advis-
able to unite it with that of Mr. Johnstone. I had

ordered that my case should be defended separately:
notwithstanding this, my case was defended con-
jointly t and it deserves particulat attention, that the
able Counsel who pleaded my cause was intended,
to defend Mr. Johnstone only ; and that the Counsel
whom I did employ had no opportunity of opening
their lips. On my return to town, immediately before
the trial, the brief of Mr. De Berenger was shewn to
me by Mr. Cochrane Johnstone; and the case, as
therein stated, appeared to me so perfectly clear,
that I most solemnly assure the House, that I then
thought it impossible he could be the person who re-
presented Du Bourg. My description of the dress in
which be Berenger appeared before me at my house,
on the 21st February, has excited much animadver-
sion. When I swore that he wore a green coat, the
Counsel for the prosecution declared that I had in
curred the moral guilt of perjury without subjecting
myselt to the legal penalty. When I came into Court,
and repeated my assertions upon °Atli, under all the
it is or di/ law, and tendered the affidavits of others

who saw him as I did, in his green coat, at my house,
the same Counsel impudently repeated the Vul and
false accusation. I also affirmed, upon my honour,
in the Court of King's Bench, and I do affirm, upon
my honour in this House, that I only saw him in a
green coat. The only witness to the point of De Be.
renger's coming to my house in a red coat is Crane,
the hackney-c.)achnian. And under what circum-
stances was his evidence given ? Not one of the Coun-
sel for the prosecution ventured to question him to the
point ; but on his cross-examination, being asked the
lollowing question, 6 You do not pretend to be able
to recollect every person you carry in your hackney-
coach every day ?" He replied, "No, but this gentle-
man, that I took from a post-chaise and four, when
he got out at Green street, I saw that he had a red
coat underneath his great coat. Does it not appear
from this answer, that the witness, having been dis-
appointed in not being questioned to that point before,
speaks to it now as his only chance of securing the re-
ward cf 0250, by the Stock Exchange, and which, I
understand, he haslaid cl tirn to. With respect tothe evi-
dente ofCrane, it is worthy of notice, that the great coat
which I have sworn asgrey, wasdescribed byhim inhis
examination before the Stock Exchange Committee to
have been a brown one ; but on the trial he meets my
description, and calls it a brown grey : he also descri-
bed De Berenger as a redjaced snay. Shilling also
stated before the Committee, chit De Mrenger had a
large red nose,' and Vita rather turbid.' Now, it
is well known, that De Berenger bars no resem-
blance to such description. He is pale, marked nit!)
the small-pox, and tree from blotches. On the
subject of the Bank-notes found in De Berenger's
possession, which had been eitcharped for others
that had once been mine, I pledge myself to prove
in the clearest and most unequivecal manner, that
such notes of mine as have been called in q. !stints
were given by me to Mr. Butt for tile purpose of
discharging just and bona file dtirs ;—namely, a
debt et 42U0 to himself for money borrowed, and
the payment of my wine merchants, Messrs. Wil-
kinson and Crosthwaite, s hose bill amounted to
0419. 11s. act payment of which, through the hands
of Mr. Butt, had escaped my recollection et the time
of tie trial. Having mentioned Mr. Butt, I take this
opportunity of stating that my connexion with the
funds arose from a conversation wit!! that Gentleman
in t;ctober last, when the progress of the Allies, and
the favourable aspect of aff tits induced him to re.
commend me to place my spate moil-y in Govern-
ment securities. I told him that I had disposed of it
in private securities and land. He then informed me
that I might gain e ithout advancing the principal,
and offered to conduct the business for me. He algid
this proposal, which I then declined, being unwilling'
to enter into speculations which I did not understand.
However, in the course of a few days, to my very
great surprise, he brought me the sum .of £4BO,
the profit on a speculation which he said he had made
for me. Not wanting the money, I desired him to
sporewith it till he had lost it. Between that period
and the 19th of February, the sum which he had
gained for me and placed to my account, without fee
Lir reward, and without my controul, amounted to

£4200. I have witnessed many disinterested acts of
Mr. it. sad think him incapable of a dishonoured.
action."—[ Here Lord Cochrane entered into a review
of the conduct of Lord Ellenborough during the
trial, whch we do not feel ourselves warranted its
detailing.] His Lordship continue I—.. Why did
Lord Ellenborough, in his charge to the Jury, take
one part of my affidavit as true, and another as
false He professes to quote from my affidavit
as to the facts of my furnishing De Berenger with
a coat tl .ear instead of his uniform, and puts it

