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O ci ki iie , , , } hlt n irl iali,,,,, •• • A, lei / . .: c •-•_ of intoxication a•noner the men, xpre.,. 4, 11 , 1. ,_, ~ • .i t..... . , to, ll , 'ell • "! conduct t•. as retnal.kabiy Lode). 4„1,„ 111 Y Li-i . • • ' the Officer .16 1' • s 1 satisaction-to lo s 14 , it'iletill4,,.,:`,rl.ll4l.Cier,lieral V..y . 5e . ),, , ‘t . .d . s not e,o -q,,,,,,1vy ' 1 officer ?" Answer—' c Yes.' 1 111 7 f ii,,, t.0••--•••":It Was 'delicate in Colonel • . :4.?ske t t . i, Pat that question ; but it was right ieser ( -. i. ,_ AI i e rY offi'elel:ral Grant (in continitation).— 'a,fl p ' was attentive I • luty as long th ro tie tn, l .- Par t „c (E lialitl of the brigade. 'During. I turd h Y(2i)l,, ( ll hi t s ;idle, ,the regiment . was corri t, ets (i f •,.,„ 1 I almer 3 latterly it was under Inr,rdiii (.),„,"'.l"r Robarts. - , '4 that .iyoler, of the Horse-Artillery, de '44:t 1) f i t : ' , `‘'',' attache d to the brigade from 1.,,..ai1,i3 0.1, e till after the battle of .Toulouse,. k N 'l itk e ar 'd oi; z g ei tll , at Peri Oil ' daily Opportuniti,es of l •l i.. rtil ti • • v ing the IQtli flu,sars. He Ye tkte.° I ttli c i e arrival of., Colonel Qttintill, prey - i tQLltv, . 1 the discipline of ,the regiment was qii:ct `4l(l the admiration•of thearmy. A ?r„aiis tat i e ( i .; t ook place soon after Colonel 0,;', 4 atii,,, t1 .e command. He was, in the . ii if A, tills witti •.1 be: regiment .from the l q it •i ‘ i t e glit t ° , the Ist of November, ,From . 4,4vi tllt c l a aintan ce W ith the O ffi cers be•uni 14(L,1itia.,14'eil thei r zea l i n the service. With 1, 1 ":e t .,, s ti at a lei. who cattle out subsequently, ,'. 4 t, t rQ it, fi l ter Cannel Quintin.were the same ''.:iiii'.'aii;t. foie tie regiment previous to his arrival. ' l , ; itieue the_worse in the appearance and I, ''teit• lite f ., kites, to t, o il's, which he had mentioned, 't4i' l le a 'i lle. entire loss of condition in the I ;tr„•,!'itiri.. aveuly enninin • t of the men, their q t '" ll "'lron)*the, Lll their f . 1 ill 1 , b E g p lin march, and AI ure OA -1 44 i t 'lally at th e p l aces o f ren d ezvous. t(t,,raf. but s . • Itor.lh onieriiiies waited three times a butt 4,tki':tars e ( Hoer corps had asseinhled, for the- Orit',. th . tie remembered, in particular, an. .O ro i Is kind of delay, tufo days after the yili„ ii ,' lie. had known the.brigade de ri,ltitill rite ho in. this cause, and, •tlie infantry ti t tii C. nil, ['nue passed, the brigades was tile t 'es • ' ` )t • to the injury and e•Juttistion of. v . l i o .ia ti t tl ill t ( i t :' , l t r.a ies () , l t 'der to regain the lii!e . of tii . a ‘ rc:ll. I k 4i rtii , ie h att as again called.—lV hilst whir the 1 4 1 41 041, e a, constantly occasion to 'observe „ t lli t , t Ile,io(i'l`l conduct of the 10th lliiss-irs. , i : i tt ° l . ' it s i .` f tile regiment landing at Lisbon, Oil ' 4101 4" ° "' i 'lg the • • it w as in. good limy, . Li tri. , ,„``'ion ‘ ll , ll.l lie eOndlict of the men after dis- Z l 4,, te h i ett e ;: l i s .. f . (!r som e time very inolitterent. t;°,ttl a ti, eir u'h)g tlitir stay at. Lisbon, and on i4'"iili.i'irevia,,,general behaviour was good.— i,, , k tr 1 . th ( i s to Colonel Quintin taking the ti,ll.zif,t.-eiat,hZg:inP.:•iit was ill excellent order ; i tv 'i 4 iv at , d be tri its discipline took ,place i1, 4 , 1 / l ileit.r ile 3 e • : 'rive regiment became slovenly '44 -Aar , . ' tile conduct. of the mien very tk'l , l „; t ill ' : ). t ''.. to t‘ ri i ( e l . 1 1) . Y drinking,. irregiiiarit les", and GI this ii i i s • p l ( !"'Y• lie liad reason• to be \'iite`i,'-010,,e1,..,"ad1iet was, not checked or pi,i it.lt;, Al e ,, '''"i'atiri to the.extent it should sere` ./0„(.10 ',4lealberpohe easeofaitorelcrly l) iit o t h, r aok at it ' is,ii . O.st,- ktlid'whom ice 0 1; l iA s k. ,•b c act4 ig Adjutant 7 ,•cu , cc:ody •• • ri.e \ h. e t r , •1 1 , ' -or b. 3 "i k tently that i i, i s iiiiri„.v....as not kiiii a 16 ' l gilt ' '• i • I L i tt iil•ii an si:. i ii to trA. ~ • Ile 14(• reported t, t,, t a ' l aeht : - a r 9:,asicy, , ,s . , and learnirig that 4; 4,,*;•,,vil L . , . ti ''l inflicted, he re ;resented the lc. 10 1 l o k , 'ard Somerset, wiin desired-him •le tkr a tr. • 1) 1 1' 1 iitt pi a gain to inake an additiOnal re- , , t k .,„'ti t ,'. io AI a .ted the relaxation and want of ,('ir fi at le ecros t hi s : thug to Colonel t,' , t akiu , 'a- It ; - 1 3 t, i i. 6 the steps necessary to imin `kr l . ell tli tlt ioyd . I . - oil, em. ) .- reenllectel several instances in i tit Oy ( 1 1 , 1 i , t • • - ' 1 ;: ( iii l 'it c c 1 191 Ist of (Micet . s were not sup ,flL'll,likts,,,,•'"el of :the regiment. He re -4411.*1y ~',.( 4. 1 g lim o ,na:r. et! Fortune, for 1 1 ' 1 t, 1 '11'.•..,, f..N "," some corn. sacks, and another 6 ' ! 'll' ' s ' '' i.l ' W I died r 11.4 of habitual I n t l i,. . t ie ' ' , t : ' IQ ala-t . • 1 in" l c s," , ' t'r of whom was tried. 'There k1'q't,,,,1111)„.,.;(- i lt L'aiiiho, where he found the 1 4,j 1 1 1 . 1 ,1 1 :eil! o l ' ii ii :t ‘t.he men's necessaries. 1- 7 ..e . saw . ~,,qii,,,t,ti ont "- . 1 wearing the blue stockings i, il t i. ; '.ai se . c t his' men. The Oflicer asstircti tk i g li h 41,1 e as e i i Itii(l hough!. them. lie re - Y Iv. ;leer. . I 'l wr itiog, anti: afterwards pressed tt1 °. 1 1 *.; 1 'ill:: - if e . l ) ,.) r. l. e l sen t at i ord. Colnnel Qnintin:s . i i 2lit t yl°ll doh- try I:nen for trifling.olienct•:, kt,p, i 4,.' e lta f . • tVll), k :the greater." The man ? li, ir ti l h t titi s ,: ii :; ..lie kner no . instance o . f his N'tt e '%ce v l ( l .,_. (ll tc,l try the preeeding Conl 'kAl alr4., , o the. regiment. At Lisbon, and ii`llt' i lili• "of(` .1 10 • • •Onilnct t t ,-,, , ie ~, . -0 one unitin, the e 4 „„ -•tli e „ , good : t he re were, li t h e , Itt ~,. c o tos was flit i i 'lli, ( l.' l ,t' i ces of drunkenness, but they ti t N l a a w i 'lleY occurred just after their 1( ' 11.. L "'trY• He remembered the N t lie °l licer 0, 4 1 Ile' ,vCol. Palmer, declaring on tr. 4b e would biing every man to trial lk pt lePorted by the - Captain of his L ,P% IL. L . Ni, l 'le t t 4 ,"'din g . II I Nt., "Y (2 - ",1 d eposed, . tilat sit had not been yitettc, , • • Quintin. He recollected se -1.14tt Xrh: ' , e kie c i t ll ( .\ :Lieh. lie had reported drunk en 's kt; l 'ffli et ) 1 1 'hay, and in which no punish ti ' 4 (l A . e "• At C. b I • reported two %, „ 1 It i e , Cain b 0 le VOI.. * % L i . c and Charlton for sheep-steal- Iv, otii r ~i i i I: i 1 'eti i You •' , If you Can find soffi 4, N to rt , il til ay try the men ;" to which lie 111,tit t itl . 11, 1 tllought lie had enough to con qit!it, "iw, ys 'ben were not brought to trial. I ti t ''iti t l ,alit ia , "I•lported by the ()ilicer previ 504:::,_leis () Il i (' He e . felt On several occasions i :,‘ :) f(l,.:k,tl to 71 ) 1)iyIng to Cut. Quintin,. and :I,l' 4 l l 4l;i n ' :i, his t:."ln the want of discipline and q t - lio ")(). Weirsll tt, ,"". s• ' I • 0 I- 43(1 41 ' "'le men, at their first, "!1 1(1 'Ni t 4140,, of February', and subsequently tl tt t • "I'l l ' L " ) . tl !t e , + the country, were in very 1 11 4 ql, S t)On l e W. 19 k . , +,,, mil,, - , af ter ' • a manifest change in their „"t t • aii. ) ,,. 6ia si ,. C "Ionel Quintin's arrival.— NJ k\l. 3 irr e „ ', te tt in drunkenness, thieving, t , cif liq, t-itilaritie Ile . . al re _ 4 11 4 t ,,,' 14 41 "'er e ii ,, '• made several i ii 4 ) ll ;ry t 1 iti ttne ~:- 'c..itten(lt.•ti to ; one was the fi l Jr); ()Ii ~ •Alil es b, cicould not itn t, 4t li e ,, t et „ . -, I le • L. N, ;-k„, t1,... '.ne name , : of the others. Ills ‘q' (,f :eti c - i git tle , . ' 1T 1) li ti ;;( : qt, i .. 4t er .., .It arwat the 2lst of ~..arc . , ti a , ril;,„ knell. I ln r , r were on-ie I t titi 'l's :4. on us , ~ , i in,, there , . 4 1 :til 1a,,,. ti ai . • It' the men were lirolight tli 'sl ll dnd lie atii 1 'ay ~ 'e Sate the men' laugh, and qt k t 't li a ' if Colonel Quintin was- here, t 1 ,4 v b,,, e t a t ~, 11 110 punishment." He re '`'‘Atruefeure, Ciolonel Palmer :cOmmandcil tiro ignadroni; the picliias or wLich • were driven in, and tht ittefi• were quartered in a large . ehateSn. lit - the morning Colonell'airner stopped h 4 troop, and'e.