The Sun. — London, England, 1814-11-18 00:00:00

° ' 4 ,..• ' i l'ilt•i ' 113 4.,*e. e t-,•:1•1 Tint by any Mean, I ,e,o, "I', wi i ;,, .-,'•' ' *. :•In t .l - Q, --i(•!. tn:s t!,,es or 41..es.a.at ra -411,t ,bler t , i l '"• t in of a !want 'or mil.tary.ja . dg- • h tic 'arl been . , ilea) - of evidence 'ri f . ) 1 11 t i ••I go()(1 '''''','' b rit i„ ' ," } r a"liß open, and • the-et-Annuls li t tt of a; ,a,., 'e whole, th e accusation did not '1 (If Pt'rs "ll4l4 ' l ! the Col mei with an actual i tt ' l ltit ~,,?4,1 e.ouriiee. Bat the Court, on . : Il l t, V4S l p, i i f (i , 7 ( !l ii ;, w . et e o . f opinion •thiit , :tl i t i is o liet (~L,. _ iiittotinued. Unquestionanty !li q ' 1(. 0 1 ' 4 t • ' tit . r .?") '.1.-tis g - ttilty of advising the 'lt lie confirm the seutence, because 1:; ! , 'it fl,, s), 1 , t L'e • opinion that it wits' strictly 0 !;;:, i:ad ~- ''' dole come to the consequences Lq,,a, ietilt e a on (Itt 3 110. • • tof this decision. Tire ~• to t 'ug more nor less 'than that of c„'N• t „ v sttlic' e ;;;, 8e(1, 3 ,... , gaitist Colonel Quentin, He ,„ i'l ' 14.aving absented hitn.self „., ~ 4t a t• , from the 'it h ". tind tittle when it teas immediately in S''riy. IstlxlPosed to the direct fire, of N' wil ttli len the gittstion -turned on the , t , t tila ii ,,, e ' tile Colonel (lid go away •Itt Li t e ..tt4 1 , 11 4 . 4,: i1t ii!,,at the regiment had. come to Prik f i s w ith the enemy, the evidence ad- , 44 tr. ti ~,,n,e" w ill, that the Colonel was me i, k '''' ughti . that he ,N,I "elit ~ ng . had commenced- ; t illit1; that- "' "en Captain Fiteclarence was ' o l' 4 I he ma • I h 11 4 : ~ e ac , i c ied the regiment . abot . it . •; N r ti, lit l 'ailA ) R , r , vv 'This absente& himself.' ':leis it, •t, wi (-111 spoke'n to,. by Lord Edward i "lo '0 le a d , itii - •.41 t l declared that he had sent for : A li I ' vs k . : t i (!) B° "iethin else. Whether the kt hlt ; tlt l t 't! it ti: l ( .4 ' ‘,; • 0 , 1* had fo r g which the . Colonel. %.tlr t ,l'hi vt ., l o dy, was nothing to the put - :'ti,,, -,14 I t t,', l ~.• '"e cause .of his absence, and so t tli t4 '6, - 0. "oni.tlienurst prominent point of 11 1 tl e" • I ' the fourth cliarg,e, the lion. Oen kkitt'lii!,,L'lns th e ii t•,,,,ii,!.to'cet,•cii...gsottse by wilng at l great length k:)ili ii :El ct 4;4 ' 1 1 . __ ) to strew that . t te was ,e bail C` 1 4,,, 40,,, ,' u nt'dsputed evidence of l ) ''.''te i nt ' ' '.i.tiiiietit ; and his subsequent re ' Otli' l l th e .e ' l(l eti to slew, that- it was pre tte,l, Z ° " excellent and admirable state. , Ne il l., th !ever, .that it had bte b n ‘ pr . o b v e e t c 411:";. the si :l i. t . °thing could have , i t wits t o of this reirnent, .an e d that, . I I: Ui 1 I , t dcr Colonel - Quentin•s cote ,. ii i ll , y t It appetue niost excellent degree of (las iii.:',the b d ;ed that the reginient, subse 'lN 'ter y • ''''e of IVellington's letter, was i.l t ' l 'ol i ge'nd State. . ! But the 'Hilo. Geit `,.htit ' I ate u - . . • 0 that it ' I ,,ot tt 1 14,6 t art tor this by sayia;„ , ; it 'll e command of Lord 'Edward . , I ti,,t ti i 'it rl t i . , len p " , il t l r , '' is clear, that for the charge- A 11 11 •`'Z'lit , • respecting the relaxed t, l t-. 4 t i le . to, , . _. _ . i t l ( tt t b i ts t ex t , h e g:"lttit, he had been punished „, 11 14 1 at t' a l l " of 1,;; t ,"Y the reprehension contained ' i :' ha t ' b t 4ingtoit',4 letter. Tire '‘C i v rt tl l 'tt t ,:. 4l Yie t i c el l done which was neces . sar . , ; YYL,! 4 '``• fel t t ' l ' , Z extraordinary, that if the !tt h l li v d t , sin e ,„ aei r characters's fi compromised, ti,lii'it they 4' thought them to have been, I tti- "lie : f t ' at the time s make any charge til t jl4:rhe ell,,Wellington against their Coin ',\tBi'h"B.e. had indeed been • informed . tt:, ti t , it .(1. , i t . , t . , , ttt ,-, entieman, of thenpittion - o n t !ii, " . hit Ll Pl* l ',. °3 ! • ( Lord Coinberniere.) . • N . 1 ,!;', i' i tif vf 7was extremelY:strong in ills \t' 4 I I ' s t hat' i ti take his opinion to its utmost kit Nl i If -Peace had not taken place, he ki t ' i tr ti=e ser,,tl the'reginient to be sent borne. • 1 / 4 'i ''''tti' lilt tot s'llit'ers to this ? -Why that this : l' t , W., 4 il ti l e of the peace having taken place, k 'l ;,..' t ila,- I ''" to t a ke the subject. The tl. Iv . t h e up S q "p, l 'it t( i whole amount of the Charge . lkiiiill:; ) ; ti , "II the Colonel by the Duke of 't4llii t '"i!!ik• ir t he Court find him guilty ; but NI h l t'ilt 1 14 '"'• t l :he has been already:putlilhed ; :10,,, , : k(: w . - 1 5 .''een that they put 'a negative 4i ili to - kiw tt i "eh atected his personal valinir, tt . tt t i l t, ftlifi tl iat i a reprimand 'WaS till- that . S g t tl if ' c at , ; the 'strict ends of justice : - 1 , ) . "1 1 `, 1 tv a , l -1( "ion of the Court that tney i `ik 4,nitt Iv of. co-Operation in the IteF,l - Itt " t a i s the. precise ground on which 1 0(eXi t c: ti tnis conclusion it was not for k t )t u4k „n,; . hat he believed the House !tt i ,, i 'li t Ns t ;,,'''' did, that they must have had - V,Ri ti A ,'lle it " s for this opinion. The Right ,V ii then adverted to the opinion- of 4 i f ."pi c t 4 .etl , 4( ' , and thought the flon.Colonel • t t %','ln ! ti l ut very sttc'ees s f u lly, in' turtling • \lli,l f o a l ! l i t' advtintage, with respect to the N. • ~.,,.,e h ad a dmitted, that whewthe Stir , witi .,, i,„„, ti... „i„, - "t , lie had not any conimuni ,l\ll)qthtlie and lie gives as his reason the N'itt (i "t et \I : w ere n Pon.---L.(llear,-bear, hear !) I kir : lit ; rt rt i ., % , that th e want of co-operation ' ,8,,,t,t,' 1 ,th e ;“; . , i f the !House wanted any thing Niti li te r,,,,,1',1'417c,t, they need only, have .. Hs 'tied t i , wi,, ti "0•3 regimental orders. 'I o the • , `lt I let. lie w•supported, he an -0 t/). he i , . as / ril t 's Ri . ' a n not received due support; It t k ,).„,' 4 to,.,` E )fl nd the Prince Regent had been I N l 'll7'' in " r in the sentence. Now he would ii,l 3 -h till the tiot or • the • wile- L ~, iti res,it,, • !se to country, . ;,,,iill44%l,lq,siyilitee,,at.ter this posit ive evidence, 1 1 , i t • ,tt i ). ; giCt r s „!I troni it, that Colonel Quen- A i t! l i ',iilt 4t. 1 , -( ntld have usefully to himself' NI L e , thei-14-4.e. remained. together in the li t l lt k . ,'Ntr- itt . 1 ' were necessary that they t t , it 11 "' , which of them ought, to . be litlll.iktt`!'.. trii:fe,°l"lnatuling O ffi cer had been iiit, l tli ) , lt t ( 0 , i 4 , 411 acquitted. , Do they think N o ‘ti,, -)4,1 :"Inoll justice li ought to have kt ul a' in f rom u . e 11,,,t1,,,,vii:0w whleg..tthiat rtgunent ? lie bad no 1 iit tf t , sayt, he believed no of. itki.,.., 4 1 4 ,,' h r 0,. : .• the jimior Offiecrs of. a regi . i' l li t ' . 4 4l ,‘i ti , tti ' . ': , lit their Commatiding Officer i t tii t tt ,,.ik, e g ., t ' , .tl l , 4 ,;'and failed in ttbs . taritiating 1 1, 1 ii t ,i'llt..C-o. lei •Y r had not been dismissed from Ott i fi ti t re„ Yhear,hear 1 ) --But in thiscase, •t k t . iit ti iietob.. • . li s t Ni t i Iti i , "le 1 .„ . 'red, they had only been re t t st l - knn et 1 tli t l) tae h, ce e , lee lt• liti . t it had been yid, , ~ t ~ ci ve is lin one •of the :charges, they li Pt, 'N il kitea 1 ' t h tti 4l l' 9 ,,, t of s e t/loved. What would Have Ot t t ) . l. .gli tQ fif th' a liiie of conduct ) It was , l 'tr ib il te,'! 6 l 4 . ti c 1 ~....i. ' s as •.. t he Grow n to make such ti . ' 1 '1 7 1 11 4 . t...,„ 11 , it thought proper, after the ili'rt t • 410, 1-Aartial • I t hat the subse;- I' 4 , k,,, ip ti IS jit • t ,. .2 all( ti th -4 01 , . 4 "••• regiment should be sett to t• t le g . ca e ki., lt, l . B kit . Ala tilt directly io point was that Ili t t ls i' l l 4 . 4 l 'it L i 4,1 ) 'kill!, when -a charge was k i. t ~,,'lr litlienee.utenant-Colontel Russ, when i s 't4; 4 .l, i ' 'i'.,i,i.je',•4l et kannunicated the corn; ktkti,,4 t ;i h .tti4 t r y ,respet.iing the sentence-of IN , tk.J, °Atte Duke of York, as Com , x t i -t h o ,4 . 