The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-09 00:00:00

COLON 1?,1,. Int A I/LEY.

Mr. HUMP, in bringing forward bin present mo-
tion, must necessarily bring under the consilfrration of the House
a cure of thigrimt military • oppresaion. Thu Hon. hlemlier then
detailed the circumstances under which Lieut.-Colonels Arthur
and Bradley were sent out to the colony of Ilondmais ; but, as
they are already well known to the public,• we confine our report
to that part of them whit:lt i; .Peresaary to make the ensuing dea
bate intelligible. In the course of Iti)1, while Lient.•.Cohmel
Arthur was acting as. Military Governor of HOtulorat, the regi-
ment in Oriel' he held the rank of Lieut.-Colonel was disbanded,
and he himself, reduced to half-pay. Lieut.-Colonel Bradley,
then stationed with Ida regiment at Honduras, conceived, that as
he was the older officer, and on full-pay, lie was entitled,
by the laws of the service, to talus the. Pompand of the military
farces at Honduras from Lient.-Colonel-Arthiw,- iv, that oflieec:
had bear reduced from full to half-pay. Lieut.-Colonel Arthur
refused, however, to resign his command to Lieut.-Colonel Bead-
ley, and elaimed to e.,4 as Military Governor on a commission
from General Fuller, the CoHunantier-in-Chief at Jamaica. As
Lieut.-Colonel Bradley would not aebnit the authority of Lieut.-
Colonel Arthur, that officer placed hint tinder atereit, kept him
in close confinement for 812 days, and then sent him to E.,llg-
land. On his arrival in England Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley
found that he had been dismissed the service, and was only per.
mitted, as a reward for twenty-orie.yeare' service, to dispose, at
the- regulated price, of his commuision. !Icing convinced of
the illegality of Lieutenant_-Colonel Arthur's Conduct towards
him, he brought an :action against that officer, and the damaget
which he would other ita have recovered were greatly diminished
in consequence of two of cera AMA the Horse Guaids producing
on the trial a document purporting to ke einumission authoris-
ing Lieutenant4;olonel, Arthur to take the inilltapy eqnnoand at
Honduras.. Since that time the Noble Lord his
dooment then produced in Court, and sworn to be a commis-
sion, was not a commission, but a letter of service. If it were
so, lie was linnet/L:4 to say, that by the laws of the army no
officer was bound to obey mother, upless he could prance a re-
gular commission giving him superior siithority. The object of
his motion was twofold—first of all, he wished to pbtaio popies
of the continission said to be granted in 1814, under the autho-
rity of the Duke Pi Manchester, by General Fuller, to take the
command of the snitirary Anus stationed at Honduras, whilst he
was .only on hair-pay and, secomily, to have a copy of Lieut.-
Colonel Arthur's report to the Commitoderrio-Clinif in 1820,
after he had placed Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley ionise welt, and
also his correspondence with Lord Bathurst, who was then at the
bead of the Colonial Department, on the same subject. He did
not wish to Lave those letters produced fur his own priieta info!'
matiou, foe he had already seen copies of them, but for the gene-
ral information of the How. prom those letters it was evi-
dent, that at the time he wrote theta, getitenant:Gilonei Arthur
bed rio such commission as it was now preteiajtvl that he held ;
for in else AI ,hesn, he wished to be informed in what tigustion
he, who was Indy to, officer on half-pay, was to he considered
with regard to Lientsuusts.Colonel Bradley, an officer on full
pay, and at the station in conthiagd of his regiment. When
those, papers were placed upon the table, :he was sure that it
wool,: appear to the House that gross injustice had imp done
to Llea4Asta-Colonel Bradley. The lion. Member then con-
cluded by moving Chr a series of papers embracing the objecta
which lie had mentioned in kit speech. The first of them re-
lated to the authority given by the Di.o4.a of Manchester to Gene
re) Fuller to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, k).Pary Gtrier
nor' Of ikuluras. . . „.
Lord PALAIFigSTON felt it his duty to object
to the production of liut 4pcmytenta for which thellonourable
Member for Aberdeen had moved, not beratite the despatches which
were called for did not exist—for be had seen theta
because he hail any doubt as to the genuineness of the commission
Or wur of service, for it had been admitted asevidence in a Court
of Justice, (nit hpanise, in the view he took of this matter, no Par-
liamentary ground* were iajd for their production. The merits of
the case had been so often discussed in the last Parliament, that
ktaaviioativalli the House an apology for pressing upon its attention so
4aokidasl a subject ; but as there night become members :mac-
witirtheto, he felt it necessary to mention them am briefly
as pnalible• 'Me ataraolent he intended to make to the House
was rirnply this :—.Lieutermat-Colonel Arthur was appointed by
the Duke of Manthester, Governor of Honduras, and received from
(kn. Pffier a commission, or lever of service, authorising him to
take the
othuninn of the troops stationed- there. Lieut.-Colonel
Bradley was, therefore, placed as an officer under the command of
Lieutenant. Colonel aatuiir.
The regiment to which Liente-
mmt_Colonel Arthur belonged was blebs: deal, and he himself was
putcur half-pay. Liettt.-Col. Bradley then chose to suppose that
as Lieut.-CA 4rthnr's regiment Was disbanded and Lieut.-Col.
Arthur was placed on bakf-pay, that officer ceased to retain any

Military authority at Honduras,—.-an atahority, which, it ought to
he recollected, that he derived not from his regimental discussion,
but from the commission he received from General Vuller.-.-
Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley made himself the interpreter of the
law on the point, and not only made himself the interpreter of
the law, but also determined to set upon his interpretation.—
lie not only Said that Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur had ceased
to command; hot also attempted to supersede his own com-
manding officer. fle took upon himself great responsi
bility in so doing, and lie ought not now to complain that he was
compelled to stand by the consequences of it. Under such cir-
cumstances he had described to the House, LieutenantXolonel
Arthur did that which any officer similarly situated would have
done, and if he had not done so, he would have deserved dismissal
from the service--Lhe placed Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley under
arrest for mutiny. The question between the two officera was
then referred to the Commander-in-Chief, who, after hearing

them both, decided that Lieutenant Colonel Arther was in -the
right, and that Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley was in the wrong.
As it was impossible to pass over such a breach of military law as
that of which Lientenant•Colonel Bradley had been guilty, the
Commander-in-Chief felt it to be his duty to remove Lieutenant-
Colonel Bradley from the service. The whole affair was sub-
mitted to the King, and his Majesty was pleased to confirm the
determination to which the Commander-in-Chief had conic.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley was not cashiered, as he, perhaps, de-
served to be, he was allowed to retire, receiving the value of his
commissions, which by the bye he had not purchased. He would
now inform the House, that although in the main points Lieut.-
Colonel Arthur was right, there was still one respect in which he
had been guilty of erroneous judgment. He had done right in
placing Lieutenant-Colonel Bradleyunder arrest, but wrong in re-
taining him under arrest—not, however, in close confinement, as
the Honourable Member had stated—until he was dismissed from
the service. After Lieutenant •Colonel Bradley was dismissed
from the army, he brought his case under the consideration of the
legal tribunals of the country., The result was, that the Court
affirmed that Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur had authority to confine
Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley : it negatived the assertion that
Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley had been illegally detained in the first
instance ; but bit said that though Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur
was' justified in the original arrest, he had continued it beyond ne•
cessay, and it therefore gave him a verdict for 2001. Lieutenant-
Colonel Bradley Was not satialied with this result. He moved for
.1 new trial on the ground or -a -misdirection on the part of the
Learned Judge, and had it refuiedchim. Such being the ease, on
what ground 'could the House how interfere in this transaction ?
He thought that these documents were only wanted to enable
Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley to swell his next petition with their
statements : and that being his Opinion, he felt it to -be his duty
to negative the present motion.

Mr. HUME controverted at some length the state-
ment 4 of the Noble Lord. He very much doubted the existence
of the letter of service. •

Lord PALMERSTON begged to remind the
House, that the Hon. Member for Aberdeen and himself were at
issue as to a fact. The Hon. Member had said that the com-
mission had no existence in 1814. He replied that it had.
Colonel ToRRENS defended the officers of the
arm.), from the charge of being slaves.

Sir. H. HARDINGE said, it was impossible for
any officer to sit silent under such an imputation as had been east
on the whole army by the Hon. Member opposite. If they re-
mained silent, then, indeed, they might deserve to be considered
as slaves. Fortunately, however, observations of this nature
coming from the Hon. Member were perfectly harmless.
The motion was then negatived. _

On the motion " for a copy of any general order issued-by Ge-
neral Fuller, for the appointment of Colonel Arthur as Commau.

dant of ifonduram."

Mr. HUME would rest the whole business on the
question—" Did Colonel Arthur, when he placed Lieut.-Colonel
Bradley under arrest, possess any authority from General Fuller,
which justified him in adopting that measure?" (Lord Palmer-
ston, " Yes.")--Ife wished to know whether the Noble Lord
would admit the letters of Colonel Arthur, in which he allowed
that he did not possess such a power, to be received as a proof
that the statement on this point was not false. Would he allow
those letters to be received in contradiction to the charge of false.

hood ? Colonel Bradley did not, as had been asserted, act precipi-
tately. For three suceetedve months he demanded to know what
commission Colonel Bradley held, and from whence it had been
received, but he could procure no satisfaction. He (Mr.
Hume) now asked, what authority General Fuller had to skiper-
cede the King's commission, which was in the hands of Colonel
Bradley ?
Lord PALIVI ER STON.,---I have already stated the
facts toile House. To those facts I refer, and I will not add one
• syllable more.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUME did not speak of a commission in ex-
istence now,- but of a commission in existence at the this when
the arrest took place.
Sir H. HARDINGE was astonished that the
Hon. Member should, after the luminous explanation of his noble
friend, after his unequivocal statement, that such a commission
did exist, reiterate his question. It was little less than doubt-
ing theyeracity of the Noble, Lord.

Mr. HUME was of opinion that the Noble Lord's

answer was evasive. It did not directly meet his question,-which,
related to a commission not of the present day, but issued some
years ago.

•
Lord PALIVIERSTON said, that it was itripossi-*
ble that he could be answerable for the extreme obtuseness of un-
derstanding possessed by the Honourable Member for Aberdeen ;
but he would venture to say, that his statements bad been clearly
understood by every other Honourable Member. He had stated,
not only i/pon the present occasion, but last year, in the course of
the last Session, that he had read a paper—the same paper which
he then held in his hand—a letter from Colonel Arthur, dated 1820,
in which that Gentleman quoted: his Commission from General
Fuller as the reason for his exercising the authority he had as-
sumed. That authority was in existence in 1814, and if the
Honourable geniber's (Mr. Hume's) intellect was so deeply ob-
tuse—so profoundly dull and stupid, as to require such frequent
repetitions—repetitions more frequent even than these with which
he (Mr. Hume) was himself in the habit of favouring the House,
in order to soak into his mind those matters which, upon a first
hearing, rsere so obvious to every other comprehension, then he
should leave the Honorable Member to the impenetrable dark-
ness which dwelt in his brain, without a hope of being able Wye-
netrate it-(Hear, -hear.)—For himself, he should consider it as a
matter of total indifference whether he was or was not understood
b 1 the Honourable Member. He addressed himself to the under-
etapding of the House of Commons. and not to the Hon. Member
for Aberdeyn..,7(ar, hear).
The Resolution was negatived) Wai`e Pl!t nOpra fgrllip pro-
duction of Papers moved by the Hon. Member. Upon the tlird
Resolution being moved. _ _ _

