The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-12 00:00:00

MscONTENT AMONG THE COMPANY'S
TROOPS IN INDIA.

Cireat discontent has arisen among a considerable
number of the officers who command the troops in
the East. India Company's service. The occasion of
these-discontents is thus stated in a letter, dated
Ooruck, Dec. 20, 1828
Lord William Bentinck has brought out several
new regulations. to he The fact is, the Company appear
giu to recollect that their charter has nearly
expired, and are determined (to the destruction of
their army)
( to make every penny they can by re-
lacing our pay. Lord Combermere, who, as Com-
mander of the Forces, ought to be in Calcutta, en-
deavouring to increase rather than decrease our
allowances, is now up the country, and seems to care
"thing about the army so long as these cuttings do
liot affect him. The Council is composed of the
Governor-General, Lord Combermere,
and the two
oldest civilians in the country. Three out of these
four are civil servants, and they care not how much
the Pay of the military is decreased, so long as they
do not suffer by it They have already reduced the
Pay of a Captain from 450 rupees to
270, and that
Pay a Lieutenant from 250 to 170, that of an
oat •
sign from 200 to 120 rupees per mensem ; but
HIY at a few of the largest stations, where there
are European regiments. This is of course to feel
the Pulse of the whole army, and if those officers
Whose pay has thus been shamefully reduced sub-
"nit to it quietly, there is no doubt that we
'B6ll all be ut
im the same lowaces.
They have at the fps:e time increased the
Pay of all the Generals and Brigadiers nearly a
thousand rupees per month, thinking that without
their assistance the officers of the army can do no-
thing. I hope they will find themselves mistaken,
end that we shall be able to show them we are not
the fools they take us for. I assure you it is now
with the greatest difficulty I can live upon my pay,
and I believe I am one of the very few that do or
elver have done so. Should my pay be reduced to
.20 rupees per month, it will be downright starva-
tion. You I'aye heard that one pound at home
"(England) will go as far as five in this country, and
I assure you
Officers in this part of the country have the same
it,l3pearances to keep up as the King's at home; and
how are they to do it ? We flatter ourselves that
our
en army is more respectable than the King's at
prest
*heti* (I mean we have upon the whole men of
r education and families). Who will come out
to this villainous country then ? No one but ragga-
,llniffins, tailors, and tinkers.
4ord W. Bentinck has not, that I am aware of,
doer., one single good action since his arrival.
‘"Ttirabling will do no good. It is now we feel the
:artt of the ' Liberty of the Press' in this country."
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

188
Satrrnso!•i's benefit took place here last night, on
i4r'"Aeb occasion the house was as fully and fashionably at-
' tends 83 h seen it (luring the season. Te chief
To/nuanWece wasave OTWAY'S tragedy of Venice Prh
eserved,
P"lett was remarkable for three' novelties—Miss SMITH-
R% lielvidera, M ME'
r. C. KEBLS Pierre, and Mr.
'cril eART's Jaffier. Awl, first of the lady : her Belvi-
,„"4
: Pouessed infinite tenderness, some judgment, and
Ite as much grace and elegance as Miss O'NEILL used to
:kacewben performing it. Its chief defect was a want of
uee.Ping, a want of coherence, or binding together, in one
If"'form characteristic whole, the several leading features
till! character. The distinguishing points in OrwAy's
breathese Belvedere
oniyare excessive tenderness and softness. She
the atmosphere of lovefeeds only on its bte_ct:lelecti.ons ; and subdued and emasculated her husband
ir vivid, eloquent, and affectionate appeals to their past
4thness. These points of character Miss SMITHSON put
Ina spirit of first-rate excellence, but she too often lost
tunes of them in a Wish to produce effect. She was at
'les too abrupt in her transitiotis.too vehement in her
theegies; • she forgot the wife in the heroine. This we
!thithe more regret, for if ever there were an actress fitted to
'l4eve a triumph on the English stw;e, Miss SMITH.ON
:thit One. Her conceptions are im
utit not sufficiently regulated by preelive and original,
judgment ; her feelings
Mee
,Jun
to overflowing in every word she speaks, and her atti-
' graceful, but rather too redundant. She never per-
'onus without producing a strong effect on her audience ;
,14q4;10:‘.ve have no doubt that in a short time, if she will but
her geniui to descend to the level of her judgment
(kuality in an actress which an English audien
• 6:st,'l audience
es to recognise) she will, as a twitter of course,
6'4 alet high station in the drama, which SIBDONS and
• I:IVRILL ()Hee occupied. Of Mr. C. KEMBLE's Pierre we
1,„4" mertsly observe, that if it wanted the easy dignity of
4t,c2''s More especially his fine sonorous voice, these de-
ees sere amply redeemed by its splendid, chivalrous,
eliq gallant bearing. Mr. CATHCART'S Joifier was exe-
-1/11:1•• it had nither 'grace, spirit, nor tenderness.
,Crsughotit, the gentleman—who is evidently a successful
`'•u'lent in Mr Ala EADY'S school, by the extraordinary
~,,,ip,,ato,rtions of *his limbs—misunderstood his part. In his
Brat Interview with Pierre, when solemnly called on
6e.venge .bilvidera's tears, be swore " by sea and air,
heavenhell" precisely as if he had been
i.tirlg by the sign of the Pig and Tinder-box, to avenge
'asult offered to him by the waiter of that establish-
' looe4t: • Ag&n, in the second act, where lie exclaimed, "I
114 if all hell were in my heart," be looked
°Poke with the uncomfortable manner of a
I ntl table
4.. 4escribing an indigestion. That stirring soli-
1, where he fancies lie sees his friend racked on the
-
e l•eed el;,Was delivered with equally vulgar infelicity. He
'4ll ! urger" in a way that induced us to suppose that
dR" "" and " watch" were to fellow, and gave the
4 g,gpetLr,t'.- Belvidera just as a fat city epicure would giJve
,:ug-knife to his wife, with directions to have it
I:'Ptoed before dinner. On the whole Mr. CATHCART'S
m
07.eri'"ge&leS the singular recommendation of being the
t°hea we have ever seen, arid will never, we suspect, be
5i,41"1,. until the gentleman has learned, first how to
-.secondly, how to act.

