The Army.
Horse Guards, Mtay 13, 1824. The Commander-ii-Chiefhaving received a report froni Lieute- naut-G(enern the o\arquis of Londonderry, that his Lordship had accepted a challenge to fight a luel with Ensign Battier, late a Cor- net of the 10bIt Royal Hussars, upon a point which his Lordship con- sidered to be one of military duty, Ilis Royal Highness lhas felt it incumbent upon him to submit to the King a transaction at variance with the principles of suborlination, an(d thereforeof a tendency inju- -rious to the discipline of the army :-The King has consequently conveyed to his Rnyal Highness his Majesty's commands, to express his Majesty's concern and tispleasure, that an officer of Lord Londonderry's h;-h rank and military reputation should have com- mnitted hirnself in personal collision with an inferior officer, by ac- e-pting a challenge for anv supposed aeression proceeding from the exercise of his authority as Colonel of the regiment. And his Royal Hlierhne-s has receivetl his Majesty's fturther commtands, to caution Colonels and Comnomanding-officers from t'alling into any similar er- ror of conduct, which must tend to subvert all discipline and subor- din.atinn, andl therefore to destrny the efficiency of the army. By his Royal High,.ness the CAnimander-in-Chief's crmmand, HENRY TORRENS, Adjutant-General. THE ARMVY. GENERAL ORDER.