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FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS..
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Ai
cieenshire.—Aberdeenshire Militia.
John Gordon, Esq. to be Majnr,.. vire Lord Alezander Ooede
deceased. Dared June 14,1808.
Tobe Captains--Lieutenant John Grant, vice Marshall, appointed
to the' line ; Lieutenant Alexander Macpherson, vice Stuart,
resigned; and lieutenant Donald Cameron, vice R. Gordon,
resigned., Dated June 14, 1808.
To be Lieutenants--rnsign James Wilson, vice Grant ; Ensign
John Fleming, vice Macpherson ; Lnsign John Dick, /rice Ca-
meron ; Ensign Charles John Johnston, vice Logan ; Ensign
Peter Maclauchlan, vice Reid ; Ensign ohn Gordon, vice Tay-
lor ; and Ensign Harry Gordon. Dated June 14, 1808.
To be Ensigns--James Forbes, George Cameron, Wm. Winton,
Donald Farquharson, Charls Gordon, and halm Farquharson,
Gents. Dated as above.
To be Assistant-Surgeon— Gilbert, Gent, vice A. Macpher-
son. Dated June 14, 1808.
Ist Regiment of Aberdeen Volunteeps.
To be Lieutenants—George Davidson, Gent. vice Mackenzie,
promoted ; Gordon Macrobie, Gent. vice Turrett, deceased;
and Maxwell Gordon, Gent. Dated Jyne 14, 1808.
To be Assistant Surgeon—James Morison, Gent. vice ',igen-
wood, resigaed. Dated as above.
Aberdeen Light Infantry Battalion.
}lector M'Lean, late of the 42d Regiment, to be Adjutant, vice
Ehnslie; appointed to the Line. Dated June 18,1808.
Commissions in the Royal Lancashire Militia, signed
by the Lord Lieutenant.
To be Deputy Lieutenants—Thomas Earle, William Earle, Wil-
liam Nicholson, and William Horton, Esqrs. Dated Sep-
tember 9, 1807.

Ist Battalion.
Edmund Winstanley Rigby, Esq. to be Major; and John Steuart,
Esq. to be C bptaits. Dated Feb. 18, !nos
lames Hilton, Ebq. to be Captain; and John Hayes, Gent. to be
Lieutenant. Dated April 11,1808.
2d Battalion.
James Atberton, Esq. to be Captain. Dated July 9.2, 1808.
Tomas Norris, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated April 8, 1808.
Joseph Myers, Gent. to be ditto. Dated April 9, 1808.
Thorns. Crouchley, Gent, to be ditto. Dated June 17, 1808.
John Atherton, Gent, to be Ensign. Dated Jan. 1, 1808.
Edward Meadows, Gent. to be ditto. Dated April 8, 1808.
John Crossley, Gent, to be ditto. Dated April 9,1808.
Cornelius O'Brien, Gent, to be ditto. Dated June 17,1808.
William Wynn, Geot.to be Surgeon. Dated Aprills, 1808.
Sd Battalion.

Henry Dyer, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated August 6, 1808.
Thomas Hollowell, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Jan. 16, 11108.
William Kerr, Gent, to be ditto. Dated Feb. 10, 1808.
James Cowburn, Gent. to be ditto. Dated April 2, 1808.
Commission signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of the
County of Huntingdon.
Huntingdonshire Volunteer Infantry.
John Pierson, Gent. to be Captain, vice Nevile Tomlinson, Esq.
resigned. Dated July 28, 1808.
Commissions signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of the
- East Riding of the County of York, and Town
and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull.
Militia.

James Torre, jun. Esq. to be Major, vice Clubley, resigned. Da-
ted July 25, 1808.
Edward Cleaver, Esq. to be Captain. Datvd July 20, 1808.
Hull and County and Sculcoates Volunteer Corps of
Light Infantry.
William Hackett, Gent. to be Adj-tant. Dated April 1,1802.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Hereford.
Herefordshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
Captain Abraham Whittaker to be Major• Commandant, vice Sir
George Cornwall, Bart. resignod, Lieutenant Francis Ed-
wards to be Captain, vice Whittaker, promoted. Dated June
17, 18011.
Ist Battalion of Colonel Sir John Geers Cotterell's

Herefordshire Volunteer infantry.
William Taylor, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated October 15,

1807.

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthews's Herefordshire Volun-
teer Infantry.
Wm. Barron, Gent. to be Lieutenant; John Allen, Gent. to be
Ensign. Dated May 26, 1808.
Archenfield Volunteer Infantry.
- Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bart. to be Lieute.
vice Nourse, deceased. Dated

• tenant
June 2, 1808.
Major George Money to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir Hun-
gerford Hoskyns, But. promoted; Captain Henry Barnes to
be Major, vice Money, promoted ; John Gibbon, Gent to be.
Lieutenant ; J. Brown, Gent. to be ditto. All dated as above.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of thel
County Palatine of Chester.—Royal Cheshire Mi.
litia.
Wm. Bayley, Cent. to be !adv. Dated July 28, 1808.
Stockport Volunteer Infantry.
Henry Hodgkinson, Esq. to be Captain, vice Horrecks, resignot
Dated July 30,1808.
To be Lieutenants,
7~osepl Clayton, Gent. vice Boot' resigned. Dated July 90,1/108.
jamin bickhotue, Gent. vice Cant r, resigned. Dated July

Si, 1803,
George kriestnall, Gent. vice Walters, resigned. Dated as above.
To be Ensigns,
James Newton, jun. Gent. vice Jackson, resigned. Dated August
10, 1809. •
George William Newton, Gent. Dated as above.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
August CS. Evan Davies, of Cloth Fair, West Smithfield, Lon •
don, woollen-draper, at ten, at Guildhall.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Francis Smith, late of Milton, next Sittingbourne, Kent, banker.
BANKRUPTS.
John Wray, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, corn-s'ealer, dealer and
char:can, to surrender September 7,8, and 27, at eleven, at the
Strafford Arms, Wakefield. Attorrsies, Mr. Richard Batrye,
Chancery-lane, London; or Mr. Edward Broo:c, Wakefield.
William Wilkes, now or late of Birmingham, factor, dealer and
Chapman, August 29, at four, August so, at one, and Sept. 27,
at twelve, at the Swan Tavern, Birmingham. Anomie., Mr.
3. Lowe, Newotreet, Birmingham ; or Mr. Chilton, Exche-
quer Office, Lincoln's Inn, London.
Herbert Wyatt, Robert Seatcherd Jones, Charles Sheppard, and
Niels Petterson Top, of Duke-street, .idg-ate, London, pain-
ters, plumbers, and glaziers, and. copartners, September 14, at
seven Sept. 15, and 27, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.
Bousield, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street.
Thomas OUivant, of Manchester, silversmith, dealer and chap-
man, Sept. 8,9, and 27, at ten, at the Bridgewater Arms Inn,
Manchester. Attornics, Mr. John Parlor, Manchester; or
Mr. Ralph Ellis, Cursitor-street, London.
Willlam tollivant, of Manchester, cotton-manufacturer, dealer
and ehaproan, Sept. 8,9, and 27, at eleven, at the Bridgewater
Arms, Manchester. Attornics, r. John Taylor, Mancheiter ;
or Mr. Ralph Ellis, Cursitur-street London.
Mary Wicks, of the parish of l'eßncarthempton, Gloucestershire,
miller, baker, desk: and chapwomau, August 24, at six, August
25, and Sept. 87, at eleven, at the Old Bell Inn, in Dursley.—
Attornies, Mr. Isloxsome, Dursley ; or Altars. Price and Wit.
tams, Lincoln's Inn, London.
James flak, now or late of Chester, butcher, September 1,9, 20,
and 213-at eleven, at the Coach and Horses Inn, Chester.— ,
Auot nits, Mr. &mock, Chester ; or Messrs. Milne and Parry,
Temyle.
Edwat I ialford, now or late of Bristol, baker, dealer and Chap-
man, August .19, SO, and Sept. 27, at eleven, nt the 'Bush 'I a-
Tem. Bristol. A;tornies, Messrs. Whitcomb and King, Ser-
joint's Inn, Fleet-street, London ; or John Henry Frankit, St.
John-street, PristoL
Richard banks, of tltharn, Kent, victualler, c:ealer and chapman,
August 20, 27, and Sept. 27, at nine, at Guildhall; London.—.
At:ornies, Messrs. Dt harry and Derby, Tanfield-court, Tem-
ple, London ; or M. ssrs. Everett and Martyr, Greenwich.
Richard liiackray, liurcon-I.coyard, Yorkshire, flax-dresser,,
&ale: and Chapman, August 30. arid September 27, at. ten,
at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Oodmond, New Bridge-street,
Blackfriar's Road, London.