The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-14 00:00:00

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We copied the following article from a Morn-
ing Paper, but finding, on comparing it with the
Gazette, that it was imperfect, we &on it but
justice to the high merits of this distinguished
Officer to reprint it correctly
Whitehall, March 11, 1822.
" His MAJEsrv, taking into his Royal consideration the highly
distinguished services rendered bySir TllomAs Histair, Bart.
Knight Grand Cross of the Must Honourable Military Order
of the Bath, Lieutenant-General in the Army, Colonel of the
93d (Highland) Regiment of Foot, upon various important
occasions, during a period of forty-four years, more particu-
larly the signal ability, energy, and promptitude, manifest.d
by him in command of the Army, denominated, during the
late war in India, the Army of the Dechan, in the years 1817
and 1818, when all prospect of amicable arrangement with
the Government of his Highness the Malta Rajah, Mulhar
Row Holkar, having terminated, the said Lieutenant-General
decided upon attacking the Army of I hat Prince, in its strong
position on the left bank of the Suopra, nearly opposite to the
town of Mahidpore, in the province of Mal wa ; and having,
on the 21st day of December, 1817, tinder a most heavy and
destructive fire, effected the passage of that ricer, the Army
of Holkar was in less than two hours, by the undaunted va-
lour and steady discipline of the troops under the personal
command of the said Lieutenant-General, completely de-
feated and dispersed, with a loss of not less than three thou-
sand men, and the capture of numerous standards and colours,
together with the whole of the Enemy's artillery, amounting
to seventy pieces of ordnance, by which brilliant and decisive
success his Highness the Malta Rajah aforesaid was compelled
to sue for peace, which was concluded on the 6th of January
following by a Treaty highly honourable to the British Arms,
and eminently advantageous to the interests of the East
India Company: and his Majesty being desirous, in addition
to other marks of his Royal approbation, of commemorating
these , important services, by granting unto the said
tenant-General certain honourable arruotial augmentations,
bath been pleased to give and grant his Royal license and
permission that the said Sir Thomas Hislop, and his descend-
ants, may hear the honourable augmentation following,
viz.:—" On a chief of the orals of his family a 21101111 t there-
on, a lion in the act of tearing„ standard of Holkar, and
beneath the word MAlltnrong ; together with the crest fol-
lowing, viz. " A soldier of the 22d Regimentof Light Dra-
goons mounted, and in the position of attach," with be motto
" DECKAN :" provided the said armorial ensigns be first duly
exemplified according to the LAWS of arms, and recorded in the
Herald's Office, otherwise the said Royal licence to be void
and of nuns effect; and his Majesty bath been further pleased
to command, that this especial mark of his Royal favour be
registered in his Majesty's College of Arms."

BAVARIAN CONGRESS.

MM. EGGER and ART, two Catholic Priests,
who were Members of the Chamber of Deputies,

having been nominated to Canonries by the Pope,
a question arose whether they were not precluded
by the Bavarian Constitution from continuing to
sit in the House as representatives of the people.
We learn by accounts from Munich of the 2d
instant, that the subject was brought before the
Chamber of Deputies by M. de HoaNTHAL, and
that after a warm discussion the exclusion of
MM. EGGER and ABT was decided on. The
following is a summary abstract of this interest-
ing debate :

" The King, on his accession to the throne, (said M. de
liornt hal on this occasion), and citizens filling public situa,-
lions, all swear obedience to the Constitution, obedience to
the laws of the State, but not obedience to the Bulls of the
Pope. What signifies it to us that the Pope has given dis-
pensations to the Canons Egger and Aht, if they cannot be
acted upon without violating our fundamental compact?

" The disposition of the Roman Court to make continual
encroachments on the secular domain, under the pretext of
promoting the interests of religion, is not a novel circum-
stance; tor the Papal Court has fur many centuries pursued
the same object, and acted on the same principles. Relax'
lint one instant from your vigilance on the limits of the two
powers, allow the Church a single usurpation, and all is en-
dangered. It is always by bringing forwards ancient maxims
that Rome has intimidated nations and governments : it is
under the mask of religion that she has enthralled nations
and kingdoms, and rendered unhappy so many millions of
men."

lhe Orator continued, by proving from the history of Ame-
ica, from the division Wade of itstetritoryiiy means of Pa•

, . .
Bulls—from the history of the Religious Wars in Germa-
and eliecially in Bavaria, how dangerous it is to allow
Pontifical Throne to usurp the least power in the State.—
cmicluded by declaring, that it was the imperious duty of
Bavarian people, and particularly of its representatives,

. . . .
to ad re firmly to the Constitution—to watch over the strict
execution of all its articles—and to defend them, if requisite,
to the last drop of their blood.
M. KOESTER.--" If, Gentlemen, a Catholic were permitted
to evade the laws of the country, as soon as canonical decrees
furnished hint with an excuse, of what utility are our oaths ?
and what shall guarantee our Constitution ?"
M. Scn As a Bavarian, I acknowledge only God as
superior to the Prince who governs us accw•diog to theCou-
s:iiiitint,."

M. HAEKEa. voted in like manner.
M. ZEN GER, a Catholic Priest, declared, " that he had been
offered, as well as M. M. Abt and Egger, a Canonry, but he
hesitated not in preferring to it the honour of being a Re-
presentative of the nation."—This declaration was loudly
applauded by the whole assembly; after which the Canons
Abt and Egger were excluded.
in the subsequent sittings, M. de HORNTHAL
brought forward various interesting propositions,
which weres however) rejected. Among others

he demanded that the present great disproportion
between the different orders of public function-
aries should cease ; that the military should be
required to swear to the Constitution, and that
the public should be admitted without distinction
into the galleries. At present no person is ad-
mitted without an order from the President.