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FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

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ath Ditts—lnitlgn Charles Cardiner Humphreys, front the Royal
Montgomery Militia, to be Ensign.
7th Ditto—Lieutenant John Tice, from the '24 Royal Surrey Mi.

Htia, to be Lieutenant.
9th Ditto—Lieutenant Robert Morrant, from the 2d Somerset
Militia, to be Ensign; Lieutenant lames Benson, from ditto,
to be ditto.

10th Ditto,
To be Ensigns—Lientenant Thomas Abe, from the North Lin-
coln Militia ; Lieutenant Wm. Mayes, from the Royal Berk-
shire Militia; Lieutenant Jones Rutland, from ditto.
11th Ditto—Ensign James Maclean to be Lieutenant, without
--purchase ; Ensign James Mason to be ditto; Arrnstrong,
%Gone to be Assign, vice Maclean; Charles West, Gent. to be
ditto, vice Mason.
18th Ditto—Ensign G. Wade, from the Westmeath Militia, to
be Ensign.
19th Ditto—Lieutenant John Rhodes, from the North York Mi-
litia, to be Ensign ; Lieutenant Forteseue Hatherley, Irons the
North Devon Militia, to be Ensign.
20th Ditto—Lieutenant M. A. Stanley, from the ad Garrison
Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Morgan, who exchanges.
22d Ditto—Lieutenant G. T. Ord, front the North Lincoln Mi-
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, MAY 14. litia, to be Ensgin.
23d Ditto—Lieutenant John Mytton, front the Royal Denbigh
Copy of a Letter from Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. Com- Militia, to be Second Lieutenant.
mender in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Me- 24th Ditto—Lieutenant John bi`Gregor, from the Warwick Mi-
diterrateao, to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dated on boat d the I bile, to be Ensign.
29th Ditto—Lieutenant George Ensor, from the East Essex Mi-
San J o'er, off Toulon, April 2. i lido. to be Ensign.
Sta-1 have much satisfaction In transmitting to the Lords 33d Ditto—Lieutenant James Gordon Ogle, from the 3d West-
Commisooners of the Admiralty the accompanying copy of a York Militia, to be Ensign.
letter from Captain Otway, reporting the capture, by the Ajax 37th Regiment of Foot.
and Unite, on the 31st ult. of the Dromadaire French frigate- To be Ensigns,
built ship, butts on board ammunithn and stores supposed for Lieutenant George Fred. Street, front the North Harts Militia.
Corfu. Lieutenant Jeremy Jones, from the Sligo Militia.
The Dromadaire teeing a new ship, and calculated for his Ma- Lieutenant John
Galin, from the Oxford Militia.
Joey's service, I shall direct Commissioner Fraser to purchase : 4lwstaDitto—Lieutenant Reginald Barnet, from the Royal Com-
ber,u together with the stores, &c. &c. for his Majesty's service. . Militia, to be Ensign.
i have the honour to be, &c.
. . (S•rmed) C. COTTON. 43d Regiment of Foot.
To be Ensigns,
His Majesty's Ship Ajax, off Elba, March 31. Ensign Nicholas Cundy, from the Royal Cornwall Militia.
Sin—ln pursuance of the instructions I had the Lieutenant Thomas Beckham, from the East Suffolk Militia.
t en
aDavidnt Thomas E 1 tilor ,C from e the
front
the Shropshire
honour to receive from you on the '26th inst. for in-Southh4Dtßevtioan Militia.
tercepting the frigates which had escaped from Tou-1 Ensign
eu
1 47th Ditto—Second Lieutenant William Joiner, from the 23d
lon to the Eastward, I lost not a moment in pushing Foot, to be 'Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Adams, ap-
through the Straits of Bonifacio, directing the Unite pointed to the 55th Foot.
at the same time too round by Cape Corse. On my 50th Ditto—Lieutenant John Williams, from the Warwick Mi-
glitia, to be Ensign.
rejoining her last night off this island, I was informed 51st Ditto—Ensign Robert Dodd to be Lieutenant, without par-
take had beep chased during the day by the enemy's chase, vice Campbell, promoted in the Royal York Rangers;
frigates*. end that they were working through the Pi- Charles William Tyndale, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Dodd.
(labia° Passage. All sail was immediately made in SaalcoDloitoteo—loreejßerartehlae Hirete.eHoeuer Acrabputothinnocthturo
lrißLoiwenotnentaonbte.
that direr tion, and at dawn this morning they were Major, vice Arbuthnot ; Lieutenant John Sheddon to be Cap-
discovered (as per margin S) a little to windward.— taro e Company, vice Rowan ; Ensign John C. Barrett to be
'Prom the 'Short distance they were from the land, I Lieutenant, vice Sheddon; and John Wallace, Gent. to be En-
regret we ct wild only succeed in cutting off the Dro-
ssisdigronitsten
ice Barrett.ut
Ditto—Lieutenant Joseph Hutchinson, from the Royal North
Illadaire, tt,:e rear ship ; die other two narrowly Gloucester Militia, to be Ensign; Ensign William Baxter, from
escaped Iron i Captain Chamberlayne by running into the Shropshire Militia to be ditto.
Porto Ferrai ;ca. 54th Ditto—Lientenant ,J. Mayes, from the East Norfolk Militia
The Dronc,adaire is a very fine frigate-built ship, of to he Ensn ; and Ensign Henry Coubey Overton, from the
to be-ditto.
800 tons, sal: remarkably well. and is only five months tmainiliAtialexander Gordon, from the 15th Light
60th eTatitt Nor
Co lot
old ; she wat , constructed by the French Government Dragoons, :be Captain of a Company, vice Erskine, who
for the express purpose of carrying stores. Her cargo exchanges.
consists of 1.5,000 shot and shells of different sizes, 65th Ditto—John Hunt, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase,
and ninety tot is of gunpowder. vice Browne who resigns.
vice
Ditto—Ensign Brooke Pigot to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
She was cm nmanded by a Lieutenant de Vaisseau, vice Menton, who retires; and Ensign John Lamb Harrison,
and her complement 150 men. From the report of from the Royal South Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign.
the prisotlers ilks appears they were bound to Corfu. I 70th Ditta—G. 3. P. Meertens, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
have the honottr to be, &c. (Signed) vice Smith, promoted in the 60th Foot.
73d Ditto—Ensign John Barbridge, from the 99th Foot, to be
R. W. oTWAY.
Lieutenant, without purchase; Lieutenant John Buchanan
• Emily- 14n guns, Adrian 40, Dromadaire 20. from the WI Royal Surrey Militia, to be Ensign ; Ensign Tho:
Copy of, a letter from Captain Atchison, Commander of his mu B. Bicknell, from the Warwick Militia, to be ditto.
Majesty" stompthe Scylla addressed to Admiral Sir Robert 77th Regiment of Foot,
Calder, Bart. Ca mmaeder la Chief at Plymouth, and trans- To be Ensigns.
spitted by the lat ter to John Wilson Croker, Esq. Limitenant Edward Thorpe, from the North Hams Militia.
His Majesty's brig Scylla, within Les Triagos Rocks, ' sign Henry Bayly, from the Royal Gamorgen Militia.
off Morlaix, nay 8. Lieut. John Augustus Mathison, from the Id Vi est York Militia.
Sin--I hate the pleasure to inform you, being Ensign Win. lirierly, from the Royal South .Lincoln Molina.
