Star.
London, England, 1810-01-30 00:00:00

STAMP DertES.
. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that observing
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whether or not some regulations in
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Mr. WHARTON anavreted in the ailipnative.

AMERICAsj
Mr. WHITBREAD referred hisiron respecting America,
sine die ; not however abandoning t postponing it, because
be was unable to fix a specific day for Its discussion, as there were
so many important questions already before the House.
SINECURE PLACES.
Mr. FULLER gave notice that he should, on this day fort-
night, move for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish all Sinecure
Places under the Crown, after the demise of the present possessors.

—..evelavoticed at all, he thought it the mote digniiiel vov
to bring it forward by way of complaint.
and mike& to' bet.' Mr. PONSONBY, in explanation, said, he liatl
been misunderstood. He did not say that no incoa,
A WIMPS INQUIRY. I v'enience arose from such misrepresentation,:--on the
-QTER said, that - he had said, that it' such were wilf.

as, in the ap- contrary,
'riday next, it Was of impor- made, they ought to be severely punished.
r militay o*er
that the evil quite

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proaching inquiry upon P_
tance to obtain the evidence- a , of said was so great 1s snrae
high rank, who was engaged in the Walcheren Er- Gentlemen seemed to think, as it could be remethe.,l;
pedition, the Marquis of Huntly, who was a Mem- but that was not saying it occasionednoiincog
ber of the other House of Parliament ; it was neces- ence at all.
sary to move that a message be sent to their Lord- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained.
ships, requesting their permission for George, Baron 1, Mr. WHITBREAD was sorry h:
Gordon, ( M Inis of Buntly) to attend the the it
Com. Gentleman apnearecl so sore when his Hon. Frieild
feels the H---

had spoken of the present _ .ling in the touse. He
had sometimes noticed that towards the close of the
sixth Session of a Parliament, the Members ail/seam"
more commonly awake to the interests of the people,
He saw a something of that sort of feeling then in the
House. He had observed more on the second night
of the Session than on the first, and still more on 6e
third. He was unwilling to complain of the conduct
of some Newspaper Editors, or he might, as his
speech had been entirely left out to make room fol
the Right Hon. Gentleman's opposite. The Mem,
hers for York might have cause to complain, but he
• dared to say, that if he was niisrepresented in other
Newspaper, he found a good report of what he had
! said in another. Though some were had, yet, upon
' the whole, the people wcra enabled by them to font
a tolerably just estimate of the character of a plhlic
man. Of all others, he thought this the most
cent breach of their privileges. The Owing an as_
terick against a man's name to mark another as the
Representative of a Borough, when erroneous,
not so great as to justify bringing the printer to th.l
Bar. He had been in Parliament 20 years, and neva
once remembered a case where he was not disposca
to let the printer escape, and this was the last case ill
which he would inflict punishment. He agreed with
the Members for York in thinking their names ought
to be published, that no ambiguity might attach to
their conduct,
Mr. BANKS made a few observations, after which
Mr. MANNING briefly replied, objecting more to
the marks and comments which accompanied the
names, than to the printing of them alone.
The SPEAKER observed, that though no question
was before the House, the debate must have a limit,
and he hoped they had then arrived at it.
INFRINGEMENT OF FRIVILFar.
Mr. W. WYNNE said, that in consequence of the
notice of a Noble Lord for a motion for the Minutes
of Admiral Gambier's Trial, lie thought it his duty
to look over those minutes.' He was very much sur-
prised while reading them at a letter which there met
his eye. Every Member in that House be thought
had a right to vote as he conceived his duty celled
upon him to do, without being previously exposed to
be interrogated as to the vote lie meant to give, or
subsequently as to the reasons which induced him su
to give it. Lord Mulgrave, in his letter to Lon'
Cochrane, had violated this privilege, as his letter in-
formed the Noble Lord that understanding he intend-
ed opposing the motion for thanks to Lord Gambier,
for the victory in Basque Roads, he was commanded
to ask why he intended to oppose them, to the end
that Ministers might be enabled to judge of die
grounds on which his opposition was founded ? lie
wondered how the writer of the letter went Sc car to
infringe the rights of that House. He was aware th it
it might be said, why did he not bring forward this
subject on the Noble Lord's motion being made?—
His reason for not doing so was, he thought, a ques-
tion of privilege ought not to be coupled with anv
other. He concluded by moving for " A copy Of
the letter, from the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-.
miralty for the Trial of Lord Gambier, dated 15th
of April, 1809, together with one dated M:iy 29th;
addressed to Lord Cochrane, and referred to in the
former."
The CHANCELLORof theEXCHEQUER had
no objeCtion to the production of the letters. Nothing,
however, in his opinion, could be more proper thanto
call upon the Noble Lord to state the grounds onwhich
he intended opposing the proposed motion, as it was
necessary that they should know what cause for com-
plaint he had against that Officer, that, if necessar),
they might institute a Court Martial to inquire into
his conduct.—Granted.
MINUTES OF COURT-MARTIAL ON LORD GAMBIER.
Lord COCHRANE rose to make the mot;en r)f
which he had given notice. He said, that as it was
intended this evening to bring forward a motion to
confer on Lord Gambier so distinguished avork of
honour as that of the Thanks of the House of Com-
mons, he thought it his duty to bring forward Ins
present motion, that he might be enabled, from the
Minutes of the Court Martial, to skew the House that
such a mark of distinction had not been melited
the Noble Lord. By those minutes he would be able.
to shew, that after he had made the signal early in
the morning for a division of ships from the fleet tin•
der the command of Lord Gambier, a delay of four
hours took place before the Admiral uninooretl,
and afterwards a subsequent delay cif four hours mole
took place ; the reason given for both of %vac,
that it was to enable the Admiral to make an attar.
whereas, had that attack been made when he host
threw out the signal, the greatest part, if not the
whole, of the enemy's squadron might have bo,:s
destroyed, instead of the few that were demolishl
and taken. He called on Ministers to show :cy
thing to entitle Lord Gambier to the Thanks of
House. If he was allowed to have the minutes:,
I he pledged himself, by every thing dear to the chi-
racter of a man of honour and an Officer, to sliew.
that the conduct of the Court was not like that of a
Court of Justice ; that they sheaved the grossest par
tiality ; that a great part of the evidence was hai,
and that the directions given by the Judge Advocate
were unfair. That Lord Gambier had been nom!•
nally tried for his life, was true ; but under what dr
cumstanres ? There was no prosecutor ready tbuto bring
forward any charge against his Lordship ; M.•
Bicknell, the Solicitor to the Adtniralty, had been
substituted in that place ; and Lord Gambier Ir,!d.
been tried, in order by ,his acquittal to screen Mnnl.s'
ters for having appointed a man to comma merl
through Parliamentary interest. Had a force
two ships of the line have been sent in, he wouldkivel
• destroyed five more ships than were destroyed. n
called upon the House, in the name of the couetrY!
and in defence of their own character, to be cautious
how they suffered themselves to lavish the big!!
nig most honourable reward that could be bes.www

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