The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-25 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP.

Good and fine English hops are in steady, request, at
full pri3es ; otherwise the trade is dull, at barely late
rates.

Mr. S. J. Powell, who, in conseqzKnce of his ap-
pointment to the recordership of Wolverhampton, had to
vacate his seat for Gloucester, offered himself for re-election.
The election took place to-day. There was no Opposition
candidate,

STREET MUSIC (METROPOLIS).—The following is
a " copy of all the instructions given to the police
constables of the metropolitan district for the purpose of
defining their duties with regard to the removal, of street
musicians, under the Act 2d and 3d of Victoria, cap. 47 :"
" The superintendents are to give instructions to the
constables that the law does not authorise them to remove
street musicians unless at the request of an inhabitant on
account of illness of an inmate of the house, or for other
reasonable cause. If it be stated that an inmate is ill and
there is no reason to doubt such statement, the constable
is to require the musicians in the street to depart from the
neighbourhood of the house. Whenever any cause other
than that of illness is stated by the inhabitant, the constable
is not to remove the musicians, but report the first oppor-
tunity to his sergeant, or at the station, the cause stated to
him for the removal. The constable is not to take any fur-
ther steps without instructions from his superior officers.
The superintendent or inspector on duty at the station is to
give directions according to his discretion as to the suffi-
cincy of the cause alleged by the inhabitant for the re-
moval, and if complaint is made against the constable for
removing the musicians the householder is to be required
to attend before the magistrate to give evideucs of the
cause for which he required the constable to act, and a re-
port is to be made to the commissioner whenever a constable
requires musicians to depart for any other cause than illness
of an inmate of a house. Should the musicians continue to
play in the street after being requirod by the constable to
depart the constable is to ascertain their names and ad.
dresses, and if he cannot obtain this information he is to
take the musicians into custody, according to the law 2d
and 3d Victoria, cap. 49, sec. 37."
TIGER SHOOTING IN INDIA. Rumours were
afloat in Poona on Monday and Tuesday that a
serious sporting accident had occurred at Khandalla. The
particulars are conflicting, but from all we can gather the
following details appear to be accurate :—Four officers of
the Royal Artillery recently went to the Ghauts, about 12
miles north of Khandalla, in quest of large game. On the
7th of April they killed a tigress, and next morning there
were two tigers marked. On approaching the spot, and
after tracking them for a considerable time through jungles,
the hunters succeeded in severely wounding one of the
beasts. The animal appeared, to all intents and purposes.
dead, and did not even stir when pelted with stones. How-
ever, to make sure, a shot was fired at him, when the tiger
jumped up—the beaters bolted, of course—and then more
shots were fired. At length the attention of the tiger was
attracted towards Lieutenant Buller and Lieutenant
Fletcher, who were running down the hill. A shikarineae,
or
native hunter, was following with a hogspear hisin 2tenandt
which, in his excitement, he ran through
Buller's leg. This gentleman became consequently q n"S'
com-
pletely disabled. In the meantime, theytige
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before he could inflict further on his insensible
victim. Assistance was soon obtained, when the animal
was found to be dead. Lieutenant Fletcher was conveyed
to Khandalla, and Lieutenant Buller, whose wounds were
more serious, was sent by train to Kirkee. Both officers,
we are happy to say, are doing well, although their wounds
are very severe. It would have been better had the sports-
men followed the rule which experience has taught us—
never trust a dying tiger." More accidents arise from
the spasmodic struggles which precede dissolution than
from the ferocity which is characteristic of the living animal.
—Deccan Herald.

SPORTING INTEL gLIGENCE— This Day.

EPSOM RAC ES.—Tors DAT.
(Br ELECTRI C TELEGRAPH.)
TOWN PLATE.

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LATEST BETTING.
DERBY.
11 to 2 agst General Peel (taken)
11 to 2 agst Cambuscan (ta ken)
11 to 2 agst Scottish Chief (taken)
Bto 1 agst Birch Broom (taken)
12 to 1 agst Paris (taken)
100 to 7 agst Blair Athol (taken)
.103 to 6 agst Coast Guard (taken)
20 to 1 agat Baragah (taken)
20 to 1 agst Ely (taken)
25 to 1 agst Valiant (taken)
100 to 3 agst Strafford (taken)
40 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken)
50 to 1 agat Copenhagen
66 to 1 agst Ilollyfox (offered)
100 to 3 agst Ackworth (taken)

LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening.

BALMORAL, MAY 24.

The Queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter, has been graciously pleased by letters patent under
her Royal Sign Manual and the Great Seal of the Order, to
dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually ob-
served in regard to installation, and. to give and grant unto
George Granville William, Duke of Sutherland, and George
William Frederick, Marquis of Ailesbury, knights of the
said Most Noble Order,
and invested with the ensigns
thereof, full power and authority to exercise all rights and
privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the said
Most Noble Order of the Garter, in as full and ample a
manner as if they had been formally installed, any decree,
rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
WHITEHALL, MAY 21.
The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to
pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of
the Cathedral Church of Peterborough to elect a Bishop of
that see, the same being void by the death of Dr. George
Davys, late bishop thereof ; and her Majesty has also been
pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the
the Very Rev. Francis Jenne, D.C.L., Dean of the Cathe-
dral Church of Lincoln, to be by them elected Bishop of tho
said see of Peterborough.