The National Register. — London, England, 1814-10-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. OCT. 21 COURT -MAR ON COL. QUINTIN. The Col:et-Martial on Col Quiutin, of the lath Hiwars, corn- Minced it..proeuedinga on Nlooiiii‘.—The following are die mune. of the Offieera of %%hol. the emit t eompos( d:— Po seIDENT--(lenet al Vyse. MEMBEI'S. • Major-General De Grey tiebow Pringle Jones knller Fidler Reynardson Lient.-Cieneral HAi‘toit Sir W. Ilimte Campbell ATajor-Geperal Bolton Mrlimn Sloptord The eli-irce4 are film . in timber The first alledge•, thut on the 10th of January last, At Macay, the Solidi of France, the 10th hussars being on foraging' duty, and Col. Qinsitto being in command, that officer did not take sufficient precaution for the succesi of these operatiow, ur fur the security of the corns so employed. according to the directions given in that ease, by trie•los Of vi Inch inatiention several of the divisions were lett unsupported and without orders, when attacked by the enemy, and their safety thus hazarded, anti some of their horses taken.. second eh irge alledgei. that on the Vtltli 0141 - wiry, 1814, the day atter the batqc of Ortlie , , the 10th hussars being engaged %vitt] the rstelllV on the road Iracting to St. Sever, the said Colo tie! Quintin in command, did nut, previously to or din itig the time or mini', by his presence and personal exertions at.d example. curt- ibitte to co-opei ate with or support the different divisions of the regiment so eltUV.Zed ; but neglected and abandoned btu duty as Conmianding Offiver. Th.. third charge purports, that on the moth of April, 18!4, during the battle of Toulouse, the tenth Ine , sars bring attacked by the em-my, Colonel thiamin in command, did not by his Feseuce and personal exertions, &c as in the second charge Tio , fourth charge is for allowing a relaxed spttemi of di , cipline in the re,, , iment, which brought it into had repute with the Commander of the Fires (Duke of Wellington), and incurred the reproach com municated in the letter from the Adjutant-General of the Forces to L. , rd E w Ira Somerset, commanding the hussar brigade, winch letter, or the part belonging to this subject, has already appeared in all the public journals. Frain alledged facts, the charges infer results " evincing great profes.ional incapacity, tending to lesson the soldiers in the skill and eourade of their. officers ; unnecessarily hazarding the safe ty, eharacter and reputation of the regiment, disgraceful to Cola nel.Quintin's conduct as an officer, prejuditial to good order and military tlieipliue, and contrary to the Article of War Itn,lit Hon. Charles Manners Sutton, Judze Advocate, read his Maje•ty's Warrant for holding ;he General•Court-Martial, after which he proceeded to swear each of the :Member, ; and the Pres4i dent having administi red the like oath to !din, the Judge Advocate read the than a-, to which Colonel Quintoi p!eale.l Not Gailty.— Colonel Palmer, the prosecutor, then addressed tile Court ; in the tonne of ‘vhich he observed, that the paintul t a , k %% Inch devolved on him was no way mixed with personal animosity, but scat the result of imperious duty to his ping anti Collllll'y , and he was • well aware that that justice each of them now sonqht for from the Members composing 11. e Hon. Court vvt,uld 1w from the deeiNion of an impartial ti The 'ourt then proveeded to call witue,ses for the prosecution, hut reque , ted the reporters not to publish evidence tiU the trial has closed, and its result becomes known. The Court mrt en 'Thursday morning at eleven o'clock, when the Judge Advocate hrking-read the fourth charge against Colonel Quinuro, Colonel Palmer called witnesses to siihomotiate the allega tions contained in the charge.--"the evidence for the prosecution being then clo , cd, the President olowrvwl, the it Was 11•11al in *Nell' cares to allow the prisoner time for preparing his defence; and as there would be no ohj ctit n to adjourn over till Tuesilay, and the it trrv;,l wool.l give every proper latitude to Colonel Quintin, the Cum t would adjourn till Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. 