Star.
London, England, 1814-10-19 00:00:00

COURT MARTIAL ON COLO.VEL QUENTIN.

Yesterday the Court met at ten o'clock, when
Serjeant Mn itctiANT and Se ;cant HoneeF, of the
10th, and Serjeant FARR, of the 15th H;;essirs, were
examined on the first charge,when Colenel Pont FR ex-
pressed a wish to put Som.: farther qeestions tol3rigade
Major Joults, who not being in atteedance, the Cotirt
proposed that in the me in time the second charge
should be proceeded with, as, wi!lt the CY.repo.)n of
Major JJNES, all the evidence cat the first charge had
been gone through.
Before any witness was called to the second charge,
Colonel PALMER begged leave to state to the Court,
that when he ascertained that his becoming prose-
cutor was unavoidable, he wrote to the Duke De
Guiche, (late Captain De Grammont, of the 10th
Hussars,) now in France, r-questing his presence in
England; or, if that were impossible, that he would
reply to the questions Colonel Palmer proposed re.
lative to trans ittions which took place whilst the
Duke De Guiche was with the regiment, touching
the defendant's conduct as Commanding Otficer.—.
The Duke de Guiche, it arp?.tred, in his reply to Co-
lonel Palmer, anse ered his questions., hut at the same
time stated his inability to come to. England %mime
the 20th of November next, and transmitted Colonel
Palmer a copy of a letter that he had received from
Colonel Quentin, on the same subject, and of his re•
turn thereto. Colonel palmec begged to assure the
Court that it was his wish to avoid all unnecessary
delay,. ar...1 although he considered the evidence of
the Duke de Guiche of the greatest importance, lie
would not now reque.t them. to wait his appearance
in England before they .prlceeded 0 a decision on the
facts lie should bring before them ; bit if the letters
of the Duke de Guiche could not be :Omitted as evi-
dence, he hoped, at least, that he reigia be permitted
to avail hiniselLaal the. statements tlicy contained in
his reply.
The Jtnoa ADVOCATE; ohserved, that he :12d issued
a summons, orJrniag tlic attendance of the Dulv. de
Guiche, in cce,seqineice of Colonel Palmer hiving
given his name in the list of wer.essec, though he was
share at the time he issued it that the Duke de
I Guictie was in France. and that he had no means of
entorcing his attendance. He had thought it very
necessary that the trial i.,!iolli proceed with all pos-
sible eel: rite, and wrote to the Duke de Guiche, re-
questing his att:lrdance, whose :ince: r stated, he
could not leave 1-race betcee November, L'Jt that he
was ready to reply by letter to any questions that
might he proposed to him. He r.presented that it
was the general uslee of Courts-Martial to allow a
greater latitede t': Defendants, relative to rrneuring
witnesses. than to Prost cater ; Oat he had stated to
Colonel Pallie-, that any thing ps. to the Dike de
Guiehe by letter could net he adm:rted in ev:el•nce,
neither could his replies thereto. He now said, that
Iby permission et Colonel Quentin, the letter from the
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Duke De Goiche might be atta-hed to the proceed.
ings of the Court Mai tial ; thoug!!, C donel
Quentin withnold such permissi2n. be was sure the
Court would not theretore he prejudiced against him;
and it was r:tquisite the Col. Quentin should have time
Allowed todecide upon the el Igilliii!y of such ;let-mission.
—Colonel l'Alme: declared it welc tit horn his inten-
,iou to press any unfair miventage, or to urge v:hat
the Couft might deem an improper regre-t. Time
was accordingly granted for Colonel Quvit:in to de.
termine whether the letter fr im the Duke de Guiche

to Colonel Palmer should be attached to the reply or
no.t.---It was understood, that if Colonel Quentin al-
lowed Colonel Palmer to attach the Duke de Guiches
letter to his reply, he alio might make use of it in his
defence.
The second charge being read, Colonel Elly, As-
sistant-Adju'ant-General to Lord Wellington, Lieu-
tenant Eversfield, Lieutenant Fitzclarencc, Mr. Beau.
champ, Aide-de-camp to Sir Stapleton Cotton, Ser.
jeant Lacy, Serkont Marshall, Kemble and Stoner
privates, Serjeant 1-Lodges, Earl and Williams, pri-
vates, Serjeant Shadwell, Captain Fitzgerald, and
Captain Stuart, were examined no the second charge.
Brigade Major .I.‘nes completed his evidence on the
first charge.—Adj-,urned to this day.

The Officers of the Westmeath Mili•ia, on their be.
ing disembodied at Athlone, have voted a handsome
P:cce of Nate to their Surgeon, S tr.ettEx TAarre, as
a memorial of their esteem for him, bt to profession-
ally and as a private individual, during a period cf
twenty-nee years service.
The passion for gaming seems very I..v,enf.rally dif-
fused throughout the world. Or:countrymen now at
Paris and brussels, may be seen daily a, those fi,uses
which are licensed for play on the Continent. M.tny
writers think that a general la:n‘x•leclge of the Laws
of Chance would tend to check, not only the ruinous
consequences of gaming, but the had passions it en-
gender.; for without professed Gamesters there
would be much less play than at prese.nr, if it did not
cease altogether. Now a gamester by profeision, will
pursue the trade no longer than a sup:ilo!' ki.-wledge
of chance gives him an advantage, and the a!vei sary
is less likely to concede this advantage when he can
convince himself it exists; therefore the Dovrine cf.
Chances, made easy to all persons acquaioted with
common atithinetic, and just pnblished, s likely, by
diffising the knowledge, to do much g.:roti to sockt:r.
Last n.g.it, between eight and nine o'cluck, as nn
unfortunate female was passing the end of Wych-
street, towards the gate-vray of the A.,gel Inn, a
-nen, with whom she was in company, shoved her
trom off the pavernent, in cos.. q hence of which she
fill into the middle of the street, and a cart passing
at the instant, w,a,t over her •,nd killed er of the spot.

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