The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-27 00:00:00

EAST INDIES.

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GENERAL ORDERS BY GOVERNMENT.
• FORT ST. GEORGE, MAY 1, 1809.—The zeal and
discipline, by whith the Military Establishment of
Fort St. George had long been distinguished, induced
the Governor in Council to exped that the mea-
"sures, which the violent and intemperate aai of the
late Commander in Chief had impoSed on the Go-
vernment, would be received by all the Officers of
the army with the sentiments of respell and obedi-
ence prescribed by the principles of Military subor-
dinaticin, and due to the Government by which
those measures were adopted, as well as to the au-
thorities to which they were ultimately referred.—
The Governor in Council has however learned, with
a degree of surprise proportionate to the confidence
which he reposed in the discipline of the army, that
soon after the departure of the late Commander in
Chief, proceedings of the most unjustifiable nature,
and correspondent to the example which be had
afforded, were pursued by certain Officers of the
army.

The most reprehensible of those proceedings con-
sisted in the preparation 'of a paper addressed to the
Right Hon. the Governor General, purporting to be
a remonstrance in the name of the Army, against
the a6ts of the Government under which it serves.

That paper is not more hostile to the authority of
this Government than to the first principles of all Go-
vernment. It maintains opinions direaly adverse to
the constitution of the British service, and is calcu-
lated to destroy every foundation of discipline; " obe-
dience, and fidelity.
The secrecy observed in preparing this seditious
paper. prevented for some time the discovery of the
persons engaged in that proceeding. But it has now
been ascertained that Capt. Josiah Marshall, late Se-
cretary to the Military Board, and- Lieutenant-Colo-
nel George. Martin, lately permitted to proceed to
England, were principally concerned in preparing
and circulating the Memorial in question, and that
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur Senileger was
active 'in promoting its circulation, employing
the influence which he derived from the important
command confided to bim by the Government, for
the purpose of attempting the subversion of its au-
thority, and spreading disaffeetion among the troops
which it bad entrusted to his charge.
It has also been ascertained that Major J. De Mor-
gan has been thive in the circulation of the Me-
morial.

The Governor in Council is also under the neces-
sity of noticing another paper of a. most dangerous
tendency, lately in circulation at some of the Mili-
tary Stations, purporting to be an address from th'e
Officers of the Army to Major Boles, the 'late Deputy
Adjutant General. In this address a right is assumed
to decide on the ads of the Government, by con-
demning in unqualified terms the sentence of sus-
pension passed on Major Boles ; and an encourage-
ment is held out to other Officers to violate their
duty to the Government, by affording a pecuniary
indemnification, not only to Major Boles, but to all
such Officers as shall suffer by any a& of the Govern-
ment, which the subscribers to the address may
deem exceptionable. This paper, so incompatible
with the military charakter, and so repugnant to the
fundaMental principles Qf military discipline and go-
vernment, was forced on the attention of the Gover-
nor, by Captain James Grant,- Commandant of his
Body Guard, who, while holding that confidential
situation, and employed by order of the Governor in
Council under the Resident at Travancore, transmit-
ted a copy Of the paper to be laid before the Gover-
nor, with an avowal that he had affixed his signa-
ture to it, and a defence of the grounds on which lit
adopted that proceeding.
It has also been ascertained that a paper of a simi-
lar tendency has been circulated among the Officers
of the Corps of Artillery at the Mount, and that its
circulation has been prornctl'd by Lieutenant-Colo-
nel, Robert Bell, the Officer commanding the Corps.
The Govern& in Council regrets that he is obliged
to notice the conduct of Lieutemint-Colonel Chal-
mers:(commanding in Travancore), and Lieutenant-.
Colonel Cuppage, (lately com►nanding in Malabar,
and employed with the :troops under his orders in
Travancore), who appear to have taken no steps
whatever either to repress or report to the Go-
vernment the improper proceedings pursued by part
of the troops under their orders. It is not suffi-
cient for Officers holding commands to avoid a par-
ticipation in such proceedings ; it is their positive
and indispensable duty to adopt the Most decided
measures for their suppression, and to report them
to .their Superior Authorities.
It has further been ascertained; that Captain
J. M. Coombs, Assistant-Quarter-Master-General
in Mysore, has been concerned in these reprehen-
sible proceedings.
It becomes the painful duty of the Governor in
Council to mark with the displeasure of the Govern-
ment the condo& of the above•nientioned Officers,
who have been engaged in a courFe of measures
equally dangerous to the existence of discipline, to
the foundations of legal Government, and to the in-
terests of theit country.
The under-mentioned Officers are accordingly
declared to be suspended from the services of the
Honourable the Company, until the pleasure of
the Honourable the Court of Directors shall be
known :

