Star.
London, England, 1813-02-17 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Numbers of Petitions were presented for and against
the Monopoly of the East-Lidia Company.
Sir JAMES SHAW gave notice, that on Monday next
be would move for leave to biing in a Bill to compel
manufacturers to put their names and place of abode
on their manufactured goods, and to prevent others
from counterfeiting their marks.
The consideration of• the Ayrshire contested Elec-
tion was postponed from the 23c1 of February to the
sth of March next.
The Right Hon. W. FITZGERALD moved for the
renewal of the. Irish Finance Committee, according
to the usual practice.
The motion was then approved of, and the Com-
mittee named by the Right Hon. Gentleman was
unanimously chosen. Among the number, we dis
tinguished
Sir John Newport
Mr. Peele
Lord Castlereagh
The Chancellor of the
Exchtquer
Mr. Huskisson
Mr. Calming
Mr. Grattan
Mr. Ponsonby

Lord Dysart
Hon. W. Elliott
Mr. 'Tierney
Mr. Davies Giddy
Sir Charles Saxton
Sir Henry Parnell
Mr. Wilberforce
Mr. Charles Long, and
Mr. Wellesley role.

Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON obtained leave to bring in
a Bill to enable part of the Cornish Miners to enlist
into the Regulars.
Mr. WHITE brought up the Report of the mem-
bers balloted for the Election of Great Grimsby, as
follows :
Mr. Davenport
Sir Thomas Ackland
Mr. Brogden
Mr. Calcraft
Mr. J. Buller
Mr. Finlay
Mr. Aug. Fitzgerald

Sir H. Montgomery
Mr. Leigh
Mr. Joh&
Lord Viscount Melgond
Mr. A. Built e
Mr. IL Gordon.

The SPEAKER then informed the Members of
that Committee, that as, from a defect in form, no
Nominees had been elected, they were to fetire and
elect two Nominees from the Members present.

The Members then retired, and returned after a
short time, having elected Mr. Home Sumner and
Mr. H. Wrottesley.

The Local Token Bill was read a third time and
passed.
Mr. Hazy ADDINGTON brought in a Bill to amend
the acts passed last Sessions relating to the Local
Militia. A rumour had gone abroad that his object
was to make considerable alteration in the system,
but it was so ably framed that it could not be done
without impairing it, and the only intention he had
was to explain some clauses not sufficiently under-
stood.

The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be
read a second time.

Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON then brought ill a similar
Bill respecting the Scotch Local Militia, which was
also read a first time, and ordered to be printed, and
to be read a second time on the same day as the
tormer.

The same gentleman then brought np a Bill to
allow a portion of the COlnish Miners to enlist into
the troops of the live, which was mad a first time,
and ordered to be road a woad time on Friday.,-
Adjourned.

/ROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

CROWN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 16, HIS.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TRIS ?RESENT PARLIAMENT.
TOWN AND PORT OF New ROSINEY.—Sir John Thomas Duck-
worth, Knight of the Bath, and Admiral of the Blue.
BOROUOIS or DUNDALZ.—LytIduII Evelyn, Esq. In the room
of John Metge, Esq. who has acecpted the office of Escheater
of Munster.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

WAR-OFFICE, WEB. 16.
Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons-.-James Liddell, Gent. to be
Comet, without purchase, vice Calderwood, promoted.
15th Ditto—John James Douglas, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Bellaire, promoted.
7th Ditto—Comet J. M. Anderson, to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Lynch, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons.
14th Ditto—Henry Dwyer, Gent. to be Cornet, without pur-
chase vice Hickman, promoted.
Ist Regiment of Foot Guards—Easign Edward Penruddock, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lautour, who retires.
ith Regiment of Foot—Hugh Moises, Galt. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Redhead, who retires.
18th Ditto—Ensign and Adjutant Henry Vereker to have the
rank of Lieutenant.

28th Ditto—Ensign Robert Mitchell to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Cottingbam, promoted in the 85th Foot.
41st Ditto—Ensign Charles Harrison, from the Shropshire Mi-
litia, to be Ensign, without purchase; Win. Jones Hall, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Parker, appointed to the 21st
Light Dragoons.
42d Ditto—John Latta, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Farrar, who retires.
43d Ditto—Lieutenant Samuel Hobkirk, to be Captain of a
Company, by purchase, vice Ferguson, promoted in the 79th
Foot.
54th Ditto—Paymaster Henry Irwin, from the 65th Foot, to be
Paymaster, vice Colquhoun, who exchange'.
57th Ditto—John Spurrell Pode, Gent.- to be Ensign,by purchase,
vice Hobhouse, promoted.
60th Ditto—Lieutenant A. C. Bowers, to be Captain of a Com-
pany, without purchase, vice Rogers, who resigns.
To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign Cuthbert Forne-
rett, vice Franehini, promoted; Ensigns William Batteley,
Frederick Baring, William Lupton, and J. Jones; Lieutenant
Hippolite du Bourblanc, from the half-pay of IJh Dresuey's
late Regiment.
I'o be Ensigns, without purcha.e—Edward John Bruce, Gent.
vice Fornerett ; John Thomas Hislop, Gent. vice Batteley;
Thomas Lemmon, Gent. vice Baring ; Thomas Burton, Gent.
vice I.upton ; Wm. Donavan, Gent. vice Jones.
65th Ditto—Paymaster Archibald Coiquhoun, from the 54th
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Irwin, who exchanges.
83d Ditto—Lieutenant George Buchan to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice Reynolds, deceased; Ensign Thomas Lindsay to be
Lieutenant, vice Buchan; William Maxwell, Gent. to be En-
sign, vice Lindsay.
84th Ditto—Captain Courtland Schuyler to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Vincent, with retires; Lieutenant Stephen Pren-
dergast to be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice
Schuyler.
85th Ditto—Gentleman Cadet John Duthy, from the Royal Mi-
litary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Carey,
whose appointment has not taken place.
90th Ditto—Serjeant-Major Alexander Wilson to be Adjutant
(with the rank of Ensign), vice James, promoted.
95th Ditto—Mathew Cadoux, Esq. to be Paymaster, vise Ca-

doux, deceased.
102 d Ditto—Ensign R. T. Hume to be Lieutenant, vice Jamie-
son, deceased.
ro be Ensigns, without purchase—Samuel North, Gent, vice
Sherlock, deceased; Edward Croker, Gent. vice Hume.
Royal African Corps—Lieutenant Alexander Heddle, from the
Royal York Rangers, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Williams, appointed to tie 85th Foot; Hospital-Mate Tho-
mas Aitken to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Douglas, appointed
to the Royal Veteran Battalion.
3d Garrison Battalion—Li,tnenant Peter Rutledge, from half-
pay of the Bth Garrison Battalion, to beLleutenant, vice Lewis,
appointed to the sth Garrison Battalion.
sth Ditto—Lieutenant Coakley Lewis, from the 3d Garrison
Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Macdonald who retires upon

half-pay of the late Bth Garr.son Battalion.
nth Veteran Battallon—Assistant Surteon Henry Mostyn, from
the 15th Light Dragoons, to beAasibtant-Surgeon, vice Spence,
promoted in the ltsth Foot.
110:-PITAL STAFF.

Assistant-Surgeon Wm. sibbald, from the 6th Dragoon Guards,
to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces. vice Dow, promoted in
the Sith kuut.

The King's German Legion.
2d Regiment Light Dragoons— r•chulze, Gent. to be
Corner, vice Prendergast, whose appointment has not take!.

place.
7th Battalion of the Line—Jain Henderson, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Ebel!, protneted.
Royal Corsican Rangers.
Paymaster-Serjeant William Hill, from the 29th Foot, to be
Quarter-Master, vice Marriotti, who retires.
MEMORANDUM.

Lieutenant Shiel, of the 7th Foot, is superseded, being absent
without leave.

The appointment of Staff-Surgeon R. J. Brown to be Surgeon
of a Recruiting District vice :almond, placed upon half-pay, as
stated in the Gazette of 2d instant, has not taken place.
ERRATUM in the Gazette of the 6th October, 181 2.

95th Foot—For George Coney, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Worsley, promoted,
Read George Carey, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Woraley, promoted.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
kerks.—Royal l3erkshire Militia.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ravenshaw to be Colonel. Dated De-
cember 9, 1812.
Right Hon. William Pleydell Bouverie, commonly called Vis-
' count Folkestone, to ba lieutenant-Colonel. Dated as above.
Lieutenant William Hanel to be Captain. Dated Nov. 17,1812.
Robert Micklent, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated June 26,1812.
Ensign George Grubb to be ditto. Dated August 25, 1812.
William Hatt, Gent. to beditto. Dated August 26, 1812.
Ensign Charles Atkinson to be ditto. Dated Nov. 17, 1812.
Ensign Francis Nathaniel Newbolt to be ditto. Dated January

13, 1813.
William Shackell, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Jul, 21, 1812.
Edward Charwell, Gent. to be ditto. Dated Sept. 12, 1812.
John Norris, Gent. to be ditto. Dated November 17, 1812.
Immanuel John Davenport, Gent. to be ditto. Dated December

9, 1812.
Thomas Weadon DodweU, Gent. to be ditto. Dated January

13,1813.
William Stratton, Gent. to be ditto. Dated Jan. 19, 1813.
2d Regiment of Local Militia.
I.ieutenant James Smith to be Captain. Dated lan. 20, 1813.
Ensign Samuel Butler to be Lieutenant. Dated as a►ove.
Richard Goolden to be Surgeon. Dated May 8, 1812.
Vale of White Horse Volunteers.

John Francis Spenlove, Esq. to be Major. Dated N0v.26,1812.
Lieutenant Benj. Smith to be Captain. Dated May 22, 1811.
Charles Baster, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated Nov. 26, 1812.
Farringdon and Shrivenkam Volunteers.
Ensign John Mayow to be Lieutenant. Dated June 16, 1812.
Royal South Lincoln Militia.
Charles Blissett, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Jan. 27, 1813.
Royal Pembroke kuzileers Militia.
W. Butler, Esq. to be Captain by Brevet. Dated Dec.2s, 1812.
Charles Blake, Gent. to be lit Lieutenant. Dated as above.
John B. Jessop, Gent. to be Ist Lieutenant. Dated Jan. sO, 1813.
Howell Powell Clough, Gent. to be 2d ditto. Dated as above.