the Adjutant Gen. of H. M. Forces, returns prepared agreeably to the Form No. 1, laid down in G. O, No. 659, of 28th June 1816, of the men deemed unfit for further service. 7. The officer in command of the details is to have placed in his possession the conditional charges of the invalids, and other documents referrible to the limited service soldiers, and upon his arrival at Fort Wil. liam he will deliver over the same, together with the men destined for the Presidency, and for Madras and Bombay, to the Brigade Major King's Troops. 8. The Major Gen. or officer commanding the Presidency division will be pleased at the proper time to make the necessary application to Government, for passages for the discharged soldiers and invalids destined for Europe, and he will, in conformity with the instructions laid down in G. O., No. 2548, of 13th March 1822, have the accommodation, provisions, &c. &c. allotted for the troops inspected by a committee, whose reports are to be forwarded as therein directed to head-quarters. Officers will hereafter be appointed under instructions with which Major Gen. Dalzell will be furnished, to proceed in charge of the men on the different vessels. 9. Upon the embarkation of the invalids, &c. the Brigade Major King's Troops will forward, through the General commanding the Presidency division, the returns prescribed in G. O. of 28 June 1816. 10. Referring to G. O., Nos. 2398 and 2439 of 4 Sept. 1821, and 26 Oct. of the same year, invalid soldiers of the description therein contemplated are to apply for permission to reside at the Cape of Good Hope or in India, immediately after they shall have been invalided, as no application for that indulgence will be attended to after they leave their corps for embarkation. 11. Commanding officers of regiments are requested to see the instructions laid down in G. O. No. 2082, of 16 July 1820, relative to the quantity of baggage to be brought down by the men, strictly attended to. 12. Their Exc. the Commanders-inChief at Madras and Bombay will be pleased to issue the requisite orders re. ferrible to the time-expired soldiers of regiments under their respective commands, and they will make the necessary arrangements with the Local Governments for the conveyance to England of such as may decline to reinlist, as also for forwarding to their destinations such as may reengage into other regiments than those in which they formerly served. By order of His Exc. the Commanderin-Chief. THOS M MAHON, Col. A. G. MILITARY ORPHAN SOCIETY. Fort William, July 31, 1823.-1. The adjustment of accounts between Govern ment and the Military Orphan Society, on account of the Lower Orphan School, being liable to confusion and arrear, from the practice of Paymasters deducting sums issued for expenditure of the Lower Institution out of stoppages belonging to the Upper, the Hon. the Governor Gen, in Council is pleased to extend the operation of the arrangement made in 1808, viz. 2. All disbursements, whether for arrear of subsistence money due by the regulations of Government and of the Orphan Society to children under the age of four years, or for the expenses of sending children to the Lower School, are no longer in any case to be deducted from the amount of stoppages in the Paymaster's hands on account of the Orphan Society. They are to be incorporated with the accounts of Paymasters respectively, and charged with their proper vouchers, like other disbursements, for direct submission to the Auditor General. 3. In cases where the children, as not belonging to any particular corps, nor being the children of non-commissioned officers and soldiers placed under a specific commissioned officer, may be under the Orphan Committee of the district, the voucher to be required in order to an issue of the subsistence money, is a receipt of the person in immediate charge of each child, attested by the Secretary of the District Orphan Committee. 4. The cases of children whose fathers are under command of a particular officer, will continue to be regulated by the G. O. of Jan. 27, 1821; and when children are to be sent to the school, if the party is to be dispatched from a station at which there is no Orphan Committee, the commanding officer, or his station staff, will, in like manner, attest and authenticate the receipt for necessary advances, directing the party, if it be convenient, to some station at which there is a Committee of the Orphan Society. When the party is to be dispatched from a committee station, the signature of the Secretary to the Orphan Committee is to be taken instead of that of the commanding officer or his station staff; and for the more certain adjustment of the remaining account to be settled at the Presidency with the persons sent in charge of the children, it is ordered, that the Paymaster shall make out, in duplicate, attested copies of the document forwarded to the Auditor Gen. ; one copy to be sent with his monthly dispatch to the Secretary of the Military Orphan Society at Calcutta, and the other to be given to the person sent in charge of the children. GORKA, OR HILL CORPS. Fort William, July 31, 1823.