minds of the company's officers a sense of the impropriety of their conduct, published to the army the dispatch from the supreme government, dated the 21st of May last, which contained an entire approval of the measures of the government of Fort St. George, and stated the most forcible and conclusive arguments against the system of faction and illegal combination which had been introduced into the coast army. This solemn decision of the supreme authority in India, has also proved to be ineffectual; the officers at Hydrabad, although they knew the sentiments of the supreme government, refused, in a body, in a letter to their commanding officer, dated the 8th of July, obedience to the orders of government, for the march of a battalion from Hydrabad, adding, as a threat, that its services might soon be useful to their cause; and have since forwarded to the government, in a paper, dated the 21st of July, the conditions on which they are willing to return to their duty, and which they require the government to accept, in order to avert the impending awful evils; evils that can result only from their own criminal determination to place themselves in the situation of enemies to their country. The conditions on which those officers presume to state that they will yield obedience to the national authorities, afford further proofs of the nature of their designs, for they demand the public revocation of the general orders of the 1st May; the restoration to their rank and appointments of all officers removed by this government, however obnoxious and criminal the conduct of those offices may have been; the dismission from office of the officers of the general staff, who may be supposed to have advised the government to the trial by a general court martial of the officer commanding Masulipatam, who was arrested by his own disobedient officers; and, finally, an amnesty for the conduct of the company's army. The garrison of Masulipatam have placed themselves in a state of rebellion, the troops of Seringapatam and Hydrabad, have followed their example, and it has been ascertained that the military authority entrusted to commanding officers has been usurped by self-constituted committees; and that an organized system of combination, for the purpose of subverting the authority of the government, has been established. throughout the greatest part of the army of this establishment.

"The governor in council perceives, in the foregoing course of proceedings on the part of European officers of the company's army, which has equally resisted measures of forbearance and punishment, a determined spirit of revolt that must, unless speedily repressed, produce the most fatal consequences to the constitution and authority of the government and the interests of the nation. No means compatible with the honour and

authority of the government have been omitted to recal the company's officers to a sense of their duty as soldiers, and of their allegiance as British subjects. The forbearance displayed by the government, under circumstances of aggravated indignity, demonstrate the satisfaction with which it would have regarded any disposition on the part of the company's officers to manifest the usual obedience required from all soldiers. No disposition, however, of that nature has appeared; on the contrary, those officers, by a systematic course of aggression and insubordination, have forced the government to adopt measures of the most decided nature for the support of its authority.

"The governor in council would be guilty of a most criminal desertion of his duty and the cause of his country, if he were capable of compromising the evils of sedition and mutiny by a submission to the menaces of a body of men, placed by the law under his government. Such a course of proceeding would prostrate the authority of the state before a disaffected and seditious faction; it would effectually incapacitate this and every succeeding government from executing the functions of administration, and would be fatal to the prosperity of the empire in India, by affording an example of successful opposition to authority, and by weakening the power and dignity of the government, which, in this country, are peculiarly essential to its existence. Influenced by these considerations, the governor in council has considered it to be his sacred duty to resist every appearance of concession to the threats of insubordination and faction, and to employ the power and means at the disposal of the government for the restoration of its discipline and the maintenance of its honour and authority.

"In this state of affairs, it is a source of the most gratifying reflection, that zeal, loyalty, and discipline of his Majesty's troops, and of many of the most respectable officers of the company's army, combined with the fidelity generally manifested by the native troops, will enable the government to accomplish the important object of re-establishing public order. The good conduct of his Majesty's troops during the dissensions that have occurred, their zealous adherence to duty, the preference which they have manifested to the principles of honour, virtue, and patriotism, over the personal views and disorderly passions which prevailed around them, reflect the greatest credit on their character, and demonstrate that they are animated by the same ardent love of their country, which has distinguished their brother soldiers in Europe. His Majesty's troops under this government will possess the gratifying reflection of having deserved the approbation and gratitude of their country, and of having eminently contributed to the preservation of an important branch of the empire.

"The governor in council entertains a hope that the company's officers, who have threatened the government of their country with the most serious evils, who have demanded, as the condition of being faithful to their duty, the execution of measures degrading to the character, and fatal to the interests of the State, will pause before they attempt to proceed further in the course of sedition and guilt which they have pursued. It has been the earnest wish and anxious desire of the governor in council to avoid measures of extremity, to re-establish order by the course of the law, and to give up to military trial the author's of the present seditious proceedings. In prosecution of measures so consonant to justice, so necessary for restoration of discipline, and so conformable to the ordinary course of military government, the governor in council is persuaded that he shall have the concurrence of all persons in the civil and military services, who have not banished from their minds every sentiment of national feeling; and he exhorts the officers of the company's service, by submitting to that course of measures, to avert the evils which they are precipitating upon themselves. Such a result, gratifying at any period, would, at the present moment of national difficulty, be peculiarly acceptable to the view and feelings of the governor in council; and, adverting to the zeal and patriotism by which the officers of the company's army have been distinguished, he still encourages a hope, that by manifesting obedience to the government, they will obviate the adoption of measures of extremity, arrest the certain consequences of their past conduct, and promote the restoration of general confidence, order, and discipline.

