Embark on a thrilling journey through the life of Lord Cochrane, a legendary Napoleonic-era sea captain. This volume brings to life his daring exploits as he aids the Chilean navy in defeating Spain and takes command of Brazils fleet. Cochranes extraordinary journey doesnt end there - he sails to Greece, joining the fight for their liberation from the Ottoman Empire. This is not just a biography, its an unfinished autobiography completed by his son and a renowned naval historian.
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Appendix two of the Life of Thomas Lord Cochrane, tenth
Earl of dun Donald, Volume one by Henry Richard fox Bourne.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain recording by
Timothy Ferguson Appendix two. As a striking instance of Lord
Cochrane's method of exposing naval abuses. Part of his speech
delivered by him in the House of Commons on the
(00:20):
eleventh of May eighteen o nine is here copied from
his autobiography, Volume two, pages hundred forty two hundred forty
four quote. An admiral worn out in the service is
superannuated at four hundred ten pounds a year, a captain
at two hundred ten pounds. A clerk of the Ticket
office acquires on seven hundred pounds a year. The widow
(00:42):
of Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell has one third of the
allowance given to the widow of a commissioner of the Navy.
I will give the House another instance. Four daughters of
the Gland Captain Courtney have twelve pounds ten shillings each.
The daughter of Sir Andrew Mitchell has twenty five pounds.
Two daughters of Admiral Epworth have twenty five pounds each.
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The daughter of Admiral Keppel twenty five pounds, the daughter
of Captain Mann, who was killed in action twenty five pounds,
Four children of Admiral Moriarty twenty five pounds each. That is,
thirteen daughters of admirals and captains, several of whose fathers
fell in the service of their country, received from the
gratitude of the nation, a sum less than Dame Mary Saxton,
(01:25):
the widow of a commissioner. The pension list is not
formed on any comparative rank or merit, length of service,
or other rational principle, but appears to me to be
dependent on parliamentary influence alone. Lieutenant Ellison, who lost his arm,
is allowed ninety one pounds five shillings. Captain Johnston, who
lost his arm, has only forty five pounds twelve shillings
(01:45):
and sixpence. Lieutenant Arden, who lost his arm has nine
pounds five shillings. Lieutenant Campbell who lost his leg forty pounds,
and poor Lieutenant Chambers, who lost both his legs, as
only eighty pounds. Whilst Sir A. S. Hammond retires on
one thousand, five hundred pounds per annum. The brave Sir
Samuel Hood, who lost his arm, has only five hundred pounds,
(02:08):
while the lights Secretary of the Admiralty retires in full
health on a pension of one thousand, five hundred pounds
per annum. To speak less in detail, thirty two flag officers,
twenty two captains, fifty lieutenants, one hundred and eighty masters,
thirty six surgeons, twenty three pursers, ninety one bosains, ninety
seven gunners, two hundred and two carpenters and forty one cooks.
In all, seven hundred and seventy four persons costs the
(02:31):
country four thousand and twenty eight pounds less than the
net proceeds of the sinecures of Lord's Arden twenty thousand,
three hundred and fifty eight pounds, Camden twenty thousand, five
hundred and thirty six pounds and Buckingham twenty thousand, six
hundred ninety three pounds. All the superannuated admirals, captains and
(02:51):
lieutenants put together have but one thousand, twelve pounds more
than Earl camden sinecure alone. All that is paid to
the wounded officers of the whole British Navy and to
the wives and children of those dead or killed in action?
Do not amount by two hundred fourteen pounds to as
much as Lord Arden's sinecure alone is twenty thousand, three
hundred fifty eight pounds. What is paid to the mutilated
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officers themselves is but half as much. Is this justice?
Is this the treatment which the officers of the Navy
deserve at the hands of those who call themselves his
Majesty's government? Does the country know of this injustice? Will
this too be defended? If I express myself with warmth,
I trust in the indulgence of the House, I canno
(03:36):
suppress my feelings. Should thirty one commissioners, commissioners, wives and
clerks have three thousand, eight hundred ninety nine pounds more
amongst them than all the wounded officers of the Navy
of England. I find upon examination that the Wellesleys received
from the public thirty four thousand, seven hundred twenty nine pounds,
a sum equal to four hundred and twenty six pairs
(03:58):
lieutenant's legs, calculated at the rate of allowance of Lieutenant
Chambers legs. Calculating for the pension of Captain Johnston's arm viz.
Forty five pounds. Lord Arden's sinecure is equal to the
value of one thousand, twenty two captain's arms. The Marquess
of Buckinghams sinecure alone will maintain the whole ordinary establishment
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of the victualling department of Chatham, Dover, Gibraltar, Sheerness, Downs, Heligo, Land, Cork, Malta,
Mediterranean Cape of good Hope, Rio de Gennaro, and leave
five thousand, four hundred sixty pounds in the treasury. Two
of these comfortable sinecures would victual the officers and men
serving in all the ships in ordinary in Great Britain viz.
(04:41):
One hundred seventeen sail of the line, one hundred five frigates,
twenty seven sloops and fifty hulks. Three of them would
maintain the dockyard establishments at Portsmouth and Plymouth. The addition
of a few more would amount to as much as
the whole ordinary establishments of the Royal dockyards at Chatham, Woolwich,
Deptford and Sheern. Whilst the sinecures and officers executed wholly
(05:03):
by deputy would more than maintain the ordinary establishment of
all the Royal dockyards in the Kingdom. Even mister Ponsonby,
who lately made so pathetic an appeal to the good
sense of the people of England, against whom he was
pleased to term demagogues, actually receives for having been thirteen
months in office, a sum equal to nine admirals who
(05:25):
have spent their lives in the service of their country,
three times as much as all the pensions given to
all the daughters and children of all the admirals, captains,
lieutenants and other officers who have died in indigen circumstances,
or who have been killed in the service. End of
Appendix two. Recording by Timothy ferguson, Gold Coast, Australia,
Appendix two of the Life of Thomas Lord Cochrane, tenth
Earl of dun Donald, Volume one by Henry Richard fox Bourne.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain recording by
Timothy Ferguson Appendix two. As a striking instance of Lord
Cochrane's method of exposing naval abuses. Part of his speech
delivered by him in the House of Commons on the
(00:20):
eleventh of May eighteen o nine is here copied from
his autobiography, Volume two, pages hundred forty two hundred forty
four quote. An admiral worn out in the service is
superannuated at four hundred ten pounds a year, a captain
at two hundred ten pounds. A clerk of the Ticket
office acquires on seven hundred pounds a year. The widow
(00:42):
of Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell has one third of the
allowance given to the widow of a commissioner of the Navy.
I will give the House another instance. Four daughters of
the Gland Captain Courtney have twelve pounds ten shillings each.
The daughter of Sir Andrew Mitchell has twenty five pounds.
Two daughters of Admiral Epworth have twenty five pounds each.
(01:04):
The daughter of Admiral Keppel twenty five pounds, the daughter
of Captain Mann, who was killed in action twenty five pounds,
Four children of Admiral Moriarty twenty five pounds each. That is,
thirteen daughters of admirals and captains, several of whose fathers
fell in the service of their country, received from the
gratitude of the nation, a sum less than Dame Mary Saxton,
(01:25):
the widow of a commissioner. The pension list is not
formed on any comparative rank or merit, length of service,
or other rational principle, but appears to me to be
dependent on parliamentary influence alone. Lieutenant Ellison, who lost his arm,
is allowed ninety one pounds five shillings. Captain Johnston, who
lost his arm, has only forty five pounds twelve shillings
(01:45):
and sixpence. Lieutenant Arden, who lost his arm has nine
pounds five shillings. Lieutenant Campbell who lost his leg forty pounds,
and poor Lieutenant Chambers, who lost both his legs, as
only eighty pounds. Whilst Sir A. S. Hammond retires on
one thousand, five hundred pounds per annum. The brave Sir
Samuel Hood, who lost his arm, has only five hundred pounds,
(02:08):
while the lights Secretary of the Admiralty retires in full
health on a pension of one thousand, five hundred pounds
per annum. To speak less in detail, thirty two flag officers,
twenty two captains, fifty lieutenants, one hundred and eighty masters,
thirty six surgeons, twenty three pursers, ninety one bosains, ninety
seven gunners, two hundred and two carpenters and forty one cooks.
In all, seven hundred and seventy four persons costs the
(02:31):
country four thousand and twenty eight pounds less than the
net proceeds of the sinecures of Lord's Arden twenty thousand,
three hundred and fifty eight pounds, Camden twenty thousand, five
hundred and thirty six pounds and Buckingham twenty thousand, six
hundred ninety three pounds. All the superannuated admirals, captains and
(02:51):
lieutenants put together have but one thousand, twelve pounds more
than Earl camden sinecure alone. All that is paid to
the wounded officers of the whole British Navy and to
the wives and children of those dead or killed in action?
Do not amount by two hundred fourteen pounds to as
much as Lord Arden's sinecure alone is twenty thousand, three
hundred fifty eight pounds. What is paid to the mutilated
(03:14):
officers themselves is but half as much. Is this justice?
Is this the treatment which the officers of the Navy
deserve at the hands of those who call themselves his
Majesty's government? Does the country know of this injustice? Will
this too be defended? If I express myself with warmth,
I trust in the indulgence of the House, I canno
(03:36):
suppress my feelings. Should thirty one commissioners, commissioners, wives and
clerks have three thousand, eight hundred ninety nine pounds more
amongst them than all the wounded officers of the Navy
of England. I find upon examination that the Wellesleys received
from the public thirty four thousand, seven hundred twenty nine pounds,
a sum equal to four hundred and twenty six pairs
(03:58):
lieutenant's legs, calculated at the rate of allowance of Lieutenant
Chambers legs. Calculating for the pension of Captain Johnston's arm viz.
Forty five pounds. Lord Arden's sinecure is equal to the
value of one thousand, twenty two captain's arms. The Marquess
of Buckinghams sinecure alone will maintain the whole ordinary establishment
(04:18):
of the victualling department of Chatham, Dover, Gibraltar, Sheerness, Downs, Heligo, Land, Cork, Malta,
Mediterranean Cape of good Hope, Rio de Gennaro, and leave
five thousand, four hundred sixty pounds in the treasury. Two
of these comfortable sinecures would victual the officers and men
serving in all the ships in ordinary in Great Britain viz.
(04:41):
One hundred seventeen sail of the line, one hundred five frigates,
twenty seven sloops and fifty hulks. Three of them would
maintain the dockyard establishments at Portsmouth and Plymouth. The addition
of a few more would amount to as much as
the whole ordinary establishments of the Royal dockyards at Chatham, Woolwich,
Deptford and Sheern. Whilst the sinecures and officers executed wholly
(05:03):
by deputy would more than maintain the ordinary establishment of
all the Royal dockyards in the Kingdom. Even mister Ponsonby,
who lately made so pathetic an appeal to the good
sense of the people of England, against whom he was
pleased to term demagogues, actually receives for having been thirteen
months in office, a sum equal to nine admirals who
(05:25):
have spent their lives in the service of their country,
three times as much as all the pensions given to
all the daughters and children of all the admirals, captains,
lieutenants and other officers who have died in indigen circumstances,
or who have been killed in the service. End of
Appendix two. Recording by Timothy ferguson, Gold Coast, Australia,
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