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V yr EAST-INDIES. GENERAL ORDERS LI GOVERNMENT. Fort St. George, May 1. The zeal and discipline by which the Military Es - t tblishment of Fort St. George4d long been distin guished, induced the Governor tit Council to expect that the measures which the violent and intemperate acts of dr.! late Commander-in-Chief haei imposed on the Government would be rtceived by all the officers of the army, with the sentiments of respect and obe dience prescribed by the principles of military subor dination, and due to the Government by which those measures were ad , Ttcd, as well as to the authorities to which they were ultimately referred. The Gover nor in Council has, however, learned, with a degree of surprise proportionate to the confidence which he _reposed in the discipline of the army, that soon after the departure of the late Commander-in-Chief, pro ceedings of the most unjustifiable nature and corres pondent to the example which he had afforded, were pursued by certain officers of the army. The most reprehensible of those proceedings con sisted in the preparation of a paper addressed to the Right Honourable the Governor General, purporting to be a remonstritnce in the name of the army against the Acts of the Government ui:der which it serves. That paper is not more hostile to the authority of this Government than to the first principles of all Go.- vernment. It maintains opinions directly adverse to the constitution of the British service, and is calcu lated to destroy every foundation of discipline, obedi ence, and fidelity. The secrecy observed in preparing this seditious pa per prevented for some time the discovery of the per sons engaged in that proceeding. But it has now been ascertained that Captain Josiah Marshall, late Secretary to the Military Board, and Lieutenant Co lonel George Marvin, lately permitted to proceed to England, were principally concerned in preparing and circulating the Memorial in question, and that Lieu tenant Colonel the Honourable Arthur St. Leger was active in promoting its circulation, employing the influence which Ile derived from the important com mand confided to him by the Government, for the purpose of attempting the subversion of its authority, aild spreading disaffection among the troops which it had entrusted to his charge. It has also been ascertained that Major J. De Mor ran has been active in the circulation of the Memorial. The Governor in Council is also under the necessity of noticing another paper of a most dangerous ten d( ncy, lately in circulation at some of the Military Stations, purporting to be an address from the officers of the army to Major Doles, the late Deputy Adju tant General. In this address a right is assumed, to decide on the acts of the Government, by condem ning in unqualified terms the sentence of suspension passed on Major Boles ; and an encouragement is held out to other offic rs to violate their duty to the Government, by affording a pecuniary indemnifica tion, not only to Major Boles, but to all such officers as shall suffer by any act of the Government, which The subscribers to the address may deem exceptiona ble. This paper, so incompatible with the mil tary character, and so repugnant to the fundamental prin-• tittles of military discipline and government, was forced on the attention of the Governor, by Captain James Grant, Commandant of his Body Guard, who, while holding that confidential situation, and employ ed by order of the Governor in Council under the Resident at Travancore, transmitted a copy of the paper to be laid before the Governor, with an avowal that he had affixed his signature to it,' and a defence of the grounds on which he adopted that proceeding. It has also been ascertained that a paper of a simi lar tendency has been circulated among the officers of the corps of Artillery at the Mount, and that its cir culation has been promoted by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Bell, the officer commanding that corps. The Governor in Council regrets that he is obliged to notice also the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Chat-, mers (commanding in Travancore), and Lieutenant- Colonel Cuppage (lately commanding in Malabar, and employed with the troops under his orders in Travancore), who appear to have taken no steps whatever either to repress or report to the Govern ment the improper proceedings pursued by part of the troops under their orders. It is not sufficient for Officers holding commands to avoid a participa tion in such proceedings ; it is their positive and indispensible duty to adopt the most decided mea sures for their suppression, and to report them to their superior authorities. It has further been ascertained that Captain J. M. Coombs„A.ssistant-Quarter-Master-General lh My. sore, has been concerned in these reprehensible pro ceedings. It becomes the painful duty of the Governor in Council to m.irk with the displeasure of the Govern ment the conduct .r,f the above-mentioned Officers, who have been engaged in a course of measures equally dangerous to the existence of discipline, to the foundations of legal government, and to the interests of their country. The under-mentioned. Officers are accordingly de clared to be suspended from the services of the Ho. notirable the Company, until the pleasure of the Hollow able the Court of Directors shall be known : un•nant Coha:o the Honourable Arthur zit.l.eger. Major John Dc Morgan. Captain Josiah Marshall. Captain James Grant. Lit•ut. Colonel Commandant Robert Bell is removed from all charge aid command until the pleasure of the Honourable the Court of Diactors shall be known, but he is permitted to draw kis regi - itental pay and allowances. Litt* -Colonel Commandant J. M. Chalmers is removed from the corn.ltacti of the Subsidiary Force in Travancore. 'The tinder-mentioned Officers are removed from their Staff Appointments, and ordered to join the Corps to which they stand attached I len , n - ant-Colf.r.el John Cuppage. Capc,in 1_ M. Countbs. Thy Governor in Council considers it to he proper to avail himself of this occasion to correct a misapprt h msien, highly lLturre u s in its tendency, which has at i in the minds of some of the officers of the army w:,11 regard to the nature of the authot ity of the Go vernor in Courxil. This misapprehension appears to h ave originated in the General Order published by the late Command:a in. Chief, on the 28th of January last, from which it might be inferred that the autho rity of the Governor in Council is only of a civil na ture, whereas, by the express enactment of the Legis lature, the entire Civil and 'Military Government ofl i,J.O Presidency of lon St. GeoT,e and its dependen. cies is vested in the Governor in Council.. It is, there.! Boston ; aad the Secretary of the Navy, for South fore, to be distinctly understood, that no officer, of c ar a na _ whatever rank, while serving under the Presidency of It is reported, but we know not on what authority, Fort St. George, can, without incurring the penalties ; , . that the above vessel brings an account of Mr. JACK of disobedience to the Legislature of his Country, issue any order in violation, or to the derogation of son's arrival at New-York, and orhis favourable re the authority of the Government ; and that every ; eeption. On this head, however, the letters and officer complying with an order of that description, papers are silent. If we may draw any inference under any pretence whatever, renders 'himself liable from the language of the American Journalists, to the forfeiture of the service, and to such legal pe nalties as the nature of the case may demand. there - are no reasonable grounds for supposing that While the Governor in Council deems it to be pro. the American Government is hostilely disposed. The per to afford the foregoing explanation, he feels him- recent imprisonment of American Citizens in France, self at the same time bound to acknowledge that the under the French decrees, furnishes a copious sub principles to which he has adverted, had never been . ject for inflammatory declamations against the French called in question, until the publication of the above - mentioned order of-the late Commander in Chief.— Government, and the popular animosity against Great On the contrary, these principles had been invariably Britain, if any exists, seems to be for the present sus acted upon by the Government and by the Officers pended. of the army of this Presidency, who have been no less distinguished for their obedience and discipline, than for their achievements in the field. The Governor in Council also experiences the most sincere satisfaction in publishing his conviction that the majority of the army have resisted all participation to the improper and dangerous proceedings described in this order ; and it is an act of justice to the troops of his Majes ty's service to declare his entire approbation of the order, discipline, and steady adherence to duty, which they have invariably manifested. The information before the Government does not enable the Governor in Council to distinguish, by the expression of his approbation, all the troops of the Company's service that have manifested the same dis position ; but he deems it to be proper to notice on this occasion the satisfactory and exemplary conduct of the part of the army composing the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force. The Governor in Council is also confident that such officers as have inadvertently yiel ded to the misrepresentations of individuals who have been engaged in the prosecution of designs equally fatal to the honour and to the interests of the army, will in future manifest, in the service of the Govern ment, the obedience, fidelity, and zeal, which consti tute the first principles of their profession, which have hitherto distinguished the army, and which are indis pensible to the prosperityof the British empire in India. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, ( Signed) A. FA I.CONA R. Chief Secretary to Government. MAY 1, 1809.