loO] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



test a motion for expulsion. If it 

 were not, great injustice had been 

 done to individuals on former oc- 

 casions. Expulsion could not be 

 correctly regarded as an additional 

 punishment upon any member, 

 since the general principle upon 

 which the house had always pro- 

 ceeded was, that the member ex- 

 pelled had not delivered himself 

 from the charge legally made 

 against him, and therefore was not 

 a fit person to remain in that house. 

 The House must be sensible of its 

 incompetency to atrial of this case, 

 from its inability to examine evi- 

 dence upon oath ; and he could 

 not but wonder to hear the propo- 

 sition of submitting to a secret 

 committee above stairs an inquiry 

 into the conduct of the established 

 tribunals of the country. 



Mr. Stuart Worthy acknow- 

 ledged that he had from the first 

 entertained some doubts as to the 

 guilt of Lord Cochrane, which were 

 much increased from his statement 

 that night, and he had no hesita- 

 tion in saying that the house ought 

 to take time coolly to consider the 

 case before a final decision. If 

 the jury's verdict were to deter- 

 mine the judgment of the house> 

 why call upon the noble lord to 

 make his defence ? 



After several other members had 

 Bpoken on each side, chiefly in a 

 repetition of the arguments before 

 employed, Mr. Wrottesley said 

 that one or two particulars stated 

 by the noble lord had made an im- 

 pression on his mind, yet he was 

 aware that the appointment of a 

 committee would lie an inconve- 

 nient mode of proceeding. But 

 as he understood the whole trial 

 was to be published by authority, 

 he thought the decision ought to 



be postponed, in order to ascertain 

 whether the learned judge, in sum- 

 ming up the evidence to the jury, 

 might not have omitted some ma- 

 terial circumstance. He would 

 therefore move, as an amendment, 

 that the debate be adjourned until 

 that day se'nnight. 



Lord Castlereagh pressed the im- 

 mediate decision ; and Mr. Browne 

 having withdrawn his motion for 

 a committee, the House divided on 

 the motion for adjournment. Yeas 

 HA, Noes 142. The Declaratory 

 resolution being then agreed to 

 without a division, the House di- 

 vided on the expulsion of Lord 

 Cochrane ; For it 140, Against it 

 44. 



The expulsion of Mr. Cochrane 

 Johnstone was agreed to nem. con. 



The sentence pronounced upon 

 the conspirators, which, besides 

 fine and imprisonment, comprised 

 the most infamous punishment in- 

 flicted by the law of England, pub- 

 lic exposure on the pillory, was 

 considered by the public in general 

 as extremely severe ; and when 

 applied to Lord Cochrane, a man 

 who, besides hereditary rank, had 

 acquired honour and distinction by 

 his naval services, it seemed to 

 shock the feelings even of those 

 who were most convinced of his 

 participation in the crime. An 

 hon. member of the House of Com- 

 mons, Lord Ebrington, therefore 

 rose on July 11, and observing that 

 a day was said in the newspapers 

 to have been appointed for putting 

 Lord Cochrane in the pillory, he 

 wished to be informed whether it 

 was the intention of the Crown to 

 remit that part of the sentence of 

 the Court of King's Bench. Lord 

 Castlereagh replying, that it was 

 usual for the Court to fix a day for 



