The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

~• 4" . -t• AMERIC, • “caw-TotE, 4,VCATit 19. " Mr. Secretary Smith realised, on the 13th in moot, from Mr. Erskine, a loweand very satisfac tory letter, in awair to one 041 Se 9th itistast, in which Mr. Smith had respectfully requested a can did explanation as to the conversation .shich Mr. Canning'sdiiPatch of the 4.3 d January, had im puted to Mr. Madison, Mr. Gallatin, and hinmelf. " Mr. V.rs!tiae Liss; moreover, in this letter, stated Cis remous which, in the exercise of the discretion given him, had induced hint not to kw his instriic- Worm hOfore the Government of the (Jolted States. Time Papers Will, no doubt, be communicated in doe tiuie to Congref,," EAST JAM. GgNitit ORDERS BY BOVERKMF,NT. Furt St. George, May 1 The zeal and discipline by which the Military F.• , :rhlo•iiiieent of Fort Sr. George had to..:g been .1,-tr,4iiillird„ induced tin Governor in C:.iincil to ...yect that the measures which die violent m. 41 in tcinverute acts of the late Comtnand..r-iii-Chier had intpusetl on the Government, mould be received by all the officers of the army, with the sentiments of reepect and obedience prtseribed by the prniviples of military subordinstion, and due in the Govern ment by which thou tries:mm.s users adoptrtl. is well es to the authorities to o hieli they were nitiiii3 , • lc referred. The Gort.rtior in Council li .s, I?arried, with t degree of surpi ise proportiona! , : to the Cfnlfiarriet , obeli repo,ed nt th.• discipline of the tinny, tkit 'non :alier the det,arture of the hitt Cr . iimmindersinsChief, rwneeednigs of the inot nu justifiable witure, suit rorre.nondent to the ea ample which he had afforded, were pursued by Certain officers of the army. The enr.t rep,eensible of dime proceeding% ..ii sistekl in the preparation of it pnper addre , scrl lu the Right Ilonournalc the. Gevernor-Gewerni, pliri:ort in: to be a rcinnr-.trWn•r, iti the name of the wriny, 'gland the Acts of the Government under which it serves. • . . That paper is not more hostile to the authority of this Government, then to the first principles or i.ll govenimmt. !t maintains opinions directly ad verse to the cononsition of the British servtce, and is calculated to destroy ev,ry foundation of obedience, girl fidelity. The secrecy observed in preparing this seditious paper, prevented fin. some tune the discovery he persons engaged in that proceeding. But it now been ascertitined, that Captain Josiah Merdi!l, late Seri-entry to the Military tinged, an d Lieute nant-Colonel George Martin, lately permitted to, proceed to England. were pi ineipally concerned iu preparing and circulating the Memorial in question. and that Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Ar thur Leger was active in promoting its circulation, tut piny'ti.g the influence which he derived from the important command confided to him by the Go .vernnient, for the purpose of attempting the sub ver-ann of its authority, and spreading disafh cline' mating the troops which it had entrusted to his ctaatge. It has also Ivrea ascertained, that Major J. De Morgan. has Iwen *alive to th.• circulation of the 'ltfentortal. . 1 lie Governor in Conneil is also tinder the ne cessity of noticing another paper, of* most damps tons tend •.ry. lately iss circulation at some of li e military station% pnrporten4 to be an address f the officers of the army to Major Boles, the late Deputy Adjutant-Geurral. In this addrevs a right 19 *wowed, to decide NI the acts of the I :over ment, by ceeidemning, in unqualified terns., the 'sentence of suspension partl on Major ; and an encouragement es held out to miter oliirscr*, to violate their fluty to the Gevcriitetrist, hr a iordiaor 34 pecuniary icdenatliftrattan, 1101 Orly to MttiOr 1301C4, hut to all suds I,flicer* nx .Coil ander by any act of tele Goverinumt, w hid, 11,e sub scribers to the address 'nay deem eseele,o•issisle. This paper, so inepottesatible rill, the 'ln' 'tars . character, and 60 repugnant to the fuudaaurutal principle* of military distaphne and tovernltna.t, was turced oa the attention of the (;overtior, by Captain James Grant, Comm:haunt of his Body- Guard, oho, while holding that confidential s:tsia ton, and fowler"! by seder a lin Gorecisor in emitted, htuA cr the Resislent at Travane-re, trate.