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur Sehtleger.
Major John De Morgan.
Capttlin Josiah Marshall.
Captain James Grant.
Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Robert tell is
removed from all charge and command, until the
pleasure of the Honourable the Court of Direr ors
shall be known, but he is permitted to draw _hie
regimental pay and allowances.
Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant J. M. Chalmers
is removed from the command of the SubSidiary
rurce in Travancore.
The undet-mentioned Officers are removed from
their Staff Appointments, and ordered to join the
corps to which they stand attached :--,-Lieutenant-
Colonel John Cuppage, and Captain J. M. Coombs.
The Governor in Council considers it to be pro-
' per to avail himi4elf of this occasion to correa a mis.
apprehension, Highly dangeraos in its tendency,
which has arisen in the minds of some of .t he Officers
of the army with regard to the nature of the autho-
rity of the Governor in Council. This misappre-
hension appears to have originated in the General
Order published by the lateCominander in Chief,
Au tha ROLII of January last, from which it might bo

inferred that the authoriiy of the .Governor in cowl-
di. is only of a civil -nature, whereas, by the express
enactment of the Legislature, the entire. Civil and
Military GovernMept of the Presidency of Fort St. '
George and its dependencies is vested in the Go-
vernor in Council.. It is; therefore, to be aistin.ttly
understood, that no Officer, of whatever rank, while
serving under the Presidency of Fort Se. George, can,
without incurring the penalties. of disobedience to
the Legislature of his Country, issue any order in
violation, or to the derogation of the author ity of the
Government; and that every Officer complying with
an Order Of, that description, under any pretence
whatever, renders haself liable to the forfeiture of
the:service, and to such legal penalties ai the nature
of the case may demand.
While the Governor in Council deems it to be
proper to afford the foregoing explanation, fie feels
hithself at the same time bound to acknowledge that
the principles to which he has adverted had never
been called iri question, until the publication of the
aboVe-mentioned order of the late Commatrder in
Chief. On the contrary, these principles had been
.invariably ailed upon by the Gbvernment and by.
the Officers of the army of thl'S Presidency,who have
been no less distinguished for their obedience and
discipline, than for their achievements in the field. ,
The Governor- in Council also experiences the most
sincere satisfaction in publishing his conviction that
the majority of The army have resisted all participa-
tion in the improper and dangerous proceedings de-
scribed in 'This order; and it is an act of justice to the'
troops of his Majesty's sere ice to declare his entire.
approbation of the order, discipline, and steaclyadhe-
rence to duty, which they have invariably manifested.
The information before the Government ddes not en-
able the Governor in Council to distinguish, by the ex,
pression of his approbation, all the troops of the Com-
pany's service that have manifested the same disposi-
tions; but tie deems it to be proper to notice on this
occasion the satisfactory and exemplary condudt of
the part of the army composing 'the Hyderabad Sub-
sidiary Force. The Honourable the Governor in
Council is also confident that such Officers as have
inadvertently yielded to the misrepresentations of
individuals who have been engaged in the prosecu-
tion of designs equally fatal to the honour and to the
interests of the:army, will in future manifest in the
service of the Government, the obedience, fidelity,
and zeal which constitute the first principles of their
profession, which have hitherto distinguished the
army, and which are indipensable to the prosperity
of the British Empire in India.
By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council.
(Signed) A. FALCONAR,
Chief Sec. to Government.

MAY 1, 1809.—The Honourable the Governor in
Council has been pleased to make the following ap-
pointments, • • ,
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Major T. H. S. Conway to be Adjutaut-General of the
Army, with the officio. r .nk of Majot, rice Cuppage.
Capt P. V. Agnew to he Deputy*Adjittant-General of
the Arrny,with the official tank of Lieut.. Col. vice 'onway.
Licut,.:.int.Colonel T. Clarke to be Commandant of
Ar-
til!ery with the Stattallowanee annexed to that station, and
a beat at the Military hoard, vice Bell.
Major Sir John Sinclair, lit. to be Commissary of Stores,,,
in charge of the Arseti.l of Fort St. George. vice Clarke.
Lieutenant A. E. Patullo to comxiand the Honourable the
Governor's Body. Guard, vice Grant. .
Captain 1. Doveton of the 7th regiment native cavalry to
br Paymaster at Vizagapotam, vice Marshall.
Thu following Oiiicers who have been suspended
from the service of the Honourable Company, until
,the pleasure of the Court of Directors shall be known,
are directed to hold themselves in readiness to pro-
ceed to England, by such opportunities as the Ho-
nourable the Governor in Council may think proper
to point out; viz.
Lieut.. Colonel the Honourable Arthur Sentleger,
Major Thomas Boles,
Major John De Morgan, • ..
Captain Josiah Marshall,
Captain lames Grant. •
Lieutenant-Colonel Sentleger is further dire&ed to
repair to the Prsidencty without delay.
The Honourable the Governor having been pleated
to appoin► Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Conran, of his
Majesty's Royal Regiment, to command the w hole
of the troops composing the Garrison of Fort St.
George, the Governor in Council direas that Colo-
nel Conran 'shall be considered to be entitled_ to the
same alowances as other Officers holding commands
under the appointment of the Governor •in Council.
By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council,
(Signed) A. FALCONAR,
Chief Sec. to Govt.

