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NAV DITILLIGENCE.
PLYMODTH, 4Plitt S.
Last evening signals were made from Mak
Tower for men of war from the Eastward. T
signal demanding their numbers was then ma "
and they stood in from the S. S. E. quarter. Th
two men of war answered the signal, and proved
be the !Veit:lnt, 98 guns, Capt. 0. B. Drury ; and
rnerable, 74 guns, Capt. Searle, to join the squa-
dron of observation forming in Cawsand Bay. They
anchored, the former at four, and the latter at se-
ven P. M. The Ru se!, 74, Captain Williams, is
hourly expeCted to join the above squadron.
esterday the Salvador del Mundo, 11`2 guns,
Capt. C. H. Lane, after taking in her lower masts
by means of the sheer hulk, was warped down to the
Bite of Miibrook Lake, where the Cambridge lay
last war as flag and receiving ship ; she has her
top-masts up, and is rigging very fast.
Another of the mutineers of the Herneione, Cap-
tain Pigot, murdered by his crew some years since
in the West Indies, was discovered as a pressed
man on board a frigate in Hanioaze : as soon as
his person is identified, lie will be tried by a Cur
Martial on board the flag-ship in Hamoaze.
Yesterday the South Devon Regiment of Milie a
received their new cloathing and appointments, and
this morning marched to church, with their Offi-
cers and Band, and made a very soldierly ap-
pearance.
PLYMOUTH-DOCK, APRIL 3.
Ships in Cawsand Bay waiting for orders :
Guns.
Rear AdminACanipbel.
Cullod !;) 74
Captain eqnn.
Giumgcux 7,4 Giptain J •. Hardy.
N .ptu 09 Ca ;rain 015. Drury.
Vellcubir 74 Caina,n Searle.
In the Harbour, and quite ready for sea, only
wanting a few hands to complete their comple-
ment :

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Tennant.. .84 Capt. Sir F.. PeHew, Bart.
Sdaitiat • 74 Capt. G. Murr.y.
M ilr I 84 Capt. Buller.
Plantagesin ...74 Caps. liamond.
Conqueror 74 Capt. Louis.
Mars 74 Capt. Sutton.
DarttS 36 Capt. rearsan.

Ordered to be got ready with all weed for com-
missioning, and are in great forwardness :
St. Joc..ph 112
Willi (1.• Paris 1 t 0
Cauopu►... t'4l
lYnce 9B

Admiral Lord Keith's flag is on board the
Princes: Charlotte ; Rear Admiral Dacre's on board
the SpiOre.
PORTS'fOUTII, APRIL 4.
Sailed to St. Helen's his Majesty's ship Albion, of
32 guns, Capt. Hardy, bound on foreign service ;
and his Majesty's ship Acasta, of 40 guns, Capt.
Wood, to the westward.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Eurydice, of 24 guns,
Capt. Malcolm, frcm Jersey, and remains with the
squadron.
Remains at St. Helens the AMIT2.OII, of 32 guns,
and Pigmy cutter, of 14 guns.—Wind S. and mo-
derate.
This day a court-martial was held on board his
Majesty's ship Gladiator, in Portsmouth Harbour,
on Capt. Becher, and the officers of his Majesty's
late ship La Determiner, for the loss of that ship—
John Holloway, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the Red,
President—when they were all acquitted.
FALIVIOUTH. APRIL 2.
Arrived this day the Hind Revenue cutter, with
the smuggling cutter Unity, of Polperro, from
Guernsey, with a cargo of 800 ankers of spirits,
which were intended to be smuggled on this coast.
The crew of the Unity were all put en board the
Gannett brig, of 18 guns, Captain Basi, which also
arrived this day, with a number of men picked up
from the vessels bound up Channel.
The Eagle cutter, Lieutenant Hamilton, sailed
from hence yesterday for Plymouth, with forty sea-
men (volunteers) for the Navy.
Appeared off this port this C. the American
ship Columbia, Captain Taylor, from New York, in
thirty-seven d.tys, bound for Havre de Grasse,
with cotton, Ste. On her passage she spoke the
following vessels : schooner roulcu, of and from
Pool for Newfoundland, in lat. ea, out fifteen days ;
had lost her foremast in a gale of wind;—Ameri-
can ship Gatlin, Pinkie, from London for Norfork, in
lat. 14, out eleven days, all well ;—brig Mary and
Margaret, Crosbie, from Liverpool for St. Vincent's,
in lat. 12, out twenty-one days, all well.
The Prince Adolphus packet, with the mail of the
2(:th ult. for Lisbon, is detained by contrary winds.
The Lord Charles Spencer and Lady Arabella
packets are appointed to carry out, the mails this
month for Jamaica, and New York and Halifax,
and will sail, if favourable winds, the 10th inst.—
W ind S. W.

DOVER, APRIL 4.
Sailed this morning, the Nan:y passage vessel,
with passengers, for Calais.
Passed by yesterday, the ship Aaive, Captain C.
Nichols, bound to Rotterdam ; also the ship Maria,
Captain Steinmetz, from Madeira, bound to Ham-
burgh.
No arrivals since last night. The passengers that
landed from the Per.fia Union, Captain Mascot, were
Lady %Vorsley and family, Thomas Thomas, Esq.
H. Brandon, Esq. H. Waddington, Esq. and J.
Hutchinson, Esq. No messengers arrived.

HALF PAST SIX, P. W.
A French packet is just arrived in the roads ; as
the post is quite ready to set off, I cannot say whe-
ther there is any messenger on board.
DEAL, APRIL 4.
Sailed the Amdurcark frigate to the northward.
Remain the rest as per last. Wind S. W.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.--The Honourable Cap-
tain Paget, to the Budymion, at Portsmouth ; Ho-
nourable Captain E. Fleming, to the Erptitnne ;
Lord W. Fitzroy, to the Fairy; Lieutenant Den-
shap, to Greenwich Hospital, vice Fortye, deceased ;
Lieutenant Johnson, to the Ceres ; Lieutenants For-
ster, Nicholas, and Galloway, to the Salvador del
Muudo; Mr. Walker, Purser of the State&, to the
Ttgre; Captain Dumaresque, to the Chartvell ; Lieu.
tenants Cooksly and Halliday, to the Glykheid; Lieu-
tenant Fullarton, to the Dreadnought ; Honourable
Captain Boeverie, to the Mercury.
Captain Bowen, of the Dreadnought, is appointed
to the Primate; and Captain Edward Brace to the
Drealtiotek. It is said Lord Badstock will hoist
his &iron board the Dreamt:O. She is ordered
to Cawsand Bay.

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CIRCULAR LEtTIR

F ROM LORD HOBART ro THE
IEs.LORD LIEUTENANTS
Ot cuUNT

MY LORD,
Downing-street, March SI, nal
The frequent references Lady made to me from some of his
Majesty's Lieetenaute of Counties, in consequence of the
anxiety expressed by a large proportion of the Volunteer Corps
to renew their engagements, have induced the King's confi-
dential Servants to censitfe upon what footing it would be ad-
♦isable to place these estebliihinents, and to determine the ex-
tent of the aid to be afford 1.1 by Government to those whose
services his Majesty may be pleased to accept.
I convey to your Lordship, in the acrompanving Paper,
a general outline of the plan it is intended to act upon; fur
the purpose of your being enabled to Ratify soy enquiries
which may be made to you, with regard to the
.sentiments of
Government in this respevt.
It may be right, however, that I should intimate to your
Lrdship, that, although the actual state of affairs has rendered
it advisable that I dwelt' make this communication at this
time, the plan must rather be considered with a referenee
to
a permanent system than a situation of emergency : the 4pple
cation of it in point of extent, to depend upon and to be re-
gulated by circumstances.
With this view I mast v.:lnc:it of your Lordship to receive,
and to commtthicate to me, for his Majesty's information, any
offers of ser:ice that may he made to you in the Comity of
G.ocester, in order that such a selection may be made as may
be best calculated to give the most useful effect to that loyalty
and phblic spirit by whirls the Volunteer institution has uni-
formly been distinauished.
have the honour to be,
MY LOAD,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble Serrant,
110bART
Ilis Majesty's Lieutenant of the t
County of—

PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR CORPS
OF VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

Every Corps, receiving pay, to engage to serve in the Mili-
tary District in which it is situated.
Every Officer, Nou-commissioned Officer, and Private, to
take au Oath rs:* Allegiance and Fidelity to his Majesty.
The Companies not to be less than 2 Set' pants, 2 Corporals,
1 Drummer, liud 50 Privates each, with 1 Captain, 1 Li.aute-
-114111, 1 Em.gu ; S Lieutenants to the Flank Companies, and
to such a. cousin-of 80 melt —no Com' any to have more
than 100 privates.
Field Officers, in roportion to the whole number of private
men in the Corps, to be the same as in the British Militia; art
Adjutant and Serjeant-:Tajo: to be aPow-d to Crips :of SOO pri-
vate men and upwards; a Szrjeant • Major on.y, to enrol of 150
to 500 privates; one Officer in every Crumpany, if taken from
the Bail Pay, to have constant pay of hi Volunteer Co.ninis-
sion, not higher that that of Ca:itain ; if not on 11,1r-Pay, but
formerly a Commissioned Officer in the Military Ser-ce, to
have constant Pay equal to the Half-Pay of hi Valuntee, rant,
not higher than that of Captain ; the other Officers not to re-
ceive any Pay, the Adjutants exceeted.
When not wiled oat on actual service, the Adjutants, Set-
jeant-Majors, stud one Serje.ant per Company, to ba allowed
constant pay as in the disembodied Militia pay, has disembo-
died Militia) for the rest of the Serjeants, and for the Corpo-
rals, Drummers, and Privates, to be al wed for two days iti the
weak, from Lady-day to Michaelmas; and for one day rif mus-
ter of each in the wittier months; but for effect:Yes only, pre.
sent under arins-i-

per diem. per diem.
I.' D. S. D.
Adjutants
Sezjeant Majors 1 6 Corporal 1 I
and 2s. 6d. per week Drummer
in addition. l fit Ate 1 0

To DE ALLOWED FOR ctoarsixo,
L. 8 3 9 for each Serjeant,
1 11 3 for each Corporal,
2 3 6 fur each Drummer,
1 10 0 for each Private
And to be repeated at the end of three years.
An Annual Allowance to be made to each Company in lieu
of all Contingencies (exclusive of Agency, for which bieiiness
an Agent will be appointed by Government,) vie. 2.51, for Com-
panies of 50 private men, with an additional allowance of 51
fur e•cay telt mescal beyond iliac number.
The whole to be cloathed in Red, with the sole exception of
the Companies of Artillery, which are to have blue cloathing.
Field Officers and Adjutants to be allowed the Tax for one
horse each; the whole, Officers and Men, to be e7.:(.mpted frbaa
the Ilair Powder Duty, and from being balloted for the Militia,
during their service in the Volunteers.
When called out in case of actual Invasion, to be paid and
disciplined in all respects as the regular Infantry; Artillery
Companies to be paid as Artillery, when on actual service.

MEETINGS OF CR I. DITORS AT GUILDHALL.
TO-MORROW. It. g.

John Smalley, William Ells m, and R.A.h.rt Walraesky,
all of B! a :kburn, Lancaster, cotton-nianufattUlCfi 0 11
S. Greenwood, of Newman-street, Oxford-street,
maker 1 10
W. Turnbull, late of lienchurclestreet, deaier and chap-
m 1 10
an
W. Stokes, late of Old Broad-street, London, mer-
chant
Frainiis Bestow, of Russia-row, Milk-street, hosier llO

MARRIED.
On Tuesday last, at Sicnouth, Devon, by the Rev. Mr.
Jenkins, Mr. J. Barton, of Maik.lane, wine merchant, to
Miss S. E. Lowe, daughter-in-law ot the Rev. Mr.Butcliet,
of the former place.
J. M. Scott, of Ballyganon, in the county of Wickkw,
Esq. to the Right Hon. Lady itrabella Brabazon.
Lately, Mr. G. Rorauer, ot Great Castle-street, Ca.
vendish-square, to IVliss H. Mattin, Q•.een Anne.strat
East.

DIED.
On She 29th of March, at Dent, in Yorkshire, John
S'll, Esq. a considerable Planter in the Island of Jamaica.
On Sunday afternoon, at his mother's house, Tyndale-
Islington, hlr. li. Mills.

place,
On Fling evcning last, at !Utley, St. George, in the
county of CArnblitige, Mrs. Qtt2lntin, wife of "I. Qai.itin,
Esq. of that place.
In Sackriile-street, Dublin, Lord Wallscourt, one of
the Governors of the county of Galway. He is succeeded
in his tide by his nephew, J. H.lllaLe. a minor.

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