*:alnined-the tuen' -kits; on suspicion of their having ~ plundered the cha, teal!. Seieial o f the Stolen artieles . ,were found, and Colonel Palmer addressed the men, - wile!, Col. Qiiintiti6me up, and the stiV.xt *as stated to him. He sat three or fonr . minutes rni Lis horse without speaking,. and then rode awa/. The ar ticles found on the- men v:. - ere a fowl ail(' some linen. . Captain SMith joined the regiment on the 2.2 d of March. The conduct of his troop .became worse after their junction with the reginient. Some of his men were punished on the march. lie reported a serjeant who had opened a letter, and taken money belonging to one of the privates. It , was first reported to Major Howard, who, two or three days'after, sent a serjeant-major to !dui, to enquire if he (witness) had sufficient evidence of the fact. He answered that he had, and repre sented the case to colonel Quintal. The man x'as at length tried. The serjeant was convicted, hut was set at liberty at the-general amnesty for the peace. A private, named Pearce, was report ed for dirtiness and intoxication, and only con fined two days. He had not the support he thought he ought to have received from the Offi cer in command. Eversfield, on the march to Roneesvalles, sw -a private; !lathed Abbot, in a state of intoxi cation, get off his horse and run after a sheep. Thednan was:tried by. a Cniat-Martial, and when paraded for punishment, Colonel Quintin remit ted the' whole. Captain Fitzclhrence corrected his former evi dence. Here the case for the prosecution was closed, and, at Colonel Quidtin's request, the Court ad journed. FIFTH DAY.-OCTOBER 23. The. Court-Martial, which was adjourned from last Thursday, met again thi - s, morning at ten o'clock. The . Proceedings Were opened by the JUDGE ADVOCATE, who stated, that he had received a letter front Sir B. Pakenham, in which that Of ficer accounted for his absence, by she sing, that he had had an unusually long passage from Re. land, which had prevented his attendance on tue 200,.the chit on which it had - .. been intimated i to him that his presence would be necessary-. The JUDGE-ADVOCATE then informed the Court, that Colonel Quintin had pat in his Defence, and begged it might be read by him, (the Judge-Ad-r vocate). This he had no objection to do, He then read to the following purport : ". General Vysiti, and Gentlemen of the 'Contt-Martial.— Before I proceed to answer the several charges alleged again-4 ore. I must advert to one or two points in the aildresS'of loitel Palmer, and also make a few preliminary obserVations in explanation. I had a,:auired in the cainpaien under Sir lobo Moore, the good opitnon of the:Officers on service, both for my own personal conduct, , arid for :the discipline of the regiment. When the reginuent aanta ogain ordered oil fo reign service, I was in a.bad statenflotaiiii, havitooruptored bloonkvessel. Still I was anxious go," tilirinv 'thedic - il visevs stßted : ,tha,coinalete of: cacti a step, soil Colonelralmer took t c . :. , o:.=;nd of the regimeat. Lie was versesoll'ciious.aboufil; r , sett nein eat cif .stini en privet in 1, isirre'SS in London, aryl too - iv:int:4 Em2tand, a mi tie carpi aed t!ien devolvecintiMoi Radiarts. NOnit` afturiVi; 143 melt lov e health mochbeter, and determined t no° abroad. la my ex ertions is prepare rovself for the rain sign, I..no,aie. broke n-, broodaierSet ; litt as irrencekoetre..voi ,, or-s - a -- rtoi an, I went. I prnoetieo •. 1:.n• oat ore of the roads toPtild 6:: ;!ii.-•4sth of July, ;tad remained with it till as eintiark Hoa fur Eng land. "I air imniuced to enter into tins account of the.alloo;mloogle t fo stattoof ,healt bv .Lord Comfier fhotigh I do not in am' degree wi;li to . rest toy de feoCe ttoldtpt.!eiroumstance,:yet it most be. obvionsOhat most have feltvery severely both the orivations and the fa tigues of - istainpbm. SOOII after myinaction with the regi ment, f had occasion to observe sonic irregularities in the • men, but such irregularities were not confined to the Milo I bad Ateoer - heard, till the evidence of Lord Combermere, that tine Cavalry Orders applied 'only to the 10th : had I so understood them, I should at the time have. emleasantr6l to clear myself. I do not presume to coil iu qiiestioit the opinion of laird Comhermere, hut I cannot but express my surprise . at a charge which was so unexpected. 