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London, England, 1809-11-08 00:00:00

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WHITEHALL, NOVEMBER 7.
The King has been pleased to institute and appoint the Right
Honourable Robert Dundas, the Right Honourable Jdhn Jeffreys,
l'.;111 Camden, Knight of the Most Noble Qrder of the Garter,
President of his Majesty's Council; the Right Honourable Ka-
bert Banks Earl of Livrrpnol, the Right Honourable Henry Earl
Bathurst, and the Right Honourable Richard Ryder, his Ma-
jesty's Three Principal Secretaries of State ; the Right Honour-
able Spencer Perceval, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of his
Majesty's Exchequer ; George Percy, Esq. (commonly called
Lord Lovaine), the Right Honourable John Baron Teignmouth,
the Right Honourable Thomas Wallace, and Francis Almaric
Spencer, Esq. (commonly called Lord Francis Almaric Spencer),
to be his Majesty's Commissioners for the Management of the
Affairs in India.

The King has been pleased to grant to the Rev. Wm. How-
ley, Doctor in Divinity, the office and place of Regius Professor
of Divinity in the University of Oxford, together with the place
and dignity of a Canon of the Cathedral Church of Christ in the
said University, properly belonging to the Regius Professor of
the said University ; being both void by the promotion of Doc-
tor Charles Henry Hall to the Deanry of the said Cathedral
Church.

The King has been pleased to present the Rev. Hugh Cham-
bers Jones, M.A. to the Vicarage of West Ham, in the county
of Essex, and diocese of London, void by the resignation of the
Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley.
QUEEN'S PALACE, NOVEMBER 1.
The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood on Alexander Johnston, Esq. on his being appointed Chief
Justice of the Supreme Co urt of Judicature on the Island of
Ceylon.

The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood on Francis Macnaghten, Esq. one of the Judges of the Su-
preme Court of Judicature at Madras.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
WAR OFFICE, NOVEMBER 7.
sd Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain George Holmes robe
Major, vice Struts, deceased; Lieutenant William Tiede to be
Captain of a Troop, vice Holmes; Cornet Ilugh Cummings
to be Lieutenant, vice Tiede.
2 Regiment of Dragoons—G. H. Falconer, Gent. to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Cunningham promoted.
Sd Ditto—Cornet Arthur Shakespear, from the '2d Dragoon
Guards, to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jackson, promo-
ted.

Mk Ditto—William Sherlock, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Willett, promoted.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Quat
ly to be Regimental Quarter Master.
Ist Regiment of Font—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Bell, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice M'Gregor, de-
ceased.
Sd Ditto—Lieutenant Peter Campbell to be Captain of a Com-

ter Master Thomas He-

pany, vice Aylmer, deceased; Ensign William Manders to be
Lieutenant, vice CampbeU.
sth Ditto—Charles Edward Bolton, Gent. to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Hunt, whose Appointment has not taken
place.
7th Ditto—Lieutenant George Wythe, from the 62d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Bartholomew, who exchanges.
9th Ditto—Lieutenant H. Wellman to be Captain of a Company,
without purchase, vice Johnstone, who retires.
10th Ditto—Captain Octavius Carey to be Major, by purchase,
vice Sham, promoted ; Lieutenant Thomas Fothergill to be
Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires.
25th Ditto—Serjeant-Major William Keens to be Adjuta..t, with
the rank of Ensign, vice K. Nowles, who resigns the Adju-
tancy only.
28th Ditto--Hospital Mate J. Williamson to be Assistant-Sur-
geon.
34th Ditto—Thomas Eccles, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Boursiquot, who retires.
35th Regiment of Foot.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase,
_ _ _

Ensigns Thomas M'Donougb, Thomas Howard, John Dedwith
Gibbs, and Christopher Spencer BrearT.,
To be Ensigns,

A. Macfarlane, Gent. vice M4Donot;gh ; Nicholson Wilson,
Gent. vice Howard; Ulysses Fitzmaurice, Gent. vice Gibbs;
Edward O'Brien, Gent. vice Breary.
36th Ditto—Serjemt Samuel Wall, from the Coldstream Guards,
to be Adjutant, with the Rank of Ensign, vice Moruw, pro-

moted.
Assistant-Surgeon William Lindsay, from the 96th Foot, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Macfarlane, deceased.
38th Ditto—Lieutenant Mathew Forster to be Captain of a Com-
pany, by purchase, vice Crookshanks, promoted.
Lieutenant Abraham P. Nicholls, from the Royal West India
Rangers, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Forster.
40th Ditto—Constantine Gorman' Gent, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Manning, promoted.
43d Ditto—Volunteer Philip Macpherson, from the 52d Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Nason, promoted.
48th Ditto—Major George Middlemore to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Donellan, deceased.

Brevet Major William Brooke to be Major, vice Middlemore.
Serjeant-Major Dixon to be Adjutant, with the Rank of
Ensign, vice Peacocke, deceased.
51st Ditto—Ensign Flammanck, from the Ist Devon Mili-
tia, to be Ensign.
52d Ditto—Ensign John Wardlaw to be Lieutenant, vice Dick,
deceased.
54th Ditto—Alexander B. Higgins, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Pugh, who resigns ; Philip Mandelhon, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Buller, promoted.
58th Ditto—Ensign John Rolfe to be Lieutenant, vice Vickers,
deceased; Ensign James Whyte, from the Ist Royal Veteran
Battalion, to be Ensign, vice Rolfe.
60th Ditto—Lieutenant Henry Heathcote, from the 7th Foot, to
be Captain of a Company, by purchase, vice Bradshaw, who
retires ; Michael NPFlarnara, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Taylor, whose appointment has not taken place.
Assistant-Surgeon W. 8.. Morle to be Surgeon, vice Carver, ap-
pointed to the 18th Foot.
Hospital-Mate John H. Walker to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Merle.
62d Ditto—Lieutenant T. B. Bartholomew, from the 7th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Wythe, who exchanges.
Quarter-Master:Serjeant George Robertson to be Quarter-Master,
vice O'Brien, appointed to the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion.
Quarter-Master-Serjeant George Mac Beath, from the 94th Foot,
to be Quarter-Master vice Loughran, deceased.
66th Ditto—Lieutenant-Colonel John Colbourne, from the sth
Garrison Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Murray,
who exchanges.
67th Ditto—Ensign Kirkwood Cassidy to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Kirby, appointed to the 95th Foot.
68th Ditto—Lieutenant John Caldow, from the Donegal Militia,
to be Ensign.
72d Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Owen Lindsay. from the 2d Dra-
goon Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Pooler, promoted on the
Staff.
74th Ditto—Captain Thomas Mac Neill, from the 82d Foot, to
be Captain of a Company, vice Langley, who exchanges.
76th Ditto—Ensign E. E. Benson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice White, who retires; Lieutenant Alexander Carnaby, from
the Royal East Middlesex Militia, to be Ensign.
79th Ditto—Charles Brown, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
M'Laine, appointed to the 72d Foot.
81st Ditto—Lieutenant Joseph Palmer, from the South Devon
Militia, to be Ensign.
s2.d Ditto—Captain Frederick Langley, from the 74th Foot, to
be Captain of a Company, vice M'Neill, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant Charles Huxley to be Captain of a Company, vice
Stewart, deceased; Ensign and Adjutant Samuel Holdsworth
to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Erskine Fraser to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hooke, promoted on the
11th Foot.
88th Ditto--Lieutenant Robert Christie to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice Whittle, deceased.
91st Ditto—Lieutenant Francis Hamilton, from half-pay of the
35th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Campbell, who
exchanges.
92d Ditto—Ensign and Adjutant Ewen Campbell to have the rank
of Lieutenant; Ensign Richard M`Donnell to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Campbell, superseded; Ensign John
M'Kinlay to be ditto, vice Henderson, promoted in the 71st
Foot ; Volunteer James Hope to be Ensign, vice M‘Donnell ;
Alexander Macdonald, Geat. to be Ensign, vice M`Kinlay.