The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-20 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST ETENING.

INDIA OFFICE, SEPT. 18.
Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the under.
mentioned promotions and alterations of rank amongst the
officers of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces :

Promotion—General ListMADRAS of Cavalry Officers.—Cornet
William Bannatyne Warner to be Lieutenant, vice Fraser,
3d Light Cavalry, promoted.
Medical Officers—Promotions.—Surgeon James Kirk.
Patrick, M.D., to be Surgeon Major; Assistant Surgeon
William Williamson to be Surgeon, vice Chimmo, de-
ceased.

Alterations of Rank—Surgeon William Wentworth
Hende, M.D., to take rank from 30th November, 1861, vice
Currie, deceased ; Surgeon John Colebrook to take rank
from 22d February, 1862, vice Horak, deceased.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. IG.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain end Ire-
land, unto Charles Augustus Hartley, Esq., the Civil En-
gineer employed by the European Commission for the im-
provement of the navigation of the Danube.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, unto Robert Joseph Phillimore, Esq., her Majesty'a
Advocate •General.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SErT. 19.
11th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Sir John Gaspard
Le Merchant, G.C.M.G., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-
General Sir Richard Doherty, deceased.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Spegel Morice, general dealer, Coleman-street, City
BANKRUPTS.

The following are the only bankrupts of any commercial
importance which appear in the " Gazette" :--.
Joseph B. Hobday, paper maker, Oxford
Jas. B. Maxton, engineer, Bloomfield.st, Harrow-road
John Thomas, farmer, Shrewsbury
William Oxlade, coal merchant, York
Wm. Guscott, miller, Poughill, Devonshire
Wm. Steel, cutler, Sheffield
George James, victualler, Worcester
William Perkins, printer, Haverfordwest
H. E. Voigt and W. de N. Brown, shipbrokers, Hull
George S. Bexfield and Edward H. Wood, wine mar.
chants, Long-acre
John Clarke, flour factor, Mark-lane
SC 0 TCH BANKRUPTS.
George Wilson, spirit merchant, Hamilton.
John Martine, brewer, Haddington
Wm. Kirkwood, farmer, Netherfield, Renfrewshire
James Crossley and Co., dyers, Paisley
James Rankine, baker, Blairgowrie

AlrEnAoll ritiCE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the Week ending Sept. 16, 1862,
exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or. payable
thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America. . Per. cwt.
23sMauritius ...................... ....
—s. 11d.
. —d.
East Indies .........
Average price of the f0reg0ing............. ............ —s —d.

COURSE OF EX.CHANGE.—YznisIiDAT.
Amsterdam Short. 11 15 15t
Ditto ......
11 18
Rotterdam
Antwerp. 11 17/ 11 18
25 47f1
.........
Brussels . .
25 421 — 25 42t 25 47
Paris
Hamburgh .......... 13 1 13 St
......... ort. 25 25 22f
Ditto •
............ 3 Months, 25 42± 25 47i
Marseilles
.... -" 25 42± 25 47f,,
Frankfort on Maine..
119 7,
Vienna 1191 ............ 12 95 13 F:,
Trieste ............
12
Petersburgh ...... .. 395 13 5
34f41
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
49}
—491 t
49
Leghorn
25 55 2.5 60
INlilan
Genoa . — 25 55 25 60
Naples — 250 A SF, 25 60
39t
MPalermo 119 1191
Liessina —119 k
sbon 52! 53
Oporto
53 l''oreignGold in Bars (Standard), per oz ......£35173 9
Mexican Dollars ............................
Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 0 0..........
South American Doubloons
.................. ........ 0 0 0 1
0 0 0
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REPRESENTATION OF STOR. E-UPON RENT.--
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The writ of election arrived
on Tuesday, and was pro-
claimed the same evening.• The nomination is fixed for
Monday next, and the polling for Tuesday.
Both in Denierara and Antigua the question of
introducing black and coloured labourers from the United
Steles is serimely under consideration.
A great Orange demonstration took place on
Wedtlesday at Belfast, the object being to protest against
the alleged partiality of the Government in forbidding the
displays of the Orangemen, while the Roman Catholics are
permitted to walk in procession. The number of persons
present at the demonstration is estimated at 60,000.
Our Princess Royal, the Crown Princess of Prus-
sia, is understood to have been the chief mover in bringing
together her brother and the daughter of the future King of
Denmark. To most people's minds this is delightful. It
shows that the private happiness of the young people is the
first consideration ; and, if we are to look at the matter in a
political light, it certainly appears to reasonable peopl
that the best chance of a pacific arrangement arises from
the knitting of a family bond between the Royal houses of
Prussia and Denmark. It is impossible to help thinking
that the next heir to the Prussian throne must be kindly
disposed towards the Danish house, while desiring a mar-
riage between that and the Englisa, ramily.—Once
TVee k.
THE .t-üBLIo ExEcuzioNEß.—The executioner
is the product of strugglieuwct
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custom
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their disdala for human life, they shared our sentiments of
repulsion towards those who had to fulfil the melancholy
task. Besides being guards and messengers of the consuls,
the lictors executed their decrees. The very name lictor is
derived from the verb ligare, to bind, because they bound
the feet of criminals. But other persons, as soldiers, were
often employed at executions, not only in camp, but also in
town. The assistance required was regarded as a public)
service, and as no more a cause of dishonour than
the death of a condemned soldier, with us, is thought to
dishonour his comrades who shoot him. In Germany, be-
fore the executioner's function was raised to the condition
of an office, the youngest member of the community or of
the body corporate was compelled to undertake it; and as it
happened that those so designated showed disinclination to
obey the laws, heavy fines were inflicted on refractory sub-
jects. In Franconia a new-married man was obliged to dis-
charge this terrible duty by way of payment for the debt
he had contracted with society. In Thuringia the inhabi-
tant who had last settled in the district where an execution
was to take place was charged with the performance of it.
The College of Echevina, or sheriffs, of the town of Ant-
werp, selected a butcher out of the oldest members of the
corporation to wield the sword of the law. In the Crimea,
when the Crimea was a kingdom, the king deputed the com-
plaining party to put the condemned person to death. A
woman would thus have to stab her husband's murderer,
and she would carry out this Lynch law with its utmost
rigour. The English and American laws do not conde-
scend to trouble themselves with a hangman. By a fiction
which is not without its grandeur, they seem to disdain re-
cognising the instrument of capital punishment. Sen-
tence of death once pronounced, the sheriff has to see, at his
risk and peril and on his responsibility, that the sentence
is executed. Tho " hangman" is a person in the pay of
the sheriff, and he hangs for a price agreed upon.—
.Dickens's "All the Year Round."
It has been a great misfortune to Denmark that
there has been a repeated failure of male heirs to the throne.
There was no male heir for a century after the death of
Christopher 111., in 1448 ; and for some time past there
has again been difficulty and danger to the State from the
same cause. It is not to wondered at; for marriages of
consanguinity have been far too common in the Royal
house of Denmark ; and deterioration of the quality of fami-
lies, and troubles about succession, are the proper conse-
quences of such marriages. One of the best features of the
proposed connection is, there being no relationship in the
case; and where the choice is so restricted as that of
Royal children is by our Royal Marriage Act, and by State
religion and policy all over Europe, it is a great blessing
that our Prince will marry a Protestant Princess out of a
fresh family, who will blood into our Royal
bring new
huuse.--Once a Week.
ANECDOTE OF RICHARDSON THE SHOWMAN.---
During St. Alban's fair a fire broke out in the town, and
Richardson, who was then owner of a portable theatre,
stopped the performance, and, at the head of his actors,
struggled bravely with the flames to try and save both life
and property of the inhabitants. The loss, however, was
very great, and a subscription was opened on behalf of the
sufferers, the gentlemen of St. Alban's sending their one,
two, or as much as five guineas. One day a man, in short
black breeches, woollen stockings, and a large blue coat,
walked into the office, and threw on the table one hundred
guineas. " What name shall I put down ?" said the trea-
surer. " Say a friend," the stranger replied, and walked
out; but one of the persons present recognised Richardson
the Showman, and his name figured in the list:of donors.
"BARON" DE CAMIN IN THE COUNTY COURT.---.
In the Sheffield County Court yesterday " Baron" de
Camin, the Anti-Popery lecturer, was summoned by Messrs.
Pawson and Brailsford, printers, for a sum of 15s. for
printing done some months ago. The " Baroness" appeared
and admitted the debt, offering to pay ss. a month. The
plaintiffs, however, urged for an order for payment forth
with, stating that " Baron" de Camin had obtained creditati
by representing that he had landed estates in France, and
promising to pay on receipt of the rents. The
able to pay
said she and her husband were in exile and not
more. The plaintiffs replied that they wouldon, readily
honestly ac-
ceptin-
-55. a week, if they believed the
‘a'lLaxlse address to both
tended to pay, but that he had given.that the bailiff had only
them and the county court bailroiffn,,,
by dodging him along
been enabled to serve the
"Baron"
was not made for Imme-
diatethe streets; and that,
oifuland never be able to get the motley..
payment, they
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