Notes, on the Minutes of a Court Martial: Holden on Board His Majesty's Ship Gladiator, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Wednesday, the 26th Day of July, ... James, Lord Gambier (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Notes, on the Minutes of a Court Martial: Holden on Board His Majesty's Ship Gladiator, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Wednesday, the 26th Day of July, 1809, &C.; On the Trial, of the Right Honourable James, Lord Gambier

The court martia L, were published: ac; credited by the name of W. B. Gurney, a gentle man, for whom we entertain much respect; and, as we have well founded reason to believe, at the instance of Lord Gambier. 'what his Lordship's motives were, in thus introducing those minutes to the view, and, as it were, calling for the judge ment of the public upon their merits, will not ad mit of a doubt, when the Sentence pronounced by the Court, shall have been perused!

The' severity and injustice which those Minutes evidence towards Lord Cochrane and the favour and affection they breathe towards Lord Gambier, called for those comments, and those elucidations which will be found in the following pages; and which are submitted, in no other spirit, and to no other end, than to diminish the labours of the public, in forming their conclusions, and ulti mately deciding upon the matters that those Minutes embrace.

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Excerpt from Notes, on the Minutes of a Court Martial: Holden on Board His Majesty's Ship Gladiator, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Wednesday, the 26th Day of July, 1809, &C.; On the Trial, of the Right Honourable James, Lord Gambier

The severity and injustice which those Minutes evidence towards Lord Cochrane and the favour and affection they breathe towards Lord Gambier, called for those comments, and those elucidations which will be found in the following pages; and which are submitted, in no other spirit, and to no other end, than to diminish the labours of the public, in forming their conclusions, and ulti mately deciding upon the matters that those Minutes embrace.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.