Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-07-13
SIR n. WILSON'S Caet. HUTCHI.N-So.N:
GENERAL ORDERS.
Horse Gaards. Man no. IL

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Wilson anu captain ]. II. Hutchinson, oil
the 1T or Grenadier Regiment of Foot
Guards, were under trial, the Commander
IN Chief abstained from making any obser-
vation on their conduct,
6 The proceedings having now termina-
ted, the Commander in Chiefha received
the Prince Regents commands to declare
bis Royal Hishness' sentiments on the
transactions which have led to the trial and
convictions of those officers.
's In the instance of Major-Geueral Sir
K. Wilson, the Prince Regent thinks j,
necessary to express his high displeasure.
that an officer of his standing in his Ma
jesty's service, holding the commission
and receiving the pay OF a Msior-General.
should have been so unmindful of what was
due to his profession, as we'll as to the Go
yernment under whose protection he had
voluntarily placed himself, as to have en-
gagged IN a measure, the declared object of
which was TO counterfeit the laws and de-
feat the public justice oft at country. Nor
does his Royal Hishness consider the
means by which this measure was accom-
plished as less reprehensible than the act
itself. For His Royal Highness cannot
admit than any circumstance could Justify
q British officer in having obtained under
false pretences, passports in feigned names
from the Representative of his own Sove
reign, and IN having made use of such BASS.
parts for himself and subject of His Most
Christian Majesty, under sentence fol
high treason, disguised il a British uni
Form, not only to elude the French Co.
vernment, but To carry him in such die.
gaise through the British lines. While
the Prince Regent cannot but consider j,
as 4 material aggraPatiOn of Sir r. VII
sons offence, that holding SO high a rank in
the army, he should have coantenanced
and encouraged an inferior officer to com
mta decided and serious breach of militia.
ry duty, his Royal Highness nevertheless
thinks 1t equally necessary to express his
high dlsplessure al the conduct of Cantain
| j. Il. Hutchinson, for having been himself
an active lnstrementin transaction of so
euipabie nature, more especially in a
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 S0vereigDs under the command
W wy ''HCNS VI W ftliHStOn, uDuer CtrCum-
stances which made it peculiarly incum.
bent up every omcer OF that army to alb.
stain from any conduct which might OBJ
struct the execution Of the laws.
" His Royal Highness the Prince Reqent
being unwilling to visit these officers viii
the full weight of his displeasure, which the
complexion of their offence might have
warranted, aud also taking into considera.
ton the degree of punishment to which
they have subjected Themselves, by violat.
'ngthe laws OF the country in which TINS
transaction took place. has signiiied to the
! commander in chief these his sentiment.
that they should be published to the army
at large IN order to record in the most pub.
Inc manner the strnng sense which his royal
Highness entertaius Of the fragrant miscDn.
duct OF these officers, and of the danger
which would accrne to the reputation ant
discipline of the British army, if such al
offence were to pass without decided ex
preston OF His Royal HighIess' most Sc
we're apprehension:
" by order of bis Royal Highness,
IS Tie Commander. In Cbiefo