The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-01-04 00:00:00

!t '.• . -• : • • IiggIeMMEIMM ii +.6 •• INDIA. Extract of a letter from an Officer, dated July 44, Is2l, Cusp Snmbhulpoor :—" Immediately after I was appointed to the regiment, we were ordered to take Ai field along with four other regiments (mallet together _about 3.000. men), against a tribe of oatrageoes moos taineers. called Kooks, who hail made war upon their p ble neighbours, Went their villages, murdered all • the inhabitants, and plundered the whole of the country. Thege depredators inhabit a mountainous tract of eons try, rennin through the centre of India, from east to' west. We had to march upwards of six hundred miles before we got to the point where the attack was to be made: and this was during the worst season of the year that men could be exposed in tents. The thermometer stood every day in onr tent at 110 and II?, end on some. days as high as 124; and when exposed to the sun at noon, it generally stood between 150 and 160. We were absent from our cantonment font months, during which time we were obliged to stiffer many deprivations, be sides the heat of the weather, such as extreme bad moun tainous roads, bad water, and for days together none at all. The mode of fighting we were obliged to adopt. to subdue the enemy, was also very harassing to our men. For three or four days after our arri►al in their country, they gave us battle on the plains: but finding themselves so dreadfully cut up, and being able to make no impression upon us, they betook themselves to the recesses of their higher mountains, where we were obliged to follow them, bunt them down, and kill them like so many tigers, as they never allowed themselves to be taken prisoners while they could keep hold of their bow and arrow, and battle-axe. At last, after several thousands of them being killed, they accepted our terms of peace, which they had refused several times since the commencement of the campaign. F►om what I have here stated, you will easily perceive the very harassing nature of the expedition to every one concerned. Out of four medical meo that commenced the campaign, only one survived the excessine fatigue that they were obliged to un4ergi;; so that the whole of the medical charge devolved upon him. His exertions (having at one time upwards of 400 sick in the camp) called forth the public thauks of Isis Excellency the Commander-in- Chief." OULTT-.11.11211AL. EAST INDIER.—OENERAT. ORDERS. head-quarters,!sotto. Mit July, ISA. At a General Court-Martial assembled at Bombay, on the -Ith day of May, 1521, Captain T. T. Thomson, or his Majesty's 17th Light Dragoons, late Political Agent at Memo, and Commanding Officer of the troops sta- tioned on that island, was arraigned upon the under mentioned charges, " Ist, For disobedience of orders, in baring between the 2211 of October and 17th of November, 1920, rashly. and without due consideration undertaken an expedition into the interior of Arabia, in direct contradiction to the general tenour of the powers vested in him as Political Agent, and particularly to the instructions communi cated to him in the letter of the Chief Secretary of Go vernment. dated the Stls of June. 1921. 2sl, For neglect of duty in having marched from Marl Beni Hu Hassan to attack Bald Beni Beeali on the 9th of November, 1920, without taking the neces sary military precautions, although he well knew that the enemy were in force in his front, and in having on the march permitted, in the most negligent and unofficer like manner, the detachment under Isis command to be attacked unformed and unprepared, which lad to its bring entirely defeated, with the loss of its guns, stores, and baggage. " 3d, For neglect of duty in having, daring the said affair on the 9th of November, 1820, been deficient in personal exertion, and in not having done his utmost to repots'• and defeat the enemy on that occasion. • .Itls, For disgraceful conduct, unbecoming the cha rm ter of an officer, in having addressed an official report to the Chief Secretary of Government, dated the 18th of November, 1920, and to the Adjntant-Oeneral of the Army under the same date, in which he unjustly and ithout foundation ascribed his defeat, in the said affair of the 9th of November, 1920, to the misbehaviour be. fore the enemy on that slay of the o ffi cers and men who cous;sosed the detachment under his command." Upon which charges the Court came to the following decision : Finding and Sentence.—The Conn having maturely weighed awl considered all that has been adduced in support of the prosecution, as well as .what has been trought forward on the defence, came to the following opinion on the respective charges preferred against the prisoner, Captain T. P. Thompson, of his Majesty's 17th Light Dragoons— That the prisoner is not guilty of the first charge, except in as far as the Court are o f opinion that the ex pedition into the interior of Arabia was undertaken rashly, on account of the smallness of the detachment ; and tory do therefore acquit him of every other part of the said charge. " That the prisoner is not guilty of the second charge, and the Court do therefore honorably acquit him of the _ _ _ " That the prisoner is not guilty of the third charge, an I the Court do therefore honourably acquit him of the " With regard to the fourth Cliarre, that the prisoner is gniltv of having addressed an Official. Report to the Chief Secretary to Government, dated the lSth of Nov. 1,429, and to the Adjutant-General of the Attny. under the same date, in which he unjustly and without fonnila tion ascribed his defeat in the said affair of the 9th of Nov., I:120, to the misbehaviour before the enemy on that day, of the officers and men who composed the de tachments under his command. But the Court are at the same time of opinion, that this report proceeded front erroneous conclusions, and they do therefore acquit him of disgraceful conduct unbecoming an officer. " The Court having found the prisoner guilty as above specified, do therefore adjudge him, the said Captain 'l'. P. Thomson, to be publicly reprimanded, in such man ner as his Excellency theCouttuander-in-Chiermay think proper." Tile Commander-in•Cltief directs that the foregoing order be entered in the General Order Book, and read at the bead of every regiment in his Majesty's service in ludia. A STRANGE E!.EI. rioN.—An artirle from Fayette (N. C.) says, there was a very hard contested election in that town fir Members of the Assembly. J. A. lanseron an4l Robert Strange, Essies. were the op p, slog candidates. It is supposed that it has cost thew from 12 to 1500 dollars each. Mr. Strange was elected—the scene was truly disgusting—one•murder use committed; one died of drunkenness, and tin stteeta literally exhibited a picture of riot and con fnaion.—(4mericax paper.) LONDON: nttGAT ETZNING, JANUARY 4, 1822. STOCK EXCIL4NE. TIFSLVR O'CLOCK. The reports of yesterday hays exhausted their powers, and the funds are rather dat this morning, with but little business cluing. Console are now 781. Paris papers of Monday and Tuesday last have ar rived this morning. On the 31st alt, the King re ceived, on occasion of the slay being the last sir tlK year, the congratnlations of hip family before maim and at one o'clock, being on his throne, 'be received the Ministers, the Marshals of France, Deputations from the Chambers of the Peers and Deputies, and other distinguished Personages. Adricee from Spain bring a Proclamation dated the 21st of Dec., of the Political Chief of Madrid, to the inhibitants of the capital, by order of the King, in ord-r to allay the agitation of the people. After the Sitting of the Cortes of the the King. it is said. canoed the Minive a to be called to him, and the malt of theconference %no, that they all gorei• their resigns- tions. It was not then known what could be the &termin ation of the Kint, but it would appear as if the Mi. nisters of War and of the Interior would Ise supersed ed, if one could calculate from the manner in which they were received and treated by the King. It was entirely unknown who would be the new candidates (411 the Ministry proposed by the Council of State. Theti deputation of the Cortes presented itself, the dar t before, at the Palace, to present to the King , Message of the Assembly, in answer to the second port of the Royal Message. The deputation net havieg been announced according to the fore appointed. the King did not receive then, bet directed them to be told that he would receive then Mar following clay, (the day on which these advice. were dated.) Thie delay had tamed Loot assaatim in the capital. At the time appointed, thiteput*Sai presented themselves at the Palace, and read the Mes sage of the fortes to the KING. To ibis, the KING replied, " I receive your message ; affair most important; I will reflect upon it." It wet understood that his Majesty would immediately sub' mit the document to the Council of State. A pri►ate letter from Iron, dated the :14th of Dee., says, that when the last courier left Madrid, the capi tal was quiet. It WAS expected that the King sonl4l accept the resignation of the Ministers, or at least of those of War and the le.t :rior. The Preach papers contain nothing new on the affairs of Turkey ur Greece. FRENeII FeNns.—Five per Cents., December 31, 84f. SOc, New York papers arrived this morning to the 12th of December, from which we extract thy following from the Nifiona/ Adrovate. 110 USE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 8. Mr. Lathrop submitted the following motion : Resolved, That the Committee in Revisal and unfi nished Business be instructed to consider the exp.- thesep of, revising and continuing in force fur a limited time, an Act passed the 11th of May, 1820, extending the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in certain cases, or of otherwise granting relief to the owners of the laud where it has been purchased on behalf of the United States. Mr. Wood suggested that the motion of the fientle enan from Massachusetts (Mr. Lathrop) was not suffi ciently broad to cover the object in view. His (Mr. W.'s) attention was drawn to the subject, and he had drafted the following motion he intended to bate himself proposed : . . Resolved, that the expediency of extending the time for the redemption of lands sold for the direct under the several Acts. passed August 2, 1813, Jan. 9, 1815, and March 5, 1816, and which have been purchased on behalf of the United States, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. W. hoped that both would be laid on the table for invection I and consideration. Mr. Lathrop assented, and the resolutions were respectively ordered to lie on the table. The President's Message, on the motion of Mr. Sawyer, was taken up in a Committee of the whole, oo the state of the union ; Mr. Taylor, of New York, in the Chair. A resolution was proposed by Mr. Moore, of Pa, to prevent duels among persons employed in tbe civil, mili tary, and naval service of the United States was adopted, when the Haase adjourned. PIRATICAL FORTS.—Copt. Sisson, from H h, reports, that seventy of the pirates belonging to the vessels captured and destroyed by the Enterprise, have erected two forts on Cape Antonio, and bid defiance to the troops. The remonr of the adjustment of the alliterates letwees Russia aad the Porte has had elect bat for a 'ay. The letter from Constantinople, on which It 'AN. edits& has hoes confronted with others from the same place, and these epistles are all resod to held varlets+ lougange, sceording to the various inclinations of the writers ; as the following specimens she+ Courratertooraw, Nov. 116.—The Divan have of late bees very closely eagagesl is coassitation re spestiog the pending negociatioes between this Court and Russia. As is easel ape■ these occasions a 'peat variety of rumours have bees circulated, hat a ►ery short time has sufficed to prove their untruth. It 'is sow stated, and with a good appearance of reality. Itiat the labours of the Divan ars very nearly brought to a close ; Indeed they say that the Dread Sri:pot has sow determined how far he will ceseetle, but that in making the concessions demanded by Russia, be in =swots the Emperor giving up Prince Sasso, and r persoas who fled front Moldavia and Wailseilia kom the dominions of Remits, after bariag bees di lated in their plan of revolt against the Ottoman oo 'tensest." " CONSTANTIXOPLE, Nov. 26.—Nothing of a de& she character that I can learn, has as yet taken place he the pentiing negociatious of this Dortrunsest and the Court of Russia. Persons who pretend to oliplo static knowlege eireslate accounts of the pretended progress of the nerociations, and amongst other state- Intents now, it is affirmed that all differences are set tled. except that his Higher's is imperative Is demoted lag from Russia the person of Prince Suez*. and the other individuals who took part in the rebellion in ilioldavia and Wallachia. " I do net pretend to be in the secret of these af fairs; but for m► own part. I bare no faith wit in the statement. It seems to we, that any body who pretends to any thing like a knowledge of Ottoman politics, west be aware that the poise in question is one Is bleb would pare been urged instan ter ; and I have no slosh( but that it was. roe sag. ;cation, therefore, ;bat the orgoelatioos hinge upon this point. is, in my opinion, ws absurd. that I cannot entertain it; the more particularly, y thing here sod abroad, assumes an attitude of defiance rather than of peace; and the ti meet, to my meadow, is rather inclined to ensheoth the sword, than to bold out the olive branch." " CONSTANTINOPLI, Nov. 26.—With the excep tion that the Turks so Imager respect even Earepeaas. I have nothing worth communicating. bat, that the ae goelatioes continue sorensitted. Couriers daily arrive and depart. The Divas is almost eonstasily in con saltation t bat here ends the seta of my haowleslare.