The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-11-24 00:00:00

.11 to his Royal Highness. The °facers replied that
they would not disobey the Prince Regent's coin-r•
minds, but requested Colonel Palmer to go with the.
letter, and learn expressly from the Regent whether,
leis Royal Highness had in truth authorised Colonel.
Quentin to demand it. Colonel Palmer went in
sequence, and told his Royal Highness the exact
eircumstanoni ender which the Officers had been in-
duced to give it _op, and added, that if his Royal
Highness demanded the letter it was at his service.—.
nis Royal Highness denied over and over again has;
log authorised Colonel Quentin to demand the letter,'
tint would Colonel Palmer have parted with it if the
Prince Regent had net asked for it; and it was not
to be supposed that he (Colonel Palmer) could make
a condition with his Royal Highness in presenting it
to him, though he should have done so, if he could
have entertained the slightest idea that it was to be
used to the prejudice of the Officers. This letter
was certainly read in the presence of Colonel Quen-
da, but not the letter signed by Colonel Robarts, as
stated in The Courier, for it was not even written
at the time, and that was in answer to the Regent's
commands to bring forward charges ; neither were
the whole sent to the Commander in Chief by the
Regent, as he understood Colonel Roberts after-
wards saw the first letter in the possession of Colonel
Quentin, and felt inclined to throw it in the fire,
considering the means by which it had been obtain-
ed. That, with respect to the Regent's not having
interfered, in any shape in making him (Colonel P.)
the Prosecutor, the Honourable Member stated,.
that if he was not absolutely demanded, that the Re-
gent had expressed his sentiments and wishes in a
nay that was tentainnunt to a command. He bad
waited on his Royal Highness expressly to say, that
he would not undertake the prosecution/ though com-
manded by the Duke of York, as he did not conceive
his Royal highness could insist on it, as he (Colonel
Palmer) hating been in no way implicated in the bu- •
sine's; but that the Regent, in a conversation of
nearly two hours, pressed him to it in a way that he
could not refuse, by saying, that his declining it
would be considered as a desertion of their cause
by his brother Officers, and in consenting to under-
take it Colonel Palmer told his Royal Highness that
he should consider it his duty to exert himself to the
utmost to hying home the charges against Colonel
Quentin. entrusted to him by the Officers ; the ne-
cessity of which the Regent admitted. Col. Palmer
concluded with regretting that his Right Hon. Friend
did not approve of postponing the motion en the sub-
ject till after the rncess •, but conceived that the ob-
ject he had in view would be best obtained by the de-
lay, as it would give him time to circulate the papers
and to enable him to lay the case fully and fairly be-
fore the pu'ulie, whom he trusted he should satisfy,
that his brother officers had been most harshly and
unjustly dealt by.
Mr. i lERNEY.—It is unnecessary to confirm
the statement of the lion. Officer, and I hope the
House is now satisfied that I was warranted in
making the assertions of a former night.—Ulear,
hear I—The Hon. Colonel was not desired by the 1
Officers to deliver the letter to the Prince, on the •
eon. rary it was strongly resisted by them. So that I
the statement in the paper is a direct falsehood. It 1
now appears distinctly that Colonel Palmer was not ,
desired to deliver the letter to the Prince Regent, but
that it was obtained by his Royal Highness solely by
the influence of his high station—by his command
that the letter sle,uld be delivered up—[hear, hear,
hear !]
Mr. M. SUTTON said, that he could, of course,
know nothing of the letters in question until they
officially came before him on the Court-Martial.—
Ile dill not even know of their existence. On the
trial the letters were put in, and were authentiCated
by Col. Palmer, who accompanied Ids evidence with
a statement that he should feel it necessary to apprise
the Court of the circumstances belonging to these
letters, es to the mode in which they came into the
possession of Col. Quentin. As far as he could re•
collect, his evidence then was perfectly coincident
pith the statement made by the Hon. Colonel now.,
—it was not the same in words, but in substance.
The letters therefore being produced with this expla-
nation, the Court, in forming its decision, woc
fully possessed of all the facts that had just now
been detailed. Before the letters came into the hands
of the Adjutant-General, he (Mr. M. Sutton) of
course knew nothing of the transactions relating to'
them. He regretted that the statement made by him
on a former night had not been satisfactory to the
Hon. Colonel ; it was not from a wish to pass over
any part of the accusation of the lion. Col. without
MAY.
The SPEAKER. enquired whether any motion was
to be proposed ?
Mr. TIERNEY was not aware that any was ne-
cessary : had the 'moment, of which he had com-
plained, come enly from the other side of the House,
ha shoeld 'not have' thought it necessary to make
any remarks. upon it ; bat purporting to be given
from such high authority, it required some reply.—
That reply, he believed, was satisfactory.—[Hear,
hear, hear !]
The subject was then dropped.
• COURTS OF JUSTICE.

Sir J. NEWPORT wished the Resolution of the
House of the 25th of June, by which it was ordered
. that an humble Address be presented to the Prince
Regent, that he would be graciously pleased to ap-
ppint a Commission under the Great Seal, similar to
She farmer Commissions on the same subject, to en-
quire into the salaries, duties, and emoluments of the
eeverd Clerks and Officers of Justice in the United
Kingdom, in such manner that the proceedings of the
Commission be laid before Parliament early in the
(then) next Session.
This Resolution having been read, together with
the Answer of the Prince Regent of the 11th of
July, stating that the wishes of the House should be
complied with,
Sir JOHN NEWPORT then said, that having
enderstood from the Right Honourable Gentleman
opposite (Mr. B. Bathurst). that no Commission had
been appointed, and bearing in mind the fate of a
similar Address in 1799, in consequence of which
$0 eff-ctual steps bad in fact been taken, he had
given notice of the motion, which he should then bring
forwird. The Ministers ad the Crown had had four
or fire months to have appointed the Commission,
and ) et no Commission was said to have been formed.
A sufficient reason for a most minute iorestigatios