The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-03-14 00:00:00

G. 0. 111 THE HONOUR 4111 E THE VICE PRESI-

DENT IN Col ISCIL.

Fort-tVillietn, Sept. IQ, inn..
The Virr President in Conned has returned with retai-
ns...* of the newel "Inner, thhofaLtioo, the ofliraal rrp•.rr of
the rapture. of the Arhus awl intportatst ioen, of
Ithorthote, by iheiietaeluueut seder the cool of !Aunt.-
Colonel hell

Iu publishing the details (Atkin pliant fantod,. the Vice.
Preenlout in Connell awns to rapers. the high sense shirts
he entertains of the zeal, gallantry, and pl'OP,S1011:111.4111,
111WitiliblVd Limits:smut-Colonel Ball, In the r.siiilnet of
the iniporsant dues mut.d to his charge, hy his Exert.
kit. t'ir i'oolll.ller-In•ehi.-1, ...der the authority of (in.
vet in, no of the ihstinguislw.l pers. senior', spirit, and
gallantry of tin. °Metes and inin under liis rommsod, hy
Whilbr energy sad ealoor a fortress of great etrength, end de.
hided with de rperrte marmite by a nuniernos garrisois. lOU
the short apace of a -kw hours tief.oe the irresistible
braveryof the truer.
The Viee.President in Coons d drepls laments the Inas of
[deafening Stephen (O'Brien. id the ist liwttahon, etil Beet.
01110.11 Native Infantry, and of th. bras men who hare laden
to this arduous and bonournhle •wrt ire , and he nuJnlas as
earnest hope, that Captain V. lotehr.l, and 1111.111.11,fitli
Buckley and Horsbureb, Cornet II) erse. and ['miens M,
arid and Playfair, and the N.....eininionsionecl ultirers and
men who ownt woonded,on this oteasiono, will woo le 11111101,141
ill the dikes of their penfeaseuts.
The Vier-President its coorwil Ii i pas-tient tr eatinfretiuts ive
expreesing his sense of the ineriturrieireondort of I.i. nteginsit-
Colunel Mae f;rath, of the nth. met Major Smith, M. the lath,
who coadoetert the a- mutt 3 of Captoto Atmore, of tne.Aittl.
; Captain Houstingu, of the lAA NAITO' Cavalry; and
Captain hammer, of the [greenlet Wear ; and en repeating
Ili • hi& approbation and applause of the fOIMIOII and bravery
of the whok the °Seer* end fOrla of the curie employed
11111 that 'entice.

LATE MILITARY DISTILYROA!VCES IN INDIA.

GENERAL ORDERS.

LEAD-QCABTCRS OF TM ASSY, CLOU LT RY-PLAIN,
WT. I.
The Right Hon. thr Govr roof-General hawing ad.
drerised the If übjoinell Orden to Major-G..lmnd
Corn:lie. commanding the Army, to be nit ifhehed
to the Army. they are accordingly published in
Military Orden :

" Fort St. George, Sept. 25, 1109.

V; 0. •T THE RIGHT 001 _
00V GENSRAL.

Ills my +meal at Fort Si. George, I karat that several
Important rbangeot had tilt., place in the trlFitn of tbu Pre-
•warwev, asheesoloont to the event* which bad e aye to
limortedge at the perael of sr) thoperteell *We fkugal.
" •tor Gr.( 4.1 .4 open orvolt, whorls had already bet,
committed by the 1.:A1e...n0 ‘l....ultsatass, Ise.l totes V-
IM...A by pr.. ae.1.1.2. t lera 11111 l tal and oh...pro:de at
some of tlw mewl eortatderahle soallona, aa 1101 aa at I
rodeardinate poet, of the army. 'I t.r.e measures had been
furdertakea is mroaumwa antra 10441 couttasatiou sad cost-
\

cert, the indent of which 1 eannot coutetoplate without the
deepest concern."

