The National Register. — London, England, 1814-11-20 00:00:00

~r4 p , thr restoration e't' Ferdinand ; whereas Spain, in 1.04, ()AAAd to tins eountr,y a very I“rge sum. Hi; object, therefore, wa. to aseertnin tLis fact, and to know in what manner the money ticms apptieii.—A long conversation ensued on this motion, pri,ripielly between Mr. Bating, Mr. Whitbread, and Mr. Tierney, et, t.it_ one side, and Mi. Wellesley Pule, Mr Robinson, Mt- Van kit ;t t, Mr. Batlium, and Mr. Ward on the other; the former 'thniCO. that our money, instead of bting sent to the Spanish arai:k I—tinning from Toulowie, wldeli was its proper destination, had been applicd to the at under General • Filo, which marched upo , MadriA to exti n g uish the last spark of libeily that had been in the country, and by which means the patriots bad been thrown Hl° dungeons. to the eternal disgrace of a base, ungrateful • Sovereign. The 'Ministerial speakers did not deny that the money rr,i let have been so adpropriated, but they positively contradicted the idea of its beilie done with their knowledge; the subsidy had been paid in eonfe-mity to the treaty between the two countries. The em.eart of Sir James Duff, resident at Cadiz, and General Smith, at tiii;:ealtir, in causing two Spaniards, who had taken refuge at the latter ;Ortress. to be delivered up to Ferdinand, was also much re ro.,a te•l the Opi u air. rA•ritcosT said, General Smith had been censured for so act: by 'Lord flathurst.—ln conclusion, the papers moved for cr e agreed to be laid on the table. • Mr TIERN ay moved for papers relative to the expenditure of the givii List, w :lid, he stated to he in arrearno less than 2e0.0001. - - Mr. NU nimitcau and • Mr. Pnttisosiny supported the motion making Minty auimativersioNs on the expeuce of Mr :Canning's mis:4,:n to Lisbon, which they considered a gross waste of the public mens.y. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. HUSKIS'ON de ended thepropriely of Mr.' Cowling's appointment and salary, and oppwed the motion for papers, on the ground that the accounts vi eft' toot .up to the sili of April in each year,. and that. would be the proper time for disco:sing theohjecr.,- Mr BANK FS complained of the inconvenience of having the ac t-omits so late in the season, and suggested that they be ,closed and Lid on the table on the sth et' January in future. Mr. TIERNEY. hoping that Ministors would adopt this proposition, 'withdrew his motion. ~ A new writ was ordered for Bleehingly, in the room of Mr. Ken ridc. who . lean accepted the office of Wwatti of the Chiltern Hundreds.—Adjourned. • WEDNESDAY) NOV. 16. On the motion of Mr. ManINGTON, it•ave was given to bring in a Nil to enable his Majesty's Government to apply the.' residuary estate pt Anna. Maria Reynolds to the. purposes for, which she be queathed it, vizi the. Sinking. Fund. , . . The House we a Conunitteedf Ways and Means, and voted swim's stuns, for the service of the. emits* year. • . , Mr. Wnerunn.ito sAid,,he should be glad to know from the Chan calor of the p.ehequer, whether:he:had yet any doubt. reniaiuiug that the Property Tax .expiredon the sth of April next ? , The CITA h CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER acknowledged that it most (thy iongly !tore. the . egllstittelegtl which the Honoutable Gentleman vat uq 4—(Hear !)—Adjuarnment. . , .. • IF /F,' THURSDAY, NOV. 18. Mr. WHITBREAD ptl sei,ted a petition fp bm the proprietors of the AirctioN. Al art, con3plaitting. that . ..the , Property. 'rax Conthlissionvis had as§essed them in ,a.sunt autounting to 15 gercent. ott.their pro perty„aini•praying' relief..-- 7 Adyerting. to the Property Tax Act, *hicir will expire on the sth of April next, Mr. Whitbread request. ed to hnow:lf it were : the intention of .Poverotnent to prolOng The sn ea , trre ? , • : :. r- • • • - Mr,YANSITTART stated that he should keel it his duty not to shrink f,r,qul,reoposltig a iohtingan4 f/f Ike Act, shook! ,the battle jus tice arecosity- which originally called it forth, require its prO lotwation. , . . . • Mr, liAllts;G and lily. W E STERN strongly deprecated any renewal of it, as a gross violatl . on cif publifaith.-. 7 -Theptlition was ordered ,u lie on the titbit!. ..:• : • , : . . . • , >fOURT-M 411TIAL ON COLONEL QUENTIN. Col. PALMER rose and made •Itis protni6e4iirtotioty respecting the sentence ; of the Court-Martipl.on;Colonel.:Onentin.,: The.prineipal ci rctuns,tance, Which, he „said, hun:to.intrirde upon the house on the previa occasion,. arose out 0 opinion of the Cowl, which accrunpar4ett,th,cir (eciiiqp . • . . e.,.. i"l'iie Court, howeve r eauttot coneWe thekpiticeedings, without .4 3 ing their , we t o . that; , there, apikei‘rs to .It4vg existed.PV:ll.3 . , ;L..: S S) NOV. 20. want of co-operation among the Officers nt the - regiment,•as to render the duties of u.o commanding Officer much mote arduous than they otherwise would have been." • This aspersion he (Col. P.) could assert was not founded in 'fact, and was therefore peculiarly severe, as it may have led to the sub. bequent censure and punishment