1 tki tL e g 1 whunt they .hatt beeu gr ul• (The Right hon. , . Gentleman here read the Whole or :Ile sentence ; tounnuHi•iiiioe, etheColOnef ;. as re .prinian(led.) lie - iiitroduced rids ease to shew that there, was at least no novilty in the repri man!! or Colonel 'Quentin ; while the animadver sions of - . the Cronin and^ the Cominaa.ter; ih Chi'ef went on to state that the practice of junior Officers in bringing charges against their Commander on light oceasion&•was highly injurious to the ter vice,. and reflected much discredit on those who ; had produced them ; and the end of the 'comma .catioa.was, that his Majesty had no farther occa sion for their services. The Right Honourable Gentleman observed, that he did not mean to say . that this justifies the course that' had been taken telt!' regard to Col. Quentin ; but it proves that there is nothing like novelty hi the question. He had stated why he thought, that according to the rules and Practice of the army, it would be quite impossible for these - Offieers to have eon tinned in the regiment. He had no doubt that the feelings which actuated them to make the com,_ plaint must have' been Sincere, and that therefore the result must be most' grievous to theta ; it Was therefore a ease not only of necessity, but of hu manity towards them, to relieve them from servaig under the man whons they had accused. But it had been tinged as a little hard, that all the junior Officers should suffer for imiting in the complaint, while, if one or two had come forward, they must have bean dismissed. He had only to beg that such a charge - might nut be 'Made upon the -judg meat of his Royal Highness; for he could assure the House, that whether there had been one or thirty, the result would have been the same. The letter that had been alludod to left the course open ; and it could not be thought that any other Could. be suggested that would have been more satisfactory. But as to their saying that they did not wish fur a Court-Martial, there was no alternative, since it was necessary they Should:be called on to sub stantiate what they. had adduced as grounds. of complaint. If the prosecutor had acted rightly, he ought, when he received their letter, to have sent it•back to theM, With the remark, that their complaints must be reduced to specific charges, atsd then have exercised his own discretion as to whether he would . have transmitted it to the •Coditinuantier-in•.Chief or not. Was it to lie borne, that the Lieutenant-Colonel of regiment should bti - fold by his next Liente nantXoTonel; tharthehas a letter in his pocket. which accuses trial of cowardice, an;! that he cart at any t ;keep such Au ae'asiitiou hanging Over his hei.d it Colonel Qaeatin had a right to demand this letter; got it, he a right to demand a Court-Martial. I{ight Him. Gen tleman then read a long fierieral Order isstied by by:Sir James Craig, in Canadli, repiehending the serjeants 4 a regiment of tusileers, who had drawn up a complaint on the appc,intinent or re moval of a subaltern Officer to 'a 'higher rank. It deprecated their conduct for presiiining to form themselves' into a deliberative body„ to continent on the conduct of their "superior Officer ; a prac tice subversive of all discipline, and; one which ought to be for ever banished froM the Army.— The mode adopted was most improper, and one which was directly forbidden by all regimental re• gulations ; yet such a one was that of the junior Officers of the 10th Hussars. Bat the Flonmerable Gentleman had said, that all the officers had sign ed, because they wished their conduct to be clear= ed up. • answer to this, he would say, that they had not taken the riot mode. Sonic of the Officers, too, had norbeen present in the Penin sula when the conduct complained of had taken, place : these Officers had no justification at all for their •interferenee. It was one to make com plaiuts of an o.3icer who Might be disliked at a mess-table, but it was quite another thing to put Tour hand to a 'letter against him, when yoni own situation is in evidence that 'Oil could ;know nothitit about the matter. Stieb colt- duct, he would say, was the most unjust that •could he conceived. and such as it 'been very difficult to explain. He must now generally - state