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They are to bring with them their clothing, now in wear, but not their arms or accoutrements, which will be furnished from the Arsenal in Fort William.

As soon as the Companies are formed, returns are to be transmitted to the Adjutant General, specifying the number of Hindoos and Mahomedans.

The Officers in charge of the Companies are to be careful to bring with them certificates of the periods to which the men have been paid.

The whole are to be struck off the strength of their respective corps, and their places to be filled up by recruits.

The Officers Commanding at Berhampore at the Presidency and Midnapore will report, as soon as possible, the number of Volunteers at their respective stations, when subsequent orders will be given.

CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, THURSDAY, 18TH OCTOBER 1798.

Notice is hereby given that there will be no Levee at the Government House on Tuesday next, and that on Thursday the 25th being the Anniversary of His Majesty's accession, the Right Hon'ble the Governor General will have a Levee to commence at 10 o'clock.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 15TH NOVEMBER 1798.

Fort William, Public Department, 5th November 1798.

Whereas the sale of fire-arms or other warlike stores to or for the use of the country Powers or private persons, without express authority for that purpose, having been heretofore prohibited by the orders of Government, and the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council having reason to believe that attempts have been made to evade the said prohibition, His Lordship in Council hereby declares that the said trade in fire-arms and warlike stores has been and continues to be entirely forbidden, and that any person or persons who shall be detected in exporting from Calcutta or any other part of the Company's Provinces to any part or parts of the country within their territories, or otherwise, Cannon or Guns of any other description, or any arms or warlike stores of whatever denomination, without a Pass sealed with the seal of the Company and signed by the Secretary to this Government, will be considered as having forfeited the protection of the Company and will be sent to Europe.

It is further hereby notified and declared that the Justices of the Peace for the Town of Calcutta, the Collectors and Officers of the Customs within the Company's Provinces, including the Zemindary of Benares, and the Magistrates of the several districts, have been directed to take due care that the strictest attention be paid to this order, and to seize within their respective jurisdictions any property attempted to be passed in violation of this order, declaring the said property to be confiscated, onehalf to the use and benefit of the Honorable Company, and the other half to the benefit of the informer, who shall be entitled to the same upon conviction of the party or parties engaged in the trade.

Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council,

(Sd.) D. CAMPBELL,

Sub-Secretary.

Fort William, Public Department, 17th November 1798.

Notice is hereby given that the Sub-Treasurer is authorized to receive all the Spanish Dollars which may be tendered to him in payment of subscriptions to the 12 per cent. loan on or before the 20th instant, at the rate of Sicca Rs. 210 per 100 Dollars.

Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council,

(Sd.) D. CAMPBELL,

Sub-Secretary.

THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1798.

Regimental Orders, Calcutta, 20th November 1798.

The uniform of the Corps to be a short jacket, scarlet faced with yellow, yellow buttons with the Honorable Company's crest, waist-coat and pantaloons white, with half-boots, black stocks, and round hats with a Fox Tail and Black feather. Muster of the jacket, hat, and accoutrements will be shown at the Serjeant Major's Quarters in the old Fort on Wednesday morning next, where they will remain for inspection until the clothing, &c., of the Corps is completed.

All persons who have been this day mustered, and who have not the means of providing themselves with uniform clothing, are requested to send in their names to the Adjutant without delay, in conformity with the above Minutes of Council.

The Regulating Officer, Captain Griffiths, will take the necessary measures for clearing and rolling the ground in the neighbourhood of the Great Tank, heretofore appropriated to a Militia Parade.

Militia Orders by Lieutenant Colonel Graham, 21st November 1798.

The Armenian inhabitants who have enrolled themselves to serve in the Calcutta Militia, are required to parade on Friday morning next, at sunrise, on the Respondentia Walk, for the purpose of being mustered.

Militia Orders by Lieutenant Colonel Graham, 22nd November 1798.

The Portuguese inhabitants who have enrolled themselves to serve in the Calcutta Militia, are required to parade on Monday morning next, at break of day, on the Respondentia Walk, for the purpose of being mustered.

(Sd.) M. SHAWE, Lieutenant,

Adjutant, Calcutta Militia.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 22ND NOVEMBER 1798.

The 9th November 1798.

PROCLAMATION.

By the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council.

Whereas it has been represented to the Right Honorable the Governor General in Council, that several places in the vicinity of Calcutta and elsewhere within these Provinces are become the ordinary resort of disorderly persons from the Foreign Settlements on the Sabbath day: And that at such places of public resort, horse races are frequented and the pernicious practice of gaming prevails to the scandal of the British Government and to the prejudice of those who are entitled to its protection: And whereas the profanation of the day set apart for the solemn observance of public worship is a practice destructive of the good order and morals of society, and contrary to the duties and ordinances of the Protestant Religion, His Lordship in Council hereby orders and directs all Magistrates and Officers Commanding at Military Stations, to prohibit horse races and all other meetings for the purpose of gaming on the Sabbath day within the limits of their respective jurisdiction or commands; And if any person or persons shall be guilty of disobedience

to such prohibition, the Magistrates and Officers of the district or station in which such offence shall be committed, are hereby strictly commanded to report the name or names of any person or persons so offending to the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council; And His Lordship in Council hereby declares that the person or persons so offending shall be liable to forfeit the protection of the Honorable the East India Company, and to be sent to Europe.

Published by order of the Right Hon'ble the Governor General in

Council,

(Sd.)

G. H. BARLOW,

Secretary to the Government.

ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 29TH NOVEMBER 1798.

Minutes of Council in the Military Department, 26th November 1798.

The Right Hon'ble the Governor General in Council has been pleased to make the following appointments and promotions in the Calcutta Militia :