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Vo>- G.J , RICHMOND, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1810. |No 7G
' IJJ 1 ——-— .— -— -——*
<ZjT J'lblisbrd bv Thomas Ritchie, nearly op
posite the Gl-br To vent, Richmond- Vit rinia.
(CD" CONDITIONS .— Five ddi.trt a year- to
be paid anr.ualte its advance. Those who wish to
be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter
designate it at the time of subscribing, otherwise
their papers will be discontinued at the expiration
of thejirst yt-ar.
THE Subscriber being appointed, by the
Trurteas of the Washington Henry Acade
my in Hanover, to preside over and insti nct boys
and youi g1 men, prnnu«c» t<» teach the following
branches of Literature, via : The Greek, L.lin
nnd English languages with propriety ; also.
Heading, Writing, Arithmetic, Vulgar air! De
cimal, Algebra, Surveying, Belles Leltres, Math
cmatics. History, the Elements of Astronomy
Geometry,Geography with the use cf the Globes.
Price for tuition will be § 33 1-3 for those who
are taught th® Greek or Latin languages, and
3 23 for every other pupil, to be paid quarter
y. The term will commence on the 15lh of this
present month, and expire on the 15th of Dec
following, being subject to 13 days vacation
The Academy is situated in a healthy & pfmti*
i'ul aeighhorhood, (it being about twelve miles
from Richmond,) in which onys anil young men
jmay be boarded on reasonable terms.'
Examinations will take place on the 1st of
August and at the expiiation of the term.
DANIEL FORD.
January 0, 1310. 2tfl
NO 1‘ICE — \• I persons indebted to the estate
of Josiah Wright, deceased, are requested
to come f •; ward and pay their respective ac
counts to the subscriber—Those h'u’ing claims
ati'‘jinci the estate are requested to :--iiig forward
their accounts properly authenticated, to
A11 RAltAol DUUwLASS, Adytfr.
January 4 lyt
WAN i'ED TO HIKE on* the ensuing year,
a Female SKRVAN’l' who lias l*.;en ac
Cl turned t*» the house, and is a good Seamstress
— /v recommendation of character will be re
quired Apply at this Ollice.
December ‘2d. tf
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED,
A New Theory,
OF
The DIURNAI. ROTATION OF TIIF.
EARTH:
Demonstrated upon Mathematical Principles,
From tiic properties of the Cycloid and the Epi
cycloid.
WITH
AM APPLICATION OF TVF, TTTF.OP.Y,
T > the explanation ot the various Phenomena of
the Winds, Tides and of those Stony and Me
tallin concretions which have fallen from Hea
ven upon tiie surface of the Earth.
Ru JOHN WOOD,
A:: '’tor of Elements of Fernhactive, firin
ted in London, in IT'D*).
Drcrmlier I f.
JOHNSON AND TTSAT,
i7F.WFJ.LERS (S’ SILVER SMITHS :
AT the crescent sign, opposit • the Eaglv-Ta
vcni—Have just received an additional sup
ply of AtiTTci.es in their 1. (which with their
former slock will render their assortment verj
complete) consisting of—
Pearl Ear-Rings, Ear-Rings ?c Drops, Breast
2Jins, Bracelets and Fing*." Bings.
Jet Breast-Pins, Bracelets,Ear-Rings St Neck
laces, tortoise-shell Combs ot the most approved
patternv. gold Watch-Chams, Seids and Keys of
the latest patterns, Ear-Rings, Fmg/r-Hings,
Drcnst-pins, Bracelets, Buttons, Lockets and
Miniature Settings.
Silver Tea Pots, Coffee* Pots, Sugar Dishes,
PW Bowls, CreanvPots, Canns and GoMetts.
Fable,desert, tea and salt Sjxjous, soup, to Idy,
cream and mustard Ladles, Sait-Stir ds, Thitn
h.-s, Coral L H-tU, Feu Tongs Sc Pencil Cases,
toiler mounted Dirks, Swords and Souff Boxes.
Plat-*'! Castors of various pr! Candlesticks,
Fruit Baskets, I’ea-Pots, Sugar Dishes, Cream
?ois. Salt-Stands, Fable Spr ons *tndTea-Tongs
Block tm Tea Pots and Tea Cndas, tog tner
v id, sundry other articles ton tediou* to etmiue
Fate Imre, allot which they offer on moderate
t'-rms. Orders for work strictly attended to.
I lie login- i price given Dr ohl silver anil gold.
December }'• coif
V TdoWr.ilTV Puli SALK —
V 1.1 pursuance of a cVccrce of the Circuit
»’.onrt of the United States, in the ViiKinia,ir's».
oi.-f, p;-fin.;'inc.c*l at the i>.si session ot tii.it com .
is '.lie. suit s there depending !>ei wen Win. Kmik.-.U
fs. Co. piiemiffs, against Thorium tl licaneand
e'tn i s, det, nd'ints, and hetw , r> Sc.riba ScVophid
> id Starrnun, plaimifts. snd the same defendants :
Will lie ( xpovd to side, at a\ir lion, at Cuira, in
1 ’ir county of Cumberland, on Thursday in*. 150,
ol February next, flint v.-.luuhle MEUCHA.N i'
MILL usually called the C,„a ALUs—'In ur.co
Warehouse, Tavern, an I other J.utsof Ground
i t that 1 lare—Also, t!; t|,« Lands u or n»nrC.«
J n, (c< mining of L'OtiO acres and tv. vnr.Li
2V|"< •» irelong- d to J« .r-n I'., TU-’n. m m
> >t a"-' t- Francis i>. b.- in : or to «vl her of them,
»m 1 he ?Otli day of March, ]HOI —Terms of
rale—Ten per cent on the amount of the pur
« liases to be paid in c.-.sh ; ,t credit of one, two
,,n'1 t,,rCf‘ y{,«M f ‘r the residue of the purchase
1 nonev, to bear interest from the day of sale,
Me purchaser or purchaser., giriu,, bonds with
•ccufity, to In; app:v«d by tin? iiiidns* rn-d com
TDissionera, or the one ttisA i.uiy act, and also ex.
ecutihg a deed of trust upon the property mu
purchusei!, for se, ie i„jj tfie payment thereof a»
lots periods afou id.
Ff rviou* to tin d./of ss!-. the Land will he
rfividid nilo convene nt lots to su.t pinch .sers.
w ['''I’!' >}’ ? Commissi.
W C. WILLIAMS, 5 omrs.
. r>' ’ go _ e,lids
A ALLlY, at Hit Nr.W ru/iix SHuli
r... \rol{J*' r,,f!l«ctl..i|y informs the Ladies
•u Kiehmond, that lie has just received a hand*
r..me assortment i f Ladies Morocco liOOTilS,
.^UHK SOLES, .iv.. uc.—.l("'}t some tea co
V ed Morocn*.SHOES of toe newest fashion;
ld.ew.ao, Gentlemen's Ft nr S/tors and Morocco
mid a gem ral assjrtuieiil ui other kmus,
JiuYork Manufacture. \
Detect iter ,d0. p,v
r1'JJL feubscr" a iiav.ng qn.itifi-«l ;.s Ev -m.
A. torm ot i n W ill of tne into Overton
J“.ndersvm, <tirr< L 1 •' 1!Inuund ,• imp. 3p|, ,',nir.1
>b-sr.,. Thom.v : •, vrlland Kicfia.a /.mlersou
01 the city ofHicf.i ,e r, Mp nt s p.m-UI.; N,.<| *1
.jest the stnht* and clam; ,0. tie. I'.suti—All those
indf bled to the * •;«; Lital" afe eui nestly request
♦'d to make payment, without delay to the said
* If urn's NiiOfll rml itichard Aii'lrisan, vfio
vre authorised toy.,.- tie, diaigea, and who will
discharge all debts due .>v the. relate.
, samup.l urns nr,
_ , _ itAAN bV MISUK.
•e'-ornber ft fe(/.j
Antigua rum, apple brandy,
. 2U hints Antigua Hum,
GO bbls. Apple Brandy,
50 Ills. Mnscovsd» Sugar,
12 boxes White llivtnna «!o.
* Fresh Raisins,
2 > casks, 3 *
50 boxes Caoeolate,
10 casks London Refined Sait Petre,
17 bags Green Coliee,
FOIl SAI.E MY
- ASA OTIS,
Opposite Samuel White's Turertt.
Jirmrjr 6. suf
-pHL Subscriber proposes opening a School on
“ Monday the Pth inst in the house Inovan by
the name, of the O'J Acadcmv, por the instruction
of loath in the I.nylish Lamniaye, li ritir.y and
Arithmetic : price of Tuition S 2<> per annum, pay
able quarterly ,- particuhr attention shall hr paid
to the advancement ns tr"/ as morals of those
Youths canimatedti} hit c.i-~ He is in possession
oj testimonial’s of his abilities.
THOMAS LE TEL IIEP.
_Richmond, jfan. 5. 1810. tf
Hj^HE Subscribers intcnn commencing uie
A Rofe-Makixc Busi sess. Thev wish to
purchase or hire ten good Spinners ; {hey are
also in want of 8 or 10 Labourers, tor which a
liheral hire will be given.
WHITE & SHELTON.