h
Duke Of CUMBERLAND visited the
Yesterday at his Palace in St. James's.
't,4)Qhfeipuke Of CUMBERLAND honoured the
gem:ratsfoura with his company to dinner on Wed-
'leleYert 116. residence in St. James's-square. There was
Party to meet his Royal Highness.
Th
Right-. Hon. AUGUSTUS FOSTER, our
14,. 12,4nr to, the Court of Turin (who has been staying
INCuign for some time on leave of absence). left town on
tlttrii-e°Y, in company with his lady, for Paris, on his
~_ his Embassy at Turin.
114 ,Iscottnt ITABAYANA, the Brazilian Mini-
"cl a conference with the Earl of ABERDEEN yester •
4the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign
t,7; the Noble Earl afterwards visited the Duke of
(Prot; at the Treasury.
fir
PSnv CHARLES BURR ELL gave a grand dinner
"Wednesday, at his residence in Richmond-terrace.
ilsattvec Duke of BEDFORD has at length
the Whole of his valuable ground in Tavistock-
AtVetV ‘."d that neighbourhood, to eminent builders and
ca rev.Pr4'ate Gentlemen, on very long leases, by which
Illvev,:,.nte is greatly increased. The most lovely spot,
-,, In this quarter, is certainly the Rus in urbe on
,kiti,„_t"e fate Mr. PERRY'S house stood, where three fine
.'44-7es are now built. They stand in the centre of noble
N4(l shrubs, perfectly sequestered from public gaze,
enliktr for genteel family residences, or for a Uni-
ttl, 9144 establishment, the latter of which, we under-
-I:Stsi,,ll contemplated. The Duke of BEDFORD at one
I'l/24-,,Med to build for himself a mansion in the centre
,114tilUock-square, from which he would have been
,t° command an uninterrupted view, entirely
-41 ti ;" "is awn property, as fae as the Strand ; but diffi-
: Presented themselves, and the plan was abandoned.
i444ll7ll,4llderstand that .the object for which the
tit:lethe,,lAßD Rosa!, the late Secretary of the Treasury
twet 'te(l States, is now visiting this country, is to
001,etti% for the purpose of executing some great internal
ha °t'S as canals and railways, in the state of Penn-
lt„:,the money is to be raised on the guarantee of the
to-"lture.--Liverpool Times.
1:"All •
41154.,,X,ELEY PEERAGE.—The further consi-
qi, „.[ this case came on yesterday in the House of
far
•
„
'as adjourned to next Sessions.
o
" 'JULIUS VON BOLLE, at present in the
.til'itt.tervice,- has, by order of the King of BAVARIA,
* ilek out of the Bavarian Army List.
44e1,1::naid that, since certain sprigs of fashion
4.44 t° Wearing check shirts, the custom has been
4tr?i tile sake of economy by many more, to the
11):tni of their. washerwomen.