-1. With reference to the G. O. 2d May last, respecting the Invalids of Local Infantry, and to the peculiar situation of the officers and men belonging to the Gorka or Hill Corps, who came over to the British army from that of the Nepaul Government, during the campain of 1815, the limitation of the periods of service with respect to those men who may become superannuated, or unfit for active service, is removed, and the following course will be adopted, 2. Whenever any individuals belonging to the 4 Gorka Battalions, who came over from the enemy in 1815, or were taken into service during that campaign, may become unfit, by age or infirmity, for the more active duties of the corps, they will be transferred into a garrison company, to be formed in each battalion, under the orders of His Exc, the Commander-inChief, and employed solely on the garrison duties of the forts and outposts in the Nepal conquests, heretofore performed by their corps, and considered as stationary. 3. These garrison companies will form a component part of the present establishment of each battalion, and of its aggregate strength, on the same pay or allowances with the rest of the corps. Should a second or a third garrison company be necessary in any of the corps, by an excess of aged or worn-out men, it will be formed on the same principle under His Excellency's orders. 4. Whenever any individuals belonging to the garrison companies of those corps be wholly unfit even for garrison duty, they will be examined by the annual committees, and pensioned wherever they may choose to reside within the British territory, under the same forms and rates as the other Local Infantry. (Vide 5th clause G. O. 2d May 1823.) 5. No part of this regulation is to be applied to the cases of officers.or men enlisted since the campaign of 1815, who must in all cases be subject in every respect to the general regulation above adverted to. (Clauses 1 to 7.) COURTS MARTIAL. Head-Quarters, Calcutta, June 5, 1823. -At an European general court-martial, assembled at Fort-William on Monday, 19 May, 1823, of which Col. Morrison, C. B., H.M.'s 44th regt., was President, Capt. Alexander Conway Dunsmure, of the 1st bat. 10th regt. N.I., was arraigned upon the undermentioned charges, viz. For pursuing a systematic course of disobedience of orders and neglect of duty, from the period of his joining the battalion at Barrackpore, in Feb. 1821, to the present date, and particularly in the following instances: 1st. In absenting himself from his duty and station, without permission, on the 15th and 16th June 1821, notwithstanding similar instances of irregularity had been pointed out to him on previous oc.. casions, which he had promised should not again occur. 2d. In totally absenting himself from, and neglecting all battalion duties, from the 26th Dec. 1822 to the 14th Feb. 1823, without furnishing a medical certificate, or assigning a sufficient reason for such absence; his general habits and conduct during that interval being such as to afford grounds to suppose that his alleged plea of indisposition was not founded on fact. 3d. In persevering in the same course of neglect and disobedience between the 14th and 26th Feb. last, although officially informed that the medical officer who had been directed to visit him had declared him fit for duty, and that his commanding officer expressly required his future attendance at parades; which communication remained totally unnoticed and disregarded. 4th. In absenting himself from his corps and station from the 26th to the 28th Feb. last, without leave, in opposition to the frequent admonitions of his commanding officer, and in violation of his own repeated promises. 5th. In continuing the same line of conduct from the 28th Feb. to the present date, notwithstanding a written pledge given by him to Major Gen. Dalzell on the 10th March promising amendment; such contumacious neglect of duty and breach of promise not being attributable to ill health, a special medical committee, directed to report on his case, having declared him fit for the performance of every duty. 6th. In not complying with battalion orders of 19th March last, directing him to deliver over the 6th battalion company to Ensign Smith, until a second order was issued some days after. 7th. In absenting himself from his corps and company at muster on the 1st of the present month (May), this being the second time of such absence from muster. 