Ionian Islands.
""lte following Proclamation, iss-ued by-Sir Frederick Adair, uponi assuming the function of Lor& High. Commisoner of the Ionlan Is1ds, aPPeas in the C Orfa Gazdte of the 10th ulth:- "PROCLAMATION. "Si, Iirdedj,k Adam, Grand Cress of the Order of St. Micbael and Stc George, Commndat of the Orderofftbe g atio Knightol theAustrian ilitaryOrderofe aria Theresaand of tbe-Russian Order of Ste Anne of' thce First Clss, ieutenautoGeneril Corn h nandereineChief of his Britannic d isn esty's Troops in theasd van Islands, and lerd Hsige Comseissioner for hs M ajesty t din the Unithe States of the lonian w Islands, &C. uKiQ Exci lln ev havinan received a despatei from lord Bathurat, t,of Stale for the olonies of his lajesty the King of Great Britaitn,in which he is informies that hig lajesty has been graciously alewaed te appoint alim, in the room of te late Sir Thomas Mait.. 'and, to the Ipos%t of Lord High Commiissioner for the Supreme Protector ofthe United States of the Ionian Islands, and his Exctl- ney havine officlallv announced this nowhination to the President fnd Senare~his Excelency commnunicates it to the public by the ' set prenatiproclarn, which shall serve as a guine to the inhabi- tli on Ithalnian slands, antl to all whom it may concern. "h s EG cellen , ;. on esatering upon the office graciously confided ts and thereby becoming the organ of his Mela- e c inate ra care for the inhabitants of these islands, carnt coceaJhiswant of conifidence in his ability to execute these beneolen intntios: and this dIistruist is the mnore increatsed, wthen l e r lct tha hhaben chiosen by his Majesty to succeed the distinguisht,prsnwhs memory will be ever dlear to these islands, anid woels be no more adequately repaired than Suffciently lamnented. " But, while his Excellency is profourid1v and sincerely pene- tiasted by these f'eelngs, be cherish~3 the confidence that he shall be able, ot least to a certain degree, to fulfil the benevolenit intenitions lvf the Supreme Protector, as his effbrts wilt be directed to act on the Fame principles anid in the samne spirit whichi guided all thne ac- tions of his esteemied predecessor in fulfilling his Majesty's iutentions. " His Excellency the Lord Hligh Commissioner Also derives courage fromi the perfect conviction t1hat every enllcavoutr which has for its objectrthe welfare and prri~peity of tie lonian people, will find an effiectual su part in the Wii'sdoim of the ExecativePower,and the pa.- triotism of the Ionian Paril'ament, and that the zeal of the Government in pro-moting the welDkre of the Ionian people willproduce the hap- ietZesnlts, seconOL~dby the fidelity and attachment which thlis people naveawavsapAfeted owarsthei Govrnme t, ndteirSurreme Prcecrrtotrhse atenalcar thy ae idebed orthe Constitu- The pesen prolamaion hallbe printed in the Englishi, Gree, ad Itlia laguags, nd ade generally known to the Giveni -at the Palace, Corfu, April ID, 1824. "By comm-and of his Excelleticy, (Signed) " THOMAS~ LANE, 11Private Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner." 7OlAATIg,rLA1yVDS,