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irb Ditto, Brevet-Major Sir George Bart. from the 73.1 root, to be Major, mthout purchase, vice Thorley, run -noted in the African Corps. R. Dodd Baker, Cent. be• Ensign, by purchase, vice Despard, promoted. Hol hcn Strickland, Gent. to be Ensign, without purcha:ie, vice Speedy, appointed Provost Marshal in Ireland. tgiii Ditto, Major Vincent to be Lieutenant-Colo -1,1, by purchase, vice Hunter, whose Appointment has n,n tAcen place. 23d Ditto, Lieutenant William Thornhill to be Captain of a C(;mpany, by purchase, vice Lloyd, promoted in the 66th Foot. Ditto, Ensign Robert Hipkins, from the 20th Foot, to tee Ensign, by purchase, vice Anderson, promoted in the loth Foot. 2.6111 Ditto, Lieutenant Charles Stuart Campbell to be Cap tain of a Company, by purchase, vice Bromley, who re- Ensign Richard Lesiie earlier to be Lieutenant, siee Canip:iell. Quarter-master . lames w., to be Adju tant, with the Rank of Ensign, vice Connolly, promoted. Q tartcr-master-serjernt John Connel to be Quarter-mas ter, vice Nash. Archibald Armstrong, Gent. to be As- . sistant-Surgeon. 27th Ditto, Lieutenant James Nethery, from the 63th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Towes, who exchanges. 47t;1 Ditto, Lieutenant Hugn Stackpooie to be Captain of a Company, by purchasT, vice Hatfey, promoted. 53d Ditto, - Brown, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pass, promoted. 56tii Ditto, Arthur Blake, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrington,.prornoted. sth Ditto, Lieutenant John Burroes to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice O'Keefe, promoted in Colonel Baillie's Regiment. 6eth Ditto, Lieutenant Matthew Towes, from the 27th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nethery, who exchangeS. [obit Augustus Dietricksens, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchaSe, vice lohnson, who retires. 66th Ditto, Lieutenant Thomas Best to be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Clarke, who retires. 67th Ditto, Ensign John Moir to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Owen, promoted. 63t1t Ditto, Lieutenant George Devon to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Darling, appointed Assistant-Quarter-master-General. Lieutenant Robert Hawthorne, from the 6eth Foot, to be Captain of a Com pany, without purchase, vice Lucas, promoted in the 6th West India Regiment. Siiit Ditto, Lieutenent Richard Young, from the ngth Foot, to be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Goulding, appointed to the 4th Dragoon Gil - Ards. Sad Ditto, lames Frost, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Kirk, promoted in the 48111 Foot. 89th Ditto, Ensign Adam Dunscombe to be • Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King, who retires. Lieutenant Lawrence Oakes to be Adjutant, vice Agnew, promoted in the.sBth Foot. Barnard Gribben, Gent, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ferguson, promoted in the Antrim Militia. o3d Dittd, Ensign Neil M`K.initorrto be Lieutenant, without purchase. Edw. Hart, Gent. to be Ensign, vice M`Kin non . sth West India Regiment, Lieutenant Henry Podmore, from Half-pay of the 77111 Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Burke, who exchanges. Royal African Corps, Major Montagu Thorley, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Sth Battalion of Reserve, Edmund Bray, Gent. to be En sign, vice Hall, who resigns. Surgeon Andrew Brown, from the Half-pay.of the late Bth West India Regiment, to be Surgeon, vice Chambers, appointed to the 18th Dragoons, The Queen's German Regiment, Thomas Carter, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Michel, promoted. Chasseurs Britanniques, Ensign. BREVET. Sir Vere Hunt, Bart. to be Captain in the Army. Commis sion dated December 8, 1797. STA F. Lieutenant-Colonel Gideon Shairpe, of the'9th Foot, to be an Assistant-Quarter Master General to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Forster, who resigns. Ensign James Speedy, from the 17th Foot, to be Provost Marshal to the said F urces. HOSPITAL STAFF. Deputy Purveyor Thomas Byrdal Hugo to be Purveyor to me Forces, vice Innes, who retires to Half-pay. BARRACKS. Francis Martin, Cent. late Barrack-master at Portsmouth, to be a Barrack-master in Great-Britain, I%tEPIoaAN DtTM. The Appointment of Adjutant George Peacock, from Half lay of the 88th Foot, to be Ensign in the sci I<eginient of oot, a. Azitect iu thz Gazette of the tzth I uiy last, hits nut taten place. nuz. (To be continued.) MAI LS. ARRIV ID. - 2 Hamburg!! I THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUD:A.T ? LONDON, MAY iSo4. We learn from the Letter of cur Correspondent at Dover, that Sir SIDNEY SMITH has had an Aaion with several of the Enemy's Gun-brigs. it appears that they were rash enough to venture out to attack him, but after a few broadsides from the Anteke, they fled 4.! every diredion : One was taken, seven sunk, acid a great number driven on shore; and they would probably have been all destroyed, if the shallowness of the Coast had not prevented our vessels from following them. rs.TERDAy •Paris Papers were received to the lath inst, inclusive. The plan for making BONA. rARTE Ei.7 j oes-or of the French is very nearly com. pleted. The Senate has presented an Address to the First Consul, in which they take great pains to convince him that the safety of France, and the hap. pinebs of Europe, depe,ol entirely upon his acceptance of the title of of the French, and upon its be ing made hereditary in his illustrious family. They talk, however, of the necessity of adopting some ftr asures fur the purpose of guaranteeing the rights Of the Nation, by securing the Freedom of 'the Press, and of Elections, and also establishing the responsibility of the Ministers. This kind of lan guage is undoubtedly very absurd, considering the state of abjea slavery in which the people of France are at present; it was, however, we suppose, the language they were ordered to make use of ; but it was a most cruel insult to the People of France tomake their Legislature talk of Freedom and of Rights, at the very m.iment when they are proclaiming themselves the Slaves of a Foreign Usurper. The different divisions of the Army are of course sending Ad. - - dresses to the First Consul ! entreatin g him to con. descend to become Emperor of France, and there is no doubt but that they will immediately pour in from all Piefccls and Municipal Officers of the De. Ttn: • • Frer.cli •1' Ands are 57. Two Hamburgb mails have arrived since ear last, and Dutch Papers to the r7th inst. It is reported in a letter from Constantinop/e, that the English had effe6led a landing in Egypt, and taken Alexandria. This, however, we have little hesitation in pronouncing to be untrue. The re. port of the French Toulon Fleet having sailed, is renewed. A more probable statement is, that a part of Lord NELSON'S Squadron had sailed to Al giers, to chastize the insolence of the DE t. Accounts from Peter...burgh confirm what we be_ fore stated, that the EMP ER ort had ordered a Court Mourning on account of the Death of the Duke d'Etsr. GHIEN. The Court of Sweden had also gone into Mourning on the same account, for eight days. The family of Mr. DRAKE passed through Land. shut, on their way to England, on the z tst In consequence of the elevation of his Master, the French Ambassador at the Hague has mounted the Imperial Eagle. Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope, express a belief that the. Squadrons of IA NOIS and HART. SINK have formed a junction, and are gone on an expedition against Colon. Saturday morning, about twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY, accompanied by the DUKE of CAM. BRIDGE, in his post chariot, and followed by the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, took an airing through several of the principal streets in London, and by Hampstead. At three o'clock His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Earls UXBRIDGE .and WINCH LSE A, Lords HAWKESBURY and RIVERS, and the latter Noble man had the honour to kiss His MAJESTY'S hand on his being appointed a Lord of the Bedchamber, in the room of the Earl WINCHILsr.A. Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, the LORD CHANCELLOR and Mr. PITT had an audience Of HIS MAJESTY. Yesterday, about tweltrs o'clock, HIS MAJESTY, accompanied by the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE, and fol lowed by the QUEEN, PRINCESSES, and the DUKES of CUMBERLAND and KENT, took an airing to Kew. Saturday the DUKES of YORK, CUMBERLAND, KENT, and CAMBRIDGE, dined With HER; MAJESTY. The Cabinet Council which was to have been held on Saturday, at Lord HARROW BY'S Office, in Down ing -street, was deferred till yesterday, when Mr. PITT, Lord MELY/LLE, Lord HARROWBY ) and Earl CAMDEN, were present. The Earl Of CHESTERFIELD iS tO receive the va. cant Blue Ribband, and resign his situation of Mas. ter of the Horse, very much to the regret of those persons who were under his Lordship in that de. partment. Mr. CANNING, as Treasurer of the Navy, has reinstated Mr. TROTTER in the office of Comptrol ler of the Navy. The Anniversary of Mr. PITT'S Birth-day re turns on the 28th instant, and we doubt not than it will prove a day of festivity to the friends of MONARCHY AND THE CONSTITUTION. The Son of Lord CHARLES SOMERSET is appointed Page of Honour to His MAJESTY, in the - room of the Hon. E. M. IRBY, appointed an Ensign in the 33 Regiment of Guards. The PRINCE of WALES gave his second Grand Dinner on Saturday last at Carleton House. The Company was about as numerous as before. The PRINCE very naturally conceives, that it is neees. sary for him to become more intimately acquainted with the rank, property, and talents of the Country ; and, notwithstanding all the insinuations of the Anti-Prerogative Prints, will keep up the dignity of the Heir-Apparent, without any alloy of Party, in his weekly entertainments. Some of the Morning Prints, for want of politi cal intelligence, are obliged to have recourse to the old expedient of fabrication. Hence the Public are every day amused with accounts of new obstacles in the way of Mr. PITT, which, we are happy to say, are only to be found in the columns of a Newspaper. Of this kind, we have reason to believe; is a story about the dismission of Lord AMHERST as one of the Lords of the Bedchamber, and Mr. PITT'S con sequent resolution to resign. There is another story of equal authority, stating Mr. PITT'S having ex. expressed doubts to His MAJESTY, whether he could " condua the Public Business under an exclu sion of talents ;" and that the answer was, " At least, Mr. PITT, you can try." If there were any foundation for the latter story, it must have been heard by " a rat behind the arras ;" but as there was no exclusion of talents in general, and merely an exception to t'ne employment of Mr. Fox in a Cabinet situation, the whole may be considered as a silly go:lipping invention. Thursday the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland met at Edinburgh. His Grace FRANCIS Lord NAPIER; His Majesty's High Commis sioner, attended by His Grace the Duke of Buc- CLEUGH, the Earls of DALKEITH, ERROL, MORAY, DALHOUSIE, and MOIRA, Viscounts ARBUTHNOT; DUNCAN, DOWNE, and FORBES, Lords MONTAGU and RANCLIFFE, Sir JAMES ST. CLAIR ERSKINE, Sir JOHN DALRYMPLE, Sir JAMES DUNBAR, Lieu. tenant-General VYSE, Rear-Admiral VASHON, and a greater attendance of Gentlemen of Distir.stion, and Military Officers, , thin was ever witnessed on any former occasion, walked in procession (a de.. tachment of the Inverness.shire Militia and the City Guard lining the streets) from his lodgings, in the King's arms Tavern ; to the High Church, where be was received by the Magistrates in their robes. The Hon. Mr. PAG, ET, third son of the Earl o f UXBRIAGE, is very SOOll tO lead to 'the n uptial shrine the Honourable and accomplished Miss GRINS. STONE. fie Pfritlernen who are expefled to be chosen , o n Midstimmer-ttly; Sheriffs for the City` of ',on door are, jAmEs . Woonoßroog, E, q . G6l4lsmith, and JAMES pIXQN, Eiq. Cititeri :int! Merchant T3y101.. THE lIAMBURCII MAILS. C ON STANTINOPLE, APRIL Io.—The Porte has received intelligence that the English, with thirteen Ships of the Line and Frigates, and a number of Transports, have effeaed a landing in Egypt, and taken possession of the City and Forts of Alexan dria. They expeft the arrival, in a short time, of 7600 men from the East Indies, by the way of the Red Sea. _ _ _ ' The Turkish Fleet is preparing to sail for the Morea. BANKS OF THE MAINE, MAY 5. —Accounts from Genoa of the 21st of April, renew the report that the Toulon Fleet of nine Ships of the Line has put to sea, and is at present stationed off the Hieres Islands. The English Fleet of Lord NELSON has in part sailed for Turkey. WILLS and two other Leaders of the Insurgents in Switzerland, have been beheaded at Zurich, and another shot. SWABIA, APRIL 24.. —Yesterday, a somewhat singular mistake occurred at Offenburgh. An Eng lish Gentleman arrived there of the name and title of Sir FRANCIS DRAKE, and was in consequence taken for the English Envoy of the same name. It soon appeared, however, that he was an entirely dif_ ferent person, and not even related to him. He is a descendant of the celebrated Admiral, and was going from Neufchatel, where he had resided during eight months with his family, to Berlin. LEGHORN, APRIL z2.—The French Garrison here amounts to four thousand men. Last week, some English making their appearance, the gartison manned all the batteries. The English Ships have now sailed away. Many suspeeled Frenchmen con. tinue to be arrested in Italy. FLORENCE, APRIL 16.—They write from Rome that a late marriage is not expaled to be durable.— (Is this the marriage of the Princess BORCHESE ?) A part of the Fleet of Lord NELsoN is sailed from Malta against Algiers. BERLIN, MAY B.—Her Imperial Highness the Grand Dutchess CONSTANTIN& of RUSSIA, arrived at Potsdam last Sunday. The Russian Embassy, and all Russians present in this metropolis, have taken mourning for the Duke of ENGHIEN, for one week. A number of Troops have been embarked at the Cape of Good Hope, immediately after the arrival there of a French Commissary from the Isle of France, from which place Troops in return are cx. peded to be brought to the Cape. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 24.—(From the Court Gazette.)—His IMPERIAL MAJESTY has been pleased to order a Court mourning for seven days, on account of the death of his Highness the Duke cI'ENGHtEti. CARLSRT.TH E, AP RI L 30.—The Court of Sweden has gone into mourning for eight days, on account of the death of his Highness the Duke d'ENGH I EN. Baron FAIRENSWARD, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris, had received or ders a month since to repair to the KING, to receive his commands and instructions relative to various objects. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MosicrANs held their Annual Dinner on Saturday last, atVVI L L t s's Rooms. The Earl of FORTESCUE sat in the Chair, as Hono rary President.—The room contained near 300 per. sons, and consisted chiefly of well-known Professors and Amateurs of Music. The dinner was elegant and abundant. Non nobis Donzine was given imme diately after dinner, and many loyal and constitu. tional Toasts followed. Dr. CALLCOTT, with a laudable zeal for the Institution, composed a new Ode on the occasion, which was sung by the SALES, KNYYETTS, NIELD, GORE, &C. &C. A new Glee, composed by the Junior SALE, was sung by him, KNYVL•TT and NI ELD. The health of the Noble President was proposed by Dr. SMITH, and drank with zeal. The Earl returned thanks in a neat speech. The health of the Vice-Presidents was next proposed and drank. Earl WILTON returned thanks in their names, and promised a zealous support to the Institution. INcLEDON and SHIELD exerted their talents on the occasion, and the day passed off with the utmost festivity. Mrs. STEPHEN KEMBLE is come to London merely upon a visit of friendship, but we hope she will not leave it without gratifying the Public with an exertion of those theatrical talents which they have so often admired. Drury-lane 'Theatre closes on the 9th of June, and Covent-Garden on the 29th. The Novel of Virtuous Poverty, is the produaion of HENRY SIDDONs, the only Son of Mrs. SID DONS, and it maintains the credit of the family for superior talents, being the best production of the Press in that line that has appeared this season. Some differences having lately arisen between the Herald': College, or College of Arms, and the Ge nealogists of the Order of the Bath, respelling the right of recording the Pedigrees of the Knights, HIS MAJESTY has commanded that such Pedigrees shall in future be first entered at the College of Arms, and copied from the books of the College into others, to be kept by the Genealogists. This order, which is dated May 8, appeared in Saturday night's Gazette. The projefted Encampments on the Kentish coast will very shortly take place. That at Shorncliff will consist of the 4th, or King's Own ; 43d (Light Infantry), from Ashford ; 5 ail (Light Infantry), 59th, and Rifle Corps, with two Brigades of Ar. tillery. The Generals and Chiefs of Hati (ci.devant Sr. Domingo), on the Ist of January last, proclaimed JOHN JAMES DESSALINES, Governor-General for life, with the powers of making war and peace, and nominating his successor. ,The Generals have all sworn to resist for ever the authority of France, and to die rather than live under its dominion. The lower class of people at New Orleans are stated to he greatly dissatisfied with their new Go_ vernmenr, and that the French and Spaniards were in aftive rebellion. On the z;th of February they attempted to destroy the City by fire, and soo dol lars are nOw offered for the discovery of the incen diaries. The Americans were; at the date of the last accf)upt9, every night tithiel arms. AAPAL NEWS. From ti:e LONDON GAZETTE, My 19, ISO 4 Admiralty-once, May 19, 1804. Copies of Letters from Commodore Hood, CO: mander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Leeward Islands, to William Marsden, Esq' Centaur, Carlisle-Bay, Barbadah SIR, March 5804. I beg leave to inclose you, for the informnticn of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copy of a Letter from Lieutenant Carr, command ing His Majesty's Armed Schooner L'Eclair, giving an account of the cutting out an Enemy's Privateer by Mr. Salmon, the master, and ten men in a boat► from under the Batteries of La Hayes, GuLdaloulle. I have the Honour to be, &c. W. Marsden, Eq. SAM. HOOD. 1 His Majesty's Schooner L'Eclair, St. johrf j . SIR, Roads, loth March 1804.. It is with great pleasure I have the honour to ac' quaint you, that on Tuesday the sth inst. at torts P. M. passing Englishman's-Hea•d, Guadalourt i r a His Majesty's Schooner under my command, I dis covered a Schooner standing at the northevard;, on drawing near her she hoisted a red pendant, stood into the Hayes, and anchored close unde r the Batteries. On standing in I discovered he r i to be a French Privateer full of men, The win ' blowing fresh on shore from the westward, p t vented my sending the Cutter to attack her. 11 ; seven, still laying off the Hayes, it fell calm. `, . . then proposed sending .the 'Cutter to attempt he t' when Mr. Salmon, the master, volunteered this ° t ie vice, to which I consented, from the knowledg e ~ had of his resolution and good conduit on fort occasions; and I hope, Sir, you will be of opito", ' he merits the confidence placed in him. The BO containing only ten men, himself, and the Surgetrn who was also a volunteer. At two A. M. t h e Boat returned, having captured and brought outs!c li tl a te rb ß o a u t r te ; r , i t e h s e , Privateer, who commenced fi ring on them, ,°,, Bimoamtedpieartseeleverisend:hbeoiarredentzing mei' an d care o,ineres ( Tied her after a stout resistance of ten from the crew, consisting, when boarded, 011 ," t nine men, well prepared to receive their , a n " A a calm, under a heav fi re from the EneraYy ob liged afterwards to tow and sweep her out Ina d ea d calm, hat' teries, as also the musketry from the shore : the master assures me, that the very gallant conduct 0 • the men, together with the assistance of the surges:oo 1 in opposition to all difficulties, enabled him to 00 . " cute this service. She proves to be Le Rose Schoea i er Privateer, carrying fifty men , well a r m ed, and one long brass nine-pounder, sails extremely fas t, well found, and vklualled complete for three m eat " for fifty men, just going on a Cruize. ‘ 9 I am happy to add, that no loss has bee n se h; tained on the part of the boat. On the part O f f o f Enemy five men killed and ten 'wounded, P ir o , whom jumped overboard, including the CaP t°i ' who was wounded on the first of the attack. I have the Honour to be, &c. W. CAR ° To Samuel Hood, Esq. Commodore and Com mander in Chief, &c. &c. &c. Centaur, Carlisle Bay, Barlabist SIR, March 23, 1804. ' I beg leave to enclose you , f or the irforma LW .3 of the Lords Commissioners of Elle Ad m i r alte . t d, I letter I have received from Captain Youeelusbatino of His Majesty's Sloop Osprey, giving an ace° ,„,, of a most spirited aftion he fough t with the Eg)eto tienne, a Freuch Frigate, of 3 6 guns a nd 260 alio; which must certainly have fel!en to .li:s sul 4 . t he e 1 skill and bravery, had not she availed herself n,,, a i, sailing to get away. Captain Younghusharel'Ue,,, lant condutt, widi that of his Officers - rest 'l, 1 against such superior furce, merits my wa plause. , Av ers, This Ship was formerly the Railleure, a t ' 1 s ' rri to the Merchants of Bourdeaux, to fir out a 9 'We" vate Ship of War ; she had made several / en cl. one of which has been,re-taken by the Hile I have the Honour to be, Sec. „ 0 0P , W. Marsden, Lig. SAM. P R bab es ' 1 Ili: Majesty's Sloop Osprey, ' M. SIR, March zB, he° 1804-• l j ifOr; I beg leave to inform you, that on th e 2 ',. t er ; * e I discovered four sail on the south. west (1.° 3 " "* t immediately chaced, and upon - nea ring cr oon e found them to he a large frigate and three (n ate , sh e ships ; upon coming within hail of the frig .a ,i s itles hoisted French Colours, and fired her t: v ( 0 ) s oles which was .instantly returned, and the t , tw ee,' continued in close anion for an hour an"_ .d /I WO minutes, when the Feemy ceased firing, e nd to make off, and her convoy to separate o si n ie " , , u , s eili courses ; I then found with regret that the or ; ° ed the Osprey under her topsails oo.on our 1 ) 0 however continued the chace, ' (ea,. fi r i n g but we los c , chacers as long as they could , sfe rc sight of her during the night. ri d loot ye The French Ship's sails, rigging, a a v , suff ,,, to very much cut ; the Osprey has els° s ail 0 much in her sails and rigging ; man kaled and add, that we have one W .. ' wounded. , Co rn } ' and I am . sisc ee Lieut. Collier, the O ffi cers, and Ship's . ...,,. behaved with the I have further to inform you, that on .% g e li- the S z_, the Osprey and Hippomenes retook i. / so c I renc" t he ance, an,i I am informed from theii, ed, was , greatest bravery and atfi r v , l . Z 7 t ll, master, that the Ship the Osprey enga i , ,r te e ,. ... 171 : , Frigate -Egyptienne, fi tted out as a v t a hirl est" - the Merchants of B eirdeaux, mounting i (iftr five mull. I am, Sir, Sec. - A 1\11). 1i5 13 G. YOUNGH guns, and having on board two hundred an' , joe s, mander in Chief, Egc..&c. &c. ba° Centaur, C a rlisle-1 3 a.Y , Ea t 4_. ~ To Samuel Hood, Esq. Commodore and 60 0- . • March 29v 1" 1 " , o f P e SIR, COPY ut I have the satisfaflion to . n s i iii esY . e , Letter I have received from Captat. . 0 .t. fiend you - 1 count of the capture of the EgYP t i l iat stoop- ,• 0 tb e gate, of thirty-six guns , .q., Egyp t .- ShioleY : Ot . His Majesty's Sloop Hi o f La ptain the , . Artnriess and perseverance toes hi" ) ' crc tlit f force, i pursuit of a Ship of such i ighes t the I firers, and Sloop's Compaq, ppoinene.c,ngni:Ficgcoot kfroc