- asitte.l a copy of the paper, to be laid Iselore the Governor, with an 3.1V43%Vi1i that he had affixed his signature to it, and a it. fence of the grounds on which he adopted that pi or:ceding. It has also been :sseertaored, that a wiper of a sihnhlar tetnittley has been circulated antan K the officers of the corps of airtil;ery in the Mount. sod that its eirculattoit has been promoted t. Lieute nant-Colonel Ittiheit Bell, the office: commanding; that t orps. pie 601'0'110f 111 Connell regrt t• that he is eliligeti to ionic,' also tl:t condoct of lac.itclia it- Colonel Clislint•rs (err:mein , : i% in Tr,,eitii. me), sod bent ciiittit-Colonel Cuppage (lately col 1111 l and log in Alalaliar, and employed .vita the troops un tler his orders in Totem:core), who appear to have talon' no lltrps whatever, either to m e et.. or report to the Gov' niment the Improper proceedin g s pur- Iby iisrt of the trcups outlet their milers. It is not sueic;riit Cur officer hold iii commands to .1...; I e partieia.ttion iii such proceedings ; it is mid indispensable duty to adopt the t decided measures for their suppression, and ; them to their super or authonties. I! hos furtlier hero ascertained, that Captain .1. 11. Cooliths, Assistant-Quarter-halter-General in TilN sore, has been concerned in these reprehensible pro -red i It hectimes the paiitfol ditty of the Governer in Council to mail, with the displeasure of the Go vern:twilit the conduct of 1 1 1 e shove-mentioned of ficers, who have been engagetl in a course of me:t omes equally dangerous to the ezistence of discip line, to the foundations or legal government, and to the interests of their country. Inc*• under-mentioned ()Merril are sechrtlingly declared to be suspended from the service of the If ruble the Company, twit the pleasure of th e Honourable the Court of Directors shill be k 19%1'11 : licateleant-Coloowl the Hososrabie Attlee St. Left?. Vi • j Julys De 11,,rr , 11. Capisin Josiah ilarmbatl. Cupola homy. Grw.t. Cownlaudaat Rohtn Sell is removed from I ill allure and command, until the pleasure of the limurertrble that Court of Directors , Lull be knuu so ; but he is liciuniteit w his icedisicittfl If iy and allowances. .. itroint-C(4°6'oA oininandant J. M. Chalmers, is re d (cons the euinican.l u( the Subsidiary Force in Tra- ecotone. The undermentioned Officers are removed from pebeir Staff Appointments, and ordered to juin the corps to which they stand attached: — Lieutenant-Colour! Jobu Capper. Captain J. M. Coombs. The Goverisor in Council considers it to be pro per to avail himself of this occasion to correct a misapprehension, highly dangerous in its tendency, which has arisen in the minds of some of the officers of the army, with regard to the nature of the authority of the Governor iu Council. This misapprehension appears to have originated in the General Order published by the late Cominander in-Chief, on the ..:tith of January last, !ruin which it might be inferred, that the authority of the Go etritor in Council is only of a civil nature; where as, by the express etinctment of thy Legislature, tin claire Civil anti Military Government of the Presideney of Fort St. George and its depetid encies, is vested in the Governor in Council. It is, thereltoe, to he distinctly understood, that no of ticer, of oltuti•ver rank, while serving. the Presidency of Fort St. George, can, without in currieg the 1,0114141 es of disobedience to the Legis lature of his country, issue Hoy order, in violation. or to the derogation of the authority of the Govern ment 1111:t that every "trivet complying with an opler of that d'•s.•riptinu, under soy pretence whit ever, renders himself halite to the (edentate of the service, and to +owls Begat penalties as the nature of the ruse may demand. While the Gioeroor in Council deems it to he proper to afford the foregoiii4 exiihniation, he feels himself at the Slime ton.- hound to arkiinw led g e, that the principles tii nliWls lie has rots erteil, boil never been called in opiestiou, initil•the publication of Cie shove-mentioind order of the I ste Conn. !wieder-in-Chief. Oa this contrary, these princi ples had been invariably acted upon by tlic Govern ment, mill In the officers of the army of this Presi dency, who have linen no less distinguished for their obedience and discipline, than for their acilievements in the held. The Governor in Coun cil cxpericiices the most sincere satisfaction in publishiii4 his conviction, that the majority of the tricy have resisted all participation in the 'an noyer suit dangerous proceedings described in this order; and it is an act of justice to the troop* of tlis 11:ijesity's service to declare his entire aiiniolnition, 01 the ord-r. discipline, and steady adherence to they, which they have invariihly inissifested. The information before the ( :over 1111 l ent does not enable the Governor in Council to distinguish, by the expressiow of his approbation, all the troop* of the Compani'm service that bore tnianift .sted the some disposition; bnt he deems it to lie proper to notice on this occasion the sabot:4o.re and perm plary conduct of the part of the urine composing the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force. TN Gov in Council is also confident that such officers as have inadvertently yielded to the misrepresentations of individnels who have been reigned in the prose cution of designs eipially fatal in the honour and to the hart...ids of the army, will in future rianifest, in the service of the Golfer 1111 l put. the fidelity and zeal, whieh coestittite the tine priori pies of their profession, which have hitherto iii— tiiiguisherl the Ninny, soil whirls are inilispoosn ',le to the prnspenry of the British Einnire in India. By order of the Hun. the Governor iii Comoro', (Signed) A. Ti A I-CONAR, ChirfAerretary to Government. IA DIA IJOUSE. Yesterday, a quartsrly General Court was held ut the East ItAla I loose. which aas tespectabli ut. !ended. After the ustml forms, The CHAIRMAN, (Mr. Grant), submitted a fle enlation of the Court of Dire,:lore, re-appointing v. Thou.. Locke, one of the Calleta on the Vladras Estabh4oinent, who had been dismissed iu consequence 01 haring corrupti ohtaint.l their m i . iryintnn .t in the service. then moved, " That the said Rev()lotion be confirmed, under the con dition that he be eoneidered as leaving entered the service de Novo," which motion pa,sed . . _ Mr. LOWNDF.II expressed his hope, that the East India Company. as ti corporate body, would not paess over the 49th year of His Alitjesty'_s reign, hoot paying the due compliments to • Monarch, whose public patriot Pin and private virtues so justly rendered him estinialile to Nil ranks Oi s his subjects. The .CIIAIRDIAN perfectly concurred with the Ilon. Proprietor in every sentimeist of loyelty and affivtiiiie to the Soverei,,tis which be had uttered ; hut be liegvd leave to oh , the subject had riot passed without due ronsidenoion float the litre-v -ino', who had hero of opinion, that the Iwot mode of liirwariling the object in view would be to con cur with other Corporate Bodies in a general testi monial of respect and loyalty ; any new distinct measure mi4lit therefore tend to coutileruct the grand object in emitemplatiou. Mr. LAYTON prrifei....d himself perfectly satisfied with the ideas of the Exeviitive Body. After a few words, in explanation, from Mr. LOWRIDE% . . . Mr. IleantotT, Adverting to the complaints which had been made in a former General Court, A•ked if ion , information had been received by the Court or Directors, relative to the protection of the commerce in the turban aea , ? _ . The CHAIRMAN expressed his obligations to the• Ifni'. Proprietor, for calling attention to the rub. pct. After what had imaged at a preceding Court, it beeerue, perhaps, the duty of the Chair, to take further notice of the subject ; sit that time the Court were totally uninformed—they possessed no •Incuments, and one side of the question was heard --is matter to he regretted, where the characters, of public mid professional norm were concerned. The subject had not heen lormight under the cognizance of the I)irectors by either party ; hut tile emu iilaint haring originated iu the General Court, it was but fair it sismold hear the defence also. Do cuments heel liven received since the question was agitated, the sul:stanre of which wet as follows, viz. " That i, Edward Pellew, previous I. his knowledge of the Memorial arsine him from the Bengal Merchants to the !Ards of the Admiralty, had staled to the Bengal Govern. nieat, that hr hid always been of 00111011 the only effectual protection of th. irrie mnk the cosiblishment of rertiar coaveys. 