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London, England, 1852-02-25 00:00:00

THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 24.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 16, 1852.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold
Levees at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at
two o'clock :—Thursday, the 26th instant, and Wednes-

day, March 3.
Regulations to ho observed at the Queen's Levees, at St.
James's Palace.
The noblemen and gentlemen who purpose to attend
her Majesty's Levees, at St. James's Palace, are requested
to bring with them two large cards, with their names
clearly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's
Page in Attendance in the Presence-chamber, and the
other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will
announce the name to her Majesty.
Those Gentlemen who are to be presented are hereby
informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names,
with the name of the Nobleman or Gentleman who is
to present them, should be sent into the Lord Chamber-
lain's-office, on the Tuesday previous to the Levee on
the 26th of February instant, and on the Monday pre-
vious to the Levee on the 3d of March next, on each
day before twelve o'clock, in order that they may, be
übmitted for the Queen's approbation; it being her Ma-
jesty's command, that no presentation shall bo made at
the Levees but in conformity with the above regulations.
It is particularly requested, that in every case the
names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be
delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there
may bo no difficulty in announcing them to the Queen.
The state apartments will not be open for the reception
of company coming to Court until half-past one o'clock.
Notice is hereby given, that all persons having peti-
tions or addresses to present to her Majesty at the
Levees, are to send a card (having on it their names, a
statement of the object of such petitions or addresses,
and the names of the persons from whom they come) to
the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock, on
he Tuesday previous to the Levee on the 26th of Fe-
bruary instant, and on the Monday previous to the Levee
on the 3d of March next; and that two other cards,
having on them precisely what is written upon that sent
to the Lord Chamberlain's office, are to be taken to the
Levee • one of the two cards to be delivered to the Page
in the Ante-Room, and the other to the Lord Cham-
berlain, who will road its contents to her Majesty; and,
on these occasions, no other statement is to be addressed
to her Majesty.
A Deputation to present an Address is not to exceed
four persons.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 20.
This day had audience of her Majesty, Monsieur de
Bille, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary from the King of Denmark, to deliver his creden-
tials; to which he was introduced by Earl Granville, her
Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and
conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cast,
K.C.H., Master of the Ceremonies.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 12.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Arthur Charles Magenis, Esq., now her Majesty's Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation, to be
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister rleni-
potentiary to the King of Wurtemberg.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Andrew Buchanan, Esq., now secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at St. Petersburgh, to be her Majesty's Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Philip Griffith, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at Athens, to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at Washington.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap-
point Augustus Paget, Esq., now First Paid Attach 6 to
her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, to be Secretary to her
Majesty's Legation at Athens.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 21.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
John Julius Collings Westwood, now British Vice-
Consul at Rio de Janeiro, to be her Majesty's Consul at
that Port.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap-
point Bonamy Mansell Power, Esq., to be her Majesty's
Consul at Paraiba.
MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, FEB. 16.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
George Gordon Macpherson,Esq., to be Page of Honour
to her Majesty, vice Forbes.
DO WNING-STREET, FEB. 23.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of the Right Honourable Lord
Broughton to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Divi-
sion of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath—of Lord Howden
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Spain, to be an Ordi-
nary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class,
or Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable
Order—of Major-General John Owen, C.B , late Deputy
Adjutant-General of the Royal Marines, to be an Ordi-
nary Member of the Military Division of the Secoud
Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Ho-
nourable Order—and of William Miller, Esq., Commis-
sary-General to the Forces, to be an rdinary Member
of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Compa-
nions of the said Most Honourable Order.
Her Majesty has farther been pleased to appoint
Richard Graves Mac Donnell, Esquire, C. 8., now Go-
vernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over her Ma-
jesty's Settlements in the Gambia, to be Lieutenant-
Governor of the Island of St. Vincent ; Morris Power,
Esquire, to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of St.
Lucia ; Henry Cartwright, Esquire, to be Superinten-
dent of the Penal Settlement in British Guiana ; John
Palmer, Esquire, to be her Majesty's Treasurer for the
Island of Dominica; and Henry Robson, Esquire, to be
Collector of Customs for her Majesty's Settlements in
the Gambia. _ _

WHITEHALL, FEB 23.
The Queen has been pleased to nominate, constitute,
and appoint Cosmo lanes, Esq., Advocate, to be one of
the Ordinary Clerks of Session in Scotland, in the room
of Thomas Thomson, Esq., resigned.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 23.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Benjamin
Robert Bell, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the shires
or sheritidoms of Elgin and Nairn, in the room of Como
lanes, Esq., resign&.
CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 24.'

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
County of Kent—Eastern Division—Sir Brook Wil-
liam Bridges, of Goodnestone Park, Bart., in the room
of John Pemberton Plumptre, Esq., who has accepted
the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hun-
dreds.

OFFICE OF ORDINANCE, FEB. 23.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet Major John
Morris Savage to be Lieutenant-Colonel vice Tomkyns,
deceased, Jan. 14; Second Captain Denis William Pack
to be Captain vice Savage; First Lieutenant Fras. Van-
sittart to be Second Captain vice Pack, Feb. 3; Second
Lieutenant Edward Tobias Willoughby Purcell to be
First Lieutenant vice Vansittart, Jan. 17; Second Lieu-
tenant Alured Clarke Johnson to be First Lieutenant
vice Lugg, deceased, Feb. 3; First Lieutenant Leopold
Grimston Paget to be Second Captain vice Bathurst, re-
tired on halt-pay; Second Lieutenant Cecil Brooke Le
Mesurier to be First Lieutent vice Paget, Feb. 16.
MEMORANDUM.—The dates of promotion of the under-
mentioned Officers have been altered as follows, viz.:—
Lieutenant. Colonel T. P. Flude, Captain H. P. Christie,
Second Captain C. W. Grey, First Lieutenant F. T.
Whinyates, First Lieutenant J. H. Blackburne, to 30th
December 1851. Captain J. B. Denis, Second Captain
F. M. M. Ommaney, First Lieutenant W. N. Waller, to
14th January 1852. Second Captain E. Palmer, to 17th
January 1852.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel James
Gordon to be Colonel, vice Graydon, deceased; Brevet-
Major Cowper Rose to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Gordon; Second Captain John Cameron to be Captain,
vice Rose; First Lieutenant Edward Wolstenbolrne
Ward to be Second Captain, "rice Cameron; Second
Lieutenant Alex. Stephen Creyke to be First Lieute-
nant, vice Ward, Jan. 28.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
Sir Thomas Montgomery Cuninghame, Bart., to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Sir William Millar, Bart., to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Alexander Oswald, Esq., M.P., to
be Daputy Lieutenant, Feb. 16.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant
John Joseph Burnet to be Captain, vice the Marquis of
Ailsa, resigned; Cornet Walter Ferrier Hamilton to be
Lieutenant, vice Burnet, promoted; Archibald Finnie,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hamilton, promoted, Feb. 6.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire