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Mr. W. H. C. Picrl,l;tiei)4 ide. President of the Select Committee

in China
Hon. and Rev. H. D. Erskine, by hi+ inothoiri tOr4 F_lskihe
Mr. Annesley, by the Countess of Abingdon
Hon. Thomas Vesey, by the Earl of Gosford
Mr. rdWard Candler, by Admiral Sir Charles Knowles
Miss Artrie HO'ilowak, by the COuntess Stanhope
Mrs. Colonel Hughes, On her itAirlage, by Lady Halket
Mrs. George Wyndham; by. Cobritess cif Mssnster
Mrs. Colonel Barrington' by Lady Doyle.
[The remainder of the Fames arid Pie A-dilations Witt appeitt On
Monday.]
Soon atter the conclusion of the Drawing,toe'm
left town for Windsor.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

At the Court at St, James's,

The King, as Sovereign of the 31,,5t Noble Order of l Carter,
has been graciously pleased, by letters patent under his foy.al
sign manual and the great seal of the Order, bearing date the
20th day of June instant, to dispense with all the statutes and regu-
lations Usually observed in regard to installation, and togrant unto
his Serene Highness AtigUstus.William-Maximilian-Frederick-
Lewis, Reigning Duke of Brunswick, Knight of the said mo-t
noble Order, and duly invested with the ebsigns thereof, full
power and authority to exercise all rights and priVileges belong-
ing to a Knight Companion of the most noble Order of tht.!
Garter, in as full and ample a manner as if his Serene Highness
had been formally installed ; any decree, rule, or usage to the
contrary notwithstanding.

St. James's Palace, June 22.
The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood upon the Right Hon. Robert Wilmot Horton, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief of the island of Ceylon.

Downing street, June 9.4.
His Majesty has been pleased to establish a Commission, for
the purpose of collecting and communicating to persons desirous
to emigrate to any of the British possessions abroad, in quest of
employment, such information as may be useful to the parties
so circumstanced ; and generally to re: der to such persons such
counsel, advice, and aid as can be lawfully afforded to them, in
effecting such emigrations.
The Commissioners will hold their meetings at the Colonial
Office, in Downing-street, and the tbllowing are the persons ap-
pointed:—
His Grace the Duke of Richmond.
Viscount Howick.
Francis Thornhill Baring, Esq.
Henry Ellis, Esq. and
Robert William Hay, Esq.
Frederick T. Elliot, Esq. to act as Secretary to the said Com-
missioners.

Whitehall, June 23, 1831.
The King has been pleased to grant unto Sir Robert Hugh
Kennedy, Knight, Commissary-General of the Forces, his Ma-
jesty's Royal license and authority that he may accept and wear
the insignia of a Knight of the Royal and distinguished Spanish
Order of Charles the Third, which his Majesty Ferdinand the
Seventh, King of Spain, was graciously pleased to confer upon
him, in testimony of his Royal approbation of his distinguished
conduct during the Peninsular war.

Whitehall, June t.

The King has been pleased to 'ordain and declare, that George
Chapple Norton, Esq. Barrister-at-law, Recorder of Guildford,
in the county of Surrey, and late Representative in Parliament
for that borough ; Charles Francis Norton, Esq. Lieutenant in
his Majesty's 52. d Regiment of Foot, and Representative in Parlia-
ment for Guildford aforesaid; James Norton, of University Col-
lege, Oxford, Esq. ; Dame Grace Charlotte Menzies, wife of Sir
Niel Menzies, of Castle Menzies, in North Britain, Bart. ;
Caroline Elizabeth Norton, ;Mary Ellen Norton, and William
Augusta Ann Norton, spinsters, brothers and sisters of the
Right Hon. Fletcher Lord Grantley, Baron of Markenfield, in
the county of York, shall henceforth respectively have, hold, and
enjoy the same title, place, and precedency, as if their father,
Fletcher Norton, Esq. commonly called the Hon. Fletcher Nor-
ton, sometime Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in
Scotland, and second son of Fletcher, first Baron Grantley, had
survived his elder brother William Baron Grantley, and had
actually succeeded to the dignity of Baron Grantley.

Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Surrey.
Surrey Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
J. B. Phillipson, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Bond, resigned,
June 13.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent.
West Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
J. W. Stratford, Gent, to be Lieutenant; T. W. Roberts,
Gent. to be Cornet, vice Hussey, promoted, June 16.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcester.
Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry.
J. W. Isaac, Gent. to be Cornet, June 21.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of

Lancaster.
J. Pedder, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 18.
2d Battalion of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Militia.
R. B. Clayton, Esq. to be Captain, vice Patten, promoted Major
3d Battalion, June 12. . .

3d Battalion.
H. J. Palmer, Gent. to be Ensign, June 18.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the
County of York.
2d Regiment of Webt York Militia.

E. T. White, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Luckhurst, resigned;
W. B. Naylor, Gent. to be ditto, vice Hay, deceased ; W. Web-
ster, Gent. to be ditto, vice Vickers, deceased, May 23.
Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
T. Bischoff, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Fairfax, promoted,
April 8.
Southern West Riding Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
T. Walker, Esq. to be Captain, vice Alderson, resigned, June
11; T. Walker, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Owen, resigned,
April 20; R. Cattle, Gent. to be ditto, vice Clarke, resigned,
June 11 ; F. H. Cartwright, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Gordon,
resigned, April 20; C. Jackson, Gent. to be ditto, vice Birch,
resigned, April 20 ; A. Helleley, Gent. to be ditto, vice Cattle,
promoted, June 11.
The following Commissions, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of
the County of Hertford, bear date the 4th February, 1831, in-
stead of the 7th February, 18 1, as stated in the Gazette of the
sth April last :
Hertfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
South Herts Corps.
J. Christie, Esq. to be Captain; G. Bosanquet, Gent. to be
Lieutenant; E. Griffith, Gent to be Comet.

Whitehall, June 15.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edmund Ward, of Pres-
cot, in the county of Lancaster, Gent. tobe a Master Extraor.
dinary in the High Court of Chancery.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY,
WILLIAM WHITE, Newent, Gloucestershire, corn-dealer.
JONATHAN MATTHEWS, Bristol, basket-maker.
DAVID DR A KEFORD, Meeting House-court, Old Jewry,
broker.