Star.
London, England, 1809-09-27 00:00:00

cies is vested in the Governor in Council.. It is, there.! Boston ; aad the Secretary of the Navy, for South
fore, to be distinctly understood, that no officer, of carana_
whatever rank, while serving under the Presidency of It is reported, but we know not on what authority,
Fort St. George, can, without incurring the penalties ; , .
that the above vessel brings an account of Mr. JACK-
of disobedience to the Legislature of his Country,
issue any order in violation, or to the derogation of son's arrival at New-York, and orhis favourable re-
the authority of the Government ; and that every ; eeption. On this head, however, the letters and
officer complying with an order of that description, papers are silent. If we may draw any inference
under any pretence whatever, renders 'himself liable from
the language of the American Journalists,
to the forfeiture of the service, and to such legal pe-
nalties as the nature of the case may demand. there-are no reasonable grounds for supposing that
While the Governor in Council deems it to be pro. the American Government is hostilely disposed. The
per to afford the foregoing explanation, he feels him- recent imprisonment of American Citizens in France,
self at the same time bound to acknowledge that the under the French decrees, furnishes a copious sub-
principles to which he has adverted, had never been .
ject for inflammatory declamations against the French
called in question, until the publication of the above-
mentioned order of-the late Commander in Chief.— Government, and the popular animosity against Great
On the contrary, these principles had been invariably Britain, if any exists, seems to be for the present sus-
acted upon by the Government and by the Officers pended.
of the army of this 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 participation to the improper
and dangerous proceedings described in this order ;
and it is an act of justice to the troops of his Majes-
ty's service to declare his entire approbation of the
order, discipline, and steady adherence to duty, which
they have invariably manifested.
The information before the Government does not
enable the Governor in Council to distinguish, by the
expression of his approbation, all the troops of the
Company's service that have manifested the same dis-
position ; but he deems it to be proper to notice on
this occasion the satisfactory and exemplary conduct
of the part of the army composing the Hyderabad
Subsidiary Force. The Governor in Council is also
confident that such officers as have inadvertently yiel-
ded to the misrepresentations of individuals who have
been engaged in the prosecution of designs equally
fatal to the honour and to the interests of the army,
will in future manifest, in the service of the Govern-
ment, the obedience, fidelity, and zeal, which consti-
tute the first principles of their profession, which have
hitherto distinguished the army, and which are indis-
pensible to the prosperityof the British empire in India.
By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council,
( Signed) A. FA I.CONA R.
Chief Secretary to Government.
MAY 1, 1809.—The Honourable the Governor in
Council has been pleased to make the following ap-
pointments :
Major I'. H. S. Conway to be Adjutant-General of the Army,
with the official rank of Lieuto.tant-Colonel, vice Cuppage.
Captain P. V. Agnew to be Deputy-Adjutant-Guieral of the
army, with the official rank of Major, vice Conway.
Lieutenant-Colonel 'l'. Clarke to be Commandant of Artillery
with the staff allowance annexed to that station, and a seat at the
Military Board, vice Bell.
Major Sir John Sinclair, Bart. to be Commissary of Stores, in
' charge of the Arsenal of Fort St. George, vice Clarke.
Lieutenant A. E. Patullo to command the Honourable the Go-
vernor's 1 ody Guard, vice Grant.

THE ARMY.

Monday the 3d, or Old Buffs, regiment of Foot,
were embarked on board transports at Plymouth, and
sailed for Berryhead, whence 250 of them will proceed

to reinforce our army in Portugal.
The AJAX, with the convoy for the Mediterranean,
and the Tagus, still remain wind-bditnd at Ports-
mouth, and detachments of different regiments are
frequently embarking to join their respective corps 'in
Portugal.
The sick landed at Portsmouth from flushing are
fast recovering, and will soon be discharged, to make
room for others, of which a vast number are expected,
It was the 82d Regiment that on the Ist of Au,
gust drove the French from near Middleburgh to
the very gates of Flushing, taking from them all their'
artillery, arid about 250 prisoriers. The loss of the.
82d Regiment on this occasion was three rank and
file killed, two Lieutenants, two Serjeants, and 24
rank and file wounded. Major-General PRATT is now
at Middleburgh, having gone over from Ireland to
attend his son, Lieutenant PRATT, of the 82d Regi.
ment, whose thigh was broken by a musket-shot on
the Ist of August.