By order of Major-General Gowdie,
Commanding the Army.

The following affecting occurrence took place dur-
ing
.the disastrous retreat of General MOORE'S army
from Spain last year.
An Officer of one of the British Regiments, over-
come with fatigue and hunger, and no longer ablo to
keep up with hiS companions, had dropped behind.
He espied a tuft of trees in afield adjoining the road,
towards which he crawled, with the view of resting
his weary limbs secure from the sabres of the put=
suing enemy. On his coming near to the trees, he
perceived a woman, seemingly a soldier's wife,
stretched upon the ground, and a' little infant laying
near her. - He approached to administer such assists
once as was in his power. It was too late ; -the hand
of death Was upon her, and she was scarcely able to
utter these words—" God bless you, it is all over,"
when she expired. The officer sat down beside her,
he felt her hand; it was clay cold, he had nothing to
succour her with ; a brook was near, be tilled his
hat with water, and besprinkled her face and hands;
all was in vain, and he WaS convinced she was ut-
terly gone.
Having rested himself so as to be able again to go
trn, •he tied the little infant in the poor woman's
handkerchief; and having fastened it to his back, be
pursued his march ; in this condition, procuring
what sustenance he could for him Self and the little
orphan, he at last, after a long and wretched jour
ney, reached the Part of Vigo, which at that time
happened to be unoccupied by the French 3 there he
got on board of a transport, and reached at last Eng-
land with his little charge. His regiment (or rather
the remnant of it) had arrived before him, and he
joined it, still accompanied by the infant.--He has
it (it is a boy) always with him, and has one of the
women of the regiment to nurse it ; and be declares
that this little orphan; whom Heaven threw upon
his protection, shall, let his future fortune through
life be good or bad, share it with him.
The Report that CATALANI is going to Ireland,
is contradicted, and it is said that she is likely to re- ;
atone her 31tUatica at the Opera-I-Lieae num 5CA39116

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.lane. Brown Ind Met/ Smirlt, girls of ioterest-
ing appOarancei worc conviaed of stea;ing thirty-
six yards.of on the 3 ,of Au,,,_;tist, in the
shop. of George Gino, .a 4ahererasher, in White-

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chapel-road. . .
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Sarah Gold,1).(:?ld wornan nearly 70 years of age,
stood indieted• for stealing• ten:, Bank noes, of 51.
each,. from Tobias Solomon, on the 15th of July
-last.--I-It appeared from the evidence,, that. the. pro-

secutor went into the bouse,of a man, named Ste-

yens, a publican, in Clare-market, where he drop 7
ped the notes in question. The prisoner was seen
to pick them up; but when charged .with that fad:
afterwards, she denied having them in.her posseE7
sion. .'The son of the prosecutor, howeyer, and a
Conitable, searched her lodgings and person, when.
a part of the notes, which were identified by the
prosecutor, were I ound.—She was found guilty of
Relit Larceny.
Michael Mordecai, a Jew lad about le, was
arraigned on an indiclment for stealing from the
person of Angelo Majora, a Portuguese, on the
26th of August last, in the Minories, 281. in Bank
notes.

The prosecutor, who could not speak English,
was attehded by an interpreter, and stated that
was walking with. a comrade through the
Minories, and had just before received his pay,.
which he had put into his jacket pocket. As het
pursued his way, the prisoner came up, picked his
pocket of the notes, which he gave to an accom-
plice, and then ran off: • Witness pursued and ap-
prehended him, gave him in cliarg“O a constable,
and conveyed him to the Police-oCiee, when, on
examination, he was committed to take his trial for
the offence.

Several persons of the prisoner's persuasion gave
him an excellent charaBer.

The Jury, however, believing the testimony of
the prosecutor, returned a verdict of Guilty. . .
Mary Bristow, a deplorable looking object, wait
indicted for stealing a silver watch, and a silk hand-
kerchief, the property of Robert Ingram, from his
dwelling-house, Shakspeare-Walk, Shadwell.
The unfortunate wretch, it appeared, had gone
into the house to ask for a drink of water, and dur-
ing the absence of the prosecutor's daughter, to
procure for her the water, prompted probably by
her necessities, she took occasion to enter the p:tr-
lour and take the articles specified, and was deteCled
_with them in her possession while attempting to
escape. .
The Jury found her guilty of stealing to the vAuit
of thirty-nine shillings, which does away, the capital
part of the charge. . . .
John Wood, late a Clerk in the emplovrtif•nt of
Mr. William Smith, a respectable iivery-siable7
keeper, in Curzon-street, Mayfair, was next afar
raigued on a charge of receiving sundry niniii,s un,
his master's account, he being his confidtntial ser-
vant, and feloniously embezzling the same, and 43-
propriating it to his OW n use. ,
The particular sum it was -how intended to prove
he had so feloniously embezzled was 'W. i os. which
he had received from a Mr. Angelo, a cufl oilier of
hiS master's.
Mr. Smith, the prosecutor, stated, that the pri-
soner had been in his service for a considerable tuner
but that suspe&ing froM the tardiness with which his
accounts were colleaed, there was some unfair t,l.ty,
he challenged him with receiving money and not
passing it to account. The prisoner at that. time did
not make any particular observation, but on witness
saying that he should employ his Solicitor to enforce
payment of the accounts he alluded to, l said the
money was perfectly safe, but that one of the gen-
tlemen had gone to Portugal. After this day the pri-
soner absconded, but on the following day he sent
to his master a list of debts which he had received
and had not been passed to account; they amounted
to between five and six hundred pounds. Mr.
Smith, on examination, however, found that this
.statement was not correa, the prisoner having
omitted to specify several other sums. which he had
received, and .amongst others, that from Mr. An-
gelo, ,It appeared, from a further inquiry, that the
prisoner had appropriated to his,own, use betweeu
twelve and thirteen hundred pounds. .
M. Angelo proved his, haying paid the prisoner
161. Los. by the produ&ion of the receipt lie had re-,
ceived from him.'
On this charge therefore he was found Guilt. .
William Warren was convicted of picking the
pocket of John Jacob Batiere of a snuff-box, on
Thursday evening last, at the end Of Essex-street,
i Strand., ,

Mary Preston was also convi&ed of rohbing her'
furnished lodgings, at Hampstead, of a counterpane,
a pair of sheets, and other things.

A number of forged Edinburgh Bank Notes have
lately been circulated at several manufaEturing towns
in the West of England, particularly at Birming-
ham. _ _ _ _

The Notes of Country Banks which failed years
ago, such as the Luton Batik, Bedfordshire, have
been passed lately, both in town and country, by a
set of sharpers.

On the 19th inst. was found; where a heap of rub-
bish had been laid, which was thrown out b; the
Church of Saint Leonard's, in New Malton, a beau-
tiful Roman gold ctin„ in high preservation, con-
taining on the one side the inscription of Nero
Caesar Avgysta with a laureated head, and on the
reverse the inscription of Jvppiter Cvstos,' with
the figure of Jupiter sitting, in his left hand a Spear,
and hi his right Lightning.

CORN-EXCHANGE, SEPT 27.—There are some revi
fresh arrivals of Wheat to-day, but the supply in.
general is very short, and the prices nearly at Mon-
days' currency ; Bailey this week full 4s. per qUar-
ter higher ; Malt and White Pease arc each something;
dearer; Beans. of each kind fully at the last advance ;
Oats are likewise in short supply, and they are also
quoted rather dearer ; Flour at our last quotation..

Wheat 94s a to.i.-s a ll6s ' Tick Beans - - S4s a .S 9
Fine ditto - - 1183 a 12/s Oats - - 32 a 353 a ;Ss
Rye - - - 555 4 6os Poland ditto - 4:,s a 43$
Barley - - - 4bs a 54s Potatoe ditto .- —s a 443
Malt - .. - b/s a 905 Rape Seed - - sol a sil
White Pease - 9,,s a tcos Fine Flour - 9;s a loos
Grey ditto - - 523 a 5Ss Seconds - . . 9as a 9,;$
iiicouls . : . 4,;5 a C9s

From the L.:)11(1)()A GAZET Sept. 26, 1809.

t ommiSsions in the 38th o; Ayrshire Regiment of Militia,
signed by the Lord Lieutenant.
To 5e Lieutenant -William Crawio'rd, Gent. vice Green •
icn-vezi to the line, •
To be Sur,• -Assistant-Surgeon Allan Dunn, vice Clark,
removed to the tine.
To be A.,sistailt-Surgeon, George Craig, Gent, vice Dunn,
promoted.