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disguised character of the revolt ; and
principles of the deliberation on which I
are so plain and manifest in themselves,
lotion might perhaps have been safely tatted is.
tie reflection or delay.
I have not neglected tolook back oneetnieto
origin of these troubles, and I am coon:C*l4.i
peat the sentiments I have already delivend
branch of the subject.—Nothing can`jies*
volt of an army ; but I have been disiptointsil
search even for Circumsbuteesaf antiphon
volt: No injury has, in my apprehension,'
to the army, in any stage of a confer' began
in a factious attach cns Gcnrerrufient,".6:4 .4" in the
necessaryn vi cation of authority, any piruit
liea which might he thought intense."'
military body atjarge, the regular and kgil
course to the ultimate-autlionnei was /ot Ay open,
but was actnally in progress. Seditje usiCombinntion,
therefore, eat* flnd no apology in the case,,heitibtx
punishreenes indicted on indivishial acts of 00,
furnish a just piovecatiOn to general Cancedefacy.
The commission of crimes draws after itr penal-
ties attached to them, and in this process it as Crf.
vertu:nem which is driven to repeat punialiniens and •
multiply restraints by the growth and remotion of
offences—lt. does not lie in the offendthiiiittnhs to
say, that they have been- driven into the commislion
of crimes by the repetition of pimishmenti:
Such however appears to have been the false and
inverted principle by which this contagion has spread
from a partial faction to a general revolt'.
The later excesses 4 the revolted Official:appear
"to have sought a justification, and perhaps in -,,bave
found support, from an error extremely
The necessary, because the only eEeitual means of
defence whieh Government could employ against the
violence with Which it was threatened, have been coo-
vented into arguments of greater violenee, have been
treated as crimes, and as new provocations to that
very rebellion, by which these measures were, them-
selves, rendered indispensable.
On the, other hand, I have examined with snore
than impartiality, that is to say, with an earnest dire
to establish the most favourable conclusions feir the,
Officers of this army, all the circumstances whiai at;•
tended and might be supposed to have influenced the
sudden return of the army to its diity. I am little
, inclined to pronounce an adverse and utAracieus
judgment on that interesting point.
.1 will not, how-
ever, either on this or any other occasion, sacriSce
truth to the indulgence of my personal- disposition
and wishes, and I have to regret that neither the par-
ticular circumstances of the moment, nor the 'specific
information which has fallen under my nhservation,
can warrant as clearly as I wish, the opinion # am
desirous of entertaining, that the rytisluission of the,
army to legal authority may be exansively amnia
to a returning sense of duty, and the mere operation
of public principlc—l am at the same time unwilling
to probe that question more deeply than the occasion
requires, and I am eatirele disposed, amongst the
eucnplicated motives of an action good in itself, to
discern at least the co-oreration of- the worthy and
honourable indttcement. The Janet. sentiment has
iseCheen excluded frotn the considerations on whieh
my judgment hai ben formed, and has been alloyed
a most welcome, at.d acceptable influence on the fugal
measures that have been adopted.
It is not my Vatention to enlarge on the grounds of •
the opinions I have now delivered; and I have touched
upon them ottly for the 'purpose of explaining one df
the principal foundations of my decision—The net
being in themselves hit* Criminal, I have disiol.
vered neiener in the motives that led to them, noel*
the imrhcdiate inditeetnetts to submission, 'Sufficient
-palliati.on to entitle offences so dingernui to our Coun-
try arid the world to simple impunity and pardon.—
Cleix and incapable of doubt as this proposition is, I
have not yielded my implicit, and final assent to it
without a' repeated review of every consideration that
',could oppose that conclusion, nor without many strug-
gles of private sensibility and feeling against the la-
mented consequences which must practically result
from it. Bin these are questions, not 'of private sensi-
aits, but of public trust. I have in charge the dis-
cipline of , future armies the maintenance of that
fixed and immutable principle, that military bodies
are subordinate to the state ; in a word 'the funda-
menial securities of human association. I cannot ex-
clude from my mind the intimate conviction' that'
slit total impunity of revolt under all the ciretrinstal&-,
ces of the present events is not compatible-with thtini
securities ; that the silence of the law, in the case of
arms turned against the Government that give ditefils
of fortresses seized by those who were sMk‘at‘lti
protect them, of troops seduced by the Officers tO
whose better guardianship they were committed, could
be ascribed to no motive, and produce on the minds
of those who should witness it, even from a &thrice,
no impression favourable to obedience and discipline.
