The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-29 00:00:00

FOURTH BIENNIAL STAKES.

Lady Louisa
Caller oui
Pr udence ..

Twelve ran.
MEMBERS' PLATE.

Amsterdam
Eidolon
Prophet

Seven ran.

LATEST BETTING.
ST. LEGER..
sto 2 agst Thormanby (offered)
Bto 1 agst The Wizard (offered)
9to 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken freely)
50 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken)

YARMOUTH RA CES.—(This day).

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
STAND STAKES.

Lord Milton

INNKEEPERS' PLATE.

Sir Hugh 1
The Gentle
3
Margery filly

Five ran.

FROlf THE GAZETTE OF LAST ETEIVING.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AUG. 23.
The Princess Augusta Caroline, Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, has been pleased to ap-
point the Lady Caroline Mary Cust, to be her Royal High-
ness's Lady-in-Waiting.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 25.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John
Frederick William Niebuhr as Consul at Rangoon for his
Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh.

CROWN•OFFICE, AUG. 28.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Cumberland, Western Division—The Hon.
Percy Wyndham, in the room of General Sir Henry
Wyndham, K.C.8., deceased.
WAR,OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 28.

sth Dragoon Guards—Major-General the Hon. Sir James
Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Major-
General the Earl of Cardigan, K.C.8., removed to the
11th Light Dragoons.
11th Light Dragoons—Major-General the Earl of Cardigan,
K.C.8., from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Colonel,
vice General Sir Henry NA, yndham, K.C.8., deceased.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Frederick
George Bayley to be Adjutant, vice Morris, promoted.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel John Chaytor
to be Colonel, vice Williams, removed as a General Offi-
cer; Brevet-Major George Clement Bailli3 to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Chaytor ; Second Captain Henry
Schaw to be Captain, vice Baillie; Lieutenant William
Butler Gosset to be Second Captain, vice Schaw.
BREVET.

In consequence of the death of General Gustavus
Nicolls :
Colonel Montgomery Williams to be Major-General on
the Fixed Establishment of the Royal Engineers.
General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.8., Supernu-
merary on the List of General Officers in the Royal Engi-
neers, to be placed on the Fixed Establishment.
Colonel Thomas Coryndon Lnxmore and William Faris,
retired full-pay of the Royal Engineers, having been senior
to Colonel Williams on the effective List of the Corps at the
date of their retirement, to be Major-Generals.
NOTICE.
The undermentioned days have been fixed for the Exami-
nation of Candidates for direct Commissions in the Army,
to be held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, viz. :-29th
October, 1860, and 28th January, 1861.
BANKRUPTS.
Michael Mulrenan, leather dealer, Great Dover-street,
Southwark, to surrender Sept. 8 and Oct. 5, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Corns, soda water manufacturer, Stcurbridge,
Sept. 14 and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.
Reuben Newton, silk throwster, Derby, Sept. 11 and
Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Thomas Walker, grocer, Birmingham, Sept. 7 and 28,
at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
John Cotton, boot and shoemaker, Smethwiok, Stafford-
shire, Sept. 10 and Oct. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court.
John Faulkner, cab proprietor, Commercial-road,
Surrey, Sept. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Wilson, shipowner, Sunderland, Sept. 19, at half-
past two, at the Court of ankruptcy.
Francis Beard, builder,Weston-super-Mare, Sept. 10 and
Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Moses Hindle Burrows, worsted spinner, Wakefield,
Sept. 10 and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Lewis Robert Poole and Samuel Bryan, shoe manufac-
turers, 21 ew Oxford-street, Middlesex, September 8 at
eleven, and October 10 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Frank eastern, merchant, Bury-court, Saint Mary Axe,
city, September 11, at half-past one, and October 9, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Perrin and Peter Perrin, boot and shoe manu-
facturers, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Sept. 8, at
half-past eleven, and Oct. 10, at two, at the Court of Bank-
George
Almond and Richard Manlove, jun., straw bat
manufacturers, Luton, Bedfordshire, Sept. 12, at half-past
eleptcven, and Oct. 10, at half-past one, at the Cdurt of Bank-
ruy.
William Bell, miller, Urpeth Mill, county of Durham,
Sept. 6, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 12, at half-past
twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
William Fenn, insurance broker, New Broad-street,
City, Sept. 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank -
ruptcy.

SCOUCH BANKRUPTS.
Ross, Mitchell, and Co., merchants, Glasgow.
William Struthers, joiner, Uddingston, Lanarkshire.
George Lawson, cabinetmaker, Glasgow.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDA.Y.
Amsterdam Short. 11 14 11 14
11 16i 11 161
Rotterdam
Ditto 3 Months. 11 161 11 16
25 27i • 25 30
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 27f 25 30
Hamturgh ...
Paris
......... ,
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 37f 25 42f
Frankfort on Maine -'ll7l 1171
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 35 351
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per or.
Mexican Dollars .,..• • ~ 0 170
0
£3 9
Silver in Bars (Standard) ... 0 0 0
South American Doublons ............. ~ 0 0 0

49A
491
25 471
25 40
25 0
39

49
25 55
25 45
25 45
39;

ESCAPE OF A PRISONER AT YORK.—OR Monday
morning it was discovered that a prisoner for trial, for hav-
ing, along with others, robbed the warehouse of Messrs.
Green and Mosley, had de
whose camped
name out
if the York House
of Correction. The s James Callagher,
had, it is thought, contrived to elude the vigilance of the
,hahevsincaigetdorntheuwp
aallcoanupdlegootf
officers of the prison on Sunday evening, slipped into the
he tied t o himself;g e tahnedr
yard, and
wsehicreehtehd
clear oeffts., He aud his companions had been under strict sur-
Teillance, they having before made a similar attempt.