"By order of the honorable the governor in council,

(Signed) "A. FALCONAR."

"BY GOVERNMENT.-GENERAL ORDERS. "Fort St. George, August 18. "The governor in council has received intelligence that the troops at Chittledroog, consisting of the first battalion of the 6th and 5th regiments of Native infantry, seized, in the latter end of July, the public treasure at that station, deserted the post entrusted to their care, and, in obedience to orders which they received from a committee who have usurped the public authority at Seringapatam, marched on the 6th instant to join the disaffected troops in that garrison, plundering the villages on their

route.

"The British resident, and the officer commanding in Mysore, prohibited, in the most positive terms, the advance of

the troops from Chittledroog, and demanded from their European officers a compliance with the resolution of the governor in council of the 26th ult. by either declaring that they would obey the orders of government according to the tenor of their commissions, or withdrawing, for the present, from the exercise of authority.

"The officers having refused to comply with his requisition, and having persisted in advancing towards Seringapatam, it became unavoidably necessary to prevent by force their entrance into that garrison.

"In the contest which ensued, a detachment from the British force, under the command of lieutenant-col. Gibbs, aided by a body of Mysore horse, and one battalion of the 3rd regiment of Native infantry, entirely defeated and dispersed the corps from Chittledroog.

During this affair a sally was made by the garrison of Seringapatam on lieutenant-col. Gibbs's camp, but was instantly driven back by the piquet and the 5th regiment of cavalry, under the command of Capt. Bean, of his Majesty's 25th dragoons, in charge of that regiment.

"Nearly the whole of the rebel force was destroyed, while one casualty alone was sustained by the British troops, lieutenant Jefferies, of his Majesty's 25th regiment of light dragoons, having zealously offered his services to carry a flag of truce, which lieutenant-col. Gibbs, anxious to prevent the effusion of blood, was desirous of dispatching to the rebel troops, was slightly wounded in the execution of that duty by a volley fired under the express command of an European officer.

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"While the governor in council participates in the feelings of sorrow that must have been experienced by the British forces, in acting against the rebel troops, and deeply laments the unfortunate but imperious necessity which existed for that ceeding, he considers it to be due to the conduct of the British forces to express his high admiration and applause of the zeal, firmness, and patriotism which they displayed on that most interesting occasion.

"Their conduct affords a further proof of the superior influence in their minds of the principles of virtue, honour, and loyalty, over every other consideration, and eminently entitles them to public approbation. Lieut.-col. Gibbs, lieut.-colonel Adam, major Carden, capt. Bean, and lieut. Jefferies, availed. themselves of the opportunities offered to them, on this occasion, of serving their country.

"The governor in council is also happy to distinguish the zeal and loyalty displayed by the 5th regiment of Native cavalry,

the 1st battalion of the 3rd regiment of Native infantry, and the Mysore troops, who all manifested an eager desire to perform their duty. The Mysore horse, on one occasion, put the column of the Chittledroog troops to flight, and took two guns and both the colours from one of the battalions; a memorable proof of the weakness of men acting in the worst of causes.

"That a body of British officers should deliberately disobey the orders of their government-seize the public treasure under their protection-abandon the post entrusted to their chargemarch to join a party of men in open opposition to authorityplunder the dominions of a British ally, and finally bear arms against their country, must excite grief and astonishment; but the conduct of these officers in urging the innocent men under their command, who had the most powerful claims on their humanity and care, into the guilt and danger of rebellion, constitutes an aggravation of their offence that cannot be contemplated without feelings of the deepest indignation and sorrow. "The governor in council is very far from wishing to aggravate the misconduct of these deluded and unhappy men; but he earnestly hopes, that the example of their crimes and their fate will still impress on the minds of the officers who have joined in their plans a sense of the danger of their situation, and the propriety of endeavouring, by their early obedience and future zeal, to efface the deep stain which has been cast on the honour of the Madras army.

"In announcing to the native troops the distressing event, described in this order, the governor in council must express his concern, that any part of the native army should be so far deluded by misrepresentation, and so lost to a sense of the obligation of fidelity, honour, and religion, as to act against the government which has so long supported them.

"The general order of the 3rd instant, and the conduct that has been observed towards the native troops at the Presidency, the Mount, Vellore, Trichinopoly, Bellary, Gooty, and Bangadore, must convince the whole Native army of the anxiety of government to promote their welfare, and save them from the dangers into which they were likely to be plunged.

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vernor in council still places the greatest confidence in the fidelity and zeal of the Native troops, and is convinced that they will not willingly sully the high reputation which they have so long enjoyed, by joining in the execution of plans that must end in their disgrace and ruin.

"The governor in council trusts the unhappy fate of the Chittledroog battalions, who allowed themselves to be engaged