The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-11 00:00:00

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COLONEL JONES'S JUSTIFICATION.:,-----7-$ 'Per,
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On Thursday night a party of Colonel. Jatc4 kyjeLials-a s's
met at the Burton-rooms, -
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. SHAW, of BUrtrilliVeigleMPT
having explained the object of the Meeting,
Mr. Nasit moved that a Committee be appointed, f, r
the purpose of promoting the election of Colonel Jones.
Mr. BLAICENIAN said Colonel Jones had been long be-
f ,re the public, and was well known as an efficient advo-
cate of Reform. It bad been stated that Colonel Jones,
when Commandant at Brussels, caused a man to be se-
verely flogged, and otherwise acted in such a tyrannical
manner as to cause the military officers and municipal au-
thorities to complain of his proceedings ; and that when in
Ireland he was guilty of an act of great cruelty, lay cutting
off the arm of a man, or severely wounding him. He
should he glad if Colonel Jones would also state at what
time, and under what circumstances, he left the army.
Colonel JONES, after stating to the meeting that it was
not his intention to trouble any one by a personal canvass
for his vote, proceeded to notice the charges to which the
previous speaker alluded. With respect to the first charge,
that his arbitrary conduct at Brussels had been com-
plained of by the military officers and municipal authori-
ties, he could most solemnly declare that it was utterly
unfounded. It was true, that while he was Commandant
a soldier was flogged there, and he would describe the
circumstances under which the occurrence took place. In
his capacity as Commandant, he had to provida accom-
modation for the wounded soldiers—English, Prearich,
German, Prussian, and Russian—who were brought by
waggons' full into Brussels. Provision bad only been
made in the hospitals for 1,200, though the number of
wounded brought into the place amounted to twelve thou-
sand. In these circumstances he seized upon churches and
whatever buildings he could lay hold of, for the purpose
converting them into hospitals. Every night he went
through the wards to see that the wounded were properly
attended to, accompanied by his eldest son, then a bay
six or seven years old, who employed himself in carry-
ing lint for their use. While engaged in this duty,
his ears were constantly assailed by the complaints of
the sick men, that they were robbed, and that even
their blankets were taken from them by their nurses.
These nurses were soldiers, who had been slialitly
wounded themselves. He was extremely sorry to hear
that men, lying perhaps on their death-bed, should
have been robbed by their comrades ; and having discovered
an English soldier to be one of the thieves, he immediately
ordered him to be tried by a Court-martial, who sentenced
him to be flogged. Upon learning the sentence, he sent
for the President of the Court-martial ; and he asked that
officer whether he was aware that the man was slightly
wounded ? to which question the officer replied by statine,
that the soldier was a notorious rascal, and that it would
he impossible to maintain discipline unless an ex "allele
should be made of him. Still he was not satisfied, and
desired the Deputy-Inspector of the Ilospit il, Dr. M'Neal,
to examine the soldier, and to state whether be could hear
flogging. Dr. M'Neal reported that flogging would
not injure the man, and he accordingly directed him to be
flogged ; and he would order any man to be flagged under
the same circumstances again.—(Applause.) If he did
not, he should deserve to be flagged himself. He could not
allow a poor foreigner, who was lying bleeding from his
wounds, to be plundered by a rascal of his own country.
The next charge was, that he had cut off a man's arm.
