Sir Alexander Macdonald, Bt, by the title of Baron Macdonald, of Slate, in the county of Antrim; Sir William Mayne, Bt, by the title of Baron Newhaven, of Carrick Mayne, in the County of Dublin; James Agar, Efq; by the title of Baron of Clifden, in the county of Kilkenny; William Edwardes, Efq; by the title of Baron Kensington; William-Henry Lyttelton, Efq; by the title of Baron Weftcote, of Balamare, in the county of Longford; Robert Henley Orgley, Efq; by the title of Baron Ongles, ef Old Warden, in Ireland; Molyneux Shuldam, Efq; Vice Admiral of the Blue fquadron of his Majefty's fleet, by the title of Baron Shuldam; John Bourke, Efq; of Palmerstown, in the county of Kildare, by the title of Baron Naas, of Naas, in the faid county; Sentleger Sentleger, Efq; by the title of Baron Doneraile, of Doneraile, in the county of Corke; Clotworthy Upton, Efq; by the title of Baron Templetown, in the county of Antrim; and Hugh Maffey, Efq; by the title of Baron Maley, of Duntryleague, in the county of Limerick. -to appoint the following perfons to be of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in Ireland, viz. Jemmatt Lord Archbishop of Tuam; Sir Capel Molineaux, Bt; to order letters-patent to be paffed under the great feal of Ireland, containing his Majefty's grants of the dignity of a Baronet of the faid kingdom, to them and their heirs male, unto Sir Michael Cromie, Kt, of Stacumnie in the county of Kildare; Ralph Fetherstone, Efq; of Ardagh, in the county of Longford; Skeffington Smyth, Efq; of Tinny Park, in the county of Wicklow; and Nicholas Lawless, Efq; of Abington, in the county of Limerick. [329.] 4. to appoint William Hewit, Efq; to be a commiflioner for adjusting the differences that have arifen, or may arife, in refpect to the late fales of lands in the islands of Grenadas, the Grenadines, Dominica, St Vincent, and Tobago. -6. to confer the honour of the Moft Ho, nourable Order of the Bath on Guy Carleton, Efq; Captain-General and Governor in Chief of his Majefty's province of Quebec, General and Commander in Chief of all his Majefty's forces in the faid province, and on the frontiers of the provinces bordering thereupon. -to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the kingdom of Great Britain unto John Hamilton, of Marlborough Houfe, Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton, Efq; Captain of his Majefty's fhip Hector. -16. on the refignation of Sir John Dick, Bt, to appoint John Udney, Efq; to be his Majefty's Conful at Leghorn; and alfo to appoint Robert Richie, Efq; to fucceed Me Udney as his Majesty's Conful at Venice. "Dublin Caftle, July 12. Letters patent are preparing to be paffed under the great feal of this kingdom, conftituting and ap pointing, John Bourke, John Berisford, John Monck Mafon, Richard Townsend, James Agar, Hercules Langrifhe, and Robert Waller, Efqs, commiflioners of all his Majesty's revenues within this kingdom; Henry Loftus, Edward Tighe, St John Jefferyes, Richard Hely, Hutchiufon, and Edward Bellingham Swan, Efqs, commiffioners of accounts within this kingdom; and commiflioners for stamping and marking parchment, vellum, and paper, and managing the duties thereupon.' Letters-patent "Dublin Castle, July 18. are preparing to be paffed under the great feal of this kingdom, containing a grant from his Majefty unto James Shiel, Robert Barry, Richard Malone, Clotworthy Rowley, and John Tunnadine, Efqs, to be commillioners of Appeals in this kingdom." War-office, June 11. 1776. continued. [344.] 37th reg, of foot: Leigh, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Pearce. 40th reg. of foot: Capt. Samuel Bradstreet to be Major, vice James Grant. 41ft reg. of foot (Invalids): Capt. John Wilfon, of 59th reg. to be Captain, vice Harcourt Matter. man, Gent. to be Quartermaster, vice Thomas Tees. ift reg. of dragoons: John Kinsey, Gent. to be Cornet, vice William Spencer. ad reg. of dragoons: Chaplin, Gent to be Cornet, vice Lawrence Robert Campbell. 17th reg. of dragoons: Quartermaster John Jones, of the 20th, foot, to be Coinet, vice James St Clair. ift reg. of foot-guards: Enf. William Henry Naffau to be Lieutenant, vice George Dewar. Ditto John Goodricke, Gent. to be Enfign, vice William Henry Naffau. Ditto: Captain John Thomas De Burgh to be Captain of a Company, vice George Hotham. Ditto Enf. Thomas Glyn to be Licutenant, vice John Thomas De Burgh. Coldstream reg of foot-guards: Enf. Thomas Thoroton to be Lieutenant, vice George Tate. 2d reg. of foot: Enf. Edward Baynes to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Philips. Ditto: John Davies, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Edward Baynes. 6th reg. of foot: Lieut. James Sufanna Patton to be Captain, vice Henry Shawe. 38th reg. of Foot: Richard Broom, Gent, to be Enfign, vice Lovet Afle. 56th reg of foot: Enf. Thomas Nixon to be Lieutenant, vice William Farquhar. Ditto: Lieut. William Wilfon to be Adjutant, vice John Hardy. 61ft reg of foot: Enf Thomas Peter Bo nell to be Lieutenant, vice Benjamin Stuart. 69th reg. of foot: John Hafwell, Gent. to be Quartermaster, vice John Mackie. Ditto Arthur Leith, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Francis William Farquhar. Ditto: Robert Chilton, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Paul Castleman. War-office, July 9. 4th reg. of foot: Enf. Bryan Bell, of 44th foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Barker. 5th reg. of foot: Enf. Robert King to be Lieutenant, vice James Raymond. Ditto: Second-Lieut. Alexander Wilfon, of 23d, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John M'Clintock. 10th reg. of foot: Lieut. John Barker, of 4th, foot, to be Captain, vice John Vatafs. 14th reg. of foot: Enf. Thomas Pitcairn, of 69th, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cornelius Smelt. Ditto: Lieut. Andrew Laurie to be Adjutant, vice Cornelius Smelt. Ditto: Captain-Lieut. William Brown to be Captain, vice William Blackett. Ditto: Lieut. John Batut to be CaptainLieutenant, vice William Brown. Ditto: Enf. James Boyes to be Lieutenant, vice John Batut. Ditto: Captain-Lieut. John Batut to be Captain, vice Charles Fordyce. Ditto: Lieut. William Ramfay, of 35th, foot, to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice John Batut. Ditto: Enf. Charles Ogle to be Lieutenant, vice Peter Henry Leflie. Ditto Enf. James Lindsay to be Lieutenant, vice William Napier. Ditto: Henry Lumfden, Gent. to be Enfign, vice James Boyes. Ditto: Enf. Charles William Morden, of the Royal Emigrants, to be Enfign, vice Charles Ogle. Ditto: Enf. John Day, of Ditto, to be Enfign, vice James Lindsay. 17th reg. of foot: Lieut. William Leslie to be Captain, vice Charles Lyons. 22d reg. of foot: Enf. William Hay, of 64th, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Laton. Ditto: Lieut. Charles Handfield to be Adjutant, vice Charles Laton. 35th reg. of foot: Lieut. Cornelius Smelt, of 14th, foot, to be Captain, vice James Cockburne. Ditto: Enf. Robert Gordon, of 44th, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Graves Simcoe. Ditto: Lieut. James Lamb to be Adjutant, vice John Graves Simcoe. Ditto Enf. David Campbell, af 4th, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Archibald M'Alester. Ditto Enf. Thomas Murray of 10th, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Ramfay. 38th reg. foot: Lieut. William Wade to be Captain, vice John Otto Bayer. Ditto: Enf. Lovet Afle to be Lieutenant, vice William Wade. Ditto: Enf. Shepland Swiney to be Lieutenant, vice William Sutherland. 40th reg. of foot: Lieut. John Graves Simcoe, of 35th, foot, to be Captain, vice John Green. Ditto: Captain Lieut. John Adlam to be Captain, vice Samuel Bradstreet. Ditto: Lieut. William Harris to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice John Adlam. Ditto Enf. John Forbes to be Lieutenant, vice William Harris, Ditto: Lieut. Robert Mofyn, of 65th, foot, to be Captain, vice William Mac Lean. 45th reg. of foot: Second-Lieut. Louis Haldimand, of 23d, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Houghton. 55th reg. foot: Capt. William Sutherland, of the Royal Fencible Americans, to be Captain, vice Robert Gray. 63d reg of foot; Enf. Ebenezer Radford to be Lieutenant, vice John Murray Prior. 64th reg. of foot: Lieut, Charles Laton, of 22d, foot, to be Captain, vice Michael Fleming. Ditto: Lieut. John Lewis to be CaptainLieutenant, vice John C. Everest. Ditto: Enf. Dennis Kelly to be Lieutenant, vice John Lewis. Ditto: Charles Wright, Gent. to be En fign, vice Dennis Kelly. 65th reg. of foot: Lieut Samuel Ellis, from the Marines, to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Moltyn. Staff Officers in North America. Doctor Jonathan Mallet to be Chief Surgeon to the Hospital. Capt. Charles Lyons, late of 17th foot, to be Town-Major of Halifax. Lieut. William Spaight, of 65th, foot, to be Affiftant Deputy Quarter-Master General. Lt. Col. James Paterfon, of 63d, foot, to be Adjutant General. War-Office, July 16. Royal reg. Horfe-guards: Jofeph Darby, Captain; Alexander Forbes, Captain-Lieutenant; Thomas Watfon Whittle, Lieutenant; Francis Chaplain, Cornet. ift reg. foot guards: Michael Cox, Cap. tain of a company; Thomas Gordon, Captain-Lieutenant; William Colquhoun, Lieutenant; John Lewis Elliot, Enfign. ad reg. foot: James Barker, LieutenantColonel; William Dalrymple, Major; James Ball, Captain; Edward Thorley, CaptainLieutenant; Charles Duperré, Lieutenant; Philip Bainbrigge, Enfign. 16th reg. foot: Martin Ramfay, Enfign. 51ft reg. foot: Edward Fuller, Captain; John Elford, Captain-Lieutenant; Robert Pringle, Lieutenant. 59th reg foot: James Alex. Colvill, Enfign. 61ft reg. foot: William Owen, Captain; James Sivright, Lieutenant. 61d reg. foot: Richard Bailey, Captain. War-Office, July 30. 17th reg. of Light Dragoons: Cornet Thomas Stanley, of the 16th of Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Richard Crewe. Ditto Capt. Peter Hedman Ellefton, of 35th, foot, to be Captain, vice Turner Straubenzie. 4th reg. of foot: Enf. Peter Kemble to be Lieutenant, vice Leonard Browne. 5th reg. of foot: Lieut. John Westroppe, of 65th, foot, to be Captain, vice John Jackfon. 16th reg. of foot: Major Alexander Dickfon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice James Robertfon.. Ditto: Capt. Valentine Gardiner, of 55th, foot, to be Major, vice Alexander Dickfon. 17th reg. of foot: Enf. Mathew Anketell, of 55th, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice William Leflic. 21d reg. of foot: Enf. George Auguft Cuningham to be Lieutenant, vice Edward` Phineas Maxwell. Ditto: William Abercrombie, Gent. to be Quarter-Master, vice Edward Phineas Maxwell. 23d reg. of foot: Second-Lieut. John Browne to be First-Lieutenant, vice Richard Williams deceased. 