— The femoral epistles. however, is. that se war will take place. Whether it may or sot. I shall not pretend to determine; bat, at all events. I ass entitled to say. that theta appear to be great didieulties In the way of adjusting the existing differences." The Brussels papers which arrived last sight brought Intelligence frnw Ceastaatieople, through Odessa, and though eta less recent date this what yestrrdaF„ . 11 still of Interest, ss confirmatory of the preceding accounts. TM follow ing is the detail : Onitesa. Dec. I.—We have news from Constan deep!e up to the 25th of November, according to which that capital was the theatre of the most dread fel excesses. On the 23J of November, according to letters worthy of credit, the Annulate and English Am- , bassadors, Count Lutsow and Lord Straugford, had a conferesee with the Reis Effendi, east endeavoured to Weer him to accept the Russian Ultimatum. The two Ambassadors had thee an audience of the Sultan himself, but, as it is affirmed, to no par-• pose. His Sublimity is said to have declared that the privileges which belong to the Greek nation by existing treaties cannot be renewed, and in ge neral the demands of the Russian Emperor can in no case be granted ; that the extirpation of the Greeks is resolved upon, and they must all be destroyed from the face of the earth. When these Diplomatists were returning home, accompanied by a numerous escort of Janissaries, they were (according to our letters) gross ly insulted by the furious Turks, who fired the whole afternoon with pistols at the hotel of Lord Strangford. The Sultan had in vain valued the people to be called upon to cease their excess a ; the Janissaries had, on the contrary, uttered the most dreadful imprecations against the Sultan and his Minister. who, they said, had promised them, for above these six months past. the plunder of the quarter of the Franks in Pera.— Such are our latest accounts, which have been sent by couriers to St. Petersburg.—Accounts from Mol davia and Walachia are full of details of murders and atrocities committed by the Turks. A statement which appears in a file of Gibraltar papers recently received, *hews the good sense and spirit which prevails in Spain. The War Minister, it appears, has offended the Commander and officers of a regiment stationed in Cordova, by a letter add d to them, in which he inquired about the discipline of their corps, sad wished to know whether it was in clined to support the constituted Authorities. This regiment bad hitherto, we believe, remained neutral in its conduct and polities, and might therefore be consi, dered as friendly to the existing Administration. The questions put by the Minister was regarded as casting * doubt on the honour and fidelity of the corps, and the result has been a declaration that it will, to its last breath, keep the oath which it had taken to maintain the Constitution, and that the Constitution which it has sworn to defend. is that made by the Extraordi nary Cortes at Cadiz In 1812, " without a single iota mere or less." The terms is which the rest of this declaration is coached, show that the regiment in. tended to make a great IBM ranee between the Admi- I nistratioa and the Constitution. Au Order of the Day ! based by the Commander of the Battalion of Canaria' j (Light Infantry) is still more explicit. It charges the I Ministers with pursuing crooked ways, and expresses ths readiness of the corps "to repulse, if necessary, the internal enemies who might attempt In endemism" 1 1 the Coestitstion. Baron Andilla. who. is the course; of the debate on the King's Message in the Cortes, was charged by one of the Members to the Province of Cadiz. with having been concerned in certain trials at Fakscia, which his Majesty tad Die Supreme, 1 a . ICouncil of War had disapproved of, has applied to the War Minister fur as leptiry into his conduct ap ,, n that measles when, as a military man, he was oblige., to aischorge the dotty homed upon him, sad requested that in the mesa time he might be excused from ever- miaow say publio fusstious, essid his mistplete justifi cation had restored him to that full confides.* which the Authorities ought to enjoy. The *egoists received from Ireland to-day are re: br r cheering. "We feel great pleasure," says The Du - [ Uis Eceniig Peet, " in stating, that at the commence. meat of the New Year, those angry symptoms at which several of our Contemporaries, and even a pot. don of the community were alarmed. have been so far mitigated, as to remove any apprehension hitherto en. tertained as to their continuance or diffusion. A the journals received from the country since our last, and a number of letters now lying on our table, serve to cosartn this impression. They also deasoastrate, it demonstration were necessary, that the !system et exaggeration hes failed." It is inspected, and with too mulch reams, that many of the slams which hare beta etched, and the fabrications whiagh,have been propagated, have originated in motives' of the vilest kind. In the present distressed and distracted state of the wintry, it is believed there an wretches dis persed about the disturbed districts. } nly spread ing their horrible isveotions, bet stireinirip the peo ple so deeds of mischief, in order that they themselves might get employment as officers of police or in a military capacity. If such wretches really de exist, their guilt is that of fiends. and ought not to be per mitted to be undetected or unpunished. The miser able dopes of delasion or despair, who have brfeite.l their lives to the laws of their country, are, compared with them, the objects of commi PPPPP tion. The Country Gentlemen in every part of the Kin Ttion, appear to he sow on the alert. Associations are formed. or we farming, in every part of the Island, to repress dis turbances, or to prevent their appearance. So far they do well, hat this is not enough. It is not inf. Escheat that they exercise authority and atlnsiaister ad monition. These can only serve a temporary purpose. If permanent utility be the of of thn Country Gee demer.they must treat their tenantry with consideration and kindness, aid teach them to regard the laws, not as the scourge, bat as the protection of the people. The appointment of the Marquess WICLUISLIff to the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland, is deserving of so mach attention that a frequent recurrence to a discos ion slivery t►ing rowneeted with it, cannot, we think, be deemed unacceptable to our liberal inindeJ readers. The Noble Marquess, in the course of his pOillital life, has certainly displayed talents, discrimination, and vigour: These are qualifications highly necessary in the management of alLars so desperate as those of the sister isle. These are qualifications which kaki us to entertain lofty expectations of his goverment, at least so far as we eau anticipate any thing beneficial Prow the exertions of an individual. When the Mar quess disdained melt any longerin a Council,of whir the present Ministers were the leading inezabers, he displayed appearancii, at least, of a justness of views, and a love of his country's honour and welfare. The Happen WaLLest.er was then looked op to by =Oft men, who were not partizans of an ignorant and site Administration, as capable of saving the state. He re probated the narrow maiims and conduct of Lis col leagues ; and insisted upon a rigid s'n'otty, in the bight, as well as &locr branches of expenditure, as absolutely necessary to restore the blood and life of she political body. Here then are we presented with slifikulties which time alone can solve. How are we to reconcile the inconsistency of his accepting ace during the existence of an administration formed a men whom he has abused ? Was he sieve* or in sincere in his condemnation ? If sincere, did his Cell- Owe proceed from the virtue of a man who eouspre bends the beauty of virtue, but, being p.m., cannot abjure the blandishments and enjoyments of wealth? Will the colleagues of Lord LONDONDERRT hold out the hand of forgiveness and affection to Ireland ? Will he open his month to ac. l .moickdgc wrongs when He accuses of crime—wrongs in his predecessors, when he speaks to Ireland of her offences? He would not be permitted to cross the Irish Channel, except in a private capacity, Übe said, lie meant any such thing ; and if he does so mean, and does so act, his stay in Ireland will be of no longer duration than that which will suffice to bold a hasty Cabinet Council here, and suffice fur her nil steaw.boats to convey one Lien tenant to Ireland, and transport the other from it. But the hand of conciliation, with celcdaeled,ossept of sootnal error, is to he held out to Ireland, or the arm that grasps her and claims her fur prs• perty will be broken and crushed to atoms. There Is tso longer possibility of CJNC.trliag the ri htiee piss tiox of the two countries. There is no longer a v , il to conceal the symptoms of the clanger I..elongirig .0 ft. The truth toast be ae.':44toled, , ed. whether it he received with a reptsstomt or a desperate spirit. We ! have sinned against Ireland. For goner tions we have joppressed Ireland with our misrule. We tuay coerce her at present--me may cast 'Mittens on the land, while we spread death throughout licr provinces, her cities, hovels, and fields—bat the despair which. Istunned by a blow, ceases for an hour to feel its palms• will soon revive, aad comps! us to lament our The frightful coalition of Ireland is net to !e umealed bat by change at • systeutuf i:s Government W•eautnet teac► despair to reason. 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