The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-10-27 00:00:00

I '. object thnt day -was that the whole r, forage. When the troops did go out to f: generally supposed to get three days fora; quitted quart aat Ralf-past eight its tf returned •Iniu t Ic e,—The distance quarters to ihevalley of Macoy was fish miles. rite road was up and general...Milpet" ;lid had. There w with-Celtmel Q‘sintili, and .% few ow Wee °Seers with the Colonel were • Lime. Eversfiehl, Colonel Palmer, a, dinr„—Nlajer Ilow aid was not with k tin when witness Grit joined film on joined him soon afterwards. The trop get forage, he obserreA had got boy op Hot see Ca d . Quintin from the time lie valley Or Maeoy, *till he sow him on , captain trEwAter said he was deem troop on the t 0 h of January to foragr of 4acoy. At the time he advanced piece et-rendezvous was pointed out, being attacked. From the period of forage to the period of his retreat, did Ortiesi from Col: Quioths. Went to it nut by the non-commissioned eilicer ------ -- fwagysFlrich holism ohtaluetlikto,sei of his troap to assist the Spaniards. 'U cipts•sithe approach Sf.the Freirch r hul ders from C... pith the rest Officers, he re.* Ii to return °ay. Curtain Fitzu!srence then assist the Spaniards, and the enemy Molif taking some wen and horses, reit, febr men and 'five horses taken. At taw Colonel Quintin, who said ho ' be (witness) had lost part of his he lost one matt and his own ntul ipbeti attacked by cavalry super' troop, he should have engaged them that he would have received support Quintin. if the Spanish •••kethatl by Captain Pitzelarritev, late time sale tip, Om loss would' ha hesni At the thee of the approach of the eui perky wat.ohout 601) yards from the. hod loft the main body of the regime! M Colonel Quintin lc) inform him of the enemy; ; received no answer. 'nu. co.,,:iite f t merely o f s;use skirmishers. more in a latte.at mute distance. Cold Quititin was Le Pasch a situation at, the E t atwte of the French, as to, see the ' ,agers., Did not ascertain that the had * eat . tte Cot. Quititin by one of trar,hed-hjewilitl slot reetetit ct the mt ftad sent' the (spoil ; thttft iggre tolim to t h e pijiy,hesitte kis' p 340. istoki4 • . • {Our space sod their* to: give*the prehensive rjew at once of the seisoht jugs of this trial f induce at:to omit tvidenoa, 90 cfn;istiay 'diluted do the oterelr retitarkhig that the other pr; milled in support of them were. Gal Krigade.Mirjur Jon.s, Col. Lily,. Lim Beaucaisp 4 Wyndham, and,Sey.r Smith alai Turner, Lordseernberatur freueral Grant, &c. There were al . • {►ales and non•commissik ned cfficer emart.e of the eyidettre Cot. PAuegit, that he had received a letter De Guiche (formerly Ceara De *Gi rAptaio in INe• 10. h Hussars), uew resi ( who. was justly. considered aitost and could 'eat attend by season of answeving • cPrtdib question., add, and slating that if that cannot benne' 1411-111 make* point of being in Lou ; November nett. :flteJ nowt-A nvocA (Col. Palmer) ; that if Col. Qiiinfin imper.should be received as evidence, mined as part of the reply for the pi he submitted that it was very materit his Grace on the subject should be kn , at the time, been the eldest Captain The hisses-A avetAss begged to petly speaking,. the Judge-Advocate 4itiered the (4monsel for the Crown, a titled to reply to the Defence made ,eased.