1 hat he had esti Iy stated this to the Begat Mer- • .., S chants, and offered to make an arrangement fur regular convoys; but tbei ;warned, for the sake of an early market, to run as single ships; and, for the saute reason, when under tumor, broke from their convoy. That, in the tumults of August, September, October, .ud November, lain, when the Bengal Merchants state that their trade was left wholly without defence, and many of His Majesty's ships lying hike in Madras Roods, there were is mail of ships, stationed at tlifferent parts of die Bay, for the protection of the trade, besides other ships coutinitally intersecting the Bay, more, cm aeruant of repairs and uecesaary services, could not be afforded. "'!'bat Ike Bengal Government, hi their letter a the Court of Directors, eapeess their entire conviction, that every at tention has been paid by Sir Edward Felice to the protec tion of the Ilay of &mot sziimit the enemy's cruisers, con sistent with a due atteution to the csigeocies of the public steriee. " That the Memorial against the marina of Sir Edward Pero, try the Bengal merchants, was forwarded to those Butu:nly, fur signature. ; and there unanimously rejected. 'at the Bombay Merchants solicited mid invariably re ceived regular convoy the their trade, and the uuly hist:owe of capture which occurred, was, when ships had deserted convoy. " that had the Bengal Merchants accepted a similar scheme of protection, their property would have been equally secure; c schcnie which, however, they hail finally adopted." 'Elie Cti Anis' Au then reprewented, that the Wan- Imy Consoltations of that period had not been re ceived, lint lie hail seen Resolutions of the Mer cianitr of Bombay, with au Address to Sir Edward Pullew, dated the itnli May. !NUS, with shout HO siotatures, illustnititsg, in the rtrungert tilitilllti, the anxious sittent' of Sir Edward Pellew to the security of the trade, and the complete soccer. of the measurer adopted by him ; also that Sir Ed ward first suggested the system of regular coma)) a, the iminethate effect of which w a r Ai IletTV3Se of 50 per cent. on !iremiunis of Itisllfilllee. --'fite Chairman concluded with producing a letter, addressed to him by Mr. Edwhril Parry, the late Chairmen', stating " that he, us well as other ierr, whim the ritlj,ct war introduced in the General Court, inns with !ill Opinion, that blame must be imputable somewhere, and hail expressed himself to that effect ; butt his information of various official downtowns hnviug been received riner lie left the Chair, had changed hit opinion, and de luau regret that wily one side of the question hail liven heard in the General Court ; lie, Ilion - fore, requests, that the Chairman will take a ermvetiictit opportunity of reporting his sentiments to tl.e Proprietors, and at the same time correct a report of his speech in the news papers, at the General Court before-mentioned ; wherein heir stated to 'wee asserted, to addition to some oisservatioi.s WI the general subject, that the naval Commander-in-Chief was recal-• 1..1. If he used any words that could warrant or countenance such a statement, in the Re port, it war matter of additional regret to him ; feeling, as he doer, how much it is due to public men, that their characters Phoultl not be subject to unfounded imputist loos; but :mall red I y he could mewl no more than that Sir Edward Pellet* was, iii the inuAl rotation of commaticl, on the way home ; C.r information had been received that he rev, • called; and he had siure learned that • . 1.