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PROMOTIONS.

nels to be Major-Generals; six Lieu. tenant-Colonels to be Colonels; and twenty-four Captains to be Majors (with commissions bearing date Nov. 9).

26. Royal Marines, brevet LieutenantColonel S. B. Ellis, C. B., to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

4. Captain Frederick Jennings Thomas, to be a retired Rear-Admiral.

5. Commander Francis Wm. Austen, to be promoted to the rank of Captain, when he shall have served the required period at sea to qualify him for that rank, for his services on the River Plate.

Admiral of the Red, Sir George Martin, G. C. B., G. C., St. M. & G., to be Admiral of the Fleet; four Admirals of the White, to be Admirals of the Red; six Admirals of the Blue, to be Admirals of the White; four Vice-Admirals of the Red, to be Admirals of the Blue; nine Vice-Admirals of the White, to be ViceAdmirals of the Red; fourteen Vice-Admirals of the Blue, to be Vice-Admirals of the White; fourteen Rear-Admirals of the Red, to be Vice-Admirals of the Blue; twenty Rear-Admirals of the White, to be Rear-Admirals of the Red; seventeen Rear-Admirals of the Blue, to be RearAdmirals of the White; twenty Captains, to be Rear-Admirals of the Blue; fortyfour Commanders, to be Captains; eighty Lieutenants, to be Commanders; twenty Mates, to be Lieutenants; twenty Second Masters, to be Masters; twenty AssistantSurgeons, to be Surgeons; twenty Clerks, to be Paymasters and Pursers.

To be Naval Aides-de-Camp to her Majesty, Captains Maurice F. F. Berkeley, C.B., the Hon. G. A. Crofton, Sir George R. Sartorius, Arthur Fanshawe, C. B., Lord John Hay, C.B., and Sir George A. Westphal; and Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G. C.H., to be an Extra Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty. Doctor Gilbert King, M. D. (Deputy Inspector of Naval Hospitals and Fleets), to be Inspector of Naval Hospitals and Fleets; John Mortimer, esq., and Henry Parkin, esq. (retired Deputy Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets), to be retired Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets; Doctor James Veitch, M.D., Mr. William Colvin, and Doctor James Scott (B), M.D., Surgeons Royal Navy, to be retired Deputy Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets.

11. Commander Richard Burridge, R. N., to be Captain.Lieutenants E. H. B. Proctor and L. B. Mackinnon, to the rank of Commander Royal Navy, for their services during the recent operations in the Parana.

16. Captain Joseph Needham Tayler, C. B., to be retired Rear-Admiral.

17. Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, G. C. B., to be Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom.

20. Vice-Admiral Sir H. Heathcote, Knt., to be Admiral; Rear-Admiral Charles Carter, to be Vice-Admiral; Captain John Thompson (A), to be retired Rear-Admiral.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. D. J. Eyre, to be Sub-Dean of Salisbury Cathedral.

Hon. and Rev. R. Cust, to be Prebendary of Lincoln.

Rev. J. Cotterill, to be an hon. Canon of Norwich.

Rev. J. Garbett, to be an hon. Canon of Worcester.

Rev. R. Seymour, to be an hon. Canon of Worcester.

Rev. W. Walter, to be an hon. Canon of Lincoln.

Rev. J. Watts, to be Prebendary of Salisbury.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

William Thompson, B. A., Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.

Dr. Walshe, to be Professor of Clinical Medicine in University College, London.

George Russell Clerk, esq., to be Governor of the Presidency of Bombay.

DECEMBER.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

5. Herbert Townshend Bowen, esq., to be Solicitor-General for Trinidad.

10. Lord Howard de Walden and Seaford, G. C. B. (now Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Portugal), to be her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Belgians; Sir George Hamilton Seymour, G. C. H. (now Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Belgians), to be Envoy Extraordinary and

PROMOTIONS.

Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Portugal. Rutherford Alcock, esq. (now Consul at Foo-chow-foo), to be Consul at Shanghai; Richard Belgrave Jackson, esq. (now Vice-Consul at Canton), to be Consul at Foo-chow-foo; Temple Hilliard Layton, esq. (now acting as Consul at Amoy), to be Consul at that port.

15. The younger son and daughters of James, late Lord Glenlyon, to have the same precedence as if their father had succeeded to the dignity of Duke of Athol.

G. G. Lowenfeld, esq., to be Financial Accountant for the colony of British Guiana.

17. Raised to the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom, Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, of Creedy, co. Devon, esq., Colonel in the Army; Frederick Currie, esq., one of the Secretaries to the government of India; and Anthony Rothschild, of Grosvenor-place, esq. (with remainder to his nephews, Nathan Meyer Rothschild, Charles Alfred Rothschild, and Leopold Rothschild, esqrs., sons of Lionel Rothschild, esq.)

