The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

Vampstitre.

SOUTHAMPTON, September 27. The Ocean Mail
Serrier.—Two screw steamships belonging to the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet were dew.
patched hence to-day the Ellora, Captain E.
Christian, taking the mails and 32 passengers for
Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon ; and the Behar, Capt.
Neil Cook, carrying out the heavy portion of the
Bombay Mails. The last-nunexl ship has 40 first
and second-class ieuesengers, among whom are
Abtleilah Bey, for Alexandria; Captain Graves, foe
sties; Captain and Airs. Biden, Captain Baldwin,
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Mitford and son, Revs. Messrs.
Colvin, T. B. Steele, and Shoolbred, for Bombay,
&c. A large quantity of ammunition, intended fur
China, goes out in the Behar, on board which vessel
it was reshipped from the steam transport flalaklava,
which arrived at this port on Saturday from Wool-
wich ; and also a patent steam traction engine, maw'.
factured at Woolwich for the Egyptian Government.
The Behar also takes 552 boxes of specie, &c., for
Bombay, value £14.7,1045,—viz., ,C 33,600 in gold
Lein, £153,145, in list silver and silver coin, and.
£313 in jewelry. The steamship Bavaria, Captain
Tanbe, is bandy expected from New York, with
advice' of the 15th mat., and the Arago, Captain
Lines, on Thunelay, from New York on the 17th.
The Shannon, 'amain Abbott, with the West India.
Mexico, and Pacific mails, and the Sultan, Captain
Hall, with mails from Listsm, Oporto, and Vigo,
are due on the 14 proximo; the l'em, Captain
Jamieson, with the last India and China mails, on
the 4th, but may be looked for at the latter end of
the present week ; the Tyne, Captain Heenan, with
the Mazatlan and River Plate Mails, on the sth ;
the Ocean Queen, Captain Saibury, on the (311, with
New York mails of the 24th ; the New York,
Captain Von Sauten, from New York on the Ist,
and the hulas, Captain J. Weeks, with the Austra-
lian and Bombay made, both on the 12th. The
Ariel, Captain Wilson, will take out mails from.
New York from this port on the ;anti inst. ; the
Tasmania, Captain Jellieee, leaves on the 3rd prom,
(the 2nd falling on Sunday), with the West India,
Mexico, and Pacific mails ; the Hammonia, 'aptain.
Schwensen, for New York on the 3rd ; the Ceylon,
Captain Evans, with Calcutta and China mails, and.
the Bremen, Captain %Vessels, for New York, on the
4th ; and the Oneida, Captain Leeds, on the 10th
(the 9th falling on Sunday), with the mails for the
Brazils and River Plate. The Hamburg-American
Company's screw steamer &Leonia has arrived here
from Hainburg, to be docked and fitted with a new
screw.

PORTSMOUTH, September 26.—The Alarm, No. 1
pilot boat, George Greenhorn, master, arrived to-day
from the channel, and reports having boarded off the
Wight, the ship Kent, Captain Clayton (belonging
to Slessrs. 'Wigrain aud Sons, of Blackwell), from
Melbourne, for London. Sailed from Melbourne on
the 25th of June. Has on freight 37,034 oz. 6 theta.
of gold, and 95,000 sovereigns. The following is the
Kent's passenger list :—Cabin passengers, Mr. Scott,
Mr. Doolen, Sirs. Unkerer, Mrs. Clerk, Mr. Rooth,
Captain Ostustrum, Mr. and Mn. M'Duff, Rev. Mr.
Median), Master and Miss Median,, Mr. Lewin, Mr.
Clark, Sir. Jones, Mrs. Jones, and the two Misses
Jones, Miss Crawford, Mrs. Townsend and child,
Mr. Murray, and Dr. Saeger; 124 steerage passen-
gers. The following vessels were spoken to the pa.-
home :—July :10, in lat. 6636 S., long. 6640
W., the bark Aqueduct, from Coquimbo to Quebec,
3'2 days out; August 24th, in lat. 351 S., long. 28
2.5 W., exchanged signals with the ship Hercyna,
from Newport (Mon.) to Rio de Janeiro. September
12th, in lat. 3.5 49 N., long. 37 46 W., spoke the
screw steamship Australasia, from Sydney, Now
South Withal, (June 22nd), for London. September
13th, in lat. 37 36 N., long. 30 27 W., exchanged
signals with the Gipsy Bride, from Calcutta, with
troupe on board bound to Spithead. September
17th, in lat. 40 N., long. 30 27 W., spoke the French
brig Eintle, from l'orto Plata to Bordeaux. Sept.
Pith, in lat. 30 40 N., long. 30 33 IV., spoke the ship
Tinto, from Valparaiso, fur Liverpool, 69 days out.
September Mid, in bd. 47 32 N., long. 16 28 W.,
spoke the brig Mignonette, from Martinique, for
Loudon, 40 days out. September 24th, in lat. 48 36
N., long. 10 41 W., exchanged signals with the Nor-
wegian ship Herculean, from Paraimhyba for Bristol.
Two null mail bags were brought on shore by the
pilot beat from the Kent. None of the passengers
Luided. .