Upon what distinction shall we rely hereafter in the
punishment of inferior offenders, and acts of 'minor•
insubordination, when impunity is the estiblishnifl so..
suit of mutiny, in Which the Officers of a wholnettry:
were the actors, and of which their superiors gild com-i
manders have been the ptincipal promoters and
leaders .?-
This painfid argurhent is extorted from me, not
for the purpose aireproach, but to fortify my unwil-
ling judgment in the afflicting but inevitable conclu-
sion, that total impunity is forbidden by every obliga-
tion ot my high trust.
There is yet, I hope, a mitigating principle in the
'most austere exercise of English justice ; that justice,
''which, while it obeys the call of public sareft, is ever
'accessible to the interceding voice of clemency and
'mercy. A lenient and even a tender administration
of justice is at once the boast and prifikgeof our glo-
rious and happy canner.
From its sterner dutitie It must not 'anti** shrink,'
but if I am Prohipted, .by doe lied peopeositios of
oere. human bosons. so infuse isnot the costmetian of
subdusi-offences theinegest gINIINNIMMIIpiIIOt with
the end* of justice, I abaci her but a faliWar roptsca-

some overl act of rebellion or mutiny, such as seizing.,
on fortresses, or public treasure ; actual hostility
against the troops of his Majesty, the Company, or
its allies ; quitting the station allotted to troops with.;
out orders, or the refusal to obey the ordera of
vernment.
This principle of selection would liberate a consi-
derable proporticn of the army; but it would involve
a much gry:ater number than it enters into my views
to exclude from pa. don. •
It it necessary therefore to select from the nuane-
,rous class already described a smaller number, corn-
-prised within a narrower head of distinction.
That selection- is to consist of the Officers in• com-
mand of station, or bodies of troops, Commandants
of corps,, and persons peculiarly distinguished for a
forward and violent part in the most criminal acts or'
proceedings of the army.
The whole of this highly criminal and peculiarly
responsible, but not numerous-class, will most justly
be submitted to a trial by Court Martial.
Bnt as the Courts ;Martial may of necessity be
bound to pass sentences of greater severity than it is
in contemplation to extend without distinction to the
whole number of those submitted to trial, a more
mintite subdivision will yet be made, nod the Officers
in command. of 'garrisons or consideraide bodies of
troop.. will be separated, on the ground of_higher re-
sponsibility, from the Commandants of corps. The
former will be subjected at all events to trail; the
latter will be allowed the option of a trial, or dis-
missal from the service. ', • f
In order that no anxions'inc7tainty may tit:Main
coneeraingthe application' of; iholie sulos of stlsaiion
.'to individual Cases,. the 'names cit all the Officers in-
tended for punishment are expressed in the following,
list. It will be found not to include the Comman-
dants of corps at Secunderabad, although that force
fell too distinctly within the principal selection, not
only on accoant of 'the lead it assumed in the criminal
combination and violent proceedings of the `army,
but as having committed, open mutiny in refusing to
permit. the march of the 2d battalion 10th Regiment
to Goa.
, I hate hotvever thought the crimple, -which that
force was the -first to set to the revolted Officers, of
an-early *return to their duty; and the influence of that
example upon other parts of the army, may be ad-
mitted as a greiundof special indulgence and pardon.
