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tin's command, whilst on foreign service, during the period alluded to in the letter and orders referred to in the charge, and as they cannot but consider the Commanding Officer of a regiment to be responsible for such relaxation of discipline, they therefore think themselves bound to find Col. Quentin guilty to the extent of allowing it to exist; but as they consider the letter from the Adjutant-General to the troops on the Continent, of March 30th, 1814, expressing the displeasure of the Commander of the forces, as a reprimand to Colonel Quentin adequate to the degree of blame which attached to him, the Court do not feel themselves called upon to give any sentence upon this charge in the way of further punishment, and they consider that any thing unusual in this determination will be explained by the singularity of the circumstances attending this charge, by which an officer is put upon his trial for conduct which had before been the subject of animadversion by those under whose command he was then serving, but which at the time was not considered deserving of a more serious proceeding by the Commander of the Forces; nor does it appear to have been made the subject of any remonstrance or request for a more serious investigation on the part of the officers of the regiment.

The Court having found the prisoner guilty of so much of the first charge as is above expressed, and so much of the fourth charge as is above recited, with the rea. sons which induce the Court to feel that they are not called upon to affix any punishment to the last

mentioned charge, do only adjudge, with reference to the first charge, that Colonel Quentin be reprimanded in such manner as his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief be pleased to direct.

The Court, however, cannot conclude these proceedings without expressing their regret, that there appears to have existed such a want of co-operation among the officers of the regiment, as to render the duties of the commanding Officer much more arduous than they otherwise would have been.

I am to acquaint you, that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.

His Royal Highness has further been pleased to consider, that, when the Officers of a corps prefer accusations affecting the honour and professional character of their commander, nothing but the most conclusive proof of their charges before a Court-martial can justify a proceeding which must otherwise be so pregnant with mischief to the discipline of the army; and that a regard due to the subordination of the service must ever attach a severe responsibility to subordinate Officers who become the accusers of their superior. His Royal Highness, therefore, could not but regret that the Officers of the 10th Hussars should have been so unmindful of what they owe to the first principles of their profession, as to assume an opinion of their Commander's personal conduct, which neither their general experience of the service, nor their knowledge of the alleged

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facts (as appears from their own evidence), could sanction or justify, -and which opinion would appear, from the proceedings, to have been utterly void of foundation, in every instance of implied attack or insinuation upon that Officer's courage and conduct before the enemy, as conveyed by the tenour of the second and third charges.

In allusion to the letter signed by the chief part of the officers, and in which the present proceedings originated, the Prince Regent has specially observed, that, exclusive of the doubt which may be entertained of their capability to form a judgment so much beyond the scope of their experience in the service, it was worthy of remark, that some who have affixed their names to that paper had never been with the regiment during the period in question, and others had never joined any military body beyond the depot of their corps; and it might thus be deduced, that although the officers have manifested, according to the appropriate remark of the Courtmartial, a want of co-operation in support of their Commander's authority, yet those who have assumed a personal observance of Colonel Quentin's conduct, and those who, though absent, appear to have acted under a mischievous influence, by joining in an opinion to his prejudice, have all cooperated in a compact against their Commanding Officer, fraught with evils of the most injurious tendency to the discipline of the service nor did it escape the notice of his Royal Highness, that this accusation has not been the momentary offspring of irritated feel

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ings, but the deliberate issue of a long and extraordinary delay, for which no sufficient reasons, explanation, have been assigned. In this view of the case (which is not palliated by the very slight censure passed on Colonel Quentin upon the 1st charge) his Royal Highness has considered that a mark of his displeasure towards those Officers is essential to the vital interests of the army: and that the nature of the combination against Colonel Quentin would call for the removal from the service of those who have joined in it; but as his Royal Highness would willingly be guided by a lenient disposition towards a corps of officers who have hitherto merited his approbation, and would willingly believe that inadvertency in some, and inexperience in others, had left them unaware of the mischievous tendency of their conduct upon this occasion, his Royal Highness is averse to adopt such severe measures as the custom of the service in support of its discipline usually sanctions, upon the failure of charges against a commanding officer. Still it is essential that conduct so injurious in its nature should be held forth to the army as a warning in support of subordination; and his Royal Highness has, therefore, commanded, that the officers who signed the letter of the 9th of August shall no longer act together as a corps, but that they shall be distributed by exchange throughout the different regiments of cavalry in the service, where it is trusted that they will learn and confine themselves to their subordinate duties, until their services and experience shall sanction their being placed in rauks

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and situations, where they may be allowed to judge of the general and higher duties of the profession.

The Prince Regent has been further pleased to observe, that though Colonel Palmer did not sign the letter of the 9th of August, he is, nevertheless, by his declared sentiments on the prosecution, and his general concurrence in the opinion of the officers, to be considered in the same light as if he had put his name to that paper, and his Royal Highness has therefore commanded that he shall also be removed to another corps. I am, &c. FREDERICK, Commander in Chief. To the Adjutant-General, &c.

(Signed)

The Adjutant General then read the names of the following offi

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Colonel Charles Palmer; Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. Roberts, Captains J. R. Lloyd, B. N. Harding, S. H. Stuart, George Fitzclarence, J. Smith, E. P. Turner, R. Goveen, C. Synge, Lord A. W. Hill, Edward Fox Fitzgerald; Lieutenants H. Marquess of Worcester, Charles Eversfield, H. Somerset, G. Wombwell, C. Wyndham, H. Seymour, Henry Fitzclarence, A. F. Berkeley, J. H. Powell, J. Jackson, J. A. Richardson, J. C. Green; Cornet R. B. Paliser.