8th. For general neglect of duty as Captain of a company, in not personally attending to the internal discipline and good order of two companies under his immediate charge, from the time of his joining the battalion. Such conduct being subversive of good order and military discipline, detrimental to the service, and in breach of the Ar ticles of War. For breach of arrest on the 21st inst. (May), in quitting Calcutta without leave, and failing to appear before the general court-martial assembled to investigate the aforementioned charges on that day. Upon which charges the Court came to the following decision: Finding.―That the prisoner, Captain A. C. Dunsmure, of the 1st bat. 10th regt., is guilty of as much of the first specification of charge as accuses him of absenting himself from his duty and station, without permission, on the 15th and 16th June 1821. That he is not guilty on the second specification. That he is not guilty on the third specification. That he is guilty of so much of the fourth specification as accuses him of absenting himself from his corps and station, without leave, from the 26th to 28th Feb. last. That he is guilty of the fifth specification of charge, with exception to the period between the 17th March and 6th April last, when he was regularly reported sick. That he is guilty of the sixth specification. That he is guilty of the seventh specifi cation. That he is not guilty of the eighth specification. That he is guilty of the additional charge. Sentence.-The Court having found the prisoner, Capt. A. C. Dunsmure, of the 1st bat. 10th regt. N. I., guilty of so much of the original charges as are stated in the finding, and of the additional charge, do sentence him to be cashiered. Approved and confirmed, EDW. PAGET, General, and Commander-in-chief. Capt. A. C. Dunsmure is to be struck off the strength of the 10th regt. N. I., from the date on which these orders may be promulgated at Barrackpore, and placed under charge of the Fort Major of Fort Wiliam. JAMES NICOL Adjt. General of the Army. Fort-William, June 13, 1823. His Exc. the Commander-in-chief having submitted to Government a representation from the General Court-martial, which cashiered Mr. Dunsmure, late a Captain in the 10th regt. N. I., relative to the mental imbecility manifested by him during the trial; the Governor General in Council, in consideration of this circumstance, and with advertence to Mr. Dunsmure's length of service, nearly 22 years, is pleased to grant to him, subject to the approbation of the Hon. Court of Directors, a monthly allowance equal to that drawn by a Captain of Infantry placed on the pension establishment of this Presidency, and payable in the same manner so long as he remains in India. LIEUT. J. D. CARROLL, H.M.'s 86th REGT. Head-Quarters on the River, off Berhampore, July 11, 1823.-At a General Court-martial, assembled at Fort-William on Monday, 23d June, 1823, Lieut J. D. Carroll, of H. M.'s 86th regt., nominally a Captain in H.M.'s 69th regt., under the yet unconfirmed appointment of the late Commander-in-chief in India, and Major of Brigade to the King's Troops at Madras, was arraigned upon the undermentioned charges, viz. For behaving in a scandalous, infamous manner, such as is unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in the following instances: 1st. In having transmitted, through the office of the Secretary to the Government in the Military Department, a memorial to the Hon. the Gov. General in Council, dated 28 May 1823, in which he falsely and fraudulently sets forth, that at the special desire and request of the Governor General and Commander-in-chief, the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings, he compiled a work, by which he had lost the sum of S. Rs. 46,116 12; whilst in his original memorial to Lord Hastings, dated 31 Aug. 1818, which has been found in the office of the Secretary to Govern. ment in the Military Department, his loss on the same account is stated to be S. Rs. 26,416 12. 2d. In having transmitted with the above-mentioned memorial to the Hon. the Governor General in Council, dated 28 May of the present year, and in support of the same, a paper purporting and by him attested, to be a true copy of a memorial, dated 31 Aug. 1818, and addressed to the late Governor General and Commander-in-chief; which paper is not only in itself an imperfect and fabricated document, but also falsely and fraudulently sets forth his loss on the work in question to amount to S. Rs. 46,116 12; whereas in own original memorial, dated 31 Aug. 1818, which has been found in the office of the Secretary to Government in the Military Department, the balance against him is stated to amount to S. Rs. 26,416 12. above-mentioned memorial to the Hon. 3d. In having transmitted with the the Governor General in Council, dated 28 May of the present year, a statement, in which he falsely sets forth the particulars of the expense of the work in question to amount to S.Rs. 71,416 12, the return by subscription and sale to have been S.Rs. 25,300, and the loss to be Sicca Rs. 46,116 12; whereas in an original statement, signed by himself, found in the office of the Secretary to Government in the Military Department, dated 31 Aug. 1818, and sent up with the original memorial to Lord Hastings of that date, the expense of the work is stated at S.Rs. 51,416 12; the return by subscription and sale being in the said original memorial stated to be S. Rs. 25,000, and the loss S.Rs.26,416 12, thereby fraudulently endeavouring to obtain from the "Government a grant or loan to the amount of S. Rs. 19,700, in excess to the claim formerly brought forward of S. Rs.26,416 12. 