35th reg. foot: Enf. Charles Stevenson, of 10th, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Maple Delamaine. Ditto: Lieut. Thomas Bomford, of 64th, foot, to be Captain, vice Peter Hedman Ellefton. 38th reg. of foot: Second-Lieut. John Mackewan, of 23d, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Talbot Blaney Handafyde. 40th reg. of foot: Lieut John Doyle to be Adjutant, vice William Harris. 44th reg. of foot: Second Lieut. Nicholas St Nicholas, from the Marines, to be Lieutenant, vice William Leflie. Ditto: Lieut. Twifdale Griff. Ridfdale to be Captain, vice Charles Willington. Ditto: Enf. Archibald Kennedy, of 43d, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Twifdale Griff. Ridfdale. 46th reg. of foot: Capt. William Leslie. from the Royal Fenfible Americans, to be Captain, vice Cornelius Cuyler. 49th reg. of foot: Enf. John Wigglesworth to be Adjutant, vice William Gore. Ditto: James Stanley, Gent. to be Enfign, vice John Wigglefworth. Ditto: Lieut. Edward Phineas Maxwell, of 22d, foot, to be Captain, vice John Rogers. Ditto: Enf. George Robert Jocelyn to be Lieutenant, vice Samuel Andrews. Ditto: Volunteer George Maffey to be Enfign, vice George Robert Jocelyn. Ditto: Serjeant William Archer to be Quarter-Mafter, vice George Robert Jocelyn. 52d reg. of foot: Patrick Dondon, Gent. to be Surgeon, vice Richard Hope. Ditto: George Mackay, Gent. to be Quarter-Mafter, vice Aaron Wilkinson. Ditto: Lieut. Thomas Williamson to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice Andrew Machil waine. Ditto: Enf. Robert John Harrison to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Williamfon. Ditto: Major Mungo Campbell, from 55th, foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Valentine Jones. 55th reg of foot: Captain-Lieut. Decimus Reynolds to be Captain, vice Valentine Gardiner. Ditto: Lieut. Robert Lucas to be Captain. Lieutenant, vice Decimus Reynolds. Ditto: Enf. Thomas Stanley to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Lucas. Ditto : Shuldam, Gent. to be Enfign, vice Thomas Stanley. Ditto: Lieut. Michael Hammerton to be Captain, vice Benjamin Neal Stratford. Ditto: Enf. Peter Marland to be Lieutehant, vice Michael Hammerton. Ditto: Capt. Cornelius Cuyler, of 46th, foot, to be Major, vice Mungo Campbell. 63d reg. of foot: Enf Chriftopher Lyfter to be Lieutenant, vice Ebenezer Radford. Ditto: Lieut. Edward Drury to be Captain, vice Thomas Dundas. Ditte: Enf. Thomas Gibfon to be Lieutenant, vice Edward Drury. 64th reg. of foor: Enf. William Gratton to be Lieutenant, vice George Montgomery Metham. Ditto: Enf. Thomas Peters, of 228, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Bomford. 65th reg. of foot: Enf Robert Arbuthnot, of 40th, foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Weftroppe. Ditto: Lieut Henry Miller to be Adjutant, vice John Weftroppe. Ditto: Lieut George Montgomery Me tham, of 64th, foot, to be Captain, vice William Compton. Staff Officers in North America. Lieut.-Col. George Clerk, of 43d, foot, to be Barrack-Mafter General, vice James Robertfon. Lieut. John Bowen, from Half-pay, to be Fourier to the army. William Cuningham, Gent. to be Provoft Marshall. Commiffions figned by his Majefty for the army in Ireland. Ten dated April 26. 1776, viz. Maj. Thomas Pigott, Chief Engineer in Ireland, to have the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by brevet. 4th reg. of horfe: Capt. Philip Crampton to be Major, vice Pigost, removed." Ditto: Lieut. John Crampton to be Captain, vice Philip Crampton. Ditto: Corn. William Pigot to be Lieutenant, vice John Crampton. Ditto: Mr Thomas Lindfey to be Cornet, vice Pigot 5th (or Royal Irish) dragoons: Maj. Thomas Sawer, of the ad, horse, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hugh Cane, who retires. 2d, horfe: Capt. Lorenzo Mooie, of the 3d, horfe, to be Major, vice Sawer 3d, horfe, or Carabineers: Capt.-Lieut. Thomas Moore to be Captain, vice Lorenzo Moore, promoted. Ditto Lieut. Benjamin Bunbury to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice Thomas Moore. Ditto: Corn George Daniel to be Lieutenant, vice Bunbury Three dated May 11. viz. 11th reg. of foot: Capt. Charles Gordon to be Major, vice Benjamin Edwards, who retires. Ditto: Lieut. Patrick Hely to be Captaia vice Charles Gordon. Ditto Enf. Chriftopher Mitchell to be Lieutenant, vice Patrick Hely. Two dated May 12. viz. Ditto Lieut. William Draper Nicholas to be Captain, vice William Auguftus Gordon, who retires. Ditto: Enf. Arthur Payne to be Lieute nant, vice Draper Nicholas. Five dated May 24. viz. 19th reg of foot: Capt.-Lieut John Smith to be Captain, vice William Hattell, promoted. Ditto: Lieut. John Skerrett to be Cap. tain-Lieutenant, vice Smith, Ditto: Enf. John Balneaves to be Lieute nant, viee Skerrett. Ditto: Mr vice Balneaves. Masterfon to be Enfiga, THE MAGAZINE. SCOTS AUGUST, 1776. CONTENT A concife account of the BRITISH COLO-AMERICA. The Hiftory of EUROPE for 1775. British A cure for the bite of a MAD DOG 417. 419.1 S. British land-forces and fleet at Staten island 423. That ifland defcribed 424 Captures 424, §. Gen. Washings ton, with the provincial main army, at New York 415. A plot at New York 426. Canada 417. Treatment of prisoners ib. Lt-Col. Campbell to Gen. Howe 418. Sulivan's inland attacked unsuccessfully 429. 430, 31. Lord Dunmore forced from Virginia 432. Congrefs-proceedings: Declas ration of independence, with remarks 433. Lord Howe's letter to governors 437. His declaration of pardon ib. A letter from his Lordship to Gen. Washington refused to be received 438. A military order eltablished ib. Provincial land and fea force ib. POETRY. The genealogy of Good Manners 448. An epistle to a friend 449. Difference between Wit and Humour ib. Perfonages appearing to the character of a popular prifoner 450. Morning-Twilight ib. A monumental infeription in Bray church ib. HISTORICAL AFFAIRS 451453. LISTS, &C. 454. A character of Mr Hume 454. A concife account of the BRITISH COLO. NEWFOUNDLAND. The chief town is St John, on the foutheaft part of Newfoundland, CANADA, or the province of QUEBEC. His government comprises, ac- By the above-mentioned royal procla cording to the proclamation of mation, this province is bounded on the 7th Oct. 1763 [xxv. 576.], E. by the river St John, and from thence, 1. The ifle of Newfoundland, by a line drawn from the head of that riand all the islands adjacent to its coasts, ver, through Lake St John, to the south except thofe of Miquelon and St Peter's, end of Lake Nipifling; from whence the which are left in the poffeffion of the faid line, croffing the river St Laurence French; 2. The ifles of Anticofti and and Lake Champlain in the 45th paral Magdalen, in the gulph of St Laurence; lel of north latitude, paffes along the high 3. All the coast of Labrador, from St lands which divide the rivers that empty John's river to Hudfon's Straits. The themselves into the said river St Laurence, foil of Newfoundland is barren, but the from those which fall into the fea, and alfea proves an inexhaustible mine of trea- fo along the north coast of the Baye des fure. The coafts are full of harbours, Chaleurs, and the coast of the Gulph of very safe and commodious for the fishery. St Laurence, to Cape Rofieres; and from VOL. XXXVIII, 3 E thence |