The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-27 00:00:00

BREVET.

The promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel James Metcalfe,
C.B , Bengal Infantry, to the honorary rank of Colonel,
and of Major Frederick Johnston, Bengal Infantry, to that
of Lieutenant .Colonel, which appeared in the Gazette of
25th March, 1862, has been cancelled, in consequence of
these officers having been inadvertently included in
the list of those officers retired on full-pay of her Ma-
jesty's Indian Forces, as entitled to honorary rank on
retirement.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
James Peters, late of Grosvenor Hotel, Pimlico

BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts of any importance
which appear in the Gazette :
John Russell Tarrant, cabinetmaker, Portsea
Thomas Scamell, innkeeper, Twyford, Hants
John Paul, grocer, Liverpool
James Meays, innkeeper, Conigsbrough, Yorkshire
William Tarte, lead merchant, Westminster
Henry Fiveash, hotelkeeper, Aldersgate•street
Jacob Prime, farmer, Essex
John Browne, farmer, Denbigh
George Thomas Watkins, licensed victualler, Bristol
John Cutianinn., merchant, Leadenhall-street
William W. Purr, ironmonger, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Isaac Dockeray, ini•eapor, Brigham, Cumberland
Edward Marshall, wheslwrlght, Heighington, Lincoln
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
A. and A. Allan, hotel keepers, Glasgow.
Thomas Frier, manufacturer, Galashiels
John Robb and James Robb, merchants, Aberdeen
James Hinnison, ironmonger. Dundee

Course of the Exchange—This Day.

Amsterdam ........ Short. 11 15 H 151
Ditto
.. 3 Months. 11 171 11 171-
Rotterdam — 11 171 11 174
Antwerp.. — 25 421 25 47
Brussels — 25 421 25 471
R arn burgh — 13 6 13 7i
Paris
Ditto
:Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 119 1191
Vienna
Trieste
Yetersburgh
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto

48k 491
481
25 671 49/
25 60 25 671
25 621
25 621 25 70
25 62/ 26 70
25 65 25 70
25 65 25 70
52/ 521
521 521

1 xLFRAT colißE.—An exciting scene took place at
Ilfracombe during the late gale. A. ship was carried against
the chief promenade, the Capstan-hill, in the sight of a large
number of spectators, and was dashed to pieces. Fortu-
nately the crew were saved, although in a very exhausted
state.

A man threw himself on Saturday from the top
of one of the towers of Notre Dame. In his fall he
dashed against the point of the niche surmounting one of
the arched buttresses. The shock was so violent that the
body, which struck crosswise on the angular part of the
mason work, was literally broken in two. The legs fell to
the ground, while the trunk remained on the buttress. The
mutilated remains were gathered up and taken to the
Morgue to be identified. It was ascertained that he had
been a house porter in the Rue Faubourg du Temple—but
the cause of the self-murder is not yet known.
A WELL-DESERVED A PPOIN TMENT.—It la with
much pleasure we have to announce the appoint-
ment of Mr. Charles Webb, one of the sinspectors of the C
division of police, to the post of superintendent of the L
division. Mr. Webb, who has served upwards of 20 ears
in the police, was, it may be recollected, selected as one of
the inspectors to do duty at the International Exhibition
and gave the greatest satisfaction nit only to the exhibitors
and others having business engagements there, but to the
large body of visitors; and his name will be remembered by
many of our foreign visitors on account of his courteous be-
haviour and the services he rendered them. In retiring
from the C division, and the St. James's and St. George's
district, Mr. Webb carries with him the good wishes of all ;
and many of the inhabitants while expressing regret at his
removal from a district in which he has served so faithfully
and zealously, at the same time feel that he is removed to
a larger field of usolulness, and that the inhabitants of
Lambeth may congratulate themselves on possessing the
services of such an officer.