to the Jury to consider whether a man coming
so disguised, and going a ay again with his dis-
guise in a bundle, was not on a dishonest
In all this Lord Ellenboro itda professes to quote,
and draw conclusions from my of ; and he re.
presents rile as acknowledging De Berenger to have
come into my presence dilute:l; and going away
again with his disguise in a bundle! It there be os
word of this in my affidavit, then /am a perjured
man, and Lord Ellenborough speaks truth. I stated
that De Berenger, an officer in a rifle cur; s, called
upon me in a green uniform ; and this, the liclge sub-
mits to the Jury, is a disguise, and a proof of his com-
ing on a dishonest errand."—Lord Cochrane itaain
entered into many comments on the conduct of the
Judge at the trial, which we forbear stating ;—and
then used a variety of aignments to skew that De
Berenger could not hive come to his house for the
purposes set forth in the charge. He contended V.:a
the Judge in his charge had omitted to State many
parts of the evidence that would have been favoura-
ble to his defence.—" Wag-there any thing," conti..
nued he, 4, so strange in my paying money to Mr.
Butt, with whom I had constant pectmiary transac-
tions? The Judge, in his charge, made me answer-
able for Mr. Butt's application of his own money,
and for the possession of notes by De Berenger which
were exchanged for notes that had before ceased to
be mine."—[Lord Cochrane next alluded to a cer-
tain visit which had been made to Lord Melville at
the Admiralty, to request that he might be suspend-
ed from his command, and detained for the purpose
of being prosecuted.]
Mr. STUART WORTLEY rose to order, and
said that the Noble Lord was not authorised in mak-
ing such statements, unless he was fully prepared to
substantiate them before the House.
Lord COCHRANE, in resuming, said he could prove
them, it allowed, at the bar of the House. He then
continued—a 4 I did think, that as the witnesses who
could materially have contributed to prove my in-
nocence of the charge had not been examined,
and as I could shew that their not being examined
originated in error, and that such error wis not
my own, that I had a just claim to a nee trial. I
thought too, that the circumstance of my defence
having been conducted jointly with' that of ano-
ther person, contrary to my express injunction ;
and of the Counsel for that parson having bees
compelled to enter upon the defence when ex-
hausted and unequal to the task of doing justice to
his clients, and of my counsel not having had an
opportunity of speaking in my behalf, were additional
reasons for a revision of my case. It is notorious
that I made two applications fora new trial, ! bn:h
weie refused. My first app Leda:in was rejected under
the pretext of a Rule of Court - which is, that no
person, however innocent, if included with others in
an indictment for a conspiracy, and if in the diffi-
culty tit- separating the cases, or an -aitgerneso foe
indiscriminate conviction, unjustly condemned, shall
be all twed a re-hearing unless he can catch his
supposed associates, and compel them to ace( tn.
pany him into Court —a condition which it is .is tn.
dispensable as impocsilde to perform —As 1 :mid
neither see the wisdom nor the justice of this
Rule of Court, I pressed very hard to be heard
in behalf of my application, but it so happaied that
another person, also convicted of a conspoacy, had
that very morning been refused a new trial far a Simi-
tar reason, which furnished the Court with the plan-
sible pretence, that to grant to me that which they
had refused to Askew, would be to lay d an one
law for the poor and another for the rich. 01T•111y
second attempt to obtain a new trial, I was indeed
permitted to speak : and I have reason to beliese
that the statement which I then read convinced many
persons in court, and has since convinced many tht u-
sands out of court, of my entire innocence. Of the
different documents on which my motion for a new
trial was founded, some were not permitted to be
read, and others were only read to be rcj cted.—
Among the latter was my affidavit of the 14,h of
June, to which I call the attention of the House.—.
[His Lordship then read that paper, with the am-
davits of his servants, who all swore that De
Berenger wore a grey great coat and a grein
coat, when he called at his Lordship's house. I trust
(said his Lordship) the House will now be satis.
Pied, that I lost no time in divulging all that passed,
and did, at the earliest possible period: make a full
disclosure of all that passed between me and De
Berenger on the 21st of February, and that he did
not appear before
hasme the " costume
crime." Somethingn thisHouse,f is
as 1 have read, about an application for a mitiga-
tion of my sentence, in a certain quarter. where,
it is observed, that mercy revar failed to flow. It
was, I ant informed, his Majesty's Attortey-General,
who (I samosa, unit tentii.nally)offered Cis last insult
to my feelings. I excuse it, because I am aware that
the Learned Gentleman is an utter stranger to the
sentiments that inhabit my bosom ; but I can assure
him, that an application for pardon, extorted from
*e, is one of the things which no one ca h have the
power to accomplish. Nilo falrl I will seek for, and
j look fee, parchie no when—fur I have committed
no crime. I have sought for, I still seek for, and I
oolidently expect, jestice, at tht hands of my enligh-
tened and virtuous constituents!"
Lordship having concluded his defence,
The SPEAKER intimated to him, that I. wculd
be pr p. r he should retire.
Lora COCHRANE in the art of retiring, pt and
made an appeal to the House, which, from : is own
evident emotions and peculiarly impressive iii..nhar of
delivery, excited universal and compassionate atter:.
lion.—" I am entirely ignorant of the whole transac-
tion—l call the Acsinsury Goo to witness t: is asst.
veratioo I if lam guilty after your inv. stigatios con-
sign me then to infamy and ruin, but let use be
summarily sacrificed with all my weapons on defence
thatunpro judruyct.4lktieatividthreejscete .
~a„
gfafferwoid, Aradr.lot
hllavesvre.en
turned such a verdict." Vara mgr.

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