in opposition to their government, will have the effect of prevailing on any other part of the Native army from suffering themselves, under any circumstances, to be placed in a situation adverse to their duty and allegiance.

"The governor in council avails himself of this occasion to express, in the most public manner, his high sense of the zeal, moderation, energy, and ability displayed by the government of Mysore, and by the British resident and commanding officer, during the transactions that have recently occurred in that country. The British resident and the commanding officer in Mysore did not permit the adoption of coercive measures until every means of expostulation and forbearance had been exhausted, and until they were compelled to embrace the alternative of employing force, in order to prevent the most fatal evils to the cause of their country.

"The governor in council requests, that the honourable Mr. Cole and lieutenant-colonel Davies will be pleased to accept the expression of his highest approbation and thanks, for the moderation, firmness, and ability, which they manifested on this unprecedented and distressing occasion.

"A. FALCONAR, "Chief Secretary to Government."

"GENERAL ORDERS, BY THE HON. THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

"Fort St. George, Aug. 30.

"A report has been received by the governor in council from the officer commanding in Mysore, stating, that the troops which composed the garrison of Seringapatam surrendered at discretion, on the 23d instant, delivered up their arms, and proceeded to the stations in Mysore allotted for their residence.

"It has been ascertained that the Native troops which proceeded from Chittledroog were entirely ignorant of the real design of their officers, and marched under an impression, produced by their officers, that his highness the rajah of Mysore had commenced hostility against the British government, and attacked the Fort of Seringapatam. The appear ance of the Mysore horse confirmed this opinion in the minds of those troops, and when they found in the contest before Seringapatam, which was begun by the Mysore horse, that the British force acted against them, they abandoned their

arms, and endeavoured to save their lives by flight. It appears that a considerable number escaped into the Fort of Seringapatam.

"This explanation is due to the general conduct of the native troops under this government, who, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, manifested a fidelity and attachment to the state that reflects great honour on their character.

"The governor in council was persuaded, that it was only by deceiving the native troops that they could be misled from their duty, and their conduct, in every situation where they had an opportunity of being more acquainted with the true situation of affairs, justifies the high opinion which he entertained of their zeal and fidelity, and entitles them to the approbation and thanks of the government.

"The governor in council greatly ascribes the early termination of the disturbances in Mysore to the vigilance, energy, and talents of the acting resident, the honourable Arthur Cole, and the commanding officer in Mysore, lieut.-colonel Davies, and he judges it proper again to express his high sense of the important services which they have rendered to the interests of their country in India.

By order of the honourable the governor in council,

(Signed)

"A. FALCONAR, "Chief Secretary to Government.

"By order of major-general Gowdie, commanding the army.

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"J. H. PEELE, "Secretary to Government."

"TO THE HON. SIR GEORGE BARLOW, BART, K, B. "SIR, We should be wanting in the first principles of duty to our country and ourselves, both as subjects and soldiers; and we should be insensible to the just feelings of honour, Fatriotism, and loyalty, were we longer to remain silent, or abstain from addressing you; indeed, the moment has arrived, when it has become a bounden and a sacred duty for us to come forward, and with one voice, deny those unjust impu. tations upon the character of the company's officers which have been industriously disseminated through the channel of the public prints; and to convey to you, Sir, such an explicit declaration of our principles, that, on a future day, when the circumstances of this awful and eventful crisis shall

be submitted to the solemn investigation of our country, we may appeal to a faithful record, and challenge the testimony of this address.

"It would be vain for us to attempt to describe the sensations of honest indignation with which we have perused the documents circulated in the public Gazette, or the sentiments of regret, with which we perceive, that some of our countrymen, and fellow subjects, have received an impression, that the officers of the company's service entertain designs repugnant to their first duties as subjects and servants of the state; and that, under such impression, they have been induced to express a sentence of unqualified condemnation.--But, that you, Sir, should avow such a belief, and ascribe to the officers of the honourable company's army a deliberate, premeditated design to subvert the government, to claim the surrender of its authority, and throw off their allegiance to their King and country, is what we cannot read without sentiments of indescribable horror and surprize..

"With emotions of equal horror have we read that these sentiments, and a more extensive charge of positive rebellion have been promulgated from the awful bench of justice; such a charge, and armed with such authority, demands the most solemn and most public vindication.

We have not forgotten, Sir, that we are British subjects, the children of the happiest country, and the most g'orious constitution in the world; nor have we ever entertained a thought at variance with the purest and most sacred principles of loyalty, allegiance, and fidelity. Our bosoms still glow, Sir, with enthusiastic attachment to our beloved King and country, in whose service and for whose interests, we are ready to shed every drop of our blood; not less, is our fidelity to the East India Company, nor our respect and obedience to their governments

in India. We have never claimed the surrender of the authority of the government, or aimed at trampling down those first principles of duty and obedience, which we know to be solemn and primary obligations. We appeal to our services and character. Is it probable that the officers of the company's army, many of whom have passed the best portion of their lives in the service, should entertain the mad project of subverting that power they have shed their blood to establish and

secure.

"No, Sir, such a thought never occurred! The company's officers have sought no immunities, we have asked from you only these rights which, as Britons, we derive from our birth,

the protection of the laws of our country, and the impartial administration of British justice! These are the privileges we have hitherto enjoyed, these are the claims we have made upon you, and which the government has denied to us; and it is this denial of those sacred unalienable rights, secured to us by our constitution, that has agitated the minds of the company's officers, and driven them to despair.-You, Sir, have justly stated, that there is a principle of national feeling and attachment inherent in Britons, which cannot be eradicated. We feel the truth of this observation, and it is that ardent attachment to the laws and liberties of our native country, which warms our hearts, and which has raised the voice of every one amongst us, to call upon you to secure to us their uninterrupted enjoyment and protection.

"Had we not been bereft of those our dearest privileges, had not those sacred rights, for which our ancestors bled, been torn from us, not a murmur of discontent would have been heard in the company's army; not an expression discordant with the strictest rules of respect and obedience. If you will revert to the period, Sir, when you assumed charge of the government of this presidency, your candour will acknowledge, that you found the army in a state of perfect obedience and tranquillity, and in such a state it continued till the moment, when the constitutional rules of our order were infringed, the ordinary and established tribunals subverted, and summary severe punishments inflicted, without trial or invesgation.

"Far be it from us, to remark on the conduct of government; but it is not inconsistent with just and proper respect, in our present extraordinary situation, to shew the effects which were produced, and which gradually led to that insupportable irritation that has, at length, unhappily terminated in extremes, which we deplore equally with every member of the govern

ment.

"We wish not to trespass on your attention, but, at this awful moment, when a general unqualified calumny is gone abroad; when our loyalty, our allegiance, and our national attachment is called in question, and becomes the theme of public reproach; when the newspapers of the day proclaims our misfortunes, and our degradations, it would not become us to be silent.

"We hesitate not to say, that misrepresentations have been too successfully employed, and that prejudices have been adopted unfavourable to our principles and conduct.

"It will be unnecessary to enter into a detail of our serious wrongs at present; but we cannot pass over the deepest wound inflicted on the army ;-the order of the 1st of May; the effects of which may be lamented to the last hour that the British influence exists in India. In this order many of the most respected and most valuable officers were disgraced, punished, and suspended from the service, not only without trial or investigation, without hearing or defence, but without knowing their accusers, or even their crime. In vain did these officers seek and implore a trial: This indulgence was not only denied to them; but the vindication they offered was either rejected, neglected, or suppressed. It was known to the army that many of these officers were absolutely innocent of the charges for which they had been punished, and had it in their power to substantiate their exculpation upon the clearest and most unequivocal testimony. Yet, not only redress, but even hearing was denied to all their entreaties, and the serious imputations against them, the sentence of their punishment, and a general impeachment against the coast army, was circu lated to the world in the public journals of the day. Can it, then, be wondered, that general discontent should follow, that alarm should be excited, and that every individual should consider himself in danger of falling a victim to secret calumny or suspicion? It appeared to the army, that a deliberate system existed to subvert the right of trial, and it was feared that it would ultimately tend to degrade an honorable profession into an abject and disreputable servitude

"How well founded those apprehensions were, we will not enquire. As subjects of Great Britain we can never forget the rights to which we are born, and which we do not forfeit, because we are soldiers.--But we cannot more forcibly describe our feelings, than by referring to the just and emphatic declaration of our most gracious sovereign, on a recent occasion, when he says, And I must remind you, that it is inconsistent with the principles of British justice, to pronounce judgment without previous investigation.' And if we needed a further illustration of the grand fundamental maxims of our constitution, we shall find them elegantly stated, in the following words of an exalted and learned character,-who says,~' He called upon them for what every British subject had a right to, and ' which no British man could refuse; he called upon them to suspend proceedings which might have the effect of condemning without a trial; and, before judgment, to hear such evidence as was required for the ends of justice, by