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tide also reached us this Molting, through the me. Idiom of a Dutch and Brussels Mad •• VIIINNA, OCTOBER 10. tainted." The JUDGE ADVOCATE then asked if the witnesses were iu attendance ? It was then stated by Colonel Quentin, that General Cartwright begged to be ex amined first, (he was only a witness to character), as be had be& inconveniently kept in town several days. General Cartwright was then balled, and asked his opinion of the general character of Colonel Quentin. The General gave in a paper which 'he said contained his opinion: he was sworn, and then read it. He said that Colonel Quentin had done duty under him for tine years ; he had no hesitation in declaring that he never knew a cavalry officer who laboured more zealously and suctessfully in his du ties for the good of the regiment, which had ac quired the highest state of discipline under him. He had frequent occasion to • inspect the regiment. and had found its condition so excellent, that be had re= ported Colonel Quentin to the Commandcr in Chief as a most deserving officer. He then read part of a report, in which he had so spoken of him. # Colonel Palmer asked when he had inspected the regiment? General Cartwright.—ln 1806 and 1807, I cannot recollect the particular date. Colonel Palmer wished to know whether the opi nion of General Cartwright included Colonel Quen tin's conduct cn service? The Juice ADVOCATE said, that it was not usual to cross-examine witnesses to character, except as to particular facts. If Colonel Palmer wished to know whether the General spoke of foreign service, the p et iod 18,.6 and 1807 would show that he did not. The letter to Colonel Palmer, containing the com plaint against Colonel Quentin. was then read. It was signed by Major Robarts, Captain Lloyd, Cap. Cain Harding, Captain Stewart, Captain Fitaclarence, Captain Smith, Captain Turner, Captain Geving, Captain Worcester, Captain Hill ; Lieuts. Womb well, Windham, Somerset, Berkeley, Seymour, Dickson, Richardson, and Gr. el. The letter to the ?rime, Regent was read, and was signed by the same flames. A letter from Colonel Robarts to the Prince was read, in which delicacy of bringing forward an officer , so distinguished by the Pi ince as Colonel Quentin,: *as stated as the reason fir the delay in stirring the accusation., The letter of the officers was, to the same effect. A letter :rem. Colonel Quentin to the Prince was tben read, ki‘ilrhieh he implores a court-martial for the investigatiOn'of his conduct. ~ Colonel Palmer w.4s then examined relative to the stations of the different officers of the regiment, at the particular period referred to in the separate charges. Cipt in Fitieliteisce and Turner went out with C 4 h•nel Zolsarts's acpwiron ; Lord Arthur Hill came home in January, op his pr.( motion ; the Mar. quis of Weftees-.er was with the regiment till. ap-' pointed Mie.de C env to Lord Wellington. The latter served under lon4l Robarts, but he believed not under et.lonel Qu:ntin. One officer came home in September, with the jaundice. Captain Wynd ham and Lieutenant Seymour Somerset, (the lane, afterwards appointed Aid-de-Camp to Lord E Somerset,) an t B:akeley, were with•the corps from the commencement of the service. Captain Fitz gerald was afterwards gazetted. Lieutenants Jack. hell and Richardson Came out afterwards, and Lieu tenant Green did lint come out at all. Serjealv. butt said, he brought the foraging order fiom B. ig.ide.Major Jones, on the 9th of Januar) 1 4a4 It was. a dark wet night, dt Cambo, and a Late after eight o'clock, when he delivered the ' in der. Seijeant Wells was acting Adjutant to the reg - Meta 4t Cambo, It was some time alter it was dark that the brigade order for foraging the valley of Macoy was received, He took oat ordeh.for c o lonel Palmer's squadron to asst Early next mo rning. He believed po officer coOd have found his 9.3 y that night to, the Spanish General Marino's quartets, .in consequence of the badness of the roads. He direold a subaltern officer to go early in the morning. aid apprise the Spanish General,' in order that he might detach a covering party. When he got to the valley himself the next *day, he was surprised at not meet ing with the Spaniards : he afterwards found that about forty or fifty infantry had moved to the front for the purpose of covering their foragers. • Colonel Palmer expressed his surprise that there were no more, and was told that they were picquets for the front. On cross-examination, could not recollect the name of the officer whom he sent to General Murillo. After leaving the head-quarters at Cambo„ the re giment directed its course through the Spanish can tonments. He could not say whether Colonel Quen• tin changed the course on seeing the French videttes, Did not remember Q uarter-mastet Ayr reporting that he had found forage enough for the whole regiment in Macey. Colonel Quentin's head-quarters were not always in the same place at this period. He did not know how many punishments were inflicted whilst the regiment was there. On such occasions the regiment was always under arms, the sentence was read, and all the officers attended. This was the general usage, but could not tell whether Colonel Quentin always attended. He recollected Colonel Palmer complain mg that the farriers arid trumpeters did not do their duty. Colonel Quentin mentioned to him that Colo nel Palmer had so complained, and ordered one of the trumpeters an extra drill. The punishments became more frequent after passing the Pyrenees. When Co lonel Quentin ioined the regiment, he called for the Court-martial books, and expressed his surprise at the number of punishments, and said he should endeavour to introduce a different system. Witness observed he did not think there had been any punishments which were not necessary. At Tafalla the men were very drunk in their ha bits. Their discipline had been previously very good with an exception of the first fortnight at Lisbon. He did not think that Colonel Quentin's plan of iron ing the, men had the desired effect. He remembered to have seen two men who had been sent to the hos. pital after breaking open a wine-cellar, afterwards perhaps within an hour, drunk in the streets. The punishments were certainty more frequent under Co lonel Quentin, but could not say that they came too late. It was the frequency of • the punishments that occasioned the delay and inconvenience on the march, although the regiment was generally ordered out an hour or half an hour sooner that usual on this ac count. He remembered the punishment of a man named Rowe, who, when he was taken down, ex claimed, ig Thank you, Colonel Quentin ; you are a Gentleman, damn me; the 10th is a good regiment, but I'm in a bad troop."_ He believed the man did not receive the whole of his punishment. Besides the punishment of flogging, it was part of Colonel Quentin's system to make the men walk in irons: He rectillecced on the 26th of February, Colonel Quen tin threatening the men to put them in bivouac, if they continued to get so drunk. At Tafalla the leen hid plenty of money, and the artilleryirieri issid likewise to treat them. ' The tunas ADvocare here remarked upon the ex traordinary length of Colonel Palmer's cross-exami ' nations, and particularly upon his introduction of matter not called for by the examination of the party I for whom the witness was called. This practice must necessarily lead to re-examination, and be productive Of endless inconvenience to all parties. Colonel Palmer said his only wish was to confirm, where an attempt had been made to shake, the evi dence he had himself brought forward. The JUDGE ADVOCATE rejoined, that however na tural and justifiable such as object was to Colonel Palmer, he took blame to himself for having suffered so irregular a precedent to proceed without earlier animadversion. The witness added, that there was a greater abun dance of wine at Tafalla, than at any place the regi-1 ment had passed through since they lett Lisbon. Quarter -master Ayr deposed, that he found forage in two houses, a little above the valley of Macoy, enough for three days to serve the regiment. The place was two or three leagues from Combo, and the road narrow, winding, and hilly. The regiment could not have gone there conveniently on she same day.— On his return he found that one squadron had 'gone ; and, as he reached Colonel Quentin, he heard the enemy's fire open upon them. Craw-examined.. —The Regiment came within two miles of the forage ; he could not tell exactly at what time they arrived. He overtook them near a church, and passed General Murillo's house. He made his report of what he had found ; and on Colonel Quen tin's asking him, whether he thought the regiment could get back to their quarters in reasonable time, he said he thought they could not. He set off himself en the search between five and six o'clock in the morning, and reached the place where he found the forage about ten o'clock. He did not perceive any danger of interruption - from the enemy, and found no infantry posted to cover at this place, but understood that application had been made for a covering party. The regiment got back to quarters between three and four o'clock. This evidence closed the defence against the first ; charge. Serteant-Major Sarman was with the skirmishers on the 28th of February : when in the enemy's lines he heard Colonel Quentin say to the men " Go on, — Go on." Colonel Quentin was in the rear, but as he did not look back, he could only guess about 20 or 30 ' yards he was engaged with the enemy at the time. S el j t an; Wells was up with the' skirmishers on the day in question, and seeing the first squadron charge, rode to the second, and desired Captain de pram. 