1 had en-• deavooreni with oil env attention to Maintain the discipline of the regiment r •thoogh I had wished as,far as possihe to avoid the infliction of corporal punishment. I returned to Lon don without the Last knowledge that my-conduct before the enemy had been liable to any animadversion, especially as I had by unsure the thanks of tire Officer in command for my conduct, as well as the conduct of the regiment, on the two days to which the second and third charges refer. I was conteot. with the . , honottr of such approbation, and continued to enjoy the satiSfaction which such praises confer; and with one of the, Officers, Captain Lloyd, who has appearet , in evidence against me, .1 made an excursion to Paris on the most intimate and friendly footing. What, then, was my sur prize, whim so lung after as the 15th August last, Col. Palmer chewed toe the letter, containing, as he said, the charges to be preferred against roe to the Prince as Colonel of the re giment. I refitted to see the letter, and beard no more of it till the la th, when it was delivered to the Prince ; but his Royal Highness would not read it privately. It was signed by all the Officers, except Col. PalMer,•Major Howard, Lieut. Brenunell, and one or two others. By looking at the signatures it will appear, that there arc among - them the names of Officers, sonic of whom were but a very short• time with the regiment; some of whom were not on the Continent at all; and others of whom have joined it since the peace. I menthol this to shew the sort of spirit which must exist in the :egimcnt,when Officers so situated could he induced to sign an instrument of that d4cription; for it is not probable, that - the signatures of subalterns were obtained without so licitation, when the letter related to conduct of which they could themselves know nothing. I immediately applied to some of the Officers to know what charges were to he brought against me ; they said noun but oft the 30th of Augtost, I re ceived a letter, int which the Officers, with much consistency of delicacy, inserted charges injurious to my personal honour. Here, however, the high post which I enjoyed in the Prince's regiment is mentioned as the reason of delicacy which had induced, them so long to delay preferring any accusation, and to endure the misfortuite of serving nn,!er me. I be lieve that I need make no observation on such a reason for a disgraceful compromise of the character of the regi ment, if indeed it had been injured under my command. This letter, dated the 30th of August, instead of contain ing the whole litter of the 30th of March, which has been referred to, contained merely what belonged to toe. By the favour, however, of the Prince Regent, 1 ant enabled to lay before this Court other explanatory documents. 1 implored his Royal Highness to' have my character investigated by a Court-martial, and the Commander-in-Chief could • tint do otherwise than appoint Colonel Palmer to conduct the prose- Cation, both .hecouse he was the senior officer, and because, though be had not signed the letter, he bad stated that be concurred jo all its chargeS. The case was one in o'hich art inquiry was absolutely necessary, and yet,Colonel , Palmer has talked of the delicacy of delay. Do urn prosecutors Mean that. • 1 bad sullied the cithracter of the regiment, and vrt that they did not. wish to bring the matter' forward ? Such delicacy I cannot understand, ntio tan I feel any gratitude for it. I come crow to the charges. On the first charge, I cannot' think that I' need trouble the Caiurt 'any le: path. I can. viviothat I did not receiviothe order till after dark, ;out it was iMpossible to send that. night to General .• bowever, ordereil.a shbalteen to goat clay-I - weak. 1 namcluded from the words of the order, till t.General Murillo had been communicated with on tine sOliject of the. forag - joaand was ac tpi,inted with the circumstance of tine loth being sent the' 'next morning, fur that purpose, to. Von h im,n,esnili th e refore expected .a,covering Hay i taint Lloyd to hiM'on that business. I then sent the men to forage. Neither man our horse_ was lost : the tipaoisit piquet repulsed the French a fog cause on, amid I led the remainder of Übe regiment up the hill. I trust this is an austver as to , any want of ;sa.)vitte.; ars amsessgent. .AP to not sepporting the pral.;ei-s, :4!:vays o , lziceirea-I,Nt in a country 50 inclosed ittlersel!'el, a trfhAo „must it attacked 14 iniat4Ty religah Fuki °Sete- of a tro o p roust not look. heyond his 'own _ tissop far stippart fo' if all the trorspew ere dispersed foraging, th ose c se hl ohvioesly be no support from the seg,hatot., There waa ne h e tog a - stand against infantrtr, ;Sod. no - cavalry could act ; and, indeed, one of the witnesses hits sworn: that. .the cohalits - oc the etteiny were probably ni; more the:1111e mount eihrhheera of the infantry. No place et . ; rethiezvo,us could • -lie apeointtds tl:e country was such, that nisne whs sat, : the 014 COUI:Sr.! 