London, Sept. 15.

HIS majefty has been pleased to or

der, that the 42d or Royal Highland regiment, fhould be immediately augmented to 1000 men rank and file, with the addition of one lieutenant per company, and likewife two fupernumerary companies confifting of 55 men, to be kept at me on the recruiting fervice. The two additional field offi cers, licutenant-colonel and major, are to be without companies. The augmentation and appointments are take place the 24th inft. The 116th regiment is ordered immediately from Ireland to Portsmouth, to be draughted into them (being chiefly compofed of Highlanders) previous to their embark

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The 109th, or Aberdeenshire regiment, are to be draughted into the 53d, colonel Lakes.

Ferfey, Sept. 16. Yefterday the colours of the Suffolk fencibles were confecrated in the market-place at St. Helier.

One of the French emigrant priests in this ifland has lately abjured the errors of the Roman catholic religion, and been received into the bofom of the church of England.

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The Dolphin cutter arrived at Plymouth, with difpatches from sir J. B. Warren, dated the 16th.

The tranfports, with the emigrant troops on board, under the orders of Monfieur, were to fail on the 17th from the Ifle of Houat, joined by the emigrants who efcaped from Quiberon. Monfieur spent five days on that island, and received deputations from feveral villages on the coaft of Brittany. He ordered a folemn service to be performed there for M. de Sombreuil, and the unfortunate companions of his fate. The cavalry were in great want of forage when the Dolphin came away.

Nescafle, Sept. 19. During this week the different regiments and draughts destined for the Weft Indies have embarked on board the different tranfports at Shields. The cavalry were difmounted; and a great number of the horfes belonging to col. Beaumont's regiment have been fold at Morpeth and other places. The remainder, it is faid, will be fent to grafs. The Ulfter volunteers, notwithstanding their riotous difpofition on Wednesday fennight, deported themselves in the most peaceable manner: many of them accepted the bounty; and those that were draughted, embarked not only without murmuring, but appeared to be in the higheft fpirits.

21. Admiral Harvey, with the count d'Artois and the emigrants under his convoy, met with a gale of wind off Ufhant, which drove them far to the weftward, and was fucceeded by a calm that lafted feveral days. None of the fhips received material damage; but three of the tranfports were feparated from the rest, and had not rejoined on

the 8th.

The troops, unused to fuch boisterous navigation, fuffered severely; and feveral of their horfes died. M. d'Artois was fo much incommoded, that he was feized with a fever which lafted four days. He was much better when the account came away, and in hopes of being able to land speedily in France, and head the royalifts. The fleet was then (the 8th) 40 leagues to the Northweft of Belle-ifle, for which it was fteering with a fair wind.

22. The court of aldermen took into confideration the great attention the rev. Mr. Villette, ordinary of Newgate, paid to the prifoners, and, by the recommendation of the gaol committee, were pleafed to order his falary to be advanced gol. per annum.

25. We learn by late intelligence

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from India, that the extended and increafing commerce between the ports of British India and thofe of Pegu has properly determined the fupreme government to fend an embassy to the court of Ava, for the explication and adjustment of certain points that have long had an unfavourable operation on our trade with that country. There is every reason to believe that the object of this miffion, which is principally our commercial intercourfe with the rich and fertile country of Pegu on a broad and liberal foundation, will be fully attained; and that, in its confequences, it will enlarge the channel of fuccefsful adventure, and lay open 'additional fources of wealth to the British merchants in this quarter of the globe.

Capt. Symes, of his majesty's 76th regiment, a gentleman of literary attainments, and who has already directed his researches to the country he is now to vifit, is appointed envoy to the court of Ava.

From the character and abilities of the gentleman who is to fill the diplomatic miffion to Pegu, the literary world will naturally expect to be favoured with fome interefting and authentic information relative to that country, of whofe hiftory, either natural, civil, or political, it must be owned we are at present almoft entirely in the dark.

We are informed by a letter from an officer in commodore Blanket's fquadron, dated Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, June 27, 1795, that the Dutch have refused to surrender to the commodore, are determined to hold out to the laft, and are very bufy in throwing up intrenchments. A great part of the inhabitants have left this place, and are gone to Cape-Town, which lies between twenty and thirty miles diftant from the bay, and whither great numbers are flocking from all parts of the adjacent country for the defence of that town. The commodore is waiting for a reinforcement from St. Helena, and also expects troops by the outward-bound Eaft Indiamen from England. The Dutch have a camp about ten miles from the commodore's anchorage on the coaft of Falfe Bay, in the road to Cape-Town, where they appear very bufy in intrenching them felves:

The Dutch Indiaman that foundered before the could reach an English port, was one of the moft valuable in the whole fleet. The remaining prize fhips, we understand, are in such wretched order, as almoft to render it unfafe for them to attempt the short voyage from the Shannon to the Thames.

29. Being Michaelmas day, a common hall was held for the election of lord mayor for the year enfuing ; previous to which, divine fervice was performed before the lord mayor and aldermen, at St. Laurence's church, where a fermon was preached by Dr. Wilgrofs, the lord mayor's chaplain, who took occafion to expatiate upon the duties of the chief magiftrate; and having explained the neceffity of private virtue and public firit, of fplendid hofpitality at home, unbiaffed conduct abroad, he very delicately applied thofe attributes to the prefent lord mayor; nor did he omit to acknowledge the vigilant care of his lordfhip to prevent the ill-confequences which might have been apprehended from the dearth with which the country was lately threatened. About one o'clock, his lordship came upon the huftings, amidit the grateful plaudits of his fellow citizens.

The recorder then having addreffed the livery, the names of the feveral aldermen below the chair were called

over.

Mr. Alderman Watfon faid, that, however well difpofed to him the livery might be, he was already so much employed in their service, that it would be as improper that he should now be voted to the chief magiftracy, as it would be impoffible for him to do the duties of it. He was very well received.

The lord mayor and aldermen then retired to the council chamber; the huftings were in poffeffion of the fheriffs. Mr. Alderman Curtis's name was first put up; the fhew of hands was nearly half the hall; Sir B. Hamet, very few, Alderman Newnham, few; Alderman Anderfon, not one quarter of the hall; Alderman Combe, full half the hall; Aldermen Macaulay, Glyn, and Lufhington, not prefent; Sir John Eamer about fix hands. Some zealous friends of alderman Combe were defirous that his name fhould be firft in the return

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BIRTHS.

Sept. 20. The lady of Beeft on Long, of Sutton, Surry, efq. of a daughter.

30. The lady of William Currie, "of Eaft Horfley, efq. M. P. of a daughter.

Od. 12. The lady of James Hawkins Whitshed, of Gloucefter-place, Portman-fquare, efq. of a fon.

MARRIAGES.

Sept. 24. Charles Duncombe, of Duncombe Park, Yorkshire, efq. and M. P. for the borough of Shaftesbury, to the right hon. lady Charlotte Legge, only daughter of the earl of Dartmouth.

Edward Wigley, efq. M. P. for the city of Worcester, to mifs Meyfey, only daughter and heirefs of the late Charles Watkins Meyfey, of Shakenhurft, Worcestershire, efq.

Thomas Ayliffe, of Surbiton Lodge, Surry, efq. to mifs Hill, only daughter of the late rev. Dr. Hill, rector of Thorpe Malfor, Northamptonshire, and prebendary of Wolverhampton.

Sampfon Lloyd, jun. of Birminghamn, efq. to mifs Harman, daughter of John Ilarman, of Frederick's-place, efq.

The rev. Herbert Croft, of Orchardfreet, to mifs Lewis, filler to the countefs of Dyfart.

Francis Sitwell, of Barmoor Caftle, Northumberland, efq. to mifs Ann Campbell, third daughter to the right hon. Ilay Campbell, lord prefident of the court of feffion for Scotland.

Mark Pringle, of Clifton, efq. M. P. for Selkirkshire, to mifs Ann Elizabeth Chalmers, daughter of Robert Chalmers, efq.

Robert Roddam, of Roddam, in the county of Northumberland, efq. admi

ral of the white, to mifs Harrison, niece of George Colpitts, of Killingworth, in the fame county, efq.

30. The rev. Mr. Taylor, of Edmonton, to mifs Venning of Walthamflow.

O. 5. Jofeph Higginfon, of Nicholas lane, Lombard-ilreet, efq. to mifs Poyas, only daughter of James Poyas, of Homerton, efq.

10. John Bowden, of Powis-place, efq. to mifs Mary Anne Roberts, daughter of John Roberts, efq. of the Eaft India direction.

Ifabella Henrietta Poyntz, one of the The viscount Dungarvon, to the hon. maids of honour to her majefty, and third daughter of William Poyntz, of Mingham houfe, efq.

Philip Darell, of Cale Hill, county of Kent, efq. to mifs Poole, of Teddington, Middlesex.

Sir John Preftwich, of Dublin, bart. Mrs. Barwick, relict of John Barwick, of Clare-hall, Herts, efq.

08. 8. The rev. Andrew Kippis, of Crown-ftreet, Westminster, D. D. F... R. and A. S.

Mrs. Hammond, lady of the late Leonard Hammond, of Wingfield, Bucks, efq.

Mrs. Browning, relict of John Browning, fate of Blackheath, efq.

Francis Ashby, of Derby, efq. in the commiffion of the peace for the coun ties of Derby and Stafford,