The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-17 00:00:00

BY TUE COMMANDER IN -Clint,.

" Head-quarters, Citoultry Plain, jan. 23, avg.
" The immediate departure of Lieutenant - General
M'Dowall from Madras, will prevent him from. pur.
suing the design of bringing Lieutenant-Colonel Monro,
Quarter- MaStet General, to trial, fur disobedience of orders,
and for contempt of military authority, in having resorted to
the Civil Government, in defiance of the Officer at the head
of the Army, who had placed him under arrest on charges
preferred a:a nst him by a number of Officers commanding_
native,•Corps ; in consequence of which appeal direct to the
Honourable the President 'in Council, Lieutenant-Gene.
ral AtaDOwall received a positive order from the Supreme
Government to liberate Lieutenant Colonel Munro from his
corfinenient. Such conduct on the part of Colonel Monro
being destruaive of subordination, subversive of military
discipline, a violation of the sacred rights of the Commander
in Chief, and holding out a Moat dangerous example to the
-service,- Lieut6iant-G,neral M'Dowail, in support of the
-dignity
,of the profession, and his own station and citarader,
le:eis it incumbent upon him to express his strong disappro-
bation'of Lieutenant-Colonel Nlonto's unexampled proceed.'
iiigs, and considers it a solemn duty imposed upon him
to reprimand Lieutenant-C010n...1 Monro in General Orders,
and he is hereby; kprinianded accordingly.
. " F. CAPP CR, Adj.-Gelieral of the Army" '
GENERAL ORDERS,

WY THE COSIMANiDZIt IN CHIEF.

Head-Quarters, Choultry- plain, lan, 1809.
" The MOVICEt is now arrived, when Lieutenant-General
M'Dowaliis to take leave of the
,Company's army, whose
ardent courage, consummate discipline, and persevering firm-
ness, have displayed in the achievements of those bril-
liant explinis which have secured its own glory, and added
to the British empire extensive fertile regions of incalculable
,value and importance. May your patriotism, valour. -and
worth, be acknowle4ed and rewarded by your King, and the
East-lnrha Company, in proportion as they are known and
appreciated by your Commander.in Wet:

Had Lieut. General M'Dowall succeeded to the
high and enviable office, with all the advantages en-
joyed by his predecessors, .he would, upon,firSt as-
suming the command, have promulgated his senti-
ments on so flattering an event ;, but the circum-
stances of his appointment were so humiliating and
unpropitious, that
,he declined addressing the army,
in the anxious hope that the Court of Diretiors
might, on further deliberation, be induCed to restore
bitn to his right, by altering the new and extraor-
dinary forms of Government, andhave enabled him
to exercise the functions of his station, as the.repre-
sentative of the- army, ix itit honour to the service
and credit to himself ; no prospect of such an oc-
currence being at all probable, in justice to the
army and to his own 'character, he has determined
tV retire.

`• On quitting.a country where be has. passed the
greatest' part of his.lite, and where he possesses many.
dear itnd respe6trible. friends,. Lieut.-Gen. M`Dowall
cannot. view sep.tration from a body of men he
is sincer,oly attached to, without suffering the inoit
painful sensations; from the nature of the service,
he can have hale chance of ever meeting with then)
again ; bUt tie is bound to deelare,that the whole of
their conduet meets with his entire approbation,
and he will boldly affirm, without danger of Contra •
(Notion, that his Majesty has not, in any part.of his
donainious, a more loyal, patriotic, and valiant class
of soldiers and suhje44, than the Officers composing
the array at Fort St. George: That success may
continue to • attend' their steps—that their • dearly
bought laurels may never decay—;and that their bra-
very and discipline may gather additional wreaths in
the field of honour, is, the sincere prayer of a man
who will never forget them.
• • - (Signed) "F. CAPrER,
`• Adjutant-General of the Army."

GENERAL ORDERS,

LY COSRS:VIENT.

" Fort St. George, fart. 34 1809.

It has recently come to the knowledge of the
Governor in Council, that Lieut.-General M‘Dovvall
did, previously to his embarkation from the Presi-
dency, leave, to be published to the armyr a Gene-
ral Order, dated the 28th instant, in the highest de-
.gree.,disrespvctful- to the , authothy oit he Govern-
went, that Oilicer has -presumedto found
a •pUbliccenowe on. an :int,,ado.pti.-4,unner the.. irrv-
mediate_authoriiy of the. G.Dvernor_in_.Council,-and
to convey insinuations grossly4rrogatory: to thecha-
l'a6ter of ;he Ciuvet titthVc live A f rn4iivary

. . .
ioe, and of the 'fi.vndatibtl.4
t its, TLe'res;gnatioii of Lieut.-tic i:erat M‘ Dowali
, •
ot the command of the army of lort 41. George,
not having been yet received, it becomes the duty of
the Governor in CounCil, iuJ consideration. of the
vtoient and inflammatory proceedings of that Officer,
in the present and on otJn recent occasions, and
for the purpose of preventing the repetiti'on Of fur-
ther aas of outrage, to anticipate the period. of his
expected resignation,--and to. annul the appoint-
ment of Lieutenaat-General M'Dowall to the coin-
man(' of the Army of this Presidency ; Lteutenantr
General M‘Dowan is according hereby,,:removed
from the station of CoMmander in Chid of the
Forces of Fort St. George.
" The GOernor in Council mush lament,. with
tile deepest regret, the necessity of resorting to au
extreme enea,nre of this nature ; but when ma-
West endeavour has been used to bring into degra-•
dation the Supreme Public Authority, it is essential
that the vindication should not be less signal than
the offence ; and t hat a Memorable example should
be given that proceedings snbversive of theestablish-
ed order can find no security under the sanction of
tank, hoviiex er exalted.

•
"The General'Order in question having heeri
cir-
culated under the 'signature of the .Deputy-Adjutant
General of the Arm), it must 'have been•known to
that Officer, that in giving 'cnrrency to a paper of
this offensive de4cription, he watt acting in direct
violation of his duly to the Government, a's no au-
thority 'can .juStify the execution of an illegal act,
connected as that act obviously, in the present case
has been, with Virws of the. most reprehensible ta!-
tore, the Governor in Council thinks, proper td mark
his. highest, displeasure of the conduct of Major
Boles, by directing '
.that he shall be suspended
from the Comparly's service.' •
" The General Order left by the Commander in
Chief for publication, under date the ath instant,
is directed to be expunged from every public record,
and the Adjutant General of the Army, will iintne-
diatey circulate the necessary orders fur that purpose.
" By order of the Hon. Governor in Council,
" Gao. &CHAN', Sec. to Government."

The office of Adjataht. and Deputy Adjutant Ge-
nerals had been tendered *to dill:. rent Gentlemen, and
had been repeatedly declined. The former oflicet
was, alter some solicitation, accepted -5y Licit.-Col.
J. Cuppage.
Major-General -Go:vdie is appointed 'Commander
in Chief, vice Lient.-General •

A Memorial signed by 9t7 Officers, of the King's:
and CoMpany's armies, has been sent by this oppor-
tunity; representing certain military regulations,
proposed to be adOPted by the Madras Government,
as highly detritpental to the service, and as injurious
to our national interests. -

A Gentletnan, high in the civil service, had been
sent from the Presidency of Vizagapatam.
The military retrenchments in the.contemplation
of Sir G: Barlow are said to amount to. six fats of
pagodas annually. t ut.these could not be erleaed
but by disbanding the whole corps of Engineers, and
curtailing the general Stag Of the army.