The Sun. — 1866-05-23 (London, England)

THE BOMBAY MAIL.  The above mail brings advices and papers from Bombay to April 28, and from Calcutta to April 20• We find the following in the Bombay Gazette of the former date :  " The marked. increase of the temperature during the last forfnight has reminded those whose circumstances permit of their retiring to the hills during the hottest months that the time has arrived for migration to those cooler regions. Many have already taken their departure from the presidency towns, and others are preparing t° follow. His Excellency the Viceroy and staff, together with the members of council, have lately er changed the stewy vapours of Calcutta for the grateful breezes of Simla, whither Lady Lawrence had preceded them. His Excellency, accompanied by Miss Lawrence and party, paid a visit, en route+ to his Highness the Maharaja of Vizianagraraf at Monghyr, where his highness owns the well known house said to have been built at enormous cost by Warren Hastings when he was Governor General Secretaries and heads of departments are following the Viceroy in rapid succession as the railway an transit service will admit of, and Simla will be the seat of the Supreme Government till such time as the approach of the rains renders a return to the plains desirable. The Lieutenant Governors of Bengal and the North West, with their respective establishments, also retire for a time—the former t° Darjeeling and the latter to Nynee Tal. His Es cellency Sir Bartle Frere has not yet left Bomb* but as the work of the Legislative Council is und . over, not to be resumed till July, at Poona, it 1s , understood he will soon seek, at the cool retreat ol Mahableshwar, that rest which he must require. "A commercial crisis has been pending over Bombay during the past fortnight, owing to the unsatisfactory nature of the telegrams from Great Britain. The telegrams of the 23d, received on the 26th, showing a decided improvement in the Liver' pool markets, have, however, tended greatly to restore confidence. " The East India Bank and the Bank of Incli3 have both determined to wind up under voluntary liquidation. 44 The High Court of Bombay has been engaged for the past fortnight in hearing a case in -which the n Advocate General is plaintiff, and H.H. Aga khan: the alleged head of the Khojah community, the tw fendant. This suit is nominally to recover the 131.°; perty of that caste, but it is actually to oust Aga, Khan from his so-called headship of that comet nity. The plaintiff's case is not yet finished, al/ the case is now adjourned until next term. " At a meeting of the leading members Of the native community of Bombay, held at the residence of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, it was resolved to present an address to the Right Hon. Lord HalifO'rs. " Mr. Alexander Brown, of the firm of Mess of W. Nicol and Co., has been appointed a member.ee the Bombay Legislative Council. Mr. v Ruston:o Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy has resigned his seat in t Council through ill-health. " The crew of her Majesty's steamer Octal, having recovered from the recent outbreak of SeltO pox on board, the vessel has been admitted pratique. coal' " Captain Cotter, of the ship Ambrose, has of mitted suicide while labouring under an att3c  temporary insanity. if A " The ship Ellora, after remaining Ilea y, twelvemonth in the fairway to Bombay haTtbe has been blown up by Captain Methven, (3' Peninsular and Oriental Company's service. the " Several disasters have occurred among shipping at Calcutta. The flat Cossipore has ftott3l dered, and the ship Maharanee become 3 'in-tie wreck. Should the prevailing high winds con t. it is feared additional casualties will be the rew.og, " A landslip has taken place at Pert Can and and much damage has been done.  " A famine prevails in Orissa. .feti " Some anxiety is felt in Calcutta for the sg.o of the Edith Kidd and Commodore Hayes, 11,111115 t left Liverpool and Glasgow respectively for dof port in September last, and have not been hear for over three months. leer of  " A battle has been fought between the Ant'bios Cabool's troops and those of Mahomed Azina de. before Ghuznee, in which the latter were totaill opg feated. The Ameer with the Candaharee tr:eor was expected at the above-named place. The 1110' still refuses to release Ufzul Khan. Sill:1°,8 ill homed Azim Khan is collecting another fore order to fight the Ameer again. troops " News from Bokhara says that the Russian njace have advanced from Tashkund to Javag, about 40 miles from Samarcand. The chiefs 0 people of Bokhara are assembling in large nine re' to resist the invaders. Two engagement° ibioll ported to have taken place, in the latter 01 the Russians were victorious. ot oar  " Dr. Day's experiment of introducing tro nto India has proved a total failure. "