The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-14 00:00:00

Tills DAYS' SHIPPING.

LONDON, May 14.—Windthis day at noon—North-
Westerly ; light breeze ; weather dull and warm, with
rain.

PORTSMOUTH May 13.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—
Lady M'Donald, from Hong Kong; 11.1.R.M. steamer
Medwed, from Gibraltar. Sailed—Her Majesty's steamer
Melpomene, for Malta.
PLYMOUTH, May 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Rox-
burgh Castle, from London, and sailed on the 13th for
Melbourne; her Majesty's steamer Melpomene, from the
westward.

QUEENSTOWN, Diay 13.—Arrived—Persia, steamer,
from Liverpool, and left for New York.
DUBLIN, May 14.—Wind S W.—Arrived.—Calcutta,
screw steamer, from Liverpool to Madras, on Arkiow
Bank; the master and ;raw safe; and the cargo dis-
charging.

OFF DOVBE, May 13.—Wind W.—Arrived—Priscella,
from Shields for Rio Janeiro.

BRIXILAm, May 12.—Wind W.—Arrived—Melina,
from Teignmouth, and sailed for St. John's, N.B.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.
Wind IV.
Arrived, May 12—Wonder, steamer, from Havre;
Jeune Armand, from Carontan.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Wind calm ; tide one hour's ebb; weather tine.
Arrived, May 14—Katharina, from Worcum ; Norwood,
from Melbourne. -

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Wind W.S.W., light.
Passed in tow—Quickstep, from New York for London.
Anchored—Corinthian Lass, from London for Malta.

FUNDS IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT.—The un-
claimed dividend account, which is constituted by the in-
vestment of moneys paid in as unclaimed dividends and un-
divided surplus by assignees under old bankruptcies, has
just been increased to £41,271 by the transfer of above
£30,000 from the Bankruptcy Fund Account—a very large
fund,,alnounting still to £1,307,694. This "Bankruptcy
Fund "m
is composed of investments made from time to time
of moneys paid to the credit of bankrupts' estates in excess
of what may be required for the current payments of divi-
dend, and of charges incidental to the working of the
estates. The surplus interest of this fund is now applied
formationin the of another called the " Chief Registrar's
Account, and which already amounts to £128,745. The
compensations payable from the funds of the Bankruptcy
Court amount to £17,161 a-year, but are slowly diminish-
ing.
'TIE RAILWAY BETWEEN ALSATIA AND B ADEN.—
The adjudication of the works of fortification to be con-
structed near the bridge of Kehl, on the Baden side of the
Rhine, has just taken place. The maximum of the price
fixed amounted to 332,000 florins, but the contracts were
entered into mostly by foreigners, at a reduction of about
20,000 florins on that sum.
.There is at present a perfect
mania for building and embellishing among the people of
Kehl, who feel certain that when the junction railway shall
have been completed their relations with Strasburg and
Alsace will considerably increase.
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summer months, the bed-clothes are flung off the mouths of
infants, who are thus allowed to breathe freely. In the
former case the various breaths poisoned the atmosphere,
which did not take place in the latter case. He had often
made similar remarks, but which were Rot attended to.