Celebrated Naval and Military TrialsW.H. Allen, 1866 - 399 էջ |
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... 264 The Trial of Colonel Despard • 307 The Court - Martial on Vice - Admiral Calder • 349 Trial of General Sir Robert Wilson and others for the Escape of Lavallette 376 CELEBRATED TRIALS , CONNECTED WITH THE ARMY AND NAVY .
... 264 The Trial of Colonel Despard • 307 The Court - Martial on Vice - Admiral Calder • 349 Trial of General Sir Robert Wilson and others for the Escape of Lavallette 376 CELEBRATED TRIALS , CONNECTED WITH THE ARMY AND NAVY .
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... about it at the time , that Wall's ex- ecution was approved of by the public , and was looked on as a praiseworthy act of retributive justice . THE TRIAL OF COLONEL DESPARD . TOWARDS the close of 306 CELEBRATED TRIALS .
... about it at the time , that Wall's ex- ecution was approved of by the public , and was looked on as a praiseworthy act of retributive justice . THE TRIAL OF COLONEL DESPARD . TOWARDS the close of 306 CELEBRATED TRIALS .
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... affairs that perhaps ever occupied a Royal Commission sitting on a trial for high treason . The chief conspirator , Despard , who had been a thorough gentleman and a soldier , and who had Nelson himself The Trial of Colonel Despard •
... affairs that perhaps ever occupied a Royal Commission sitting on a trial for high treason . The chief conspirator , Despard , who had been a thorough gentleman and a soldier , and who had Nelson himself The Trial of Colonel Despard •
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... Despard is to this day of high standing and respectability in Ireland . The first of the Despards who settled there was a com- missioner sent by Queen Elizabeth for partitioning the Irish lands . This Commissioner Despard and his father ...
... Despard is to this day of high standing and respectability in Ireland . The first of the Despards who settled there was a com- missioner sent by Queen Elizabeth for partitioning the Irish lands . This Commissioner Despard and his father ...
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... Despard , Esq . , of Cranagh , in the Queen's County , was M.P. for Bantry . His third son , William Despard , Esq . , of Kil- laghy , in the County of Tipperary , M.P. for Thomas- town , married Frances , daughter and coheir of Daniel ...
... Despard , Esq . , of Cranagh , in the Queen's County , was M.P. for Bantry . His third son , William Despard , Esq . , of Kil- laghy , in the County of Tipperary , M.P. for Thomas- town , married Frances , daughter and coheir of Daniel ...
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Admiral Buckner Admiral Byng Admiral Keppel admiral's Admiralty afterwards appeared Armstrong arrived asked battle Bligh board the Sandwich Bounty British fleet brought Captain Kidd Captain Lacy cavalry charge Colonel Despard command conduct court court-martial crime death defence deponent duty Earl Edward Marcus Despard enemy engagement England evidence execution favour Ferrol fire France French fleet frigates garrison gentlemen George Sack Governor Wall guilty guns heard honour indictment island John John Benbow John Byng jury justice king Lavallette letter Lord George Sackville lordship Majesty's ment Minorca morning murder mutiny naval navy o'clock occasion officers Palliser Parker passed persons pirates Pitcairn's Island Portsmouth President Prince prisoner proceeded punishment received regiment Robert Calder sail seaman sentence ship signal Silas Deane Sir Robert Calder soldiers squadron Thomas tion told took trial vessel Vice-Admiral whole William witnesses
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Էջ 313 - An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain such persons as His Majesty shall suspect are conspiring against his person and government.
Էջ 220 - I will arise and go to my father, and say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants.
Էջ 70 - Every person in the fleet, who through cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, shall in time of action withdraw or keep back, or not come into the fight or engagement, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every ship which it shall be his duty to engage, and to assist and relieve...
Էջ 337 - ... be taken to the place from whence you came, and from thence you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead...
Էջ 151 - ... that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and stole her husband from her ; but, since then, she had no bed to lie on ; nothing to give her children to eat; and they were almost naked ; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did.
Էջ 198 - It was painted by an artist worthy of the subject, the excellent friend of that excellent man from their earliest youth, and a common friend of us both, with whom we lived for many years without a moment of coldness, of peevishness, of jealousy, or of jar, to the day of our final...
Էջ 204 - The gentle island, and the genial soil, The friendly hearts, the feasts without a toil, The courteous manners but from nature caught, The wealth unhoarded, and the love unbought ; Could these have cfcrms for rudest sea-boys, driven Before the mast by every wind of heaven ? And now, even now prepared with others' woes To earn mild Virtue's vain desire, repose?
Էջ 151 - It is a circumstance not to be forgotten, that she was very young (under nineteen), and most remarkably handsome. She went to a linen-draper's shop, took some coarse linen off the counter, and slipped it under her cloak ; the shop-man saw her, and she laid it down : for this she was hanged.
Էջ 128 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Էջ 199 - ... and virtue in it, things had taken a different turn from what they did, I should have attended him to the quarter-deck with no less good will and more pride, though with far other feelings, than I partook of the general flow of national joy that attended the justice that was done to his virtue.