79th Ditto—Ensign Charles Brown to be Lieutenant, by pur-
close in with the Isle of aic, this morning at hal - chase, vice Bruce, pi-misdeed
past nine o'clocl: observed a man of war brig, with 51st Ditto—Edward Hell, Cent. to be Ensign, without pur-
live small sail under convoy, to leeward, which I im- chase, vice Gordon, promoted.
enediately gave chase to; hall-past eleven came up ilSdeieDeitlitte—o GeotgeoemHoatremdainn,thGeent. torbe E
oot .nEsingndgnbyppaueriachFaruse,
and commenced firing at her and convoy ; forty-five ser, from the promoted
Militia, to be ditto.
minutes past eleven, finding we were within Les Tri. 87th Ditto--Gentleman Cadet William Barton, from the Royal
nos and Pcnitg:lo rocks, and she was determined if Military College. to be Ensign, by purchast, vice Knox, pro-
motes;ssible to run on shore, obliged. me to lay the Scylla on s Hospital-Mate.Bh Samuel
ka Coultaard to be Assistant.
board her, then going eight knots; in two minutes after- stithurPeitotil, vtEcensigri7Pareer' wKloogsrme Into be Lieutenant, vice He-
wards we got possession, but not before her first Cap- peristal, killed in action; -- Mitchell, Gent to be Ensign,
taro, one Midshipman, the Boatswain, and three Sea. vice Ringsmill ; Charles George Stewart, Gent. to be ditto,
men were killed, one Midshipman and five Seamen vice Leonard, deceased.
te
graveedto
Ensign
Ligineumrtenma.nt,
Bellwi ttohouhet
dangerously, and five Seamen slightly wounded.—
8 purchase, B
Ramsay, promoted;
She proves to be the French National brig la Can. ditto, vice Dunscombe, promoted • Allan Stuart, Gent. to be
nonniere, of ten 4-pounders, one 21-pound carronade, Ensign, vice Blagrave ; William Barlow, Gent. to be ditto,
and four swivels, with a complement of seventy-seven view Eel
men, commanded by Monsieur Jean Joseph Benoit 95Kth D
ent imtto—ihtiEntsoignen JohnndWLilileiauntlenßanactkhouse, from the East
S.
Schilds, Enseigne de Vaisseau, out only two hours 99th Ditto—Benjamin Garrett, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
from Perms, bound to Brest. I think if we had been chase, vice Barbridge, promoted in the 73d Foot.
off the land she would not have fired a shot at us ; iesd Ditto—Second Lieutenant Thomas Hayes, from the 24
but with the hope of running her on shore, and being Ceylon Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Wharton ,w ho exchanges.
le
d Ditto—Serjeaut James Torrence to be Quarter Master, vice
close to it, they fought hard, and lam sorry to say Halliday, appointed to the 11th Veteran Battalion.
the Scylla had two Seamen killed, one Midshipman 6th West India Regiment—Cornet James John Fraser, from the
and one Marine slightly wounded. I was only ens- 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rich-
bled to get possession of one of her convoy, a sloop ardson, promoted.
2d Ceylon Regiment—Ensign Thomas W. Wharton, from the
laden with wheat, the other four having got within 1021 Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Hayes, who ex-
the rocks and run on shore; indeed I was glad, from changes.
the shattered state of la Cannoniere, and the wind 2d Ditto—Robert Spratt, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, with-
and sea increasing, to get out from where I was with out purchase.
what I had. Watteville's Regiment— ----
vice Roverea, promoted.
In this little affair I have great satisfaction to men- ad Garrison Battalion—Lieutenant Charles Morgan, from the
tion that Ivll-. Speck, first Lieutenant, all the officers I 20th Foot, to Lieutenant, vice Stanley, who exchanges.
and crew I have the honour to command, did all 4th Garrison Battalion—Lieutenant -- Boyce, front Half-pay
they could; I should be proud to have an opportii- who
Qti a er
Battalion—Quarter-Master
et ame
gae9ster William Halli-
nity where they could show themselves to a greater 111th theßo 9ealtVheFeran Bs‘ictitaliponell,
day, fromy the 1034 Foot, to be Ensign vice Donaldson, pro-
advantage. I have the honour to be, &c. rooted!in the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion.
(Signed) A. ATCHISON. STAFF.
NA/AZI Of INZN WILLED AND WOUNDED. Horace Parker, Clerk, to be a Chaplain to the Forces.
Hospital-Mates for General Service'
Thomas Shields, Captain of the After-Guard,
killed; David William Steele,Tebe
David Law, Edward Burton, DavirlM`Lotigh-
O`Lean ordinary seaman, ditto; Mr. Thomas Liver, Midahlp- ht Gents.
ls, Gents.
man, slightly wounded; Matthew Vivanon, marine, ditto. The King's German Legion.
Admiral Sir CHARLES COTTON has transmitted to sd Light Dragoons—Captain John Kuper to be Major, with tem-
JOHN WILSON CaoKett, Esq. a letter from Captain porary rank, vice Burgwedel, who retires; Lieutenant Quin-
TALBOT, of his Majesty's ship Victorious, giving an ranruskßauironeeGoex ben. tceeobeeneCtapGtuacintoeoufeamTeryooepe,towbiethLtieemutpoeuroanryt
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account of the destruction, on the coast of Albania, rice Goebeou'iCr Cadet-Serjeant Joachim 'Thumanus to be Cot.
of the Leoben Italian schooner of war, of ten guns net, vice Meyer:
Raid sixty men, bound from Venice to Corfu, with I Ist Regiment of the Royal East-India Volunteers.
QT44jAnCe stores, on the 30th of January last. , James Cosme Melvil, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Plumley, resigned.
MEMORANDUM.
MiLITARY PROMOTIONS. The appointment of John M'Lean, Gent. to be Ensign in the
WAR-OFFICE, MAT 14, 19th Foot,and his subsequent promotion to be Lieutenant in the
gel Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant William Chamber- same, as stated in the Gazettes of the 12th August 1806. and
leyne to be Captain of a Troop, by purchase, vise Tonkin, who 17th October 1809, have not taken place.
retires. Ensign Malone, of the 89th Foot, is superseded, being absent
;oth Regiment of Light Dragoons-. Captain the Hon. Frederick without leave.
Howard to be Major, by purchase, vice Lord Robert Man. Commissions signed by the Viee-Lieutenant of the
promoted in the 2d Foot; Lieutenant Richard Jebb to 1 County of Surrey.
- erchase, vice Howard. I 2d Regiment of Local Militia. .
. S. Erskin' , from the 60tb
vice Gordon who earl ups. John Forbes, Esq. to be Captain on it Vacancy. Dated ApellE„,
from halt-pay of 1811.
lugh Massey,
to be Captain of a Company, Charles Devon, Esq. to be ditto. Dated April 7, 1811. i
Charles David Gordon, FA+ to be ditto. Diatd Apia 8, MI, •
Edward Babington, Gent. to be
i Lieute::ant J. W. Hewett, BANKRUPTCY SIVIZZED.
itto. Philip Meadows Taylor, a Liveronni, e,
from the Monmouth and john Barnes, of Little Barton, Ci are rbsitisenttashrmuluractitrer.
Richard Keilatid, of Sandford, Dtyo 4 mese •
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De Buren, Gent, to be Ensign,

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promoted in tne zo rem 4a
14 Captain of a Troop, by purchase,
ISt% T./ 41a—sCaptain the Hon. Esme
put, to be Captain of a Troop, vie
lat Regiment of Foot—.-Captain Hugh
Qgle's late Recruiting Corps, to lv
vice Winner, Who exchanges ;
Tice Gilallaii, deceased! 1
.kindnifko Radford Militia, to be •latl
Pitti-trErrign Edward Willions,
Preeon Milt* to he Ensign.
441 Pitto.4,iewlessant Thomas Wood
(CA Militia, tg
Ditto--Rnsign Ipbrs Pans, from
14 be