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for. in ittr)'nrest iti n, hich Wit net seemly to, be
rkniral, and to exhort others urlon Whom he may
hi, e ir-lintiftee.;74/18cIopt, that; which, upon a con;
vi6ts( o of itsbingitigliT, he rnean,s.hiniNelt• to put-m. 16.-
4' That the moment for doing ;this in the most
pt,iblic as well as unreserved manner, has existed ever

. sieve the day'upon 'which -Government' took tnett
sores for requiring from every Company's Officer a
, test of his fidelity, It will be believed that. I can
have little doubt of assuming. By that act, on the
part of Government, the most Universal ptiblicity
was given to the state of
,things, as it existed be-
tween it and thin portion of the army to which I am
alluding. In the developernent which the dilates
•• Of prudence seem, upon that day, to have rendered.
indispensable, the Natives were expressly included.
The Native Officers of corps were convened
'by authority 'to receive an. explanation of the mea-
sure adopted, with respect to such of their Euro-
pean Officers as had declined atibidhig the test that
• bad been required: , The policy of reserve, trorn.an
apprehension of alarm, ceased with that act ; and
• it became from that minim the proportionate duty
cf every fc iend to hiscountry, by rallying round Go-
vernment, to countervail as much as 'poSsible the
evil tendency of a disclosure that had taken place,
and could be no,longer restrained. -
If individuals,. the combination- .alluded ,toe be-
ing effetted, Tare plashing their plans for tire con( rout
- of Government to the exentdescrihed, it is fotthis
Court, exercising its legal discernment, to give to the
well-disposed the satifac,tion of knowing, that, if they
are embarked in 3 cOndid with their fetlowesubjects,
- they are about to contend, at least on the i.drie of
duty, for the preserieolon of tiikAtA.er ow,;.ht to be
dearetd them, in opposition to betrayers of their
trust, employing .in the subversion of the State the
' arms conarrutteCtto them for its preservation.
," Dreadful indeed is the alternative to which Go-
vernment has been driven, more
ing the numbers engaged in this design, for WllOlll
many a Consideration *ill plead. :But dreadful as it
is they who take arms ag.iinst a lawns! established,
Government, create the necessity Of all aCts, requisite
to be done on the side.ot, that Government, in order
to repel and subdue them, and which in the nature
of things become unavoidable tor. their suppression.
" On the other hand those, who, on such en
occasion can make up their minds to ,:be instru-
mental
,in conspromising the public anthorityeare
evidently blind to consequences, ,or adluated by
:views quite distinct irom the public good. Com-
promised it cou!d not, be, without consequences 'for-
lowing infinitely. more to be dreadedthan any evil
to be apprehended from a steady opposition to armed
demands, • .if Government possess ..!_he means- of
making
kit. .
Fia r t the loyalty of his May sty's corp, of
those of the Honourable Company, -who are adher-,
big 'to their duty, and to the discriminatusg sense 'of
the :Native Otiicers, the ,apprehension of any great
- ultimate se:it-seer to the state seemsdo- be subsiding;
' The-desperate -es! eriinent. of forcibg Goveroment,
of substituting in effeei an aristocracy (the worst' of
all GoVerionents), ,in place of tee one under which
it is our happiness to live, is ill, there-is now reason
to hope, be' defeated- without the difficulty that
. might have been .expeaed. In the mean. time,
Gentlemen, it becomes ns at such a moment to re-
cognize, cin time aCis' of 'the ruling- power, -the dis-
eeee of-extreme and peinful duty:
" •Lteshoeld be remembered, that ethe
Esseblisbineres in ledia representthe authority of
•`-the State ,at borne, in svhicir their conductors are
- severally responsible. is' some time since they
could, ntielongcr, - with proprietye be considered in
the liinited view of mere chartered Goyernrnents.
They have stood ninv for;severat years oir thefoun-
dation of •a Celebrated -gift of Parliament defining
their powers and relation, whir seferehce to which
latter they may be :regarded, as national Goverroi
. .eneets, as couch as etiy, other within the EMpirei to
whieh, t'-e King direelly .appoiets.•
Against,sitclr an authority it is that-many-of
the Co„rpanv's Offieersernay-be considered as at this
:Moment in arms; manyanore-in a state of- desertion
from their duty, having eincapacterfed • 'themselves
from performing. it by decliaingtoabide by the- te-
Dar of; theirCommiSsiens. -:In such a state of things,
Gentlemen, is itdor nhe Government to surrender? ,
Dist Tess might con-ipel iteittnust be extteme, bow-
, ever, indeed, to juStity_ a thought of the kind. If it
have the means of plotecting -the ..public authority,
it is its duty to assert them:for that •purpose to the
utmost.
" Gentlemen, the sentiments which' upon this
hecaSonil wish to convey, occur in a paper- I. have '
lately balocccasion to see; -so:stated, that while I
.adorn my charge by -their insertion, I think Lcans
note more 'etletinally serve the .caose to which they,
relates than by offering them to you- as lefind,them
expressed. -
‘:i should sincerele: hope .(ssys else Writer of it)
that there •is no Officer, honever deluded by his
passioos,Who, to procure tedress for his grievances,
"'will deliberately justify . .in ad' of 'resistance
• against the legal and -established authority of Gos
• vernment. Were they ten times as numerous as
• hey aro repeesented. to , he, it will fiat, 1 t rust;
to asserted that redresS • should be insisted upon,
though the' Government .itself be betrayed ,in
• the attempt. But the Officers seem to consider 1
I themselves irrevocably engaged by certain pledges
uand promises, from whence they _ think they
cannot recede with honour to themselves. A pre- )
wise. from one officer to another is.. assuredly
'solemn obligation, and one that should. net be
_ abandoned. But the officers shoisid: se-
', riously reflect that there 'are sacred pledges and
promises which are antecedent and superior to
those that they have given to support their pre-
a sent desperatetindertakieg, In g vine a pledge to
• promote a hostile camiiination against the Govern-
' Merit, the officers should recollect that they .vio-
" late all their solemn oblieat ions as soldiers and sub-
', jeets. No protnbe to perform an illegal act can
be legal 5 .no engagenient. o eelit to be. considered
as binding, which is itself a violation of all prior
and superior engagements. The duty of a soldier
to his superior; and of a subject to. his Govern-
• anent, is paramount to his duty to a brother
• officer."