December "0. 5t
subscriber having ' btamud license, tn
I tends immediately to commence and pro
secute the practice of Law in the superior ami
‘ inferior courts of Prince William and two or
more of the adjacent counties Communications
addressed to him at Dumfries, v,i|| be thaakfui
ty received and assiduously attended to.—He has
als* hem com missioned as Notary Publtc for
Pr.nce Wiiiiam county.
JAMES E. HE \ TIL
January 4._ w2w^i
T E TM.LIER— 7)ENTTST-—T-Tm removed
a.z to the. comer house between the Swan and
Washington Taverns, where lie is practising in
the various branches of his profession, i. r.'set
ting artificial tetlb, cleansing, plugging, extract
log, £;c &c.
N. 1$. A line or servant directed to Mr. I,e
Tel her at the shove piace will be attended to.
Decern' er 19 ,v»
'’S^WENt Y DOLhiiUS HiL vV /\.%ii._lin„.
i. away from the subscriber on Sunday m-rJit
the 54th of September, 1809, /SA 1C, a" negro
nvtn about 29years o! I, rather an tuuku-s>/ -, and
moderately spare, a kind of hoarse, lazy voice
and looks, apt to com pei you to repeat before be
will give a direct answer, small eyes and ears, a
yellowish black complexion, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches
“igh, rather stoops forward from the hips and it
kind of hitch in one hip, if well observed when
. 'walking, and by which description he was ones
dis revered when runaway, and put in jail, al
though he diso wned iris name and master and af
fected to be a free mail horn, Ins been severely
w hipped, has a scar a little over his right aye,
•md the appearance may be seen oil the body, of
the small pox, and a lump as l.u-ge us the fing :v on
the tore part of the right shoulder and left ..cm,
* little below the shoulder, and on rlie back, us’
p-cially on the right side under the shoi.Wer
blade, supposed to b'1 by wliipp.rg; also a scar
on the left arm by inoculation, lie originally
when a boy belonged to John M’Clary at Irittlc
York, then to Win McClary in or near Hanover
i own, then to Joseph Dueprce of Lunenburgb,
then to his son William in Charlotte, who sold
b -n to James Camp of Nottoway, of wlmm James
Dupuy, junr. nought him, ami of whom I eot
inn.. Hu, I understand, has been once in York
;a:l.-.s a runaway, »nd Hie mud and Nottoway
tils, and while lie was the property of James
Dupuy,Junr. lie runaway Mild said he spent some
vime in Richmond and in Hanover, where he
fed m with a Janies Mar.tiloc, as lie said, who
w:u; moving to Greenbrier, ami he was going
•vim him when lie was t; k« u 11 j» and put in jau
' ' Charlottesville, March 1894, he then disown
l;!9 n-l!nc and m.later as slated above, and said
h- was born free .md would be t ree in about‘a
year, makes some pretension# to religion, parti
eul u ly While in jail in Albemarle (Commissioners
• »t the tax iiiiglu probably nmree some discovery of
him.) Masters of vessels and all oilier persons
are for warned carrying him out of the slate, al
though lie mny probably change his name/ctc.
I he above re ward wiil be given, besides all n-wal
h- t. for apprehending him rnlrl securing him'so
»-.< I get linn, and notifying me thereof, or dcli
i •'-“"g uiiii to me in the upper entl of Nottowiv
county, » 3
HOBZRT DICKEN^DN
Df'-omher 2"._wdwtf
!« ,or sale oy tii«
! V-1 bale or piece, In the subscriber, at his house,
i near col. Mr.yo’s Bridge.
_ * ’ JAMES INN8S.
December 1. vMm*
; jj^ Uli. 8 ALP. :* 'rnct oi Land, thuaimng a^niil
| X. 500 acres, lying indie count) of H ucrver,
a :d within ten miles of the City of Richmond —
adjnininy tlm I mils of opt. John A. Richardson,
Mrs. Whitlock, the tract of land whereon tlie
^ aslumelon Henry Academy has been long t».
tablishe t, 8tc. The peculiar.ami favorable situ
• tion of ibis tract of Land together with the many
. valunbl-C| ishti. s attached to it, will render it an
(object wo-i iy tlie attention of any gentleman,
who m>y lie inclined to pur hasp a valuable sc at
convenient to the metro ..olis of the Mate—,mv
I person ITV 'in o| to purchase, irny obtain inlbrmn*
! ti >n of tlie terms, ,.y application to ,vl ,j. Ban eti
C». l’ayne, at tli • i’avi-i n, or to the Subsen
j her living in Fluvanna county.
SrtMUtl. RlCHARDSONf.
| rWarna County, Dee. 28.
