The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-03-07 00:00:00

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The merits of General Ciwritirt, the Adjutant-
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Genera!, are exactly of a similar description. We
find him first a Lieutenant is the ;:Ski Regiment,
afterwards Captain in tho 4stb, where, falling
into thesunshine of the Duke of YOuti's favour, he,
as utile!, was manufactured into a Lieut.-Col. of
fluards, and has ever since been in possession of
every thing he could wish.—Sir DAVID DUNDAII
experiences daily, to his mortification, the iron rod
with which General CALVERT rules the Horse-
Guards—nor dares he resent the insolence with
which this proud upstart treats him, well know-
ing the authority he has, and that he himself pos-
sesses, indeed, but the shadow of command, while
the substance is in the hands of these, his
subordinates !

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I will not tire your Royal Highness with a con.
tinuation of this disgusting detail—the time will
come when these things must be reformed—the
lianour of the army requires it—justice, and an
enraged country, will demand it. A most lament.
able instance of the manner in which the adminis.
tr2.tion of military affairs ia conducted, appears in
the following melancholy detail :—Captain Payne,
late oldest Captain of the 45th Regiment, has been
in Alm service from his earliest youth ; Ae has been
nearly ten years Captain, and was the Oldest of
that rank in' his regiment; ho his bi'evs-est:4o.
the West Indies, and went through allahe Miseries
and fatigues attendant on actual warfare in that
horrid and fatal climate. Under the command of
the brave Gen. WitimocKe, at Buenos Ayies,
he had the misfortune, while most gallantly lead-
ing a detachment of the regiment into the hottest
part of the action, to be most dreadfully and
dangerously wounded, receiving two balls through
his body, one of which perforated his lungs—he
was taken up for dead, by the enemy, apd Me
life was with difficulty preserved—his baggage wee
entirely lost, and he returned to England in the
most melancholy plight the imagination can con-
ceive ;—how has he been rewarded ? Mr.
Surgeon-General, and one of the Medical Board,
absolutely refused to issue to this brave but un-
fortunate Gentleman the usual allowance for
officers in his situation ! neither has he been able
to obtain a shilling for his baggage, all of which
was captured by the enemy. Thus, after linger.
ing at death's door in such a state of existence as
to render life hardly worth possessing, Le has
now, from absolute disgust at the treatment he
has received (although, as before stated, still the
oldest Captain of his reguitent, no notice having
been taken of his gallantry, no promution awarded
him for his wounds !), been obliged to s. ll out of the
army, merely to preserve for 4is tamily the purchase
money of his commissions, which other% ise ntifht
have been probably in a short time, wiet INS
cellent young in eilih% men
Shame! is this the way to trelt gallant soldiers
who have. shed their best blood in the service of
their country ?—and this too, while Sir DAVID
DuNnas, Colonel of the 2d Dragoons, Colonel
of the 95th Regiment, Governor of Chelsea Hos.
pital, Commander in Chief of the Army, &c. &c.
&e. ABSOLUTELY Oen. Lies utenant-Colqael soLn
OLT OF THE ARMY; and yet we SCC the appoint.
milts he is nevertheless permitted to hold.
ablirour Royal Highness will not have occasion
6 have fresh instances of oppression and

cruelty thrown Into your view; to be Con.l
vinccd of the wretched was' in which the corn
mind of the army is conducted. It is a ,fact,
deeply to be deplored, that much of this is
to be attributed to the Duke of Yong—his tin.
cooquerable love Of pleasure hai been his hiee:
Virhile your Royal Ilighniss was enduring the vi.
cissitudes of suffocating hut, and extreme cold,
burning under the vertical sup of the West Indies,
or braving the snows Of Canadian Amadei, the
Duke of lOR was revelling in all the ltiSuries
this country could produce; and looking fur fol..
lowers and friends in the very refuse of society !
I have ti.espaised Coniidetahly on yonr Royal
Highness's Valuable time: with the indUlgetsie of
the Editor, I shall again have the honour to id..
dreis you; when, I am confident, I shall produce
such damning procife, such glaring instducesi Of
malieriation, at shill convince the most sceptical,
that without an inimadiaite; and radical Reform,
the honour, energy, and character of the British
Army, is on the point of being lost for ever!
l'etl Mall, Feb. 28.
Extract of a letter from Vises, dated PO. 21..
'' Siriee I wrote you lia reunib,Lord WELLimi.
Torn *his resurned, and . the idea of advancing is
totally given 'tip. The frenEll, it is understood,
have chew,' themselves before Almeida to the num.
her of 13.000 eten ; and before I.ladajot, to the
amount of 1,000; these, however, can only be
considered as their advanced guards. General
HILL, has advanced from the neiehboerhood of
Ab'rantes to Purtalegro, and the kith regiMent of
light dragoous arc to be at Tondella, three leagues
in our rear, today. The weather is become cold
and dry again. The Clyde frigate is arrived here
Kith specie, which was very much wanted, arse
pay for every thing in cash, and that too at. a
very enormous rate. Our army is not strung
in point of numbers, as it was previously to the
battle of Talavera. At Elves the sick amount to
nearly 1200.".

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'he Committee on the Scheldt Expedition, last
night, eilantincci Mi. litysittisou, itt his plead(
Capt. JONES, Lieut.-Colonel SoNTAa, Colonel
Mosnitw, Mr. ROBERT KEATS, Surgeon) Ike
Surgeon-General Sir K. KEirs (re.tramined),
and Dr. Wait:. We understand, that Mr.
,TIER•
NET wi hed the Inquiry to be resumed as to-day.
Lprd CASTLENEACII objected, to tbis, stating as
his ice:tots, that Gen. I,3nositrittoo, whom the
Committee intended to eitamitie, was confined by
the gout ; but he thought the General would be
able to attend' eu Monday, till which day he pro.
posed to adjourn the Inquiry. This, we bidieve,
was agreed to.. -
Mr. RYDER has appointed. Mr. Gouiluao•°"'
of the Under Secretaries of State in the Lima Do.
Liniment.