The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-12 00:00:00

Sir ISAAC COFFIN maintained, that the settee-
quest character of tits man bad s•thiss to d• with
his pr•rioua guilty coodeet.

Sir GEORGE COCKBURN said, the orders of
the sorties were inoperative oe story Captain is the
Navy to muster leech week hie crew, any ems of
whom if absent had a dot affixed to his ease, if his
Bluebell tromieemi three eel:emirs weeks, the letter
IL was alined to his nese and reported is the Ad-
miralty. Seth had bees thetas* with the Petitioner.
The teleeeqmesee bad beep always is tech cases lbs.
the prise nomsey became forfeited to the chest of
Cream/kb Heopital. The Admiralty would there-
for. hay, bet ill .Melded to their duty, bad they
stlifered she Poitiower to drew his prise stowey.—
The Captain of the *ethos had, on being unsalted,
slated, that the Peiblemee had he's marked almost
owing to his sieceadent, and beam bum logged
sad sent en sleeve.

Mr. BENNETT olskod to koow whether Sir Ws.
Iloste kid yew Mod oho Petitioner lot the COINS'S*
►ion of th► holo•es offoore, or for his desertion?

Sir GEORGE COCKBURN said, that if it costal
te proved- that the Petitioner bad net deserted, he
w °old give him his saps, theogh It wield be imps..
MMb t• give him a character.
Si, FRANCIS lICIIBRTT bees by obeerving,
that every maw who promoted • Petition to the !loose
was (oasis to have his character attacked. TtrePetl.
Ilona bad elver been tried en any of the accusation.
which wen nee twoogitt egoism him. With regard
to the Wised' nffence which hit was wetted to base
..silted, the Petitioner mated it to be entirely
film. The preeeedirg of the Hoe. Bemis opposing
the bringing up of this Polities, was, tip call it by
the mildest name, neither fair Dm germeons. He
should certainly prom Oe matter, bermes. he wished
the man's dialect.' te be freed from the imienatioes
which bad been east epee it. He bed himself
seen the Petitioner, end from what be bad seen,
bad formed a favourable °pistol" of him. Bet
even 'opposing that he was guilty of ail that
bed been alleged against Ma, there one modes
of punishment appointed by law, which might to
have been adopted ; there certainly was no right in
any quaker to leer. him on shore, and to forbid his
retorts to the ship. He did net wish le speak die.
respecifelly of so gallant as officer as Sir W. Haste
tend he acknowledged the vomits of that .15cm es
strongly sod as triflingly as any other Member could
do), t•ut he did wish to present the excellent charac-
ter which that °Seer bore from proving ao obstacle
en the doing jemice to en humble individual like the
Petitioner. The lion. Baronet bad not contradicted
his statement regardiog site illegality of inflicting tie
eneen lashes on the Pmitiotier witbeet a Cowl.
Martial; nor had be replied to his argument, that
the R pieced opposite the name of the Petitioner had
cheated him out of 5601. 'Phi circumstance of
Crooke's having been silent for 17 years, certainly
was suspicious; it had nut 'trick his before that
everting, or he certainly would have asked the Nil-
tipster to t for it. He had a copy of a letter
from Sir W. Home. which proved that the .emery'
of officers was not sissy. to be relied on. It was'
addressed to the Petitioner, and contained these
words—" If you are the meted Run on the books
of the Muds*, it is became. yes bare dose so."—
[Baer, hoer: from sti park of tie Hoose)—Ho
wished the Home to assailer that there was the
•ord if is the sentence. lie should certainly take
the seem of the Hesse rather lino allow the Petition
to be less.

Sir G. COCKBURN said, that it was by nemeses
en mere surmise that the charges against Crooke bed
been brought forward.
Mr. LYTTLETON had beard, with regret end
(Wails, au attempt this night wade to is a foul n-
loony ou a most gallsat sad distiagoished Naval
°Scar, upon the evidence of eo lassoes a befog as
ha believed this Petitioner to be, sad whoa it was
mot possible to try, so be Bed from judo,.
Mr. CROKER said, that Sir Mete ob-
served the sea 'Redid to had row away : sad there-
fore it became necessary for that Gallant Captain to
jostify his coodoct to him. The floes could do
tittle for the ma, bet the Courts of Law were opts
to him ; bet, sinless he could establish his chewier
by law, he would be entitled to no redress. Coo-
*Waring all the circumstsocss of the case, be did sot
think the Poitiow should be received.
Mr. OhIMANNEY, amid cries of Qiiestiois ! said
a few words, which we did not hear distiactly, bet
appeared to us to defend the conduct of Coptais
Hosts.

Sir F. BURDETT wished to mention two or
three of the testimonials to the character of Crooke.—
(Spoke, spoke !)—lf the Deese were in tech a state
of impetieoce as to provost it from doing mere justice
to an oppressed men, be was cleft, willies to drop
this and every other sobject.—[lleer!)—Admiral
Airily bore testimooy to the good conduct of the
Petitioner while ow board the Menu*, sod t►is was
confirmed by the Lieutenant; iodirpeedent of which,
the Surgeon spoke to the propriety and reselarity of
his general deportment. The real question was,
whether the Deere wallow booed to enquire lute the
abases of power by Naval Officers of high rank.—
The &abject meld no where be takes into considera-
tion so well as before a Committee: if it were there
discerned that the Petitioner bad no claim, the deci•
►ion would be satisfactory to the country; bet at
present the lloese had no iliformotiort on which it
L-oold am I. potties a negative upon the demand.
sir 1. COFFIN made a single remark iu

Dr. PRILLISIORE Aired Sir F. Bordett with
soots wiled is not Inquiring of the Petitioner,
whom he Mad so often sees, why he remained silent
for 17 yaws 'idiom snaking any demigod. It was
obaermblit that the testimonials only Wetted to
Crooks's (midget prior to 1301.

Colesel WODEHOUSE said, that be eras most
intimately assiesieterl with Sir W. Ileste, arid helm
satisfied that there sem was a man less likely to be
guilty of au siblirary act of authority. The public
services of the Galled Admiral are well kerma.—
[firer, hear !)
The Hesse thee divided epos the question, who.
titer the Polities Avoid be received--
Am I I Neer 206
Of course the Petition was rejected.

INVERKEITHING ELECTION.

Mr. Ley brovght op the Wined Lifts of Meer•