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- Rev. Inigo-William Jones.
Rev. G. H. Glasse (see

Principal Occurrences).
Nov. 2. Lady Bell.

6. Lady Rose, the relict of the late recorder of London.

7. Rev. G. Borlase.

9. T. Hill, esq. leaving behind him 800,000 pounds.

12. Rev. Dr. John Kelly.
14. Lord Monson.

15. The marquis of Lansdowne. 21. William Thomas F. youngest son of sir Charles Farnaby. 22. Sir Philip Stephens, bart. 24. Lady Mary Frances Hesketh.

26. The lady of sir John Stuart.
29. William Devaynes, esq.
Dec. 1. Rev. Thomas Cookes.
7. Sir James Branscomb.
10. Lady Rendlesham.
17. Sir W. Bensley.

20. Alexander Adam, LL.D.
21. Mr. Joseph Johnson.
25. Rev. sir Richard Kaye.
26. Tiberius Cavallo, esq. F.R.S.
Nath. Newnham, esq.

29. The right hon. sir W. A. Pitt, K.B.

PROMOTIONS in the year 1809.

Queen's palace, Jan. 4. Henry Bentinck, esq. sworn governor and commander in chief of the settlements of Demerara and Essequibo. -Charles Bentinck, esq. sworn governor and commander in chief of Surinam.

Admiralty-office, Jan. 7. Cuthbert lord Collingwood, vice-admiral of the red, appointed majo:-general of his majesty's royal marine forces, vice lord Gardner, deceased.

Whitehall, Jan. 7. Henry Clements Thompson, esq. a commander in the royal navy, permitted to

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wear the insignia of the royal Swedish military order of the Sword, conferred upon him by the king of Sweden for his services in the engagement with the Russian fleet in the gulf of Finland on the 26th of Angust last. Hon. and rev. Auchitel Grey, M.A. appointed to the twelfth prebond of Durham, void. by the translation of the bishop of Rochester to these of Ely.

Foreign-office, Jan. 20. Joseph Charles Meilish, esq. appointed his majesty's consul in the territory of Louisiana. Andrew Snape Douglas, esq. to be his majesty's secretary of legation to the court of his Sicilian najesty.

Carlton-house, Jan. 21. Rev. Henry Whitfield, D.D. appointed (by the prince of Wales) one of his royal highness's chaplains in ordinary.

Whitehall, Jan. 28. James earl of Hopetoun, created a baron of the uned kingdom, by the title of ba on Hopetoun, of Hopetoun, co. Linlithgow.

Downing-street, Jan. 30. Brigadier-pen. the hon. Charles William Stewart, appointed governor of Fort Charles, in the island of Jamaica, wice Smith, dec.

esq. of Eyton, to be sheriff of the county of Flint, vice Peat.

Queen's palace, March 18. John Myiten, esq. ct Penylan, to be sheriff of the county of Montgomery, vice Edwards-William Griffith, esq. of Bedegroes, to be sheriff of the county of Caernarvon, vice Party.

Whitehall, March 18. Rev. William Carey, D.D. appointed a prebendary of Westminster, void by the promotion of Dr. Walker King to the see of Rochester.

Whitehall, March21. Rev. George Gretton, D.D. recommended (by his majesty's letter) to be elected dean of Hereford, vice Leigh, dec.

Queen's palace, March 22. Right hon. gen. sir David Dundas, K.B. sworn of his majesty's most honourable privy council.

Whitehall, March 25. Right. hon. gen. sir David Dundas, K.B. appointed commander in chief of all his majesty's land forces in the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, vice the duke of York, resigned.-Robert Moorsom, esq. appointed one of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, vice capt. Hope, resigned. Rev. George Gordon, B.D. appointed dean of Exeter, vice Talbot, resigned.Rev. Joseph Mends, B A. present

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Queen's palace, Feb. 6. Dr. Christopher Robinson, Lis majesty's advocate-general (vice Nicholl, resigned to the rectory of Aller, co. Soed), knighted

Foreign office, Feb. 6. Charles Oakeley, esq. appointed his majes. ty's secretary of legation to the United States of America.

Foreign-ce, Feb. 7. Mr. John Hawker, approved (by his majesty) as Sicilian vice-consulat Plymouth. Whitehall, Feb. 18. Rev. Charles Talbot, B.D. presented to the deanry of Sarum, vice Ekins, dec.

Queen's palace, March 1. John lord Brownlow, sworn lead heatenant of the county of Lincoln, vice the date of Ancaster, duc.-Owen Elis,

merset, void by the promotion of Dr. King to the see of Rochester.— Rev. Robert Holdsworth, M. A. presented to the vicarage of Brixham, co. Devon, vice Fownes, dec.

Whitehall, March 28. Sir David Band, knt. lieutenant-general of his majesty's land forces, created a barenet of the united kingdom; with remainder to Robert Baird, esq. of Newbyth, East Lothian, his brother.

Whitehall, April 1. Sir Samuel Hood, K.B. rear-admiral of the white, created a baronet of the united kingdom; with remainder to his

nephew,

nephew, Alexander Hood, esq.Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, M.A. presented to the vicarage of West Ham, Essex, vice Dr. Gregory, dec.

Whitehall, April 4. Francis lord Napier, appointed high commissioner to the general assembly of the church of Scotland.

Whitehall, April 8. Archibald Campbell, esq. appointed a lord of session in Scotland, vice sir William Nairn, bart. resigned.

Queen's palace, April 12. Sir Hugh Elliot, sworn captain-general and governor in chief of his majesty's Leeward Charibbee islands in Ame

rica.

Whitehall, April 21. J. Sedgwick, J. Jackson, and S. Rose, esqrs. ap. pointed commissioners of excise in Scotland, vice J. Stoddart, R. Graham, esqrs. and sir J. Stuart, bart. resigned.

Downing-street, April 27. Lieut.col. Lachlan Macquarrie, of the 73d foot, apppointed governor and commander in chief of the settlement of New South Wales and its dependencies.

Foreign-office, April 29. The marquis Wellesley, K. P. appointed ambassador-extraordinary and plenipotentiary to his Catholic majesty Ferdinand the Seventh; and to reside in that character at the seat of the central or supreme junta in Spain.--Frederick Lindeman, esq. to be consul to the province of Batavia, in the Portuguese domi. nions in South America.-John Lempriere, esq. appointed consul to the province of Penambuco, in the said dominions.-Henry Veitch, esq. to be agent and consul general in the islands of Madeiras.

Whitehall, May 6. Michael Seymour, esq. of High Mount, co. Cork, and of Friery-park, co. De

von, created a baronet of the united kingdom.

Foreign-office, May 8. Robert Adair, esq. appointed an-bassadorextraordinary and plenipotentiary at the Sublime Ottoman Porte; and Stratford Canning, esq. to be secretary to that embassy.

Downing-street, May 15. Lieut.general Edward Morrison, appointed commander of his majesty's forces in the island of Jamaica and its dependencies.

Foreign-office, May 26. FrancisJames Jackson, esq. appointed envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to the United States of

America.

Whitehall, May 27. Right rev. John Randolph, bishop of Bangor, recommended by congé d'élire to the see of London, vice Porteus, dec.— James Clerk, esq. advocate, apponted one of the barons of the court of exchequer in Scotland, vice Cockburn, resigned; and William Rae, esq. advocate, to be sheriff-depute of the shire of Edinburgh, vice Clerk, resigned.

War-office, May 30. Lieut..gen. David Douglas, lieutenant-colonel of the 18th foot, appointed governor of Tvnmouth, vice Rainsford, dec.

White ball, June 6. William Erskine, esq. advocate, to be sheriffdepute of the shire of Orkney and Zetland, vice Rae, resigned.-Sir George Rupert, knt. Ambrose Serle, James Bowen, esors. the hon. John Douglas, John Harness, M.D. and the hon. Courtenay Boyle, appointed commissioners for conducting the transport service, for the care of sick and wounded seamen, and for the care and custody of prisoners

of war.

Foreign-office, June 7. Robert Fagan, esq. appointed consul at Sicily and Malta.

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Downing-street, June 10. Majorgeneral the hon. John Brodrick, appointed governor and commander in chief of the island of Martinique. -Lieut.-gen. Edward Morrison, to be lieutenant-governor of the island of Jamaica, and commander of the forces on the Jamaica station.

Foreign-office, June 19. Bartholomew Frere, esq. appointed secretary to his majesty's embassy in Spain. Foreign-office, June 17. Mr. Emanuel Viale, approved (by his majesty) as his Sicilian majesty's consul at Gibraltar.

W bitehall, June 20. Hon. Henry Sedley, appointed gentleman and master of his majesty's robes, vice the earl of Harcourt, resigned.

St. James's, June 24. Edmund Phelps, esq. appointed lieutenant of the yeomen of the guard, vice Garrick, resigned.

Whiteball, July 1. Right hon. Granville Leveson Gower (commonly called lord Granville Leveson Gower) appointed his majesty's secretary at war, vice Pulteney, resigned.

Whit ball, July 11. Right hon. Dudley baron Harrowby, and right hon. John baron Teignmouth, appointed commissioners for the management of the affairs of India; the former vice Dundas-Saunders (president), the latter vice Johnstone. Whitehall, July 15. Right non. Robert Dundas, added to the commissioners for the management of the affairs of India. Benjamin Sydenham, esq. appointed a commissioner for managing his majesty's revenue of excise, vice Jackson.

Whitehall, July 18. Right hon. Dudiey baron Harrowby, created viscount Sandon, of Sandon, co. Stafford, and earl of Harrowby, co. Lincoln.

Whitehall, July 21. George Keke.

wich, esq. appointed advocate-general, and William-David Jennings, esq. procurator-general, at his majesty's settlement of the Cape of Good Hope.

Carlton bouse, Aug. 8. Rev. Houl. ton Hartwell, of New College, Oxford, M.A. appointed one of the chaplains in ordinary to H. R. H. the prince of Wales.

Whitehall, Aug. 12. Right. rev. Henry William Majendie, bishop of Chester, recommended, by congé d'élire, to be elected bishop of Bangor, vice bp. Randolph, translated to the see of London.

Whitehall, Aug. 26. Right hon. sir Arthur Weilesley, KB. and lieutenant-general of his majesty's forces, created baron Douro of Wellesley, co. Somerset, and viscount Wellington of Talavera, and of Wellington, in the said county.

Dublin castle, Aug. 26. Right rev. Euseby Cleaver, D.D. bishop of Leighlin and Ferns, translated to the archbishopric of Dublin and bishopric of Glandelagh, vice Charles earl of Normanton, dec.-Hon. and rev. Dr. Percy Jocelyn, promoted to the united bishoprics of Leighlin and Ferns, vice Cleaver.

Foreign-office, Aug. 26. Appointment of don Josef Alonso Orfz, to be his Catholic majesty's consul-general in Great Britain and Ireland, approved by his majesty.

Whitehall, Aug. 29. Sir Rupert George, of Park-place, co. Middlesex, and of St. Stephen's-green, co. Dublin, knt. first commissioner for conducting the transport service, created a baronet.

Whit ball, Sept. 2. The king has been pleased to grant the dignity of a baronet of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the following gentlemen: Paulus-Amelius Irving, of Woodhouse and Rob

War-office, Oct. 7. His serene highness William duke of Brunswick Oels, appointed a lieutenant-gene. ral, with temporary rank in the army; commission dated July 1, 1809.

Whitehall, Oct. 7. Rev. Bowyer Edward Sparke, D.D. recommended, by congé d'élire, to be elected bishop of Chester, wice bishop Majendie, translated to the see of Bangor.

gill Tower, co. Dumfries, esq. It.general of his majesty's forces; Thomas Roberts, of Robert's Cove, co. Cork, esq.; James Shaw, of the city of London, and of Kilmarnock, co. Ayr, esq.; Rowland Blennerhasset, of Blennerville, co. Kerry, esq.; William Smith, of Eardiston, co. Worcester, esq.; Charles Cockerell, of Sezincot, co. Gloucester, and of Piccadilly, co. Middlesex, Hon. and rev. Gerald Valerian esq.; Edward Bayntum Sandys, Wellesley, M.A. recommended to of Miserden-castle, co. Gloucester, be elected a canon residentiary of and of Chadlington-hail, co. Ox- the cathedral church of St. Paul, ford, esq.; Henry Halford, of St. London, vice Majendie, resigned.— George's, Hanover-square, co, Mid- Rev. William Harry Edward Bendlesex, doctor of physic, and one tinck, M.A. appointed a prebenof his majesty's physicians in extra- dary of the collegiate church of St. ordinary; and John Tyrell, of Bore- Peter, Westminster, vice Wellesley, ham-house, co. Essex, esq. resigned.

Whitehall, Sept. 16. Major-gen. John Cope Sherbroke, appointed one of the knights con.panions of the most honourable order of the Bath.-F. W. Grant, esq. to be lieutenant and sheriff principal of the shire of Inverness, vice sir J. Grant, bart. resigned.

War-office, Sept. 15. Lieutenantgeneral sir James Henry Craig, K.B. from the 22d foot, to be colonel of the 78th regiment of foot, vice Frazer, dec.

Whitehall, Sept. 19. Thomas Sheppard, of Thornton-hall, co. Buckingham, esq. created a baronet.

Queen's palace, Sept. 27. Right rev. John Randolph, bishop of London, sworn of his majesty's most honourable privy council.

Whitehall, Sp.30. Louis Casamajor, esq. appointed his majesty's secretary of legation at Lisbon.

Downing-street, Oct. 6. Alexander Johnston, esq. appointed chief justice of the supreme court of judicature in the island of Ceylon, vice Lushington, resigned; and William Coke, esq. to be puisne judge of the said court, vice Johnston.

Queen's palace, Oct. 11. Right hon. Henry earl Bathurst, sworn one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state.

Whitebell, Oct. 17. Rev. Samuel Gerrard Andrews, D.D. appointed dean of his majesty's metropolitical church of Canterbury, vice Powys, dec.

Queen's palace, Oct. 18. Right hon. William Wellesley Pole, sworn of his majesty's most honourable privy council.

Whitehall, Oct. 21. Rev. Charles Henry Hall, D.D. appointed dean of the cathedral church of Christ, in the university of Oxford, vice Jackson, resigned.

Carlton-house, Oct. 23. Andrew Bain, M.D. of Curzon-street, Mayfair, appointed one of the physicians extraordinary to h. r. h. the prince of Wales, vice Hayes, dec.

War-offic, Oct. 24. His majesty has been pleased to appoint lieute nant-gens. Robert Donkin, James Balfour, sir James Duff, knt. Henry lord Mulgrave, and Grice Blakenay, to be generals in the army.-Major-generals George Elliot, Baldwin

Leighton,

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