( r X ' 11 **"l»a •rshef intt.ii.i . to continue iii-bcuo i’
i * 1,1 lV* l^'d'i im I). Taylor’s ui tuc Forks nl
I I I .nm r, a here no will t'-i'-n voutli to Road ,„,.i
j 'Vrile^ibe Ktigiishy Lat n an Gre k Langiiages,
'•and will nlso i.itruct them- in Geography, Oisto .
I **/*'• ^Arithmetic. .Mr. F ivlor will fur rush
i board for ton |«U|>i,« a* seventy dollars each for
the tci in, to bspaid quarterly j hut where il,«
P'.'P'I bn la "is own bed and candles, a dedurftioo
• live dollars will lie made. The price of ttuti.
o-i alone wdl b twenty dollars for the term, n.
'«• paid qiurtioly, v.bich will commence the <ki.
of Jai j..,) tic At and ei d li<e I n;i of lLv.ember.
HiiNRY ROBIVSON.
PecemVr 3J, 8tw*?0J
\T ALUABLE r. AND FOR SAT.?.—Will
y be s«>M on the premises, tor rash, to the
highest bidder, on the JfStli of April, 1HIQ, a
val table plant ntioo, in the cnnntv of Cumberland,
containing five hundred and sixtv seven acres,
being a part of the tract nf lanti, known l»v the
nan'.c of Green Crec't, and fornierlv .he property
ct tv >1 Tam Randolph, r,*i|. of Cutnhei land.—
Few tracts of land in t’ic upper country, are to
lie considered more valuable than this, hn'h as
it regards fertility and soil, an 1 local tulv-inta
tag 's. It ii situated in an excellent neighbor.
l»‘'od, immediately «:i Appomattox river, which
affords an easy and safe carriage by watdr, from
tlie plantation to a good market. It i. presum
ed that any person wishing to norcliase, would
choose to view the premises before the day ot*
sale, and therefore a more particular description
is thought unnecessary
"1 lie above mentioned tract of land, will be
told by virtue of a deed of trust, given by George
Backus, to secure tlie payment of a sum of mo
ney, therein mentioned, due Doct. Joseph Mel
tauer, of Prince Edwr.nl.
JOHN WOODSON.?
THS. A. MOKTON,3 lrustr'a:
rrince-Edwaril, Jun.G, 1.818. I.iwl2w«f
■aatg1.1. ■ - ■ ’ n v..i. _..
• THE VOICE Ob'STARK, AGAIN !
Extrac- of a Irttr- from the Immortal General
STARK, wtf.cn in the pretent month.
“ 1 have never been so fortunate as to l>m nnv
personal acquaintance with Mr. Madison. I!ut
the virtues of a Madison have been known to
the world longer than we have been known as a
nation. Could my recital of his important ser
vices add to tl/jir weight, T COtild freely do i, 1
tliink the. strongest evidence we ran have of ids
greatness and goodness, is, that lie was the cho
sen man of Ids immediate predecessor, anil still
retains his confidence. The value of these t.vo
great men has appeared as conspicuous in cu'ti
va'ing the arts'of peace, as in the conflict for our
national independence.
“ Reace, undoubtedly is our greatest good, as
long as peace can be honorable ‘ iliit. 1 fear if
u*r tip the cup of conciliation any higher, n-c shall
hare to drink the dugs 1 That nation win Ii has
l»een our secret or open enemy for more than for
ty years, lias now by their last, messenger of in
sub. heaped tJia measure of our wrong i, and I ;
thing must have prepared the mi.ids of all that'
prefer their own country to any other for the last |
resort. 1 think Mr. Madison will not wait ft,r
the consent of the Arnolds or Pickerings of our
country. Although he has not recommended a
declaration of war to Congress, I tliink lie will
nwt suspend it long, without It.ere is an immedi
ate change of measures with the change of mi- \
nistry, ind'ore he will recommend it with the
promptitude that lie lias dismissed their iiisuller
of nations. '
“ Mr. Adams writes I’ke’TS again.
“ It can lie but a few days before 1 most leave
my country and my friends. I wait the mom nt
with impatience, for although I hav e spent a 1 mg
life ot enjoyment, l-fe is now a gr-jul burden to
m<». Conversing with my triends that are about
me, or at a distance, makes life tv >n- tolerable.
But it is 'the greatest consolation i have, il ,t I
shall leave the general government of m> country
i.n so good hands.”
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.
Decisive evidence of the progress of the
Woollen Manufactures of the U. States.
