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^m's command, whilst on foreign 

 service, during the period alluded 

 to in the letter and orders re- 

 ferred to in the charge; and as they 

 cannot but consider the Command- 

 ing 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 Ad- 

 jutant-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 pu- 

 nishment, and they consider that 

 any thing unusual in this deter- 

 mination will be explained by the 

 singularity of the circumstances 

 attendinor 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 remon- 

 strance or request for a more se- 

 rious 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 latt* 



mentioned charge, do only ad- 

 judge, with reference to the first 

 charge, that Colonel Quentin be 

 reprimanded in such manner as his 

 Royal Highness the Commander 

 iu Chief be pleased to direct. 



The Court, however, cannot 

 conclude these proceedings with- 

 out 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 Com- 

 manding Officer much more ar- 

 duous than they othervrise would 

 have been. 



1 am to acquaint you, that his 

 Royal Highness the Prince Re- 

 gent has been pleased, in the name 

 and on the behalf of his Majesty, 

 to approve and confirm the find- 

 ing 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 other- 

 wise be so pregnant with mischief 

 to the discipline of the army ; and 

 that a regard due to the subordi- 

 nation of the service must ever at- 

 tach a severe responsibility to sub- 

 ordinate Officers who become the 

 accusers of their superior. His 

 Royal Highness, therefore, could 

 not but regret that the Officers of 

 the loth Hussars should have 

 been so unmindful of what they 

 owe to the first principles of their 

 profession, as to assume an opi- 

 nion of their Commander's per- 

 sonal conduct, which neither their 

 general experience of the service, 

 nor their knowledge of the alleged 



