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New South Wales Corps--Paget Bayty. Gent. to be resign,
out pusehato, site Senior, presamed. .
Royal West-India Rangers—Assistant Surgeon Win. Thornton,
from the 60th Foot, to be Surgeon, rice appointed to
the 60th Foot.
Roll's Regiment—Lieutenant Atlanta de Sury to be Captain of a
Company, without purchase, vice Reluack, who resigns ; En.
es
!antics de Sonnenberg Lobe Lieutenant,vice de Sttry.
Rm..' Waggon Train—Surgeon 'I homes Wynne, from the 69th
Toot, to Ire Surgeon vice Maguire, who exchanges.
9th Garrison Batter:mil—Major Wot. Smelt, from the 11th Foot,
Pt I.f Major, vice Ileadforckwho exchanges.
4th Ro3 al Veteran Battalion—Serjcznt Major Hamilton, froM the
Mat Foot, to tut Linign, vice Robeson, whose appointmatt has
not taken place.

BREVET.
Captain J. J. Dunkin, of the tittla Foot, to be Major in the Army.

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STAFF.
Captain Ak-andef Ugertwood, of the Bth Veteran BattaVon, to
be Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, vice
Wentwotth, deceased.

GAltittinN.
Captain William Strhart of the Zitit Boyd Veteran Battalions to
be Town Major' f Alderney. vice deceased.

IfF.MORANDCM.
Ensign Charles Browne, of the 4001 Foot, who was superseded,
as statedin the Gazette of the 84th ult. is reinstated in his rank.
Ensign Schweitzer, of the 2.ith Foot, is superseded, being
absent Without leave.
Commissions In tlle King's Own Regiment of Staf-
fordshire Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Brice Store to be Captain. Dated Sept. 1, 1808.
'lle Hon. Randal Plunkett to be ditto. Dated Sept. 7.18011.
Ensign George Horton to be lieutenant. Deed Feb. 17, 1808.
Ensign Thomas Greening Twigg to be ditto. Dated April 8,1P013.
Etts.gn Thos. ISeaufoy Leonard to be ditto. Dated April 7, 1808.
William Meadows, Cent. to be ditto. Dated May 2, ISOM.
Vera Rant, and Edward Canning, Cents. to be ditto. Dated Sep-
tember 7, 1808.
Commissions signed by the I.ordLientenant of Hants.
North Hants Regiment of Militia.
Richard Terry, Cent. tobe Ensign. Dated Sept. 88, 1808.
Samuel Briiisford, Gent. to be Ensign. Dazed Sept. t 8 1808.
Portsmouth Victualling Office Artillery.
Lieutenant James Edward Spearing, to in. Captain, vice Mat-
thews, resigned; and Charles Morgue. Gent. to be Second
Lieutenant, vice Spearing, primoted. Dated October 3, 1808.
Basingstoke Volunteer Infantry.
Ensign Edward Adams to be Lieutenant, vice May, resigned, and
John Lunn, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Adams, promoted. Dated
October 3, 1808.
Southampton Battalion of Fnzileers.
Lieutenant Alexander King to be Captain, vice North, resigned.
rated Sept. 7, 1808.
Commission in the Inverness Militia, signed by the

Lord Lieutenant.
John Marquis, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Cameron, appointed to
• the Line. Dated Sept. 17, 1808.
BANKR-UPTCIES ENLARGED.

October 19. Thomas Daman, of Teddlngton, Middlesex, malt-
ster, dealer and chapman, at ten, .n Guildhall.
Nov. 15. Richard Thackray, of Burton-Leonard, Yorkshire,
flax dresser, dealer and chapman, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
Nov. 1. William NPlionald, of Yot I -street, Covent-Gardeu,
boot and shod-maker, at tea, at Guildhall.
BANKRUPTS.

Christian. Schindler, of Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn, London,l
merchant, dealer and chapman, to surrender Or!oher .1, at
two, October 22, and Nov 19, at ten, at Guilll.4ll. Attur..ey,
Mr. Richard Rosser, Red Lion-,quare.
I.awson, of Sunderland near the Sea, Durham, sail-
maker, Nov. 4,5, and 19, at eleven, at the Bri4ge Inn, lihhop.-
wearmouth. Attornies, Mr. Elstob, Catharine-court, 'Frinity-
square, Loudon ; or Mr. I.aws, Sunderland.
.Hugh Jones, of Skinner-street, London, cbeesemourr, drake
and chapman, October 15, 22, and Nov. 19, at te else, at
Guildhall. Anoraks, Messrs. Witett, Annesley, and Son,
Finsbury-square.
George Hall, of Queen-street, London, silk-manufacturer,
October 65, 26, at nine, and Nov. 19, at one, at GuildiaalL—
Attorney,Mr. Coots, Austin Friars.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

Joseph toad, William _Mackley, and Wm. Venable', of Brewer-
s sett, Wettminstix, merchants, October 6, 1803. •
Caroline Daze and Sarah Wittey, milliners and dress-makers,
Grear New-street, Gough-square, London, Sept. 29, Isos.
Andrew Preston and John Preston, of Menchester, wad Robert
Preston, jun. of Liverpool, liquor-merel ants, June 24, 7g07.
Wm. and Gilbert Fergusson, of St. John-street, London, leather-
factors, Sept. 29, 1808.
Wm. Sackville Turner and Francis Ricardo, of Bow, Middlesex,
brewers, Sept. 29, 1808.
Thomas Shaw, John Shaw, Jonathan Marshall, and Thomas
Sheldon, of Sheffield, edge tool-makers, July 11, 1208. •
Richard Stephenson and John Brown, of Glandard Briggs, Lin-
colnshire, mercers, &c. October 1, 1809.
Wm. Wright and Thomas Harlehurst, of Runcorn, Cheshire,
ropers and dealers in slate, October 3, 180.1.
Ralph Eirkinhead and John Cash, of Stockport, Cheshire, buil-
ders, October 4, 1808.
Edmund Henning and John Henning, of Weymauth, Darsetshdre,
merchants and corn-factors, October 4, 1803.
Wm. White and Wm. Montague, of Mile-End Old-Town, pump-
engine-makers and millwrights, Octobers, 1800.
Robert Boyle, Richard ,Pearson Corcoran, and John Crompton,
of Upperl'hames-street, London, wholesale stationers, Sept. 29.
Wm. Swan, James Swan, John Radford, and John Swan, liner.
and cotton-n•anufacturcrs, at Wigan and Manchester, July 1.
Richard Lof.wich and-Joseph Leftwich, of the Manor-Mill, Ro-
therhithe, Surrey, millers, Sept. 29, 1808.
Ritchie, Rickarby, and Co. merchants, lAverpool, as to Alexan-
der Ritchie, Sept. 30, 1808.

The herring fishing in Loch Long was particularly
succesful last -week. One boat, we understand,
caught nearly 4000 in one night.
The Grape, Trnay, and tour other vessels, from
Oporto, arrived off Plymouth on the 3d of October ;
they were part of a convoy which left Oporto on the
15th ult..; thefieet had been separat A ty bad weather.
Yesterday, through the carelessness of some per-
sons awaking in an out-house belonging to the
White Horsepublic-house. at Peckham, a fire broke
out, which -raged for some time with considerable im-
petuosity, but in less than Half an hour one of the
Fire Office engines from town arrived with seven-
teen men, by whose prompt activity it was speedily
got under.
In the morning a fire broke out in the house of a
bookseller, in l'aterncrster-row, but was almost imme-
diately got under without much damage.
Saturday, at a late hour in the afternoon, an alarm-
ing ,fire brokeout•in a distillery at Limehouse, which
destroyed the building, and burnt to a late hour.
A 'fire which :broke out in the dwelling-house of
Mrs. -Hughes, at Halstead, Essex, on Sunday se'n-
night, had been nearly attended with the most fatal
consequent 's-to the neighbourhood. The brother of
Mrs. Hughes, it appears. had been• engaged in mak-
ing fireworks, mid -some of•thern -having by accident
caught fire, their explosion soon set the room in a blaze.
The knowledge of et barrel of gunpowder being in the
house so alarmed the neighbouring inhabitants, that ,
:they fled in-every direction, andmoattempt vralmade
for some time -to extinguish the flames. At length,
-however,:an.inclividual rushed into the flaming eat fice
and at the imminent risk of-his lite, brought out the
barrel, which•he had scarcely effected, when the roof
fell in. The-premises, stock, and fumiture were con-
sumed.