'MIS to retreat as shock 4 :15 possible notify to head-quarteta, 01!d by as , some., h pnssiiiie ;- fors as it appeared, hill - antsy Could •move iutsh hlninTrY nears .. as festsas e:tvalry. I did not conceive ..fe" i duty to, ens to the troops in the and fresh troops S7ould - merely' have incumbered the.road. _As to my leadingt,the refiiment up the hill, and not being - in the rear, is the ios . ffivatiOn here meant warranted it Ole occasion ? The ant:eh:had been tw illing hitt alt affair between the I•h - eoch and tipanis6 ientich 'the Pinner was repulsed : atol'yet tiolaestion ts put, as if there had been an engagement, with our troops, sltt I 4y as wrong - in my coticeptious of my duty, the Cohn, will . so pronounce: I can on ly st y. th a t th e d e l a y h as c au s ed notary circumstances whi c h mi g ht h ave b een u se ful to my defence to slip f rom to y memory; nor will i deny, ,that in this affair, as every other transaction of every other man, if it wore to occur again, it might perhaps be better ilsanaoed. The second eisar4e is more serious. Though the language is covert, it is impossible not to see that it is aimed at my personal honour before the enefity. First, as to the beeping back support: the regiment -was pressing on in divisions : skirmishers as usual Were in front : Colonel - Palmer went for ward to the front tile. It isllten stated, that I reined in my horse, and that the division; in frattrof which I a-as,said to be, opened and . p asse d me. The, division did not open for that. Purse, but, as shall prove, it separated to pass the' failing horse. Colonell Elky is then called to tell the proper place of a Commionling Officer : his opinion I am not in dined to disput e , thimgh it dOeS not appear to have been necessary in this ease. I was. always. With the leading squadroh I certainly did not think it proper to be with the skirmishers; and the supporting division, it appears, was so near, that it came up at the very moment of the crash, - and inimediately jollied in the pursuit. Colonel Palmer asked where Colonel Itobarts was.at the charge at Moralles ? I shall only obselo-e tm this question, 'that at Moralles the charge was made 00 ground which admitted an extended front : two squadrons were there in line : and eh At General Grant had charged oti that occasion. It was not pretended that Lord Edward tiomerset had, or ought to' h :ve, charged in the second case. Had the regiment beep in different for mation, it might hare been proper for Me to have charged: as it was, the squadron officer was the proper nian. 1 should hare conceived, that hail I acted differently, toy eagerness . would have betrayed a want of judgment, only pardonable in a •yams Meer. The Court will decide this point; but I shall first have the betiefit of the evidence of those who have seen me before an enemy. Seileant Lacy says that my horse was blown on that day: others say it was not. I do not rest any defence on'this•point; . but I must troulde the Court with this observation, that it is hardly possible that the horses after the battle of Orthes, fed, as they hail been, a long time, ou ferze ' and having gone through a severe winter , could be in as good a condition as tt.thebattli of Moralles. The' Court , will also observe this inconsistency, that for the pur poses of the second charge, the horsea are raid to be in excellent condition, while in the 4th charge, where I, am said to have neglected the eases of the regiment, it is at tempted-to he prayed that the horsk had a•goad deal declin ed. As to the circumstance of Serjeant Lacy passing me, I have ne besitation'in admitting that he did, though I do not recollect it. He is a light weig .