George Abercromby, Efq. advocate, to be sheriff-depute of the fhire or sheriffdom of Elgin and Nairn, in the room of Alexander Gordon, Efq. deceased. William Little, Efq. to be commiffary clerk of the commiffariot of Peebles, in the room of Walter Ladlaw, Efq. deceased. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. War-Office, August 9, 1783. 18th Regiment of Foot. Captain Lieutenant J. B. Riddle, from the half-pay of the late 19th dragoons, to be captain of a company, vice Thomas Gorges. Ditto. Major Jeffery Amherst, from the 2d battalion of the 60th regiment, to be Major, vice Anthony Botet. 33d Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant Arthur Beaver, to be captain of a company, vice Thomas Greening. 60th Regiment of Foot, 2d battalion. Major Anthony Botet, from the 10th foot, to be Major, vice Jeffery Amherst. Ditto. Colin M'Kenzie, Gent. to be adjutant, vice R. Coghlan. 56th Regiment of Foot. Major the Honourable Vere Poulett, of the 99th regiment, to be Major, vice B. Fancourt. 99th Regiment of Foot. Captain R. H. Buckeridge, of the 82d regiment, to be Major, vice the Honourable Vere Poulett. 82d Regiment of Foot. Major Thomas Goldie, of 8th dragoons, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Enoch Mackham. War-Office, August 11, 1783. Commiffions figned by his Majefty for the Army in Ireland. 8th Regiment of Dragoons. man, to be captain. Charles New 14th Regiment of Dragoons. Major William Richardfon, of 104th foot, to be Major. 5th Regiment of Foot. Edward Charlton, to be captain. 66th Regiment of Foot. John Hatton, to be captain. War-Office, August 16, 1783. 99th Regiment of Foot. Major John Campbell, from half-pay in the 96th regiment, to be Major. 9th Regiment of Foot. Major John Campbell, from the 99th regiment, to be Lieutenant Colonel. War-Office, August 23, 1783. ift Regiment of Dragoon Guards. John Henry Pakenham, to be captain of a troop. 13th Regiment of Foot. Robert Cranford, to be captain of a company. 29th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant General William Tryon, to be Colonel. 70th Regiment of Foot. Colonel John Earl of Suffolk, of the 97th regiment, to be Colonel. 79th Regiment of Foot. Timothy Ruffell, to be captain-lieutenant. 99th Regiment of Foot. Brent Spencer, of the 15th foot, to be captain of a company. Captains Oliver Lambert, of 3d foot; William Cairnes, of 39th foot; Honourable Major Charles Cathcart, of 98th regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel in the East Indies) quarter mafter general to the forces in India; Captain John Grattan, of 100th regiment, adjutant-general to the forces in India, and Major in the Eaft Indies only-To be Majors in the army by brevet. Dated March 19, 1783. War-Office, August 26, 1783. 13th Regiment of Foot. Major Coppinger Moyle, to be Lieutenant Colonel. Captain William Thompson, of the 68th regiment to be Major. 46th Regiment of Foot. William Rankin, of the 6th foot, to be captain of a company. 60th Regiment of Foot, 2d battalion. Captain William Gooday Strutt, of the 97th regiment, to be Major. 82d Regiment of Foot. Henry Lambert, of the 7th dragoons, to be captain of a company. Richard Downes, of 1ft dragoon guards; Robert Majors Alexander Robertson, of 82d regiment; Douglas, of 47th regiment; James Wemyss, of 63d regiment; James Mackenzie, of 73d regiment, Ift battalion; Hamilton Maxwell, of 73d regiment, 2d battalion; William Dancey, of 330 regiment; Simon Frafer, of 71ft regiment; James Stewart, of 68th regiment; Honourable S. D. Strangeways, of 20th foot; James Flint, of 25th regiment to be Lieutenant Colonels in the army. Commiffions figned by bis Majefty for the Army in Ireland, dated the 11th of August 1783. 32d Regiment of Foot. Edward Williams, to be captain of a company. Edward Brookes, to be captain-lieutenant. War-Office, September 9, 1783. 7th Regiment of Dragooons. Captain Harry Lambert, of the 82d foot, to be captain of a troop. 21ft Regiment of Foot. George St. John, of the 33d foot, to be captain of a company. 82d Regiment of Foot. Captain Sir Nathaniel Dukinfield, Bart. of the 7th dragoons, to be captain of a company. War-Office, September 13, 1783. 15th Regiment of Foot. Brent Spencer, of the 99th regiment, to be captain-lieutenant. 71ft Regiment of Foot. John Rofe, clerk, to be chaplain. 97th Regiment of Foot. Major Honourable Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, late of the 86th regiment, to be Major, 99th Regiment of Foot. Henry Harding, of the 15th foot, to be captain of a company. War-Office, September 16, 1783. ift Regiment of Foot Guards. Lieutenant Colonel John Jones, to be captain of a company. Major the Honourable Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, of the 97th regiment, to be captain-lieutenant Commiffions figned by bis Majefty for the Army is Ireland. 5th Regiment of Dragoons. James Watkins Wilbraham, Efq. to be captain. Hans Hamil ton, of the 2d horfe, to be captain. Sth Regiment of Dragoons. Captain Sir James Erfkine, Bart. of the 14th dragoons, to be Major. 11th Regiment of Dragoons. Robert Hobart, Efq. of the 5th dragoons, to be Major. 67th Regiment of Foot. Captain John Brown, of the 13th dragoons, to be Major. 105th Regiment of Foot. Archibald Douglas, of the 77th foot, to be captain. War Office, September 27, 1783. 42d Regiment of Foot, 1ft battalion. Cap tain-lieutenant Robert Potts, to be captain of a company. Lieutenant Robert Franklin, to be captain-lieutenant. Deputy Commiffary Archibald Calder, from half-pay, to be deputy-commissary of stores and provifions. Enfign Cumberland Campbell, of the 99th regiment, to be fort-adjutant and barrack-master. Chaplain George Watts, from half-pay, to be chaplain. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. Henry Reg. Courtenay, D.D. to be a prebendary of Rochester, in the room of Dr. Pinnell, deceafed. The Rev. Dr. Lackman, canon of Windfor, to be clerk of the closet to the Prince of Wales. The Rev. William Smith, M. A. to hold the rectory of Weft Worthington, together with that of Biddeford, both in the county of Devon. The Rev. James Simpfon, to the rectory of Binbrook St. Mary, in Lincolnshire. The Rev. V. L. Bernard, to the rectory of Frienton, in Effex. The Rev. Thomas Randolph, M. A. chaplain to the Bishop of St. David's, to hold the rectory of Saltwood, with the chapel of Hyth, together with the vicarage of Waltham, and the vicarage of Pettham annexed, all in the county of Kent, and diocese of Canterbury. BANKRUPTS. William Kimber, of Portsmouth, Hampshire, coal-merchant. tor. David Cobb, of Kingston upon Hull, corn-fac John Coles, formerly of Bafinghall Street, London, fince of New York, in North America, but now of Hadley, in Middlefex, merchant. James Boydell, of Charterhouse Square, merchant and infurer. Thomas Hart, late of Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, linen and woollen-draper. Nicholas Hane,and Gerard Berck, of Crutched Friars, London, merchants. William Hopps, of Darlington, in the county of Durham, linen-draper. Benjamin Cottrell, late of Deptford, Kent, mariner. Daniel Roberts, of Fenchurch Street, London, merchant. Thomas Cheflyn, of Coventry, mercer and dra per. James Fowler, of Wapping, Middlesex, brandy-merchant. John Sutton, and Thomas Rylands, now or late of Liverpool, fhipwrights. Mary Murgetroyd, Mary Farrar, Margaret Farrar, and Sarah Farrar, all of Hallifax, Yorkfhire, innkeepers. William Walfingham, of Birmingham, liquor merchant. Benjamin Oldknow, of Derby, hofier. Edward Wheeler, of Pencoyd, Herefordshire, miller. Annefli Shee, late of Frith Street, Soho, Middlefex, wine-merchant. Thomas Venture, of London, merchant. William Fenton, now or late of Hadleigh, Suffolk, tanner. William Wilby, of Northampton, dealer and chapman. William Brookbank, of Cooper's Court, Cornhill, watchmaker. Edward Jones, of Chester, linen-draper. Thomas Rutherford, of Scotch Yard,near Bush Lane, London, factor. James Foot, of Queen-Street, Cheapfide, mariner. THE OR, UNIVERSAL MISCELLANY. OCTOBER 1783.` Enriched with the following truly elegant ENGRAVINGS: 1. A most delightful VIEW of the Eaft Front of BLENHEIM, the Seat of his Grace the Duke of MARLBOROUGH. 2. An interefting Scene in ANNETTE, a Fairy Tale, by MASTER LENOX. Printed for HARRISON and Co. No. 18, Paternofter-Row; by whom Letters to the EDITORS are received. TH ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. HE Editors are happy to hear from their old Correfpondent Mr. C. Mr. Abby's very beautiful Poem will also appear in our next. Clario's Hint will be attended to. A. G.'s Poem will be returned as directed, the first Opportunity. G. H. of Edinburgh is informed, that he may himself remedy the Inconvenience of which he complains, by giving a regular Order to his Bookfeller. Matilda's elegant Verfes, in Favour of a Singing Bird, are received, and will be inferted in our next. The Favours of Amintor are likewise come to Hand, and will be properly attended to. -The Epigram on Meffrs. Flood and Grattan, beginning, When Rogues fall out,' &c. is too grofs for our Mifcellany. There is a confiderable Portion of Merit in Mifs G.'s Kerfes, confidering them as her first Poetical Attempt, but the Subject is too unimportant. Horatio's Serenade feems rather calculated to lull his Rofalind to Sleep, than to rouze her from the Arms of Morpheus. We have not forgot, or neglected, An Old Correfpondent, but only treated him as Friends too often are treated-put him off a little longer. The Subject recommended to our Attention by the Reverend Mr. B. is not fufficiently entertaining. The feveral Articles tranfmitted for our Review, and hitherto neglected, will be noticed in the next Number. We are happy to find that our difinterefted Strictures on the Drama give so much Satisfaction to Lady and shall certainly continue them with the fame Spirit and Freedom. Sir Jofeph M is refpectfully informed, that MASTER LENOX's moft aftonishing Productions will be published at the Beginning of the enfuing Year, but that no actual Subscription is necessary. THE BRITISH MAGAZINE AND REVIEW; OR, UNIVERSAL MISCELLANY. OCTOBER 1783. MODERN BIOGRAPHY. LORD KEPPEL. HE Right Honourable Auguftus Keppel, Viscount Keppel, of Elveden in the county of Suffolk, First Lord of the Admiralty, was born in the year 1725. His lordship is defcended from Arnold Jooft Van Keppel, a member of the Nobleffe of Holland, who accompanied King William into England at the Revolution in 1688; and, after attending his majefty in feveral campaigns, with diftinguished courage and ability, was created a peer in 1695, by the title of Baron Afhford, of Afhford in the county of Kent, Viscount Bury, and Earl of Albemarle. This noble ancestor of Lord Keppel was held in the higheft efteem by King William, who bequeathed to him, in a codicil annexed to his laft will, the Lordship of Breevoft, and a legacy of 200,000 guilders; being, indeed, the only legacy left by the king from the Prince of Naffau Friesland, his majesty's heir. The late Earl of Albemarle, fon of the firft earl, and father of Lord Keppel, was named William-Anne, from her majesty Queen Anne, who honoured his lordship by ftanding godmother in perfon. Lord Keppel is the fecond fon of the fecond Earl of Albemarle, by his lady, Anne Lenox, fifter to his Grace the late Duke of Richmond. His lordship having early conceived a very ftrong inclination for the feafervice, was placed under the care of Lord Anfon, with whom he failed into the South Seas, and was at the taking of the town of Paita, (where he narrowly efcaped being killed by a cannon-ball, which carried away part of a jockey-cap he happened to have on at the time, but did him no other damage) and at the capture of the famous fhip Acapulco, in 1744. On the 16th of November, in the fame year, he obtained his commiffion as a captain of the navy; and, in 1746, being commander of the Maidftone man of war, he greatly diftinguished himself, by taking, finking, and deftroying, many of the enemies privateers and frigates, fome of them of very confiderable force. In the year 1751, he was appointed commodore of a fquadron in the Mediterranean; and, on the ift of May in the fame year, failed from Minorca, to accommodate the differences which then fubfifted between the English merchants and the Dey of Algiers; a bufinefs which he compleatly effected, 2 1 2 as |