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London, England, 1826-05-17 00:00:00

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

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Commission in the Royal South Lincoln Militia, signed by the
Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln. -
Culling Raniley Smith, Rag. to be Captain.

Commission in the lit or Highland Regiment of Edinburgh Loeal
Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of the City
of Edinburgh.
Colonel Sir Evan John Murray M•Gregor, Bart. to be Colonel vice
Murray Ms Gregor, promoted. ,
Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent
and City and County of Canterbury.
Thomas Monypenny, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant.

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Commissions in the East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry,
signed by tile Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent.
Captain Sir John Courtney Honywood, Bart, to be Major, eke
Taylor, resigned; Lieutenant William Deedes to be Captain,
vice Sir John C. Honywood, promoted.
Commissions signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of the Comm), of
Somerset.
John Hugh Smytb Pigott, R. to be Deputy Lieutenant..
in Somerset Militia—James Nagle, Gent, to be Lieutenant.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Suffolk.
George Puke, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant.
lit Regiment of Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry—Richard Pricy Wil.
son, Esq. to be Captain, vice Cooke, deceased ; John Page Read,
Esq. to be ditto, vice todwell, resigned; Robert Knipe Cob-
bold, Esq. to be ditto, vice Cay, resigned ; George Alston, Gent.
to be Lieutenant, vice Breve, resigned; Cornet George Prety-
man, Gent. to be ditto, vie* Cobbold, promoted; Benjamin
Smith, Gent. to be Cornet.
Commissions in the Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry
Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Northumberland.
Captain Matthew Men° be Lieetenant.Colonel-Commandant, vice
Brandling, deceased; Robert Lancelot Allgood, Bag. to be Cap-
tain, vice Bell, promoted.
Commission in the Sd Regiment of Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry,
signed by his Majesty's Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk.
Edward Cubitt, Esq. to be Captain, vice Wedehouse, resigned.
Commission in the Wollaton Troop of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry
Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Not-
tingham.
Charles George Balguy, Gent. to he Second Lieutenant.

Commissions in the Peebkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the
Lord Lieutenant of the County of Peebles.
Cornet James Murray to be Lieutenant, vice Joha Hay, resigned ;
William Forbes M'Kenzie, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Murray..
Commission in the Bedfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the
Vice-Lieutenant of the Cotinty of Bedford.
Charles Frederick Chase, Gent. to be Cornet.

Commission in the Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the
Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford.
Thomas Butler Chinn, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Cue, resigned.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Derby.
North Derbyshire Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Was.
Pole Thornhill to be Captain, vice Arkwrigbt, resigned.
Derbyshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Aurunzebe Hatfield
Gossip, Gent, vice Lucas, resigned.

SCOTS BANKRUPTS.
111QUItSrlalltill&
May 10.—William M. Jamieson and Co. wrights and timber
merchants, in Glasgow. Creditors meet in the Lyceum Rooms
there, 23d May and 6th June, one o'clock.
Thomas Muir, grocer and spirit dealer le Kirkaldy...—
Creditors meet in Low's Inn there, May 65 and June 9, one o'clock
—ll.—Robert Rankine, cotton yarn merchant, Glasgow—
' Creditors meet in the Prince of Wales's Tavern there, Ilith May
and lit June, one o'clock.
—James Weir, merchant and manufacturer, Arbroath—.
Creditors meet in Fairweather's Hotel there, 19th May and gth
June, tog &dock.
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Commerce and theft have, unfos tunately, in every age
sal country uniformly 11 unshed together. Mercury
"was, in ancient Mythology, (he god of meschaits and
of thieves; and it is not very long since that an Afii an
King sitiJ that he designed to send his son to Eurok e
"to read book and be stmt tope like white mei. r

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TIII4OTT NOW ON SALE IS THE LAST THAT
WILL VRR E -ALLOWED IN THIS KINGDOX-
THE PRIpE TICKETS AND SHARES WILL RISE
A FEW.DAYS. THERE ARE SIX OF MOO& ALL
TO BR DRAWN IN ONE DAY.

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