The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-28 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION OF SIR F. ADAM.

The following Proclamation, issued by Sir Frederick
Adam, upon assuming the function of Lord High Com-
missioner of the lonian Islands, appears in the Cortii
=elle of the loth ult. which we received yesterday :
" FROciA3IATION.
" Sir Frederick Adam. Going Cross of the Order of St. Michael
and St. George, Commander of the Order of the Bath, Knight
of the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa and of the Rus-
sian Order of St. Anne of the Pint Clara, Lieutenant-General

Commander-in• Chief of his Britannic
lonian Islands, and Lord High Commissioner for his Majesty in
the l'nited States of the lonian !shunts, &e. lee.
" Ills Excellency having received adespatch from Lord Bathurst,
Secretary of State for the Colonies of his Majesty the king of Great
Britain, in which he is informed that hie Majesty has been gra.
ciously pleased to appoint him, in the room of the late Sir Thomas
Maitland, to the postof Lord High Commissioner for the Supreme
Protector of the United States of the lonian Islands, and hts Ex-
cellency having officially announced this nomination to the Presi-
dent and Senate, his Excellency communicates it to the public by
the present Proclamation, which shall serve se a guide to the In-
habitants of the lonian Islands, and to all whom it may concern.
" His Excellency, on entering upon the office graciously coo.
fided to him by his Majesty, and thereby becoming the organ of
his Majesty's unceasing paternal care for the inhabitants of these
Islands, cannot conceal his want of confidence in his ability to vie-
cute these benevolent intentions, and this distrust is the mote in-
creased, when he reflects that he has been chosen by his Majesty
to succeed the distinguished person whose memory will be ever dear
to these Islands. and whose loss tin be no more adequately repaired
than sufficiently lamented,
" But, while his Excellency is profoundly and sincerely pene-
trated by these feelings, be cherishes the confidence that he shall be
able, at least to a certain degree, to fulfil the benevolent intentions
of the Supreme Protector, as his efforts will be directed to act
on the same principles and in the same spirit which guided nil
the actions of Iris esteemed predecessor, in fulfilling his Majesty's
intentions.

His Excellency the Lonl High Commissioner also derives
courage from the perfect conviction that every endeavour, which
has for its object the welfare and prosperity of the lonian people,
will find an effectual support in •he wisdom of the executive power,
and the patriotism of the lonian Parliament, and that the real of
the Government in promoting the welfare of the lonian people,
will produce the happiest results, seconded by the fidelity and
attachment which this people have always manifested towards
their Government, and their Supreme Protector, to whose pa-
' taunt are they are indebted for the Constitution under which
they live.
" The present Proclamation shall be printed in the English,
Greek, and Italian languages, and made generally known to the
public.
" Given at the Palace, Corfu, April 10, 1824.
" By Coininand of his Excellency,
(Signed) " THOMAS LANE,
Ilrivate Serretaty to the Lord High Commissioner."
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