The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-02 00:00:00

AMERICAN CHARACTERISTICS.

We are indebted to a correspondent of the Nash-
ville Eagle (the names of the southern papers are so
Pickwickian, or we may take Franklin's opinion
about the foulness of that bird)—writing from Troy,
Kentucky, for the following account of a human
barbecue :—" On New Year's-day, the annual negro
sales took place, at Troy, the county seat, and there
was quite a collection of people there. Everything
went on smoothly until about one o'clock in the
evening, when Mr. James Callaway, a brother-in-
law of the deceased, mounted upon an old goods
box before a store door, and addressed the people
for about 15 minutes. He said, if the mass of the
people felt as he did, and would do their duty,
which he believed they would, they would take the
black murderer out of gaol and burn him at a stake,
in the presence of all the negroes that were there,
to set an example before them, and to show them
what will be the result of all such conduct if there
should ever be such again. Then he closed by say-
ing, All that feel as I do will follow me.' Ile
then leaped from the stand, and there was a general
shout given, and lie led the way to the gaol, and
nine-tenths of the multitude followed. On arriving
at the gaol they found the sheriff and the gaoler, who
did all they could to suppress the mob, but all to
no purpose. They now mustered some 800 or 1,000 '
strong. ,They then commenced with sledge-ham•
mers, crow-bars, and axes, and, in about an hour,
entered the gaol and brought forward their victim
(the negro murderer). They marched him to the
centre of the gaol yard, drove down a large stake
and chained him, in an erect position, hands and
feet fastened to the stake. There was abundance
of shavings and split wood piled round him ; this
consumed sotne half an hour. During this time the
negro talked to the negroes that gathered round him.
He told them that he had a good master, and that he
was always treated too well and given too many
liberties, and for them to take warning in time,
and never do as he had done. Then the torch
was applied, and he seemed to be entirelyindifferent
about it until the flames began to burn as high as
his knees. Then he began to twist, and snort, and
groan, and in about a minute more he began to
scream. He gave some of the most hideous screams
that I ever heard come from any human being. I
could not stand to see any more, and left. When I
left the flames were burning as high as his head. I
was only a spectator—took no hand either for or
against. I think that there were some 1,000 to
2,000 people to witness this dreadful scene, and 200
to 300 negroes." When we reflect that we have
"one country, one constitution, and one destiny,"
we are led to infer :-Ist, that in roasting men
alive whole, our one country stands alone. (The
Feejee Islanders roast them, but not alive, and then
always for the purpose of eating, while we waste
the meat). 2nd, that our constitution, which recog-
nises the right to roast a man whole, and may give
the cooks the highest political honours in the Re.
public—including foreign missions and marriages
with Northern heiresses of the Plymouth Rock,
Bunker.hill, Manhattan Island, and Quaker City
Stock—is certainly the model constitution of the
world.—Neiv York Tribune.

A few days back it was reported that the house
of M. Fould, at Paris, would take the new Sardinian loan
of £2,000,000, but the letters yesterday state that it will not
be entertained in that quarter. This is looked upon as all
unfavourable symptom, since M. Fould, as Minister of
State, must possess opportunities of foreseeing if events are
at hand that might render the speculation too hazardous.
The same adviees mention a general rumour that Count
Cavour is about to visit Paris.
A telegram from Berlin in the Nord, dated
February the 27th, states that the projected mission of
Prince Frederick William of Prussia to "Vienna has been
abandoned.