--As it was'the Judge-Ad.vocei was after...tires to report upon the lir to the King, it became oratsteiarthr be made a party interested, by ads°. • It was impuuible, therefore, that ti ,Col. Palmer could be admitted, *inlet to by This .does not been the cas t e,. aud..the evidence was DEFENCR. • On the fifth day the Cowl tusembi !hoar, when Tli Jonas Anvoc.rat-Panakti. :Quintin had expressril a . wishtitut ,Iris siefence for him, to wilich, if thy ,ke.saw no objeCtion7in point of 4 *tying signified their acquiescence • The. Junes Ao to CATE proceeded ,Colonel tatlintin's desire. The Defence commenced by richt .o:substances under which the betel ,brouttlit before tile Court. Ile had .is second in command, in the I.9th ,eampaign under Ow. auspices of ' during which, he had acquired the those who bad witnessed hip Fonda( of the enemy: Subsequently to this tunately afflicted with a bad- state of sequence of having rtiptirod a bin( theless, he was anxious to be employ • interesting as that which. the late ► Peninsula afforded,, aud •would ha' reglnsent, but . for the otectiona • medical advisers. 1p consequence . . attend to kis duty, Colonel Palmer Omit to Poktogal ; hut having math portance to , transact in this country, returned tnEttgland, leaving the regi summand of tlajov Roberts. Dr )caving been. in some measure amen , 1813, he determined to join his col making prepiritions for that purpose, front thelittle exertion be made or broke a. blood -vessel. This attacl beintsofortividable as the first, he arid contrarY - to ate persuasion friends and medical advisers, proct ... • , '• ' . . . • • - . - . . . • . .. . . STArI'ESMAN; • ...._ _ .. _.. . ____ ..._ ....... _ ...... f • le' ,orneyS. man nor hor se was ithf .by the fire of the l'oesn 3,-;.-..l4v:ed the ' .‘ purpose * se :f*his, acic.---;us:r:el,shwe-,e-"Frareo-riaiergteleltaltvgi",t'.-'•.. ' llstrelH f - eiri : regimen t should and advancieg from .. . 1913 Ittclant that' the . French' troops wee* ',Mal* 1e,.. condition-never better ; but a short ti es , di ' reilige, they were joined lalles.•itles. • , • 404 4 .9 • ii,, ... ;; M aa - ak. t o Ti tl - 913 . the Spaniards - . In accusing him' , Of neglectlig a . words, 'for the sake of sennorting trage. His deep 11,•041Cei4litiff ,-: ( 4 . 44 . ~.. make - tirply. t arrangeflen6o therefore, " t ie could ' not their condition had been most wonderful) ch -: rt . 1 licit vie r il id 'he morning, and souses sad at th' -:"'S'"; 4 .44, : r j • _ceodecit„ 3 froin the head. therd tifroote fisFtenCie to ~. •, r Elegland.- - 11 bast think the Otloers.h.Y whom he W( l 3 Charged, 11.- the worst possible state. The Court we e ' : . iim " Is in ea g a b ou t s i x is ug . was Induced to enter into this detail from a question 1 boured'under a mistake. With respect to the other able to place a due constructio n upoi 100 I down, and in whichisadliseoput to Load Co' MintrataraeAllatt 111Pjlihrl of.the charge, ,. by wilicti it . wall asserted , Piet he , its circumstances. He wail ready eel( ' left some of the divisions . without support or did not ride an inferior hone on . .., et ' tore three troops suliect of his ill hialth s . tilt .idmther he kid error, had f. never. di c ts a i s iol ie j“, ardent. he alvinyieonceived, that where cavalry W ail ary ;. hut, although good, it was not es ' .11 of a fourth:- reported himself wiwefil Re I a frequent l y , acting in a Close . coun country, it required no order to ht. !natty of the t t at roopAoraes, many ....: : Dot; hrarard,. n report, but be had, notwithelanding, ;a il e d s o pea thetn s toretire if attacked, or if tie weather or had a dy s , either aor , .„ and Capt liar- felt the effects of the accident to which .. glit wee 'il!9 ld "-jsis e e t il % ' 144 b p s: l: h Colonet Q uin- while on,sinvice. • . other cadets- prevented-their foraging ; sod it was -might-very easllehavespassed MM. oak _. 1 . Ile m ee sin on the' hill, but it was impossible for him not. the cep. , hardly to be suppeseti, Hutt they would expect sup. The next point to whiCh he hail , ,W ft romps which ; did sure which the conduct of the ear , a g i men t I, port from the main' body .of their regiment, when it ; tiott was tpAhe observation . 41 ; that hg.i t a 7sis:e.... weep told 'now. • Did 'had called forth ; but he hegget s that it s baddoeen distinctly stated, that the stature of th e yah s rather than encosruse a d lois melt ,to to ill the 20th - 1 ley Macoy was such as to preclude the possibility my, bydesieleg s th yste not so blew , their:be O-- e left him in the was never stated to him, that the` the bill. .. of March a pplied to the 10th hussar ..;particular, lof cavalry acting.. 'rite'', as to appointing a rendez- whoafrisestr;uebs:uttil:tt.lth -frl his ter , %1 ?!. s t ;: .11 4.0 ::! ... 5 ki 11 ., :1f . rtached with . his f the more es p ec i a lly a s be knew that miler irrego. 1, vows - this was the measure which, if it had beet' _prevent his men from ,unitteassrdy.' blow' s ' AZ • - age in the valley larities existed in other aegiatents. He did not stele i adopteds could. nut be productive okplischief, as the ti to forage, no this with a view of calling i n qu e s ti on the; accuracy manifest • dut) . of cavalry , when ottackedin a confined s toenotke that the trje y s of the evidedre w : Col t, in the event of of Lord."Comberinere's evidence, but to a ecousielos; situation, must be, rather to s have retired by different , prove, that - to ,head.qoarters, than by concentrating . he desired th7ent he 7" li o ls. o 9l44 'essret "l e r C[ft,t;e gi :ho ug r at res r s u , ll. . :, f his advance to' some.measore for the surprise he had manifested iris direitifttli however, s the , their cumbers. throw impedimenta in the way of their !,. It 'Was stated in etficnite,.thitehe - Wq4 eek ' ' • •-• d not receive any fi nding it applied, to him alone. If, 1 , laiqi the placaa pointed censure , in justice,• was applicable only• to hfelf, ' own Movements. This was a self-evident proposition . fur. Awn COis. Ihrimer s osage to s ther a ' s h i e s i :.: mat ra a, a d e pot , c ,t„ . i he could not help thinking,, that the severity, r s that riom the admission which had been made, that the . thig orders gefl i .the quartet f f erp.pr emee ,a 4 - _ tat 7 ! infantry could move nearly as fast, as cavalry, and , well as the-siefgariry.of fir noson%;itetii t .•• ' stali 1 .,t the v emaiodee,l censure was, in'itself, a sufficient punishoutat i foi the :leard.fiom- his vi-r' offence imputed to him, namely, that of haring acted . act with much more celerity: ' ' 4 rut hatiugoo oe4w its too much lenity towards his men.! lo .Ttt he next question was a 4 to his ( Defendant's) ; censidey it oOessary temeirta ss ftepreesept 1 - s 2 .• 'lie s . .. Est o f his lo c ogier i # Ott his return from service he did no anticipate in .: conduct, in moving up the hill at the head of his re- ~ ,Ups t o s the•euhlect . pfemspecos4p .tr s e e t 4 ~ s .. tea s v ill age o f Ma- 1 the most distaot degree any, thing like an ticePsl4l9o' .giment. - .T 0 t hi s he would' only- answer, that it•wee, hafelt somewhat tocra - r . C i onx`iety, and tiers he"*. liel d a t e d i n ra llying r against'his personal conduct, either ins the.face: of the * , not. laity particular duty to command the foraging , be best able to !retail - hi /Aires' ie.; k.,,i, e i me . , , A ,le g ..ucceecled in] mossay,. or. at less a r d & l out 6 ; ta,ationtiske4b, Wes the parties,-.each' 'of, them being understood as acting -, he should ;tie:enabled tie protesssgba'a ~ aftet , itie s s i, - . in, of its respective ,Commander ; , necessary for the squadron to. retirteriN fib, gel ired ; there wore less likely to . imagine such a .procettling e wlionolse ' outiasthoS 4 '.fivectistn At f our o 'clock called to hia recollection the fait of his ;%basieg.re- itt heading hit. men, therefore, so as to quit the val- of t h e fi re of t h e . eaemy's infant he hi mself 7 wl h a d beard that.,', calved the personal thanks of Loict E. 7 Somerset, on ley by . tha neared road, he did not apprehend he ! word to front, and Wei again readito - , fe a g- s t e so s . s _.gxt troop. Ile said,' the Ist March, for his exertionPon the 28th of Feb., s had ittfrisaged any rule of military duty. That he ' the attack. An order. issaed • trete thet Osten :',,. cd , a ss , If he h a d and preceding deys,-accoMpanled by a ,warm euln.. Watt most anxious for the fate of the foraging parties, !of the brigade; lin ictiiei, to, tialisTril thele, .1 . to, ' or to hi s . own rum on the general discipline...ibis regiment. Noss, was evinced by the answer which he gave on the hill, ; ° eftrowep,.-peeeentedr-him-from purauloii.thi s c,,, ; se' 1 , un d er an idea' thing could be farther from his view.thau the possible' When he' waxasked..Whether their loss had not been But even admitting Shoat be bad.reairotl too fi r hi. an i t from colonel; lity of any : person being disposed to s question his great? A question to Which he replied; he.was welt! foie ire halted, and Illat*Capieeitele,Cra mmee , th I not been rallied' claim to this honourable testinsoar'tsshis charaCter. convinced that the.. loss could ouly, be a few men and,: taken,hts pfitee,•thetwitara of . e„lreninitii.ce w hi c h • , „ ~ , _ , ~ to So ignorant, indeed, was he of such sa dispositiotk horses.' ' Thus, therefore, it would appear, that this tither; to. .n • yiptem,to"Gtatutopt in 'faul t . , , , :tb ne for support to 1 more serious .-. existing in the breasts .of the officers of his regiment, i Arst head .of crimination amounted rather to an in s .; him. lie had not, however , ' heard Ort'h a . s ti g h toot i a . .. ak temy the foraging , that after he lod seen the troops embark, he conti e s i ,elstuation than to a charge ; a remark *deli was,' sinuetion s agehef .Ikt:evicts/net not thetsday,till dee m :.. el ' ,pl a ce where he 1 tined witli Capt. Lloyd, one of his accusers, in • nets rirre fully confirmed by the .faer s that the s t'rettch s duetion Of 'tle etideineein that c ou rt.: ~ .. . ... bi en t. S en t a man excursion to Paris s .upon the most friendly' iuterr., 4 , force never atlrtlnCeAl beyOnd o the ,pickets, ; hap-, .:--lie w0n4.1. couclud'a.- his . Obsersilialik, i I t ' .. h f the approach of course; and it was nit until his return to . Londe-e l s isles merely attacked,,tbesoetioncerl, party * ceose.... charge by, lewd - nisi ng . the : feet. of C - . el se F r e nc h ca valry i that he was informed by Col. Palmer, of the letter i clueOillY the mitt trady; ef,sittit regiment had ,never, i .clarence having opotehisosinjuilgewert, Th :',S.:: s Yr er e, There were which had been sent to him (Cpl. Palmer)hy the of-s been in banger:., Irteate,ecitioglitetroopheCk,Co,heed-s /0 it turned . .net, 'ordered ap Colonel . ~ ' .ll ;otild sot say Col., firers of the 10th hussars, complaining' of his (Dee spatters, therefore~.~ , t a he time of P l ead. fentlanes ) conduct , for t h e purpose of being deli. .7rhich he had pu • ' it* trusted he... stfolk-follyi' Lieut. Fitzclerenee *ark etuttle'aied i bliediff s '..."., f, s. s it u ati on o f th e , vered to the fllustrioussPerson elle had bis long corn-sr:tilled. _. , : .: . . , , •......, ..- .- . `enable tlretiniii,titthiSionse idea of the eite st, s . al s. of te trheeptnroort p i i i i i c i s! mended that corps. Col. Palmer' was desirous that ; c Ha s sWl7lll4,4lllW' sailtrest: tB. the - Aecood Charge, ; which the offitierieugolled 4 :)4 that ( rah' and: 1 . 1 . hod .L be shoolt-see this - letter-before itibee delivered`tothe 'grfrich P;al MOM: serious than ihts Ammer, and from -coma:mud, had beep i l l eapetled. , , . ; ssi ,, me. .1), whonflie. lie rerintinge for whom it was intended ; but ht. Which; hswesit, platilgcl the 14491151,1C.-.wi”, ign' 1 * ThO I.•,k4..t.,,l t lr g e l e a t* - presented itself - lapilli' her: men a t tee h er i s said his cottacience **quitted - him of any ground 'of . possible p ot t. collect ~ , s ,- ti ttetroplaint, load he . was ready.. to meet - any charge to him a ,dereliction Crow public alety s ttud peeional. l rfitert l ateck . ltientneht *Le s dot hang in • the front . I - . honour' When . ' in Ike front of - the' enemy. This. the-enemy at.the s teint. V. - 1014- and at the . ' '-' . ' I I Reader a corn .. ' Which „might be brought against him.l w o f the s n o c e e d., • 'Of this letter he heard nothing more till the 18th of age was divided Into two distinct heads : the first ,his - regiiceitt,,Jossieddenlysseisfhe c omoteerew i t ii ',t t the rest of the . efsAstgeraa 'wheit it was delivered, Still read in his !Ire aital "he bed by-his not bia presence °OPP t(ed".4ls.l,ll*.flotOrik;.tee'' fanislied - ' 'There was a- ... .. - I s wipes charges,; Presences. It:Was dated the 9th of August, and was iitOnieni4o.• i heir attack of the enemy, b# i!‘ePt.iit#o4 . ,l 4 1. 9044klniPsok'ffig4ietk . .1.:Ilie 'wears how' ...e . S riacipal witnesses signed by all the Offices, except :three or four, in- . his man de an to - leave a part af .the.coxps expose 4, te,tbillitetttenihitSeptiour . jtated; that es be wawa* ' ~aptein HarAing 4 chiding Col. Pointer,. who, although he haul trot imminent hazard; anti the attornolimputod•to hips the, iniztothe Troth:he ratthimOite Defeadant,:gehted '...' i ee t en ai l te E vers i. signed' if, concurred, in its contents. Of the Officers retreating of the iquadrettonneceasailly,and leeajeg i . fiussretr.' Ile - iaS.tt44ic i f*ijpiji 'lark' dia g . T retsee s Captain; wile had signed it s _ some had been only a short time the second in command to take his post et. thohesoi , t erehr, hut it tiai n 904 :to,.*reivi,eiftirdei . . l4 , ore: t o seiii at o eree t i , ; attached...to the Beeliment ; others hod. not. he eon ti s hiS troops . 'To theArst part he would, Ittsfordrys ,t 4 POOSt" . haciiisia vnotihioittstoWiltolliOrippleliPtf. ..:, . . •' : *be .several Pri, 1 the . Continent it the period to which the charges statieg;that theregiMent wavratilaty edvanctog i alltk (to OW . eferri.n theas s earrpt s nit( Their sir . ,'r , 9 • ...: rs called. In .the i applied; others had been detached from the regi- , th! Airttnisherlts as .1131114. in front, therottel s ketitg -ate : itialfice.g.. flfejilkettiatittify ail t ...i a •: .. -4.- . ,it.;?•,..% ....1 . ' . ' .. .. - • it** ' ' ~, the Prosecutor * ; melt *and employed on s tile Ste tr; and one or two . lush as. to admit .onii.of twelve files in (mtg.,. In; .- .e . flt'.. sied, : _ ... from the Duke had joined since the.peace.2, These f ac t s h e m e nt i on _ • fh et s t a te, he had b een acc u s e d of keeping.theiroepe or .., .t i le to . secutors4aidt , ' ; ro o t roo o t, an d a , ed, because they - a ff orded a proof of the sort of splsS tick and reining:in s , his own horse. ro7t,iiii lett*, Isk thrOlfglft4 - Settittlfolilblelfireetd-tetenrissrmion ik esiding it% Prance, i tit which had existed for a tong time in the reainteutsa : (Sct, ehowEvers.' tlieje_,44 ,been but sine, witiietsicllllnkndtentl.llol-41diesetirt..teSstlItotinsediug Officer b material Witness. i -.--Tho letter. to which they : signed their riarnee.:-041/ Alldeds,:thlt4h? :had -2SWIII thessdivieterti-4kti,i-ttleir,:s*K..Setseettenesbelievid . ! iiim..to . lie 4. '„.' , • 'contrary 'binds; ! not only contained reports of clicninitanres to ipsis,in,,poss bitn....o. m or e . , r ati ona l conclusions enffitkinsnitelY.;( 4 **„ i ttiied: till ;the ~, • contrary dressed to hi m , ~ have occurred, , but . opinions upon *mattere s • :of koWeiTrs....,w,as t , that the elfvision, opetted.tra.„posas'elvinitess li, seal- elikttey, hatfstiaistett; ipoi t oisc f i set i A s ev id ence ,- which the greater part of . then) • •eantd ha 'no toe . ..fallen horse iihich s had' been mentieried;. iti; p e SSSii: :to , fillfitlhe coOti•.'iroutt) fi rlof t o on the 20th , pers.:nal kno w ledge. How- the . 'inserts. ~...lifteirs • would he folik establish.* bi 'She Proof he should : 0:0,014 •ifitli. ineestigatlet lilifti4.oir .. '., .'4llO -on - the left Bank .iii the ,facte relating to this pert Of -the ..: Sf s'ayeeteSitestit ATE is formed him could, .under this view of the cue,. eater. their Sphail,:itatlace of his having been n agreed that this : terns to sign such letter, he' WAS at loaf. to,linegiees •,-liate s the elairge was, taking place, .hetes,,_ as Ceionel . theses--eAftq- i tk, Artt,of,,te-ittra .i :: 1 ,. coo .. e, it might be ed. ; There was a n other letter (remittal same:ludivithfids, :'Xiley had , staled, where a person its - Isis. situation merged, he leani,s.kalstteissitgida lea. e l7,la '.,hf.ilit prosecution. But :. doled* 20th of August, in which, tipsy ettribved . ought to have,beest s leading the squadron nearest, the road for.thepurpole pfseheigg the force Of that..B*' :es i a l the opinion of ,their forbearance in not before exhibiting.their :com e --encase.; in Whirl; pea he remained till the 'dielsion edit Ittfantry,7iiiiiell,"*.gss i r . ill s--inttlet:dth . ..s nowt) , h e h av i n g, , piaiate to a feeling of de li cacy ti, his. Rey al Higbee's, : was halted. ' Ile imagined. his accusers , much Otiseote t ; ieorerittsettellistoahAtyt w - .. • ...: its the regiment-1 as well sei.. to on individual. : towards whoin'4ll; Feived hie duty; if they expected him- to he s ittsfroat!tlitlatt,". he •InstalSger t k*Alkiti4'4 4-04 s 4 eSh te l state, that, pro- . Illustrious Personage hed s ehoserr so many diseifigaiO4. 07.thiChxyge made by the skirmishers. • Such a eke. " "against whiekthesfit*.apik__ . sol.l going oo,.and hear . t o was t o h e co n- ,id marks of - kindness. le thii letter, hplPalmer,aver, la; atiott.CerlaiulY• became Col. Palmer but he. baited actually present aliiic... UO•fillo•Jciteclarence was and therefore en. i which they detailed theie supposed grintrahres", thief sivery Member of the Court wauld,,adasit that his piece. wounded. • fie desired Oa:Captain ap ge - to the rent, by th e :p ar ty ao . ; tad been careful td ' include only, ' instead f'otthe .watitat :the brad of the supporting squadron ;, end. bet. he . *Saill 'he rasa only slightly . "Waseded oui; , .Im a t e , h owe v er , who I.,•whfale,• an extract-from theltitter of thisndths'iehichS'ihat s he had meinlained that situation had been proved ,diately alter weeds Ile (the rterendant)..itmlreti 'oh mer it s o f th e c ase . referred to Defendant,. thereby ' 4 iiSiigiheltink thiyilmOS by every witness-40nm platting him -at- •.30 s , . desei from -l a istxt Et 14.4 of Ssowerserto take two If tie 'at he should • not : severity, of their ettaek.• tobouring - under such 1."9.; 1 . 3 F -I .49tgliend lament 15y ard.sdietasitottbaisanacints rear squatirefinas'llettsokeee.' ,Iht Went to the reader orat i ng . one side . ' Charges, it wits natural In'sisopose he (the Defend/41(k' ; !fte, charge was made, and alt admitting ..that!he had. that purpoitei.whea; Itts*ll;pribebitity, Lieuteasat the proposition of , bad eu t r eatid of his Royal ifighne9 to order a Crotets i . come up at the moment of the first clash l ied follole , Seymour. passed iiins.. fbilitiiersal, however, lot esl i t was Acce d e d ; slider' iitt, bi.for4 which -his conduct could be • folly '' ed in the pursuit. Where Col. 40barts tool 4 his 024 the commeneetitent „toilittiend of the tAlSinei Kassa of seem to have ; invesolgated, sO c h a n cider wns e'en, and the : lion at the battle of Morales, *3llt subject upon which alien's - nit scat 1y rcrilircilt -of sab.dieisiotti of time. I procee d e d iii.) ! Comtithieler.in.l.ltief deittered the Charge!. to "Vie*,.