Star.
London, England, 1818-09-12 00:00:00

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EAST INDIA IN-T- ELLIGENCE.

CALCUTTA COVERNMENT GAZETTR, APLTL
Majo -t.ie.iot al Sit David Ochterlory having ar,
rived at t:ie het I-quarters of his Excellency the Most
Noble the 6overoor-General and Commander-in-
Chief, his Lordship availed himself of the Major-
General's presence., to invest him with the. insignia of
the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, in pur-
suance of the :minority and instritc_ions of his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent, signified- to his Lord-
ship by Lord Viscount Sidmouth, tone of his Ma-
jesty's Pr incidal Secret:tries of State.
Friday, the 21th of March, on which day the camp
was ar having been appointed fur the per-
forma:l,T of the ceremony, the Civil Officers in at-
tend tncc on his Excellency the Governor-General.
the ()dicers of the General Staff of the Army, and
the °dicers of the Wily Guard, and of the 2d Bat •
talion• 25th Re,liment of Native Infantry, forming'
his Excellency's escort, were assembled at the Go-
vernor-General's Dnrbar tent, -on the occasion.
• The Nawaub Ahmed Buksh Khan, and the Aumil
of the district, with other local Officers of the Go-
vernment of his Excellency the Vizier, as well as the
Native Oaken of the Body Guatd, and the escort,
were also present.
His Excellency the Governor-General entered the
Durbar teat at one o'clock, preceded by the Secre-
tary to the Governer-Gencral and the Persian Secre,
tary to. tare Government, hearing respectively the
badge and decorations and the Statutes of the Order,
and by the whole of his Lordship's personal Staff.—
Ilk Lordship having taken his seat, Sir David Och-
teelony was introduced by Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle
and Lieutenant-Colonel Young, with the usual forms,
and having advanced to the edge of the carpet on
which the Governor-General's chair was placed, his
Lordship rose and addressed him in nearly the fol-
lowing terms:

" Sin Davin Oturrearonv—l cannot figure to myself any oc-
t-.:lut on which the h;gh hclour rf representing the Prince Re-
g, fr: could le." equally flattering with this ceremony, in which he
has deigne•.l to °rad- that I shall act for his :loyal Person. The
iratruttion has communicated to sue a portion of the warmth
with which the generous mind of his Royal Ilighttess glows at
every opportunity of encouraging any effort that tends to pro.
mote the glory of the British nation ; and I fed cautiously
elevated by the fulfilment of such a duty. You are to receive
the honoun.bL• badge with which I am commissioned to invcst
you as a r.:cogaiti.:,•n of your zdmiratle zeal, and of the advan-
t3Z:s 3a:crud by that zed to your country's Literest. Such a
public acknowledgm,:nt of your professional merit would alone
be EA .:lent matter of pritl.:; yet I have to congratulate you on
what must be still more touching to your laehAts. You have
obliterated a distiu:tion p.inful fur the Oificers of the Honour-
able-Company ; and you have opened the door for your brothers
in arras to`a reward which th.:ir recent display of exalted spirit
and invincZale intrapidity proves could not be more deservedly
attended to the O.icers of any army on earth."
The Gov:Al:or-General then invested Sir David
Ochterlony with the is of the Order, under a
salute of thirteen guns.

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