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RENT. To be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, TOTTINGTON FARM, in Aylesford and Dur ham, three mil.. from Maidstone, en the Medway, con taining fitO Acres. I Rood, 17 Perches, in Arable, Meadow and Pasture Land, Wont'. and Hops, let on Lease to Mr. lobs Wildasb, which expires at Michaelmas, lit 34. Also, a l'eack of Wood Land, called Long Toe, in Thurnham, coataiedng '230 Acres, In excellent condition, and well stacked with Timber. Al-o, a M-ssuage, Barn, and Stable, and about 15 Acres of, Land, in Stockbury, in the ocsupation of William Hales Wood neve, of Loug 'l'un. For further Particulars apply to Mr. Woodgate, Solicitor, Gol den-square, London. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. . At the Court at Whitehall, the Ist of October, 1811, Pre: , • , :nt, His Royal 1-lizhness the Paisce RE . _ _ . . . . edtto—taptals IL W. Slade, treat tem Sth Light Dragoons, to be Captain of a Troop, vicepngley, who exchanges ; Cor set B. Jones to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Catnec, promoted in the 18th Foot ; Lieutenant F. Annesley, from the 34th root, to be Lieutenant, vice Cawood, deceased I Lieutenant John Hewett, front the 88th Foot, to be Linde. pant, without purchase, vice Temple, promoted ; Thomas Kingdon, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Steele, pro moted. Ist Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign Edward Grose to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Warrender, who retires; Honour • able James William Dillon to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blunt, who retires. tat 13th . Regiment of Foot—Hospital Mate David Griffiths to be As sistant Surgeon, vice Loinswortb, promoted in tie 4th West India Regiment. 7th Ditto—Augustus Frederick D'Este, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Jones, deceased. Ith Ditto—Captain Richard Ashton to be Major, vies O'Keefe, killed in mien ; Lieutenant M. T. Molloy to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vise Niacin, promoted; Ensign Robert Jenkins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vies Cole, deeess.d. lith SENT in Council.--It is ordered by his Royal High- stb Ditto—Surgeon William Gill, from the 3d West India Re :lees the Prince Regent in Council, in the name and [fluent, to be Surgeon, vice O'Reilly, appointed to the 16th on the behalf of Lis Majesty, that the Parliament 16 F , .°°! n Ditto—Surgeon Edward O'Reilly, from the 13th Foot, to which stands prorogued to Friday the fourth day of be Surgeon, vice Sharp, promoted en the Staff. this instant Octiiber, be further prorogued to Tues- 17th Ditto—Ensign Richard Swinton to be Lieutenant, without day the twelfth day of November next. purchase, vice Dudingstone, promoted in the 16th Foot, 18th Ditto—Lieutenant John Doran to be Captain of a Com- . IFOREIGN-OFFICE, DOWNING-STREET, OCTOBER I. piny, by purchase, vice Maguire, who retires. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name To be Lieutenants, without purcha se—Ensign: Gooday, and on the behalf of his Majesty, has been pleased to appoint Hen Paul, promoted in the Royal African Corps; and Ensign Christopher - Henry v.ce Doran. the Right Honourable Henry Wellesley to be his'Majesty's Am- To be Ensigns—Henry Vereker, Gent. vise Gooday ; Frederick bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Catholic Ma-. E. Steele, Gent. vice O'Flaherty. testy Ferdinand VII.; and Charles Vaughan, Esq. to be his Ma. 22d Ditto—William Raban, Gent. to be Ensign, without put chase, vice Oakes, promoted in the 56th Foot. jetty's Secretary of Embawy in Spain. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name 28th Ditto—Lie u tenant R. P. Gilbert tey to be Adjittane, vice Seat pie, resigns the . A end on the behalf of his Majesty, has also been pleased to appoint all Ditto—Ensign John Roe to be Lieutenant, without pur- Charles Stuart, /sq.; George Cockburn, Esq.; and John Philip chase, vice Hutchinson, who retires : George Thomas Ness, Monier, Esq. to be his Majesty's Commissioners in Spanish Amer Gen vi t t . t to be Ensign, by ee pi nd ha d se to , vi he ce t R oe, ujoe promot ed. ssawithout purchase, rice, to act with such Commissioners as mey be appointed by the vies West, promoted; Ensign J. Boyce to be Lieutenant, with- Supreme Council of Regency of Spain and the Indies, is the out purchase ; Ensign W. Pode to be ditto, by purchase, vice name of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand VIL Swayne, who retires. Hi s R o yal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name 34thDicta—Reginald 40th ttEnsi gn mr O d I rt ia o n n i , N G e i e i n i t y . t t o o h b e e L A i s e s u t t s e t a n o t n -Sur u e r g i e eo e , i.Trau and on the behalf of his Majesty, has also beeu pleased to appoint benzie, dead of his wounds ; Fox, Gent. to be Ensign, Richard Belgrave Hoppner, Esq. to be Secretary to his Majesty's vice Neilly. Commissioners In Spanish America. 46th Ditto—Hospital Mate John Dangles to be Assistant-Sur. geon, vice Melville, promoted in the 3d West India Regiment. His Royal Highnese the Prince Regent, acting in the name Mk Ditto—Kirk Boott, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice and on the behalf of his Majesty, has also been pleased to anpoint Ratcliffe, promoted. ' Thomas Sydenham, Esq. to reside at the Seat of the Provisional 50th Ditto—Lieutenant Nicholas Woilehouse, from the sth Government of Portugal as his Mejesty's Minister Plenipoten- ("a ne n t, to be t C ed aptain of a Company, by purchase, vice Arch- Nary, during the absence of Chars Stuart, E;q. who has been 53d Ditto—Lieutenant Robert Younghusband to be Captain of awned his Majesty's First Commissioner in Spanish Amerisa. a Company, vice Wallace, deceased. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name 16th Ditto—Lieutenant W. Mallet to be Adjutant, vice Col. and on the behalf of his Majesty, has also been pleased to appoint dough, who resigns the Adjutantcy only; Ensign John Ken -114.da1l to he Lieutenant, vice Watson, deceased ; Ensign R. M. she Rev. R. Miller, B.A. to be resident Chaplain at Lisbon. Oakes, from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, without pur- ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, OCTOBER I. chase, vice Hanley, appointed to the 65th Foot ; Cat ew, Copy of a letter front Captain Browne, of his Majesty's ship Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kendall, promoted. 60th Ditto—Charles Maclean, Gent. to be E ‘ mrign, without pur the Hermes, addressed to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, and chase, vice Fraser, pi omoted in the 4th Ceylon Regiment ; transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. Hospital-Mate Alexander Melvin to be Assistant - s urgeon, His Majesty's ship Hermes, Dungeness Roads, vice Morrison, appointed to the 12th Foot ; Hospital-Mate September 21, 1611. Francis King to be ditto. ' Sm—l have the honour to report to you, that on 62t1 Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Dudgeon, from the Id West the morning of the 24. th inst. close in with Cape Le bolia Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon. Heve, his Majesty's ship Hermes recaptured the Prus. 15th Ditto—Lieutenant Michael Hanley, from the 56th [toot, to E be nsi L gn ieu j te ß nan s t t , ep w ne it y ho to ut be p L ur i c e h u a te se n , an v t ic w e i ß th a o tes ut , Sian brig Anna Maria, from Lisbon for London, and pur ch ase , vice would most certainly have taken the privateer, had Brown, appointed to the meth Foot; Serie:tan-Major - not the contiguity to his own coast favoured, his es- Warde to be Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign, vice Hind, cape by half an hour's sail, as the Hermes was near- promoted. log him last ; but the I..eind blowing skong directly I' 6) p ro into— Ensign tenant, wit E h n o s u i tpu Jo ee h h n ae A e. lgeo, from the 78th Foot, to be Lieu on shore, prevented further pursuit. I also beg to 610th Ditto—Br. vet-Major P. Robbins to be Major, vice Coates, acquaint you, that the stronz westerly winds having deceased ; Lieutenant Mathew Guuning to be Captain of a driven me from my station, aril prevented my reach- Company, vice kobbins. fog St. Helen's, I bore up for this anchorage ; and in 77th Ditto — Ensign deceased