The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-28 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION OF SIR F. ADAM.

The following Proclamation, issued by Sir
FREDERICK ADAM, upon assuming the function
of Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands,
appears in the Corfu Gazette of the 10th ult.

" PROCLAMATION.
" Michael
rchFareedl Adam,aenridckst.George, Ge Grand Cross of the Order of Saint
Comixillnder of the Order of the
Bath, Knight of the Austrian Military Order of Maria
Theresa and of the Russian Order of St. Anne of the First
Class, Lieutenant-General Commander in Chief of his Bri-
tannic Majesty's Troops in the lonian Islands, and Lord.
High Commissioner for his Majesty in the United States
of the lonian Islands, &c. &c.
" His Excellency having received a dispatch from Lord
Bathurst, Secretary of State for the Colonies of his Majesty the
King of Great Britain, in which he is informed that his Ma-
jesty has been graciously pleased, to appoint him, in the room
of the late Sir Thomas Maitland, to the post of Lord High Com-
missioner for the Supreme Protector of the United States of the
.lonian Isles, and his Excellency having officially announced
this nomination to the President and Senate, his Excellency
communicates it to the public by the present Proclamatfon,
which shall -Serve as a guide to the Inhabitants of the lonian
Islands, and to all whom it may concern.
" His Excellency, on entering upon the, office graciously
confided to him by his Majesty, and thereby' becoming the
organ of his Majesty's unceasing paternal care for the inhabi-
tants of these Islands, cannot conceal his want of confidence in
his ability to execute these benevolent intentions, and this dis-
trust is the more increased; when he reflects that lie has been
chosen/by his Majesty, to succeed the distinguished person
whose memory will be ever dear to these Islands, and whose
loss can be no more adequately repaired than sufficiently la-
mented.

" But, while his Excellency is profoundly and sincerely pe-
netrated by these feelings, he cherishes the confidence that he
shall be able, at least to a certain degree, to fulfil the benevo-
lent intentions of the Supreme Protector, as his efforts will be
directed to act on the same principles and in the same spirit
which guided all the actions of his esteemed successor in ful-
filling his Majesty's intentions.
" His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner also derived
courage from the perfect conviction that every endeavour, which
has for it object the welfare and prosperity of the lonian people
will find an effectual support in the wisdom of the Executive
Power, and the patriotism of the lonian Parliament, and that
the zeal of the Government in promoting • the welfare of the
lonian people, will produce the happiest results, seconded by
the fidelity and attachment which this people have always ma-
nifested towards their Government, and their Supreme Protec-
tor, to whose paternal care they are indebted for the Constitu-
tion under which they live.
" The present Proclamation shall be printed in the English,
Greek, and Italian languages, and made generally known to
the public.
" Given at the Palace, Corfu, April 10, 1824,
" By command of his Excellency,
(Signed) " THOMAS LANE,
" Private Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner."