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bert Gledstanes, of the 57th footadjutant-general to the forces serv. ing in the Leeward islands, vice Dickens, resigned. Lieutenantcolonel Frederick Maitland, of the 27th foot-quarter-master general to the said forces, vice Gledstanes.

10. John Henry duke of Rutland-lord lieutenant of the county of Leicester, vice duke of Beaufort, resigned.

13. Robert Cullen, of Cullen, esq. one of the lords of session-a lord of justiciary in Scotland, vice Swinton, deceased; William Honyman, of Armadale, esq.-a lord of justiciary in Scotland, vice David Rae. of Eskgrove, esq. a lord justice clerk; George Ferguson, esq.one of the lords of session in Scotland, vice Robert Macqueen, of Braxfield, esq deceased; Mr. John Anstruther one of the four commissaries of Edinburgh, vice Fergus

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Callow, of the 3d dragoons, lieutenant-governor of Quebec, vice Bellew, deceased; E. B. Brenton, esq. deputy judge-advocate of NovaScotia and New-Brunswick, to be deputy judge-advocate to the forces in all the British provinces of North America; lieutenant Winkworth Tonge, of the royal fuzileers, to be town-major of Halifax, in Nova-Scotia, vice Prevost, resigned; captain Daniel Lyman, town-adjutant of Cape-Breton, to be fort-major of Frederick town, vice Hales; Lieutenant Thomas Fitzsimons, of the royal fuzileers, to be town-adjutant of Cape-Breton, vice Lyman.

Aug. 6. Staff. George Brinley, esq. to be commissary-general in British North America. John Butler Butler, esq. to be deputy-commissary-genneral in Nova-Scotia, New-Brunswick, Newfoundland, St. John's island, and Cape Breton; John Craige, esq. to be deputycommissary-general in the Canadas. Wm. Monsell, esq. to be paymaster in a recruiting district.

10. Brevet. Major Lewis Hay, of the royal engineers, to be lieut.. colonel in the army.-Staff Majorgeneral George Hewett, to be inspector-general of the recruiting service, vice the hon. lieutenantgeneral Fox; captain Henry Erskine, of the Scotch brigade, to be deputy-adjutant-general to the forces at the Cape of Good Hope, with the rank of major in the army, vice Scott, resigned.

12. Right hon. John Beresford, right hon. sir Herculus Langrishe, bart. right hon. Richard Hely Viscount Donoughmore, right hon. Richard Annesley, Charles Henry Coote, Maurice Fitzgerald, John Ormsby Vandeleur, John Towns→ hend, and Mountifort Longfield, esqrs. to be chief commissioners of (M 3)

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13. Staff. Hon, colonel John Hope, of the 25th foot, to be deputy-adjutant-general to the forces under the command of lieutenantgeneral Sir Ralph Abercromby; lieutenant-colonel Robert Anstruther, of the 68th foot, to be deputy quarter-master-general to the said forces; Henry Motz, esq. to be commissary general to the said forces.

14. Right hon. John Jefferys, earl Camden, installed a knight of the garter, vice duke of Dorset, deceased.

17. Shadrach Moyse, esq. a commissioner of the customs in Scotland, vice Edgar, deceased.

20. Staff. Lieutenant-colonel John Drinkwater, on the half-pay of the late 109th foot, to be commissary of accompts to the forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby. John Baptist de Bels and Ortz de Bulley, to be assistant commissaries of stores, provisions, and forage for the said forces.

- Hon. Samuel Barrington, admiral of the white, to be general of his majesty's mar ne forces, vice Earl Howe, deceased; and the right hon. Alexander lord Bridport, K. B admiral of the white, to be lieutenant-general of the said forces, vice Barrington.

Sept. 3. Right hon. John earl of Clare, of the kingdom of Ireland, and lord chancellor of the said kindom- an English baron, by the title of baron Fitzgibbon, of Sidbury, county of Devon

- Brevet. Captain Rouland Edward, of the 9th foot, to be major in the army.

4. Brevet-major William Raymond of the 89th foot, to be lieutenant-colonel in the army.

7. His royal highness field-mar shall Frederick duke of York, K.G. to be captain-general of all and singular his majesty's land forces, raised or to be raised and employed in his majesty's service within the kingdom of Great Britain, or employed on the continent of Europe in conjunction with the troops of his majesty's allies.

10. Brevet. Major Oliver Grace, of the Minorca regiment, to be lieutenant-colonel in the army. Major James Kempt, on the halfpay of the late 113th foot, to be lieutenant-colonel in the army.

23. Andrew Stewart, esq. and Robert Dundas, esq. (lord advo cate for Scotland), constituted and appointed conjunctly to be sole and only clerks and keepers of the general register for seisins and other writs in Scotland.

25. Right hon. Isaac Corry, chancellor of the exchequer in Ireland-a privy counsellor.

Right hon. George Granville Levison Gower, earl Gower, appointed lord-lieutenant of the county of Stafford, vice marquis of Stafford.

Oct. 16. Richard Master, esq. took the oaths on being appointed captain-general and commander in chief of the island of Tobago, and its dependencies.

19. Brevet. Count Bentinck de Rhone, to be colonel in the army on the continent of Europe only; capt. James Fitzgerald, of the 3d foot-guards, to be major in the army; captain Thomas Browne, of the 59th foot, to be major in the army. Frederick Vander Hoo

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ven, gent. aide-du-camp to count Bentinck de Rhone, to be captain in the army on the continent of Europe only.-Staff. Hon. colonel John Hope, deputy-adjutant-general, to be adjutant-general to the army serving under the command of his royal highness the duke of York; hon. lieutenant-colonel Alexander Hope, assistant-adjutantneral, to be deputy-adjutant-general to the said army, vice John Hope. Lieutenant-colonel John Sontag, to be military commissary to the troops forming under his serene highness the hereditary prince of Orange; captain Stephen Watts, to be assistant-barrack-master-general in the island of Jersey, with the rank of major in the army, so long only as he shall continue in the barrack department: Henry Castleman, esq. to be assistant barrack-master-general.

26. Staff. Lachlan Maclean, gent. to be barrack-master at Fort St. George, vice Plenderleath, resigned; John Johnston, gent. to be barrack-master in the island of Minorca.

30. Right hon. Ralph lord Lavingdon, K. B.-a privy counsellor.

Nov. 2. Brevet. Colonel Samuel Twentyman, of the 87th foot, to be brigadier-general in the WestIndies only; captain R. Sacheverell Newton, of the 9th foot, to be major in the army. Staff Lieu. tenant colonel George Townshend Walker, of the 50th foot, to be military commissary to the Russian troops.

12. Brevet. Captain William Cullen, of the Scotch brigade, to be major in the army.

13. Major-general his highness prince William to be lieutenantgeneral in the army.

23. Thomas Trowbridge, esq.

captain in the royal navy, and of Plymouth, created a baronet.

26. Rev. Charles Henry Hall, B. D. to be a canon of Christchurch, Oxford, vice Shafto, dec.

- Garrison. Major - general John Graves Simcoe, to be commandant of the garrison of Plymouth in the absence of the governor and of lieutenant general Grenville.

Dec. 2. Richard earl of Mornington, K. P. created a marquis of Ireland, by the title of marquis Wellesley, of Norrah, in that kingdom.

3. Major-general Eccles Nixon, knighted.

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- Brevet. Captain Henry Bird, of the 54th foot, to be major in the army.-Staff. Jonathan Page, gent. to be assistant barrack-master to the barracks occupied by the Dutch troops in the Isle of Wight.

14. Brevet. Major-general Sir Hew Dalrymple, knt. to be lieutenant general in the island of Guernsey only; major general Andrew Gordon, to be lieutenantgeneral in the island of Jersey only.

21. Staff. Serjeant-major James Lee, from the 1st foot-guards, to be provost-marshal, with the rank of captain in the army on the continent of Europe only.

23. Major Colyear, to be equerry to the duke of Cumberland.

28. Staff. Lieutenant-colonel

Robert Anstruther, of the 3d footguards, to be a deputy quartermaster-general to the forces.

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Gloucestershire, John Elwas, of Colesbourne.

Hertfordshire, Archibald Paxton, of Watford, esqrs. Herefordshire, Sir Henry Tempest, of Caldwell, bart.

Kent, Samuel Chambers, of Woodstock-house.

Leicestershire, Henry Greene, of Rollestone.

Lincolnshire, Henry Hopkinson, of Castle-Bytham.

Monmouthshire, Caple Leigh, of Pontypool, esqrs.

Northumberland, sir John Edw. Swieburne, of Capheaton, bart. Northamptonshire, Martin Lucas, of Northampton. Norfolk, John Motteux, of Beauchamp Wells. Nottinghamshire, Samuel Bristowe, of Beesthope. Oxfordshire, George Stratton, of Great Tew.

Rutlandshire, Samuel Raeve, of

Ketton.

Shropshire, Thomas Dicken, of Wem.

Somersetshire, James Bennet, of North-Cadbury. Staffordshire, Joseph Scott, of Great Bar.

Suffolk, George Rush, of Ben-. hall.

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Report of the Committee of Secresy to whom the several Papers, which were presented (sealed up) to the House, by Mr. Secretary Dundas, upon the 23d day of January 1799, by his Majesty's command, were referred; and who were directed to examine the matters thereof, and report the same as they shall ap pear to them to the House.

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HE report begins by asserting, that the committee have satisfied themselves a design has long been entertained, by societies animated by French principles, to overthrow the constitution, and separate Ireland from Great Britain. The utmost diligence, it is said, is still employed to sustain and revive these societies. Secresy, with respect to the sources of many parts of the information is indispensable to good faith and public safety. The committee applaud the activity of government informers, and add, they may be the more depended on now, as what intelligence they formerly gave has been confirmed. The report then takes a view of the nature and system of the society of the United Irishmen, from their institution in 1791, and traces the origin and progress of the similar societies in Great Britain, their correspondence with France, the Scotch convention, the meetings at Chalk Farm

and Copenhagen House, the state trials, attack on the king's person, treason and sedition bills, &c. &c. It then comes to the naval mutiny, and states as follows:

During the remainder of the year 1796, the system continued to operate silently and secretly; but, in the beginning of the following year, its contagious influence was found to have extended to a quarter where it was the least to be suspected, and produced effects which suddenly threatened the dearest interests and immediate safety of the country with the most imminent danger.

The mutiny which took place in the fleet, if considered in all its circumstances, will be traced to an intimate connection with the principles and practices described by your committee, and furnishes the most alarmiag proof of the efficacy of those plans of secrecy and concert, so often referred to, and of the facility with which they are applied for inflaming and heightening discontent (from whatever cause it proceeds,) and for converting what might otherwise produce only a hasty and inconsiderate breach of subordination and discipline, into the most settled and systematic treason and rebellion. These principles and this concert could alone have produced the wide extent of

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