‘thithiltot waste the time of the Court, nor Sitoidd: the fact of his returning to theiteed of the coleme, -Jude Advocete.Genetal, ititrunting. the conduit ni. !tointv.tt alintled to the point, hut to ...hew the ioet of however, 'at the tinte.CSptitio Fi - tar.lareisce reteiWd s . • the presecation to• Colonel Palmer, -end hence ; the .' s pirit - by which his .penecutors. were actuated, : in rbis st'eturol was calleitialve, upon the charge that* '.l bled et the usual . present proceeding o! i g iOated. ".. -; .. , ... 1 joltin g every little tele. is extend the virulence of , had gone away to gut owl of .theenernY'S'fire. .._'. 1 • - Having thqs trete& the' manner in w MA' lie . Vett. !.I ‘ !!ek attack.-The cetref elhe. •tutttle .of Morales •It . was impossible to eonelosle this branch of the ' ' , stated, that Col. duct had been ,brought before the Court, st tleld , formed no parallel with that ontbriroidtesSLLeier. subject Without calling. to the s'eetiCe of the Coed t, ho, shoold rem! ittlt . refrain froth , adverting to the delicacy imputed 'ln the former the 'regiment had, for, lltp Arl s t ..time, ~ the cruel Situation-in which ail. Officer irifsratedis se court assented, by Colostel Palmer, in hia opening spoech,' to those , made its appearance before theerrenti. They hadlthio i being iailftit! on to answer accuiatio-i tu ' ating i ls AP . . ' o orm. ' s he Court sby whom the charges were instituted. Ile would ask, len'extended line of front, and there even .Giitertal 1 transactions so far distant ' and for:aid) ft` Was at. in the proposition,:idid . they. mean to sloe that the delicacy. of their feel- I Grant, who commanded, put himself' at the head of : telly itupossilde • for. lihnto be prepare& s t Zr* i ' 0144 .guipptirjr -lugs only inclined them to. prove,hin, (Defeetdene}: the charge. Ile would ask, did Lord -E. Somerset, ' centithus . enciarys bersehongt r ee. woo w s ,ligi t , is , .., unworthy of his Highness's favour , and that ; wino commanded the hriestle put the 28th of February s . prosecutors ; ratheillian himself the disgrace of iii .; reeling to the dr. .h. had sullied the character of the regiment which follow'the example of ( g eneral Grant?. Certainly , charge. . .• . .... . . , :Pe n dant had been bed so long been underhis Hoye! Highness's command . 'not. Ile would admit that there were iitaftkisa in i Ile now . Punts to the : Fair*ind a r I served, it Stated, 7: 4tid this,withqut the intention of making his(the which: it might be •proper for a Commanding Officer . Preliminary to entering upe t ethli charge, he begged Is Ilusnrs, r in the Defendant's) conduct the subject of public prosecu. Ito lead the charge; but in such a case as that which ,tto observesSttat- although Lord Contherrnere bat . Sir .Joho Moore, time? - Hauck was their intention,. the nature of such .he had described to have existed on the road * to S. i spoken to him St particular .instances in which dut e good opinion of delicacy be was utterly at a loss to understand. .. 1 I.:Lester, if•be had placed himself in adtanCe s he should:l'loth. Hassan had been, tardy in their op ' nil its;stlist let in the presence .11e wouldsnow . Preceed to avert to, and he hoped s colfsiderbe showed mere Of the eagerness of a young - ...N0b1e Lord had never'. eip - ressed e,gerneial. n tlisii&. ' .: ' is,' he was 'lnfos- satisfactorily to answer the charges made agaiitst bills t'Officer, than that of prudence, which experience and faction towards their 'conduct, net did it aPpee is ' - • •I evidence that he hadentertaited such sto'ottitlion . al health, iu coo - .1 . 