the Officers had received. To prove there had been un want of cooperation on the pat t of the Officers, the I-fon. Colonel alluded particularly to that part of the evidence give') by Lord Combermere, in 'winch that Officer de scribed the eharaciee and conduct of the Officers of 'the 10th Hus sars, in the foliowing terms :—" He never met men better disposed, or more zealous-, and fur that reason he attributed the wont of ais.. cipline irt the reeiment not to them, but to the want of. energy. oft the part of the Commanding Officer." Lord E. Somerset's nion of the Officers.given on the , Court Martial, also was, that they were zealous and attentive to their duty. Fur himself he had to sav t that- he hattsupported Col. Quentin in his , command every way. in his power, althongli Colonel Quentin treated him in the must ag gravating maener, «itlt an intention of driving him from the regi. meat ; he harl, in fact, dune every thing to annoy him short of per sonal instill, which he knew better than to oder. Colonel Palmer then entered geuerally into the whole of the evidence, and con tended thaf the misconduct and want of zeal of Colonel Quentin had been proved in the most abundant 'limier. He ilefended the Officers in bringing forward the charges, and saitt it was publicly known, that the character of 11w regiment bad been very generally questioned since its retau front the Continent. This was partici'. lariy the ease at Ipswich—and' w here the Officers at mess were liable daily to hear their Commanding Officer characterized as a coward, were they not in duty bound, by calling for inquiry, to give that officer an opportunity of defending himself? For himself he bad only to say, that he did not come • forward voluntarily as the prose cutor of Colonel Quentin. •He not only received the commands of the Commander in. Chief, bnt of his Roya!- Highness the Prince Re.: gent, to undertake that task. Why, therefore, he should have been selected.as an object of punishment, he was at a loss to coil. (wive. • After a very able speech urging the House to take the matter into consideration. he . conchnled by moving an, Address to the niece Regent, praying him to order the Minutes of the Court Martial to be laid before the House. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, .the Judge Advocate, opposed the mo tion, and contended there was not the least foundation for it, miles* it was intended to attack the integrity of the Members of the Court- Martial. He justified the tlecisien come to by them, and the sub. sequent proceedings of the Prince. Regent, and said there could be no further proof required of scant oc co-operation on the part of the Officers, than the admission of the Hon. Colonel? who acknowledged he-was at variance with Col. Quentin, - and that- the Officers had declined reporting cases of: insubordination to him,. because they considered it. useless. There was no doubt but that the discipline of the regiment was in a very bad state under Col. Quentin's corn. mand, and that under the previous - cot mand of Col. Roberts, and of the Hon. Mover, its discipline was excellent, but this was known to the Duke of Wellington, and by his censure on the Colonel he had applied the proper remedy, ...and what he considered a sufficient pnnishineut. -With respect to the sentence on the Officers, it was mild in the extreme 1 he believed there was not on record aim in. stance of a tiimilar case, in which the junior Officers, under such circumstances, had not.beeu dismissed the service. Theyhad acted in a most unmilitary manner, and however honourable their feelings might be in wishing for an investigation of the circumstances which atfeeted the character of their Commanding Officer; yet the con. duct they had pursued was subversive of all discipline. The Honse, in acceding to the motion,-would erect itself into a Court of Appeal, 'and would he laying a precedent dangerous to the military service. He, therefore l should-oppose it. • , Mr. TiEnNtf.y made an animated speech in support of the motion. He had no intention' of 'impeaching the integrity or the Court-Mar tial, but to do jnstiee to the, Members of .any future Court, who, it any furourac was attacked, may bnplaced in an ivikamard- situation. With respect to theeotaluct of Officers being an act of bisubor dimition, %how camp it, Mr. Tierney retorted,. that Col. Quentin's adherenta illutninated their. barracks, when they heard the result .of' the Covert-Martial,?. And was it net a fact; -that a paper was nove' handed abopt the regiment, by *ilia the privates bound themselves te - sinicribe fer agord:.to presented, to .Col. Oilman) ? - This was thegood of t . :aervier-,to .diamios the best Officers..:iir :the -enriss; . and to heiViOkethar;as a proper nucleus; on which' to raise a netsregimdnt,,a`tiellf. linstiuOns ioldiera, headed b; a man not fi t to • cOMMans, any thing. . • . • , • . • Mr. W. Potr..opposed the motion. The prosecution of Colonel • Oafshly, he ;whiffed to UT . ; erigibated in a couspiivoy..-e(Order. .. •• IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER.