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for hire. The French call them FesseCahiers, or quill-drivers.

Public Writers. Under this termmay be classed all men who devote then-time and talents to the service of man-kind at large. To give their severaldivisions, sub-divisions, and sections,would take up a volume. We shall,therefore, satisfy ourselves with barelyobserving, that public writers are, per-haps, the most formidable set of menthat can exist in any country. The hu-man mind is so wonderfully constituted,and its aptitude to give and to receiveimpressions is so diversified, that eventruth (though always victorious at last)is frequently defeated by false reasoners;especially by those metaphysical ones,who are ever upon the watch for ideasand words to dazzle the senses; mis-leading the understanding of others, asthey have been misled themselves. AFrench writer, who gave the hist impulseto national exertion, at the commence-ment ot the French Revolution , hassaid, (we quote from memory,) Lcs canonstf les mortiers de nos armies font beaucoup;mala I'artillerie lege re ties curriers et desplumes fait bicn plus ; the guns and mor-tars of our armies do a ireat deal, but thelight artillery of inkstands and pens doesa great deal more.

Writers and Cadets in the East LidiaCompanies service, young gentlemen ap-pointed to serve in India in civil or mili-tary capacities, under certain rules andregulations which may he seen in theFast India liegisterund Directory, pub-lished annually by permission of theHonourable the East India Company .In consequence of the gross and nefa-rious traffic which, for many years, hadexisted in this branch of patronage, andwhich was thoroughly proved before aCommittee of the House of Commons in 1809, the following resolutions wereentered into at a Court of Directors,held on Wednesday, the 9th day of Au-gust, 1809.

Resolved, That any person who shall,in future, be nominated to a situation,either civil or military, in the service oftliis Company, and who shall have ob-tained such nomination in consequenceof purchase, or agreement to purchase,or of any corrupt practice whatever,either direct, or indirect, by himself, orby any other person, with or withouthis privity, shall be rejected from theservice of the Company, and ordered

back to England, if lie shall have pro jceeded to India before a discovery ofsuch corrupt practice be made : and ifsuch situation shall have been so cor-ruptly procured by himself, or with hisprivity, he shall be rendered incapableof holding that, or any other situationwhatever, in the said service. Providedalways, that if a fair disclosure of anycorrupt transaction or practice, of thenature before described, wherein anyDirector lias been concerned, shall bevoluntarily made by the party or parties 1engaged in the same with such Director,the appointment thereby procured shallbe confirmed by the Court .

(Signed)

William Ramsay, Secretary.

Writers, in India , when employed un-der the Council, rank as subalterns in theCompany’s service.

WRONG, an injury; a designed orknown detriment; not right, not justice.

W uonc -headed, acting precipitatelywithout having duly weighed effects andconsequences, and continuing to do sounder a manifestation of error. English-men and Irishmen are apt to fall intothis mistake; the Scotch are more wary.

Wrong 'hearted, to have perverse andmalicious intentions, and to act uponthem. The inhabitants of Great Britainand Ireland are seldom -wrong-hearted.

Wrongs. We have already observedunder the article Rights, that althoughthey are not specifically mentioned ordescribed in the Mutiny Bill, they never-theless exist in military life. Every offi-cer and soldier possesses rights, andwhen either is wronged he is authorisedto seek for redress. In Section III. Art.1st, it is expressly laid down, That ifany officer shall think himself wrongedbv his colonel or the commanding officerof the regiment, and shall, upon dueapplication made to him, be refusedto be redressed, he may complain tothe general commanding in chief of HisMajesty’s forces, in order to obtainjustice; who is by the same article re-quired to examine into such complaint;and either by himself or by the secretaryat war, to make his report to the Kingthereupon, in order to receive his furtherdirections. It will be observed, that al-though officers may be peremptorily dis-missed the service by the King, withouttrial or investigation, yet, according tothis article, and in the true spirit of jus-tice, they have a right to have any parti-