19. William Sanderson Craig, esq., to be Consul in the Island of Sardinia, to reside at Cagliari; and Frederick W. Calvert, esq., to be Consul at the Dardanelles.

21. Major-General Charles William Pasley, C.B., to be a Knight Commander of the order.

24. Aneurin Owen, of Egryn, co. Denbigh, esq., to be an Assistant Commissioner of Poor Laws.

28. The younger brothers and sister of the Marquis of Ailsa to have the same precedence as if their father Archibald, Earl of Cassilis, had succeeded to the dignity of Marquis. — George Grey, esq., to be Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand, and Governor and Commanderin-Chief in and over each of the two separate provinces of New Ulster and New Munster; Edward John Eyre, esq., to be Lieut.-Governor of each of the two said separate provinces of New Ulster and New Munster.-Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Newfoundland.

ARMY APPOINTMENTS.

1. 1st Foot Guards, Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. T. Cunynghame, from 13th Foot, to be Captain and Lieutenant

Colonel, vice Captain and LieutenantColonel C. Stuart, who exchanges.brevet Captain H. Caldecot, 1st Foot Guards, to be Major in the Army; Colonel Lord John Hay, to be MajorGeneral in the Army, half-pay Unattached; Lieutenant-Colonel À. Morris, to be Colonel in the Army.

5. Royal Artillery, Captain and brevet Major W. H. Bent, to be LieutenantColonel; Captain and brevet Major R. Clarke, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; V. Cockburn, to be Captain, vice Clarke; First Lieutenant, C. W. Younghusband, to be Second Captain, vice Cockburn ; Second Lieutenant, O'B. B. Woolsey, to be First Lieutenant, vice Younghusband.

7. Royal Marines, Lieut.-Colonel T. Peebles, to be Colonel and Second Commandant; Captain and brevet Major J. Whylock, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Second Lieutenant J. J. D. Barclay, to be First Lieutenant, vice Wright.

8. 29th Foot, Major A. T. Hemphill, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase; Captain G. L. Way, to be Major.

11. Staff, brevet Colonel W. G. Cochrane, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces in Ireland; brevet Colonel R. C. Mansel, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving in Ireland; brevet LieutenantColonel F. A. Fraser, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving in Canada; brevet LieutenantColonel J. M. Robertson, to be Colonel in the Army; Major John Westlake, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.

18. Royal Regiment of Artillery, Major-General J. Power, to be Colonel Commandant.-Royal Marines, Captain and brevet Major Thomas Wearing, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

22. Brevet, Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Angelo, of the 30th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army.

Lieutenant-General Sir Benj. D'Urban, to be Commander of the Forces in Canada.

29. 4th Light Dragoons, Major Lord G. A. F. Paget, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain H. Fane, to be Major.Coldstream Foot Guards, brevet Major Lieutenant and Captain C. A. Windham, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel. -85th Foot, Major B. Taylor, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain J. Blackburn, to be Major.- Brevet, LieutenantColonel Lord T. Cecil, of Coldstream Guards, to be Colonel in the Army;

PROMOTIONS.

Captain S. B. Jefferies, 5th Foot, and
Captain G. Fitzroy, 61st Foot, to be
Majors in the Army.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

To be Captains.-J. P. Roepel and S. H. Ussher.

To be Commanders.-G. Blane, J. A. Mends, and G. C. Adams.

Appointments.-Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis, to superintend Devonport Dockyard; Admiral Bouverie, to be Commander-in-Chief in the Tagus; Sir W. E. Parry, to be Captain Superintendent of the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard and Haslar Hospital; Sir J. G. Bremer, to Woolwich Dockyard; Captain Alexander Ellice, to be Comptroller of Steam Machinery; Commander Henry Layton, to Belvidera; V. A. Masingberd, to Alecto, st.; E. Peirse, to Cruiser, 16; G. Lowe, to Resistance, 42; W. Worsfold, to Imaum, 72; H. Jauncey, to

Albion, 90; E. Collier, to Trafalgar, 120; Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., to Vindictive, 50; E. C. T. D'Eyncourt, to Comus, 18; R. Moorman, to Rattler, st.; H. M. Ellicombe, to Rolla, 10; H. Dumaresque, to Seaflower, 6; T. Wilson, to Canopus, 64.- Promotions: Lieutenant and Commanders, William Swainson, to the Penguin, 6; James W. Tomlinson, to the Harpy, st.; G. Morris, to Torch, st.; E. F. Roberts, to Myrmidon, st.

10. Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. W. C. R. Owen, G.C.B., to be Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral Thomas Browne, to be Vice-Admiral of the Red.

19. Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., G. C. B., to be her Majesty's First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp.

MEMBER RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT.

Renfrew Co.-Col. William Mure.

TRIALS, LAW CASES, &c.

PARIS.

TRIAL OF PIERRE LECOMTE FOR AN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE LOUIS PHILIPPE, KING OF THE FRENCH.

The trial of the regicide Lecomte took place before the Court of Peers on the 4th and 5th of June.

M. Hebert, the Procureur du Roi, and M. Bresson, his substitute, were counsel for the prosecution: M. Duvergier appeared for the accused.

At twelve o'clock, the Chancellor, Baron Pasquier, and the members of the Court entered the hall, and shortly afterwards Lecomte was brought in by six gens-d'armes, and placed between them in the dock. The accused was dressed in a blue surtout. He is a middle-sized man, rather stout, and his countenance denoted the greatest resolution.

The names of the peers, about 235 of whom were present, were then called over.

The President directed Lecomte to stand up, and asked him his name, age, profession, &c.

The prisoner replied "My name is Pierre Lecomte; I was born at Beaumont, in the department of the Côte d'Or. I am forty-eight years of age. I formerly occupied the office of Keeper General of the forest of Fontainbleau. I last resided at the Rue du Colysée, No. 3. I am unmarried.

M. Cauchy, the Secretary, then read the indictment, which the prisoner appeared to listen to with considerable attention *.

The witnesses, forty-one in number, were directed to retire from the hall.

The President then proceeded to interrogate the accused,

Lecomte admitted that he had fired two shots upon the King. He had, he said, demanded the grant of the pension he was entitled to; after suffering many injustices, and instead of acquiescing in his demand, M. de Montalivet gave him an annual relief, which was only to be paid him during the King's reign. He had vainly expostulated with M. de Montalivet ; he wrote twice to the King, and once to M. Fain, his secretary. The latter informed him that his demand had been referred to the Intendant-General of the Civil List, which he regarded as a mystification. When he found it impossible to obtain justice, he vowed vengeance against the King without communicating his resolution to any body. He had been in the service of the House of Orleans since 1829. Lecomte then stated, that at half-past nine o'clock in the evening of the 15th of April,

The Procès verbal or report of M. Frank Carré, is a very interesting document, but too long for insertion; it will be found in extenso in the Times newspaper of the 3rd June.

he left for Fontainbleau, where he arrived at five o'clock the next morning, and immediately proceeded to reconnoitre the ground. He alighted from the diligence at the hotel de l'Aigle Noir, followed the road of the Obelisque, and repaired by the avenue of Avon, to the rock. He intended at first to place himself in the churchyard, which looked into the royal park; but, having changed his resolution, he scaled the wall of the Petit Parquet. He vainly looked out for a ladder, and was in the act of piling faggot to reach the top of the wall, when he heard the noise of a carriage, mounted upon them as well as he could, and the King passing at the moment, he fired with precipitation two shots at the carriage. He had loaded the gun in the Parquet. He placed some shot and a bullet in the right barrel, and two bullets in the left one. Once in the forest, he had not returned to Fontainbleau, because he was well known in the town; he had breakfasted at an inn near Valvins, and then walked back to the parquet of Avon. He had concealed his gun under a rock in the forest. Being, at one o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th, on the Place du Carrousal, he had heard three servants belonging to the royal household speak of the departure of the King for Fontainbleau. He then went home, made his preparations to depart for that town, and not finding a seat in the six o'clock train, he engaged one for nine o'clock. The double-barrelled gun he used was purchased by him before he had left the King's service.

The President observed, that it appeared, by the books of the gunsmith, that he had purchased it on the sixth of May, 1844, that is, four months after he had been dismissed

the King's service, and that it was evidently for the purpose of committing the act he had been guilty of.

Lecomte maintained that he had purchased it whilst in the King's service.

Lecomte then entered into a long and passionate exposé of his grievances against the King, and having been asked by the President if he had an accomplice, replied, that the injustice he had suffered had alone prompted him to commit the attempt.

The President afterwards questioned him respecting the meaning he attached to the following document found in his room :"He who has committed the act is as brave as those who calumniate him. In his resolution he only sought success, without heeding the danger to which he exposed himself. If he chose that spot it was by divine inspiration. The consolation of his holy work will accompany him in the grave.

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Lecomte said, that before leaving Paris, he had paid his landlord, and told him that he would, perhaps, return on the next day. His resolution was not then fixed. As to his will, every body was at liberty to put upon it the construction they pleased; but he declared that he had not been influenced by any person, and that he acted from his own accord, actuated only by the sense of the injustice he had suffered.

The President then directed Lecomte to sit down, and commenced the interrogatory of the witnesses.

Count de Montalivet, the first witness examined, stated that, at five o'clock, P.M., on the sixteenth of April last, being seated in the char-à-banc of the King, on the

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