About six years ago a person from Pu
rope, war, in the state of Vermont, who pos
sessed the knowledge of constructing ma
chinery to card wool by hat'd, horses, oxen,
stca>n or water. Home persons of that state
became acquainted with him and among
them was Mr. Jons Demis, carding ma
chine maker, now of the Borough of Wil
mington, on Delaware, twenty-eight milts
from Philadelphia, on the Southern pest
road. 'Phis active and useful citizen with
in the term of six years has made and sold
ninety-seven of these carding machines,
mostly single, and a few double. IPs asso
dates, in the enterprise, who commenced
separate tom s, have made several Jtundred
—so that it is now understood, that the
whole number of double and single wool
carding machines made in the U .dates by
John Demis, and his associates exceed four
hundred The power required to move one
of these machines is said to be onht one fi fth
of that, which will move one common mill
stone. Curding by hand, is perhaps, the
most severe of the household employments
of women. Wool prepared by these me
chines is peculiarly fit for the manufacture
of hats. The wool carding machines are
used in some places to card co-ton The
quantity of wool, which a single cording
machine will prepar- in one week, is nine
hundred pounds. The machines made by
I Air. Demis and his associates, have been
iprincipally for Maine, Virginia, and the
| country and slates between them. This
| useful citizen is of very good character, itf
j really esteemed in Wilmington, where he
\now resides. This note i- a voluntary <’rt
of justice towards him, ,/rrm one who was
recently a stranger to him, and Is written
after examination and reflection.
--i ---
[I»Y AUTHORITY]
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN AC r
For Sir relief of William and Elias Sector.
F, ,t enacted I- the <’„r nnt] ;,v
firesratHhvrt of the. Vetted 6't.urt ot' dale
ne t Cmpre s nuenSded, That the ucrf,.. . rg
officers of die 1i «vmi: v r>* mtUt-iriscd to a •(•(, th.
claim of Willi;. •, him! J-;li:,« Rector, nt it anin
•lot exceeding three (toller* per mile for t’,c It,..a
wiiicn Oouiid iN«cli soi'V'-y, whether rcpir.i'e or
: 'joining olh r d;* in., for eae'.t »«irvcy v»l»i h I
they have road jor ov.y 'it r--*l . r n ,k • under tlx !
authority ol the U .tli l Stales, ot the private I
claim* in the k i*x .r!;i;t tli- tn t< or Illinois tfnri. j
j hire, c i.f okm! Iiy v'i*!iic of I’.en !, .-r Jlrl.i,;!, ;
If! ants, h >'lily an , 1 ',iv m ;d? an.i fi virt -I, j
hy virt'ieol jfri'H-i**ne.. under the ;• it i.n-tv of
lor'-iei act* of Ot.cvi, I .■ . ,i.,er of the. g.o'ent
ors. } N*.r n W;"i (now U'l'ijt nr In.|,- ft r to. j
• its, and Wltiri li.xl already been >urv. v d by a !
person nnt hot i4e 1 to exee'e *i|«h survey.
1 Ik VAR \U.\ 1,
S/’taker of t’-i It mine «f /tt/trrt:ifas‘res,
USO CG . CUNTilN',
Viee’Tret 'dent o' t ,t Vn> v,/ Suites,
< <titd i’rc4t.it nt >f the benatt
I nr": »Vr ?fl, 1 '50?/
| A e r -t <t v k o,
jA.\n:s M/.ijtsoN.
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Europe.
Bill J'lSH INDI A.
Mild; at Cover nincnt Gazette Extraordinary, Au
gust 14.
Four St. Gvonoc. Aug. r>, THO°.
G. O. By the Honorable tlie Governor in Coun
cil.
The course 0f proceedings f..Unw«d for <ame
tinio j*:i**t Iiv tlic officers or the iruriru'ilc cuinjia
uv’s army at tl»‘*s presidem-v, T*.«s oldig-d the
government to adopt tlic mo * decided measures
lor the preservation of the important interes's
committed to its c.hvrgc. These pi decoding'*
inav be stated to hrve oornrivf*,i'*'*d •<ii ti,c
transmission to tin* government, bv the late coin,
tnsndei* in chief, of « meinrial addressed t*> tin*
honorable the court <>f direno-s, date I J . ai.ty
I, lf'OP, and signed by a largo pr ’poition of
lb-.- coni pain's officers. Aitn . n.; i that paper*
exhibits claims of rn onground .<1 nature, and
contains observations equally improper and un
just on the orders of tlie honorable court of di
rectors and tlie government, the gov rin r in
ctiiincil was induced to ?:cririit it. to pass without
the serious notice which it appeal'd to demand,
by a confidence in the discipline of the arms, K.
a persuasion that the ohivet finable passages in
the memorial were inadvertently and unintenti
onally introduced.