This beautiful exposition of sentiments the
molt correa, comes from .an accomplished officer,.
in the same service, the charader.of which upon. the

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coast, the application .o'f them so Seteie.ly, but 'So
justly arraigns 5- and l'am happy ,in being empow-
ered to give to i hem i he greatest --prkkible ciroulai
.•" 'Gentlemen, there- has..b'een 'averred io you, in
justification of the chargethat Lam deliveri4g, *no-,
• thing but what I have, upon the best, antherityfr,
reason to know 'to be the fact. The consequence,
I ''shettld think, would, in, the mind of every good
subject; instantanebuslifollow. Rebellion is to be
discontenanced and put down: Every attempt to
intitindate Government into the retraction of Atits
that have been -deliberately ado6tt.d, and .nuy, if
• exceptionable, be reaified,‘ at borne, 'should be. re-
probated, as tending 'to the subversion of its general.
authotity,_npoa the maintenance of which the peace
and preservation of society depends: • - • • '.
In thui exhorting you, Gent lemen,l am not un-.
dertaking the defence of measures, rinN TALI AUX'-
. Lbo. Not only is' •it irnpos-ible t hai- I 'should have
had any participation in those which have been so per-
severingly resented by the great body of the Compa-
ny's officers upon this establishment, and. highly im-
probable, at least, that I Should have been consulted
upon then) : but,. from 'this seat of truth ai'd justice,
I take this opportunity of declaring, that of the'occa-
sion and grounds of them I know as much, and no
more, than the least informed among yourselves. But
though it is not for ine to defend measur'os, there are
principles which tits my provineetoiliculciitei
gardless of all-private Inierests. and Rirtieular preju-
dices, can you,Gentletneri, possibly, at this moment,
render a more important service to )(AU- country, than
by adopting and enforcing them 'to co-operare in
bringing-back the deluded to their duly, and restor-
in4 to this distm&ed portion of the Empire some-
thing like union anti security."

From (/e LONDON GAZETTE, Jan. eo, 1810.,

Queen's. Palace, .lain. •17, 1 810,

'This day Murza Abdul Flass.in, Envoy •Etraor-
dittary from his Majesty tho King of Persia, had
his first Private audience of her Nlajesty : to which
he was introduced by the Earl of .MOrton, herl‘la-
jesty';,Lotcl Chamberlain, and conchicted by. Robert
Chester, Esq. Assistant Masterot: the .Ceremonies.
The Persian Envoy Extra9ldinary was accOnipanied
to the audience of her' Majesty, by Sir 'Gore Ouse-
ley, Bart. wham his. Majesty ha, been pleased-to
,nppoint to hold the situation 'of Mehinander to the
Envoy., during his residence at this Court.