Our letters from Walcheren contain deplorable ac
counts of the army in respect to sickness, and state
that the medical gentlemen are exhausted with the
incessant fatigue of attending the sick, notwithstand-
ing the arrival of a reinforcement to the Medical
Staff.

Dr. BLAKE left Brighton yesterday for Flushing,
where he is gone in order to examine into, and report
on the nature of the fever which at present exists at
that place.
We have already stated that Mr. AVELINO, De-
puty Inspector of Hospitals, has fallen a sacrifice to
the raging epidemic ; and we have just learned that
Mr. WEBB, Chief Inspector of Hospitals, has, been
obliged to return to this country, reduced to the ut,
most state of danger frcm the climate of Walchereni
and the excessive fatigue of duty.
The following are extracts from private letters
" MII)DLEBURGH, SEPT. 17.

Captain J. boveto:;, of the 7th Regiment native cavalry, to be
Paymaster at Vizagapat am, vice Marshall'.
The following Officers 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 proceed
to England, by such opportunities as the Honourable.
the Governor in Council may think. proper to point
out, viz.—
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur St. Leger.
Major Thomas Poles.
Maier John de Morgan.
Captain Josiah Marshall.
Captain James Grant.
Lieutenant-Colonel St. Leger is further directed to
repair to the Presidency without delay.
The Honourable the Governor having been pleased
to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Conran, of his
Majesty's Royal Regiment, to command the whole of
the troops composing the garrison of Fort St. George,
the Governor in Council directs that Colonel Conran
shall be considered to be entitled to the same allow-
ances as other Officers holding commands under the
appointment of the Governor in Council.
By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council,
(Signed) A. }ALCONAR,
Chief Sec. to Govt.
By order of Major-General Gowdie, Commanding the Army.

" Generals Sir EYRE Cower, DYort, and Mow-
tagsott deserve every credit for their exertions to al-
leviate the situation of the troops here, but the thing
will not do, unless Ministers can send 15,000 fresh
troops, and where are they now to be found in Eng-
land ? Since the departure of our late Commander,
every exertion has been used, but it is now too late to
remedy the original folly of the plan. All the harm.
I wish those who planned this expedition, is to have
visited the sick for the last three days, and for that
purpose to have climbed up ladders like the shrouds
of a ship, and descended into damp cellars, as I have
done. That fine corps the sth have only one Major,
eight Subalterns, and 300 rank and file fit for duty.
The 35th are in a similar state. The 6th cannot
mount a corporal's guard, 700 being sick. The 23d
are hors de combat, the Colonel has not even a servant.
The Royals, after all their fatigue, are the strongest
corps in the island. I never was better, and I am
determined to see the brave fellows that have done us
so much honour off this island, and into our canoes,
which is our proper element. I hold it to be more
dastardly now to leave the troops, than when they
were under the fire of the enemy.. I trust orders will
soon arrive for the evacuation of this island."

" FLUSHING, SEPTEMBER 20.

gi We have now been in possession of Flushing five
weeks. On the surrender of this place the army was
healthy, and had not buried a single man, except the
killed. Compare the deplorable state of the troops
now, with what it was then. A great deal of the
sickness is attributed to the effects of the sluices
having been opened by the enemy when they were
besieged in Flushing, which caused an inundation
of that part of the island. , But the sickness is now
general. The enemy are collecting all around us ; the
neighbouring shores are lined with their troops. In some
places they appear to be erecting works to commence
offensive operations,but hitherto they have been so kind
as not to molest us. I fear the attack is postponed until
disease, a far more dangerons enemy, shall have mowed
down a sufficient number of our men to allow of the
remainder being easily conquered. Already our
ranks are dreadfully thinned ; but, if the enemy soon
make the attempt, hey will still meet a warm recep-
tion.

" I have been informed, but I hope erroneously,
that Ministers have determined to keep Wakheren
at all risks. There are many arguments in fa-
vour of an immediate abandonulent of the island,
in preference to longer possession, and measuring
put strength with the enemy at lam What is