—The Honourable the Governor in Council has been pleased to make the following ap pointments : Major I'. H. S. Conway to be Adjutant-General of the Army, with the official rank of Lieuto.tant-Colonel, vice Cuppage. Captain P. V. Agnew to be Deputy-Adjutant-Guieral of the army, with the official rank of Major, vice Conway. Lieutenant-Colonel 'l'. Clarke to be Commandant of Artillery with the staff allowance annexed to that station, and a seat at the Military Board, vice Bell. Major Sir John Sinclair, Bart. to be Commissary of Stores, in ' charge of the Arsenal of Fort St. George, vice Clar ke. Lieutenant A. E. Patullo to command the Honourable the Go vernor's 1 ody Guard, vice Grant. THE ARMY. Monday the 3d, or Old Buffs, regiment of Foot, were embarked on board transports at Plymouth, and sailed for Berryhead, whence 250 of them will proceed to reinforce our army in Portugal. The AJAX, with the convoy for the Mediterranean, and the Tagus, still remain wind-bditnd at Ports mouth, and detachments of different regiments are frequently embarking to join their respective corps 'in Portugal. The sick landed at Portsmouth from flushing are fast recovering, and will soon be discharged, to make room for others, of which a vast number are expected, It was the 82d Regiment that on the Ist of Au, gust drove the French from near Middleburgh to the very gates of Flushing, taking from them all their' artillery, arid about 250 prisoriers. The loss of the. 82d Regiment on this occasion was three rank and file killed, two Lieutenants, two Serjeants, and 24 rank and file wounded. Major-General PRATT is now at Middleburgh, having gone over from Ireland to attend his son, Lieutenant PRATT, of the 82d Regi. ment, whose thigh was broken by a musket-shot on the Ist of August. Our letters from Walcheren contain deplorable ac counts of the army in respect to sickness, and state that the medical gentlemen are exhausted with the incessant fatigue of attending the sick, notwithstand ing the arrival of a reinforcement to the Medical Staff. Dr. BLAKE left Brighton yesterday for Flushing, where he is gone in order to examine into, and report on the nature of the fever which at present exists at that place. We have already stated that Mr. AVELINO, De puty Inspector of Hospitals, has fallen a sacrifice to the raging epidemic ; and we have just learned that Mr. WEBB, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, has, been obliged to return to this country, reduced to the ut, most state of danger frcm the climate of Walcheren i and the excessive fatigue of duty. The following are extracts from private letters " MII)DLEBURGH, SEPT. 17. Captain J. boveto:;, of the 7th Regiment native cavalry, to be Paymaster at Vizagapat am, vice Marshall'. The following Officers who have been suspended from the service of the Honourable Company, until the pleasure of the Court of Directors shall be known, are directed to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to England, by such opportunities as the Honourable. the Governor in Council may think. proper to point out, viz.— Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur St. Leger. Major Thomas Poles. Maier John de Morgan. Captain Josiah Marshall. Captain James Grant. Lieutenant-Colonel St. Leger is further directed to repair to the Presidency without delay. The Honourable the Governor having been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Conran, of his Majesty's Royal Regiment, to command the whole of the troops composing the garrison of Fort St. George, the Governor in Council directs that Colonel Conran shall be considered to be entitled to the same allow ances as other Officers holding commands under the appointment of the Governor in Council. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, (Signed) A. }ALCONAR, Chief Sec. to Govt. By order of Major-General Gowdie, Commanding the Army. " Generals Sir EYRE Cower, DYort, and Mow tagsott deserve every credit for their exertions to al leviate the situation of the troops here, but the thing will not do, unless Ministers can send 15,000 fresh troops, and where are they now to be found in Eng land ? Since the departure of our late Commander, every exertion has been used, but it is now too late to remedy the original folly of the plan. All the harm . I wish those who planned this expedition, is to have visited the sick for the last three days, and for that purpose to have climbed up ladders like the shrouds of a ship, and descended into damp cellars, as I have done. That fine corps the sth have only one Major, eight Subalterns, and 300 rank and file fit for duty. The 35th are in a similar state. The 6th cannot mount a corporal's guard, 700 being sick. The 23d are hors de combat, the Colonel has not even a servant. The Royals, after all their fatigue, are the strongest corps in the island. I never was better, and I am determined to see the brave fellows that have done us so much honour off this island, and into our canoes, which is our proper element. I hold it to be more dastardly now to leave the troops, than when they were under