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esq. in the room of the hon. Wil- 

 liam iisheton Harbord (now lord 

 Suffield). 



10. Captures. — L'EoIe, of twenty 

 guns, by the Weazle, captain Pres- 

 cott; L'Aigle, of fourteenguns, by 

 the Pylades, captain Ferguson ; 

 and Le Scipion, of four guns, by 

 the Cephalus, captain Harvey. 



13. Monber returned to parlia- 

 ment. — Borough of New Wood- 

 stock : hon. George Eden, in the 

 room of the hon. W. F. E. Eden, 

 deceased. 



Captures.— The Capricieux, of 

 sixteen guns, by the Echo, cap- 

 tain Keen ; and the Carrilla, of 

 fourteen guns, by the Owen Glen- 

 dour, captain Selby. 



17. Captures. — Tuyncellaar, of 

 eight guns, by the boats of the 

 Modeste and Baracouta, under 

 the direction of lieutenant W. 

 Payne, of the Modeste : and 

 L'Oreste, of fourteen guns, by 

 the Scorpion, captain Stanfell. 



Destruction and capture of two 

 convoys, by the Christian Vllth, 

 captain sir J. S. Yorke ; destruc- 

 tion of iheWagster, of eight guns, 

 by the Procris, captain Maunsell ; 

 and destruction of the batteries at 

 Bay Mahaut, Guadaloupe, and of 

 a ship and schooner at anchor 

 there, by the boats of the Freiga, 

 captain Haves. 



Member returned to parliament. 

 — Borough of New Windsor : 

 John Kamsbottom, the younger, 

 esq. in the room of R. Ramsbot- 

 tom, esq. who has accepted the 

 Chiltern Hundreds. 



20. Regulations respecting fu- 

 ture promotions and appointments 

 in the commissariat department: 

 — That the gradation of rank be, 

 commissary-general, deputy-com- 

 oiissary-general, assistant com- 



missary-general, deputy assistant 

 commissary-general, clerk. That 

 no person be allowed to enter the 

 commissariat, but as clerk. That 

 no clerk be eligible for promotion 

 until he has served at least one 

 year as clerk. That no deputy 

 assistant commissary-general be 

 eligible for promotion until he has 

 served at least four years as de- 

 puty assistant, or five years from 

 his first entering as clerk ; in which 

 latter case, only one year's service 

 as deputy assistant would be re- 

 quired. That no assistant commis- 

 sary-general be eligible for pro- 

 motion until he has served at least 

 five years as an assistant, or ten 

 years from his first entering as a 

 clerk ; in which latter case, two 

 years' service as an assistant com- 

 missary only would be required. 

 That no deputycommissary-gene- 

 ral shall be eligible for promotion 

 until he has served at least three 

 years as a deputy. That no per- 

 son be appointed a clerk under 

 the age of sixteen years. 



Captures. — LaNecessite, French 

 frigate of twenty-eight guns, by 

 the Horatio, captain Scot; and 

 destruction of three vessels, and 

 capture of a gun-boat, by the 

 boats of the Christian Vlltli, 

 Seine, and Armide. 



24. Captures. — A French pri- 

 vateer schooner, by the Drake, 

 captain Mounsher: and a French 

 privateer schuyt, by the Quebec, 

 captain Hawtayne. 



26. Member returned to parliw 

 ment. — Borough of Westbury : 

 John de Ponthieu, esq. of Esher, 

 in Surrey, in the room of Francis 

 Whittle, esq. who has accepted 

 the Cliiltern Hundreds. 



30. Licence to sir H. Jones, 

 bart. member of the Order of the 



