Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-17
from making any observation On their con-

from making any observation on their con-
duct.
The proceedings having now termina-
ted, the com mander in Oh, has received
the prince regents commands to declare
his royal highness's sentiments on the
transactions W mich have led to the trial and
convi-tion of these officers
a" In the instance OF maj. gen. Sir Robert
Wilson, the prince regent thinks it neccssa-
ry to express his high displeasure, that an
officer OF his high sttnIing in his malesty's
service, holding Tie commission and receiv--
ing the pay OF a maj or general, should have
been 50 unmindtul of what was due to his
profession, as we'll as 20 the government
under whose protection he had voluntarily
placed himself, as to have engaged in a
measure the declared object of which was
to counterfeit the laws AID defeat the pub
lie justice of that country Nor does his
royal highness consider the means by which
this measure was accomplished as less re
prehensible than the act itself For his
royal highRess cannot admit that any Cir
cumstance could Justify a British officer in
having obtained under false pretences, pass
ports under f,igneIl names, from the re-
preventative Of his sovereign, and having
made use Of such passports for himself and
subject of his most christian majesty,
under sentence OF high treason. disguised
in British uniform, not only to elude the
vigilance of the French government. but to
carry him in such disguise through the
British lines. While the prince regent
cannot but consider it as material aggra-
walton of Sir Robert Wilson's offence, that
holding so high rank in the army, he
should have countenanced and encouraged
an inferior officer To commit a decided and
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highness nevertheless thinks it equally me-
cessary to express his high displeasure at
the conduct Of capt. ]. II. Hutchinson, for
having been himself an active instrument in
transaction of so cu'pable a nature, more
especially in country in amity with his
majesty, where the regiment, with which
he was serving in the course of his military
duty, formed part of an army which had
been placed by the allied sovereigns under
the command of the Duke of Wellington,
under circumstances which made it pecu-
liarly Incumbent on every officer of that
army to abstain from any conduct which
might obstruct the execution of the laws.
His royal highness the prince regent BE
ing unwilling to visit these officers with the
full weight of his displeasure, which the
complex. on of their offence might have war
raRted, & also taking into consideration the
degree of punishment TO which they have
subjected themselves, by violating the laws
oFthe country in which this action took place
has signified to the commander in chief,
these, his sentiments. that they should be
published to the army at large, in order TO
record In the most public manner, the
s'rong sense which his ROY Z highness en-
tertains of the flagrant misconduct of these
officers, and of the danger which would ac-
crue to the discipline and reputation of the
British army, if such offence were to pass
without the decided expression of his roy
al highness's most severe apprehension.
BY order of his royal highnsss,
" The Commander in Chief"