On the 9th of November, 1816, the following address was presented to Sir Thomas Maitland :

"To his Excellency Sir Thomas Maitland, Lord High Commissioner, Governor of Malta, &c.

"The undersigned, penetrated with sentiments of gratitude and admiration which they owe to your Excellency, and desirous to avail themselves of the happy circumstances in which your Excellency returns to this country to promote the felicity of these rising States, have proposed to offer such a testimonial as shall at once convey a merited homage to your Excellency, and an historical emblem to posterity.

"The undersigned, being charged by their colleagues with the honor of making known to your Excellency the wishes of their hearts, venture to entreat that you will be pleased to accept this feeble tribute of their respect and their devotion.

"With the most profound respect,

"Your Excellency's most humble and obedient Servants, (Here follow five signatures.)

"Corfu, November 9, 1816."

"The undersigned, inhabitants of Corcyra, are penetrated with the purest and most lively joy on the happy return of His Excellency Sir Thomas Maitland, Lord High Commissioner, for whom they profess the most respectful devotion, and through whose noble and beneficent measures the felicity of the United States of the Ionian Islands will be established, under the magnanimous protection of the august Sovereign of the mighty British empire.

"In order that the remotest posterity may know the sentiments which animate them, they have proposed to raise a monument of marble conformable to the annexed design, on which is to be recorded the ever-memorable day of the auspicious return of the great personage to whom it is dedicated, as appears by the Greek inscription, of which the following is a translation :

"To record the epoch of the return from Great Britain of Thomas Maitland, Lord High Commissioner of His Majesty the Sovereign Protector, to the United States of the Ionian Islands, Regulator of their Political System, this monument was erected

by the citizens of Corcyra, to remain to posterity as a testimonial of their individual and general satisfaction.'

"The monument will be erected on the Esplanade, at the entrance of the street called Delle-Erbe."

(Then follow 47 signatures.) To an address on a similar occasion from the inhabitants of Zante, His Excellency was pleased to give the following

answer:

"Gentlemen,

"I am perfectly sensible of the feelings expressed by you, and I doubly appreciate your intention on the present occasion; since I consider it as a demonstration of loyal attachment to my Sovereign, and as a further testimony of similar sentiments which Zante entertains for the person selected to organize her constitutional system. The time is now arrived for manifesting how much the Government of my Royal Master is disposed to realize the promised acts, and to contribute to the true happiness of the Ionian States; and I cherish the strongest hopes, that with the co-operation of those persons who shall be chosen to occupy themselves in the legislation of the country, this important object will not fail to be attained in a manner which shall produce general satisfaction."

Resolution of the Ionian Senate, September 30, 1818.

In a speech to the Senate, the President, after having extolled in the highest terms the virtues of Sir Thomas Maitland, and his numerous claims upon the gratitude of the people of the Ionian Islands for his unremitted and paternal care in raising them to the highest degree of glory, power, and opulence, of which their country is susceptible, proceeds to say

"It is only in this single point of view (for I reserve in my own breast the respectful sentiments which unalterably attach me, as an individual, to General Maitland), that I propose for your sanction the project of resolutions which I shall now order to be read to you.

"From motives of the profoundest gratitude on the part of the Ionian people,

Resolved, 1. That the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, which is to decorate Sir Thomas Maitland, Lord High Commissioner of his Majesty the Sovereign Protector of these States, in his quality of Grand Master of the said very distinguished Order, shall be set with brilliants; and the accessory decorations, as well as the clasp, shall have the same embellishments, the first in the form of a radiant star, and the latter in that of two bees.

2. That a deputation of the executive power of these States shall, on the arrival of His Excellency, be charged to request that he will be graciously pleased to accept of this slight pledge of the gratitude of the Ionian people.

"3. That the Secretary for the General Department, and the General Treasurer, (William Mewer, Esq., or Mr. John Cartwright, his delegate,) shall be charged with the execution of this resolution, each in so far as concerns his department.

"Approved,

"Baron Theotoky,

"Frederick Adam,

Lord High Commissioner pro tempore. "Frederick Hankey, Private Secretary.

"Sidney G. Osborne, Secretary of the "Senate for the General Department."