1 he suh'.Mj'mnt conduct of the commander in
chief forced tlic government to vindicate its au
thority by a signal example of nunuhinent. Ii
was well known to tin company’s officers that
the whole of tl»is proceeding was referred to tlic
supreme government, and the authorities of Ku
rope; that it would receive from their wisdom
a decision conformable to the soundest princi
ples of reason and justice ; and that it s disctissi
u" could not belong to the cognizance of the ar
tn\, who are precluded from becomi ir*-a dclibe-j
ralirc body Nctwith&t'-nding the*-e. considera
tions, the governor in council, anxious to remove
every cause of misunderstanding r I.ative to a
measure of so important a nature, published an
order dated the 31st January, explaining to tlie
army the grounds on which it w»s a !*pted. The
governor in council had a right to expect on the '
most obviits grounds of discipline, & respect for j
the laws, that the question would have been I
permute* l to rest here, atul receive its final a-]
wsrd from the only powers competent to decitle J
on it: ami it was with feelings of equal surprise
and concern, he learned, that a m-mnml to the
supreme government of the most intemperate
description was circulated in tiie company's ar
• ny. I he governor in council, desirous to a
voi I a recurrence to measures of severity and
persuaded that it was sufficient to apprize the*
company's officers of tlie improper nature of
tbf-ir proceedings to induce them to desist from
their prosecution, authorised the commander in
ettief to issue r circular, dated March 5, 1S0!>,
explaining to those officers the impropriety of
their conduct, and calling upon them Ivy the
must powerful motives of dutv, allegiance and
honor, to abstain from such urjustifiahle mea
A letter from the right honorable tbe govern
or general in council dated the 2‘J*h of Februa
ry 1H09, approving of the s*cps adopted by the
government of Fort St. Goo;go with respect to
the late commander in chief was also circulated
U> the army; in the expectation that the senti
ments of the supreme government would have
repressed the spirit of faction & iiisn aonlinalion
which prevailed. Theses letters appear to have
produced no effort; the memorial to the supreme
government made further progress ; and an ad
nrrss to m»jor Holes, an officer under sentence
of suspension, written in language of dclermin
ed s- dition, was circulated in the army and for
reel upon 1 lie notice of the governor in council
by a company’s officer holding a confidential si
tuation in lii.s staff. The governor in council
\v.<s still induced to pursue a system of forbear
ance by the sentiments of affection and respect
which he was deposed to entertain towards
the company’i officers, and hy a conviction that
the principles of zeal, discipline and national at
t»chment by which lie supposed they were actu
ated, would lead them to relinquish the repre
hensible mauMi.es in which they were engaged,
on bring made hilly acquainted with the impro
priety and danger. The comm. icier in chief ac
cordingly, under the sanction of the government,
issued a second circular letter dated the 16th
April lfiOD, again calling upon the officers of the
company’s army to adhere to tlieir duty, correct
ing the erroneous opinion» which they b i re
ceived regarding the powers of the government,
and describing the unjustifiable nature and dan
gerous consequences of their proceedings. The
governor in coune • learned with deco regret
mat tliese measures of moderation* these re
peated, ami urgent appeal* to the discipline, du
»» "i. i Kiutnnu-ni un i professional honor ot
1-ic company’s officers, were entirely nugatory ;
li'.i.t the memorials continued to be circulated,
and that sentiments ot‘sedition were openly de
clared in many parts of the ur.uy The further
Ibrbenvancc ot the government would have eu
cotiraged the progress of those evils 5 a course
ot exjfhin'U.iou U exhortation hail been pursued in
v im, and it heciime imperiously nev. ssarv to
check I y a salutary example of punishment, a
spin! «»! insubordination tint thrtslened litem st
dangerous consequences to (lie prosperity of'ihc
empire, 'l'lie general orders of the 1st May
last were accordingly pstaed.
The governor in council is concerned to state,
that this example, which was confined 10 the per
sons who were p'lucipally instrument'd ill pro*
moling sedition, ninl ot whose delinquency the
m ist ample proofs rxi.tcd, and which w.is in
tended to obviate the necessity ot greater pun*
ishimoits, t- led to produce the bench- i*»1 efforts
anticipated i.nm it a adoption ; and that princi*
p'cs ol insii lordinat.on and sedition continued to
prevail among die company’s officers, if possible,
witli aggravated violence, l’lie company's offi
cers of the Hyderabad subsidiary force, whose
C<"idi|( ; ui rrfusing t<« a.I ,i their signiitun * to the
■ editions u'l'irtr had received the spprob.iti*
on of the government, n timated to d test ol dm
at rny in an address, dated m May last, si |v
Icsa Cr • Itviivihlc than tll» |M»p i* v, !, |,;„J
u.t: 1 tfiex animadversion of the gnvo 'nnvtil ■,
du n- 'ini'ticipAtion in the. disaflVctii n winch pit
v:ul» d s > extensively in the company’s nnny.
t he i.lKrers at Hyderabad follow; <l up this act,
by till e.iteiiing 1,1 ,«n aihlr. sa *laW <1 tin l/»Ui Jim**,
.r <r-.it-iUed (Inert to toe governor in tniinnl, n.
separate fhemseh es Iron- nc authority oft e gov
m ur.i nt eat bbsh«d ov r them s_v th/ir Country,
'i' 1- '-in siibm;s«:ou alien).I be y iel.it <! to tln/n
iueita rs, by abr. gating tin* |,<-..<-i .1 orders ot tin*
I u ol May j mu I t!n - oHipiuy's offierri at Mus*
.'.'ihp.ii mi imprisoned their * on. *n «i»i tig of ■-er,
*od iKkIc Pr< puraiions to desert the j.'<si iiilcfist
d In tlicir charge slid join l u: ifydrt iiliail siis>rf*
la: y toi et, thcreny iiivui*ing, ou arcoiuv of vie ws
p.-i Sofia I t . tl?*'is- elves, too men ;ui<l« r their com
nidid ri 'be guilt ot robrlhon, and fnrt>i. mg to
t.Ut HrtiV'; liii'iji* a dangerous e.Va';;', lu t 1 si;
1 1 )-.«• to autiio. iiy. 'I ,ir [;in, | |«)(- m cov-ii .il,
viol **o:«ioua to ini^r-.'s* 0.1 tnu in. vis o 1.;.; • ,ju
p»iiv'« officrn a *<*Me of the impropriety of their
conduct, published to the annv the despatch frotn
the Muueitie go ••'mm. cl, d tied the 2/lh of MW
"*st, which r-.nuiued an entire npprov; I .>f the
I uiemires of dim gove: mn' r.t of Tort St George
, ! Ktatr-d the most forcible md conclusive wr
; r •: rents -.gainst tb>* system nf faction »ml dlegul
co '.i nu.ition which find been introduced into the
coast army. This s^rmn decision of t!*e sd*
preme authority i i ! . fin I ms also proved to he
iiu f.ectti t1 j the odicers at Hydei-nbad, although
i ,‘i**v l;ne\y the sentiments of the supreme govern
! ,n< rvfused, »n a body, m a tetter »o the cotn
j munduigofficer. the H !, JY,:y, obedience to
! M'p o! gove; un.>nt f->r the m irctiVf a bat
!' ,'n Htderal«:id,addins, sis n direst, t'h>t
Usa-rt ices m-gut soon he useful to their cause
•Utd hnve since forward* d to government, i.»
a paper dated .’1st July, the con titieva on which
they are willing to return to-their duty, and
which they require drt government to arrept. in
°V'h*’ <n avert tlie impe uiiug - w ful evil.,; evils
• iiicli can result only from their own ciminal
duterminuiiou, t » pine? theins-dve* in the situati
on of enemies to their country. The conditions
on which those ofFr ers presume to sffite that they
" ' V\* i ojedienc : to tue iiuti »o d authorities,
aHord I'urt’cr proofs of tiic n..:urr cf thrir de
s''(,w : ••>■* tis v deiftand the pubf • revocation of
tile general orders of the l-l ol ,'vjny, tlie r' -tor
ation to their nn!c and appointment of ail oifi •.*<
removed hy this government, Itowover obnoxi-.
mi:! and criminal the mndurt of tlmse officers mav
have been ; the dismis .;tl from office of tlie r.Hi*
cers of the general staff who in <y he supposed to
have advised the guverninenT ; the trial hy a court
tnartial of tlie o'iicer commanding Msusulipa
fam, who was arrested hy his own disobedient
officers ; and finally, an amnwiy for the conduct
of the company’ army. The garrison of Matinll
ipatam have placed themselves in a stain »>l re
bellion ; the troops st Seringapstam and Hyde
rabad have followed their example ; and it has
iw«.n aceartsino.l *1. .a id.,_tl*,_ . .
.. •iiiiniiriiy
tr-Hsted locommanding officers, has been usurp
ed by seif const ituled committees ; and that an
organized system of combination, for the purpose
oi subverting the authority of **se government,
has been established throughout the greatest part
of the army of this establishment.