4p1V41101y.. . • A , ,:-. I judgment would hevedictated. ' • ' the coatra4,. when the, regitneist Marched' the n o ve ssel.. mi t e r . . Use First Charge imputed, that while direr eg.! ,Ile assoeldnow anode to Colonel Palmer's ad.mis. wiiile he-(the lief ' ' yed in a service so went was in thaeelley of itlacoy, "he did not mak. r sion, that ifs as Serjeant Lacy had stated, his*(the "Frances , horse . • operations in the proper and lintels, arratidements to secure its success ; i i Derendageli none was blown, there would he no 'needle •' ticoy teeeiveti entant.) . coutinued to 'the approbitiOn ' of • the; . ' -' ave aerie with his' but .neglected his duty 'as a Commanding Officer, hend of the charge. He did not attach 'much inipert. ' sera. dificeit iph •pt d , the * *, tad on• thelepa. : . .'• suggested by his leaving. someof the divisions w ithout s u pport or or- f ance to this, exceitt as to the fprOofNihiCh if efforded• 'turn ttithre'tetnit " ty 'inS ttre - s e pattee..'of both •tfOltil . of his inability to ders, when attacked by the enemy." It wouid,bo (of contradictory evidence. %%Rh regard tie the state ' and me ;* hse'eass. pear osads...risco/new er took the regi- recollected , . from the evidence et B r igade Major , or the horses on different occniens On the• 28th . of wh'ett ,til co: t in t * h it e l er e lt 4 : - lain ; 44 c t d: iiied e iro - to a s ar -- One .:: d 'iiV e4y se 'lftr i ti' - - ete1 " .."61141"*- ' le . -- the - 71 j et ' t - e rr r re er ks. H ika er I .: ' ;• i tern of private ins. Jones, that the orders which were issued for, the re. f February they were represented Mptit:rast . MUrales. 30th of . March, would heve bent reneWed: r, that Gentleman giment to forage,: were not sent till a late . bier pre- i being in.better working cOnditiest than llit,, of this assertion the' eart would It had •egiment 'under the ceding the day on whirs the foraging wee to take Of the probability judgeS'. altlieci - they recollected - tflat at Lis )efendant's health place,. and he.should be enabled to .prove that, it wat i he best able to i , o . i , i be iv e a t i l P ip‘ re asa rtr io tit h at i the, . rr t ig . intetit on its arrfr:l t --s, sided, in the year impossible, from the darkness of the evening and the : slime the i bo ,: t q t ad ie fi h r ia bt,a p r :S l s e e S i t tl e rou b ;f r i s a ei st ra ie d r i e e :i n tit Te'd . s i s Y l7 r f fitifi7 I et."' feet h* bed a ri ght . t o - avail him. . •*. corps,,and began nature of the road, to have sent to General Murillo upon fano! ase„ when he again, that night. He .should also prove that lie gave the effect Of *which. upou blood horses , WhOtth er ' on that occasion, orders for a subaltern to be sent to that °Meet's 'greaten! part Of the '. horses of the 10thlesseri" ''. e • rtv al . witit:tk,',h4ifitilint atSt . tiaeceri4o h ck, however, not quarters to solicit .a covering , party at the break of 'Moto* evident to Vega' iricomment. A tasligular went ef% coincidence in thiltreatili.l the Oifi . ' "-. , 1 014 , l os e!' td e, s i on tn e. n o r ; 7 w it!): ji tict: Ct i k ;t4 , „,,. "tir;6 . t . e .: ‘ , :n o l: i:pe saU c le e ll' a "b l ea P iht u : ;: r' s; : : : t.1 .; t soon recovered, the next day. It ' would likewise be recolleciall, Of his particular that he had dispatched Capt a ih Ll o yd t o G e d'ett o l .. d on made on'thls stets , • and thetseodheeted . t . ' 'rWfli s to lessen c altn7ch l""iiiiiiiir es pesellifil ig 4lt i rw '- it i t t d il e i t s e f r s ,r ini l 'l ; 4 ... .1 1 togrcelar letter from , th e horses, because it long impressed on his Mind, Its !yoked et the vuux 69 -,'" seeded to Lisbon, Murillo, upon the same subject, and that neither ! Fourth Charge. in this case • . •-, - ; • . . .• , , , .., , . . ' . . - - • • , .