And desired then to move forward in front of their respective troops, and to return their swords. He then addressed them as follows:

"Gentlemen,-I have the Com inander in Chief's commands to signify to you his Royal Highness the Prince Regent's pleasure, that

you no longer belong to the 10th regiment of Hussars; and the Commander in Chief enjoins you to hold yourselves in readiness to join the different regiments of cavalry to which the Prince Regent will immediately appoint you."

The Adjutant-General then directed the Hon. Major Howard to take on himself the command of the 10th Royal Hussars, until it shall be resumed by Colonel Quentin.

Abstract of a Bill for more effectually Securing the Liberty of the Subject.

States, that the writ of habeas corpus hath been found by experience to be the most beneficial mode of restoring any person to his liberty, who hath been unjustly deprived thereof; and that extending the remedy of such writ will be highly advantageous to the public; and that the provisions of the act of the 31st Car. II. intitled "An Act for the better securing the Liberty of the Subject," only extends to cases of imprisonment for criminal matter. Enacts, that the Lord Chancellor, and any of the Judges, may issue writs of habeas corpus in vacation, returnable immediately, where any person is restrained of his liberty, otherwise than for some criminal matter, and except persons imprisoned for debt; and that non-. obedience to such writ shall be considered as a contempt of court, and that process of contempt may issue in vacation; that although the return to any writ of habeas corpus shall be good in law, the Lord Chancellor, Court, or any

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of the Judges, before whom such writ is returnable, may examine into the truth of the facts set forth in such return; that process of contempt may be awarded in vacation against persons disobeying writs of habeas corpus, in cases within the stat. 31. Car. II.

Abstract of an Act to amend the several Acts for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies and Copyright of printed Books, to the Authors of such Books, or their Assigns.

The provisions of the Act of 8th of Queen Anne, and the 41st of his present Majesty, are repealed as far as relates to the delivery of copies to public libraries. Enacts, instead, that eleven printed copies of every book, upon the paper upon which the largest number is printed for sale, with the maps and prints belonging thereto, shall be delivered, on demand made in writing within twelve months after publication, by authorized persons of the following libraries, viz. The British Museum, Sion College, the Bodleian at Oxford, the Public Library at Cambridge, the Library of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, the Libraries of the four Universities of Scotland,

Trinity College and the King's Inn Libraries at Dublin, to the warehouse-keeper of the company of Stationers, under the penalty, on default, of five pounds for each copy, besides the value of the copy. No copy of a subsequent edition without addition or alteration to be demanded, and additions to be printed separately and delivered. With respect to copyright, Authors and their Assigns to have the sole liberty of printing and reprinting for twenty-eight years commencing from the first publication, and if the, Author be living at the end of that period, for the residue of his life. In order to ascertain the publication of books of which copies as above are demandable, the title and name of the publisher of each shall be entered at Stationers' hall within a month after publication, and one copy shall be sent to the British Museum; and lists of all such entered books shall from time to time be transmitted by the warehouse keeper of Stationers' hall to the persons authorised by the above libraries. Authors of books already published now living and possessed of copy-right, to have the benefit of the extension of right above specified.

PATENTS

PATENTS

From November 1813, to November 1814.

John Cragg, Esq. for improvements in the facing, and exterior and interior walls of Gothic or other structures.

Mr. Maurice de Jongh, for improvements in the manufacturing of madder.

Mr. Isaac Wilson, for improve ments on stove grates.

Mr. Samuel Tyrrell, for a broadcast sowing machine.

Mr. John Bateman, for an improvement on musical instru

ments.

Mr. Thomas Wright, for an improved composition for dyeing scarlet and other colours.

Mr. John S. Rogers, for a mode of making a species of wool into yarn.

Mr. Jos. White, for improvements in steam engines.

Mr. W. Allamus Day, for a method of extracting the mucilaginous matter from whale oil.

Mr. W. Spratley, for an improvement on axle-trees.

Mr. Thomas Sutherland, for an improvement in the construction of copper and iron sugar pans and boilers.

Lord Cochrane, for methods of regulating the atmospherical pressure in lamps, globes, &c.

Mr. Ralph Sutton, for a security to prevent the accidental discharge of fowling-pieces, &c.

Mr. James Cavanagh Murphy, for a method of preserving timber and other substances from decay.

Mr. W. Stocker, for an improved cock for drawing liquor from casks.

Mr. John Duffy, jun. for a method of producing patterns of cloth of calico or linen.

Timothy Harris, Esq. for a machine for laying on colours, printing, flocking, and pressing, so as to produce a smooth face cn paper, and other articles.

Mr. John Vallance, jun. for an apparatus for cooling worts, wash,

&c.

Mr. John Kershaw and Mr. John Wood, for a mode of preparing flax for being spun on cotton machinery.

Mr. Joseph Bramah, for applying certain species of earth to prevent the dry rot, and serve as a substitute for lead in paint.

Mr. W. Fr. Hamilton, for improvements in optical instruments and apparatus.

Mr. Richard Price, for an improved cooking apparatus.

Mr. John Buddle, for a fire-pan or lamp, and a fire-grate, for burning inferior coals.

Mr. James Thomson, for improvements in the construction of fire-arms.

Mr. Dan. Goodall, for improvements in the manufacturing of English silk crapes.

Mr. Alex. Cock, for prevention and cure of the dry rot in timber, and preserving woollen, linen, &c. from mildew.

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