Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-09
LONDON, October 1.
EAST INDIES.

LONDON, October /.
EAST INDIES.
We are sorry to learn by the following
letter, brought By the vessel Jusi arrived from
Madrass, that the disputes between the CT
yil and military authorities at that prsslden.
cy were not, on the 18th May, terminated
by the removal of General M'Dowal, and
tae suspension of Major Boles (Which hap
pened so long ago as the aist January but
That the dismissal Of officers still continued.
MADRAS, May 10, 1909.
The present dispatch is occasioned by
some serious discomfort which, OF late, has
been manifested by the officers of the coast
army. and which has led TO the suspension
of FIVE ofhigh rank and responsibility, and
of various removals from command and ap-
<poin,mcnts, dare not venture to express
INV aprrehensions of the result OF these
.imoortant proceedings, which have excited
. the greatest agitation in this settlement.
BY the India government Gazette OF May
+, the. 18th, it appears that the most violent dis-
putes existed between the council and the
!. srmy. Several officers some of them OF con-
J siderable rank, are charged with preparing
sedstioa5 paper, purporting to be remon-
4 STRANGE in the name OF the army against the
acts of the government under which It
serves" ana calculated to destroy every
foundation cfdiscipllne, obedience anu hde-
INV" Other officers are accused OF circaiat-
ing inaammatory papers, censuring tnc sus-
pension of MAJOR Boaes, the late deputy adj
iutaut general and ail these proceedings
nre attributed to the example set by the vlo-
lent and incorporate acts of the late COM
mander IL chief" a considerable number OF
officers have been rcbuked or suspended IN
consequence, and among Others, It. colonies
Robert Bell and J. M. Chalmers, have been
removed from their commands lieutenant
: colonel John Cuppage, and captain j. M,
!. Coombs. separated from the staf and
lieutenant colonel the honorable Arthur
St. Leger, major John De Morgan captain
s1osiah Marshall. and captain James Grant,
ordered TO hold themselves IN readiness
10 return to England.-ln short, from
whatever cause these divisions may have
arisen. whether from the late COMMANDER
IN chief having claimed, like his Predec
OrS, seat Ia TIC YHSihA'~''' :,
,lsarpation attempted on the part ct the ar
nay, or refusal of right on the part OF the
council, they appear to be OF most extern.
sive and serious nature. Distance alone
renders the tenure of our East India pos
sessions q precarious one, but at such a time
MS the present, when the genius OF our enc
nv is lurking about them, ready ia take adj
vantage of every incidental weakness We
ought TO render ourselves more lnvu'nefa-
bic than Achilles himself, and not leave
even heel exposed, Vet, alas! the ma,
ton is at this minute distracted IN head, ana
sick at heart, aud the very heads swhich
should he It's safeguard are employed ia
madsy shifting each other.
Another account states, that when the
Virginia sloop, which brought these DIS
matches. left Madras, the dissatisfaction
that had some time existed, caused oy 4
cremation of remonstrance against the
&C, of government, in removing the late
commander in chief, had subsidized that al
was quiet. and that the officers, who mac
preparcd and circulated this paper, were
bv = general order of the governor IN eouh-
cil. Of the 9Th May, TO be sent home by the
aect which was hourly expected to sal. io'
England. The names mentioned are 1noss
above stated, with the addition OF mayor
Boles, namely, colonel ST. Leger, malor'
Beley- ans. De Morgan, and captains Gran
and Marshall.