Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-09-30

to earl Bathurst, to enable him in his Off :
cIal capacity, as secretary Of the horne CO.
lonid department, to make further enqui-
ries into this subject, as likewise the Afri.
can institution, who have laid the case be-
fore government, so that in course of time
this cruel act of usurpation is sure to. be re-
dressed, and the objects thereof to be re-
lieved. e
1t may be objected with apparent foun-
dation, that we should have brought for
ward these charges in time, and not waited
until the disgracetal conspiracy to defraui
the stock exchange, and all the other expo
sures resulting from it, laid open the Coch.
rane family to the sneers and aspersions OF
every ins'o;ous reviler. To this objection,
we beg leave to reply, that some of our &C.
cusations were brought forward three or
four years ago, although i'm more general
way, and that we specifically accused sir
Alexander COchrane of breach of his du-
~ and OF the articles of war, as long ago as
IN the month of November last, when his
appointment to the command of the North
American station was first mentioned in
the newspapers az being i'm contemplation.
Since the late trial of admiral Stirling,
at Portsmouth, we have again offered to the
lords OF the admiralty, to make out. prove
ana substantiate, some stronger andmore
disgraceful cases of the same description .
and requested for that purpose, to be all
lowed access to the lOg-books of certain
ships, deposited at Somerset-House.-
ms letter was forwarded by the two-pen-
ny post, and necessarily must have reach
ed Its destination, bnt was never answer
ell. We are, therefore, Obliged 10 dis
pense with the corroborative information
we expected to draw from the said .loo-
books, which the admiralty seems AMI.
Gus to withhold ; and, on that account. in
tend to submit our charges in writing, and
demand court-martial according to law.
And it now will remain to be seen. whe-
ther the first lord of the admiralty dares to
lily in the face of the laws of his country.
anu protect and screen his creatures from
the eye OF public investigation, or not.
The duty of ordering court martial,
continues Mr.. Mackenrot, upon Gem
plant In writing being made, appears to
be Imperative upon the lords commission
ers OF the admiralty, and not discretiona-
airy: we therefore conceive, that the admi-
10y - NNe'o W q CUuTC
to try sir Alexander, and sir Thomas John
Cochrane, ON the charges preferred by us.
as we must abide by the legal consequent
ces, if they are found false or groundless.
an event of which we do not entertain the
smallest apprehension. Perhaps their lord
ships are IN daily expectation of receiving
intelligence OF some glorious achievement
performed by their trustworthy comman-
der-in-chief, at Halifax. in order to stop
the mouths Dfsuch obscene scribblers as we
are but if this be the case, their present
insertions in the Gazette are rather mea-
gre and tardy as only some inferior Anne
rican vessels of war. priyateers, have been
taken by sir Alexander's detached squad
ron, and if things do not soon mend, then.
indeed, -" lie jeune rant pas la Chandel-
-. The Admiral was at this time on the Anne
To be Continued.