I have omitted looking too narrottly into the va-
riety of possible motives that may be suppoied to
have actuated the senior Offiters.of this force io their
exertions to with:saw it from further resistance to
Government. In my desire to reitore my first esteem
to the Officers of this army, t better and more
honourable inducements maybeillodied' at least their
share in this "commepdable part of their conduct ; and,
in my solicitude to extend the prineiple of clemency
to its utmost allowable bounds; I have deemed the
benefit derived both to the public and to.the army
itself, from the submission of the, Hyderabad force
'sufficiently impoitant to Warrant, even without regard
to Motives or inducements, the extension of indul-
gence to that body. It will' be a signal testimony
that. Government is not unmindful
,o(the services
' which are rendered to it, and that, whileeit is impelled,
only by necessity, to the exercise of it Severer fuse-
dolls, it seizes with satisfaction evetpapportimity to
forgive Odd reward.
LIST OR OfFiCERS TO MC TII D.
to It MILD at couvr-atenTtst.- -* ' •
Lleatteunt-Colonel lona Ist Battalion Ardiber. Senior
omdae dientmanding at Seti4apatim. .11.
Lieutenspi.ceinnel JOUN Dtivarom. tith Raidatett
Commanding a Detacinneta of the Hyderabad Sea y
Force at huhu., *. •
Major Jos era ST•iiiifti to-Battalion 19th Regiment N. I. Senior
Officer Cannailingst'MaselOpatam..
TO SS Tann sir COMIpiIIaItTIPAI., OA DISKIIIStD TN! ILZRTICta
• AT THUR. OPTION.
i'leutetant..Colonel Rolerr Muria°, 2d Battalion 15th Regl-
- tnent-L.Seriagapotalls.
Major D C. ICSNIiY, !a Battalion 19th I.
• parain.
Captain T. F. Da 1-lavn.nne. higineers—Seringapatam.
Captain DEOROZ Canei.a, 12th Ragithent N. I. and Town Ma-
jor--9eringapatarn.
Captain Boca Misr man,lK Battalion sth Regiment, and Cap-
tain F. K. Anent. tut Beta** I.lf h Regiment ;--marched
without ordersfor Chkr.ledroogto Sabel:num. •
Captain A. Arafat's, Madras European Rqinient—Maliall-
patent.
Captain JAIRRI PATTRRSOM, lit Battalion 11th REN/K/
Captain Girona* WAn.ta, let Battalion NU 1101111141111.4111 i.
cacole. -
Captain lamas SADLER, Ist Battalion Bath Regiment-41 Bit.
Captain tiL.. LUSIIINGTON, 4111 Regiment Cavakr—iardis.
Captain A. Mq.son, silt Regiment Caialry--laubta.• •
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- My —.rung the late eventshave beak.;.._.
too dearly pronounced to admit of an amnesty thus: •
general being so fir misinterpreted as to ta in •
question the4ftp sense I 'Continue to entertain of • .
the guilt and the 'danger of those actions to plijek,
this indemnity is granted. It is..not on a price
justification, butof pure i nce, tuswkixed
any other consideration, thiTtiliteave acted on this o& •
OILSKitt. I hiive recollected -the- proneness of our cows,. •
loon name to error.; the dominion of the 'passilien
over reason ; the infieence of rank, authority, aae:•••
talents, over young and feibte st;weir ;" the powers •
of contagion, and the irresistible torrent rot genaalk -
example. I -have considered the small and scarcely,
perceptible degree's by which innocent men are cena
ducted from e first slight transgression, to crimes,
die .enormity 'thof which theireninds would -have ma
volted at, if presented at once to their view.. Tore, •
sist these seductions is the part of sound judgment
and .nanly character. Such efforts are most honour-
able to the distinguished few who are gifted with the
union of these qualities, but they' are, I fear, too rarer
to be required of all. To such considerations the
'extent of the present clemency must be referred.
When the officers included in this act of grace re.
fleet on the happy change kilos operated on that
condition, I am sure then firist sentiments of their
breasts will be those of cleirout and fervent gEatitude.
It is my wish to point these acknowledgments to their
prorer objects.
Next, for
esteem, the

'their :cituntrynten„
durattpn
benedictions

0: country, of u
-"ins' If the accents
~ that force
, eluded from '
_pal selection, not
..ssumed in the crintinal .b an angry
ranee that the
.... proceedings of the army, tween the Gn‘
isittid Open mutiny in refusing to eiall conclude
-.arch nrthe id battalion 10th Regiment -
and safer friend L
. . . errors can ever be.
.ver lliOnglat the crienp7e, -which that
If in thin awful moment I have acquired any title
'=it to set to the revolted Officers, of
to their confidence and attention, let me implore them
heir duty; and the influence of that
to. think leis lightly than it is evident their minds have
Darts of the army, may be ad- •
necial indulgence and pardon.
been accustoned,td do,'ef violating the first, the most
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sacred, and the most characteristic duty of a soldier,
• too narrowly into the va-.
fidelity to the power he serves. Let them thin*
hat may be supposed to
.ft.s of this forc itt their less lightly of turning the arms they have accepted
lin-trait against the Government, which has reposed
further resise
tance to
my first esteem that confidence in their probity. Let this be the
ve
ether and more " e. point of a Noldier's honour—which stamps
'Il.
with infamy every spurious preten a to that surest
-1• at least their .
every pretence which
. is in contradiction .
,duct ; and, . title I primary obligation, and which would ' -
clemency with this
led the strangely and unintelligibly postpone a -first engage-
ment for the performance of legal duties, to a post:a-
-n
m-my .
,ce or and gratuitous pledge to commit crimes. . Let
1 them reflect on the guilt, the dishonour and the peril
exeetplified but yesterday of this false casuistry.
. I intreat them to persuaded, that no man of
honour' at the head of a Government, will ever com-
promise with revolt* and that in every case the con-
flict must be carried to the last extremity. •My seats-
meats on that snbject axe not equivocal, and are. not
sward, assumed 'for this occasion ; they hate been pronoun-
OF 0.. eed long since, and previous to any indications of
it ?Irk troubles on the coast. My fixed and firm principle is,
hie i that the 'utmost evils that can Sew from a contest
egat cis with revolt, and even from defeat, are much inferior
Mug D. to the greater, more permanent, .and' more extw.silhe
sehmea
. : mischief of concession. In such cases- the revoked
'ittEatta party may recede,' and may always do so with ho-
Mamas note, sacrificing nothing but passions and crimes.--
fa
Islrms, The Government against which the revolt is made,
e on
Mimeo, has no option but to maintain the contest, or abandon
iti trust, and fly from its duty.
boah‘ ---''''''serbirs- I My final astd best advice is to
• - - that leads from the beaten track t.
meanour, as if the worst extreme
atrocious guilt Were proposed , '
caner. The widest stride of all ,
. T ---1* guilt. That boundary once passed,
-New l- of crime are shorter and less seer'''
holds his voice from early clams
the first irregular signature, is
beyond that clearly defined line, a.. _ _
danger. With those friendly Suggestions,
by a pure solicitude for the honour and w.
those whom I address, I take lea* even of admo-
nition, and of every other firm of address whiehsan
imply reproof; and purse my mind of every painful
recollection, embrace the happiest-prospect whith is
.now presented 'to my view, by the final termination
of public dis Cord, violence, and trcuble, and the re-
establishment on a firm, and I trust secure and per-
manna basis, of tranquillity and order. , savero.
' By Ordsr of hiseer-Ostswal Gown, emummillme the Army.
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id the general tative of our corntra'o'n i‘overeign and shall but illus. "Waite! as the numbers contained in this aiilinn.
