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[From the MADRAS COURIER, JULY 10, 1821.]
APPOINT MEN T S.—Doctor J. Shuter, Botanist and Natu-
ralist to the Honourable Company.—Mr. Robert Eden, As-
*taut to the Collector and Magistrate' of Trichinopcly.
READ QUARTERS, BANGOLORE, June 5, 1821.
C. 0. B LIEUT.-GEN. BOWSER..
The command of the Madras Army having devolved upon
Lieutenant-General Bowser, it is a duty he owes to his own
feelings to express in Cener,tl Orders the. pride and satisfaction
it affords him, even though the period may be short, to com-
mand an Armyof such distinguished character, and to which he
has had the honour to belong for forty-nine years. The Lieut.
General assures his brother Officers and Soldiers, that he shall
ever reflect with pride, in having partaken, with them, in many
of the glorious achievements which form its splendid character;
and he trusts the high reputation by which they are distinguish-
ed for zeal, discipline and subordination will enable him to en-
joy the gratification of reflecting hereafter, that those excellencies
were in no ways diminished during the period of his command.
HEAD-QUARTERS, CHOULTRY PLAIN, June 16, 1821.
G. o.—By his Excellency Gen. Sir A. CAMPBELL, Bart.
K. U. B.
His Excellency General Sir Alex. Campbell, Bart. K. C. B.
need scarcely express the pride and gratification lie feels, in
assuming his appointment to be Commander-in-Chief of so Ois-
tinguish`cd a portion of the British Forces, as the Madras Army,
with which it has been his good fortune to serve for a long
period of his Excellency's mind is so strongly im-
pressed with the brilliant exploits it has achieved, as well as
the perfection of its discipline and subordination, that he has
only to assure the Army at large, it will be the leading feature
of his ambition to-support its long estabhshed character, and, if
possible, to add to the just renown it has on all occasions
claimed, and to which tide the Madras Anny,added so brilliant
an example, under its date gallant Commander-in-Chief, Sir
Thomas Hislop, during the fate campaigns in the Deckan.
The General's intimate knowledge of the professional talents
and merits of a great part of the Officers, now holding high
official stations, as well as the general character of the Officers
cf the Army, for zeal and well directed experience, is a suffi-
cient pledge, that he will meet their cordial support in preserv-
ing its character and well established fame.
Gen. Sir Alexander Campbell profits by the occasion of im-
mediately succeeding Lieut.-General Bowser in the command
of. the Army, to express his sentiments of high respect for his
character and. services.
All Orders and General Regulations established by his Ex-
cellency Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart. and G.C.B.
to be considered in full force. •

B. It. IIITCHINS, A. A. G. D.

CALCUTTA.-CIVIL APPOINTMENTS.
TERIIITORIAL DEPARTMENT, May 25, 1821.—Mr. J. E.
Wilkinson, Collector of Canda.-1 Mr. C. 1.. Russell, Deputy
Collector of Government Customs and Town Duties at Benares.
liO3II3AY.—APPOINT3ENT.—The Honourable the Court
of the Recorder of Bombay have appointed William Erskine,
Esq. to be Master in Equity, and Alexander Ferrier, Esq.
to be Prothonotary, Register on the Equity and'Admiralty
sit!es of the Court, Examiner, Commissioner for taking affida-
vits, Clerk of the Papers, Reading Clerk, and Keeper of the
records and muniments, in the room of the late Edward Wil-
liam Hunt, Esq.

IMPORTANT LEGAL POINT.---We have received from Cal-
cutta, the following very brief notice of a recent decision of the
Judges of the Supreme Court of Calcutta, which is of the ut-
most importance to a vast portion of the community in all parts
of India which have been visited by Europeans.—(Madras
Courier.)

SUPREME COURT.
A Very important and interesting case was argued before
the Supreme Court yesterday : it was an Appeal from the
Provincial Court of illoorsliedabad, Charles Iteed, Esq.
PlaintifF v. Byjuant Sing. The important point to be decided
was, whether or not the was entitled to the rights
and privileges of a British subject? Mr. Fergusson made
a very able Speech on the part of the plaintiff, and was follow.
ed on the same side by Mr. Compton. After a reply from the
King's Advocate-General, the Court pronounced their went,judg-
as flu- as we could collect, to the following effect :
That, in this country, a person whose father is a British
subject, but born, not in lawful wedlock, of a woman
who is not a British subject, is, according to the uniform
practice of the Courts, and the evident intention of the Statutes
that respect India, not considered as a British subject." We
have been promised a more full and accurate report of this in-
teresting case, to which, if obligingly furnished us, we shall be
happy to give insertion. The case is, we understand, to be ap-
pealed to England. The Bench recommended to the plaintiff
to bring the subject to the notice of the Legislature, by a peti-
tion, in conjunction with all those who are placed in the same
predicament.

A Meeting of the Inhabitant Householders of
the Borough of Reading was held in that town
on Monday, for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the propriety of expressing their gra-
titude to Mr. 'Jinni: for his exertions in Parlia-
ment to promote a system of economy, and also
of expressing their opinion on the causes which
aggravate the present weight of taxation, and the
most efficient remedies for the removal of the
present grievances. ne business of the day was
brought forward by Mr. Mutsu, and Mr. PAT,
mta and Air. MoNcK, the two Members for the
Borough, warmly extolled Mr. HumE's industry
and perseverance in pointing out the necessity of
economy and retrenchment,

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MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT
.WEEK.
ENGLAND.
Monday, January 21, LONDON. Nos. 1,8, 14, 15, 22, 2319
293, 308.
COUNTRY. Nos. 20, 72, 102, 219, 311'
Tuesda 423, 509, 510, 521, :AO.
y, 22, LoNnoN. • • • •
COUNTRY. Nos. 38, 61, 145, 427, 537.:
Wednesday, - 23, LONDON. Nos. 2, 12, 36, 91, 3'"
349.

COUNTRY. N0;7'84, 215, 314, 11!,
440, 442, 478, 548, 6f t•
Thursday, - 24, LONDON. Nos. 82, 142, 156, 21b,
481. House Com. Fero.
Sch. at 11.
COUNTRY. Nos. 153, 178, 269.
Friday, 25, LONDON. No. 421.
COUNTRY. Nos. 53,236, 283.
Saturday, 26, LospoN. * *
Coulvrnr. Nos. 412, 492.
IRELAND.
Monday, January 21, Cots,. No. 67.