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

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sot distinctly heir bias ;,as far as we coulderle,.;
few Words now and then, he seemed to ar,,,„--L"
Sir A. Cuchrane, in sio.bringing Captainy-kt°l
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came to he ;moire(' into by a Commit*, test,fi
rider of Sir A. Cochrane would *ppm in t'"
fairest light, and the whole world wooll c—
he „,-;
vinced by the Report that he had conductee hi
self as became an Admiral of the British tielyul
- Mr. CANNING said he always had auk.
stood that when a .tan Ras tried vy a Como;L
potent to try him, and had receive(' as smith '.
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of that rt, the busieess was dune with' I'
there was no right to inquire further; but this.
seemed to him to be different ; the "twin blin
been 'Wore the Court. lie thought, thereto,:
the House ought to go into a farther higs,,,
though he would prefer the mode by Athiaact
that of a Coinmittee ; and as it would be Of
highest consequence that the House should 'pm
unanimous on the subject, he hoped the 11,4
Baronet would have no obj'ctiou to wave lee a
time in favour of an Address to the Crown, el
all necessary steps might be taken to clear up,,.
ascertain whether the iSlatiti was or was not io,„
bited.-6whether it was permauently inhabited,,,
only partially resorted to by fishermen or otLeu.
and whether ',effigy had actually perished dm;
or was now alive.
Sir F. BURDETT, after noticing one or 64
observations that had fallen from different Gentle.
men, said, the honour of the King was ceacersed,
in demanding an account of the life of one of Its
subjects. ' Capt. Lake had committed an atm
cious act, by leaving e seaman of a•British ship of
war to perish, for aught be anew, on au ishul,
for-which he ought to Le followed upaud pueieut
further than by a Cuiirt-Martial.
' • Mr. W HIT Bit EA 0 said, that in consequerued
what he had mentioned in. his tint speech reignite
An Address, he had drawn up um, which, at ii,
Ron. Friend had agreed to withdraw his 'natio,
he would beg leave to read to the House, which he
did, to' the following effect:—
• _ " That an humble Address be presorted to his Msjeut,
'that .he be gracionsly pleased to give immediate direciiie
that, a minute and accurate search he • made Nitwits
on 'lib Island of Sombrero' far the purpose of aseerwik,
if any traces ca. be found of Robert Jefery a swam of
his.slajesty's ship Recruit. kft oft the said °lsland by tit
800. Warwick Lake, late Commander of the mid ea,
contrary to every principle of ditty. *ad is slates it
every dictate of homanity r mid that two Comiabsinert bt
appoiutedso go to the said Is/and-and make the said into,"
The motion having been handed to the Chair,
Mr. WHITBREAD observed, tbatun Honest.
able and Learned qmitlenniii had described the
island of Sombrero as a low sandy islendlis whick
there was neither food nor waiter; end silica bent
down, two Honourable Officers, well *milli
with it, had mentioned it as a rock, in which them
were 'many i cavities that were filed with ester
.asiben the rain fell; and that thin were showy
:bird's-eggs. - •
i- Mr. S'fgPFIEN interrupted the Hosautabla
Gentleman, and spoke very warmly, 4111 bis
doubting hie, veracity, • vfAich ha said coats pro.
ceed only trona that vehement inclination he Al.
ways chewed of tearing bins to pieces, cud hiked
every one who differed from him (Mr, Whitbread)
in political opinion. -
Mr. WIIITBII.EAD-isiti, he did not tuna to
question his veracity ; but is the Ron. Gotha=
haul taken sip the matter so warmly, and accused
him - (11r. Whitbread) of testing him (Mr. Stec
'OOO to pieces, he could only eay, that if there
was tiny tearing to pieces in the carp, thastaost.
able'and Learned Gentleman had completely com-
mitted the act on himself, by the vehemeoes with
which he had made his attack.
Sir C. HAMILTON said, every Meer in the
service must be ash;ined of Captain Lake; but
confirmed what had fallen from Adm. Harvey,
thAt a man might subsist himself on shell.fish and
eggs.
Mr. Secretary R.YDER said, that if • Mr.
Whitbread did not agree to strike out the, le tet
pert moved as an Amendment by bis. Right Hoe.
• Friend, he would divide the Ilouse.
Mr. WHITBREAD accordingly agreed, and
the words relative to the Commissioners wen
I struck out, after which the motion passed itere• cm
i Mr. ‘VIIIII3II,EAD then moved a sexed 14
dress to his Majesty, .
" T:iat he will please to give directions that a *week 114
made ill all his Majesty's stktlemento abroad, aid M be Ma-
jesty's Beets, and al.o .lii all foreign countries, slat
je,ty has influence, to ascertain whether the said
fery he still alive."
Which tieing read from the Chair,
Mr. cuoicEa warn apprehensive, thM *MOO la 111
jesty could direct search to be made in his own domicile"
and in the British military and commercial 111 4
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would ant be equaJlv in- his power to direct WPM " ''.
made in foreign countries.
My. DUN DAS explained himself to the same=agi4
Mr. Wit ITB ILEA D. as a proof that such as i
be carried ow with effect, adverted to the perseseribi al
successful search made souse t i ine since for three saes, VII:
out the British navy, by au bumble individual(Mei v
son).
After a short conversation, in whicbsevaral alimf,,Maabegl
took a part, the rmition was agreed to asasit'seen:_,
. Mr. WHITBREAD then said, that, as ij must blown i
factory to Admiral Cochrane to hate It shown to that Hoeft
and the world, that his cooduct on thisoccalka was harm"
blame, he felt it necessary to move " that as Immblekildri
be presented to his Majesty, that be wool& be gratioP_l
pleased to direct that an Inquiry be Instituted bay ~..._ltr I;
duct of Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochntar,.,tor"•l I
rm. be
representation ramie to him respect* taioon, 61.,,d
. Recruit, Captain Lake, and leaving be. no the "72
'g!f' Sombrero, in the West Indies, it insu named goket rw
*re, in the month of December, 1/101.
The CHANCELLOR of the xxclutgres3
tif the object of tee Has. Chmtleman was 01 . •
xtusdar.Chcbrane brought to a Court Martial. It
to yal;ry the feelings of the House to an eat .
, th, and therefore hoped that the HOD. Miallber - •
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wit draw his motion.
A.doirai If AR YE r eipressed ia limits: hope. is wilt
quence of the incuoveoieace to thaltalak service 161° w'
arise from withdrawing the Commanders of milli spr,
'heirship', and the Commander in Chief from his vISIN
only to attend a Cutul-Martial. .
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M R. WARD and Mr. CROHRIR bailli sittest 2
Adm italty lead received the ex plitaatioo ar hie , .
the gallant Adiiikal i apd the esplanade" • d woo,
Calory, not so far as to Pall MI their ,
duct,- but certainly to Ladner thee to a Ike. 117 rig
.vecstiug wily A view W etasars It.