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London, England, 1824-05-03 00:00:00

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MONDAY, MAY 3, 1824.

such manner by the -Commander-in-Chief as his Excellency
shall deem proper.
Confirmed, (Signed) EDW. PAGET,
General Commander-in-Chief in India.
In confirming the foregbink sentence, the Commander-in-
l2th Section of the Act of the 21st of
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Articlefinds
necessary
the to make the following remarks :—The
George 11. for the punishment of mutiny and desertion, &c.
enacts, that whatsoever commissioned officer shall be convicted
before a general Court martial,. of behaving in a scandalous,
infamous manner, such as is unbecoming the character of an
officer and a gentleman, shall be
discharged from the service.
By the finding and sentence of the Court upon the additional
charges, the Commander-in-chief is led to infer, that although
Lieut.-Colonel Harriot is adjudged guilty of a high breach of sub-
ordination; he nevertheless is not considered tollave behaved in a
scandalOus, infamous manner, such as is unbecoming the charac-
ter of an officer and a gentleman, and consequently that the false-
hood and malice imputed in these charges (which are the most
unofficer-like and most ungentleman-like of crimes) fall to the
ground. With this understanding of the Court's intention in in-
troducing the words " but not to the, extent contemplated by
the 20th article," the CA:mender:in-Chief has not hesitated
to confirm the sentence. lie should be'very glad to stop here,
but the circumstances of this case render, it uecessary to state
that the loose and disorderly habits of the invalids, and espe-
cially the European stationed at Chunar, were so shamefully
notorious as to induce the late Cornmander-in-Chief' to select
Lieut.-Col. Harriot as a fit officer to correct and reform these
abuses.

A more difficultand irksome duty could not' hare been im-
posed upon an officer, and it is with pain that the Commander-
in-Chief is compelled to add, that if Lieut.-Col. Harriet had
received from the. Commandant of the garrison that countenance
and support in his labours which he had a right to..expect at his
hands, he has little doubt that success would have crowned his
efforts. _ _

Of the six original charges preferred by Lieut.-Col. Robert-
son against Lieut.-Col. Harriot, the prisoner is most properly
acquitted of five ; and with respect to the remaining charge,
the Court has found " that he is guilty in a lesser degree of the
3d charge, inasmuch as gunner Gall was compelled by hint to
do duty which he, froth his infirmities, was unequal to."- For
this, and forthe offences contained in the 3.1 -additional chargeS,
Ilarriot is sentenced to six months' suspension, and
to be reprimanded in such a manner as the Commander-in-
Chief shall deem proper:
The Commander-in-Chief is satisfied that if Lieut.Xol.
Harriot knowingly and wilfully, compelled a man to perform a
duty which he from his infirmities was unequal to, the recol-
lection of such a fact will-occasion to hint a much more severe
pang than any censure of his could inflict.
With respect to the letter to Brigade Major Baldock, on
which the three additiOnal charges are founded, the Commander-
in-Chief thinks it necessary, in the most unqualified terms, to
express his marked disapprobation and condemnation of the
intemperate language in which that 'letter was couched ; but,
in consideration of Lieut.-Colonel Harriot's contrition of bay.'
ing penned it, of his- having requested to withdraw it, and to
apologize to Lieut.-Colonel Robertson for its contents, and in
farther consideration of the grievous difficulties with which he
had-to contend in the execution of his arduous duties in the
garrison of Chunar, his Excellency is pleased to remit that part
of the sentence which awards the suspension of six months
from rank and pay.
Lieut.-Colonel Harriot is to be immediately released from
arrest, and*Will proceed to join the 2d battalion 33d regiment,
.to which he stands appointed
JAMES NICOL, Adj.-Gen. of the Army.