SIR ELIAB HAKVEY. 263 



head from its gallant and successful 

 achievement in Basque Roads. 



Now, it does not appear, either from the 

 "Autobiography of a Seaman," or from 

 the " Memoirs Historical and Personal of 

 Lord Gambier," two recent publications, 

 that any trial took place arising out of that 

 affair subsequent to those of Sir Eliab Har- 

 vey and Lord Gambier. 



Therefore must the author have con- 

 founded the third, which he has stated was 

 held on Lord Cochrane with that on Lord 

 Gambier, in which the former appeared os- 

 tensibly as prosecutor. 



The author has also stated that in his 

 conversation with Sir Eliab Harvey on the 

 coach-box, in answer to his question he told 

 him (Sir E.) the last time he saw him was 

 on board the " Gladiator," the reader is not 

 to infer from this that the author witnessed 

 his court-martial. He did not ; for though 

 on board at the time, the court was far too 

 crowded to gain admittance; but on the 