Ensirn R ichard p ent.father to be Lieutaszon. vice *ceased ; ----- Campbe ll, Gent. to be Ensign, my way hither, Wien of Beachy Heal, I discovered I vice Peneiather. a large lugger in the midst of a number of English 60th Ditto—Lieutenant F. Brown, from the 85th Foot, to be vessels, several of which she must have soon captured, Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Groves, promoted; Ensign and one of which she had taken before seen by the Her- H. Note to be lieutenant, vise Benson, deceased ; Lieutenant fff Penny, front the Ist Ceylon Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice goes. She was instantly pursued, and in two h o urs time, seduno, who exchanges. after sustaining a good deal of firing, which woetilded 31st Ditto—Lieutenant Joseph Sisson to be Adjutant, vice Gin some of his crew, and damaged her sails, she struck ; ger, promoted; Ensign Robert Moulin to be Lieutenant, with but in the act of bringing to, to take possession of m o th ut i li i u tt rcha ; — Johnson, Eselin James Davidson i G ds e o n o be E n t. to be Lieutenant, vice t h w t i os th t o y u n : ber, the main toi:sail-yard broke in the slings, and purchase, vice James, who resigns; Charles Kelsuo, Gent. to the lore-sail of the Hermes split from the violence of be Ensign, vice Davidson. the wind, which the privateer immediately took the 86th Ditto—Lieutenant Wm. Richaidson to be Captain of a advantage of ; anti although in a situation under the I Comp, Mq.surin deceased. Toitel. a .i n e y u ic en v a e nts withou t l purchase—Ensig n John Hewett lee when she surrendered, that would have enabled from the 22d Frait , , vice Blackall , promoted in the 4th Ceylon , me to have totally destroyed her, he had the temerity Regiment; Ensign Kenneth Macintosh, vice Richardson, pro. to endeavour to escape, by making sail on the oppo. moted; Ensign .E. Cannel!, vice Creagh, promoted; Ensign site tack ; but, by the great exertion of my Officers, J. Hodgson, vice Hewett, appointed to the 25th Light Drop , the ship was wore, and as much sail set as enabled goons. 86th Regiment of Foot. =rye to again come up with him, although he had got To be Ensigns—Duncan Madachlan, Gent. vice Macintosh ; two miles from us on the weather bow, when feeling Duncan Maclean, Gent. vice Cannell; Hector Macquarrie, myself justified after his conduct not to give him an Gest. vice Hodgson opportunity of again escaping, I determined to run 88th Ditto—Ensign --- Mitchell to be Adjutant, vice Christie, promoted. him alongside, notwithst andin g i t blew a g al e wi th a 11911 Ditto—Alexander Findlay Gray, Gent, to be Assistant. very heavy sea, in doing which he again endeavoured' Surgeon. to escape, by crossing our haivse, when a heavy sea in, 9sth Ditto—Second Lieute , n bv an elc t e lohn Stilwell to be First Lieu candy threw hit , under the bottom of his Majesty'si tenzu !e vice d K L esppock, decease s d l ; e V il Volunteer Hamilton ship, and I lament to say , that only t w el v e men out. Wl t th o Ditto —Lieute u n t a e n n t 3 A ut ln Z ' Ch i 'v ender to be Captain of a of fifty-one were saves], it being impossible to hoist a . ," Company, without purchase, vice Armstrong, promoted on the beat out. It appears s h e w a s named I.t Mcuche,f Staff in Portugal; Ensign Alexander Walker to be Lieutenant, of Boulogne, had sailed the evening before, was corn- ! vice Zeliender ; James NPGrath, Gent. to be Ensign, vice rnanded by Mons. Gageux, mounted If carriage guns, Walker. 102 d Ditto—Ensign Wm. Lyster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, 12 and 6-pounders, was 180 tons, and had a comple- vice Finnucane, promoted. :tent of 61 men, ten (f whom were put on board his Ist West India Regiment—Hospital-Mate Francis Kelly to be prize. I have the satisfaction to state, that not one . Assistant-Surgeon. of the crew of the prize were taken o n board the pri - Sild Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Melville, from the 46th 1 Foot, to be Surgeon vice Gill, appointed to the 13th Foot;— vateer—she was a ship from the West Indies, but her , liosplal-Mate I hem ' as O'Halloran to be Assistant-aurgeo ti, name 1 could not leant. (Signed) PHILIP nnowatt. ° vice Dudgeon, appointed to the 63d Foot. To .Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, Bert. Portsmouth. i • r 4th Ditto--Assistatit-Surgeon A. T. Lotnsworth from the Royal, 11414ITARY PROMOTIONS. . . 1 to be Surgeon, vice Peake, who resigns ; Hospital-mate ko bert Graham to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Uri, superseded, War-Offiee, October 1, 1811, I being absent without leave. Ist Regiment of life Guards—Lieutenant John Henry Davis to lit Ceylon Regiment—Lieutenant Paul Secluno, from the 80th be Captain of.; troop, by purchase, vice Hid, who, retires; Poor, to be Lieutenant, vice Penny, who exchanges. Cornet and Sub Lieutenant George James Sayan to be Lieu- 4th Ditto—Ensign William Fraser, from the Huth Foot,- to be tenant, by pachase, v i ce Davis; Liewenant George Calc o t First Lieutenant, vice Castle, deceased. Gough, fins the Sad Foot, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, 2d Royal Veteran Battalion—Quarter-master Edward Thresher, by I.urchar:, vice Sulivan ; Cornet William Mayor, front the from the 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vic e M'Pbail,'placed u! ,h 14i ,t Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice on the retired list. Adair, who retires. 4th Ditto—Ensign Barak Kirk, to be Lieutenant, vice Sergeant, 0 .3, Regiment of Dragoon Goards—The Honourable George Ma- placed on the retired list; Emig!) Devenish Taggart to be ditto, vivre to be Corm - , without purchase, vice Smith, promoted. ' vice Fraser, placed on the retired list. . geb Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain William Oogley, ircm 5 h Ditto—Ensigu and Adjutant James Watson, to have the rank • ' the 29th 1 glit Dragoons, to lie Captain of a Troop, vice of Lieutenant. Slade w h o ea ni t argt s; .Lieutenant J. G. Liattmgarclt to betimes, STAFF. vice Cumming, dee.aird ; Cornet Thomas Margele to be Lieutenant William de Schnelien, from the Ist Dragoons, to be lieutenant, seithout purchase, vice Bautugardt ;J. Eetseon, Brigade-Major, with the rank of Captain, vice Jansen, ap- Gent.to be Cornet, wt . hoot purchase, vice Mot gyl. appointed to the Oai Light Dragoons. 11th 71itto—C. Ommaney, Genr. to be Cornet, vcitaout purchase: John Charles Herries, Esq. to be Commissary in Chief of all his loth Pi. to—Ldward Trent ;emelt', Glut. to be Cornet, with- , Majesty's Forces at home and abroad, Ireland and the East ' out per chafe, s Indies a.oite excepted, vice Colonel Gordon. 12d Dittn—Cort•et J. W. Murray to be lieutenant, vice Haat Major Mars Retie Baron de Mentalambert (Assistant-Quarter deceased ; Etteign IL Woodward, from the 19 t h Foot, to be Matter-General), to be a Permanent Assisrant-Quarter-Mas- Comet, without purchase, vice Tatintsei, to emoted : John ter-General, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, \Valiant Marray , G ent • to b e ditto, b y p urcitas.., vee Kisr, vice Birch, appointed Deputy Quarter-Master-General in North luthoreil; John Ange!o, Gent. to he ditto, vice Murray; Britain. i t og l e I aylor, Gent, to be dwo, without purchase, vice Captain C. A. Pierrepoint, from the 20th Foot, to be a Penna. s, aai: y, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons; serjeant Wil- nem Assistant-Quarter-Master-General, with the rank of tam Butt to be Adjutant, with the rank in Cornet, vice Ads- Major, vice Moutalambert. b re d, w ho resigns the Adjutancy only . BRXTET. •4th Ditto—Comet A. S. IsP . Mabon to he Lieutenant,by • our- Major J. M. Doyle, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and envie, vice I.aw, who retires ; Charles Wardell, Gent. to be to _as such in Portugal, under Lieutenant-General Sir Cornet,w by purchase, vice M s Mahon; As c istant . Surgeon ...irO _ant L serve e Salhetd, from the 67th feoit at by AsOstata- burgeon, vice C arr Salalferdb Tics Whiahop, appointed to awl 17th FOOl. 1444 4 dc0 121 44. 5 ,iiikaggigaiiftwas • t. . ~~_ , ~ ~ Captain 3. H. Alpo, front the 34th Foot, to he Major le the Army, he being appointed to serve in Portugal, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir William Cur Berneford the Cominanderin-Chief; if he is a sentinel, by ir,. forming his chief of the news, in order th‘t the la; e t may send off a dispatch ; and if he is any ether per. son, by taking prompt and effectual measures to let the intelligence be known as soot as possible at head. quarters. 7. The States considering also that it is of essential importance to the defence sd the country in case of attack, to remove from the coast, and to put out of the reach of the enemy, the hones and cattle of the ir. habitants, have thought it their duty to enjoin svo men, old and young persons, who shall not be other wise employed in opposing the enemy, to drive away. as quick as possible the cattle from the coast. to con. vey them into the interior, and to carry off as much forage and provisions of all kinds as they can. The States promise and engage to be answerable to the proprietors for the value of the cattle thus sent into the interior, in case of accident or loss, or the cattle being taken and employed for the public service and the States declare, at the same time, to this* • who neglect or fail to use these means of preserving their property, by putting it out of the reach of the enemy, that they shall not be attended to in requie. ing indemnification in Cast of accident or capture. i 8. A reasonable reward will be given by the States to those who have the misfortune to be wounded la the defence of the country ; and a pension to the wi. slows during their widowhood, and to the children i f those who may be killed ; the whole accordiax ta cir cumstances, the exigency of the cases, and the situa tiun of the families (Signedj JRAN DZ Vataa.a. Registrar, vice Doyle, promoted. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon James Sharpe, from the 16th Foot, to be Sargeon to the Forces, vice Foreman, who resigns. • The King's German Legion. lst Regiment sf Dragoons—Cornet Harlow Phibbs, to be Lieu tenant, vice Schnehen, promoted on the Staff. York Light infantry Voluntfers—Assistant-Su rgeonThorn as Con nolly, from the 60th Foot, to be Assistant-:iurgeou. Royal Corsican Rangers—Captani St. Laurent, from the Sicilian Regiment, to be Captain of a Company, vice Fried berg, who exchanges. Sicilian Regiment—Captain Muller Friedberg, from the Royal Corsican Rangers, to be Captain of a Company, vice St. Lau rent, who exchanges. MENIORANDUH. The promotion of Ensign Grutteman and Ensign Mobner to be Lieutenants, and of Serjeant Frederick von Berg to be Ensign in the Duke of Brunswick Oels' Corps, as stated is the Gazette of the 6th ultimo, have not taken place. ERRATA in the Gazette of the 6th ultimo. Duke of Brunswick Oels' Corps. For Ensign A. von Grierahein to be Lieutenant, vice Unruhr (2cl) who resigns, read Ensign A. von Griersheim to be lieutenant, vice GirsewOld, promoted.. For Serjeant Auguste von Elterteip to be Ensign, vice Mobner, read Serjeant Auguste von Elcerteiu to be Ensign, vice Grier sheim. Commission in the sth British, or Ross, Caithness, Su therland, and Cromarty Regiment of Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant. _ . - - - ♦ice Ter- Roderick Mackenzie. Gent. to be Amu.._ qer, resigned. Dated August 28, 181 I . (For the Bankrupts, kc see the last 'Pagel THE .S7WTES OF JERSEr. EXTRACT OP A LETTER—DATED JERSEY, SRPTENLER ell. - • SEPTEMBER 21.—The States were this day con-' " Government having trammitted to General lion, yoked upon the representation of Lieutenant-General our Commander in Chief, that the French are m e di. rating an attack on these islands, the States of this Doe, Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this Island. His Excellency communicated to the place have issued their orders in consequen c e, whi c h States a letter from the Secretary of State, announ_ you will find inclosed. The season when the enemy ring that the enemy meditated an attack upon this will make the attack is the long Rights, and when th e and the neighbouring islands. weather has driven our ships of war off the IA ec kadi lig The Commander-in-Chief communicated to the station off Cherbourg, and the frigates off this station. 4 States the orders I had given, in cnn•equence of this information, boes to the troops of tae line and the militia ; and the different preparations he had made to repulse the enemy in case of attack. No, M. The States could not fail to remark, in the wisdom The King of Sicily, levying taxes and impending of the measures which his Excellency has adopted the - laws at pleasure, is not the same Icing with whore with so much activity, that nothing. at the present we entered into alliance, but a usurper of authorities crisis, has escaped his vigilance and foresight ; and which that King did not lawfully possess. We must they return him their sincere thanks for this fresh proof of his attention and indefatigable zeal for the discriminate between the monarch and the man. The safety of the country, added to so many other proofs man is the same, but the monarch is different ; and it 'which have already acquired him the well-merited is not with the person but the officer that we have to love and gratitude of the inhabitants. deal. They are infinitely flattered by the confidence which I. The King, by usurping authorities which were the Right Honourable the Secretary of State places in the loyalty and tried zeal of the inhabitants of the not known at the time of our undertaking the defence island; and they request his Excellency to commune. of the island, virtually so changed himself, as to be. cate to him, that that confidence shall never be belied. come a party different from that one with which we Their ancestors, who gave proofs in the most stormy entered into alliance. We therefore are under no times of their attachment and inviolable fidelity to obligations to this usurper. On the contrary, he has their august Sovereigns, have left their descendants an example which they will constantly follow from duty destroyed our .ally, and by so doing has placed i ur and from inclination. The greatest sacrifices will army in a dangerous predicament, so that we ate not be deemed too great to imitate so esce lent a mo- bound to consider him on this very account not as a del, and to preserve to themselves and transmit to Sovereign with whom we are in amity, but as a their posterity the precious happiness they enjoy tan- I ruler, with principles inimical to those which in der the mildest and best of Governments. His Excellency is no doubt persuaded that the duced us to uedertake the defence of Sicily; aid. States will enter eagerly into his salutary views, and as a Sovereign who, if he has net committed ac will second his efforts to place the country in the best . tual hostilities against us, has placed us in a disagree. possible state of defence. Animated by these senti• able situation, from which we ought to try to escape. ments, and considering the fortress upon Mount St. Helier as a very important point cat defence, and con- It may be called refining to make this dis ;action ; shiering that the forwarding and completing that but when the practical consequences are examined, work are most essential to the preservation of the the distinction will be found just and proper. We only country in general, they offer their services to his Ex- engaged to defend the country against the common cellency as tar as he shall think them useful for this engag ed enemy. The Neapolitan Cabinet, taking advantage object : and they invite their fellow-citizens to assist with their labour, horses, waggons, and carts, when. of the presence of our military force, has assumed ever they shall be called upon by his Excellency the ' powers which the Sicilian Government did not law. Commander in Chief. i fully possess—and, instead of only defending tie The States rely with the most perfect confidence upon the paternal care of the Government for protec- ! country, we are at this moment assisting in reducirg tion, and for the succours necessary for the defence of the inhabitants to the will of a despot ; by which we the Island at this critical time; and they doubt not stand on the defensive towards the Sicilians, as ter. that his Excellency the Commander in Chief will as towards the common enemy. This is not all—the make such regulations on this head as circumstances shall appear to him to requ i re. I very usurping Government has not only, by the act (Signed) JEAN DE VEULLE, Registrar. of usurpation, relieved us from the obligations of the REGULATIONS. Treaty, but treated 'us with insult, and committed The States of the Isle of Jersey have thought pro. acts of hostility against us. Unless, therefore, we cats per, in the present conjuncture, to establish the fol. tall an enemy a friend, we cannot consider the law. lowing Regulations, which shalt be printed, publish- less tax-levying Government of Sicily as the samewith ed, and stuck up : had resolve! i whom we were in alliance, and whom we Art. 1. In case of alarm or attack, which alarm or " to protect in the common cause. attack shall be considered as lasting till the troops are I 1 I. The British Merchants in Sicily presented a released from duty, it is expressly ordered to the tavern-keepers to keep their houses shut, and not to Memorial to the King, requesting to be exempted in distribute liquor to the regular soldiers or the militia, their dealings from .the duty of one per cent. They or to any one, without a written permission from an grounded their plea for this exception on the Treaty Officer commanding a det ac h ment e ith er o f regu l ars or militia, under the pen a lty i f a tine not exceeding , of Madrid of 1667 ; by which the British were 300 livres and the forfeiture of the licence. 1 to enjoy all the privileges and immunities gran 2. It is equally enjoined to all other persons not to . ted, or that might be granted, to the most favoured sell or distribute liquors to the regulars or militia, or nations ; and they referred to several instances is to any one else, without the permission required by which the lawful Government of Sicily had meg. the foregoing article, on pain of a fine nor exeeeding ' nixed and admitted the principle on which they SOU livres for each offence. 3. In case of alarm or attack, the soldiers, or other I claimed exemption. The present Sovereign of Sicily, persons employed in the service of the Militia, are for- . on coming to the throne, bound himself to maintain bidden to enter taver ns , public.houses, or private the stipulations and agreements bf his predecessors; houses, to procure liquor, without the permission of i J uly, 1791 he addressed their commanding officer, under pain of being consi dered disobedient, and punished according to the ne ! and besides this, on the 23d of , . , a letter to the Parliament of the kingdom to this effect. tore of the case. ' Yet notwithstanding all this, Circello the Minim! .4. Constables are requ i re d a l ways to k eep a suffi- replied to the memorial of the British merchants, that bent quantity of candles, in order to illuminate the in the night. in case of alarmthey must submit to any impositions that the King churches, witho u t d e l a y, chose to make ; and that if they were not willing to 5. In case of alarm in the night, it is enjoined to the inhabitants of St. Helier and St. Aubin, to place do this, they might leave the country. Nothing more candles in the windows of their Louses, to give light flagrant ever issued from the revolutionary &ma to the streets. gogues of France. It seems that treaties, end even 6. The States, with a view of encouraging the vi- I roya. proclamations, successively confirmed and re eance of the guards about the island, and of rousing newed, are, by the lawless tax-levying Neapolitan ca attention of all persons to the safety of the country in these critical times, h a ve agree d to grant t h e sum . binet, no longer respected ; and that conventions and of 1000 livres to the first man, whether chief of a, agreements with foreign powers are, in the plenitude guard, sentinel, or other, who shall descry an enemy's I steps so inform his Excelle n cy the fleet destined f or attac ki ng t hi s i s l an d , and who shall of its usurping spirit, as little regarded as the lasts take the necessary and constitution of Sicily. It is clear, therefore, that Commander - in- Chief, as soon as possibl e; t h at i s , if in refusing to grant to our merchants the privilege's he is a chief of a guard, by sendin g, without delay . which for a hundred and fifty years we believe:{ they a intelligent wien o f hi s guar d to carry the news is • had a stipulated right to, shah; the new and antisociAl SICIL r. ;