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London, England, 1818-05-04 00:00:00

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WESTMINSTER FIRE-OFFICE,
ENT GA 1/1131, Ana U, ITBIII.
THEING appointed by the
Deed of Settlement to be held yearly, on the last Thursday
in April, or within ten days thereafter, for the Choice of Audi-
tors, and on other Affairs, will be holden at this Office, on
. TNIMSDAY, May 7th next, at Twelve &Clock.
G. H. BROWNE, Secretary.
N.B. The Chair will be taken at One o'Clock precisely.

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FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 1, 1818.
Irt Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant and Adjutant
Henry Hill, from the half-pay of the 23d Light Dragoons, to
be Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Thomas Barlow, who ex-
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changes,
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Richard Wright,
from the half-pay of the 23d Light Dragoons, to be Cornet,
vice Montagu Harvey Grant, who exchanges.
lit Regiment of Foot—Captain Thomas Mosse from the half-
pay of the Regiment, to be Captain, vice William Gray, who
exchanges.
19th Ditto—Lieutenant Morgan James Jenkins, from half-pay
of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Junes Powell, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
77th Ditto—Ensign William Clarke, from half-pay of the Bth
Foot, to be Ensign, vice George Edward Francis, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference.
78th Ditto—Lieutenant Donald E. M‘Queen, from the half-pay
of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Joshua Gregory, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
let West India . Regiment—Ensign Otho Hamilton Wemyss
. from the half-pay of the 7th West India Regiment, to be En-
sign, vice Edward Leman, who exchanges.
Royal African Corps—Lieutenant Thomas Cochran Hammitt,
from the half-pay of the late Nova Scotia Fencibles, to be
Lieutenant, vice Abraham Odium, who exchanges.
Royal York Rangers--Lientenant Henry Yielding Eager, on
the half-pay of the 19th Foot, to be Paymaster, vine Calmer,
deceased.

The Christian names of Assistant-Surgeon VP Lean, who ex-
changed from the 78th Foot to half-pay of the 35th Foot, on the
fth April, 1818, are George Gordon.
The commission of Ensign Hill, in the sth Foot, is dated 26th
March, 1818, and not the 25th March, 1818.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
The Rev. Richard Sandilands,"of Lower Grosvenor-place, Pim-
lico, clerk, money-scrivener and broker.
Benjamin Bates Cowell, of High-street, Shoreditch, oilmen.
• BANKRUPTS.
John Young, of Gosport; Hants, harness-maker and eadler, to
surrender May 15, at one, May 16, at eleven, and June 13, at
one, at the Mitre Tavern, Portaea. Attornies, Mr. John Allen,
Clifford's Inn, London ; or Mr. Winkworth, Portsmouth.
John Holden, of Westbromwich, Staffordshire, black-buckle-
maker, dealer and chapman, (but now in the County I'rison
of Stafford), May 20, 21, and June 13, at twelve, at the
Castle Inn, Birmingham. Attornies, Messrs. Anstice and
• • Wrighr, Temple, London; or Mr. E. W. Jackson.
hairy Stoe Man, late of Calcutta, in the East Indies, dealer
and cbapman,,and now a prisoner in the Fleet, May 9, 10,
and June 13, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Drake,

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()Li Pish-street, Doctors-Commons.
William Ilalsied, late of Chichester, Susses, linen-draper, dealer
and chaptnan, May 11, 12, and June 13, at eleven, at the
Wheat Sheaf Inn, Chichester. Attornies, Mr. Daily, Chiches-
ter; or Messrs. Few, Ashmore, and Han.ilton, Covent-Gar-

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den, London.
Thomas Simmons, of Birmingham, dealer and chapman, May 8,
at sis, May 9, and June 13, at eleven, at the King's Head in
Ccventry. Attorney, Mr. James Punton, Wine Office-court,
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John trains, of Longton, Lancashire, common-carrier, dealer
and chipmm, May 2g, at five, 23, at one, and June 13, at
lye, at the Red Lion Preston. Anomie*. Mr. Winstanley,
Preston ; or Messrs.idllne and Parry, Temple, London.
John Carmichael, of Little Russell-street, Covent-Garden, baker
and pastry-cook, May te,Sti, and June 13 at °neat Guildhall.
Anomie', Messrs. Rogers and Son, Dreanchester-Buildings,
Wcarninster.

DIVIDENDS to be made at GUILDHALL.
May 94, W. Twitchin, Kinzielere, Hants, =aster, ar ten.—
Dihy 26, Marsh, Deane, Westbrook, and H. B. Deane, Reading,
bankerarat one. May 5, T. Eastman, Clement'a./ane, merchant,
at ten. May to.ti, W. Stewart, New Row, Deptford, victualler,
at eleven.
DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY.
May 25, J. Parry, Ambigh, draper, at ten, at the Bridgwater
Arms, Manchester. May 26, R. Scotland, South Shields, ship-
owner, at eleven, at the Golden lion Inn, South Shields. May
25, Steplwn Welch, Church Mittshull, malt-dealer, at two, at the
eta& and Horses, Manchester.

FROM TILE CEYLON GAZETTE, NOV. 4.
Symptoms of insurrection having been manifested
near the British Residence of Badula, where Mr.
Wilson was chief, he put himself at the head of a
military party of 30 Malay andeaffree soldiers, with
which, and an Interpreter, he marched to the scene
of commotion, a distance of many miles. He en-
tered into conversation with the refractory Bandians,
but finding he was unlikely to succeed in his otject,
he prepared to return to Badula for a larger military
force. A mysterious stranger had been seat for some
clays before about the country, supposed to be a
Member of the late Royal Family, exciting insur-
rection with the design of regaining the Throne, and
the partizans of his cause were discovered to be more
numerous than had been suspected.
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Mr. Wilson took a different road back to Badula,
supposing the country by which he bad advanced
might be raised against him. He and his party had
reached Stannewatee, when an armed party appeared
and demanded a conference. Mr. Wilson, with the
same intrepidity and huManity, which he had a few
days before shewn among the Bandians, thought ac-
commodation might be effected by treaty, rather
than by the shedding- of blood, advanced to the in-
vitation; but when within a few yards of the party,
a volly of arrows was treacherously discharged at
him, and Mr. Wilson, with one of his Lascoreons,
fell. The loss of Mr. Wilson is very deeply lamented,
particularly by General Brownrigg, the Goyernor of
the island, as he had displayed great capacity and
diliger.ce in the discharge of the duties of a very ar-
duous situation. He had developed the resources of
the province, and established the English authority,'
with extraordinary skill and success; and his death
is felt to be a public misfortui4.
Thus, at the early age of eight and twenty, a young
man of the most brilliant talents, has fallen a victim
to his zeal in the public service, and to the humanity
which prompted him to reason with armed insur-
gents, instead of employing in the first instance, the
military means which he had at his disposal.
The only consolatory circumstance in his lamented
death is, that he was not subjected to any of those
indignities or cruelties which have so freqently been
employed upon Europeans who have fallen into the
hands of the Bandians ; but that the first wound
which lie received was fatal.

Mr. Wilson's brother, a Naval officer, was some
time ago lost in the Indian Seas, off Prince of Wales's
Islands, carrying dispatches to the Admiral in the
Jaseur sloop of war. His youngest brother in the
Royal Artillery, now at Jamaica, distinguished him-
self at the battle of Waterloo, attached to the .sth
division, under General Fitton,

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