The governor in council perceives in the Fore*
gmng course «f proceedings on the part of the
Isuropean officers of the company's army, which
has equally resisted nvasures of forbearance mid
pm soiTient, a determined spirit of revolt, that
inu»!, unless speeddv repressed produce the most
fatal consequence to the constitution and author
ity of the government and the interests of the i a
tinn No means compatible with the honor Si uu
thnrity ot the government have been omitted to re
r;*l the rompauy’s officers to a sense of their du
ly ;is soldiers, anil their allegiance as Uritisb sub
jects ; the forbearance disn'ayeil by the govern
.nc-nt under circumstances of aggravated indigni
ty, demonstrate the smisfactii n with which it
would have regarded any disposition on the part
of the company's officers lo manifest the usual o
hcdicnce ivqaired from all soldiers. No dispo
sition however of that nature has appeared ; on
f e contrary those officers, by a systematic
course o{ aggression and insubordination have
j (breed the government to vdopt measures of
! the most decided nature for the support of it* au
thority.
I "^he governor in council would be guilty of x
[ most criminal desertion ofhis duty, anil the cause
of this country, if he were capable of confirming
th<* evils of sedition and mutiny, by , submission
to the menace* of a body of men placed by the
law under his government. Such a course of
proceeding would prostrate the authority or the
state before, a disaffected and seditious "faction ^
it would effectually incapacitate tb s and ererv
I succeeding government from executing the func
! l'on'* of administration, and would be fatal to the
prosperity of the empire in India, by affording tn
example of successful opposition >o authorrtv ;
Mid by weakening the power and dignity of the
government which in tins country ar e peculiarly
essential to its existence. Influenced by these
j considerations, the governor in council has con
sidered it lobe his sacred duty to resist appear
ance of concession to the threats of insubordinati
on and faction, and to employ ti e power and
means atth~ d'anosalof government for the res
toration of discipline, and the maintenance of its
uonor arm authority.
In this state of affairs it is a source of the meet
grat ifying reflection that the 7aA, loyalty anti dis
r-ipline of his majesty's tiops, and of maiiy of
the most respectable officers of t n company’s
army, combined with the fidelity generally mani
fested hy the native troops, will enable the go-,
vein ment'to accomplish the important object of
re establishing public order. The good conduct
of his majesty's troops during the dissention*
tint have oocurred, tlieir zealous adlterence to
doty, the preference whicli they have manifested
to the principles of honour, virtue and patriotism
over the personal views, and disorderly passion#
which prevailed around them, reflect the great
est credit on their character, demonstrate that
they are animated by the same ardent love of (heir
country which has <1i oinguished their brother
soldiers in Europe. Ilis majesty’s troops under
(Sis government will possess the gratifying re
flection of having deserved the approbation an J
gratitude of tlieir country, and of having emi
nently contributed to the preservation of an im
port ant branch of the empire.
The governor in count'd entertains a hope, that
the company's officers who have i meatened the
government of their country wth the most se
rious evils, who have demanded as the condition
of Iteing faithful to their duty, the execution of
me isiircs degrading to the character, and fatal to
ili interests of the scale, will pause before they
i attempt to proec-d further m the course of #edi*
i lion and grdt which they have pursued. It hr.*
I been the earnest wish and anxious desire of the
I governor in council to avoid measures of extre
i o i v, and to rc-c<t*bl sh order hy the course of
| the lavv, and to g.ie up to military trial the au
I thorn of the present sddilio .# pin* endings. In
I <*'« prosecution c,f measures so consonant to i-j.,.
t tier, so necessary for the restoration of discipline
md so cMimun iMe to tl.e ordinary course of nr
!i «<y gm cmititti', tn<* governor in council is p-r
suahed tha' '■••• slt.dl have the concurrence of all
person* in the civil arid military service.'', who
11 'vu not h,.ni,h (1 from their minds cverr aenti
in* nt »d nation d feeling: and he exhort# the
oificer* nf the company’s service, hr submitting
to tit.a course of me# .it.es,to avt rt the evils which
Ihfcy aprei'.ipiiHtmg upon themselves.
Mur it a result, gratifying at any poriod, woti! 1
j at the present in. ment oi natiomd difficulty, he
peculiarly arreptahlc t o the views anri foehns*
nf tne governor incotuTcif j and adverting to the
r. *al tut l patriotism \n whicli the officers of the
v.onip.my’s army lime bven distinguished, he still
e n:otirag. *» a li ‘pc* that L»j tnanifvtiog nbrdfcuce
to the govcrntr * •»t, they willobvhtte the r.dop ion
of ..I'-'asnres of <* x it-nuiy, arrest tlie eeflsin eon
s' quenc.' » of tntsb fn*! conduct, and p* >mr,te the
< i n ’lion ui general confidence, orJer and dis
ctpime.
Hy order of the honorable the goyernor in
rallied.
Signed, A FAI.COKKRv
ChitT Secretary to **nf,