The Government brokeryesterday bought £20,000
Consols for the savings-banks. These daily purchases have
now been taking place with little intermission for more than
three months, and it is estimated that they must have
amounted to an aggregate of nearly £1,000,000.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 28.
The Queen has been pleased
_to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Samuel Cunard, Esq, of Bush-hill, in the countyof
➢liddlesex, and the heirs male of his bodyPawfully begotten.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of
a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland unto Sir Charles Nicholson, of Luddenham, in the
Colony of New South Wales, Knt., and the heirs male of
his body lawfully begotten.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Fin. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Theodore
Frean as Consul at Belfast for the United States of Ame-
rica.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 1.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Garrett
Kilkelly as Consul in the Island of 13arbadoes for the Free
Hanseatic City of Hainburgh.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 25.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
County of Worcester (Eastern Division)—The Honour.
able Frederick Henry William Gough Calthorpe, of Perry
Hall, in the county of Stafford in the room of George
Rushout, Esq., now Lord Northwick, called to the House
of Peers.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH, 1.
lst Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Thomas Nisbet
to be Major, by purchase, vice Poynter, who retires;
Lieutenant Arthur James P. Wadman to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Nisbet ; Cornet Guy Webster to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Wadman.
2d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Silvester Calvert to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Bridgeman, deceased.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charles Hill Uniacke to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Forster,
promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached Majority.
Military Train—Ensign John Huntingford Bridger, from
the 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Noel
Harris, who has retired ; Paymaster Harry Lee Carter,
vice Thomas Calderhead Brown, who exchanges.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Philip Smith
to be Adjutant, vice Keppel, who resigns the Adjutancy
only.
6th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Oliver Robinson has been
superseded, being absent without leave.
13th Foot—Paymaster Thomas Calderhead Brown, from
the Military Train, to be Paymaster, vice Henry Lee
Carter, who exchanges.
15th Foot—Lieutenant George Joseph Maunsell to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Captain J. Wilkinson, who
rejoins his Company.
17th Foot—Lieut. Francis Wood, from the 34th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Sheppard, who exchanges.
19th Foot—Thos. Hewlett, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon.
22d Foot—James Edward Clark, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon ; Lieut. Henry Leigh to be Instructor of Mus-
ketry, vice Ellis, promoted.
25th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Clerk Rattray, M.D.,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon vice Gamble,
who has resigned ; Lieutenant Frederick 'Stephen Terry
to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Strange, promoted in
the 14th Foot.
34th Foot—Lieutenant Henry T. Sheppard, from the 17th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wood, who exchanges.
43d Foot—Lieutenant Samuel Toniyns Sargent to be In-
structor of Musketry.
45th Foot—Ensign Thomas Jones Westby has been per-
mitted to resign his commission.
61st Foot—Ensign William Sydney Nugent to be Instruc -
tor of Musketry.
68th Foot —Lieutenant John Francis Sparke to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Savage, promoted ;
George Fowler Caldecott, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Tew, promoted.
70th Foot—Lieutenant Eustace Cay, from the 98th Foot
to be Lieutenant, vice Bingham, who exchanges. ,
72d Foot—The surname of the Ensign appointed on 15th
October, 1858, is Thomson, and not Thompson, as then
stated.
74th Foot-41eutenant Henry Jameson to be Instructor of
MusketrY.
84th Foot—Captain James Hudson, from the 97th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Henry Browne, who exchanges. •
97th Foot—Captain Henry Browne, from the 84th Foot, to
be Captain, vice James Hudson, who exchanges.
9.3 th Foot—Lieut. Thomas R. Devereux Bingham, from
the 70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cay, who ex-
changes.
Royal Canadian Rifles—Surgeon John Rambaut, from the
Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Maitland, who
exchanges.

HOSPITAL STAFF.
Surgeon-Major John Maitivd,•M.D., from the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regimtnt, to be Surgeon-Major, vice Sur-
geon Rambaut, who exchanges.
Assistant-urgeon John Campbell, M.D., to be Surgeon,
vice Edward William Clemishaw Kingdom, placed upon
half-pay.

TO BE ASSI.
John Smeeton .Allanby,S
M.D.,TANT-SURGEONS vice Norris appointed to
the 85th Foot. ,
Wm. Taylor Morgan, M.D., vice Kearney, appointed to
the Ist West India Regiment.
George Calvert, Gent., vice Johnston, appointed. tar the
Ceylon Rifle Regiment.
Thomas Seward, M.D., vice Collins, appointed to the
87th Foot.

James Watson, sent., vice Gillespie, appointed to the
74th Foot.

Acting Assistant-Surgeon Charles Dicer, M.D., has been
permitted to resign his appointment.

BREVET,
The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, of her Majesty's
Indian Military Forces, at present doing duty at the Royal
Engineer Establishment,. at Chatham, with the rank of
Ensign, to have the local and temporary rank of Lieutenant,
while employed in that establishment :—Wm. Henry Pier-
son, Geo. Strachan, Barre John Goldie, John Pennycuick,
Charles Alex. Sim, and Henry Doveton.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Dorset— James Fellowes, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant.
County of Southampton—Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry
—George James Drummond, Gent., to be Cornet, vice
William Wither Bramston Beach, promoted.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—John Woulf Keogh,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Geldart Metcalfe,
resigned.

Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
Lieutenant Frank Paul Matthews to be Captain, vice
Dickinson resigned.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi-
ment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Wm. Upton.
Slack to be Lieutenant, vice Hallowes Henry Bolton, re-
signed.

-Durham Artillery Regiment of Militia—Second Lieu-
tenant Charles Manley Browne to be First Lieutenant,
vice George Robson, resigned ; Mark Quayle, Gent, to be
Second Lieutenant.

2d or North Durham Regiment of Militia—Thomas
Henry Wilkin to be Surgeon, vice Langstaff, resigned.

BANKRUPTS.
Samuel Hinder, jun., auctioneer, Salisbury, to surrender
March 10, at twelve, and April 7, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Charles Wooltorton, ironmonger, West Smithfield, City,
March 9, at one, and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
John James Messer, telescope manufacturer, Upper
King. street, Commercial-road East, March 14 and April
11, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Eaton Woodruff, lace manufacturer, Nottingham,
March 15 and April 12, at the District Court of Bankruptcy.
John Winstanley, Charles Houghton, and George Raper
Harvey, comb manufacturers, Liverpool, March 14, at
eleven, and April 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court.

Thomas Swift, grocer, Sheffield, March 12 and April 9,
at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield.
Edward Hoyles, grocer, Coningsby, Lincolnshire, March
23 and April 20, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-
upon-Hull.
Henry Joseph, otherwise Charles Henry Josiffe, licensed
victualler, Strand, March 10, at twelve, and April 8, at
half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Webb, butcher, Reading, March 10, at half-past
twelve, and April 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

- -
Sir John Malcolm, Baronet, of Balbedie and Grange,
Fifeshire.
Samuel Henderson, bleacher, nonacid liirkintilloch.
John Neil, spirit dealer, Glasgow. ,
Saul Solomon Asher, fruit merchant, Glasgow.
David Rea, grocer and siok_irit dealer, Dundee.
James Bulloch, grocer, Kimintilloch.

COURSE Or EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam Short. 11 15 11 16
Ditto 3 Months. 11 17 11 18
Rotterdam ll 17 11 18
Antwerp — 25 32 25 37f
8ru55e15..'....... 25 32i 25 37t
Hamburgh.
Paris
25 121
Ditto
25 37
Marseilles _ 25 321 25 37
Frankfort on M:tine — 1181 118 f
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 351 35%
49
Madrid
Cadiz --49.4
Leghorn — 29 721 29 77/
Genoa — 25 50 25 55
39i 40
_
Naples
Palermo — 121 121}
Messina — 1211 1211
Lisbon
52f 52t
.
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York

E.I. Co's Ms. Houk. his. 60d.
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24k
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto — 26 24k
East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 24th alt. to

tho Bth inst:

Bengal
Madras
Bombay.,

130 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0

1.0 0 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) Per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) I, 0 5 11

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.---The Government
emigration ship Herald, 1,195 tons, Captain Henley, sailed
from Plymouth on the 22d ult. for Melbourne, Victoria,
with 59 married couples, 4 single men, 262 single women, 33
children between the ages of 1 and 12, and 8 infants, making
a total of 425 souls, equal to Opt statute adults, under the
charge of Surgeon-Superintendent J. C. Sanger, M.D. Her
Majesty's Emigration Commissioners have given notice of
their intention to receive tenders on Thursday, the 3d inst.,
for ships to proceed to Adelaide, South Australia, Table
Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and Melbourne, Victoria, to be
ready respectively
for the reception of passengers on such
days as the Commissioners may appoint, between the 4th
and 11th of April, the 11th and 18th, and the 16th and
25th. In ships over 500 tons there is now a graduated re-
duction of the crew.
SCALDED TO DEATH.—An inquest was held yes-
terday at the London Hospital, on the body of a girl named
Margaret Haggerty, aged nine years, who on Thursday
morning fell into a tank of scalding water on the premises
of Messrs. Goodhart and Company, sugar-bakers, of Rat-
cliff. She had been sent from home with a pail to fill it
with hot water, and in dipping it into the tank she slipped
and fell hi, and was so severely scalded that she died the
same day. Verdict, accidental death.

FR OM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIOIIII