The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-05-30 00:00:00

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FROM THE LONDON GAZLTTE, May 28.
BY TtiE KING. 9
A PROCLAMATiON, FOR INCREAsING THE MILITIA.
GEORGE R.
Whereas it is expediinit that the number of our Militia
Puce* should u • increased without deLly : And whereas the
o.x.asinn there itiatlt beer. communicated to Parliament : We
It.ere thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council,
to, publish this our Proclamation ; and We'd° hereby, in pm-
Seance of the powers which are vetted in us by an Act paved
`n the Forty.secuLd year of our reign, itttituled " An Aa for
am...n(611 the Laws relating to the Militia in England, and for
augmenting the Mit.tia:' and of another Act passed in the
same year, intititled " An Act to raise and eteablish a fililitia
Force in Scotland," order and direct that, in addition to the
number of men already required to be raced under the said
Acts by the several Counties, Ridings, Stewartrie, Cities, and
Places therein mentioned, there shall forthwith be raised mid
enrolled in the said several Counties, Riding,, Stewartriet,
Cities, and Places therein mentioned, repectively, such a Ruin-
b.a of men as may &Mount to, but nut exceed the proilertion
of one-half of the whole number of men required to be raised
by the said Acts in each County, Riding, Stewartty, City, and
Place respectively : And we do hereby further ardor and direct
our Lieutenants and Deputy-Lieuteiiants ropectively, of the
said several Counties, Ridtugs, Stewa.-tries, Citiee, and Plafes,
iiiiraerliately to assemble and forthwith proceed to apportion the
number of men hereby required to be raised in their respective
Counties, Ridings, Stewartiics., Cities, and Places among the
several Ilutidred4, Rapes, Lathes, Wa:sentake., or other
Divisioes, and 550 among the several Parishes, Tythings, or
I"..ci.e therein respectively, and thereafter to proceed to raise
and enrol such men oil or before the 16th day of July next
ensuing.
Given at our Court at St. James's, the 26th day of May, in
the year of our Lord 1803, iu the Forty-third year of UM
Reign.

GOD save the KING.

PROItIOTIONS.
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erdname-OFec, Mi+3 26, 1803.
Rtgal Regime-a of Artillery.
Major-General John Stewart to be Colonel. Commandant, vice
Stratton, d re.v 4. Dated .tay 17, 18113.•
Brevet Coloiit Edward Stephens to be Colonel, vice Stewart.
Dited as above.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Bentham to he Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Stephens. Dated as above.
Barret Lie itenant-Colonel Ediniind sLernoine, to be Major,
Tice B:.ntham. Dated as above.
To Lc Aseistaxislo the 2,mrter-31aster-Geleeral ..if the Forces.
Lieutenant-Colonel Willnughbv Gordon, from the 85th Foot.
Major Hudson Lowe, from the Royal Euzileers.
Major W, Howe De Lance', from the 45th Foot.
Captain Henri• Fox Brownrigg, from the Statf Corps, with the
rank of Major in the Army.
Royal East India ('clopany Volunteers.
3d Regiment.—Nlajor the Honourable William Elphinstone to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice• Sir John Smith Burges, de-
ceased.
William Adair Jackson, Esq to be Major, vice Flphinstone.

BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Hobbs, Barking., &cider and chapman, to stir-
r...iider June 11, 14, and July 9, at twelve, at Guildhall,
London. Attorayy, Mr. Budheld, Laurenc..t-lane, Cheapside.
Joint Hamer, Tunbridge, Kent, baker, June 8, 18, at one,
and Jury 9, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Attorney,
Mr. Stone, Tunbialge Was.
Thomas Weston Lewis, F.,lauith, merchant, June 4, at ten,
11, and July :3, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Attorney,
Mr. John 'resider, Falmouth.
James ChaDefier, Coventry, victualler, Juste 15, 16, and July
0, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Coventry. Atturnies,
Megir-,. Inge and Cum:, Coventry.
William Markham, Cottingliain, Yorkshire, merchant, .Tune
9, 10, aid July. 9, at eleven, at the Getwge Inn, Kingston-
upon-Hull. Attorney, Mr. Ste, hen Dickinson, Kingstun-
wort-Huii.
Thomas BMus and James Brown' Tottenham-street, engine-
manufacturets, June 4, 11, and July 9, at one, at Guildhall,
London. Attorney, Mr. Orrel!, Winsley-street, Oxford-

'Met.
James Wilde, John Watts: and Jchu Boddy, I.7prx r Thames-
. street, wholesale grocers, June 7,18, and July 9, at t.st, at
Guildhall, Loudon. Attorney, Mr. Dann, Thresdneedlr
street.

DIVIDENDS.
Jane 21. Win. Epps and John Epps, of Eprom,Surry,
ke,..;.ers, at ten' at Gui!dliall.
June :LI. John Robinson, Frescot-street, Goodman's-fields,
money-scrivener, at ten, at Guildhall.
Ji•ne 2.r. B. tinkling and J. S. 81acitaniara, of Queen-street,
Linittin, merchants, at ten, at Guildhall.
J.;oe 18. A Geddes, Mark-lane, London, merchant, at one,
at Guildhall.
July a. C. 'fatback, Cateatou-v.-
man, at :ken, at Guildhall.
June 18. W. Heald, 'l. Heald, R. 11. Heald, R. Foster,
Wakefield, y•ork, and J. Heald, King street, Lond,m, mer-
chants, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Wakefield.
June '2B. J. Neale, Er.ck-lave, Spitalfield, salesman, at one,
at tkiildhalt.
June 20. W. Daniel, York, conch-maker, at twelve, at the
• houve of Mr. John Rinrom, York.
JuNe 18. J. F. Norman, Bristol, baker, at eleven, at the
Bummer Tavena, Bristol.
June 18. D. Haniawav, Brandon, Norfolk, merchant, at
twelve, at Guildhall, Linn, Norfolk.
June 29. J. Brady, Ipswich, linen-dr iper, at eleven, at the
Fleece Inn, Ipswich.
July S. T. Baker and J. Shorland, Exeter, woollen-draper,
at ten, at Guildhall,
June 29. D. Wrighton, of Little Alne, Warwickshire, flax-
dresser' at eleven, et the White Lion Inn, Stratford-upon-
Avon, Wanvickshire.
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t, nicrelant and wart:hi:3lN

June 247 S. Whitehouse. Tainworth, Warwickshire, widow,
mercer, at twehe, at the Swan lintel, high-street, Raining-
hii.
June 20. T. Syer-i, Manchester, stationer, at four, at the Uni-
corn, Manehe-ster.
June A. BBIyt%• and C. Itlyth, Alilersgate-street, London,
linen drapers, at oit•ven, at “iiildh.dl.
CERTIFI(:ATI-S, JUNE IS.
J. Powell. Villiers.street, Strand, merchant
NV. Simpson, Clemenes•larrr, London, merchant.
S. Bowman, J. Gafford, ar.d T. Bowman, Poplar and Lime-
, bona!, seed crushers and ial-niandactureis.
3. Ilob-,on, Thunitonlatifl, yotk, tanner.
J. Kiishaw, Liverpool, nwrcliant.
W. Pardue, Clement'F-lane, ivory-turner.
Average Prices of Corn of Logiand tint' Wales, pei Quarter.
from the Return eutimc .y <1 —W heat 575. 9tl—Rye
tid.—Bexley 243.4d—Oats 1,25. 11d.—Beani,
Pease J4s. tides-Oatratealf .
The average Price of Shirr, fur the 'Week ending NE.. 25,
is 46i. 7d. per cwt. exclusive of the duty of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

swessmorsiuesc
SOCIDtS.—A broker of some notoriety residing
near the Circus in St. George's-fields, hung himself
on Friday morning at five o'clock; and on Thurs.
• day afternoon a 'cabinet-maker residing in St.
Getitge•s-row, hung himself in his own house. The
tatoe of the latter having committed this at, is
'.supposed to bays proceeded from a charge madO
• sigamst him with keeping a house a ; there~
baring been a number of watchmen for some days
stationed with I:interns at srferal di•orderly houwi
in that place, and at his among the rest.

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