4th. In having obtained from the office of the Military Secretary to His Exc. the Commander-in-chief a copy of a letter from Lieut. Col. Doyle, Military Secretary to the late Commander-in-chief, dated 22 Oct. 1818, and addressed to Lieut. Col. Young, then Secretary to Government in the Military Department, in which he has, with false and fraudulent intent, erased and altered, or caused to be erased and altered, the figures 26,416 12 to 46,116 12. All and every part of such conduct being in breach of the articles of war. Upon which charges the Court came to the following decision: Finding. After mature deliberation, the Court do find as follows: That Lieut. J. D. Carroll, of H.M.'s 86th regt., nominally a Captain in H.M.'s 69th regt., under the yet unconfirmed appointment of the late Commander-inchief in India, and Major of Brigade to the King's troops at Madras, is guilty of the first specification of charge against him, The Court do find him guilty of the second specification of charge against him. The Court do find him guilty of the third specification of charge against him. The Court do find him guilty of the fourth specification of charge against him. Sentence. Having found the prisoner, Lieut. Carroll, of H. M.'s 86th regt., nominally a Captain in H.M.'s 69th regt. and Major of Brigade to the King's troops at Madras, guilty of the charges exhibited against him, the Court do sentence him to be discharged from His Majesty service. Approved and confirmed, (Signed) EDW. Paget, General and Commander-in-Chief in India. The foregoing order to be entered in the General Order Book, and read at the head of every regiment in His Majesty's service in India. By order of His Exc. the Commanderin-chief, THOMAS MCMAHON, Col. A. G. lic respect and attachment to the Hon. John Adam, on the occasion of his retirement from the office of Governor General of India, a numerous assemblage of the most respectable inhabitants, consisting of members of the civil and military service, the bar, the principal merchants of the city, and others, met in the Town Hall, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, on Saturday, the 9th of August, pursuant to the above. The sheriff shortly addressed the meeting, and Mr. Fergusson being called to the chair, addressed the assembly in an eloquent and animated speech. He commenced by stating, that very few words 'were necessary on this occasion; it would be sufficient to remind them, that they were met there to consider how they might best express their respect and attachment to Mr. Adam, on his retiring from the honourable and elevated post of Governor General. He purposely abstained from speaking on the individual public acts of Mr. Adam's life, but he might say, that he had spent nearly the whole of his life among the inhabitants of Calcutta ; that his life, from its very commencement among them, to the moment in which he had then the grateful satisfaction and happiness of presiding over a meeting convened to afford a tribute to the intervening period, had been passed in the constant and unremitting exercise of his public and private duties. These had been fulfilled to the admiration of the Indian public, in the most excellent, upright, honourable, and unassuming manner; and it would be difficult to point out a better man, or one more justly and extensively beloved. Of such a character it was needless to say much; every one who heard him knew that it was impossible to speak too highly of the manner in which he had executed his public and his private duties; and it was indeed to him a source of the highest gratification, to be called upon to propose a public mark of respect and esteem to such a man; whose purity of heart, and sterling public worth entitled him to the highest consideration in the power of the meeting to bestow. From his having so passed his life among them, they were well qualified to judge of his merits; for his own part, he firmly believed that British India owed the major part of its present prosperity to the arduous exertions, the indefatigable attention to duty, and the strict integrity which had distinguished Mr. Adam in the execution of the duties of the various and responsible situations which he had filled. He would say further, that he firmly believed that, in every public act of his life, he had been influenced by none but the very best intentions, and felt assured that it was the lot of very few men