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London, England, 1810-09-11 00:00:00

ere a•situation of difficulty, their retno-
"vat from their respective employmention the Stall
'could i,atre been a sufficient mark of, your displea7
sure ; and %Are therefore dire& that their suspension
froin•our 'se' vice be tiken off. • -

g . ,
.- On one part of the proceedings:of your 90.,
\v•ertiment, 'we feel it necessary, in 'this place to de-
liver our opinion. We .-mean"-yout declinivg..2to
transmt to us the Memorial, presented. yOu;foe
hat purpose the Officers COrtananding cotpi;
speetnig- the' Ttfut ..-corttradt., -As you considered
that question to be sealed and disposed ot; it Was
compe,ent for you to say tot-the Ottiers, that you
wd-fid.not transiitit the- M.emolial- under any im-
pl • u a.!mission on your part that the.question shouki
be a, ant opened ; but we think your caution on this
bead should nut have prevented- the transmission to
us nt, be .AL inorial in question,
1(1(4 We shall conclude our observations and de-
cisions on this important reference, by, recording as
an act of juatu e- complete and decided approbi-
tion of . the conduel of our. Governor in Councilat
Fort St. Geotge, with
.respect to Lieutenant-General
MaCdowall, under circumstances of.' peculiar diffi-
culty ; to which ,they_appear to•have shewn no less
moderation and ..temper in their several discussiulis
with its COmmander in chief, than promptitude,
en.•rgy, Anil firmness; in supporting the just autho-
rity • .
tut. We approve the provisional appointment of
•Majoi- General Francis Gowdie, to be Commander,
in Chief of our Axmy at Fort Si.S!. George, and e re-
ly .with confidence upon the experience and zeal ot
that Officer, to.support the, good order, discipline,
and efitciency.,.4.. the troops committed to his
-
charge. .

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arre"acr fit. 'A LETTER' FROM THE HONOURABLE
• VOURT OF;DIRECTORS, 'SATED THE '29TH OF SEP,- •
T,EMBER, .1809:
•
P4r...i. Eist. as we were conclUding our answers
to,y,ctie important dispatchei dated in December,
January, and February last, by the Luillington,
your :teller of., the.,l3,th May, follo.wing to the Se-
cret.Conunittee;lay hispajesty's ship "Virginia, ar-•
Jive . . _ •
. e deßarture of thiiGeergiana packet, ap-
p•o►
, Th.
~ •
pted to
,convey those answers, having been al-
ready, from several causes, inconveniently delayed,
_sv,e,feef,i.hat it would be_; highly inexpedient to de-
tain her for so much longer time as might be requi-
Jute to enter into, the subjea of the advices now -re-
ceived from yue, and the various topics conne6ted
_ jtiso ully• as their most interestingmature dis--
.poses.us to ga ; but. we think it our duty; not to
in giving our general opinion with
..Fcs-pe;6t to them. . .
a., \Vc w with deep astonishment and con-
cern, tars pruiciples,. the spirit, and the language,
ine .payer. denominated the Memorial
ofaile Office') 01 La: ,Nifa.,ras Army to. the Governor.
Gentraii' arid in the other paper styled an .Address
from_ tte saute body to Major Boles. Tne doc-.
trines and designs which these papers avow are sub-
versiVe of the toundations of all legitimate govern;
meats
.3, the rights they claim (or the army •are such
rights as nil now have never been arrogated or men-
tioned in o•3r military service ; such as no army ever
_ can'pOssess , with safety to.the State, to which it be-
longs. The first of theSe papers alleges grievances
avlitch bave.tio foundation, and under the form of
-.seeking redress, it asserts independent military- pri-
:.vileges winch would constitute an independent mi-
litary power. It demands a representative, that is,
a share in the Civil, Political, and Military-Govern-
ment ; it decides upon the measures, and vilifies. the
proceedings of the, Govet mnent ; it requires the re-'
moval of the person who is by the only legal autho-
. rity placed at the hei:d of that' Government ; and
by menace and intimidation dictates to the Supreme
Government of India, to which.our armies and all
.the Officers serving in cheat are by the laws of their
country, by their engagements to the Company,-and
by professional obligation, bound to be entirely sub-
ordinate and obedient. ,
4.. It is in vain that these assumptions are
accom-
panied by professions of duty to the parent State,
and of respell tor the principles of military subordi-
,..et 'on they are in their nature, in, their whole
S ...d ti usiace and spirit, as well as in the inflammatory
-truss in. which they are conveyed, incompatible
with the just principles of military obedience, and
~with the jiotiour and interest of the army itself, and
...breathe language of facition and sedition.
, .5.1 t is ~filiding to us to think, that any of the
natites of this country, any Officers of that army
which has -been distinguished . by so many gallant
; achievements, could hate so 'far forgotten all . the
principles which should have regulated their con-
dua.as subjects andas soldiers, as to give into pro-
ceedings of sir criminal a nature. Besides all the
other ties which bind tin at to the duties of patriot-
ism, and of ni ary hdelity, we should, have t hought
that both the, sAtiatinn,of the European body, who
, adMinistered the power of the British. Einpre in
India, containing so many, millions of native sob-
lee's, and likewise•_occurrenees still recent in that
part of the world, would have been sufficient to
keep eveiy,officer of our •military._establislitnent at a
distance from the infatuation of such a course as
these p(cceedings open. '.
G. We are persuadyd that a great majority of our
Officers, however sonic of them may have been in-
fluenced for a time ley' artful, inflammatory misrepre-
.: sentat ions most actively propagated, can never -have
countenanced or approved the sentiinents or tenden-
cies which those proceedings too plainly indicate.—
' They could only have been conceived and promoted
by- a tew, under the instigation of . bad passions or
unhappy prejudices, and by the help of delusive arts
imposed upon . the young and inexperienced,, who
coald mean only to assert what they were misled
to consider rights, and were unaware of conse-

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vencee. •
7. The authors and promoters of these dangerous
and most, culpable proceedings, undoubtedly, merit
exemplary punishment ; and it is to us a peculiarly
painful. reflection,, that a sense of duty way oblige
us w apply this principle to some persons whose
tuilitarpservices.we have,so lately applauded; but
on such an occaNion, punishment ought to be in-
flicted, without. respect. of persons.. :.A due se-
-.o4er_ttyoq.snsrninent justice to thOtate.,