For some weeks we have known of an act, which
we will not ven- ture to describe, said to have been committed by a noble lord on board and in the command of one of his Majesty's ships in the Mediterra- nean; but we have hitherto abstained from all notice of the subject, because we had no wish to prejudge a question which we believed must necessarily come under the cognizance of a Court-Martial. Wenow learn that the matter is to be bushed up, and that the Tory in- terest of the noble Captain has been strong enough to screen him from all inquiry into his conduct. If the question were one of a private nature, we should be content to let it rest ; but as the honour and dis- cipline of the Navy are concerned, the public have a right to know why the inquiry has not been gone into. We trust, therefore, some inde- pendent Member will ask one of the very few Lords of the Admiralty who hkve found their way into the present House of Commons, whether any steps have been taken to inquire into the conduct of Lord Ingestrie, respecting his conduct, when in the command of his Ma- jesty's ship, towards Mr. Mortimer Drummond, who, in company with Lord John Scott, was a passenger on board his vessel.—Mornmg Chronicle.
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