• ft, t war directly otherwise. That be lied himself, Wine time before, applied for leave to return, we accomit of Isis health ; mid that, otter none delay, this per mission was given him, on the ground of Ills own request." Mr. I lERIOTT returned his acknowledgments for au explanation, which afforded lain very great antis faction, The Court then, on the question, adjourned, nue die. THE BRITISH PRESS. 1 ON DON. THURSDAY, SarrLmema We have received New York Papers to the 20th last. Accemling to the latest accounts from Wash ington, Mr. J KSON 1111.1 lint arrived at the sent of Government. The conferences which lend taken place at Washington, between the PRENIUENT and American Secret:lntel of State, on the one pact, and our Nlitsisters, on the other, had been ended. Mr. .11 , JVCRSOSI had set out for his country seat in Orange County ; the Secretory for the Weer De partment, for Boston ; and the Secretary of the Navy, for South Carobs.. Nothing transpired, yesterday, et the K Le vee, respecting the new Administration. A. we have already stated, no progress can he made in that I-mishit-as until the arrival of Lords Gamy and GRENTILLE. Iu the mean time, the public voice lorenines, every moment. more loud for their return to of ee--• vs,ice re-echoed from the graves of %Volcker...is and l'alnvera. Whatever sentiments of affection and of venera tion are universally felt towards His MAJESTY'S person and character ; and never, we believe, st only period of time, has the Sovereign been more justly the object of national respect, than at present ; yet it must be confessed, there is something in the ac tual state of things, peculiarly unpropitious, and almost repugnant to idi as of Jubilee. In the midst of foreign disappointment or disaster, and in a mo ment of internal discontent, dissentiun, and almost suspension of all Government here at home ; with what propriety can the country manifest sentiments, only applicable to periods of serenity and accurity ? We do not indeed, during the forty-nine years that I pis MAJESTY has held the sceptre of these realms, recollect any moment, when • darker cloud over hung the capital and the empire, than in Septem ber, 1809. Three Expeditions, fitted out at an in calculable expense, sent against Antwerp, Madrid, and Naples, may all he said to have failed. No man, we suppose, will attempt to assert, or to prove, that the reduction of Walcheren, and the capture of Flushing, were the pnruary, •r ought to have constituted the ultimate and final objects of an ar mament, unquestionably meant for the attack of BON SPIELER'S naval force in the Scheldt. Sir A. Wut.s.astEx's precipitate, rash, and ruinous march into Castile, whether it was undertittcn in compile once with ilirectiiins from borne, or whether ,it eiri. gloated only in the boiling and iskjudictrim, buy of the Commander himself, is (Noisily ui itit«r regret and cf condemnation. It form , , in tr, ry feature, a striking contrast to the temp-rase, le t ii tutu! unit cool spirit of practicable euterviise, that characterised Sir J. Mooaa's march Irvin cc to Sahagiiii ; and not less his retreat to Curtin na. Of the expedition from Sicily, spinet tho islands in the Bay of Naples, what coin we. what must at- say ? The gallant and distinguished offi cer alio commanded on that most unfortunate en terprise, is t.,0 deservedly dear to his country, and has displayed, on other occasions, too much ability, to be suspect, of having either !dunned, or ad vised, so weak and ill-concerted an attempt. It completes the measure of our forei g n disgraces, and secures Italy to N: i• fT, a, el., r;tt ry of Ta lavera confirmed the eroa is of ;*..cii me the Of JOSEPH BONAPARTE ; acid a's achievements in Zealand, hire djmc iiiat of Holland, to his brother Louts. If, from these inglorimi-, saigiii;lart , MIA un productive Expeditions, we hook to America, it:- stead of conciliation, or of Ni4V Ilrolpeet of recon ciliation, and of ret g interemir,e is. t‘reeis that country and Great Briton:, only now $401111!tit of in terminable dispute dmd iiibsigrvestie•it huce 116.01.. Tie di . ;<IVOWIII of Mr. ERSKINE. rveu though we should admit it to be foamiest in jogice and in rea son ; even though it sl i Id appear that he lidu mistaken, or acted in violation of his instructions, yet does not less operate to awaken all the eumitiew of the trans-Atlantic States towards this BONAPAILTL will probably avail himself of the pro pitious moment to renew, awl to cement, his friend ship with them; and the invaluable occasion or healing all past differences between us and Ameri ca, appears to be ii recoverably lost. Iu India, on the coast of Coloraandel, dimientions and rivalities. of the most alarming nature, produced by a con flict between the civil and the military aathoritiss. have rendered Madras a r eeve of inteatine confusion. We have seen letters of very recent date, brought home by the Virginia from thence, which say, that nothing similar to the present animosities, and acts of violence, has been exhibited at Fort St; George, ricers the seizure and detention of Lord PIGOT, in 177 ti. The subject is a very delicate one, our shaii we at present state all that we may have seen. or have heard, upon the subject. It will, doubt le,. ti.aet, as it welt rocrits, the early attention of l'avlnnuLt:t. It is hat to the continent of Europe, amidst these gloomy and ticketing accounts, received from Asin, and from America, chat we tan turf our view for eoinodation. Our slionsterial Inraperiiy, which sent armies to conitiat Boxaratei r. ,:4ere he Ira/ not, while no efforts were made to check Lr layt de his progress where he was, bare left him master of Vienna, and of half the Austrian Flocarchy. How can such an Administration hope, or expect to electrify the Continent, and to rescue Gertio.iny flow can they look to Petersburgli, to liossigsherg, or to Constantinople, for aid, who have let slip the opportunity of emancipating those courts and go vernments, by a vigorous diversion in Carniula, and in the Tyrol? It was there, and not at Talavera, that British valour might have been usefully dis played, and that Lord %VELUM:TON might hare justly earned his title. la it, then, here, at home, that we can find unanimity, plenty, concord, energy. or security ? Coder the best of Sovereigns, we have laboured nutter almost all the evils incidette to the worst of times. A feeble, headless, and in capable Cabinet, destitute of talent to concert, or of ability to execute, any project of public benefit. —A Cabinet, which, with adruiralde discrimina tion. writ Lord CHATUIN to head an enterprise demanding promptitude and decision ; while they selected Sir ARTHUR WI:U.IEIII.LT for as expert. mein vrlsich required the utmost deliberation, and the coolest rellectionr.A Cabiuet, of which the two members holding the most active, important, and respousible situations, instead of opposing the fo reign enemy, turn their weapons egaiust each other. Happily, the farce, or rather the tragedy, is over ; and, after scenes such as we have viewed, we May look forward, with some confidence, to the selec tion of men for public offices, in whom the public can repose some trust. This is the first preliminary step , ~,,f r e ed e nt to all others, for the national ex trication, stud CVen for the maintenance of the ho nour, dignity, amid tninquillity of ti,•• throne. A few days may protrably enahle u-, at once In in form, and to felicitate the cotrutry„ in a coasts:moo firm so necessary to onr security, *schism, and cc pose. That exrellent rrgitoeut, the 1-2:11 Light Dra goons, have received orders to hold t:,.:te.rlves in readiness for immediate vrtvier. c First, or King's Own Dragoon Guard., expect a similar order, as they are in the In A ltest star 11r elhviplinv. The Prince Ernest pin krt i.urrivrrt at Falintitith. Sailed from Malta on the 10th Angus!, .hid fruit' Gibraltar on the 10th inst. The Mails will he di livered this day. A letter from Middleburg, dated Sept. 17, says, " That One corps the sth have nnly one Wine, eight sub.dterns, and 300 rank and Illefit for duty. The 36th are in n similar state. The 6th cannot mount a corporal's guard, 700 being rick., The 13d are hers de combat, the C.-11onel has trot even a servant. The Royals, after all their fatignk. are the strongest corps iu the hisitait," • • : • • - • 1'