Star.
London, England, 1810-05-11 00:00:00

Mr THOMAS TURTON did not oppose the
Lion, hut entered his individual protest against
whole mode of conducting the business.
Mr. WHITBREAD was of opinion, that the Ser,
jeant at Arms should be called to the bar to state "
case referred to, and asked whether it was the im
tion to have the Report of the Committee diseased
on the same day it was brought up! •
TheC HANCE LLO R of the EXCHEQUER
no objection. to the proposed examination of the ,
jeant at the bar; but his reascr. for thinking it untie.
cessary was, that the Serjeant had been this day '
fore the Committee, to whom lie had stated the
of a second notice being served upon him. As to
consid !ration of the Report of the Committee, as
as it was presented, it would be for the House to
tide, whether that consideratiOn should be gone
or
.postponed. But he could not help expressing
surprise, that those who were in the first instance
adverse to any delay upon this subject, should no:
anxious for farther postponement.
Mr. WHITBREAD, having expressed no opini
whether the Report of the Committee should b,
.promptly considered or not, was surprised at the Right
,on. Gentleman's concluding remark. As to
*other point, he required the statement of the &team
'at the bar, in order to have the case regularly referred
to the Committee, to which nothing should go to
the subject but through that House.
The SCRIM:CT being called in, stated, that a notice
of declaration had been served upon him—which .
Lice was read. The damages were laid at e 20,001),
CAPTAIN rOSKLTT. •
Mr. TXTTLETON, putsuabt to notice, rnse
move for the production of certain papers relating
Captain Foskett. His anxiety on this subject did
iilow from fears for the fare of his motion ; but if
had any, it was because an illustrious personage
implicated. When he first introduced this sub),
it was not with the intention of creating a military
cussion in the House; the ground; he acted on
had well examined. He had wished the Hon!
enforce a standing law, not to make a new one.-
Having gone thus far he would not again have come
forward had not aspersions been cast on the charar,
of Captain Foskett by Gentlemen on the other sir'
the House. He now conceived it to be his dut
Captain Foskat, and to an illustrious personage,
call for official proofs of those accusations.
papers he held in hi; hand -.•••ere complete—it was ,
his intention to enter into their military character.
their authority was well grounded.. Oa the merit
of the case he had no disposition to descant, the pap,
he only intended to use as defersive weapons to
tect the character of Captain Foskett front the
ton attacks which had been made. He intenticti
them for no other use ; he therefore moved o -
there should be laid before the House copies of
morials and other papers from Captain Foskett, of
I:th Light Dragoons, to the offices of Cowman,
in Cliet and Adjutant-General, from May 4,
to I'-bruary 114 IS also the various answers
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' still he thought lie had not advanced uffi • t s cien ground'
for the introdu4ion of those papers which were
such a nature as probably to be productive of
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eniev‘ins consequences. When the petition was .
preomted to the House, he conceived its only &est
to be to eh trge. the Commander in Chief with a
rect bresich of die law. If persons disappointed
promotions were thus allowed to appeal to the House,
and ranssick the Offices of State, it would go to. a
version of the system under which the Army is.
so properly conducted, and in the end produce great
and general mischief. If these papers were oil:y
the purpose of elucidating the article of war, they
should be produced ; but as it was impossible
make things clearer than they were, h 2 did not
any occiison for introducing them. The fir:t
plaint in the petition is of a junior being promoted
,befere a senior officer. This was redressed ;
too, of not being sent to Spain, was on the poini
being redressed when the regiment itself retui
home. With respect to not being promrte in It
the Colonel of the regiment cannot be blamee
withholding. what he had not ; indeed, he thought
hardly possible for any person to say that promotien
was a matter of right; that length of time, and
merit, was the foundation of this right was never
quiesccd in. There was, therefore, no ground
Parliament to sanction the production of these
pers ; ahove all he hop: d that the House would
be established as a place of appeal for the army.
refusing the production of these papers, he was
vinced he would not so much incur
the clispleasui
the friends of Captain Foskctt, as that of the Ii
trious Personage and Commander In Chief, whom
would prevent from obtaining a complete justification.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE said that it was impossible
for the House to take any step inconsistent with
character : it would rather be his duty to consult s
safety of the Army, by not countenancing sech mea•
sures. However he admired the theory of promo-
tion by seniority, the practice he believed to be idju.
rious.. The course he should have preferred would
be to state to the House the various allegations
the officers on this subject, and then have moved ,
solutions against the responsible person. If the state-
meats of the petition on the table against the Dui.
of Cumberland were true, he was certainly deserving
of censure. The House should observe the situation
it was in. If the system of appeal was encouraged,
it would lead to injurious consequences.
Mr. LYTTLETON, in explanation, said, that
had already stated it was not his intention to make
sinister use of the Papers. .
Mi. MARTIN supported the motion of his Hon.
Friend. The charges exhibited against the Cor•
mander in Chief should be either substantiatedor
sified. As the House had received the petition,
did not know how it could refuse the papers now
question, and on this principle he gave his vote.
General CRAWFORD opposed the production
of the papers, on the ground of the whole proceeding
being fraught with danger. He was perfectly
yinced that the Duke of Cumberland and the Com'
mander in Chief had no objection to their bcin -
duced ; but he must nevertheless object to their,
duction, feeling as he did, that the more detailed
More objectionable would the question appear.
mitting these facts alledged, what then was wafuel
with the papers I The only cause which *appeared
was, that a clause of the Mutiny Act, had
not bo