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ins their surprise and dissatisfaction 

 on the nomination, by the lieutenant- 

 colonel, of a stranger to a vacant 

 commission." Tliese resolutions 

 ■ncrc submitted for the opinion of 

 Iiis majesty; and the king desired 

 Mr. Yorketo Tvritc to Lord Teign- 

 niouth, the lord lieutenant of the 

 county, to express his perfect ap- 

 probation of Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Tierney's conduct, and his concern 

 that the company should entertain 

 so erroneous an opinion of the terms 

 on which the tender of their ser- 

 vices was accepted ; it never having 

 been his majesty's intention that the 

 vacancies which might happen 

 amongst the officers of corps should 

 be filled up in the manner which has 

 been supposed. It adds, " The 

 corps once being established, his 

 majesty expects that your lordship, 

 as vice-lieutenant in the county of 

 Surry, will recommend proper per- 

 sons to fill up the vacancies as they 

 may arise among the officers, in the 

 full confidence that the command- 

 ing officer of the corps will from 

 time to time be consulted as to the 

 merits and qualifications of such 

 persons as may have pretensions to 

 succeed." Lord Teignmouth com- 

 municated this letter to the corps ; 

 and farther observed, that it is his 

 majesty's pleasure that the^serviccs of 

 those individuals, who shall adhere 

 to resolutions so adverse to a pro- 

 per subordination, shall be discon- 

 tinued ; in Mhich case he requested 

 them to deliver up their arms, See. 

 These letters being read at the head 

 of the regiment, the 3d company 

 still persisted in their objections. 

 They thought the letters of too seri- 

 ous a nature to be answered in a 

 few minutes, and wished to have an 

 opportunity of considering them. 

 The company was then ordered to 



be suspended until some future de- 

 termination of the question. ]'ach 

 man went individually to the cap- 

 tain's house, and lodged his arms; 

 it being their determination not to 

 disband, if possible, but to hold 

 themselves in readiness to answer any 

 call which the country may have 

 upon them. The liglit infantry 

 company has also been suspended ; 

 and the 3d company have come to 

 the determination of not returning 

 without gaining the exercise of what 

 they conceive to be their just privi- 

 leges. They deny ever having heard 

 Mr. Tie^n(^y say, that after the re- 

 giment was formed he w ould allow 

 of no farther elections by the corps, 

 27th. A bill was filed by Lady 

 Augusta Murray, in the court of 

 chancery, against his R. H. the 

 Duke of Sussex and Mr. Coutts, 

 praying, among other things, that 

 the defendant, Mr. Coutts, might be 

 restrained, by an injunction of the 

 court, from paying to his Royal 

 Highness the Duke of Sussex a sum 

 of 4,0001. per annum, part of an 

 annual pension of 12,0001. settled 

 upon his royal liighness ; and which 

 sum of 4,0001. had been settled by 

 deed upon Lady Augusta, in consi- 

 deration of her educating and main- 

 taining the children slie already had, 

 or might have, bj'' his royal high- 

 ness. It also stated, thatT^Iv. Coutts 

 received the 12,0001. under the au- 

 thority of a power of attorney from 

 the Duke of Sussex, who was at 

 present at Lisbon, and out of the 

 jurisdiction of the court. The mo- 

 tion was resisted, upon the ground 

 that Mr. Coutts was merely autlio- 

 rized to receive this money under a 

 letter of attorney, and accountable 

 to Ids constituent alone for the ap- 

 plication of it. The lord chancel- 

 lor said, that he never recollected a 



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