'font to bring up that which he commanded, 'When they had come up with the other squadron, they had halted, and two guns had arrived. Colonel Pahtler ihought them in danger, and enquired who had or- tered them up. When the first squadron opened to let the second pass, he remained with Colonel Quen tin, at their head, and they received a volley. They retreated a kw yards, and Colonel Quentin enquired whether any one was hurt, to which he answered one man and two horses. They remained there till the nkntry, either Brunswick Oels qr Spaniards, came .ip. Colonel Quentin was, during this time, in front a the leading division ; heard Lord E, Somerset say t hat the proper distance for the supporting squadron was a hundred yar ds, and that their supporting squa dron was at one time too close, but did not know whether before or after the charges. Some of the horses of the skirmishers were much distressed, having been on duty the whole day, but did not know the condition of the horses in the squadron. The horses were not in so good condition as they were at Morales. The cross-examination related to the forage they had procured on the Pyrenees generally. The wit less w ent of his own accord to the second squadron, having pleviously seen a staff officer waving his hat i.) them. The Earl of Uxbridge was then called.—ln answer o the question, where he should expect to find the olonel of a regiment, supposing skirmishers to be . in advance and a line of infant'sy opposing, his Lord dip said he should expect to find him *either among , the skirmishers nor in front of the advance, but in the body of his regiment. He had had opportuni ties of seeing Colonel Quentin on service, and in presence of the enemy. He felt no hesitation to say, that he had always ealtertained the highest opi nion of Colonel Quentin, both with respect to his 1 personal courage and his conduct as Colonel of a regiment. —ln either view, he looked upon him as exemplary, as long as he was under his corn mand. He never saw a regiment in more perfect , order, or in which the discipline was more matured, than in this corps at that period. He had witnessed on many occasions the courage and calmness of Colo nel Quentin before the enemy: At Benevente he commanded the inline piquets, and with great gal lantry repulsed the enemy who attacked with superior numbers. General Grant deposed to the same effect as Lord Uxbridge, as to the proper station of the Commanding Officer of a corps in action. His opinion of Colonel Quentin as an Officer had been so favourable, that he regretted not to have found him in command when the regiment landed at Lisbon. In saying this, he meant not the slightest reflection on Colonel Palmer, or his successor Major Itobarts. Ile had no hesitation to say, that if he were immediately put in the command of a brigade in presence at the enemy, he should be extremely glad to see Colonel Quentin at the head of a corps under his order. ; and he should leel that he had ill acquitted himself to his conscience, were he to withhold any thing that he had now stated. Serjeant Hicke was afterwards called, but his evi dence was only material as corroborating the testi. moray of former witnesses. Two cavalry orders issued by _Lord E. Somerset were then put in and read, each bearing reference to the affair of the 27th, and expressing the thanks of the Brigade-General to the troops, among the rest, through Colonel Quentin, to the 10th Hussars, for their conduct on that occasion. This closed the defence to theseconi charge; and the Court adjourned till to-morrow (this day). SIXTH DAY, OCTOBER 26. This morning the examination of witnesses for the defence was proceeded in :—Serjeants Cooke, 'Ford, and Jones were examined as to the position which Co• lonel Quentin personally occupied, on the 10th of April, at the battle of Thoulouse. - .. General Vivian was then called, who spoke in the illindsoinest terms of Colonel Quentin as an officer , and brave soldier, during the campaign under Sir John Moore. Here Colonel Palmer, the prosecutor, asked what was the General's opinion of Colonel Quentin's merits as an Officer from that time to the present I The JUDGE A.nvocAni objected to the question ; and as the prosecutor persisted in putting it, the Court was cleared to deliberate on its propriety.— Left in deliberation when our Pier was put to Press. THE EVENING STAR.. LON DON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914. His MAJErrY 14ocutzimi.-Heliday at the Etock Exchange. INTERRUPTION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONGRESS AT VIENNA, This morning we received Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday last. They state, that the proceeding* of the Congress have been suddenly suspended until the Ist November. The following declaration has appeared on the subjeCi: ,' Vienna, Oct. 8.1814. " The Plenipotentiaries of the various Courts who signed the Treaty of Peace of Paris, on the 30th of May, 1814, have 'taken into consideration the 22d Article of this Treaty, by which it is said, ' that all the Powers who have been engaged on both sides in the present war shall send Plenipotentiarie.s to Vienna, in order to regulate, in a general Congress, the ar rangements necessary foe completing the dispositions of the present Treaty.' " And after having 111 aturel y reflected on the situa tion in which they are placed, and on the duties which are imposed apon them, they have agreed that they cannot better fag them than by establishing in the first instance free and confidential communications between the plenipotentiaries of all the powers. 