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London, England, 1814-11-01 00:00:00

there was not a Siam pillow Pd bits % dicer or M.
rate, who did not contradict this swertion. Colonel
Quentin also spoke of the inferiority' et Wow% and
the other Officers trooplorses, but he slid sot say
that any Officer ever condescended to make Sae cif
such a statement as an excuse foe not appearing in the
post which he should have occupied. s aka appears,
that there was quite speed and atreagthmairmient'ln.
the horses when Cancel Quentisvoitased so seam&
them. Although I do not chatty Celbed
with misbelkaviour In presence of thsainemy, rt
4n.
elect, his conduct was much thinaniv, for it was of
little consequence whether it originated •is *AMA*:
courage 'er want olofficer.lite feeling. firrrides at
the head of the division, and there receives *heti ha '
charge, when he trots and gallops with the division
towards the enemy, and when within SO, or,. as his
own orderly serjeant. says, 20 yards of the onetult:
disappears, and is left behind. Bach semis* ie
most &options to the regiment.
" Although the private soldiers are as bravo is
men can be, yet the force of example is 'W 1l knotfon,
and in this case I venture to say it was only counter.
acted by the 'zeal and activity of the other efficers
who charged with me in the front. The next pishtt
of time in the period referred to in the charge, is due'
when the division formed a second tithe, and we were'
left without orders—Colonel Quentin did not then
pear, nor till the retreat after the second charge. The.
defence against this charge betrayed a want of feeling,
to use no harsher expression, which I should not have
expected to have found in Colonel Quentin. He wai
both wanted and called for, but did'aoteppear. His
answer to this is, that the manner la which he was
called for would have excited his surprise, if he had
heard the call ; but that be dittnot bear It r he then
says, he trusts all further remarks on this part of the-
charge are unnecessary. Was it atatilag then that the
regiment should be without tip smitione..efsat-Ctimr,
issanding-Offiter at 'inch a twit t Wet it nothing,
that when the French were whetting upon the reit."
meat in such imposing numbers, that its talky was
threatened, they should be left without orderior
port ? True it was, that the French did put alxinteit'
the division advancing, even without support. z: "r 1
" The next point of time is that irhen CoIONEE
Quentin quitted the front of Captain thieramiiiiiiit'a'
squadron, as soon as it was fired on. kls stated tif
the evidence, that when the centre tdron end&
Captain de Grammont received a from *on*'
infantry in a wood, Colonel Quentin put about tlfe:
regiment, and passed to the rear. Captain Swart
stated, that Captain Grammont gave the math-to
front, and that he spoke so loud, that he (Cal/fain-
Stuart) could hear him, though be was with his Mal-
in the rear. Captain Lloyd also says, that Colonel.
Quentin ordered him to put about his troop, aftii'
receiving the volley, and passed to the rear, and that
being left without orders, and seeing some other
troops put about, he thought it his duty to front
without orders. Colonel Quentin contends, that the
orders to front were given by him—the evidence ad-
duced on this subject I leave to the consid. ration of
the Court. It is remarkable that Colonel Qiientin
has always found reason for being any where tint in
the discharge of his duty, when attended with danger.
In the affair at Macoy, trifling as it was, he fotind
reasons fur filing up the hill. On the day in question,
he found reasons for leaving the leading division. and
again, on the same day, for passing to the rear of the
centre squadron. Colonel Quentin calls the conduct
of Captain de Grammont, in fronting the squadron.
vivacity—but it was a vivacity which saved the re.
potation of the regiment, and probably, liven -the
manner in which the French advanced, thoellobenlll
itself from destruction.”
The JUDGE ADVOCATZ said it wotila now.hajigoik
per to ascertain whether the answer:• returned
Duke de Guiche to the questions put to him,'
be, in any manner, introduced into the proceedings!
If either party objected to their being introduced, the
Court bad no alternative.

Colonel Palmer said if thedefentlanzhattlw objec-
on he would read the letter.
Colonel Quentinltarvi objected to this;
Colonel Palmer proceeded with his reply r
" I come now to reply to that part of the delenee
which relates to the third charge. Except with re-
spect to the point of Colonel Quendn's being present
when Captain Fitzclarence was wounded, tie charge
seems completely borne oat by the evidence. Wheh
the regiment came under the fire of the enemy, it was
halted; Colonel Quentin was at its bead .v.then the
fit ing began, and as soon as it had began colartel
Quentin was missing; Major Howard sent Lieute-
nant Wyndham to Lord Edward Somerset For ordersm
as he could not see Colonel Quentin ; Captain Fitl-
clarence was then wounded ; the firing lasted about 7
minutes • the point of Col. Quentin being present when
the wound was given, is not material to the qttestioh,
Captain Fitzclarence said that his memory was con.
fused with respect to what took place at the time he
was wounded ; but before that time he did not see the
Colonel in Inapt ; he had had a previous shot ju,t he-
fore receiving his wound. Now Co}onel Quentin's
witnesses have not done themselves or hint much ere-
dit on this occasion. ,Ouo puts linsinfrootstatiosinOb.
puts him in a ditch—one has it before the halt, and
another altar; hut the strongest lacts Were proved—
that he quitted the front the moment the fire begin.
and did not afterwards return ; that Major Howard.
not seeing him, was forced to stud to Lord Edward
Somerset fot orders; and that Lientenast y 'Whims
delivered the orders of Lord Edward Somercet to
Major Howard. This was therefore another of the
instances of his quitting his post. Every man in the.
service knows how ditfieuk it is to keep a re,imettto.
cavalry to their post on such an OCCAtitn, and the it
requires, the presence of the Commandug..Officrl•
Yet this was the moment which Colonel qiienti.
chose, according to his own acednk, to ascertain thf
strength of the enemy. Cothnel Cloestin's-pretend
for absence was highly IlliWalrfantsOk and. onseldicr•
like; and when this, tht:pthet instances. was
taken into considerationit..pheirepo fear but tite Cow.
will be of the same opt wit i;th ti *EO
to his conduct.
" 1 cwoe now to the fourth /and clwrge.
COnSiCkW toe truth of all die itiirgakibattA 14.6'801
c. harp why proved b ali titer orkieket ltiS:e
nut littlq.AC,i44.l,ion,to.troilble dte (laic witivi
selvalibli on the subject Beftlfe V cl ode, however.
consider that in the disetNr*tif tat duev, I tat iy
allowed to ask 'lie Cour if they can think tn.. t,.c
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