172 SIR ELIAB HARVEY. 



order in council had restored Sir Eliab 

 Harvey to his rank. Upon this Lord 

 Gambier thought proper to insist upon 

 a court-martial on himself. What the 

 specific charges were I do not recollect, 

 but I was present at the time and heard the 

 sentence of the court pronounced, "Ho- 

 nourably acquitted," when the same flag 

 officer who had presided at the late trial, 

 on returning his lordship's sword, gave 

 further proof of that amiable charac- 

 teristic for which, through a long life 

 and much service, he had been so cele- 

 brated. 



Then came the trial of Lord Cochrane, 

 arising out of the same affair, which 

 terminated as did that upon Lord Gam- 

 bier; and the excitement which so un- 

 common an occurrence had caused slowly 

 and quietly evaporated. 



About this time, from this and other 

 causes, a number of naval officers would 

 congregate in our streets, on their way to 



