The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

half-pay, Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant.
General,

Major-General Sir Willem Henry Elliot,
Colonel of the 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant• General.
Major-General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.8., Colonel
of the 4th Hussars, promoted a Major-General for distin-
guished service, and at present commanding the troops in.
Madras, with local rank of Lieutenant-General in India, to
be placed on the fixed establishment of Major-Generals.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Clarges Wolfe
Major on half•pay, unattached, to be Colonel.
Captain and Brevet-Major Archibald Campbell Snod-
grass, Oth Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Francis Barry ➢rew, Adjutant of a Depot Bat-
talion, to be Major.

BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial ira•
portance in the Gazette :
Francis Hunt, game dealer, York
John Chester, beerseller, Manchester
Henry Lovell, innkeeper, Northampton
Robert '1 hompson, baker, Boston
John Dean, victualler, Kidderminster
Eli Bowers, provision dealer, Stafford
Henry A. Wildes, solicitor, Maidstone
John Burningham, baker, Farnham, Surrey
James Sanderson, dressing case maker, Ktngsland
Edward John Turner, accountant, New-cross
Chas. Bradley, cabinetmaker, Doncaster
Thos. Thomas, cattle dealer, Lampha, Glamorganthire
Daniel Sanders Southwell, c ntectioner, Thiele)
Thomas Maltby, farmer, Nottingham
George Wilson, builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Geoe
rg Butt, whitesmitb, Salisbury
Arthur Arnold, grocer, Faversham
Thomas Steadman, baker, Shoreham
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Francis Warden Dick, veterinary surgeon, Brighton
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS,
Edward Reid, tailor, Glasgow
George Moore Dunlop, drysalter, Glasgow
John Richardson, grocer, Annan
James Dewar, shoemaker, Auchterrnuchty
Course of the Exchange.--This Day.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 181 11 IJI
Antwerp — 25 521 25 57t
Brussels — 25 52f 25 57;
Ramburgh — 13 8 13 81
Paris
Ditto
--25 55 25 60
Marseilles
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Frankfort on Maine — .J 191... 1 ID

Vienna
Trieste

Petersburgh

Berlin

Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa

11 50 ji 60
11__50 11 60

351 .

481 49h
49 49:t
25 GO 25 671
25 GO 25 67t
25 621 25 66

Naples - 25 62i 25 G7i
Palermo
Messina — 25 62} 25 67i
Lisbon —62 a
Oporto — 521 524
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Fiweign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars .O
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doublons 0 0 0

THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN.—The Archduke
Ferdinand William Joseph was born on the 6th
July, 1832. so that he is now 31 years of age. He is a
brother of the Emperor of Austria and son of the Archduke
Francis Charles Joseph. He is a vice• admiral, a member
of the admiralty council, commandant of the Austrian navy,
proprietor of the Sth regiment of Austrian Lancers, and
head of the 3d Prussian regiment of the Neumark dragoons.
He married on the 27th July, 1857, the daughter of the
King of the Belgians. The Archduke Maximilian was
governor-general of the Lombardo• Venetian kingdom until
1859.

A CURIOUS ACClDENT.—RecountedinLord Stanley
of Alderley's late Post-office Report, as having befallen one
of the pillar letter-boxes at Montrose :—" The street gas-
pipes having been opened for the purpose of examination
and repair, an escape took place, and some of the gas
fund its way into the letter-box. The night watchman,
to light his pipe, struck a match on the top of the box,
when a violent explosion took place, forcing out the door,
and doing other damage, but fortunately causing no injury
either to the watchman or the letters.'
ALEXANDRE DUMAS FILS !—L'Enfant Prodtgue
Literraire ! —Rumour is full of news just now on
the subject of young Dumas and his new comedy, " L'Ami
des Femmes." They say he is going to take the world by
surprise, that the witty author has turned over a new leaf,
and that, far from following in the wake of "La Dame aux
Camelias" and "Le Demi-Monde," his new system of cha-
racter will be confined to the most strait-laced and punctilious
morality. He is going to pay society his aniende honorable.
The hero of his piece is a most virtuous philoapher, as
amiable and fascinating as Aleibiades„but who employs all
his attractions, not to delude and injure, but to fortify and
protect all the pretty women he finds in his way. We have
seen young Rochester seueral times under the table, says
the Court Journal in announcing this transformation, now
we are going to see him in the pulpit.
A WORKING MAN'S HOLIDAY—as described in
the Saturday Review.—The only notion of working
men bent on an excursion, and left to themselves, is to get
as far away from home as possible, and to travel as great
a distance as they can fora little money. They heap them-
selves together in the stifling atmosphere of a cheap train,
and spend three parts of day on the railroad, half choked
with dust and smoke, only to find themselves more wearied
on their return than they would have been if they had kept
to their usual employment. At the distance of a dozen miles
they might find pure air, pleasant scenery, and peace.
They prefer going a couple of hundred for the sake of
sitting before the sea, jaded and worn out for about half an
hour. The mechanic is, in fact, an object calling forth
the compassion of every feeling man when he is thus
fagging, pale and exhausted, in the pursuit of pleasure.
When he is followed by a tired wife, and children hardly

able to drag themselves along--a common spectacle near
London on a Sunday night in summer—it is;impossible to
avoid wishing that some kind soul would give him a lesson

or two in the art of making good use of his le sure hours.
Ho is no manager of his own time, so rarely is he called
upon to use it for his own purposes. He is so accustomed to
• routine that the absence of it half confuses him, And hence
he is generally vary well satisfied if he reaches home very
much exhausted, and feels the effect of his holiday for the
next two or three days.

THE QUICKEST PASSAGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
—The Scotia, belonging to the British and North
American Royal Mail Ship Company, on her last voyage to
New York, made the fastest run which is on record. She
left Liverpool on the 13th of July, and made the passage to
New York in nine days, two hours, and fifteen minutes,
beating the fastest passage previously made by nine hours
and forty-five minutes. The two quickest passages previ-
ously made were by the Persia, in nine days, twelve hours,
and ten minutes, from Liverpool to Now York; and the
Baltic, in nine days twelve hours. 7
GREAT FIRE IN LlVERPOOL.—lesterday morn-
a rice mill in Pownall.street, Liverpool, belonging to
Messrs. Heap and Son, was destroyed by fire, the loss of
stockan
b re
de machinerycoved y
byeestimated at £20,000, which will
however insurance. One
.of the fire police
was severely injured by falling from the tuird story of the
mill.
THE LONG VACATION. —The long vacation
properly so-called, commenced yesterday, and will con-
tinue
nest.prescribed
pbuyr tnhge
that
period Uniformity Acts until the 24th
o
all pleadings and pro-
ceedings in actions c ommenc d and pending can neither be
fOctober
dated, filed, nor delivered. In the meantime all actions
zany be commenced and persons held to bail where it is
shown to the satisfaction of a judge that the debtor is about
to leave the country. Proceedings may also be taken in
cases coming within the provisions of the Common Law
Procedure Act.

DEATH OF SIR P. SLADS, BART., Q.C.—WELLS,
Aug. 10.—A heavy gloom has been thrown over
the Western Circuit in consequence of a special messenger
having arrived in this city yesterday morning with
intelli-
gence that Sir F. Slade had died in his bed. The learned
counsel had conducted a case in the Nisi Prius Court here
or. Friday with his usual vigour and ability, and apparently
in robust health. Having concluded his day's work, ho
retired to his country seat at Maunsel, near Bridgewater;
in the evening he complained of fatigue, and on Saturday
morning he called in a medical friend, but there was not
much the matter. He went to bed rather early on Saturday
night, and about 11 o'clock Lady Slade, who was by his
side, discovered that he had ceased to exist. As far as we
have at present heard, his death was caused by apoplexy.
Sir Frederick had been on the Western Circuit between 80
and 40 years. He went through the usual gradations of the
profession, and became a most successful defender of prisoners.
As time rolled on he emerged from the criminal into the civil
court, and then was called within the bar as a Q.C. His
peculiar style was that of great honesty and openness, ac•
companied by great humour, which soon gained him a con-
siderable practice. He was a most zealous and untiring
advocate, and greatly incensed when he discovered any•
thing dishonest or disreputable, and sparing not the highest

in his remarks in the discharge of his duties. liis sincerity,

good nature, and jocularity had gained for him the love
and regard of his compeers, and no man stood higher at the
Bar in the esteem and respect of those who occupied the
bench, many of whom had in their time laboured with him.
His career has now ended, but his memory will be held in

kind remembrance by every man who knew him. The de•

ceased baronet was 60 years of age, and leaves a numerous
family to lament his loss, all of whom, with the exception
of Lady Slade and his youngest son, were absent, his
eldest son, Captain Frederick Slade, on whom the title de.
volves, arrived just too late to see his lamented father,
DRURY LANE TLIEATRE.—This house will open
for the season on the 12th of next month, when a new

comedy by Mr. Falconer, entitled " Nature's above Art,"
will be produced. The Christmas piece, which has. already
engaged the attention of the management, will have the
advantage of Mr, William Levetlev
gentleman being secured as pt incipal scenic artist of the
establishment. 's assistance, that
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VY
LYCEUM TEILATB.E.—It is understood that cu
the reopening of this etitablishmeat "RuY

~Hamlet'' will be the altunata fe:;tures of tha 1;;;,.

gramme.