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. 1 10 s; ~.~ ‘1.1) lit id," &C 11 fried in the hospital from the bth August to the 14th Novemt•er. 'rhe Hon. Gentleman then read a let ter from Curtis to Mr. Howell, of Brighton, written twelve days atter lie was punished (in which he de pided, in glowing colours, the sufferings he under went), .and concluded with trusting that the House would grant his motion for a Cormuitteti, 'when he should he prepared to olive all he had stated. He t hen moved— .. For a Committee to inquire into the fads relating to Robert Curtis, late a Corporal in the Oxforciihire Mi. COL Gona LANGTON, CO11560(18 of the necessity of a stria - observance of military duty in an , Otb „,e,r, who like himself, hakthe tumour to command a regitatent, assured she House that he was ready to meet any inquiry that -might be instituted on this , subject. He was firmly persuaded that had not Corporal Robert Curtia been tried and punished by a -Ly . ',.nerat Court Martial, many unfortunate men of the *Oxfordshire Militia, would have been led to commit arts of the most serious insubordination.s--- GraelowGod ! at such a Crisis as the present, when the blessings which we enjoyed', when our very ex istence as a nation, depend.l4 so matetially on ,the attachment of our soldiers to their Officers; was this the precise time fin bringing lorwaNa moiion of a nature, he believed on, his soul, inevitably tend ing to s'y the foundation of the .discipline of , the ht my t. He repeated that he was ready to meet any : charge that could be.,brought forward on the a b j,,ct, convn cod, as he was, lilar the more the trans , Wet inquited Into, the more apparent would be the 'rectitude aoci good eoodnd.of the Oxford shirt. regiment, He lead a &position of the ,sol diers on guard, distinctly denying that they had been ,bribed, - or even desrred• by their„Officers, to notice Curtis's conduct, WO a View to critnieate him ; as A:so an acknowledgment, by Curtis himself of his many u tr,..neps,aoci of his wish to he allowed to en - ter the regular carp t. Ile had been thirty-two years in the Oxfordshite ,regiment, Had he could safely l,my his hand on his heart and say, that he never refused antntion to .the just ecnoplaints of a s-idier. Ile ivid given Corpor4 Curtis et ery VO4(1101;1 In los power, \Viten Curtis made the iepieseni,ithill to 1.10, icsi,eding lie shoes, he, (CO bowl - s,:!wed him the regulation, which 14 as a, clear day ; namely, that thlee pa:r should be ailawed ire two years, and not two pair a year. It was true as a4serted by the llonottrable'Qentleman that when 'the nook wets shewn to Corporal Curtis, that he might p,',.inrout the particular , oegulati , :n to which he referred, he could not. do pi Uut it was for this piety yeason, that no Such it-014- tloh existed.; and wi h iespe6V:to 'the orticle of brecelu s, it was it latt, that uA the very time when the wan Ina& toe representation relative to Jlitin, he wore time bre..ehes which he coMplained were midi-held. Yet it was on too matetnenta of such a' person. that It was attenipted to impeach time honour and chlracter 61 so niat•y rtspectable iodiv!duals. lie would s,iy tio more nun would set down, hay, lus dilly to the best of hi. rower. lie bad I la n the honour of a seat in.that House for sixteen / • y< tits, and h t,t, lieu er before - milli 'ed on the tibil of Ow uti.to• ; not should l,e bite dome 6O now, Lilt for the very' extraordinary observations which vsy thc rteuivot citwAirm. , Sc TOM wa4 of opinion, tlyn uhles3 the fionoorobk h3lll had made out a authcient cow, the Iltitre Ought not to agree to the not ion. 'r tteic wete so oe passa,y- s in the Lion. Gentlemao's spt tteh, - io which the ta:lis were so completely mis ht;tted, that he should be sorry to allow the question I to go to a vote 4 it hoot commenting upon them, not, wittistaniting the strong irmaresision w hich 'had evi , tiehtly been mide upon the House by the observations crt his Hon. Ft tei,d who had just sat -down. Ile would th e r e fo r e state slrirtly to the House the occur rences connoted with the twp Courts Martial, which the Heil; Gentleman was anxious .to thing into dis• cussion; 'The transattion originated on the 23.1 of Ju tea, :sit tlt Curtis . 119(10 to hiS COIULICI a COUlphlhit reSpeeibg Iwe distinct articles—shoes and breeches. As tri't he ease of shoes, he was persuaded .that the fion. Mover Bail not made; any inquiry into the Sub jec4a, ar else' he wonid have,reeeived better infoi'ma- Von, wits cleat, .as his Hon. 'rriend had AW, that' by the regulations each soldier, was entitled to three' pair' of daws itt two years ; and as to the case of tBo4,4efeired to by ,Curds, in 'which year the regiment ehl certait ly receive two,pair ut shoes it near; this was owing to the i.raiister of theSu m p pioentar . y Militia into the Regu'ar ; the men being entitled to one pair a the Supplementary, , and tn one p tir as the Regular. It being found,how , ever, that one Oh was sufficient, a cotionotaliOn' t o ok place, and each man was allo4 ed which. went to pay for those necessaries which wouid otherwise have 11 en provided for by'stoppages, ease of the breeches was as clear. One pair was pro vitiedol4 Got ernin , ai and the stoppages of isd. a month Was for he purpose of outlining net es sal under which term an scHttonal pair of breeches was included. Tt this atidittonal pair were found untie ce.sary, the stoppages mere returtwd. Out the Hon. Mover .expressed hiss by - prise that the stoppages took place before the breeches were wanted. The reason ot =this was, that they were contrived to cob incide with the, petiod when leng .furloughs wcie grantetl, and when, therefore it W,te easier tor ale men to make up their daily allowance's, at it time when . they were with the regiment. Whe ther this prat'Aiee was judicious or not, he would r i ot now stop to inqiine; but at least it was not li?tble to the itnplata . ion Of severity or epprossioli. He would further State, that in his opinion when Curtis quiated the Colonel's acorn, he' went away krteOly satisfied of mistake with respect to the si,o, s, and satisfied also OA an i qu'iry would be made as to the breeches. What was the issue' of that inquiry ? Thal Cut tis had antecedently goileto the Paymaifer, and ' obtained his own breeches; that, afterwards (in ignorance of this cit.- . cumstante),Alie whole had been drawn for, but thai Curtis's hiving before obtained hiS being found o ut, a third pair mis refused him. Curtis, however, wrote to the General of dr!, Diittitl that the Cobo -1 "tri' nel did not choose to redress 01 , Wa this a tent re- prt sematienJof the Case ? This was an tht! 011), and be had be. n with the Colonel on the .'sth. He knew- that it Wit 4 •posSihle tfo.t a pt rson might for get, t. n tl* sti itf of i'snonth,' having" Swcri allot:114r on-the 25th ortEte orne eoontb. He knew it wnq possible that a pr:son.might folget having had any conversation. with another on ihe preceding day.— - was it possible that this ,was the case .with the man in question ? • The Chart, who were the best judges, thought. not. The Hon. Gentleman, how ever, controverted the . Cool is decision. He de el tied that, in his opinion, the evidence was not suifeient to convict Curtis ob the particnlar charge preferred against him. In his observation the : Hon. Gentleman seemed to forget the comparative disad vantage under which he laboured : he faceted his s. information from written eVidence e the Coon from parole evidence. The Court were on their oaths ; the Hon. Gentleman only - dealt out meet gialuitou3 assertions. Curtis was brought to a Regimental ,Court Martial for wearing brown deifies, and for being absent more than a mile from his quarters; an eflence which he committed on leaving the Colonel's room on ,the 2b It. The lion.,Geotleman could not have been so long in the :eery without hnowinc, that for such an off nee the Coienel of a regiment might l eeuc e a eon-commissioned officer to the ranks without any trial at :all. By a Regimental • Court Martial, however, this man was Hied, end by that Court Martial he was sentenced to be reduced to the ranks. He then denied the ,jeriedietion 'of the Coutt, aid demeeded to be tried try e General Court Martial. It was ‘vorth t inside!log that this demand of Curtis's, or this appeal es the lion. Geer tleman called it, 'moots nut an appeal winch related um anyway to the subject, of iclothing, but simply-to ehe otlen,ce of having been absent holt quartet:se-7 Subsequently to this pet iod (about the 4th of Jul)) charges were sent in to a Gerieral Coto t Martial, and Curtis was brought beture that Celet to be, tried on them, It was true, as awed by the lion. Geetle• man, that Curtis (and that in a mintier not at all decorous or vesper:l.loll expressed to the General Court Martial a wish to be tiled on toe, appeal from the judgment ot the Regimental Court. The tie , neral Court Martial, however, had tier the power to try on any charges except tin those aeon which they were coovened to determine, Whet) the HO, noureble Gentlemen e eiae se iiiclinee to throw out insinuations mean eidcs of him, it was fi tting that the House• hbOnl i - De Informed that not one of the Members of the Regimentai Coutt-Nlertial satampop, the General Court Martial. It the Hon. Gent ctuars thought he had gained any 'credit in that HouSe, or that he sl3oehl gain anytpopularity in the countr) by intimating that the Orlicti t i o r the. iti.gimeni a l Cotpt Alertial might b e so I:ll.l,need t 4, regard.for the froliees of their Celoliel .45 to purilaelllLlVlSckes on i l i st account, he ft It obliged to itoorm , him that, et least,, that intimation could not ' apply to the Members of the GenerelComt Martial.. The Hen. Geutleman had mentioned in a corsuly way, an d us a matter of little imeertenve (douhtliissly he would not have mentioned it at ;ill, had he net been asertert, that it' would be stated by somebody), tha:•helaes. lieved these was some little contusion. in toe course :of tOe proceedings of teat Court,. The lad was, ••,; that owing to the crowd in, the Court, composed ot I' persons ,e,h o n i the Honourable Gentlentah might p er haps term respectable,, but whom he should call I .a mob, the coefusein and interruption wete ft(i gr e at, that t he acting'Deputy Judge. Advocate wrote io hint (Mr. S.) to ash whit niertnsehould•be used to proteet the Coen Irmo insult ? The only answer that he could return was, that it was the duty (tithe CUtot to tithe care that their proceedings were not interrupted; end that it' no other means t% ere lee Ilion ter the preservation of order, they must re•ort to force: that they must commit any tittlitaty man who should be so indiscreet as to contribute to the disturbeece, and that they must send any i i her of fending individual, riot of the proteotion, before a Magistrate, to be committed by that Magistrate, and to be subsequently •indieled by him (Mi. S.). — This was the trilling eacui,Bt3oce which " Wished_ actor em" the Hon. Gentlearah's mind, end which by casually mentioned. With resput to the conduit of Ciirtio, he was extremely sorry to say, that the man had tot conducted' himself aS he ought, under the circumstances in which he Was placed! , On not being permitted to put an improper grvstion io a witness, he even went so tat , ;4s'to4ay, , c thee he 'saw that be-could get no justice in that Court; that he- would appeal to a Court Of Law ; and that he would tiling an action against the Lieutenant-Co lonel for false imprisonment.'' And yet if-the H on , iGentieman would refer to the first paragraph of the speech of Curt le to the Court .(tot which he was indebted to the eability of the short-hind %Titer), he would hod , , that lie intreeted their pardon for the offence which - he committee. Otitis was fOutel guilty, and as for ' the consequent sentence of 'the Court, he believed that few umen—tiebeli v e u v i ed that no m iiiri in, except the ,n. Gentleman, would st ate that on convi6tion of - such charges the punishment ought to be lenient. The Hon. Geetlenian faked Of the conduct of Curtis-as that of a roan writhing tinder the sense of grievances, arid contended' that on that account he ought not' to heve 'been treated with severity. But the House well knew the den; ger to the very existence of the army, which lutked in any attempt to excite dissatishictiota in a regie mem, and would net allow that any individual, con vided of an effence'of such magpitude, ought to escape on the plea of his 14 eithing ender time Sense of grievances which wore imaginary; Under such cif curnStatiCeS, %hen the Court came to - a . conclusion that the 'pan wits guilty, they hart hut one cont . * to. pursue. .Not being charged with mutiny, the offence was 'not capital ; but the only. species of pueisliment •whieh.the Court wits ami n orised to in , thee was corporeal punishment. They had no alter native, He would put it to the House to say, Whe ther it 'was not ler the Court to admeasure the degree of punishment to the degree of guilt ?. his opinion the Court had•exercised`a sotteddiseretion in s visiting with a heavy punishment such amotfenee, attendee with 80 many eiretonstancea of oggravaiion. It the Hon.' Gentleman thought the .ptlnishrnent severe and unjustifiable,' it must be because he thought that punishments of that description ought to be inflicted in no case. If this were therell opiolen'of the Hon. Gentleman, he (Mr. S.) was' persuaded that the florist; would agtee with him, that the best mode of altering the law was not by sonifti, in Par liament (and by consequence to the publie) a string, re it of facts, but of garbled assertions, Wally tst which were totally void of foundation. He would ,make 11 few ob%ervations on that part of the. Hon. Gowleman's speech A hlch reiatect to t h e Critllo,l.l6l- catiows Whivh he had Ii d ttii_l► the .Collanancier Chief. The Hon., Gentlenian applied:to the - Iwo , Initialer in Chief, tor 'pertniS-ionlo scud a person to Cortia (vitt, some 'written - tint-shoos (Mr... !Par& replied in the nrgative). He slinal be sorry to mss .represent the Hon. Gentleman, and .therefore he would read the letter, vtiblch he happened to have in his porket. (Mr. Sutton here read a letter from Mr. Wattle to Sir David Dun6s, slating, that la•consequence 'of circumstances which he had heard t dative to the case of Curtis, tie wait to Porismooth, for the pOrpose of goingover to the Isle of Wight, to . see Curtis, who was confined in the depot there, but that the badness of the Weather pre%ented him from crossing, and that on the next day his Parlia , nieloary duty compelled hint to return to town. ~That on the follow tug day a Gentleman, at his re quest, went with written qoestinns to Curtis, - &c. He trusted that the Hon. Gentleman was convinced that he had -not misrepresent:al him. The answer of the Commander in Chief was, that he should be extremely to the Hon. Gentleman to state whit the earcutustancea were to which he alluded, as it was the duty of the Commander in Chiet to in quire into, apd, if wrong, to realfess them. The Hop. Gentleman, in reply, refused to state those ercenistances ; det.:lared that he would bring for ward the suhjett in Parl:ament i and nankly express ed his exopeetation that in. the *-intervat the Com tnander in Chief would receive from him, as a Member of N.riiamept, directions how to proceed. The Hon:Gentleman' concluded one of his' letters on this subject, by saying he was convinced that the course which he imended to' pursoe, would be he eticial to the toillary service.. He believed it ,was OW usual in that House to express a doubt with re 'red to the goodness of the motives ol'any Hon. Gentleman ; but it suell Wel~ the motives of the Hon. Mover, the defi,:iency of Iris judgment and the danger of his means were much to be lamented.---- Could the Hon. Gentleman. indoce ary one to be- Iteve—conld he Mince even himself, t oelieve, that the interests- of the military„service %vete likely to be promoted by encouraging those whose avowed and Lionvieted object it was to endeavour to dis-etninate dissitistaction in that service? Could the Hon; Gen tleman iodate !Mosel! to believe that he was prornot mg the military service by throwing out loose charges against the °dicers of the regiment; against the Of freers. of a disoict•-••- against the Commander in Chief -tag:host all whose painful duty it was to execute the law If these Nvere the Hon. Gentleman's sane timerits, he (Mr. S.) did not envy 'him. The Hotta of Ciantuona had been -scensttrined to 'think,' 'that excepting. very strong cases indeed, it was not their province to interfere with military mallets; but the Hon. Gent; asSuming a sort 'tat` Riving controls- Sion (a kagh), proceeded withuin scruple to inveS tigare the (Aeon ditties of taeCorninaml , q in Chiefi And even went to the exteto et using tin eats and in aimidations, to (Area his purpose: Before he sat don, lie word , ' say a few words' resoecting two men mentioned h.,. the Hon. Gentle,hati, 11.11 is and Greeowood. Hon. Geolletnao chose to declare that thr se ferrous were tweed out of the country curio or the ident:9 they had given in Con is's case. "1 he tart was, that'when examin ed; on thatcasre, they piodueed written charges them selves ;, and then the lion. Gentleman expressed his ast mishinem that the Coort did not protect: to an inquiry, which was omit Of the limit's of their pees as for that inquiry they were not convened. 'Tee Colonel, however, inquired into the truth of the se, charges, and furthermore, a Piatritt Court Mat was held upon- them ;' the consequence of which was, , ,that these two men 'were convitted of archi - ,- cionsinteritions, and sentenced to receive 500 lashes each---a sentence which Was'afierwards cotnmutell tote, foreign service ; and this was what Me Hon. Gentleman called forcing these MOLY out of the country on account of the or :demo which they had giv r ln in the case ot Curtis ! With respect to the querstwo which the Court would eta permit Curtis to put; he (Mr. S. had ';sulticient means of knowing w hat it was—Curtis wished to ! ask' Bettis Whether sonic other man (who had notheea examined, nor was to be exatinar d in this case:}, had nut said aortic:thing or whet i The Court very properly de elated th,t they could not permit such a question to be , put respecting a third person,' Who had not been examined 4etote them, and who was not to be ex-' milled. That case, however, was afterwards in— quired • into. A Regimental•Coar Martial sat on the Serj.eant alluded to, lie was found guilty, and was reduced to the ranks. I f ever there was a case which, ;from the beginning, to the end, would bear' the closest stirtog, it was that w hick the Honour able Motet had seleeted for the purpose of proving the nriscondutt of Courts Martial, and the grievances of the ,soldiery. The Hun. Gentleman concluded air able mid eloquent speech - by expressing his grati tude to the Howse fur the patience with which they had attended to him. Sir F. lit/RIDETT observed, that as the Hon. and ,Learned Gentleinao was al once adveage, witness, and_ judge in thei same cause, it was not extraordi-, nary that he before: t'leslo tdd l ' i l i '' l l tr iir lirth t i oca t l ia .r r y tie t : too u s ryt d oii bing the wound of assertions ; and 'all that his Honour, able Friend, asked, was to be rermitted to 'prole tho " asserlio ;s were heti. It was hard on his Hoo..lerteod to hear the truth of his assertions die wed, "t t l t li tt t t h t :e u e li t e ne ' d i* i e ha n t ld a a l i rw d as ili t e o d >w taken t p a r k o e v t i' i n fOr granted on' one aide',' and nothing or# the other. As to the gallant' Colonel, he was sore, trout all that he had ever heard of himi.that he was the last persoo,whom he would wawa of such an 361 of oppression as that charged ; nor did it appear to lion that , his Hon. Ft Colonel much, if ar all ; charge was against. the Q oa d implicated the gallant • ir a appeared - that Ctirtjs's i f e ( ll the Colonel; and that not trilletre•tMinagst"e,ri,olnottheag::tilittisst., t'actiott which be expectedoletifirom t his Cominanding C ° omn 16t r er at - u iti A ling Officer ho he W aarppleealltodthottic t. how it ersyld be conce i ved ' that aa appeal to . a sive: "1311rng°nNow justice l irel, ll a . s o t f l discovery of c o t f chievous inte n t ion, he wair at a loss discover ; nor could he avoid observitoY, that a l m s. iso existedin Ins mind* 'of a - great oillaira ass o f lw a ti rig towards ~ this an.- 'it , wan plainly stated by big ffnai l '''' '' l : - ' M that - after • Curtis had made his c btrge moiiit ', a t i e j, l l ,l :c r a y e rt , t ' o ' c r i t ;i .e li f i c.: ( l ,, ):, , e a r lt ' lio h tl e t; a St s ri t C a l k l; n si i :t °.atki(-:: : r.,°„Iittt'li:!:111' eitiiiliigiti.:. : et7:,,,:fint:iljiii is quarters: i:::::,.4llB,l..uartdrs::bAietrelttsiinaLndltltlel3ol,Nt.iev .1111rti1;:ilitt:li,g1tr::111:gieifaicoilti;h41:i.:.t•'.t:i, which CaFtis, at his pi-inl' (and a gre.t. l eill 4° l ' prekrred against the Quattf.:r-Ma:,..e:', ,-I:iivi"':4, -: brought against him. Tilt:iv was .st,metolni 1 ' ti I" k in Ili" waticeiivre. When this tilitiuto,t'tenv, was tried by the General Court I\l'arii.il, ii'v' - '.`,' that he ,catiie. On-theapPeal. Wat, it thit .iiiii , i'::': ,to, say to bin), "-No, We have ilotlog 1(40:ii your appealM ;. you . ttst lats,,vrr I. ~,ltd' 1 / 4 ~I d , c , cliar4es Preferred against you r - It kyn,):. tt)Ost hard rase; and a nwst iileg;pl prrccilitit;', - 0 iiP; without notice to in at a roan, who, co , r'''? ~,j ' , Court" ‘vith"a belie' that one clial . ge gik , t' t'''''''' ' taunt! that.he was to t-,' tried by annik:l. r t i, ;.; those consideration; wii;ch had Iteu ilinno''-1!. lative to the general system of toilitatld's,4!'r.::; lie allowed that theknbiett might inn ni bett .o ,', l ), ~ cad at prosent, although he trusted th at ii ''' d cr, gay or ()URIC come u , , lee the cOlitaltyll6l) ry ,By trust . , • 1 ,, Evirtiiite,toits4et.:,.asesuintotiti:).e:Citilio:lleti:isontiolittinnasitil.).: tt:adiot:cioe:ll:,:iali:lii:iitialml:tn,,.::', I'"isiontlit ‘vhich lithium natitre couidttptli,, he could DOI conc . eige, mild )et it Was ev i a v e : lo ,l punishment, a filib only of which lie w.l ;o' ir to support. It had been asserted di:0,0410 the clh'ect contrary. He maintained,' ttg a . e 1 , , v,,eBligation of cruel, Unjust,- and brlar iv hir: l tar Iron) being disaclrantagrous; was 00 1 t' .e r' d :, - 1 yiatiotl be nefic i al. r(e)idri ehse : la t , s al c lid o i) i ti t il ‘ t ‘ t i v e li e t ti l r i t ie 6 t,lii ! .1 1i t l i t i : , {- j : 1 1. 1 i l: i a u l t 1 5 . , ' d v i t si ll i : : 1:141 :1:: i f o ie . 1 11 : be occasioned if - the :assert-ons of hi, Ild l o,k. should be disproved ? 'And must it not W o o soldier. of England fr"&inently 1 0 01)(1 l'ar'''..: :t w fleet that thew was a 'Vice to which be aN" up for I • Ile ap Lord Cu A itt: 8 S tiolq KItS 8 T , COO CUrreL l° ' ll bei p, neral 'declaration that too much could ii°l l gii' i praise Of the flon. COlonel opposite, w" 6 l diti cur tact and. us licirnane an Otlicer ai; it.. l 'Y ', 9 ,,,;,0 i h ell ti t Y 's liservice, Of the truth of thiii (- 14 '‘'''' r-. ;oili a"`hau'ir.e.cliient o)) ii of beiq , c ' iti %4 acrd that that co - iividlon' lie had frequently' %Prei)o4 tne_ . order; issued b y ;;,ini:as G ene ral 01 1 , 13 ' 1 1 0 1) ~: " 'w bid) lie had 1 1 ,10 honour to coinnitinti, .. o r) Pieniktd, this, lie w mild proceed 1.0 snY j oi r , '* ;l'. s ,' °," the suhje..t before lite Ilouse. ' r il' e '''',;,,,i?o : 1:1:d : , ceased him of having g iolitca thi.y..i/of'," War; in not, lignerring to Curtis''' a i F ' le'l iel V l ' ' \\' l, f I , e had no, right to appeal. 'filo Ati k ( ') / fire,' - ', said, that it a man were wronged by . lis' bro ilii' " H g. l ' t • alincal ; but this was f a wal l ' }I , rig i ' l , l.l Mita:lo' duty, and ttiet'elore there "-'" l i° 1 1i ;)'; that appe.sl. -- r o ,retest ; f 10 w . c...ve.: , ` . : l ;3 . l o''', SbBpiCi ,, ti that there Might be Ar,y 00 , :i' e ,',,: l o o `' 64- a c i ri .: . i i t e c i .i t e g l i s tgi :o u. 'ilt ; l : l a a r‘ i ti be i l . ( :l r a ti c.) i sa :c t r i t ue l : rr ci e j i st r d e : s Mi d !: ° : : , :u t r l i l e ti C ii , i'l l a t i l o s i 'l l ii, , c t) t he . tue.bi:lecejbgeatinild:tTeu'it:C;::Prlittr cif ;ii:t:lli.rl',,,lii-1:`,(1.1;;,:1‘. iv i ia j , o t r h .G at e v e h r e a t i t Cures went atNaY tit, of bit C o l one l, he went sway, in M . Y : r fec 'lY tiatistiNl with die egctilanatian \'' .:., _erei,e,ed. During the whole al the 0 , .9:i,,,: ~,..., re gi punt, an d . gri, ' ()111-leinstutijll)lle°llllN)4t.illiejl;te'itre-k'd(3":ll;lh'st. l()11('':i151('''1:41‘ duty, asked every ipan „I,,tiler 1:e v`, 4 ii t /.: With, his treatment ) not a si„gic coq11)1,s114, t made throughout the regiment. - \ h , i r' 6l;4 l ions were made concerning Bell's, o:"' ie r it c: he (Lord - Charles Soinersei) did nttt L air ()l'lllC Martial, but lie sent - General Qnstol i eOS gicinent to , ilVettatti the till ..) be .. ltulls. : If.. he : had .: found them tr" (p ea,' I°. „ n_ave brought the °dicers, 4 0 ', 111 (3 `,, tirt' l l i '' '' L.: iurt Martial. The H o nourabl e - 1 1 .1 :0;0' -i d. ii i s_er ted , th at the Counsel of the accuse he (Jci ' - i i!,(111 to obtain access to him. Nov :1,0 1, " 1 ,",' that the Adjutant-Genittal was scot,: ' i t ). i e sv il l 'i jo r guard-room with orders not to . adt"' l ,.Cua nse; ' , gi to , allow free access 'to the,prisolier ' o f 1 0 i l'iltleBei) &C. and to give hint !he li'creltiiiitv a l l ( ) : : :B :l (l e n i C l : i a e s P y o cr in a .a d l e, i s d c ti N e e b t ov i se t te l ‘r r ;: p i t it t b il i : o l. s i lt t:::o w de t il l ii is i i s ig , o ' g i'll)llll:ti:l4::}lltirie!('':ll; palliate his comicial. On the daZ it P e r r e u c i ' : .0 1: i l a ' , '(,',„ i , ( t ..i t e i_o si b r , e to furnish the titan w ith Cotniscuit 11,''',1'1' desire e lN(l t 'l l ti el i e 9 : ln t i: l i r d i d e e 7 ll tt ili e ri s : a: le S C° e t UC t tr l t ° 6 l o: da i rb o t tC g l i .e ;e 9aUl lip iiii i ) e fl . Sii r lte t i t i t r i t :::: lllllll c )e°r° ( l. ) lieu tr rild i ii.ig . es.:L ' 7o‘ l llditl:e l ic'll:li; l 4:. :i ; : i evinced the humane temper 'v, iii „ . ,„..-;[,: ~' f+ ' ceeding was condittled. • The 1 10 "",:, i : to ' I: had etron .b.usly stated, th,it t:',l) , li: , ' ,''' on one c in sr ae, Curti] % as, 10 h i. 111 1 H ii Da another. So tar, however, wa 4 ' lll l ) :: t c.b. 4r g` l eir being i ' ll the case, that 110tiee Of 1' Pe.ttli sent.,., to the accused on the;4th 01 J' I r: 1 1, li', "ICI not meet" fill - the 6th. Oi' il ' e lied f l '", ' io s fresh witnesse.i.' On the Sta he ( . :3 1.1 :j VI o i nie"es. The Hon. iVlover,sinil, ii (: ‘ l '' Cif il 'irro in" Seritiant C,..x had intitt:l.:3e it i i,c ,to , nes'e.'. With CounSel at hisicloc"viot01;,1111,:. j ‘ S tb v tu t e :a stel l : t e l l, i'-'lteeold''lll.2)ocolitti:3l:l°)ettrru(Wie)tib:::iivhibl: jilic:!‘idl.ll:iliil‘)leli:',:lantltge.neelsl9,l2bott:c:oile(l);:::CiririCl,j;litrE.l,l)litillj..4.lsl:o4ll.t:i, sort had: Ler, tine (and he ovver i,, i ly iii),e l t t ir. iehhm::.N.el4r4tvre.(dlni.i present 1 u eoci t e : ta , l e sei(o l: ii r at i .n go t o b t: 0 . ,; . 1 , l il t d i . l i i r :) '; il , 0, 1 ( 1 1 ::: : : 1: 1.1 111 i d lA:c ic ti,::::: t l ! la o r th P e e r i le d il i t s ° , k ;:tlS:' o ll : o, :e i t " :l l : -father, ' wifo , % ere- bock) It io c"' lsl i ,b 4 fAlii‘e: h had 'been led to understaod -tik. l ' l ''',,, i n irlog 'oe,i capital amitotic:llA his life, nu t r ‘, l ',...rcy , „vt r ' of the sentence, but imploring 1 " t `,,,,,,Ptie r ,, pi la.) had in consequence applied 10 , : vi10, .., c'u o p T a n i 1 . 0 0 t o iit!ii)eorli)ottilkr,e :.)tloyCr:sni-icbtiertiabit..)4(cils:tis;.ecsoli)li:sol;iol', jest, . This chewed, at leas t ', / .. 1 -.,ibit 4 it =itched no Masse to the Hid"' 7-- - . ,