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POST HORSE DUTIES. -
•• Stamp-011ice, London; Oct. 22, 1814.

NOTICE is hereby 'that, by virtue of
an Act, passed in the last Session of Parliament,
intitured "An Act for letting to farm the Post Iforse'Dtt-
ties," the Commissioners of Stamps, duly authorised by the
Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, will put up
the duties therein mentioned to be payable for horses, mares,
and geldings, hired bY the mile•or stage to be used in tra_
telling, or hired for a less_ period of time Than twenty-eight
successive days, for drawing any coach or other carriage used
in travelling post or otherwise. (with- the exceptions therein
specified), at the Crown anti Anchor Tavern, in the Stran,l,
on Wednesday, the 23d day of November next, at eieven
o'clock in the.ferenoon precisely, to be let to. farm at yrarly'
rents, for the term of three years from the Ist day of Feb.
next inclusive, in the several districts or lots following, viz.
Annual Rents nt
which they will
No. DISTRICTS.' lie put up.
I. North Britain - - - - £13,000 •
2. Northumberland - - - - , •
Cumireriand - - • - -
11,000
'Westmorland - - -
Durham -

3. l'orkshire - - 19,000
4. Lancashire
Cheshire - - - - - - 19,000
Derbyshire - - - - -
Staffordshire, with the whole of Tamwortli
S. Lincolnshire - - - - -
Nottinghamshire - - . - - 12,000
Leicestershire - - - -
Northamptonshire - - -
Ratlandsinre .• 7. 7
I'4' a rwielis hire 7 7. - - 13,030
Oxfordshire, except Tainworth and Wands- j
ford Inn - - - - -
Wiltshire _ - - - - -
Woreestersltire - - - 19,000
Gloucestershire - -
S. Norfolk - - - -
Suffolk - - - - - -
15,500
Essex - - - s -
Canihridieshire - - - -
9. Bedfordshire - - _ _ _ •
9030
,Buckingharushire, r - - -
10. Huntingdonshire - - - -
Hertfordshire, with Wandsford lon - 13,000
11. Surrey - - - - - - 13,000
12. Middlesex, including London aad
111 i r - - - -
13. Kent j- '9,030
' t 24,000
Sussex
14. Hampshire
Berkshire - - - - _ _ .1 a,ooo
15. Devonshire - ; ;
;- -
ix DortAire
Cornwall - - - _ _ _
. Somersetshire, including the Town a"? }2G 000
'County of Poole, in the County of Dorset, . .
the City and County of Exeter, in the
County of Devon, and the City and Coun-
ty of Bristol - - - - - J
16. 'NORTH WALES, viz.
.iNnglesea - -
Carnarvonshire - -
Denbighshire - - - - -
Flints Are - - - - - 8000
Merionethshire and - - - -
Montgomeryshire, with - - -
• Shropshire - - -
SOUTH WALES, viZ•
Dredolochshire - - - -
Carmarthenshire
Cardiganshire - - - - -
Glamorganshire - - - -
0
, 0 0
Radnorshire and - - - -
Pembrokeshire,. with
.Herefordshire anti - - -
MotimOutlishire

Each district will be put up at the sum above set opposite
thereto, which, if there be no bidding, will be gradually
abated down to a certain point, or till a bidding shall be
made. The highest bidder will be declared the farmer, and
will be required to pay down imuiediately, in Bank notes,
one eight part of the annual rent as a deposit ; but if no suf-
ficient bidding shall be made fur any district, it will 'be
withdrawn.

The farmer of each district will be required to give bond,
with three or more sureties, in the penalty of half the an-
nual rent, for securing the payment of the rent and the per,
formance of his contract.

And it is intended, that the distrfcts shall not be put up
in the order above stated, but in any other which the Com-
missioners of Stamps may think fit, and which will not be de-
clared before the time of letting: .
All persons intending to bid for any of the said duties, are
to deliver in their proposals; addressed to the Commissioners
at the Stismp-Office, Somerset-place, at least three days pre-
vious to the said 23d day of November next, signed with
their stating the places of their abode, and specify-
ing; the district Or districts for which they intend to bid,
otherwise their proposals cannot be proceeded upon.
And no persons licensed Ito let horses for the purpge of
travelling post, nor any one for their use, -can be admitted
to contract for any of the said duties.
fly Order of the Commissioners of Stamps,
.•V clll. KAPPEN, Secretary.

4EPTFORD VICTU,-ILLING-YARD, Oct. 21; 1814
THESE are to give Not:ce, that on Thursday next,
- the 27th Instant, at Ten o' Clock. izt the Forenoon, will
be exposed' to- PUBLIC KALE, at his Majesty's Victual-
line-Yard, Deptford, about Twenty Thousand Bags y
ENGLISH and FOREIGN BREAD, rabic;' will be put up
Lots of Sixty Bags each.
_ A Deposit of 251. per cent. is to be made upon the amount
of each Lot (it the time of sale, and the remainder of the pur-
chase-mOnry paid lafore the Bread can be removed, for which
purpose a period of 1.1 working days will he
,allowed from. tie
day of sale,, the Payers particularly observing, that not less
than one-half of the quantity is to be taken away from *pre-
niies within the first seven days, and the remainder in the seven
following days, otherwise the deposit 2)107/Cy will. be forfeited,
and the Bread remain the
.property of the Crown, as no
extension of time will, on any account, be granted.

This Day was published, price 11. 11s. Gd-. plain, or 21, 2s.
bcautifiilly colourea., •

pICTURESQUE- VIEIVS of PUBLIC EDI-
FICES in,PARIS.

By Ilessrs. SEGARD and TESTARD.
Aquatinted, in imitation of the Drawings, by M. Rosenberg.
London : Printed for Gale, curtis,.and Fenner, Paternoster-

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[PRIG SIXPENCT2,-TIALPPEN7CY.

COURT-MARTIAL ot4 COLONEL QUINT IN,
HELD AT WHITEHALL, MONDAY, OCT. 17.

We have already given the; names of the Mem-
bers, composing the Co,urt, a copy of the charges,
and:the opening- speech of Colonel Palmer, the
prosecutor, in Tim SUN of October IS.

Before Colonel Palmer proceeded to the evi-
dence, the witnesses Ivere ordered to leave the
room, and to appear only :IA the. 3,, ‘yere catled. - -
The ‘first witness was Brigade Maj,,r Jones :
he said he Was Brigade-Major on the 9th of ,Ja-
nuary, 1814 ; he produced the entry of the Ge-
neral Order, by which it appeared, that the7tb,
15th, and 10th Hussars were directed to forage
on the-10th of January, in the valley of Macoy,
in. France, and were commanded to respect the
depots of forage which had been made by the Spa-
nish General Murillo in that 'neighbourhood. ho
warless sent a copy of this order to Cu!. Quintin
its the afternoon- of the 9th.
Cross-examined.-.--11e said it was about 4 o'Clo'e%
in the afternoon when the order was sent—he
could not tell exactly—the roads were very had.

Lieutenant litzelarence was next sworn, and
deposed as follows :-L-" I moved with the reg-
ment the day on which it foraged in the valley of
Macoy. I was employed by Colonel Quintin to
look for forage near the quarters occupied by Ge-
neral Murillo. I went in consequence, and•found
forage, and was going to report it, when a Spa-
nish Officer told the than it belonged to them, and
that we could not have. it, they having collected
it with their own mules. I then went away in
the direction of the outposts of General Murillo,
and proceeded to join the•regiment. I found two
troops, and part of a third, foraging near the
outposts. I saw,the Spanish piquet tanned sud-
denly out, and immediately afterwards .private
Haggerty and three others galloping up towards
me, With their carbines sprung,. one of theist
said, that the enemy was advatieing in time valley,
both cavalry and infantry. I then heard and SAW
several shot : I joined Mr. Fitzgerald and the fo-
ragers, and the -troOps were formed about 300
yards distance, and facing the enemy, who were
evidently advancing. The SpaniardS were by this
time broken,..and the Officers hying ; but they
took refuge behind two houses, and the French,
not knowing their strength in that situation, did
not like to come on. Had they known their Quin-
hers, they might havecotne on, and fired a vol-
ley into us."
JUDGE-ADVOCATE.—" That is your opinion."
Lieut.•Fitzelarence—" Yes, I have no doubt
.of it."

JuDGF.-ADVOCATE.--" You must give us fact;
not opinions ; it is for the Court to draw infe-
rences ;. your opinion is not evidence."
Lieutenant Fitzclarcnce--“ Very well : if it is
not -evidence, it is vart of may narrative. 'WTe then
went and succeeded in rallying the Spaniards, and
two companies of their Cmtjadores coming up, the
French went away,-leaving token some men and
Horses."

Cross-e.wnrined.----He said that the regment
passed him as he was foraging : when he joined
the main body of the regiment, after quitting the
Spanish piquet, i 4 was more than a league in the
rear in the direction of Combo: The apparent
strength, of the enemy was. about 400 men, chiefly
infantry; there were-very few cavalry', so few that
very.probably they were only field officers.
Questioned by the Court.—he did not report time
attack on the Spanish piquet to Colonel Quentin
does not know whether any report was ntacfe.
Captain Ll6yd was next called.---l-le deposed es'
follows I moved with the regiment, on the
10th of January, to forage. I received thc.,,'order
at 8 o'clock in the morning. I was directed by
Colonel Quintin to apply•to General non) foe
a party to protect the foragers. I '.asked Colonel.
Quintin what number 1 should apply. for : lie said
two companies, or whatever force I thought strong
enough. I then proceeded to the bead-ipiarters
of General Murillo, and mentioned my business
to the Chief of his Staff. The General expressed
surfrrize that Colonel Quintin should have coni-
thenced foraging without giving him notice, bait
gave an'order for a couple of companies, with a
Colonel of Cagadores: On ,proceeding towards
the outposts,met part of the 10th movin4 off,
I was afterwards met by a man attached to the
regiment, who told the that it had filed oils to.wavt!s
the mountain. I overtook the tear, and found
Colonel 'Quintin, who asked toe if 1 had seen the
affair of the Spanish piquet. I then got an order
from him to the Colonel of Cai:adores, to sal
there was no necessity for time party". The firing,
by this' time had nearly ceased. My troop did
not forage that day
.(though the order for forage
had been given to the whole regiment), in conse-
quence of the circumstances witieb led to the
filing up the hill."
Cross-examined—Said that the distance front
the head4parters to the valley %elms-about six nmfles:
and ,a half. When be came up to Colonel Quintin,
there was. with him Captain [larding's troop, the
witness's troop, a third, and part of a fourth also
Major Howatd, Colonel -Painter, Lieutcrr!ot
Eversfield, Captain Hardirtg, and some other.
*Officers. He was not certain that Major Ilo‘-v-
-ard was there at first, .but 'he waft`v%dmen the tegi-
MCIlt halted at top of the hill. Captain flardine's
troop had forage, some straw and Captain Stuarcs
had some hay.,

Captain Stuart was then ex'arnined ---9 n the
10th of January, he was detached with his troop
by Colonel Quintin to forage in the valley 'of
coy. When ordered there, no place of rendezVous
was pointed out to him in, the event of being at-
tacked. From the Period at which he received
this order, to that of his retreat back to the ref.7i-
ment, lie received 00 communication from Col.
Quintin. On reCeiVillg too orLler for forayingin

the valley, be sent forward a non-commissioned ,
officer. who reported that he had found forage '
front of the Spanish pictets.- accordingly.
marched part of his troop in- that direction, to-
wards the .house where the forage was said to lie,
and soon after sent for the remainder to join him
at the same place, with the exception only of his
own ntles. Some French cavalry about. this
time were seen advancing along a narrow -road
towar‘ls the Spanish piquets. lie then rode hack,
and formed his troop in the rear of the Oyler,
which was soot) driven back. Captain Fitzela-
retire, with his troop, now joined him. anti they
formed in squadron. He enquired what instruc-
tion Captain Fitzclarence had received, and was
told, to retire through the village of Macoy.
hoivever, he was ignorant of the- road, he resolved.
to prefer the way through the Spanish canton-
mets, and he then threw out skirmishers to sup-
port the piquets. Captain Fitzclareuce rallied
them, and drove the,enemy back.
On cross-examination, Said, he was the enior
officer on the occasion which lie bad described.
Ile informed Colonel Quintin of his return as
soon as he bad arrived. Was sent tor. to him on
the evening of that day, when Colonel Quintin
observed to him that he understood be bad lost
several cif his men and horses, to which he replied,
that he bad lOst his own mules and one man.

In aussver to the qaestion, " Whether he should
have attacked the enemy, supposing their,force to
bare consisted of cavalry, upon the presumption
of being supported by Colonel Quintin," the wit-
ness answered " most certainly." If the piquets
had not given titne for the support to arrive, the
lofts to his own troop might have lam) great.
When at the houSe where the forage lay, be was
abut six hundred yards distance .from Colonel
Quintin,-to the best of his belief. He sent a.nian
at this tithe to apprise Col. Quintin of his situation,
but received no answer. The enemy's cavalry,
whom he perceived advancing, appeared to be
only skirmishers, but there were others posted in
a lane. He could not state how long Colonel
Quintitt remained where he left him, nor whether
it - possible for him, in. his situation, to ob-
serve the operations in the valley. He had not
aSi rtainen whether the report of his. situation,
when attacked, transmitted by him through an
orderly, bad actually reached Colonel Qaintin.
Captain Fitzclarence was then called, and de-
posed to the. following effect :—He was detached
with his troop on he 10th of January to forage
in the valley of Maeoy, without being advised of
any point of rendezvous
.or retreat.ht ease..of at-
tack. He had. no subsequent communication with
Colonel Quintin till the time of his return with
his troop to the regiment. His troop. occupied
the front of the valley, when he sent serjenots to
examine whether forage could bcproeured ;
on their return, and reporting io.the affirmative,.
be placed !Signets along the front of the position,
and commeme-ed foraging. After a short time lie
went to the advanced posts, and saw the enemy
approaching, and inciining towards his left. He
sear an orderly to enquire of the Spanish officer
what was his intention, who replied, he had been
ordered to retire. Having, in cousetrience of
this, withdrawn his troop, he fell in with the tro:ip
of Captain Stuart, and formed his men -on their
sank.. 'in this situation they remained fora con-
siderable time without any orders, till at length
Captain Stuart put them upon their retreat. He
found ColonelQunitin about two miles from the
scene of. foraging, on the top of a hill, with the
regiment.
Cross-examination.—ffe had no communication
during the time his troop
.was employed in the
valley, or until his return to the regiment with
Colonel Quintin. He remained tooter fire about
ten minutes, Should certainly have engaged the
enemy's Cavalry it attacked by them, in .the ex-
pectatioit of hello,: supported by Col. Quotin ; and
must have suffered severely froin infantry had not
the piquets maintained their post. He sent to-
tice to Maj or Howard of his sitoation as commander
of the squadron to which. his troop was attach-
ed. The third troop belonging to the squadron
was nottnear. He lost no men nor horses in
the affsir. The. ground was very difficult and
muili intersected.' It was impossible to say whe-
ther Colonel Quintin from his situation could see
what passed in t e valley, as there was a great
deal of wood in the intermediate space. He re-
ceived no instriictions after his orders to forage in
Nacoy. in -answer to a question, whether the
groom! admitted of' the whole regiment brim;
drawn up, he replied in the negative ; but said
acre vas certainly room for one troop to have
come to their support. He did not know that it
Was akcityS usual to appoint places of rendezvous
ou sooting out detachments to' forage. _ _ _

Captain 'Harvey depoSed, that he moved with
the regiment on
.the 10th of January last, on
wh,ch day the Serjeant Major reported that he
bild found forage in a house about a league in ad-
vance, in the valley of Macoy. Colonel Quintin
ordered Ulm to conduct his troop to the spot but
boot e he proceeded it was evident, from his own
observation, that if the enemy should attack them
lehllst foraging, he must find it very difficult to
bring oft his men,without suffering severely. At
this time the fire from the enemy approached,
'Then Colonel Quintin countermanded him, and
filed the regitnent. to the rear. There were a few
scattered shot. before, but Colonel Quintin went
away as soon as the fire increased and grew
nearer. The Colonel neither • went nor sent
to the detachments : foraging in the
although it was evident that it was there the
firing took place. The troops foraging might
be about half a mile in advance, when the Co-
lonel filed the regiment to the rear. The fire
resembled the irregular fire of infantry ; it was
not what he could call a heavy fire, bat rapid in its-
succeF.sion. Colonel Quintin plated hiniself at the
"wad 'of the retreating marched up the
Dill to the rear.. The witness remained with his
troop a short tine, andgot'snflielent forage:tot:
one d,,y for 30 horses. forage was indiffer-
ent, a mixture.Of straw :and hay.

. .
:::,erjeaut Wells was next caned, and stated, that
bc.17.:(1 ::,:tr4 as Adjutant to -the regiment in the
valley of illaeny, on the I.oth of .1 auitary
'1 here were five men and f*our h0;.:..r5i0:•4 that day,
teas again called' and Ile=
d :0 the I:llo‘‘intz 'cifeet :—He wits near the
of the 10th hussars, Oil the 'I oth of Ja-

ifunry, ithil Was passing a anti the ft.* of th
posts, when K serjeant told 'him, that either two
or three troops of the reg-iment had received or-
ders to 'forage in the
.valley.. Tie knevithat they
were afterwards iittacked bythe French pitinets,
who descended from the oppotite bill. On bear-
hitt their fire upon the troops of the 10th, lie'rOde
off to the nearea infantry posts, in order to pro-
cure theta assistance. Ott his way he met Col.
Keene, who moved a detachment of infantry to
their support. A. report was sent to hint the
next morning, as Briga(le-Major,and another by
Colonel Quintin to Lind Edward Somerset. He
enquired of the sedeant Of the piquet stationed at
the church in the valley, which way the 10th
Hussars -were gone, and %vas informed, that Co-
lonel Quintin with two sqnadrons had proceeded
to the-rear up the bill ; and that Colonel Quintin
had said, that he was afaid lie had lost some of
the foragers.
TheJ ono E-ADVoCATE here observed, that what
the witness had heard others say, was not evidence
that could be received.. .

Major Jones then resumed.—He saw Colonel
Qnititio an hour or two afterwards, and told him
that hecame toinquireintnthe state of his regiment,
in consequence of what had passed between him
and the serjeant. Colonel Quintin replied, he
had -only lust a few men and.horses, ,and tht.t the
troops had escaped front the valley.• lie Vas not
then aware that there had been no covering
party, as an order to this effect had been is-
sued by General. Mtirillo. It was hardly pos-
sible for Wm to say, that it was the want of
this precaution that was the cause -of the loss
winch was sustained, hut he thought it highly pro-
bable that it would have prevented the enemy's at-
tack. A chain of infantry might have afforded ef-
feetnal security, but the ground was such that
against infantry cavalry was of no IlSl'. Sucti a
precaution would have undoubtedly prevented the
possibility of a surprise. The ground 'vas suc..
that 100 men might have kept a very large force
in check: It was probable that the enemy was
"induced to make the attack by the straggliog and
defenceless appearance, of the troops employed in
foraging; but the thickness of the fog intercepted
an accurate observation. Ile did not know what
was the loss of the:Spaniards, but he had beard
it was trifling.. By desire of Lord Ed. Somerset
he wrote a few days afterwards a letter of instrue-
tioz to Colonel Quint in, the entry and copy.of
which he could *produce,
Colonel Quintin was then asked, whether .be
admitted the received of this letter, and answered
in the negative,

Major Jones then proved, that his entry was, a
true copy, and written with his own hand. He
sent it to Colonel Quilitin by an orderly, and ii id
no doubt that it was received. It was usual for
hint to obtain receipts for letters, hot his hoax of
receipts had been lost, and be-could not now re-
collect pOsitivOy whether he got a receipt for,the
letter'in question from Colonel Quintin or not..
The letter was then read. It referred, by the
command of Lord 1.4.. d. Somerset, tiie Colonel of
the lOth. Hussars, in consequence- of what had
happe;.ed, to the brigade ord&§, and contained
further imurnetions relative to the precautions to.
be in future observed by Colonel on send-
ing out foraging detachinents. Witness could
tot recollect (on cross-examinatiOr!) whether the
10th Hussars foraged afterwards in i\lacoy or not.
Recollected Colonel Palmer applying for permis-
sion to forage there, and Lord Ed. Somerset say-
ing, he had the order.
(To be continued to-sorrow.) : -