Mr. HUME had lived long enough in the world, and
in that House to know that abuse was no answer to argument. •
Any liqn• Member might attempt eke., but he mold give no
satisfaction beyond the few who felt intereated ip supporting him.
The Noble LON had charged. him with :obtusenesp of intellect ;
if his intellects were obtuse, that was his misfortune,
not his fault ; and he wax the less blameable upon that ',core, bit-
cause he believed that he spent more hours in entleitvouriug to en-
lighten his mind than were perhaps, required by the Noble Lord
in the attainment of the same advantage. It might be very true
that other Hon. ?dew Pert ehmrly understood what he found it'
difficult to comprehend ; but this atupWity ought not to he visited
upon the gentleman whose ease he advocated—(Hear, hear !)
It was now said that he was deficient in evidence, but he assured
the Woh f-ord that he should take the trouble of procuring copies
of Colonel Arthur's laltem frl which there would be found a di-
rect negative to the Noble Lord's Stateiosilts ; if Ph then he should
be content to sit down under every charge of stupidity which
the Noble Lord bad poured forth upon him. As to the
present tirade poured forth by the Noble Lord, he received it with
utter conipnqt. All that had been said could not alter his (Mr.
:-
flume's) sentiments no matter how much his Lordship had been
cheered and supported by the Gallant .0/Vico
behind him (Sir H.
Hardinge), and the other Members upon that side of the: Ilontte7,
(Hear.)—He trusted that Honourable Members in their discos-
' slims Would roollue themselves to moderate language. For him-
self, lie assured the House, that if neon any. occasion lie expreued
himself too warmly, he was most sorry for it; but in no iostance
could he allow himself to indulge hr language, which the Justice of
the Noble Lord, the clearness of his views, and the great quickness
of his intellects induced him to pour forth upon his (Mr. Hume's)
meaney and less comprehensive capacity—(Hear, hear.)—lle
Omni,' leave it to tine ilehle Lord, wholiad the good taste to in-
(ilge in such expressions, and to those who wens ep rofilted as to
comaeadmire his eloquence, to approve of such a of proceeding
in that House ; reserving to himself the honest expression of his
own opinions, no matter how opposed,for in what language at-
tempted to be rebtAted.
Sir H. HARDINGE said that those who lived in
glassliouses should not be the first to throw stones!
Mr. HUME said, his observation waa; that if

officer* were to be deprived'of their command and cammissions in

SMITHFIELD MARKET.—Dre. •.

At this day's market, which was, fur that of a Friday, mode-
rately well supplied, Mutton met with a very tardy sale at a fall-
ing off of full d. per stone from its Monday's quotations ; but
,in the prices of the middling .run of other kind, of meat there
was little if any alteration. There were, however, about half a
dozen of exceedingly fine Heifers, of the Herefordshire breed, fat •
tened by a Mr. King, of Plaistow, Essex, and a few highly-fed
Devonshire Steers and Oxen, for which from ss. Bd. to tic per
stone was demanded, and, in some instances, obtained.

111,ICES PER STOW! OF 81,11 S. 10 SINK THE (WEALS.
s. el, to s. d. s. d. to., d.
Inferior Beasts 2 8 3 2 South Down Wethers . 4 0 4 4
Second quality ditto— 3 2 3 6 Large coarse Calves.... 3 8 4 0
Prime large Oxen 4lO 5 2 Prime small ditto 4 4 4 8
Prime Scots, &c 5 0 5 4 Large Hogs 3lO 4 2
Inferior Sheep 2lO 9 2 Small Porkers 4lO 510
Second quality ditto.... 3 4 3 8 Suckling Calves...l2s. to 30s. each.
Coarse-woolled ditto... 3 8 4 U Quarter old Pigs ~10s. to lee. each.
No good Milch Cows, either in Smithfield to-day, or at Islington yes-
terday.

Beasts

SUPPLY, AS PER CL
Sheep.
4,140

STATEMINT.
I Calve/. I
189

,-----
NEWGATE ASTI) LEA DENH4I.I, MARKETB.
At per stone, by the Carcass.
I, 0. to s. 0. s. d. toe. d.
Beef 3 0 4 41 Veal
Mutton 2 6 3 6 Pork 3 6 1 0

RUMFOIU) hi
4, d,
4to d.
Hee
on * 4 4 4 Ili
Mutt 4

e. d. toed.
U Veal ...
Pork
.aAetl+Tgt4erveorlydtr,lrgillasu.:ottike4lieselePee• f.

Suckling Calves from Ws. to 395.
Supply rather numerous, anti tr;
which was in demand, very dull.

STRYNING MARKET.—Dee, 4,
Beet •••••.•••••yrn,r,• 4s. Ott. to 411. 4d. I Veal 0 a a
3111U011 4 ti Pork 41.0 d. to 4s. 4d
Siipplygotiii; and trade with goad Beef brisk, with Mutton and Pork
dull. The Prices resulting from the Cattle Show, which also took place
to-day, were awarded:.--'fo W. Clorrenge, Esq. for the best Sussex Ox,
a piece of plate, value Ht. ; to Luke Upperton FAN. for the second best,
a piece of plate, value Si. ; to the 11ev. W. Wieldwaird for the beat Sus-
sex Steer, a piece of plate, value N. ; to the Duke of Richmond, for the
best Runt, a piece of plate, value

pE4Tu or FLAptio4.—On Thurarday morning,
died akhis house in Buckingham-street, Fitzroy-square, in the 72d
year of his age, John Flaxinan, Esq,, R.A., and professor of
sculpture at the Royal Academy. Mr. Vision:in contracted a
severe cold by leaving his house on Snnday last ; but was suffi-
ciently well on Monday to receive a few friends at dinner. Medi-
cal advice was called in the same evening. Ili* constitution had
been weakened by a gradual decline of health, which bad for se-
veral years excited the apprehension of his professional and per-
sonal friends, and he was therefore spared the suffering of a severe
and procrastinated illness. Mr. flaxinan's reputation was widely
spread on the continent ; his designs after the Viad and Odgssey
of Homer, iflechyliii:1 IfesiodI Dante, and had established for him
the andisPuted fame of origingl genius and poetical invention,
among the critics and cognoscenti of Italy and Germany, among
whom be enjoyed a higher reputation than has been granted to any
oilrfeioliougisiitrneiiii•foti,iiiiuitii.iyammtie...n, wlit.ilii.atrheexectivipiatlion of perhaps Sir Christopher
Wren and Sir Joshua Reynolds. As a sculptor, his works are
chiefly of that higher kind, which is nut calculated to confer po-
polarity. Ife never, we believe, executed busts, except as por-
tions of wpllidira) monuments, to
Cwollilieughe:tolexdfeorn.9:2olllallis
fit Win.
of his mind particularly indined hint. Westminster Abbey eon_
tains his Lord 'gar:afield •
adopted, in general, the dm-
,
4ITS; St.- Pripl'S, several otber of his most distinguished works.
Mr. Fhanuin lived a very retired life : he professed himself a
associate
did not
entirely free
free
from
om
s‘Attlf!iiileitisiihiles::l:tkeeliiretoit.oaoctnfoaeindvitigo,li igrwieteagEtit,art,ostiltiliasiib,hitnysllffetoiabil I;juieeagindite,:eiCtes,:eilyiii:t:lblitayt:ct.ttarl.it:e.,,:le:iat Swedenborg,thriadot
nly.tico
ttiliwoouilloghiahne.dl‘id,hneont
warmi) gllbe'entolev7lernutiC•eLanPif rliegliid-
Int°•iral'el. lircwis a man of
integrity. In all r . Y matters so severely scrupulous against
his own interest, t tat his profession wraasnkf.ar lleises purarlruicedtiveeartloyhiiinn
tie, and on etc( studies in Italy after
.his marriage. Ile
siiiiar'avedin(h.C4i:tiladiallriyissetisvele'rinasil°yYeawrgs. The iodine at the Royal Academy
nn Thursday night was ampendedin consequence of his dtk•ease.