the fire of the enemy.. I trust orders will soon arrive for the evacuation of this island." " FLUSHING, SEPTEMBER 20. g i We have now been in possession of Flushing five weeks. On the surrender of this place the army was healthy, and had not buried a single man, except the killed. Compare the deplorable state of the troops now, with what it was then. A great deal of the sickness is attributed to the effects of the sluices having been opened by the enemy when they were besieged in Flushing, which caused an inundation of that part of the island. , But the sickness is now general. The enemy are collecting all around us ; the neighbouring shores are lined with their troops. In some places they appear to be erecting works to commence offensive operations,but hitherto they have been so kind as not to molest us. I fear the attack is postponed until disease, a far more dangerons enemy, shall have mowed down a sufficient number of our men to allow of the remainder being easily conquered. Already our ranks are dreadfully thinned ; but, if the enemy soon make the attempt, hey will still meet a warm recep tion. " I have been informed, but I hope erroneously, that Ministers have determined to keep Wakheren at all risks. There are many arguments in fa vour of an immediate abandonulent of the island, in preference to longer possession, and measuring put strength with the enemy at lam What is TIIK \G STAR. LONDON. • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOOK: S per Cent. Cons. for money 641—for ace. 6811 prem. Omnium prem.—Exche. Bills, 6s. 12s. pre. • PRICE 6f STOCKS YESTERDAY. . . _ Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 6841 4 per Cent. shut 5 per Cent. Navy 9911 Long Ann. shut India Stock Itiul India Bonds 20s. 21s. pr. Escheq. Bills, ss. 11s. pre. Omnium 1 prem. State Lottery 'rickets .C4l 17a. City ditto £S 155.- Corn. for act. 683 The arrangement for a new Cabinet are not pet finished, nor can they till Lords GRENVILLE and GREY shall have arrived in London, in compliance with the message sent to them by command of his MAJESTY ? The statements which appear in some papers, of who are to remain in office, and who are to be ad mitted, have no foundation whatever. They serve merely to express the desire of certain individuals, but will have no influence on-the arrangement. It is hardly possible that either of the Noblemen who have been sent for can arrive in London before to-morrow 4ernooa. A gun-brig has arrived from America, bringing letters from New York of the 21st ult. and Papers of the 19th. The intelligence brought en this occasion is unimportant. Mr. ERSKINE is said to have written a tatisfactory letter to Mr. Secretary SMITH respecting the recent misunderstanding between the two Go vernments. In the mean time the conferences which had taken place at Washington, between the PRESIDENT and Am..rican Secretaries of State, on the one part, and our Ministers, on the other, had been ended. Mr. JEFFERSON had set out for his country seat in Orange count) , ; the Secretary fur die War DepartingPt ? fot 1" . expected from our keeping possession of it, er!r, this could be done without a sad waste of lives ,Certainly we command the entrance of i t ,„ Scheldt, but is this worth the sacrifice in men 4-.; ships, independent of the expence ? I hr!, withstanding the regret attending the giving tp a new possession that proves so annoying to the e:len oor Ministers will discover the policy of g;vin, up this island as untenable, without a waste of men tvh: o , our population cannot well support. It grieves in., to see the dead bodies of Engl;sh officers and :r ; serving to accumulate a foreign soil, as intlei .1: does when I see British' soldiers exposed toer, , l a l zards with the ragamuffin banditti that arc , tnt ty oppose them in the French armies. We h ave o , The French Officers here inform us tbat t:lc.: troops in this island were swept off in tliz s arn man. ner; the air is so inimical to strangers at this %,„ u , °tale year. If the island is given up now, our t Nci can embark, with the whole of the sick, s:ore., Scc. I am confident the enemy would not aII time hinder us to depart. If we remain, and : 1. enemy attack us with the additional assistance o climate, I leave you to judge of the result ; ing that they will have scores of thousands of ni.2n I .their command, I hope to see you in Englind Christmas." NAY4L IN7ELLIGENCZ. The Prince Ernest packet :s arrived at 1 7 .i1m-4):1 1 from Malta, Sailed from thence the 10th and from Gibraltar the 10th inst.—The Mails will be delivered. to-morrow, PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 25. Came in the Plover, of 18 guns, from Flushing; Gleaner cf gnus, from Lisbon, with dispatches; Arrow, of 14 guns, liith three transports from the Westward; Swallow, of 16 guns, fro; a cruite, and she is appointed convoy to the Eastward, and it tx pected to sail this evening with a fleet. I.a Rhin fri.,•at: t; t 1 seven transports, for Rocliefort, are again gett;ng under w.iy, ztr:d will sajl this evening, the wind having shifted to N.E. thiirmorning a cartel sailed with French prisoners tor hlvrld:... The Hero privateer has taken and sent in here a Lai - ;c fatty brig, deeply laden with wine and brandy. This morning it again blew a severe hurricane at S.W. 1; ; ,i O . ipsate was so great for two bourn, (from one till three) tiLt 'jt sentries on the lines had much difficulty in keepin3 ou their iti. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 26. Sailed the NONPARIEL schooner on a cruize. The .A schooner takes convoy to Guernsey.—Wind W. DEAL, SEPTEMBER 46. Sailed hid 11,1*.sty's ships Superb and Dauntlei:, fe l P ) rt i . :mouth ; and the Monmouth, for sheerness.—Sa:leds,r,r:l<ll4s to the Westward; but it is feared they will be oblijed to "0,.‘ .p again, as the wind come round from the Wesmard. ••::c4 a div ision of transports from the Rig4:—Arr; , .-ed the Bradley, from Sevrt4e.—Wind W. CHATHAM, SEPTEMBER e l 4. The Thunderer, Goliah, Canada, Diadem, Harleto, "rata Guelderland, and Brin.swick, In consequence • f 3l' or‘ter fr:tg the Admiralty, are all getting ready with the greatest hit:t, sible to sail from hence under jery‘masts lue tat Scheldt, they are to be sunk. The workmen of all desct iptions ham:: }sea employed this day in the Pock-yard getting the inn' b i fi akt other , stores on board, and the contract riggers are rnakinz, th i s greatest exertions in completing their work. The Hecate brig sailed [tom hence yestert!ay ; the Fchn Rifleman will also soon be ready for sagii,g. The Di•.:lA,L3's defeats haye been found very great, she has thereki e Leer. pct out of Dock to be laid up in Ordinary. The Earle will into Dock to-morrow, to be itted for sea. YARMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 26. _ This morning the Alonzo sloop of war, and Constant gun-hrt pnt into these Roads with the outward-bound convoy for Go:- tiol-wgh : after the ships waiting here have received ;:.ei: ic stroctions, they will ail again, which is expected this attrr:A,r. The British Fair cutter taltes'the transports under her cony. y tut Flushing, with water for the troops. John and Elizabeth, Pt KIT, Is got off. Winterton Beach, and is come into this port to tnder,v a repair.—Ships a 3 per last with the above.—Wind W moderate Lree e t • FROM LLOYD'S LIST. aItAVEnEND ' SrPT. 26.—Arrived, Dulwich, Taylor, flea. . Cadiz; Risk, Brown, from St. Übe's •' Albion, What, from Gibraltar; and Leonidas, Hutchinson, from Montreal—Sailed, Mary, Baden, for Bermuda; I.atona, Grath, for Hayti; ae4 Moppet, Strom, for Gottenburgh. The Braganza, and Kelly, Perry, from I oldon, are arrived at Rio, after beating off a privateer. The Speculator, Grandison, sailed from Spithe'd on the 31st uh, for Gibraltar, under oonvoy of the Nymphe frigate, and hav ing sprung a leak on the 4th instant, was, on the Bth, de.erted by the crew : they, however, returned, and carried the ship into Dartmouth on the 12th instant. lhe following are the names of the missing ship; in- the two last fleets from the Leeward Islands and -Jamaica For London, the Peggy, Smith, from Antigua; and Eden, Penrice, front Grenada, parted convoy on the 29th of Anon; likewise the Bellona, Thompson ; and Ann, James ; and for Li verpool, the Mary, James, all from Jamaica, parted convoy oa the 27th of August.—For Bristol, the Atlas, Re. d, from Bar'e4- does ; for Liverpool, the Dwina, Ayres, from Martinique; for Dublin, the Bryan, Buckell, from Antigua; fur Belfast, tse Good Intent, Taylor; from Antigua, also parted on the August.—For Liverpool, the 'Three Sisters, Twentyraan, L-oss Antigua, parted on the id of August. The late successes of the enemy's privateers have furnished them with the means of further annoyance to our trade, No less than nine French cruizers wt re observed on Sunday night to come out of Calais, and seven out of Bouldgne Letters have been received from the Cape of Good Hope, dated ip May last. We have before noticed the means which have been adopted by the proa , ; Governor to facilitate the intercourse with the ;maim' of Affca. We hear that many advantages arc ex petted to be derived from it, botl , as procuring - a source of supply for the garrison and inhabitants of the Cape, and as providing a new market for the 5.4 of our manufactures, which in some of the populoo: districts may be prodigiously extensive. On Monday afternoon arrived at Watkins's Hotd, Plymouth, Sir CHARLES BLAGDOX, Mr. HOPE, atYl Mr. ELWORTHY, (the latter a King's Messenger), syko immediately went on to Falmouth, in search of Mr. SILVESTRR, having further dispatches for the. Gentleman, and thinking it probable the BRITANNY4 cutter would put in there. Saturdaf last his Grace the Archbishop of Canters bury, arrived at Walmer, in order to consecrate a new Burial Ground for the Military in that vicinity ; and on Sunday his Grace held his Annual dinatien - at the Cathedral of Canterbury, when the. Rev, Henry Hutchesson was ordained a Priest, and the Rey. J. Russel, Henry Fielding, and —.- Young, were ordained Deacons. Monday his Grace le t t; Bishorbourne on hi retwa to Lambeth ralacg• I-.