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CONTENTS

THE SECOND VOLUME.

A NAVAL STUDY FOR ALL TIME.

Charts, &c., supplied by the present Government.-Refused by a

former Government. Alteration made in the Charts.. Mr.

Stokes's Affidavits.-Letter to Sir John Barrow.—Singular Ad-

miralty Minute.-Second Letter to Sir John Barrow.—The Charts

again Refused.-My Departure for Chili.-Renewed Application

to the Admiralty.-Kindness of the Duke of Somerset.-Dif-

ference of Opinion at the Admiralty
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A NAVAL STUDY-continued.

French Hydrographic Charts.-One tendered by me to the Court.—

Rejected by the President.-Grounds for its rejection.-The object

of the rejected Chart.--Would have proved too much, if admitted.

-Rejection of other Charts tendered by me.—Mr. Stokes's Chart.

-Its Fallacy at first sight.-Judge Advocate's Reasons for Adopt-

ing it.-Its Errors detected by the President, and exposed here.

Probable Excuse for the Error.-Imaginary Shoal on the Chart.

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-Falsification of Width of Channel.-Lord Gambier's Voucher

for Stokes's Chart.-Stokes's Voucher for its Worthlessness.-

Stokes's Chart in a National point of View.-Taken Advantage of

A NAVAL STUDY-continued.

The Evidence of Officers present in Basque Roads. Admiral

Austen's Opinions confirmatory of my Statements. - Fallacy of

alleged Rewards to myself, in place of these Persecutions.—Treat-

ment of my eldest Son, Lord Cochrane.-Letter from Capt.

Hutchinson confirmatory of the Enemy's Panic.-A Midshipman

near taking the Flag-ship. Evidence of Capt. Seymour, con-

clusive as to Neglect, which was the Matter to be inquired into, in

not sending Ships to attack.-Attempt to Weather his Evidence.

-Capt. Malcolm's Evidence confirmatory of Capt. Seymour's.—

Capt. Broughton's Testimony proves the complete Panic of the

Enemy, and the Worthlessness of their Fortifications. · Lord

Gambier declares them Efficient on Supposition arising from

Hearsay.—Enemy unable to fight their Guns.-The imaginary

Shoal. A great Point made of it.-Mr. Fairfax's Map.-Lord

Gambier on the Explosion Vessels.--Contradicted by Mr. Fairfax.

-Contrast of their respective Statements.-Fairfax's Evasions.—

His Letter to the Naval Chronicle.-These Matters a Warning to

CONDUCT OF THE COURT-MARTIAL.

Lord Gambier's Defence.-Second Despatch ignoring the First.—

Attempt of the Court to stop my Evidence.-Evidence received

because opposed to mine.—I am not permitted to hear the Defence.

The Logs tampered with.-Lord Gambier's Defence aimed at me

under an erroneous Imputation.-My Letter to the Court con-

futing that Imputation. - Admiralty Accusation against Lord

Gambier on my Refusal to accuse his Lordship. - His Insinuations

against me uncalled for. -Assumes that I am still under his Com-

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mand.-Enemy escaped from his own Neglect.-The Shoals put

in the Chart to excuse this. Attempt to impute blame to me

and Captain Seymour.-The Truth proved by Captain Broughton

that Lord Gambier had no Intention of Attacking.-Lord Howe's

Attack on the Aix Forts.-Clarendon's Description of Blake.

THE VOTE OF THANKS.

My Motion for Minutes of Court-martial.-Mr. Tierney's Opinion

respecting them.—Mr. Whitbread's Views.-The Minutes indis-

pensable. Mr. Wilberforce on the same point. Lord Grey's

Opinion of the Ministry.-The Vote of Thanks leaves out my

Name, yet the Credit of the Affair given to me.-Inconsistency

of this. I impugn the Decision of the House.-Sir Francis Bur-

dett's Opinion.- Mr. Windham's.-Lord Mulgrave turns round

upon me. His Lordship's Misrepresentations.-Yet admits the

Service to be "Brilliant."-Lord Mulgrave Rebuked by Lord

Holland.-Earl Grosvenor's Views.-Lord Melville hits upon the

Truth, that I, being a Junior Officer, was left out.-Vote of Thanks

in Opposition to Minutes.-The Vote, though carried, damaged

REFUSAL OF MY PLANS FOR ATTACKING THE FRENCH FLEET IN THE

Refused Permission to Rejoin my Frigate.-I am regarded as a

marked Man.-No Secret made of this.-Additional cause of

Offence to the Ministry.-The Part taken by me on the Reform

Question, though Moderate, resented. Motion for Papers on

Admiralty-Court Abuses. Effect of the System. — Modes of

evading it.-Robberies by Prize-Agents.-Corroborated by George

Rose.-Abominable System of Promotion.-Sir Francis Burdett

committed to the Tower.-Petitions for his Liberation intrusted

to me.-Naval Abuses.-Pittances doled out to wounded Officers.

-Sinecures cost more than all the Dockyards.-My Grand-

mother's Pension. Mr. Wellesley Pole's Explanation.-Overture

to quit my Party.-Deplorable Waste of Public Money.-Bad

Squibs. Comparison with the present Day.-Extract from Times

MY PLANS FOR ATTACKING THE FRENCH COAST REFUSED, AND MYSELF

Plans for Attacking the French Coast submitted to the First Lord,

the Right Honourable Charles Yorke. Peremptorily ordered

to join my Ship in an inferior Capacity.- My Remonstrance.

- Contemptuous Reply to my Letter.-Threatened to be super-

seded.—Mr. Yorke's Ignorance of Naval Affairs.—Result of his

Ill-treatment of me.-My Reply passed unnoticed, and myself

VISIT TO THE ADMIRALTY COURT AT MALTA.

The Maltese Admiralty Court.-Its extortionate Fees, and conse-

quent Loss to Captors.—My Visit to Malta.-I possess myself of

the Court Table of Fees.-Ineffectual Attempts to arrest me.-I

at length Submit, and am carried to Prison.-A mock Trial.—

My Defence.-Refuse to answer Interrogatories put for the purpose

of getting me to criminate myself.-Am sent back to Prison.—

Am asked to leave Prison on Bail.-My Refusal, and Escape.-

Arrival in England

NAVAL LEGISLATION HALF A CENTURY AGO.

Inquiry into the State of the Navy.-Condition of the Seamen.—

The real Cause of the Evil.. - Motion relative to the Maltese

Court. Its extortionate Charges.- My own Case.-A lengthy

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