The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-22 00:00:00

COMMISSION SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANT,

Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers, 2d Battalion—Edward
Edwards, late Sergeant-Major in the Scots Fusilier
Guards, to be Adjutant.

BANKRUPTS.
William Dickins, shoe manufacturer, Daventry.
David Taylor McPherson, straw hat dealer, Noble-street,
City.
Henry Cropley llaylock, chemist, High-street, Linton,
Cambridgeshire.
Frederick Redden, merchant, Philpot-lane, City..
Joseph Clarke, tanner, Kidderminster and Bewdley.
James Bell and Charles Wilson, stuff merchants, Brad-
ford.
Charles Cross, silk warehouseman, Gutter-lane, City.
Henry Horton, merchant, Fenchurch-street, City.
John Wilson, bootmaker, Sunderland.
John Moorhouse Andrew, innkeeper, Dewsbury.
William M. Townson, licensed victualler, Liverpool.
Joshua Hyams, watch manufacturer and jeweller, Cler-
kenwell, Middlesex.
Philip Arnold and John Arnold, straw plait merchants,
Luton, Bedfordshire.
David Tearle, straw plait dealer, Houghton Regis, Bed-
fordshire.
Joseph Chadwick, stone merchant, WiLlington-wharf,
Augustus-street, Regent's-park.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
David Croll, pawnbroker, Glasgow.
Potts, Cairnie, and Ray, cabinetmakers, Edinburgh.
Archibald Alison, tea merchant, Glasgow.
Danial Roy, calico printer, Paisley.
Robert Wightman, farmer, Crosslaw, Berwickshire.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEsTER.A.v.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 16/
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 27/
liamturgh
Paris

- Ditto
Marseilles — 25 35
Frankfort on Maine —117 k
Vienna
Trieste

11 15
11 17
11 17
25 32f
25 32f
13 64
25 17f

2,5 40.
25 40
117/
13 40
13 50

Petereburgh
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York • • ..
Foreign Gold in Bars (Staudard)....per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 11
South American Doublons

49i 49
49a 4941
30 32i 30 45
25 40 25 45
25 40 25 45
381 39

53 53k
53k 531

THE MISSING CREW OF THE GANGES.—By.
telegram, received from Lisbon this morning, it appears
that the captain and missing portion of the crew of the
steamer Ganges have arrived in safety there from Teneriffe.
THE RIBBON TRADE.—The Coventry Herald says
that the state of affairs in the ribbon trade of the town has
not much improved, but adds, that " the beet disposed and
the best informed are in many instances going quietly to
work."
THE ALE AND WHISKY TRADE.—The Alloa Ad-
vertiser says :—Since the recent unexpected increase by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer of ls. 11d. on the proof
gallon of whisky, equivalent to 2s. 3d. at 11 0.P., the con-
sumption of whisky has, in various parts of the country at
least, experienced a marked declension; while the demand
for ale and porter has proportionally increased. In the
town of Cupar, for example, on a recent market-day, three
inn or hotel keepers each sold upwards of 110 dozen quart
bottles of ale and porter, while the whisky consumed was
fully one-third less than on previous market-days. In
Alloa, though the present is not the best season of the year
for ale brewing, most of the brewers are unusually busy,
the high price charged for whisky evidently operating in
favour of an increased demand for malt liquors.
DEATH OF FLEXMORE, THE CLOWN.—The pan-
tomime-loving public will learn with regret that Mr.
Richard Flexmore, the well-known clown, died on Monday
night, of atrophy, or wasting away of the body, at his resi-
dence, Hercules-buildings, Lambeth, in the 38th year of his
age. Mr. Flexmore was especially celebrated for his close
and natural imitations, a la clown, of the leading Terpsi-
choreans of the day, such as Perrot, Carlotta Grisi, Tagh-
oni, Cerito, &c., and in those imitations none laughed
heartier, or enjoyed them more, than the originals who
happened to witness them. He married Mdlle. Auriol,
and both himself and his wife, who survives him, became
great favourites with the public. His jumping about the
stage on the steps of ladders and tops of spades will long
be remembered, and ho has had the honour of performing
specially before almost every potentate and power in
Europe. His public admirers will feel some consolation
for their loss on learning that ho was equally respected in
private life for his very genial and estimable character.
THE SPURGEON TABERNACLE.—The disciples of
Mr. Spurgeon had an exciting meeting yesterday, antici-
patory of the completion .of the new Tabernacle. The
proceedings commenced with a prayer meeting at seven
o'clock in the morning, and were continued by vari-
ous adjournments until darkness rendered it prudent for
the assemblage to disperse. Prayers were offered up and
addresses delivered by a number of Dissenting clergymen,
who more or less sympathised with the popular preacher ;
among others there were the Rev. Hugh Allen, the only
minister of the Church of England present, Dr. Campbell,
Rev. Jonathan George, and the Rev. Dr. Arthur. After
the prayer meeting the congregation retired to breakfast,
and returned to the public meeting, which was adjourned in
order to enable the crowd to obtain some much-needed re-
freshments in the afternoon. The meeting was then re-
sumed at six o'clock, when, in the absence of Mr. Apsley
Pellatt, the chair was taken by Mr. Spurgeon himself.
With respect to the new Tabernacle, the cost of erection,
including the purchase of land, will be about £30,000, and
of this sum some £7,000 still remains to be collected. No
person was admitted to the proceedings yesterday except
upon the payment of ss. or the production of a collecting
card, showing that such an amount, at the least had been
collected.