Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-10-04

and despicably false and treacherous.
IN 1906, he was introduced to young
lady, the daughter of an opuIent and high
ily respected British merchant in neutral
island in the West Indies and with this
young lady he fancied himself spon 60 be
deeply III love: her father and the admiral
however, discouraged the match as much
as possible. and, in order to try the effects
0f absence, he was sent for while to a
different cIuiziug ground. But the cap
tain seemed to remain unalterably attach
ed to the object Of his flame, whose afIec-
tons he had gained, and openly opposed
sir Alexander's hostile views. la 1908,
! the father of the Won 40 ialv diving sudden
| IS, his Affairs were found to be in very
deranged state, owing to recent losses, and
consequently, the large portion he was sup
posed to have been able to give to his
| daughter dwindled into a mere triae.-
Our young man of the world, disappointed
in his calculations, Immediately forsook
his love sick bride this broke her heart,
aud she shortly alter followed her father
into the grave. unavenged by a brother,
who had not the spirit TO resent the iniu-
ries of the insuted aud deserted sister,
| Captain Cocb ane, whose leading vice
| seems to have been ayarice, characteris-
tic feature in the whole Coo rane family,
returned to England, and gtatifed his pas
sion by leading an heiress 20 the altar
In our charges transmitted To the lords
! commissioners of the admiralty we have
| alreajy stated the outlines Of some high
crimes & misdemeanors of which capt
| Cochrane was guilty. when acting in 1906
1907. as kind of commodore of num-
| Der ut small crafts on the Totola station,
WINCH was then considered the best cruz
| sing ground in the West Indies, aud well
ded great number of prizes By law,
| all colonial produce, such as sugar. coffee,
| cocoa, cotton, indigo, &c. cantured OF
board OF any vessels, and condemned as
prizes OF war in the vice -admiralty courts,
Is considered as produce OF the British CO.
! lJnies, and cannot be exported otherwise
| than in British bottoms, ncuieateG ccc0r-
| ling TO ta,U, and 5OiRd J;rPcf to.n port IN
fhe United Kingdom Of Great BritaiR.-
l DlsreGardlng these enactments, however,
captain C0chrane made agreements with
| the claimants to ransom. or, after cnudem.
nation, generally to resell all his prizes to
the original owners, at certain price,
which, owing tn the peculiar situation OF
European politics at taat time, and the ex-
clusion of the British flag from most ports
on the continent, they could afford to pay
at higher rate than the iona fds British
merchants, who were obliged to import
| their produce to the depressed markets in
! England. Upon these conditions, the said
neutral claimants relinquished their right
| of appealing against the sentence of con-
demnatiOn, and were allowed to export
such cargoes of colonial produce, in foreign
lotions, TO the then Danish island Of st.
UtODtGs, 10 the United Stetes of .4merica,
Denmarh, France or Spain, as best suited
tneir speculative views. To crown this
scene Of iniqnity, captain Cochrane him
| self, presently conveyed with his frigate, or
ordered other kings ships to convoy, these
ranSnmed prizes safely to the harb0r of ST.
Thomas. where new clearances were taken
out for their ulterior destinations. I'm this
manner, colonial produce to the amount of
hdga million sterling, has been exported
uEdcrthe immediate protection ofthatarch-
5muggler, capt. now sir Thos. John COch-
ranc, Rnt with the cuIpable connivance
OF the cuatom-huuse officers, judge. kings
proctor and kings agent, in the island OF
. Tortola.
The author, at the time, repeatedly re-
! In0nStTated with captain COchrane against
the Illegal proceedings, aud threatened at
last tosend some privatecrs after these an
somed prizes, todetain them again, & bring
them back TO the port of Tortola, for a Sc
cond adjudication. lie w4s answered,
howevef, that fhe sud PriUaieers could
engage a,,d silence Eie guns gfhis majosiys
Stip ,jaSDn then under his command, the
experiment might certainty he tried but
that otherwise it would lead to the impress
OF their crews, and consequent ruin Of
the owners. Against such odds, there was
no chance. From particular circumstan-
ces, the author was prevented from trying
this question, both in court and at sea.
Change Of residence, &c. occasioned his ST.
lence for SINE time, till at length, about
four years ago, he laid the sub, ect before
the lords commissioners of his maiesty's
treasury, the board of trade, and the Cuurt
Of cXchequer who Immediately appointed
"a special commission Of enquiry to proceed
to the West-lndies for the purpose of ex-
aiming into Che abuses complained Of.
Mr. Mackcnrot then closes his memoir
nlsir Thomas John Cochlane, by few re-
marks relative to the fraud npon the stock
exchange: Of which the following only are
worth extracting.
Mr.. DC Berenger declares, he refused
lft-fttuo al "a v,I,ts, D. III I'll.