The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-30 00:00:00

COURT MARTIAL ON COLONEL QUINTIY.

'rlie Court Martial I'o4 on this Officer, on four chareet of al
misconfluet while ronimandinv the loth in Spain ant
France, fiat yet terminated The Court re assembled on l'nesday
when Colonel Qattitin entered on i.is defence, and examined wit-
»eases on his belyilt, a• well as on the following day, NVednesday,
when having closed hit ca• e. an adjournment took place tni
Monday next ; Colonel Palmer will then make his reply to the de-
The evidence has becn poblislied, hut it k so very voliiminons, that
to 'Qat. the •iiboanee only of tic VatiOllS 016(I ero•s
ex reiriationst wou:d oeenps several coliinius. Ti''t three tir.t
charges imputed to the Colonel (us alie:(ly st;lted), ‘• his not
I:a% mg trade pioper arrangements to en:,tire the sAety of the rem
fit %Odle foiagnlg hi the village of Mos...fly, in France, On the tOth
of .11iiiiaiv la‘t ;--". with net having, the day after the liittle of
Oril:e•, • fa. regini..nt tieing on that day engaged with the cm my,
mad. u h effectual attempts as he ought to have done, irs pre
ac•rice a d own exci lions and example, to co-oper.ite
with c.r sup?ert •the different di vipions of the loth liasQars, tinder
his coo ni.nd ;' —and " tt ith havieg, on the *Liy of the b title or
Tetilon-e, neglected and altandootd his duty, as Commanding'
();hoer, by leaving some of the divisions when unJer fire frooi the
ellerny Aithottt orders, and thereby unriccessarilY Is aztrdine the
itety of these iliyisians."—ln supp,ost of tlicsc charzes,
Jones. Lit iitemint Fitz •larence, Llovil. Captain :;'tewart,
Lieutenant Everstiehl, Ellev, C;iptain Fitz(.l,ll.enee, Li
tenant WynAliain, and Lieutenant Seymour. 04 uvll as cevel.al Ser.
Jcants of the regiment, were exa:iiiiied, r, ho gave a desultory at--
count of the transactions which ot7eurred on the tldvs above spe
cificd.

111 support of the fonrth charge, " for gercral neetect of dote, by
U relaxed di-cipline to exist in the regiment under his
command, when On foreign set.% ice, by svhich the reputation of
the ragiment suffered in the opioion of the Consul/slider of the
Voices, and of the Lienten:mt-Ctweral commanding the cavalry.
their di-plcasure having beau expeessed or imp'ied in a letter or
order flout the Adjutant-General of the Forces to Alajor-General
Lord E. Somerset, commanding- Ike hussar brig ile. dated the '.9t11
of March, t3l-t."—Lord Combermere (late Sir S. Cotton) was the
tihst s ittiess examiued. His Lordship was ...hewn the order telerred
to) in tiOs charge; and stated, that it was issued in consequence of
the iruegwarity of the 10.thAmssars, at or near l'alai-t, at which
time Comm.: Quiatin commanded them. There was no complaint
atzainst the Tulzitileilt, which be had seen, whets under the e'llitsia:;ti
of Major lloharts, put-viols% to the arrival of Colon.
His Lordship gave instrisetions to Lord E. Sumerset to ns-emble
Viz, Officers of the 10th, attil lead the l► tter. to them ; and told him,
that bote.s there was ao ann-odrnent in the discipline of the feel.
Hoist, toe slmulol write home that Colonel Quitiiin—eillier from ill
health, or some other mica to command the regiment
on active service. He hail opportunities of seeing a grest deal of
th- Officers ; furl better disposed, or snore zealous Officers. he
lie rev saw, it' they had been betlei• eottntintidtd. On solute oceil-
-1101,5 the iegiment was long in tinning out, and ;emelt delay was
occasioned in the removal of the baggage. Colonel Quint in did hot
complain ut bad !pair!), nor did he deelinz the duty which oilier-.
tainfAl to his evolution' ; but he appeatol not in gond Isea.th, and
bi Loksiship had heard he was ill. To that be imputed the want
Or energy. Recolkets Colonel Quintin made eXen.ev. such ;et Ilie
roads being bad but that was not sufficient, as other regiments
bpi the same cane of complaint.
Lfnat C. Sometset, General Grant, Colonel Gardner of the Wree
artiliery, aid several other Oliicers, also spoke to the chariot' for
the worse after Colonel goliotou took the e,lmmand or the loth ; it
eowisted in the want of coollition of the horses, sloyeNlif ess in the
appo,iettnents of the men and horses, anti of ?bell' ego! ..nents ; it
regularity atld sir/Wu...ding if/ !belt' olatTli, au l fa:: tire In itttention at
the place of rendezvous. The (Wirers of the Wilt also deposed to
a variety of instanct s in which, when thuv had reported miseon-
ohlet iu the men, the Colonel either refo..ed to take cogoivanee of
lions, or when lie did do it, he coffered the delinquents, after trial,
to escape without p;opur vmuishment. In short, &kat he Was too