to be esteemed and beloved as was that excellent and admirable man. In unassuming benevolence, sound judgment, purity of heart, he was surpassed by no man, and he (the learned chairman) was justly proud of his friendship. It was to such a character as this that the people of India would always be anxious to bear public testimony, and a set of resolutions had been drawn up to that effect. In his opinion these ought to be plain-the plainer, indeed, the better. The first resolution embodied the opinion of the meeting as to the propriety of some public mark of esteem being paid to Mr. Adam; the second determined the best method of carrying the first into effect. For his own part he thought, but certainly his opinion was entitled to little weight, that a full-length portrait, to be kept in some public place at Calcutta, among the public who have witnessed the conduct of which they now are desirous of recording their unqualified approbation, would be the most proper. He accordingly moved the following resolutions : Resolved-1. That it is the opinion of this meeting that some public and permanent testimony should be given of the high respect and esteem entertained by the British Inhabitants of Calcutta, for the public character, and talents, and private virtues of the Hon. John Adam, late Governor General of India. 2. That in order to carry into effect the preceding resolution in the most suitable manner, a committee be appointed to wait upon Mr. Adam, and request that he will be pleased to sit for a full-length portrait, to be placed in some conspicuous public situation, as a permanent memorial of his public services and private worth. Mr. Hogg, in a speech replete with feeling and eloquence, seconded the motion. He felt perfectly assured that the resolutions just read from the chair embodied the feelings and sentiments of all classes of people in this country; and if it had been simply read, unaided by the forcible eloquence and talents of the learned chairman, it would still have been unani. mously carried. Indeed this was the last place for any thing like contention on admitted facts; they might indeed contend on mere matters of doubt, as to the most eligible method of conveying the sentiments contained in the resolutions, but when they assembled for the purpose of paying a deserved tribute to acknowledged worth, to the most unlimited benevolence, and to the strictest integrity, it was impossible to admit a tiresome and tedious discussion. He had had the happiness to to know Mr. Adam for a long period, and believed in his conscience that a more benevolent man never existed. As to his talents, from the long period in which he had been before the public, they must be known to all his hearers; and the next thing to possessing great talents, was the possessing a mind capable of appreciating them, and rendering them a just tribute. Indeed, on such occasions as these, when paying a tribute to a great and a good man, they could not but feel themselves ele. vated above the common level; and that such was the character of Mr. Adam must be known to all. He had arrived in this country at a very early period of his life: indeed he may be said to have passed from boy to manhood here. He had gone through the regular grades of the service, until he was called on to rule over the millions subject to the sway of this Government. They had not met to deliberate on the conduct he had pursued while in that capacity; but to pass a resolution which should convey the respect, esteem, and regard they entertained for him. One very gratifying feature on this occasion was, that they had not assembled to perform the painful task of bidding adieu to the object of their veneration; he was yet to reside among them for some time; and his future conduct would undoubtedly retain, and if possible increase, the feeling that day evinced to do honour to his character; and when the painful hour arrived in which he was to quit the land, where his virtues and his talents had been blessings to all, they could again meet, and more fully and amply convey the sentiments and feelings of their hearts. When he (Mr. H.) first landed in India, he heard the name of John Adam united to every thing that was great, good, and amiable-he thus learned to venerate the man, though unknown to him; and a knowledge of him has only had the effect of convincing him of the justness of the association. You, gentlemen, said the eloquent speaker, are now met to offer a public proof of your respect and esteem for this great and good man; and, however valuable such a tribute is and must be, it still does not reach the private testimony of the heart, which in its inmost recesses pays a tribute to worth and talents beyond the power of public expression. But I am about to commit the fault I have deprecated; I shall therefore close, by giving my unqualified support to the plan proposed from the chair, and by expres |