This he denied, but he admitted that he wounded a man in
the arm in the neighbourhood of Tamworth. He was charged
to take his battalion to Ireland, and he stopped at Tamwortlt
for the purpose of getting refreshment for his men. When
there, the officers went to an it.n, and provided for their own
comforts, leaving the men to take care of themselves. The
consequence of this WAS, that the greatest confusion and
disorder prevailed; and even a spirit of resistance began
to manifest itself. While engaged in preparation for em-
barking his men on the canal, lie was greatly impeded by
one of the bargemen, who told the soldiers not to mind
his orders. He advised the man several times to go about
his business, and at last took out his sword and hit hint
with the flat part, in order to drive him away. The man
turned his arm round, and catching the end of the sword
on his hand, was cut, but so slightly, that the surgeon said
it did not need binding up. This was the history of that
transaction. And now he would advert to the last point
on which he intended to address the meeting. He left
the army in 1825, in consequence of circumstances con-
nected with the affair at Tainavorth. He had already ac-
quainted the meeting with the improper conduct of the
officers on that occasion. He might, if he had chosen,
have sent them to be tried by court-martial for their con-
duct; but as many of them were very young men, he
adopted a more lenient course, and wrote an order. In that
order he told the officers that they ought not to consider
themselves merely as passive beings, or as ornaments in
a regiment ; that they ought not to seek a place of shade
while their men were in the sun, nor indulge in repose while
their men were obliged to perform harassing duties, and that
they ought not to look after their own comforts or conve-
niences, until they had directed their attention to the
state of their men. The order went on to state, that at-
tention to the belly was the leading defect of British
officers, and generally robbed them of that reputation
which they might otherwise gain by their superior energy
of character; and concluded by observing, that it was
not surprising that men, when abandoned by their officers,
should disgrace themselves and their colours by acts of
the greatest insubordination. This was the substance of
tke order which he promulgated, and he assured the meet-
ing, that he was not ashamed of it. But it gave offence
to the junior officer, and it was sent with a complaint to
the Duke of York, at Newmarket. He wag never a fa-
vourite in high quarters ; and the Duke of York, when
he received the complaint, exclaimed, " I have got him at
last," and immediately sent directions that the order should
be torn from the book; because it was alleged, it in-
sulted the young gentlemen and noblemen of the coun-
try itt the most wanton manner. After this, it was
impossible for him to remain in the army any longer.
He accordingly sold out, and to prove he was no
idler, and above all silly pride, he immediately in-
vested his money in trade. Having now answered all
the charges brought against him—(Great applause)—he
would take the liberty of describing the sort of persons
which, in his opinion, the electors ought to choose to sit
in the next Parliament. They should select those who would
perform their Parliamentary duty without reference to their
own interest, and who had judgment enough to avoid un-
necessary danger, but nerve enough to meet it when ne-
cessary. He was a Reformer, but no Revolutionist.----Col.
Jones then sat down, amidst much applause. His state-
ment appeared to have completely convinced the Meeting
of the utter groundlessness of the imputations cast upon
his character.
Several Gentlemen then addressed the Meeting, ex-
pressing themselves perfectly satisfied with the explana-
tion made by Colonel Jones, and recommending him to
the electors of Marylebone, on account of his abilities, his
habits of business, and his indefatigable industry.
A Committee was appointed to promote the return of
Colonel Jones; and after voting thanks to the Chairman,
I the Meeting broke up.
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TIIE FLEET AT COVE.-Yesterday morn-
ing Vice-Admiral Sir PULTENET MALCOLM'S fleet, con-
sisting of the Donegal, Tyne, Nimrod, Orestes, Trin-
cub°, Prince of Wales, and Onyx, returned to our har-
bour, after a week's cruise to the westward. We learn
that they will be shortly joined by a French fleet from
Cherbourg, consisting of seven sail of the line and four
frigates.—Cork Southern Reporter.
One might aptly apply to the city of Paris the
very expression of Sr. THERESA respecting hell—" A
place that stinks, and where love exists not."—Mirabeau's
, Letters.

A SAILOR'S ESCAPE FROM AN ALLI-
GATOR... sailor, named CAMPBELL, on board a Guinea-
man on the Congo, bathed in that river while in a state of
intoxication. When he had awimmed some distance from
the ship some of the sailors on board discovered an alli-
gator making towards him. His escape appeared impos-
sible; but two shots were fired at the frightful monster,
which, however, did not take effect. The report of the
piece, and the noise on board the vessel, intimated to
CAstrazza, his perilous situation ; and, turning, he saw
his enemy advancing with open jaws, which impelled him
with his utmost strength and skill towards the shore. On
approaching some canes and shrubs which covered the
bank, closely pursued by the alligator, a ferocious tiger
sprang towards him, at the instant the jaws of his first
enemy were extended to seize him. At this awful moment
CAMPBELL was preserved ; for the too eager tiger, by
overleaping him, encountered the gripe of the amphibious
monster. A conflict ensued between them, and the water
was coloured with the blood of the tiger, whose efforts to
tear the scaly covering of the alligator were unavailing ;
while the latter also had the advantage of keeping his ad-
versary under water, by which the victory was soon ob-
tained, and the tiger fell the victim. They both sank to
the bottom, and the alligator was no more seen. Came-
sett was recovered, and instantly co n
His dauger had made him sober, and the moment be
Providence for his most remarkable preservation : and what
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