I was entering trate esdezrnielify The netiogal',Ainoter of his pea- choly list have been, by every consideration to which
sr that a re 46" Pia- Piitw:: truly Edglish virsantAiltall
.appeal, if a sense of inviolable duty has permitnedme to lino*, .
taken with lit- any •
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.Ould think that, eithtialki4 'rfication it has-not been without the most Albans agitation
1 ' •1. of perst4tal feelings, ,ir in emu - iharacte. my mind has ever experiencoyf, drat I tape -lidiaed ,
'e5.11461*,6 the tilOck-snitY of Eaglaa4'r may h - ' .too wide my final signature to the order as it now stanch. ,
sen-aini4 tot re- a Scope lo indtilgeacep Aid have Aiii little for' c,ir is with correspondbt satisfaction and joy, I
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Livered tal.thit ' alis, discipline, * '' ,- ._ - • have tw*rn perform the mom grateful ; fileenf'anncius.
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' Y. 11.7--, .-- re' In -pursuance of the tiliWl Alla ....•, S I }Ave zing to every other officer, who has been involved in
Frfatad in my tboeght myself at libertfoi it'cloPt Trteitete to limit any of-the criminal proecedings of the army, since
won in this st- tbe number of punishments, Atace nitpuipity cannot be, the fins of Z.laya. .a general and unqualified anuiesty ;
ions-been acne general ; 'and to mitiose their c1e104t...i0 the omen to the bent& sCoritiCh those officers, who have
t which kegan ettent of Unity, noritothelti......iatil,gi. with the hitlierto declitied'the test, will be admitted on their.
public geed, and the indiwertsihlti-• • •• ofjostiees siguingtliatdeclaration.
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iny pi/n.4 ma -la the execution of this vein < •
~ thisheen neces:, This amnesty isnot granted in the new spirit of
si to Make a small setecilitt '-' _ IF-asi or rotiro pardnia. •It is tendereds% an act,o( q)tal and.
ttereselngto the
d Vgitiumtl.re- • quenct,. ill subject in •a . AtkL 15. es sinctre obliricral it safes:s on the. part. Of Govern- _4 1
i(c4 only open, . die -ye". 'and that such a- - -
~. • ether. Pe-; mentek ailtAimestoratiota 'cif een6denee ind ewe° t- - --#l4"
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244 Maidieto thlertitinst ivill) arc the "kat of its:
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aii4iteitistr can •
:onftadelacy. which to particrlir cases is spiNect to no diffirulty.
I animated' servicebi coidiality, a&vtkrt and fed: ,
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eel diencoeTtich collies from the hefi*aad the eheerf4
!ite it the penal- The first ground of selecti•m: is the coautnissiNt of -- ~, -. ' . is .v. h,...,
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Fajtait Lieutenant C. Hotetason. ht Bittalign Artillery, Se-
dicer Officer of Artiltdry at halm
Ca=tieuteVut G. W.loraetana, HOW Artillery, Senior
of the Covs at halos.
Coital. O. M. Gluon. lit Bectallen loth Itse3meat-.4atetna.
=eoisatPotaass., letbettalien Regtoseaa.-Jendne.
tMAT raaar Unseat, M Battalion 17d: Rezimett—
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ill to point these acknowledgmenti to el*
cts.
r the rc..covety or life, hOnour theft' •
confidence of Government, the •
rymen, and 114 g Lik4o4.friTniti • •
dml4o6f they blessings, their
ns are dne to therfturterblestielgtet
f which I am only the organ.
ccenti of reproof have not beeti entirely
m this, address, they have not been dictat
ry or vindictive mind, and in the full assts-
they will rterks, recur to the intercourse be.
Government anchthe army of the coast, I
ludo with the last admonitions of a eivic
friend than anyitattererof theirpassionsand • •
ever be.

o reject the first step
:k of pmfessionat de•
reme of ripened and
alone to their aecer
1 is from innocence to ,
eased, the gradatiOs
nsible. He whonetßh-
sour, and his pen fiord
safe and blameleis ;
e, all is perplexity and
ugtostions, prompted
Dnour and welfare of