that character at the seat of the central or supreme junta in Spain. Downing-street, Oct. 8. Lieut.general George Beckwith, appointed governor and commander in chief of the island of Barbadoes; Sir Charles Brisbane, knt. captain in the royal navy, to be governor and commander in chief of the island of St. Vincent; Hugh Elliot, esq. appointed captain-general and governor of the Leeward Islands; and William Wooley, esq. to be lieutenant-governor of Ber bice. Whitehall, Oct. 15. Rear-admiral Richard Goodwin Keats, nominated one of the knights-companions of the most honourable order of the Bath. Carlton-house, Oct. 21. Lieut. colonel Bloomfield, of the royal regiment of artillery, appointed (by the prince of Wales) gentleman-attendant on his royal high ness, vice lord Lake, dec. Foreign-office, Nov. 2. Anthony Merry, esq. appointed his majesty's envoy-extraordinary and minister - plenipotentiary to the court of Sweden; and Augustus John Foster, esq, to be his majesty's minister of legation at that court. War-office, Nov. 12. General the hon. Chapple Norton, appointed governor of Charlemont; and major-general Francis Hugonin, to be colonel of the 4th regiment of dragoons; both vice the earl of Dorchester, dec. Queen's palace, Nov. 16. Sir Charles Brisbane, knt. captain in the royal navy, sworn captain-general and governor in chief of the islands of St. Vincent, Bequia, and such other of the islands commonly called the Grenadines, as lie to the northward of Cariaccou,in America. VOL. L. Queen's palace, Nov. 23. Right hon. George Coventry, commonly called lord viscount Deerhurst, sworn lord-lieutenant of the county of Worcester, and of the city of Worcester, and county of the same, vice his father, the earl of Coventry, resigned. Whitehall, Nov. 26. Hon. William Harcourt, appointed gentleman and master of his majesty's robes, vice lord Selsey, dec. Downing-street, Nov. 29. Hon. Francis Nathaniel Burton, appointed lieutenant governor of Lower Canada, in America. Whitehall, Dec. 3. Rev. Walker King, D.D. recommended by congé d'elire, to be elected bishop of Rochester, vice Dr. Thomas Dampier, translated to the see of Ely. Downing-street, Dec. 13. Henry Bentinck, esq. appointed governor and commander in chief of the settlements of Demarara and Essequibo. Charles Bentinck, esq. to be governor and commander in chief of the settlement of Surinam, vice Hughes, dec. Foreign-office, Dec. 16. Right hon. William Pitt lord Amherst, appointed his majesty's envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary at the court of his Sicilian majesty, vice Drummond, recalled. Downing-street, Dec. 20. Lieut.general Sir John Stuart, K. B. appointed (by a commission dated Feb. 11) commander of his majesty's forces in the Mediterranean, the garrison of Gibraltar excepted. Berkshire, Wm. Congreve of Aldermaston, esq. Bucks, Rich. Dayrell, of Sillingstone, esq. Cambridge and Huntingdon, Sir H. Peyton, of Emneth, bart. Cheshire, C. Trelawney Brereton, of Shotwich-park, esq. Cumberland, Thomas Irvine, of Justice Town, esq. Derbyshire, postponed. Devonshire, Sir H. Carew, of Haccombe, bart. Dorsetshire, Nicholas Charles Daniel, of Upway, esq. Essex, John Coggan, of Wanstead, esq. Gloucestershire, Sir Thos. Crawley Bowey, of Flaxley-abbey, bt. Herefordshire, Samuel Peploe, of Garnstone, esq. Hertfordshire, James Smith, of Ashlyn's-hill, esq. Kent, Charles Milner, of Preston-park, esq. Leicestershire, G. Finch Simp→ son, of Launde Abbey, esq. Lincolnshire, the hon. W. Beauclerc, of Radbourne. Monmouthshire, Wm. Morgan, of Hamhilad, esq. Norfolk, J. Thornton Mott, of Barmingham, esq. Northamptonshire, G. Fleet Evans, of Saxton, esq. Northumberland, Cuthbert Ellison, of Broomhouse, esq. Nottinghamshire, J. Manners Sutton, of Kelham, esq. Oxfordshire, the hon. T. Parker, of Ensham-hall. Rutlandshire, Thos. Bryan, of Stoke, esq. Shropshire, Ralph B. Wyld Browne, of Coyghley, esq. esq. Warwickshire, postponed. Wiltshire, J. Holton, of Grittleton, esq. Worcestershire, Sir J. Packington, of Westwood, bart. Yorkshire, Wm. Joseph Dennison, of Ayton, esq. SOUTH WALES. Brecon, postponed. Cardigan, Morgan Jones, of Panthyrlis, esq. Caermarthen, Morgan Price Lloyd, of Glansevin, esq. Glamorgan, hon. Wm. Booth Grey, of Duffryn. Pembroke, John Henslergh Allen, of Carselty, esq. Radnor, Thos. Thomas, of Ponkerrig, esq. NORTH WALES. Anglesey, Edward Jones, of Cromlech, esq. Carnarvonshire, Robert Thomas Carreg, of Carreg, esq. Denbighshire, R. Henry Kenrick, of Nanlewydd, esq. Flintshire, T. Lloydd, of Trebierdd, esq. Merioneth, Lewis Price Edwards, of Tolgarth, esq. Montgomeryshire, R. Knight, of Gwernygoe, esq. APPENDIX APPENDIX TO THE CHRONICLE. Public Income of Great Britain for the Year ended the 5th of Heads of Revenue. January 1808. Gross Revenue. Nett Produce Payments into Exchequer. An Account, showing how the Monies remaining in the Receipt of the Exchequer on the 5th Day of January, 1807, together with the Monies paid into the same during the Year ended the 5th of January, 1808, have been actually applied; so far as relates to Miscellaneous Services. SERVICES AT HOME. To be paid to the officers of the houses of lords and com mons, 1806-7 ..... For defraying the charge of the superintendence of aliens, 1805-6-7 For the royal military college, 1806-7 .. £. S. d. 7,428 12 4 7,040 0 0 31,345 2 11 For the use of the officers and seamen who served under the late vice-admiral lord viscount Nelson, at the battle off Cape Trafalgar, on the 21st October, 1805-6 12,500 0 0 For defraying the charge of the works and repairs of the roads and bridges in the Highlands of Scotland, 1806 10,250 14 0 For confining, maintaining, and employing convicts at home, 1806-7 ... 48,166 2 6 For printing journals of the house of commons, for printing and delivering votes, and for printing reports, bills, &c. 1806 ........ For printing 1,750 copies of the 58th volume of journals, 1806 For printing and stationary for the two houses of parliament, for 1806-7...... For the French clergy and laity; Toulonese, Corsican, and Dutch emigrants; and American loyalists, 1806-7............. 18,291 14 4 4,000 0 0 30,682 15 6 133,119 2 7 Towards defraying the expense of the public office, Bow-street, 1806-7............. ... 12,701 18 5 For the Royal Military Assylum at Chelsea, for 1806... 12,808 16 11 For his majesty's foreign and other secret services, 1806-7 .... ... For carrying on the building of a new mint, 1806-7 Extraordinary expenses of prosecution relating to the coin of this kingdom, 1806-7............................ For the extra charge of messengers of the three secre- For do..........of contingencies............Do. 1806-7 For defraying law charges, 1806-7 Protestant Dissenting ministers in England, and for the relief of the poor French Protestant clergy and laity, for 1806-7 For printing, by order of the commissioners of public records, 1806 VideServices Abroad. 58,033 2 0 |