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London, England, 1867-07-02 00:00:00

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IAZEiTi.-THIS EVENING.

• At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of Juno, 1867.
The Quo_pn's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
'This day, ColouelColan Wilson Patten, was, by her
Majesty's commuid, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honour-
able Privy Coma , and took his place at the lloa.rd ac-
cordingly.
FU GN OFFICE, JULY 1.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Andrew
W. Duggan as Consul at Port Barak Canada, for the
United states of America.
CROWN OFFICE, JULY 2.

MEMBER. 14. T Vpi,ED,, TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT
ABLE NT... A...4:4,444146
County of Lancaster—Northern Division.—The Right
lion. John Wilson Patton, Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY 2.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Ensign Walter Henry
Christie, from 106th Foot, Acting Deputy-Assistant Com-
missary-General, to be Deputy-Assistant Commissary-
General.
MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT. Deputy-Assistant
Superintendent of Stores J. C. Angell .to be Assistant
Superintendent of Stores • Deputy-Assistant Superinten-
dent of Stores Charles Ralph to be Assistant Superinten-
dent of Stores ; Deputy-Assistant Superintendent of
Stores Henry Blacktnore to be Assistant Superintendent
of Stores.
ADMIRALTY, JUNE 28. •
Commander Philip Brock has been this day promoted to
be a Retired Captain under Her Majesty's Orders in
Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and 21th
March, 1866.
JUNE 29.
Lieutenant Augustus George Ernest Murray has this
day been promoted to be a Retired Commander under hor
Majesty's Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July,
1804, and 21th March, 1866.
JULY 1.
CoMmander Alexander Rodney Bligh Carter has boon
this day promoted to be a Retired Captain under her Ma-
' jesty's Orders in Council of let August, 1860, 9th July,
1864, and 24th March, 1866.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 171 11 181
Ditto 3 Months. 11 191 12 0
Rotterdam
-- 20. 371 25 42'

Antwerp 1
Brussels — 25 37i 25 421
Hamburg — 13 :if 13 10
Paris Short 25 171 25 25
Ditto 3 Mouth... 25 35 25 40
Marseilles .... . ... -
Frankfort on the
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgn
6 26 61
Berlin
49 491
Madrid ..................
491 49f
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — 27 25 27 35
Palermo— 27 25 '27 85
27 25 27 35
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AERONJUVCS.

Some time ago the Academy of Sciences requested
M. Babinet to report on a system of aeronautics
invented by M. de Louvrie. 11i. Babinet obeyed
and pronounced in favour of the invention. Since
then, however, the Academy has appointed a com-
mission to examine the system, which course would
almost seem to be a disapproval of M. Babinet's
conclusion. In his report, which the Academy
has thought proper not to publish, M. Bahia°,
says : " The question before us is not whether it
be possible to support and move a body in the air,
but whether the moving power be well adapted to
the work to be done, and this is the case with M. de
Louvrie's system. In his apparatus, an inclined plane
of sufficient surface, making a very small angle with
the horizon, is drawn horizontally by a motive power.
Thus we get a vertical force counterbalancing the
effect of gravity, and a horizontal oue, measuring
the effort of traction required. The motive power
is here represented by a hollow cylinder which re-
ceives at the same time a quantity of air and a
proportion of highly inflammable gas derived
from some volatile hydrocarburet, such as ben-
zine or petroleum. This cylinder acts like a
rocket ; it has a small orifice at one end and is
closed at the other, where the resistance offered
to the small explosion of the mixture generates
a recoil. Of these explosions there are from 30 to
40 per minute, and the recoil is therefore re-
peated as many times, and each time the cylinder
causes the vessel ,to advance." The inclined
plane spoken of by M. Babinet is a sort of kitee
,
ten metres long, made of wire gauze, th
interstices of which are filled up with gutta
percha ; the vessel carrying the aeronaut is
made of thin sheet-copper, and is seven metres in
length ; it is provided with a reservoir of benzine
or petroleum at each extremity. The explosion of
the air and benzine meeting in the cylinder is deter-
mined by an electric spark, as in Lenair's well-
known machine. The other contrivances are, as
usual, calculated to direct the vehicle, to. rise in the
air, or land without a shock.