The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

BOMBAY.

Arrivals.—Jan. I—The Bombay Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Victoria, Banks, from Kurrachee ;
ships Eliza, Caramenta, and Hope in Kurrachee Har-
bour ; ship Defiance, Kindrick, from Bassadore, touched
at Kurrachee ; Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer, -Preeur or, Stewart, from Bushire, Bassadere-,
and Kurrachee; Persian Gulf fleet, with transports, at
Bushire ; and steamer Putijaub and schooner Constance
at Bassadore. 2 —The ship Iren;, Jonas, from Liver'
pool ; ship Saldanba, Watts, from Melbourne. 4 —Ttie
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Chusan.
Curling, from Be:hire and Muscat. s—The Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steamer Pottinger, Steed, from
Bushire, touched at Bas,adore and Muscat. s—The
Arthur the Great, Davis, from Bushire ; Merge, Shesan,
from the Per..ian Galf. 6 —The Mary Matilda, Coombe,
from Sn€z and Aden ; Hope, Cumming, from Kurrachee;
Dakot th, Baker, from Duahire ; Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Norna, Rogers, from Hong Kong,
Singapore, Penang, and Point de GAle ; Caribou, Maj.)r,
from-Calcutta. 7—The Flying Scud, Baxter, from Cal-
cutta and Sand Heath ; off Point de Galls ' saw screw
steamer England, which left Sand Heads one day before.
B—The ship Abdulia, Clark, from Bushire, ( xperiencad
a severe cyclone off the Quonim on the 28th ult., which
lasted for about 12 hours ; sLip Ilyderee, Miles, from
Bushire; ship Thomas Campbell, Clark, from Greenock;
ship Caramenta, Stewart, from Kurrachee. 9—The ship
Eliza, Braman, from Kurrachee ; Bombay Steam Navi-
gation Company's steamer Scindian, Beyts, from Busbire,
touched at Mticat ; ship Clifton, Gardner, from Bushire.
10—The ship Shah Allum, Sawyer, from Mauritian ;
ship Tornado, Crighton, from Melbourne; barque Moles,.
Erable, frOm Pondicherry; ship Careline, A lcock, from
Liverpool. 11—The barque Flora, Martineau, from
Pondicherry ; barque Colonist, Haterow , from Hartle.
pool ; ship Jul e, Sallim Bin Omer, from Calcutta ; ship
Shah Allure, Correya, from Calcutta ; ship Carpentaria,
Killea, from Aden ; ship Minerva., Jacob, from Bor-
deaux. 12—The ship J. Montgomery, Hamilton, from
Boston ; ship Djetnna, Bose, from Point de Galle ; ship
Amon, Macdonald, from Hong Kong. 13—The ship
Marcianus, Craig, from London ; ship St. Paul, Pinara,
from Point de Gale ; barque Lord Elphingtone, Mor
wick, from Singapore and Cilumbo ; ship Earl of Bal-
carres, Brelnner, from London—touched at Cannanore ;
Hon. Company's steamer Punjaub, Commander A.
Foulerton, I.N.

Departures.—Jan. I—The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Cadiz, Aldham, for China, &c. ; ship
Dezinygt r, tho.ilan, for Rotterdam ; ship David Mal-
colm, Lee, f.,r Mounting. 3—The Penioulir and Ori-
ental Company's steamer Pekin, Hdselwood, for Aden
and Suez ; ship El Dorado, Lyons, for Liverpool ; Bom-
bay Steam Navigation Company's steamer Pieper, Wi4t,
for the Persian Gulf. 4—The frigate La Sibylle, Mai-
soneuve, for Persian Gulf; ship Boyne, Sabieton, from
Bush ire. 6 --The brig Ketch Kharkusroo, Essajee
Dossaj,T, Nadoda, for Colombo; Arab brig
Hu sop, Nadoda, for MugcAt ; ship Rajah of Sarawak,
Gibbs, for China. B—The ship Industry, Mordey, for
Hull ; ship Kennington, E,b4ards, for Calcutta. 9
The ship Cairnatnore, Crosbie, fur Liverpool ; ship Re-
cruit, Pool, for Liverpool ; ship Caranetus, Todd, for
London ; schooner Pauline, Farley, for Colombo, 10
—Tne ship Seringapitam, Gitublett, for London. 12—
Toe Bombay Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Victoria, Banks, for Kurrachee ; ship Pakenbarn, Smith,
for Liverpool ; ship Bacarrigg, Ray, for Liverpool,

CONSULS AND CONSULAR LAW.—On Saturday after-
noon a meetieg was held at the rooms of the Law
Amendment Society, under the direction of the Mer-
cantile Law C immittee of the United Kingdom, to
consider the laws relating to consuls and consular du-
ties. Lord Brougham presided. Mr. E. W. A. Tuson,
Chancell,,r of the Austrian Consulate, read a paper
on the suljtet of con-ular liw, tracing do .en the
office and the enactments connected with it from a
inns i v
thee powers
and China were also dwelt upon, with the laws which
Levant
remote period. The paper entered with care into all
r extensive the laws relating to consular duties, and the recent
responsibilities attached to the office by the power to
solemnise marriages, administer wills, and discharge
givennotarial t o
ouduties.r
Tnevaried and
mercantile representatives
prohibited consuls engaging in trade, and the
irregularities and improprieties which
breach of the latter wholesome rule arose from a
mended that in all cases the ro fi Mr. Tuson reconi-
gun
tish consul resided in foreign countriesB upon which a Bri.
dahued and 19.'13 down, aswas the
should be clearly
Belgium, and the United States case between France,
st permitted to act as British
ances a foreigner should be ; that under no circuia-
consul, nor any be ailowed to
con-
sular 61eves should be trainedengage in trade. The
their duties by study in th for the performance of
Foreign
-office, by the e Consular Department of the
code for their instruction including
of a wall-arranged
of the Merchant Shipping Acutdin gHtehe chief
Ipr:by.=
to the present system of appointing half-paytrong strongly
and
military officers or bankrupt merchants. The noble
president, in thanking tra
Mr. Tuson for hi., able paper, ex-
pressed his entice concurrence in the system of ining
for consular duties which had been suggested. anti also
in the necessity for prohibiting our consuls from en.
gaging in commercial speculations. On the motion of
Mr. Ewart, M.P , seconded by Mr. Ileadlam, M.P.,
the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Tuson for
his paper, which was referrod to the attentive considera-
tion of the Mercantile Law Committee. Mr. lieadlagn,
as chairman of the committee, promised to give the
fullest attention to the subject,
_although he thought Mr.
Tuson's improvements required rather an alteration in
t
the executive than in•
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[AnvEaTi .
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undoubted remedies and Stiffness of the
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writes to Professor Holloway,
that Robert Hunt, of East
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the limb: wasstelliis'
to incapacitate him from walking. Bes:we
triad
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