The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-05 00:00:00

DEMERA RY, MAY 20, 1906.

EXTRACT FROM THE ESStOtIEBO RIWAL G4ZETTE,
OF MAY 17,. 1806.

the.deepest-regret we announce the death
of I.l,e,:teriant-Co:onel Farquhar 'Macrae, Command-
alit- Of ;lie Derociary Militia, on Tuesday last, oldie
wolind' received the preceding Sunday in a duel with
Arthur Btair, Esq. late ,Major Commandant of the
Royal. Demjary Cavalry, in consequence, as we are
infoi'med, of a misunderstanding which took place
t;,,,se Gentlemen at the entertainment on St.
George's day.
We cannot sufficiently reprobate the cruel, absurd,
arid' impious praaice which has, in the present in=
stance, ,deprived the Colony of a meritorious Officer,
and. robbed society of a Gentleman who, in all rela-
tions, 'as as in private life, was a truly
amiable and highly respe6ted charaeter.

.At a Meeting of the Officers of the Ist Battalion
and Coinpany of Demerary Militia, held at the
Unidn Coffeehouse; this sth day of Way, 1806, -to.
take into consideration the cause and merits of the
misunderstanding between their late much laMented
Commandant* Farquhar Macrae), Esq. and Major
Blair, 'of the Cavalry Corps. Present, •
Captaius—J. C. M'Leod, H. 1. Underwood, Wm.
Dodqson, Henry Ttill6, M. Smit, and Daniel
Telford,- and Captain and Adjutant Brandt.' -
Captain-Lieutenant F. A. Vernede.- .
Prc,',vo4-Marshal Capt. F. S. Si.vanke.
Lieutenants—J. T. Mathews, James -Robertson,
-Alex. Fullerton,;. Hthry Clementson, William
lkii‘Bean, J. C. Stadtman, John Madden, David
Cornfoot, and P.- A. De Veer.
Surgeon--J. C. Wolf.:.
Several Letters and Papers were read relative to
that subjea ; when they were. us of opi-
nion,- and do resolve as follows :‘
First, Th-at Mr. Blair's preiensions to a separate
and independent command are both- inconsistent
with - his own proposals to Sir William Myers, his
Letters to Lieut.. Col. Macrae, and inconlpatible
:•with(the -team' of his'ComMission.
That-consequently Lieut. Col; Macrae had suf-
ficient grounds for the expressions- he made,use.of,
and: .behaved in the highest degree becoming the
charaaerof an Ofiicer and a Gentleman, in refusing
to tetra& them.
That unanimously deploring the subsequent . me-
lancholy event, which
~has .deprived the community
at lai-ge of one of its most useful, thOstdiStingnished,
and most conciliatory members,: as- well as them of
a most able Commanding Officer.;
Resolved, "To-cause to be ereaedat their expence,
in the centre of the New Parade Ground,:a
moon-
ment of marble, of a pyramidical form, wish a suit-
able inscription; testifying the high regard and esteem
which they entertain for.tlie memory of Lieut. Col.
Farqdhar-Macrae, and as alasting mark of the heavy
loss which these Colonies hay...sustained in his per-

son. , • .. •
Resolved, That Capt. MfLeod,'Capt. Underwood,
. Capt, Dodgson, Lieut. Robertson, Lieut. Fullerton,
Lieut. Clementson, and Lieut.lCohlfoot, be a Con
mittee in order to carry (these Resolutions into effed„
Resolved, That they 'shall wear mourning for ,the
space of three Wand's, bath in their civil and mill-
.
tai-sr capacities. . .
That Copies of these Minutes be sent to Major
Lachlan Coming, and to the Captains of. all
._the
Companies late tinder, the command of Lieut. Col.
Macrae. = c . . .
That a Copy of these Resolutions be sent to Major
Colin Macrae, cormnanding the Battalion,. by him
to be transmitted to his Excellency the Brigadier-
- Genezal and Governor Montgotnerie. .
In behalf of the Meeting, - \
' . J. C. AP LEOD, Senior Captain.

• GENERAL ORDERS.
King's House, Stab-Ode, 17th. May, 1806..
Brigadier-Genei.al i.vlantgomerie having laid before
me several Papers and Documents relative to the
Demerary Cavalry Corps., by which it clearly appears
that the Resolutions lately entered into by • them
hattbeen.fiuu4ed on erroneous •grounds, 'therefore
highly improper and indecorous, and the Meeting
sailed 'by Lieutenant Fitzgerald unlawful ; they are
in consequence no' longer to be considered as
Corps, and will ;rota this. pFriod be enrolled in the
Militia, agreeable to the laws of the Cototiy.
H. W. BENTINCK.
By his Excellency's• Command,
Josh BROWN, Secretary.