A triumphal arch of marble of the Ionic order, with an appropriate inscription, is to be erected on the Esplanade, facing the gate of the citadel; and the bronze statue of His Excellency is to occupy the site upon which stood that of the famous Count Shulembourg, erected by the Senate of Venice, to commemorate his glorious and intrepid defence of this fortress, and the complete defeat of the Turkish army in 1716, by which he so effectually checked the progress of Mahometanism in Europe. This monument to that distinguished officer has been already removed from the citadel, by order of Sir Thomas Maitland.

The statue of the English Lord High Commissioner, which is of large dimensions, is the work of Signor Proserlendi, a native of that place, and an artist of merit, who has studied under Canova.

Sir Thomas Maitland is a Member of the Privy Council; a

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; a Knight Grand Cross of the Ionian Order; and Colonel of the 10th foot.

151. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL RICHARD BRIGHT.

THIS officer was appointed a Captain in the Royal marines the 4th of October, 1775; Major in the army the 1st of March, 1794; Major and Captain in the Royal marines the 16th of February, 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel in the army the 1st of March, 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel and Captain in the Royal marines the 23d of November, 1796; Colonel in the army the 1st of January, 1798; Colonel Commandant in the Royal marines the 21st of December, 1803; Major-General the 1st of January, 1805; and Lieutenant-General the 4th of June, 1811.

152. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JAMES CAMPBELL.

THIS officer was appointed Captain in the corps of unattached Officers receiving full-pay the 30th of April, 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel in the army the 1st of March, 1794; Colonel the 1st of January, 1798; Major-General the 1st of January, 1805; and Lieutenant-General the 4th of June, 1811.

153. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL

SIR HILDEBRAND OAKES, BART.

APPOINTED Ensign in the 33d foot the 23d of December, 1767; and Lieutenant in April, 1771. In December, 1775, he embarked with his regiment for America, forming part of the expedition under Lord Cornwallis. In June, 1776, he was present at the attack of Charlestown. The 8th of August following he succeeded to a company, and from this period was on constant service during the whole of the American war'; and in May, 1784, he returned to England. In May, 1786, he served as Aid-de-Camp to the Honorable Major-General Bruce on the Staff in Ireland. The 18th of November, 1790, he received the brevet of Major; and the 13th of September, 1791, the Majority of the 66th foot. In February, 1792, he sailed for the West

Indies, and took the command of his regiment at St. Vincent's, from whence he embarked with it for Gibraltar, where he commanded it until the arrival of the Lieutenant-Colonel in February, 1794, when he returned to England. The 1st of March, 1794, he received the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel; in April he accompanied as Aid-de-Camp Sir Charles Stuart, who was appointed to command in the Mediterranean, to Corsica; in May he was appointed Deputy Quarter-MasterGeneral in that island, and in June following Quarter-MasterGeneral to the army in the Mediterranean. The 12th of September, 1795, he succeeded to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the 66th foot; and the 22nd of the same month was removed to the 26th foot. He continued in his Staff appointment till June, 1796, when he returned to England. The 3d of December of the latter year he received the local rank of Colonel in Portugal, and was appointed Quarter-Master-General to the army, which was soon after sent to that country under General the Honorable Sir Charles Stuart. The 1st of January, 1798, he received the brevet of Colonel; and in September following that of Brigadier-General in the army destined for the attack of Minorca, where he commanded a brigade, and was personally present at the taking of that island in November following. In March, 1799, he returned to England, and in May again went to Minorca. In August, 1800, he joined the army in the. Mediterranean under Sir Ralph Abercromby, and served during the campaign in Egypt; he was present in the different actions, and wounded in that of the 21st of March. His name was included in the Votes of Thanks from Parliament for this service. In March, 1802, he returned to England, and in October was appointed Brigadier-General on the Staff at Malta; he continued in the latter situation till August, 1804, when he was recalled to England; and on the 10th of November following, appointed to the Lieutenant government and command at Portsmouth, in which he remained till June, 1805, when he was appointed a Commissioner of Military Inquiry. The 23d of October, 1803, he received the Colonelcy of the 1st garrison battalion; the rank of Major-General the 1st of January, 1805, and the Colonelcy of the 3d West India the 24th of April,