The tenth Earl of Dundonald—better known by his previous title
of Lord Cochrane—is no romantic a figure that one can hardly believe that be was once accused of using his Navy experience for stock-jobbing purposes in order to disseminate a false rumour as to the conclusion of peace in 1814. We regret that it should be necessary at this time of day to revive that "noteless blot on n remembered name," but we can sympathize with the family feelings which have led Lord Ellenborough to publish The Guilt of Lord Cochrane 2.11 1814 (Saab, Elder, and Co., 12s. Gd. net), which is in the main a defence of the author's grandfather, the famous Lord Chief Justice, from the attacks made on his conduct of Lord Cochrane', trial. Lord Ellenborough has given his authorities for all important facts. We must not, however, be regarded as taking sides on a distressing subject. We merely chronicle the appearance of this statement of the case from Lord Ellenborough's point of view.
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