His Lordship hare proceeds to express his regret
for the misconduct of the army, and to indulge in
SOIIIC general observations upon the effects of pu-
nishment and pardon, in cases of offences of this
kind, and the strong disposition which lie feels to
grata impunity—total impunity, in the perselit in-
stance, were it nut far the present conviction of his
mind, that such total impunity would he incompa-
tible with the thscipline of future armies, and Ilse
eutiorilinatinii of military bodies, anti the funds-
mental securities of society.—After which his Lord-
ship continues—
" Iu pursuance of these views, the principle I have thought
onset( in liberty to adopt has been to limit the number of
pasiiiilimeats, since impunity comsat be general ; and to mi-
tigate their degrees to the utmost extent of lenity, not en-
tirely incoutpolthle with the public good, and the Wives-
sate demands of justice.
" Is the execution of this principle, it has helm necessary
to make a small selection from a great 'ha.s of delinonenry,
all subject in strictness to the penalties of the law ; sod that
such a choice should neither be capricious nor su' ject In the
suppieio., of partiality, I have adopted general criterion.. the
reinciiiks of which are ntaitifrotly just, and the application
of whit h to partit ear eases is subject to no difficulty.
" The him ground of selection is the commission amine
overt art of rebellion or mutiny, such as Wiring un fortresses,
in piddle treasure; actual hostility against the troops of Hi.
AI ajesty, the Company, or its allies ; quitting di:. station
ul-
lutted to troops without orders, or the refusal to obey the
orders of Government. _

" This prniciple of selection would liberate a considerable
proportion of the army ; but it would ibtotre a much greater
number than it eaten into my views tl.l exclude from pardon.
" It is ni glittery therefore to select from the numerous
class alicioly described a smatter number, comprised *intim
a narrower head of distinction.
" That selection is to consist of the Officers in comnisitil
of stations, or bother of troops, Commandants of corps, and
persoirs peculiarly distinguished' for a forward and violent
part is 11w most criminal acts or proceciiiincs of the army.

" The whole of this highly criminal soil pecitharly re.
'lamellae, but not numerous class, will most jisatly he sub.
witted to a trial by Court Martial.
" Hot as 11w courts Martial ray of necessity Ise Wood to
pins sentences of greaser severity than it is so contempt's.
Goa to extend, without distinctiou, to the whole nisinher of
t►rate milimitted to' trial, a more connote llM:gliviojuti will yet
Ihr mule, and t►e Officers m cosaaniud of platoons or con-
siderable bodies of troops will tie sep on the ground
of higher responsihility, from the eoinmandams of corps.
The former sill be subici te.l at ■ll evenly to trial; the latter
wilt lw allused the option of a trial, or dianossill from tl.e
service,.

•'ls tortes that no aniiienis entrrtaiiity may remain coo-'
cerniog 116 r application of throe ris les of select ion to individual
cars, ilw new, of all the Officers int••udt d fm• punistinmot
are mimeses:el in the following list. It will be fusind 00l to
include the Coutotattehmis of corps at shesioriendeld, el-
thouith that fierce fell too distinctly wnbttt the pristyiple of
sel►ction, mil 0411:1 011 eccimot of the lead it a-snood to the
rlirnl ut r hination soil violent procc0111111:11 of the army,
hut 1.1% harms committed open 111111111 V iw reftisioe to primit
that ins' co rat the 1.11.01.614 111th I'l'jlHwlll 1.. (~lrd
T hare, however, tl 4ltt the exatnple whirls that force was
the pest to set to the I evoked Officers, o1:1, I'M ly return to
their 'lull, aud t r ',Moller of that es• lr on other parts
of the term, may.be admitted us a ground of Si/Celt/I 1t1411.11.
race awl pest m
have omitted looking toe narrowly into the variety of
possible motives that ',my he eirpposed to leave actuated the
senior Officer: 0/061s force, is thew ex.-rime* to withdraw it
fl'rHa further resistance to t.n►ernuenl. In troy desire to te-
atime toy first esteem to the Officers of this array, the better
and more honourable inducements wa• he allowed el least
their share in this condueodable out of their conduct ; and,
iu my solicitude to extend the principle of ekssr•wy to its
utmost allowable brands, I have dressed the benefit derived
bolls to the politic an* to the army itself, trom the subs/lis-
som addle limletabad torte sufficiently important to warrant,
even witisont regard to motives or inducements, the extension
wf tw.lalgeut•e to that body It will bra signal teatimony that
Government is lot timmindful of the services which are regi-
stered to it; and that, while it m ttspeited, only by necessity,
to the exercise edits itevrror functions, it "mem a Itb watiafac-
tton every upport ttttt ty to forgive said reward.