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London, England, 1808-09-24 00:00:00

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• GAtiER-AL ORbERS.*
At.a General Court Martial held it Weeleyoce
the ~). 1 a..ci unientued by adjournments
to a•e `t,l of A imitst foliowir.g, Captain George John
Ifaililay, of the I OthreFiment of foot, was arraigned
pon the following Charges, viz.
Ist Charge.—" For unofficer like conduct in preferring charges
...ant and Adjutant spike, and Lieutenant and Act •
Lag Quarter Master Simpson, of the said tenth regiment of (no.,
to Lieutenant Colonel Newman, then being the Commanding-
OMe• rof the same regiment, on or about the 18th June, 1808,
Whillil charges were malicious, vexatious, and groundless."
2d Charge.—". For conduct highly unbecoming the character
of an. officer in preferring complaints against Lieutenant Colonel
Newman, he. Con n angling Officer, to Lieutenant General Lord
Charles Fitxrit in the month of June, 1808, without allowing the
same to be forwarded through the regularchannel, although Lien,
tenant Colonel Newman had offered to forward any complaints
t , rl, ey might have to make against him or any other
Officers of the regi meat, being highly prejudicial to good order and
military discipline."
ad Charge.--0 For personal disrespect to Lieutenant Colonel
Newman, his Commanding officer, on the Parade at 11'reley bar-
racks, on oaturday 2.1 July, 1808, in presuming to interfere with
the duties of Lieutenant Colonel Newman, then Commanding
Officer of the regbnent,and for making use of very ungentlemanly
and naraent expresdons to Lieutenant Colonel Newman, and
also applicable to him and Lieutenant Simpson of the 10th regi-
ment, on having been informed that Lieutenant Simpson sra.,
then ac log 1.. obedience to the orders which he had received
from Lieutenant Colonel Newman, he, Captain H.:O lay, having
made use of the following.expreadons in answer to an observa-
tion of Lieutenant Colonel Newman. ' It is of no consequence,
birds 91a feather flock together."
4th rharg. —" For disgraceful conduct unbecoming the cha-
racter of an Officer and a Gentleman, In making use of disrespect-
ful Leni.c..g, lgennat the officers of the regiment in front of the
seas room. on (mahout the 15th or 14th of May, 1808, by saying.
that ' he would be damned if row he was concerned with such 'a
rascally set in his life,' meaning the Officers of the said tenth re-
gie nem?'
sth Charge.-...“ For quitting the Parade en the morning of the
llth June, 1808, without leave, and refuting to return, when or-
de red so to do by Major Short, the then Commanding Officer of
the Parade, and disgracefully sending a direct falsehood by the
&leant Major of the regiment, in desiring him to tell Nlajor
Sion that be, Captain Hallilay, was gone away, when in point of
fact he was not."

Upon which Charges the Court came to the fol
lowing decision :
The Court having well and maturely considered
the evidence adduced in supportof the Charges against
the prisoner, .as well as the observations and state-
ment made by him by way of defence, is of opinion,]
that the prisoner, Captain Hallilay, is Nor Guilty of
the offence contained in the first Charge ; but that
he is Guilty of having preferred Charges against
Lieutenant and Adjutant Spike, and Lieutenant and
acting Quarter-Master Simpson, to Lieutenant-Colo-
nel Newman, the Prosecutor, unbecoming an Ofcer to
prefer, although the Court feels itself bound to say,
that it does not appear to it, that the motives which
induced the prisoner to prefer such Charges, were
other moliciotu or vexatious.

The Court is of opinion, that the Prisoner is Guilty
of the second Charge.
That he is Not Guilty of dm first part of the third'
Charge, but that he is Guilty of having behaved with
personal disrespect to Lieutenant. Colonel Newma ,
the Prosecutor, his Commanding Officer, in having
made use of improper expressions before him, although
it dues not appear to the Court, that such expressions
were intended by the Prisoner to apply to him, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Newman.

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commaad of the set4ad battalion of the lath R.
pleat, and that he will be immediately removed from
; and, as it appears upon 'the Proceedings, and'
which has been fully noticed in the opinion of the
Court, that the Officers of the second Battalion of
the 10th Regiment, who composed the Mess of that
Battalion at the time the Sentence of the late Court-
Martial on Captain Hallilay was officially communi-
cated to him, did not give that attention to the mer-
ciful consideration which his Majesty was graciously
pleased to extend towards the prisoner, by reinstating
hm as a Member of the Mess, which, after such par-
don from his Majesty', it was their duty to have done,
and by their neglect of such duty they not only did
not manifest a due sense of respect towards his Ma-
jesty's clemency shewn to the prisoner, but they ap-
peared to cherish, by such conduct, a disposition de-
trimental to the prisoner's professional reputation,and
tending to subvert that harmony which it ought to
have been their object to have preserved ; his Ma-
jesty was *refine pleased to command, that it
should be intimated to those Officers, that their pro-
motion should for the present be suspended.
His Majesty has been further pleased to command,
that it may be intimated to Captain Hallilay, that
his having been twice tried by a General Court Mar-
tial, by the first of which he was sentenced to be ca-
shiered, and by the second to be suspended from Rank
and Pay for three Months, his Majesty does not con-
sider him a fit person to remain any longer in the
10th Regiment, and that he will be immediately re-
moved from it.
• His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief is
pleased to direct, that the foregoing Charges, toge-
ther with the Opinion and Sentence of the Court,
. and his Majesty's pleasure theteon, shall be read at
the head of every Regiment, and entered in the Re-
gimental Otderly Books.
i• By Order of his Royal Highness the Cnn mander in Chief,
(Signed) IiARRi CALVERT,
• Adjutant-Genersl of the Forces.
• Dated Horse-Guards, Sept. 14, 1808.