the•grotinds of his opposition to the motion. Tnese were not from the rentoteSt wish to oppose any obstacle to a discussion ; for lie was vreparrA to justify' evory iota of Ole.' sentence Mid the proceedings. But he thought it a question of the' greatest impnrt:ince• to ,the country, and one which tended More than any other to unsettle the - piiiiiie Ili some cases it was the duty of the 'House to interfere in pass ittg its censure, as in that of Mr.'Wt:sh, Ifiit it was only cases of the greatest necessity that could demand their interference at all. If such ceediugs as 'these, however, were to • be argued, the House Would be 'converted into a continual - court of appeal ; 'and their interposition mnist never be refused ,nra siiuilar oef-ision. In short, if this vote werettlibe carried, he Wnuld say that the House had dope more to ruin the vital . inte rests of the .. kiii.gdottt 'than they could remedy by all their exertions from day today, .and tOr ses sion after session.—The Right Hon. (4entlennut then sat down - anOst.theloudest cheerings, which lasted a considerable length of time. Mr. TIERNEY' could, in his conscience declare, that in no case, either present or in imaginatiOn, was the interference of Parliament ever more hn peiiOusly called for, in his opinion, than in the pre sent. When the matter should collie fully before the House, they would he -eonvitic , :d that some new regulation ought to he adopted,.either that Officers 'lnight' not be allowed to prefer'charges against their'superiors, or, at all events, that f6r so doing they ought not to be stigmatized and punkhedi•Without ati opportunity cif -being heard in their own defence. Bill after what haul hap petted, 'all {dicers would see the 6)llB'ode:tee of attacking a "superior' who was a faYriitrite ! (Hear, bear !)—He diit not mind these exclamations ; he would explain hisfeelingssiti 'tannage ivfeieli could notibe 'nrisunderstMid„ here, by attacking one who ti as more or' less guilty, •t Sim' by one sweeping punishment no less.tati 116 Gen tlemen, many of them of the first' families and charatter'in-ihe country, had al; been censured and d:sgraced. What would tire •Itighfl-lon. Gen tleman, the yindietitor of this 'signal nnnishinent, say, were he in either of their places Would =lie enter into any cithtir rewrite:tit Could he rfOrm any-idea of their feelingS, who knew, 'that after eminently dh-tin;.,ruishing themselves - in the field of battle, they Were-to be 'Sent .to Other regiments, with this disgraccini mark on their fronts, that they Were to he sent to learn hoW to conduct t!, , emse;ves tnwards their superiors ill emnimind ? On whom did this plinishment fall ? Did Gentlemen not see that it fell 01: their own nearest and dearest relationS, who were not only disgraced by their , r,lnoval, but degraded in their rank ;' and all be-, cause the person they had complained about was faVl;llr;tV It this was not a ground for parlia mentary interference, lie knew of nothing that could be. He must he permitted to say, that the impression on his Mind, who had daily attended the ('curt-Martial, was 'very different -from 'that made on the minds of the Members of the Cow t itself. Colonel Qnelitin was found guilty of not having given proper . orders for the security of his foraging party, and he received repri mand ; but lie was of opinion that he could tint have been .giilty• of a 'more serious charge than that of negli!;ently exposing the lives of his men. He would ask, whether there was tin dis tinction to be made between being declared not guilty, and being lionoitrably acquitted ? But aul.that could be said in favour of Colonel QUell - was, what he sail hlmself, and witieb there was nut one tittle of evidence to bear out, name ly, that he had not received due co-operation. nut there was not one single syllable uttered mrliich could affect the characters of any of the Officers who bad come for yard against him. He denied that there was any analogy between the, ease -of the 85th regiment am! the one in question. In the last case, a regiment was proved,, by evi dence, to he headed by a Colonel wile Was not fit to command a regiment ; and this proof was not offered by an obscure bidividual, but by a Gentle man who, for his distittenished services, has just been advanced to the Peerage. He hail nor hesi tated to declare that such was the conduct of Col. Quentin, that bad it not been for intervention of Peace, he should have thought it his duty to apply for his remoVal: But what was the ease with re spect to the men of-a . regiment -so disgraced ? You now leave a Colonel, who was not fit to command any thing, to command men who are not fit to be under any body else.