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' rst Regiment* pf, .Pragoon -Guards, Captain Tames. Boyd,
• from the Seth Foot, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Peel,
who exchanges., •
3d Regiment of Dragoons, Lieutenant William Burn, from
- the 9th-foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Evans,
•• •
. who retires.
13th-Regiment of Light ragoon, Charles- Robert Bowers,
,:•• . Gent: to he Cora t, D
withotits purchase. HoSpital-mate
William Dillon t. be Assistant-Surgeon. •
15111 Ditto, Captain W. K Elpitinstane, from the 52d
Foot, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Murray, who etc-
. changes , •
18th Ditto, Lieutenant. Charles Milner to be• Captain of a
rocip;•by purchase, vice C. P. 1-lay, who retires.
• Ist, Regiment of Foot, Ensign George .H. Latie.to be Lieu.
tenant, by purchase, vice' Byerley, who retires.. Ensign
‘Valter Murray to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
• Grainger, appointed to. the 4th Royal Veteran Battalion.
William Campbell, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice- Lane,' promoted: William Staines, Gent. to be ditto,
vice Murray. Assistant-Surgeon ,R. S. Morison, from
the 95th Foot, to- be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hartley, who
exchanges. •
3d Ditto, 'Lieutenant Nathaniel Thorn to be Captain of
Company, without purchase, vice Jacques, appointed to
the ist Royal Veteran Battalion. Ensign William Al.
.ment to be Lieutenant, vice Thorn. Ensign•and Adjutant
Edward Blair to 'have the Rank of .Lieutenant. • Robert
• Mee•ch,:Gent.to be Ensign, vice A Iment.
4th Regiment of Foot, Major Charles Bevan, from the 28th
• foot, -to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,
.vice Espi=
nasse, who retires.
2311 Ditto, William Cutties, Cenr, to be Second Lieutenant,
y purchase, vieeVilcoxi promoted, ' • •
25th Ditto, Edmund. Burke, Ccnt. to he Ensign, 'without
vice Anthony, promoted in the (i3d- Foot. Hos-
pital,Mate John Macgregor, in be Assistant-Surgeon,'viee
Papps, appointed•on the Staff in Portugal.
28th Ditto, Captain Charles Paterson to be Major, by pur.
• chase, vice Bevan, -promotedln the 4th Foot. Lieutenant
1. N. Briggs to be Captain ot a Company, by purchase,
vice Paterson. • •
..29th Ditto, Lieutenant Thothas-Langton to be Captain of 'a
Company, vice -Newbold, deceased. Ensign - Thomas
• Briggs to be Lientenant, vice Langton. Lieutenant Ben-
, jamin Wilde to be Adjutant, vice Wade; promoted. • Ed-
ward Furnace, Gent. to'bc Ensign, without purchase, vice -
Bolton, who resignS. ,
32d -Ditto, Captain M. S. (PC.. Caulfield,- from the rst
-Royal Veteran Bytalion, to be Captain of a Company,
_ vice Short, appointed to the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion.
• -Lieutenant William Roberts; from the 115th Foot, to be
Lieutenant; vice Perham, who exchanges.
34th. Ditto; Ensign Henry. Gale, -from the 87th _Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase. - Ensign- Hamilton,

froth the 33th Foot, to be ditto.
33th Ditto, Edward Evans, Gent, to be Ensign, without
- s purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted in the 34th Foot.
. 41st Ditto, Ensign lames Saunders-on, to be Lieutenant
without purchase. , .
43C-Ditto, Ensign Thomas Wilkinson, • from the 4th Gar-
- rison, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.- • ;
46th Ditto, Lieutenant A. Hamilton to be Adjutant, vice

_ .
Naito, promoted., ,". '
43rh'llitto, john lotion, Ge,d.. to be Ensign, without pur.
.chase, vice Purdy, who resigns..
gut Ditto, Capt. E. T. M'Ciregor Murray, from the isth '
Dragoons, to ba Captain of a Company, vice 1.1-
phinstont, who cxchativs. • • • •
57th Ditto, Ensign Andrew Robipson, from the Tipperary
Militia, to be Ensign. •.
63d Ditto,
To be Lieutenants—Ensign James Anthony, from the ;sth
Foot, vice Stafford, deceased. Ensign folin DupOrr, "vice
decea•sed. Ensign Edward thrown, vice BerfOrd,
deceased.
To be Ensigns—Philip Bolten, Gept. vice ,Duport. Stephen 7
Phoinas NaSoli, Gent, vice Brown. .
.6.4:h Ditto, Ensign lohn \VaiSil to be Lieutenant, without
. purchase. retcr Hughes, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Ellis,
deceased.
65th Ditto, joseph Dowling Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Preston, who resigns.
atii Dittos Captain lames Miller, trom the gth Royal Ye.

. .
tenni aattalinn, tobc Qoptain of a Company, vice Devon,
appoiatext to the qtli Royal Verdun Battalion.
79th Ditto, Captain Charles Campbell, nom the94th Foot,
co be Captain of a Company, vice Williamson, who ex-

. - -
changes.
84th Ditto. Lieutenant William Fordyce, from the Bth Car.-
rison Battalion, to be Lieutenant; vice Bernard, who ex-
. _ . . .

changes. lios-pital-watt fohn licit .to be Assistant-Sur-

geon.
ilith Ditto, Lieutenant Richard.Perham, from the 32d Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Roberts who exchanges.
89th Ditto, Capt...itt I . H. Fed,. from the rst Dragoon Guards,
to be Captain of a Company, vice Boyd, who exchanges.
94th Ditto, Captain lames Williamson,' from the 79th Foot,
to be Captain of a Company, vice' Carnpbell, who ex-
changes. Ensign John Erskine to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Crooke, who retires.
96uli Ditto—As,istatit -Surgeon Richard Hanley, from the
Royals, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice -Morrison who ex-

chat)) es.
3d Wt st India Regiment—Lieutenant Alexander Anton, from
the 4th'West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Webster, who exchanges.

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