The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-15 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, May 15.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with a
littlo rain.

RAMSGATE, May 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Alexander,
for Brazil.

QUEENSTOWN, May 13.—Arrived—Persia, screw steamer,
from New York.

PLYMOUTH, May 14.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Dorset
Castle, from London for Melbourne. Sailed—Blink Bonny,
for Barbadoes.

CLYDE, May 13.—Wind WS.W.—Sailed—Clutha, for
Melbourne.

OFF PLYMOUTH, May 14.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—
Agincourt, from Calcutta for Hull.

CARDIFF, May 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived.—Caroline
Louise, from Bilboa.

SWANSEA, May 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Vrendschap,
for Manilla; Wilhelmine„ for St. Jago de Cuba; Julie
Mathilde, for St. Thomas; Porocca, for Valparaiso ; Sym-
metry, for Mortari.

PORTSMOUTH, May 13.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Race-
horse, for Portland.

OFF SCILLY, May 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mystery,
from Havannah for Antwerp ; Sydney Egerton, from
Shanghai.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

PLYMOUTH, Monday Morning.
The Russian corvette Widias, Captain Cremer, one of
the squadron from Nice, arrived in the Sound this morn-
ing, with topgallantmasts struck and colours half-mast,
and was saluted by the citadel and the flagship. She is
direct from Gibraltar.

A telegram received yesterday from Admiral Lessofsky,
at Lisbon, states that the frigate Alexander Newsky, with
the body of the Czarewitch, and the corvette Witais and
clipper Almas, may bo expected here this evening.
Her Majesty'v ship Achilles, 20, Capt. Vansittart: entered
the Sound during the night.
The Liverpool came in yesterday.
An ironclad frigate, supposed to be the Prince Consort,
is approaching from the south.

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, May 15.—Vectis, from.Manilla : Lope do Vega,
steamer, from Cadiz ; Zingar, screw steamer, from Chris-
tiania; Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp.
DEAL, Monday Morning.

No arrivals.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton ]Tay *l9.
Ditto, via Marseilles May 13.
Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pac_et June b.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 25.
China, Penang, and Singap.)re, via Sou hampton May 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton....Maymay 1193..
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (Bombay), via Southampton.. May 27.
Ditto, via Marseilles May 26.
Mauritius, via Southampton .June 11.
Ditto, via Marseil ea. June 5.
Newfoundland May 24.
Portugal •••• oo • ...........June 5.
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet .. ...Hay 18
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton
Ditto, via CJrk
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. May :9
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Ttneriffe. May 13.
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba,
and Mexico May 15.
Bahamas, via New York. June 1.
Bermuda, ditto . Jane 7.
Cuba and Mexico May 29.

The Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, has
presented the Rev. Thomas Hullah, M.A., of Brasenoso
College, Oxford, perpetual curate of Tideford, near St.
Germans, Cornwall, to the rectory of Calstock, near
Tavistock, vice the Rev. Thomas Batchelor, M.A.
THE NEW METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE.---The
new fire brigade is, it appears, to be maintained by
a half-penny rate, producing £30,000, to which will be
added £lO,OOO from the Government on behalf of public
buildings, and £lO,OOO from the insurance offices as a con-
tribution in lieu of their present expenses (now above
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on one footing of efficiency for the protection of life and
property, and thero will not be a ratepayer who can
grumble ; all will then pay alike for that which benefits
every man, woman, and child in London asleep.—lllus-
trated London News, May 13.
BROMPTON AND MADEIRA.—We understand a
proposal has been made, through Dr. W. 11. Stone,
for establishing a Sanatorium in the island of Madeira, iu
direct connection with the Hospital for Consumption at
Brompton, and that there is good reason to hope that the
design. will be carried out. Her Britannic Majesty's con-
mil, Captain Erskine, with the co-operation of several resi-
dents and visitors in Funchal, has most liberally offered to
guarantee the maintenance of twenty patients during the
coming winter, if the Hospital authorities will undertake
to provide transport to and from that place. Should the
experiment prove successful, measures may be taken sub-
sequently for rendering so desirable an extension of the
charity's operations permanent. It is suggested that the
first party sent out should consist entirely of men, from the
greater facility with which they can be conveyed and pro-
vided for on their arrival. Assuredly the necessary means
will be forthcoming for the realisation of so benevolent a
scheme, which will at once afford relief to persons suffer-
ing from a common but cruel disease, and also materially
advance medical knowledge by enabling ,fire effects of
climate as a therapeutic agent in pulmonary affections to
be studied under the most favourable circumstances.