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

EAST-INDIES.

GENERAL ORDERS LI GOVERNMENT.
Fort St. George, May 1.
The zeal and discipline by which the Military Es-
- t tblishment of Fort St. George4d long been distin-
guished, induced the Governor tit Council to expect
that the measures which the violent and intemperate
acts of dr.! late Commander-in-Chief haei imposed on
the Government would be rtceived by all the officers
of the army, with the sentiments of respect and obe-
dience prescribed by the principles of military subor-
dination, and due to the Government by which those
measures were ad,Ttcd, as well as to the authorities
to which they were ultimately referred. The Gover-
nor in Council has, however, learned, with a degree
of surprise proportionate to the confidence which he
_reposed in the discipline of the army, that soon after
the departure of the late Commander-in-Chief, pro-
ceedings
of the most unjustifiable nature and corres-
pondent to the example which he had afforded, were
pursued by certain officers of the army.
The most reprehensible of those proceedings con-
sisted in the preparation of a paper addressed to the
Right Honourable the Governor General, purporting
to be a remonstritnce in the name of the army against
the Acts of the Government ui:der which it serves.
That paper is not more hostile to the authority of
this Government than to the first principles of all Go.-
vernment. It maintains opinions directly adverse to
the constitution of the British service, and is calcu-
lated to destroy every foundation of discipline, obedi-
ence, and fidelity.

The secrecy observed in preparing this seditious pa-
per prevented for some time the discovery of the per-
sons engaged in that proceeding. But it has now
been ascertained that Captain Josiah Marshall, late
Secretary to the Military Board, and Lieutenant Co-
lonel George Marvin, lately permitted to proceed to
England, were principally concerned in preparing and
circulating the Memorial in question, and that Lieu-
tenant Colonel the Honourable Arthur St. Leger was
active in promoting its circulation, employing the
influence which Ile derived from the important com-
mand confided to him by the Government, for the
purpose of attempting the subversion of its authority,
aild spreading disaffection among the troops which it
had entrusted to his charge.
It has also been ascertained that Major J. De Mor-
ran has been active in the circulation of the Memorial.

The Governor in Council is also under the necessity
of noticing another paper of a most dangerous ten-
d( ncy, lately in circulation at some of the Military
Stations, purporting to be an address from the officers
of the army to Major Doles, the late Deputy Adju-
tant General. In this address a right is assumed, to
decide on the acts of the Government, by condem-
ning in unqualified terms the sentence of suspension
passed on Major Boles ; and an encouragement is
held out to other offic rs to violate their duty to the
Government, by affording a pecuniary indemnifica-
tion, not only to Major Boles, but to all such officers
as shall suffer by any act of the Government, which
The subscribers to the address may deem exceptiona-
ble. This paper, so incompatible with the mil tary
character, and so repugnant to the fundamental prin-•
tittles of military discipline and government, was
forced on the attention of the Governor, by Captain
James Grant, Commandant of his Body Guard, who,
while holding that confidential situation, and employ-
ed by order of the Governor in Council under the
Resident at Travancore, transmitted a copy of the
paper to be laid before the Governor, with an avowal
that he had affixed his signature to it,' and a defence
of the grounds on which he adopted that proceeding.
It has also been ascertained that a paper of a simi-
lar tendency has been circulated among the officers of
the corps of Artillery at the Mount, and that its cir-
culation has been promoted by Lieutenant-Colonel
Robert Bell, the officer commanding that corps.
The Governor in Council regrets that he is obliged
to notice also the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Chat-,
mers (commanding in Travancore), and Lieutenant-
Colonel Cuppage (lately commanding in Malabar,
and employed with the troops under his orders in
Travancore), who appear to have taken no steps
whatever either to repress or report to the Govern-
ment the improper proceedings pursued by part of
the troops under their orders. It is not sufficient
for Officers holding commands to avoid a participa-
tion in such proceedings ; it is their positive and
indispensible duty to adopt the most decided mea-
sures for their suppression, and to report them to
their superior authorities.
It has further been ascertained that Captain J. M.
Coombs„A.ssistant-Quarter-Master-General lh My.
sore, has been concerned in these reprehensible pro-
ceedings.
It becomes the painful duty of the Governor in
Council to m.irk with the displeasure of the Govern-
ment the conduct .r,f the above-mentioned Officers,
who have been engaged in a course of measures
equally dangerous to the existence of discipline, to the
foundations of legal government, and to the interests
of their country.
The under-mentioned. Officers are accordingly de-
clared to be suspended from the services of the Ho.
notirable the Company, until the pleasure of the
Hollow able the Court of Directors shall be known :
un•nant Coha:o the Honourable Arthur zit.l.eger.
Major John Dc Morgan.
Captain Josiah Marshall.
Captain James Grant.

Lit•ut. Colonel Commandant Robert Bell is removed from all
charge aid command until the pleasure of the Honourable the
Court of Diactors shall be known, but he is permitted to draw
kis regi-itental pay and allowances.
Litt* -Colonel Commandant J. M. Chalmers is removed from
the corn.ltacti of the Subsidiary Force in Travancore.
'The tinder-mentioned Officers are removed from
their Staff Appointments, and ordered to join the
Corps to which they stand attached
I len ,n-ant-Colf.r.el John Cuppage.
Capc,in 1_ M. Countbs.
Thy Governor in Council considers it to he proper to
avail himself of this occasion to correct a misapprt-
h msien, highly lLturre u s in its tendency, which has
at i in the minds of some of the officers of the army
w:,11 regard to the nature of the authot ity of the Go-
vernor in Courxil. This misapprehension appears to
have originated in the General Order published by the
late Command:a in. Chief, on the 28th of January
last, from which it might be inferred that the autho-
rity of the Governor in Council is only of a civil na-
ture, whereas, by the express enactment of the Legis-
lature, the entire Civil and 'Military Government ofl
i,J.O Presidency of lon St. GeoT,e and its dependen.