46 But they are convinced at the same time, that it is the interest of all the intervening powers to suspend the general meeting of their plenipotentiaries until the period when the questions on which they must decide shall have attained a degree of maturity sufficient for the molt, being conformable to the principles of public law, to the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris, and to the just expectations of our contemporaries. " The formal opening of the Congress is, therefore, adjourned to the Ist of November, and the under signed Plenipotentiaries flatter themselves that the labours to which this interval will be devoted, in fix ing the ideas and conciliating opinions, will essents ally advance the great object, which is the object of their common mission." On the above subject the• following important ar- " It his transpired that the Prince of Be neveute has presented a Note, in which be protests against the aggrandisement that seems to be intended for see' :al Rowers—thAt France, not to hinder the restoration of peace, has suffered her frontier; to be reduced to their state in 1792- " That, therefore, if she is not to be exposed to powerful neighbours. they must also agree to the re ' establishment of their frontiers`, as in that same year, as a basis of the negociation.--That France would not in any cas e oppose these aggrandisements by forC i e, or do any thing to trouble the peace ; bit that it would be obliged to refuse to recognise such in crease of the possessions of the neighbouring States." We are under the necessity of confining our other extracts front the foreign Papers within very narrow limits.—Fsanntann VII. has demanded that the Pitoce of the Plow shall .he sent to Spain, to be tried for his crimes. The POPE has refused to give him up, but consents that he shall be a cl , ae prisoner for life at Pesaro. CAARLRE IV. and his Queen, have sig. nified their determination to remain at Itnme. The English Minister at Madrid has succeeded in suspending, for a few months, the prohibitory De cree issued against British goods. A forced loan has been levied at Cadiz to equip an expedition of 9000 noops, under General Morino, for South America. The British are said to have occupied the Floridas and Louisiana, with the appro bation of the Spanish Government. I • , - - COLONEL QUENTIN% DEFENCE CONTINUED. " I eome,now tie the fourth and last charge. Lord Comber mere has said, that he bad oocasion to find fault with me as to the state of my baggage and my march ; but his Lordship does not say that he had any other ground of complaint against me.' was not ;ware that I had incurred his Lordship's displeasure, and waited tipori• him sortie time .once to ask him to come for: ward for me as a witness. H a Lordship then stated that he did not think that his evidence could' be material on either side. I Aid not • knelt till -his Lordship came bete what would be his testimony. I bad erroneously supposed that the charge in the letter written to me was unfounded, because in the instance of . Serjeaut Robinson I hal foend it to be so. " The men and horses were mid to be particularly good when the regiment tended at Lisbon. I hope that some credit would be allowed to reflect on me, under whose previous superinten dence the regiment had entirely been. The first thing which struck me when I arrived and took the command, was the extent and number of the corporal punishments which had been inflict ed, and which exceeded all military regulation. This sort of punishment I had diminished as much as possible in the regiment,', and bad received repeated Injunctions from the Colonel, the Prince Regent, to substitute the most unremitting attentions of. the Officers to prevent faults, In lieu of this species of punish mein. It was also my own decided wish to abolish it as far as possible, as indeed such seemed to be the feeling of all who dis cussed the subject either In Parliament er elsewhere. - • " I looked at the list of corporal punishments, and found them excessive: wished to substitute a dlffetent system, by closer attention and vigilance en the part of the officers. Officers of 7 troops meat be supported, but they must also support their com m. nder ; and nothing can be more unjust than the substitution of severe ponishments in the place of personal attendance. I was net always cordially supported: I can prove that Colonel Palmer bimetal did not report to me the medical state of the regiment, aed that lie stated as his reason for such omission that we were • not on speaking terms I. can prove several instances of want of co.:Keratin') and cordial support from the Officirs. Though at the , tinse I suspected some reasons for such conduct, I was not severe etelest feeling which it now appears existed against me; • but I ask whether it is likely that perecias so feeling towards me would cordially Cu-operate with me I never comp7aintl el them, berausti no fresh occasion of charge against the regiment occurred; •aed I hoped that the address of Leta E. Somerset to them would prevent any neglect in future. Nothing ladeed but the most absolute neeessity•ceuld have prevailed upon me to ex pose the intenial deisentions of the regiment. I will lay before the Court the tiro of the Courts martial before and after 1 rook the command, to prove what'l have said Many other circum• stances I might have collected at the tinie r bad I anticipated this enquiry, but I cannot now meager them. • • " Colonel Gardner has said,• that the regiment was late on the ground, and that the equipments and horses became worse after my access on to the command. On t h e first point I think he is mistaken : as to eke second, the eqpipments of course became worse at er long usage, and the horsee, being hlood-horses, had suffered from th- winter. As to the drunkenness of the men, they were latterly in as enemy's country, where it is :mpossible ha keep them quite as well as ink friendly country, and the wits* . was particularly cheap, aed to be got in every place. Before I Apeciude, I must observe as to this last charge, that I have at • task been severely punished for it, and I hope that this punish .; einem vein b e considered sufficient. I urfostunately incurred the displeasure of the Commander is Chief, yet I have ne reason to believe that soy unfavourable impreeskta remains upon his mind, : At the time that animadversion was scot, I asked Lord E. So merset for a copy of it, in order to answer it, though it . has es caped lis Lordship's memory. I have teed several paragraphs in the papers against me, and partial extracts made from the Adju tant-Geveral's letter, butt disdained to giveany answer to them - . I now leave my hor.our and character in the hands of the Court, • and trust that et will be by them restored to me pure sad un- NAVAL IN] ALLIGENCE. The Eliza, Youwo, and Dry, HARBOUR, from Te. neriffe to London, were taken and destroyed Bth ult. off Teneriffe, by two schooner privateers. The Kangaroo, 1-Im.cnow, from Ostend to Lon• don, is on shore on Cuckold's Point. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER is. Yesterday arril - ed his Majesty's ship BOMBAY, frolli Madeira, last from Cork, with the following tram. ports, viz David' 565, Phenix 677, Regalia 599 * John Bushman 658, and the Lady Mack worth 297.-- Arrived his Majesty's ship Gatrzn, From the West. ward ; SPRIGHTLY, from a mite ; and the MEROPS, from the Doss ns. The whole of the transports re- cently from the Mediterranean, have been released from quarantine: Convoy as before.—Wind DEAL, OCTOBER 25. The slepp Elizabeth and Mary, BARTLETT, from London to Shoreham, ran on shore in St. Margaret's Bay, and Is , ent to pieces—crew and part of the cargo saved. The Dutch smack De Jonge, MARTIN, from London to Bi!boa, lost an anchor and cable. Pub back part of the outward .bound vessels that sailed yesterday.—lt blosis very hard at South. RAMSGATE, OCTOBER 25. Yesterday the whole of the outward-bound ships to the westward, sailed t today they have put bask. and several others have put in for shelter. FALMOUTH, OCTOBER U. . - -- Arrived his Majesty's thip giurrattu. and Dwaat cutter, from Plymouth. Sailed the BLOW,HOUND for Swansea.—P. S. The Bt.ocomouND is put back. YARMOUTH, OCTOBER as. The George, of Sandwich, STIVEMION, in ballast s in attempting the harbour this morning grounded on the North sank—it is expected she will be got off next tide. It blew a hard gale from the S.E. this morning, by which much damage has been done.— Several light vessels were obliged to cut fmm their aßchors and proceeded northwards. Two fishing boats are driven on shore, one of which with about two lasts of herrings is totally lost, the other will be got off. Her MAJESTY, attended by the Princesses ELIZA • SETH, MARY, and SOPHIA, arrived at Brighton at halt past three on Monday afternoon. The bells im mediately rang a merry peal, and in the evening the town was illuminated. Letters have been received from Bourdeaux, which mention that General Misit had passed through that city to proceed to Pari., in the custody of an escort composed of 12 gens d'armes. The Paris Papers announce the death of that old favourite of the Public, Mr. ASTLEY, sea. He died on Thursday last, of gout in the stomach. A paragraph hiving appeared in our Paper of Thursday the 26th inst. in which s Marriage was said to have taken place between Fesneerce DONOR, Esq. of Plymouth Dock, Devon, and the eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr.• Plum Prebendary of Dx.rham, &c. we are authorized to contradict the statement as entirely without foundation, the parties being unknown to each other. Bow. B There.—Ms, Wigs, who is well known for 'his numerous charitable donations, having been for Some time annoyed by beggars at his residence in town, he applied yesterday, to this Office, when John Alaig. and Johe Hallamsby were committed as rogues end vagabonds. An investigation of the circumstances relative to the body of a child, found some time since near Kew. bridge, took place on Monday, before the C..roner, the jury who sit on the body, and a bench of Magistrates, at the request of Dr. and Mrs. BOURN, and Mrs. Ro om, whose names were mentioned on the forme: ex amination, when every thing respecting them was en el). cleared up. DT. and Mrs. B. an., gamily had tually returned to England, for this purpose, from the South of France, on reading the Tccotinis published. The Magistrates and Coroner expressed themselves :sappy that a public investigation had taken piece, sa tisfactory to all the parties concerned, CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, eCTOSIIR U. 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