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Eiand. Enemy escaped from liis own Neglect. Tlie Shoals put in the Chai-t to excuse this. Attempt to impute blame to me and Captain Seymour. The Truth proved by Captain Broughton that Lord Gambler had no Intention of A ttacking. Lord Howe sA ttack on the A ix Forts. Clarendon sD escription of Blake. Page 82 CHAP, xxvni. THE VOTE OF THANKS. My Jlotion forM inutes of Court-martial. Mr. Tiemey sO pinion respecting them. Mr. Whitbread sV iews. The Minutes indispensable. Mr. Wilberforce on the same point. Lord Grey sO pinion of the linistry. The Vote ofT hanks leaves out mj Name, yet the Credit of the Affair given to me. Inconsistency of this. I impugn theD ecision of the House. Sir Francis Burdett sO pinion. Mr. Windham s. Lord Mulgrave turns round upon me. His Lordship sM isrepresentations. Yet admits theS ervice to be Brilliant. Lord Midgrave Eebuked by Lord Holland. Earl Grosvenor sV iews. Lord Melville hits upon the Truth, that I, being a Junior Officer, was left out. Vote ofT hanks in Opposition toM inutes. The Vote, though carried, damaged theM inistry .. .. ..104 CHAP. XXIX. REFUSAL OF JIY PLANS FOR ATTACKING THE FRENCH FLEET IN THE SCHELDT. Eefused Permission toE ejoin my Frigate. I am regarded as a marked Man. No Secret made of this. Additional cause ofO ffence to theM inistry. The Part taken by me on theE eform Question, though Moderate, resented. Motion for Papers on A dmiralty-C ourt A buses. Effect of theS ystem. Modes of evading it. Eobberies by Prize-A gents. Corroborated by George Eose. Abominable System of Promotion. Sir Francis Burdett committed to the Tower. Petitions for his Liberation intrusted to me. Naval A buses. Pittances doled out to wounded Officers.
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