- lit,,and the horses of the troop are frequently better than those of the Officers. As to the point whether I preventestthe support from a wish not to be there myself, I certainly was .noxious that the men should not blow their horses; but I was equally anxious-to encourage and spur on all who were capable of going forward. For this purpose I placed myself, Where I conceived mo; toy Oroper:station, on the flank, where I urged on the men. It is not likely that I ' shonld have elmsen thie'post, 'pressing others to go forward and not adVancingsnyself, unless I had believed that it scat. the place most fitting for a Commander. I heard for the first time in Court; that Colonel Palmer •had sent to. me, and that the order was delivered in the mariner described by MroFithelarence. lam not certain that I -shOuld •have paid anteattehtion to it, load I heard it; .but I think I must have recollected a ethumunication made in so extraordinary a mode. Nor AO I, recollect that Captain De Grammont, when I was by, gave orders himself to his sqnadeon to advance. Had it beer) so, I should indeethhave made allowance for it, as pro ceeding from the impetuosity of a young soldier. It appears tilso, that Captain ritzetarenee had token upon him to order ap Ciffiihel Gardiner's guns; and this eioctunstaoce, asswell as some of he: s,•mai'strew.whai a viv,,ityfor command exist ed among the young Officers. In the third - charge I am stated to have ttanlibed - as soon — Se the firing began: no oee-saw me, nor'knew what became of rie afterwards. I certainly did go to the rear forfora particular iilSji•et; after Cai:taia Pitzelarence •was wounded. A little ommlon charity should have made an inferior Officer pause before he.brought such a charge as mis roliduct before an enemy against his Commander, merely be cause when he happened to look isrand he did net see him by his 'side : be might in sushi ease )(to:pose that he was performing _his duty elsewhere. if such charity had existed, this charge multi not hare beeu brought. I can prove tlia: after the fire •from the infantry, I went into the road to recoonoit re unit ob serve their numbers. I can prove by four or li e v.-it urScs that 'I cause hack, and desired Captain Eif . zelareoce to go to the rear. I then received an order from. Lord E. Somerset to 'move with two sqeadrons to the tear. These proofs will shea sthet I did not quit my station to get out of the way of the . enemy. It is drfficult• at this dianuice of time to account for every moment of my presence tiering a transaction thot lasted • only a fete minutes ;• hitt fortuhately for me, the eircomstance • of Captain Fitzelarence'a wonnd marks the time, nerd enables me to hrieg particular proof as to that portion of it. I come now to the ft:lll.th and - last charge. Lord Comber mere has said, that he had oer:i•ion to find tank with rue Os, • 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. I was not aware that I had incurred his Lord ship':; displeasure, and waited open him s o me time s i nce t o ask him to come forward for Die as a witness. His Lordship then stated, that he did not think that his evidence could he material on either side. I did - not know till his Lordship came here, what wend he his testimony. I bad erroneously .opposed that the charge in the letter written to me wae uolounded, be cause in the instance of Seri. Robinson I hand found it to heso. The men and horses were Said to be particularly good vshen the reginmat landed at Lisbon. I hope that ainue credit would be allowed to reflect tin me, solder •shose previous snperint en dance the regiment had entir:!ly been. 'nip first thing which struck i ll y when I arrived and took the command, was the extent and number of the eorparal punishments which bad been in= dieted, and which exceeded all military .regulation. this sort of punishment I had diminished as much as possible in the regiment, - and had received repeated injunctions from the Colonel, the Prince Regent, to substitute the most unremitting attentions of the Oilieera be prevent faults, in lieu of this species of puniahment. It was also my own decided wish to abolish it as far as possible, as in deed such seemed to he the feeling of all who discussed the subject either • in Parliament or elsewhere. I looked at , the list of• corporal oninishinents, and fouud them exces sive : I wished to substitute a different 'SYstetn, by closer attention awl vigilance ou the part of the Officers. Officers of troops must be supported, but they must also support their- Commander ; and nothing can he more unjust than the sub-. , stitution of serere punishments in he'plaCe of personal at tendance. I was not al Ways cordially supported. 'I can prove' that Colonel Palmer himself del not report to me the - medical state of the regiment, and that he stated as his reason for such omission that we were not - on speaking tennis': I can prove several instances of - watit of scosoperation and cor dial support front the. Officers. Though at the time I- sus pected some reasons for such conduct,' I was not aware of that feeling which it new appears existed against toe; but I ask whether 'it is likely that persons so feelieg to - wards use would cordially co-operate with me ? I never com plained of them, because no fresh occasion of charge agaiast the regiment occurred; find t hoped that the address of Lord Edward Somerset to them would prevent any neglect its . future. Nothing indeed but the moat absolute necessity could have prevailed upon no) to expose the•interual dissensions of the regiment. - I Will lay before the Court the lists of the Courtssinartial Ireful e and after I took thiecommand, to prove what I have said. Many other circumstances I might 'bay, collected at the time had I anti viva ed this enquiry, hut I enunot now recollect them. Coloilel Gardiner has said, that, the regiment was late on the glouutl, and that the equip ments and horses became worse efter »iy aCICeSSjOII to the COM u;a3d. On the tirht point, I think he :s mistaken : as to second, the equipments of course became. worse . after long utage, and the horses, being blood-h o rses, had suffered from the winter. As to the drunkenness of the taci, -they were latterly in an enemy's. country, where it is irupossi hie to keep them quite as weil as in a frientlly coun try, and the seine was particlarly cheap, 'and -to he - got in every place. Before I conclude, I must observe as -to this last charge, that I have already been severely punished for it, and -I hope that this punishment will be con3idered suf ficient. I unfortunately incurred tire displeasure of the Corn-. mander-in-Chief, but I have no reason to believe that any un - • • farourtile inipreLs , i9arsmmim„v;rl Tairul. At .the - time that :;aimu : lrcrsi,ort was sent, 5 a§lted Lord h7,.-Sprurns: t fin copy of it, in ordf...r to atisiver it, C:ough i ,t has'eitaped Lprdship's' rnentory. , ... I lie& read- sevetat , pareg?aphs it] the Papers a4 - aiost. me, and partial extiAct,i urrlde frf , to :lac letter; but T disdain g;v:_ oily to them. I now leave my tmnotteamiclu-,racree jo the I.tudi 91 the;Ccrtirt, : . rol.l, l trust that it wilt be by t4rem restore:: to me pUrekOdAn44',uted. The..l4-))Gx-..kpyocAT7 then asl(edilthe.wit nesses were in attendance. It was then. stated by Colonel Quiptim, that General Carttyrit;tit begged to be examined first, (Ike_was only ,a wanes,s_ ro character) as . ,ite had been. inconveniently kept in town seyeral days. • General Cartwright•was thensalled, and itslied his opinion., of the general eharactsr of Colonel, QPintin. 'lke General gave in a paper, tellich,he said • contained his opinion . :. he.was stvOrn, and then r2ad it., Lie said that Col. Quintin had done ditty under hint for 9 years; he had no he6itation, in declaring, that he neer . ..r kneW a Ca:valry,Otri cer who laboured more zealously and successfully . in his duties for the good of the regiment, which had acquired the highek state of discipline under, - He had 'frequent occasion to inspect the' regiment; and had found its conciirion „so excel lent, 'that he had reported Col. Quintin to the . .Commander-in-Cbief as a most deserving Officer. He then read part of a report, in which be bad so spoken of him. Col. Painter asked, when he had inspected th,e regiment ? General CartWriglit.-1 - n,lBo6'anillBo7. I can not recollect the particular date. Col. Palmer wished to kruity, whether the opi nion of -General Cartwright included Col. Quin- . tin's conduct on service. The JUDGE-ADVOCATE.Said, that it vval not usual to cross-examine witnesses to character,' except as to particular facts. Pahntr wished to know whether the General spoke of fo reign service, the period 1806 and ;$O7 would show that he did not. - • The letter to Col. Palmer, containing the cOnv. plaint against Col. Quintin, was then react It was signed by Major Robarts, Capt. I s tnyti, Capt. Harding, Capt. Stewart, Capt, Fitzelarenee', Capt. Smith, , Capt. Turner,- Capt.- GeYing, Capt. Wor. cester, Capt. Hill; Lieutenants . Womb Somerset, Berkeley; Seymour, Jackson; Richardson, and Green. The letter to the Prince Regent .K as -read, and was -signed by the same names. A letter from Colonel - Robarts to the Princ6 was read, in which delicacy . of bringing - for— ward an Officer so distinguished _by tUe Prince as Colonel Quintin was stated - as the reason for delay in stiring the. accusation, Tile letter . of ,the Officers was to the same effect. - . , A letter from Colonel Quintin -to the Prince was then read, in which he implores -a Court= Martial for the investigation of his conduct. Coiouel Palmer was then examined relative to the stations of the different Oilicers of the'regi - - ment, at the. particular period referred to.in the separate charges. Captains• Etzclarence and Turner went out with Colonel Robarts's squa dron ; Lord . Arthur Hill came home in January "On his promotion ; the Marquis of Worcester was with the regiment till appointed Aide-de-Camp to Lord Wellington. The latter served under - Col. Robarts, but he believed not under COl. Quintin. One Officer 'came home in September with the jaundice. Captain Wyndham and Lieutenants Seymour Somerset, • (the - latter atterwards ap pointed Aide-de-Camp to LorC,- E. Somerset), and Berkeley, were with the corps from the commence tient of the service. Captain Fitzgerald- was af terwards Gazetted. Lieutenants Jackson and Richardson came out. afterwards, and Lieutenant Green did not come out. at all. Serjeant Batt said, he brought the foraging or der from !Brigade-Major Jones on - the 9 : th of Ja nuary last. It was a dark wet night, at Camh . y, and a little after eight o'clock, when he delivered the order. Serjeant Wells Was acting Adjutant to the re giment at Cambo. it was sonic time after it was dirk that the brigade order for . foritging in the valley of Macoy was receii-ed. He took out or -ders fur Colonel.Talmer's squadron .to assemble early next morning... He believed no Officer could have found his way thatnight to the Spanish Ge neral Murillo's quarters, in consequence of the badness of the roads. He directed a subaltern Officer to go, early in the morning and apprise the Spanish General, in. order that he might detach .a covering party. Whenhe got to the valley bitnelf the next day, he was surprised at not meeting with the Spaniards : he afterwards found that about 40 or 5.0 infantry bad moved to the front for the pnrpose of covering their, foragers. Colonel Palmer ex pressed his surprise that there were no more, and •'was told that they were piquets for the front. On cross-examination, could not recollect the name of the Officer-whom he, sent to General Murillir. After leaving the head-quarters at Gumbo,. the re giment directed its course through the: Spanish cantonments'. He could not say whether ColonA changed the course on seeing the Freack videttes. Did not remember Quarter-Master Ayr reporting that he had found forage enough for the whole regiment in 'MaCoy. Colonel Quintin's head-quarters were not always in the same place at this perioti.. He did not know how many pu nishments were inflicted wh'ilSt the-regiment was there. On such occasions the reginfent was al ways under arms, the sentence was read, and all the Officers - attended. This. was the general usage, but could not tell whether Col. Quintin al ways attended. He recollected Col. Palmer coot plaining that the farriers and trunrpeterstlid not do their duty. Colonel Quintin mentioned to him that Colonel Palmer had so complained, and ordered one of the trumpeters anextra drill. The punish ments became more frequent after passing 62 Pyrenees. When Colonel Quintin joined the re ginient, he called for the Court-nartial bdok, and expressed his surprise at the number _'of punish. ments, and said that he should endeavour to in - - troduce a different system. Witness observed, lie did not think, there had been , any punishments Which . were not necessary. . At: Tafalla the men were very drunk in their habits. Their discipline had been previously very good, with an exception of the first fortnight at Lisbon. . He did not think that Colonel Quintin's plan , of ironing the men bad the de:iired effect. He remem bered to have seen two men who bad been sent to the hospital after breaking open a wine