—(hear, hear, hear !)—He would say, that if it were attempted to hold out an cye'sore to the altiny, or,to bring it to ruin, it could. not possibly be more effectually done.than by the measures which have taken place. He •supposed, however, that the soldiers of this regi ment were allowed a riglit, which on the•part ( If their junior, Officers., was a signal offence. lie supposed that they had a right to deliberate on the conduct dl their Commander ; 'for lie uuderstood that their barracks were. illuminat ed on the occasion of his acquittal ; and if the Right Honotirahle Gentleman wmild take the' trouble to enquire, he would probably iiscertain " that papers were atthistitoe passing amongst the laCil of the 10th Hussars, to raise siWs-riptions for purchasing a ,sword, -1 a present to Colonel Quentin! (Hear, hear !) Rut it perhaps, a new experiment in military science, to turn out all the- ; Officers of regiment, and leave together,. as a happy nnetcus, on which to found corps that should be a set of mutinous' :and di order- . ly soldiers. Wasit poisible for anY person:to HS tento all this, and ; not believe that ,there, was :oltietliing in the back-14round which conic( not be understood ? 10 the country at large, for there could be Matt one feeling on the subject, it was'the'opi nio-0 that a I nr,re MOUS t:'011S scent wits•nevey beheld' Than that which he had cudeavoured to describe. It was said the sutbordinke Officers in tbe army were not to deliberate on the merits- or demerits • of their Colnmanding Officer. The:Officers of the ;10th had not done this, but Lord Wellingom and 11.40 rd Combermere had ; and. they only ...,on4lit to remove from theMselres that cricsure, which they did. mot conceive . was intended to Jest upon theM. Their - defence, he thought, unanswerable. They could pursue, consistently' with their ho nour,. no course, other than that whicb,they had choseut Ile strongly objected to the use, made of the letter to the•prejudiee of the Officers, mid thought it extremely hard that, having. Once put their uanies to - aolip of. paper, they sbould..he pro-, ..scrihed mall eternity; or at least given to understand there was no salvation tor them in this wOrld. lie ill d not iMpute any bhino! to hip lirijal iiighness, - He did not doubt but the Prince Regent, forgetting that he Was Colonel of the joth Hussars, ono that, hi. that clninicier only he had been addres'sed. on the subject,- hid remeMbered that, as Suve reign,-he'WaS the head of the army. Under these • circumstances, he , thought himself justified in complaining of the Ordes issued from the Horse ' Guards, Which made it' appear that the'`Whole of the proceedings Iratl originated in the lcuter;which Col. Palmer had wi,sheti _out to be pablished,,, which the Officers of the regiMent had desired shorild he considered as never having been written', and which haft - only `been produced . in .obedience to the commands of his Royal Highness-. He would ask, was this a hardship, or was it not His loyal' highness had then called on ColOnel• Paltrier to prefer charges'in form-against Colonel Quentin. it did not appear thatthis- hsd..pfo:i -ously been the obj(4:t or the wish of the,Oflicers afl they had desired to do was to clear themselves froin•blame but on attempting Ells, they were palled upon,to prefer certain) charges against Co , l o ud Quentin, and, having clone so, and esta- Wished two ont of tour which they had brought forward, the result was, for doing so they were broke, or at least. sent to the right .about. i:n, this,. 