677 th e report was agreed to, and ot tiered to be ieti.rmil b.ck to the Cbtninittec, to see it carried into effect —The Committee for Geee ral purpA)!CS Piesented a report on considering the p-titien of the inhabitants of the Horton:li sit' &intimatk for an efficient Magis• hate, which was read and agreed :aid Vic Lord Mayor was Ie• guested to lay the sante before the text Court of Alderno n The Committee fOr Impro%emettt reported their proceeding- domino the Late Session of Parliament, relative to the temoval of the Post Office to St. Martk's le Grand, of their having kid a eonterence with the Chancellor of the Excheqtter thereon, and recommending an appli• eatiun to be made in the next Session, for an Act, authorising the %anie to be ea? tied into et!ect, which was read. Time draft of a oe tition to the [louse of Commons. for leave to bring its a Kill, bet prepared, was also read, and, after a long disena•loo, the t‘att4 agreed to, the numbers being, for the motion S 7, agaiust it 34,- majority 3. . . CITY BUS IN ESM. Thllrctiay, A COllll of Cimino's Commit was held at the lirm.ion }fowl, when the Committee fiir Improvements presented a report it wa< recommi ivied to appropriate tile Reit(' of GoiWWI, Chapel atill Markt% ill 11,111 for poolie by building , tie Courts of kiligNhell aitri Common Picas. The expeyee it wit• stated, won;il not exceed non.; 70001. of gromitt and Illategials would produce. After a slsort discussiuu• LONDON AND PARIS. There is a pigment comparison between these two cities in OD* of the French Journal*. Setting out front a village. in Britany. after the signature of the peace. I crossed the Channel and proceeded to London, I ails now 11:tinned and in Paris. I will tell )isu the impression that the two places made upon " London is twice a biz as Paris. The streets are wider, and cleaner ; the footpaths infinitely mom commode for walkers. At Paris they have only theeght ot those who retie in carriage*. " There are not - in Paris any other th,,n middling fortune.), cow pared with those in London ; but in London e :cry article of the first necessity is dearer.—There is more money—hut yon are Obli• ged to spend Illoilc—So this firings things to the solo(. " The 'mintier of girls of lhe town who ruin after and accost gen ilemen is rental kably greater in London would have you know this proves nothing in favour of the manhers l " The atmosplw . c of Pails is fitter than that of London. Lou' dun is vast but dismal Paris k dirty,/ but gay. " In London there ate no,Coffee houses like those of Paris,- CT at least thete are very few. A stranger (loci not know what to do with himself in the evening if he does not g!) to the T!teatre—uo fec. he can bear to pass the hours in a tap-rooiu filled with amoke, where besides, no one speaks to anuthvr. and there is no convict sat ion. • . 4 In London the shops are superb—the equiplges nognifiecol--• hut at night all brilliancy disappear.—the shops ate shut. The streets and their inhabitants ate silent. The glimmering of halt' !i kited contract lamps make its darkness visible. The streets TC• soobie at this time, the Corridures in a deaf and dumb academy, or tile cloisters of a couvent. " The so erts of Paris are to the hour of midnight as light as day, thanks to the Magazines des .llodes to the Quinquels of the toy-shops, and the Nutt ills of the fanatics. " There are not at Loudon us ill I'avis those vast collections of picture , , statues, and other object• of the fine art- ; (awl he mieht have added—the few thi•re are, are nut accessible bat with infinite laboar and difficulty.) 4 . The Seine, campared with the Thames, is somewhat Bourgroit awl tile ve.s•els that cootie up from Grave•eod hit ye another twit of look than the galliots that de.rend from St. Cfool. " rie private hott4es of London have a neater appearance than those of Paris : hat in the inside they are not sg, well arr anger!. " There are not in London shell monuments of atchitectrre as in- Paris. The Admiralty is not equal to the Hotel di'' loyal des P.nti'. cannot compare with the Chord, of St. n e r wric..4 Jame.'s Palace is but a Dieuque beside the Timilleiles or the Louvre, One thing, at Landow, very droll is the * xtreme freedom of Aiwoorse. Every one delivers his opinioo withont flit. least re-erve. and althoft caring whom he offends It i• w)t uncommon to • !gee tHn Entriklinien arDiincf.r 1110 11111111: CH it cr %%filch they are dismeoleally opposite, and ttot without the west Feat. with out raising the voice, a' n itJll llt convieseiiii: one another, Every one keeps is notion, and Iltcy sei orate emr,lially shaking earl, other by the hand, after wordy that woohl have ten time% over determined c , liipte aa r Frenchmen to cot one anotio . rx throats. " The En:o6h women nee eenerally t:01, well nvole, and beantifal„ lint I be! their pardNn they waoi tournenre and I le.yatire. 11' in, point of feattit CA alld lici:ht they are uttperini to the l'arisian befit* how flinch ale they inferior to them in raise and le.hitni. a 4 The Enzli•h wootett ale riTy teniler—roost tattier, " French women are eltarini4.° vz' .