The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-03 00:00:00

COURTS.:II.IRTUL.

GENERAL ORDERS.
IS"'
llorsc.Guards, Scpt.i or,
At a General Court-Martial held at Co''velrit:ro,
the 28th May, 1810, and continued by aciPer
ments to the 2d of June following, and re4ssoar
bled on the sth July and subsequent days, ‘,ll.,Cabell
mand of his Majesty,: Adjutant William ml`r 001
Price, of the-4th Regiment of Warwickshire led
Militia, was arraigned upon the under-Men°
Chargesr; viz. :: price)
ist. ", That the said William Mitchell
being Adjutant of the 4th Regiment of Local ior
litia of the County of Warwick, and being elder'
ed or ordered by the- Right Honourable dine
Grey-de-Ruthyn, Lieutenant-Colonel ConltAa' ar•
of the sad Regiment, to provide the articles, Or,
caries direcied to be provided, out of the rituslaal
allowed to the, persons enrolled to serve in Vora
Regiment of Local Militia ; and the said N"Y! to
Mitchell Price, being entrusted with the m°lllcoe4oe
provide such necessaries, charged the Njm'aett
missioned Officers, drummers, and private -bile
serving in the said Regiment of Local Militia, %!-rOOl
on permanent duty at the City of Coventry, front
the /,'.).sth day of September to the 23d day of °clot'
last, both days inclusive, more money than Ihe oat
cles, or necessaries so provided by hire, thn4,-
William Mitchell P:-ice, actually cost, thesewlaar
franding the Non-commissioned Officers, ``'.„alts
iners, and private men, and putting a cunside l'
ltd
sum of money into his own pocket, conttatY totae
duty as an Officer and a Gentleman, and to
great injury of his Majesty's service."
2d. '' That the said William Mitchell
being so employed or ordered as 'aforesaid, and
trusted with the monies to provicfereef s~ar"yet;,
the said Non-commissioned Officers, drufpulol
end priva•e. men, •of the said 411 h iteantw%aa
Local Militia of die County of Warvvick,--4,-,a•
Right Honourable. LordGrey-de -Ruitiyo, the "--;"„n
tenant-Colonel Commandant of the said Begittal
while on permanent duty ai Coventry, tram tftne'aa,
25th day of September to the 23d day al•`"
ber last, botlt days inclusive, did provide certato
cies not coming within the description of neoe'sarl'ao
and altogether unnecessary, which ftc caused tbr.,
delivered to the said Non-commissioned Officeot,
drummers, and private men, of the said RiSt `zeta('
as necessaries, and compelled them to tape' 0.•
same, without having- the -authority of the Col
mantling Officer of the said Regiment for so d'ail":,t
and he the sail William Mitchell in.ice, cbar'efs,
the said Non-commissioned Officers, druntr,
and private men, of the said Regiment, more tonole'si,
than the aelual cost of the said unnecessary articj to
thereby misapplying the said monies so intruste ea•
him, contrary to his duty as an Officer and 'l,Gat'it
tleman, and to the great injury of his
ser
Uponvice."
these Charges the Court came to the fol'
lo wing decision
• in'
The Court having, :n obedience to his MsJcs '
commands, revised its late proceedingti, e
mined further evidence to such part; of the
as under the circumstances appeared not to have p7iCe
inquired into, and also heard what Adjotant `L-T-
had to offer in his defence, %vas, after maturerat
beration, of opinion, that the fist charge 113",-,al
been proved, and therefore the Court fully aequ;-t
the prisoner. h
With respell to the second charge, no fres,-
tit
dence having been adduced, to prove that Ad.lo-er
Price compelled the noncommissionedoffic;n•
drummers, and privates; to take any unneeesi-re,
articles, the Court remained of opinion :Is bel°o/
that he was—Nct Guilty, and therefore eequ-
him also of that charge.
iced
The Court could not suffer its proceeding tcirat
without annexing a list of the necessaries prouturr.
in Court, as furnished to the 4ilt Regiment al ;aOl
wick Local Militia, with the prices paid tor "feel
(as far as evidence was given), and the Coo° a‘lai
it necessary to state that the whole of the
appeared of, good •quality, and that no charge "bcr
made by Adjutant William Price for carriage or of
attendant expences.
His Majesty has been pleased, under all tltetn
cumstances of the case, to acquiesce in the
of the Court, and the consequent acquittal of the 1)
soner.
The irregularity which appears to hate beeridac°,7l;
mined by Lord Grey-de-Ruth''n, Lieutenatil-L(,"ia,
nel Commandant of the 4th Warwick Local Niti‘t.o(
in directing the whole allowance for the Regible,./2tllaf
one guinea per man to be paid into the hands °'
Adjutant, Capt. Price, ir a practice highly
tat in principle to his Majesty's service-, and c-3-c,,;
lifted to give rise to that dissatisfaction which aPP,f:ve
from the proceedings of the Court-Martial to h' f;•
prevailed in the corps, and in directing 1113 'a
--
irregularity should be pointed out to Lord Grer-:J
Rut hyn, his Majesty has been pleased to itt
his Lordship should be enjoined to
future to the express diredions ut the ifiSth GO' ;of
cap. 11, sec. 3 t, which provides for the paymdttt
this guinea to the Captain of the Company.
The Commander-in-Chief directs that the Chor44,'
preferred against Adjutant William Mitchell
higether with the decision of I he C,urt-Martial, 0111,
his Majesty's pleasure thereof), shali be read or
head of every Corps, and eoteted in the Regialers'''
Orderly books. • By command of
The Right Hon. the Coinunnitler-in-Chief'
fj,
(Signed) HARRY CAI.C.I,
At:jutAtit• C-; eP4'IA

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