11V should Sppqrt the motion, not with any wish to the proceedings of the Court ;Martial, but in order to . gain for the House i the only patter which Wcitifd give, them a proper idea 'of the line Of coriduct . pursio.d at the Horse Guards. Mr. W. PoLv expressed his approb.mion of the Rioitt lion. Gentleman's. sentimelits, which must indeed be approved of by every admirer of' ho - hour:Able sentiment. it was natural- that -•the Right. lion. Gentleiran. -should,: from his con . nexjon, feel a livekr,iuterest.npop . tbis.subject. But with every consideration of that interest, and the inmost admiration of the Gentleliall'i seri.; ' timents% with regard to: honour; Ite must say that the Atight. HOnonrnible kientl,man statement and rerisoniTig was little more th:in a repetition of the honourable Mover's speech. The Itight HonottrahteAieutlenian had confessedly attended I the Contrr-gaxtial t throughout its proceedings and he bore testimony to the correctness of it, con(lUct.' He did not, indeed, attempt to in 'any: the .. .lloollr of that Court; yet the Right Honoufable Gentleman wools per suade'fbe*House to take some step towards over haulina the conduct and deetsith t of that t mitt. The Right* Hon. Gentleman di •claimed the linea tion or expectation of • rendermg aoy service. or affording ;toy renal to the Oft.,ers %%hose case he !deelored, and at hitat then 4:tattathe Right lion. Gentleman aiming ? Apparentlyete :vas to produce some change in the syste.rn of &N at alia tarn law ; for the Right goo. Gentleman see'lhed to argite, that ‘ 6 whereas a Court Martial, acting , t s i v e i c t It s i t o t ii decision, t a p i - i e d ac l i t % r lo o t a tiou ti r f; u lla o s c rsc o ( n_ i te to ac , tui i: i ~ :: c r t t i itio ii g : upon that decision, has pronounced a sentence cou formably'to the lades of the service, as appeared from the speech of the Jottge Advocate, it is expe dient to alter our rode of military law." But would the House concur in. the P,ig!,t lion. Gen tleman's vetvs ? Would it consent to chattase that system which had, especially of late yeara; served to raise the construction and clieracter of our • army to the highest possible pesirct ion ? The Right Hon.Gemleman deprecated au interference with that system, and such interference the -too- tion before the -Hints!! must involve.. -Indeed, lie lamented that this or any ease. of the saute natinie should be brought before Parlitoneot, that-any ap- , peal should be naula to that liouse from the-judg ment of a military tribunal. To examine anti de termine upon such judgments properly belonged • to, and ought to be left to, the discretion at the Crown. Stich, indeed, had been •the usual prac tice, and he saw no reason whatever in I ter case tinder consideration for deviating from that prac tic. It was evident, front various parts of the evi dence On this case, that no co-Operation existed in the regiment between the Colonel and the other Officers. This, indeed, appeared front the declaration of the Honourable :Mover himself, that the orders of Col. Quentin were ridiculous and im proper.; therefore, no other sentence was fairly applicable to the case than that which was pro - uttunced: With respect to.the letter adverted.to by the last speaker, the Right Ilon. Gentleman contended that that letter was of such a nature as to leave no alternative to Colonel Qathitin hat to saccomh to the must disgraceful imputations, or to demand a Court-Martial. For what was the nature of that letter ?. A number of Officers, comprehending all that rank . and. talent, and con sectaence, of which the House had heard so much,, wrote to their Colonel, preferring such .charges against an old and meritorious Officer, that he must either havea.csigned his commission,. a• d become a voluntary exile hoist the army, or insisted upun a Court-Martial. Colonel Quentin wits,iwitiet, so situated through that letter, that heanust ei ther have forfeited his:claim to the society of men *of honour, or demandeal a• trial.. It was absurd 'therefore to argue that the Court Martial 'being the result of Colonel Qocntiu's own request, lie liad no right to ascribe it to-the (Ricers by whom lie WaSaccused--by whose accusal ion' he was in fact inevitably obliged to:make . the: Aetnand. It was not, httwevere the lost letter .only of the Officers which swegested the propriety of this de- , mood ; the explanatory letter 'of Lieot.-Chl. Ro harts,, c6ntoining a direct , charge of cowardice, rendered this demand indispeitsablYweeessary': ' he first letter ; there arc, which. Cal. - Quantal refused to read when Colonel Palmer offered to •spew it to - him, very propet•lv telling hint (Colonel 'Palmer) to take it to the-Prince Regent, was not, as the last Speaker contended, saanach the. cause of the censure incurred by the accusers of Col. Qixentin., But it was Maintained by the last Speaker, that these accusers were punished for concurring in the charges with Lords Wellington and Combestanere. —This, however, was not the. fact. What Lords - Wellington and Combermete had condembed in the conduct of Colonel Qacntin, they bad' suffi ciently punished, and he believed it would. fid e new in • any Court of British , Jurisdiction to punish 'twice far -any offeace.• Such a punishment would certainly not be agreeable to the rulea•of tbe ser .vice in - the British army. -Yet 'Stich, panislintent . the accusers of Colonel (111.111Iill sought to inflict. But the fact was, that these accusers bad formed a conspiracy against Colonel Quenalu—(hear, hear !)—The term conspiracy, which, how ever, he dil not - mean in an invidious sense, was, be repeated, applicable -to .thoae- who preferred charges seriously affecting the persohal honour of an old -Meer,' of which ehargea he:was fully ac qnitted ; and the term conspiracy, he felt it under all the eirentuStances of the tease justifiable to ap- . ply, although- many of those Officers were.among his own c6anections. But it was due to public • justice' to state the fact, and he would state it, however painful to his private feelings. It was then for preferring those •hargeg, t,thich weie never even insinuated by :Lords Wellington and Comberinere, -that those Officers were: seasonl, and ilk for stating that only in which those Com mantle' s concurred, as liod been asserted by the last Speaker. But how was it.possitdo to actotherwise to wards those OffieerS,aftvr t helailare of their charges • and the acquittal of •Col. Qaeattia ?, The regiment. , mustof necessitybewetvlycoostituted,for the acau sers anslacq • uitkeil:Cohlil a ttof :pia - iobry act together, • and unless it was determined to poniah tire acquitted Officer, which no just.. man.could advise, the aca eitSeFs must lie reatoyed from the .reiiimeot., They had therefore been accordinglyrentoved ; but their removal was attributed to favonritism. This, • however; apt - tered , in bins a most extraordiuttry charge; for•if itivouritisin.weres to. operatea.one should rathethexpect to find, the. dismissal of ona; than of several Officers. liut the fact iso.hat this ease afforded .a..happy example to the ,tarmy, that • neither: rank, .nor ftwily conspinence, .not indi vidual . service., woald be.allowed to prevail, against, justice ! (Hear,- hear !) if, howeaer, a desire were entertained,. according ; to the valeta phrase, to curry favouv With great people, how differeat • would ,have been the decision ? But the .decision • whip h had taken Place•ctaidd..nett - Thil of *having a good effect upon tiro service. It would, at least, urge young Officers to study their ?wit proper duty and to prtActisc:it, _instead of presuming-to ' pronounce opinionaaulion that of which they were not coinOcttut to jiii!gt_i. The nceNs . ty of inc4l- tatingtios:vint . ui'y 1,...550u, coul , il not 1,.! (luestioned • lty any nin Urquall'lted With the army. ri fe con- Otte of some of these young Soldiers reininded him oran ohservatioit that had been ,tnade hy' a Noble - Iteration of 'tits. He had s.:l . iti of certoi4 }in , il)itivis a 1 young Offreers %Ott) were sent out to lion—e`:They• • cannot mOuht guard, butt they can Iliallotivre‘theu 80,0,00 wen each." . Too many such young wan