The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-10 00:00:00

THE HEAVY AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, THUISDAT NIGHT.

The Teviot has arrived with the heavy portion of
the Australian mails. Amongst her cargo is gold
dust worth 62,0001.

ARRIVAL OF THE RIPON.

The Ripon, Captain Powell, arrived at Southamp-
tan yesterday, with the heavy portion of the Bombay mail.
She left Alexandria, August 26; Malta, 30th; and
Gibraltar, September 4. She brought home 26 passeagere.
Amongst her cargo were 169 bales of 'ilk, beside' a quantity
of Six, shawls, and elephant's teeth. The Ripon experienced
dense fogs followed by strong head winds slung the Penin-
sular cleat, and north-west winds across the Bay of
Meaty. Her Majesty's ship Princess Royal was at Alexan-
dria ; the Marlborough, Centurion, and Caaqueeor, were off
Malta; &Turkish two decker was at Gibraltar, ea route to
Ragland, to be converted into • MOW. The Teviot, with
the Australian mail was passed off Cadiz, oa the 4th inst.,
she appeared as if she were going Into that port. The
Peninsular packet Alkambra was at Gibraltar. A *teenier
bound to the southward was passed on the 6'h. 25 miles south
of eve noisier». The Peninsular packet Tagus, outward
bound, was passed on the Bth.
Among the paesengen by the Ripon was Captain Brown,
in charge of despatches from the Commander-in-Chief. Cep-
tain Brown had posted down from the interior to Bombay,
and arrived there just as the mail packet waa leaving. He
had been in command of a detachment of the Ni sans's force
in pursuit of Nana Sahib. He was 'wend times close on
the heads of the arch misoreaat, mad bed even caught sight
of him, but the followers of the letter fought desperately,
and allowed their chief to escape. The Nana roved
about the country with his followers in disguise. At one
time he wait deemed as a woman, at another time as a puttee-
wallah. The last time Nana Sahib was seen was at Shols-
pm*. Captain Brown was originally In the China expedition,
bat he volunteered for the India write, sad went through
Central India, chiefly in pursuit of the Nina.

THI Telex.—The Tamar, which left Smith-
ennkon wkh the Until mail us the 9th alt, arrived eat at
Bt. Vincent on the evoking of Me I.9ih ult., taro days before
her time.

THE POPE'S PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM.

ROME, Se m, 4
His Holiness is as singularly quiet this summer In
the ample halls of the Vatioan as he wu active and
erratic last year through his own dominions and
those of his immediate neighbours; but, if report
speaks true, the year 1869 is to witness a very much
more distant excursion on the part of his Holiness
than any he has undertaken since his diplomatic
mission as nuncio to the republic of Chili. Sines
the recognised supremacy of the see of Rome
throughout Christendom, we have no instance of the
Supreme Pontiff ever venturing upon a pilgrimage
to the Holy Land, and it is indeed difficult
to imagine what would be the correct etiquette
to be observed between two personages of such
exalted positions and such mixed attributes se the
Pope and the Sultan. It is nevertheless now begin,
ning to be rumoured in several creditable quarter;
and I have heard it myself from ecclesiastical sources,
that Pio Nono, who has already ventured upon many
steps that his more cautious predecessors would
never have dreamed of, is determined to add to the
memorabilia of his eventful reign a Papal pilgrimage
to Palestine, with the hill consent and appro.
bation of his Imperial brother (speaking tempo.
rally), but implacable enemy and rival (speak•
ing spiritually), the Sultan Abdul Medjid,
The Sultan has always shown himself personally
partial to Pio Nono, and in the beginning of his
reign he sent the Pope the somewhat singular pie.
sent, for an ecclesiastic, of a magnificent set of home
trappings, richly set with rosettes of superb die,.
monde. These were exhibited to the Romans in the
Quirinal palace in the days of Pio Nono's popularity,
but the jewels have long since disappeared, sway
lowed up by the exigencies of the troublous times
which followed. The satisfaction the Pope derived
from his visit to the sanctuary of Loreto is stated to
have given him the wish to visit a still more holy
spot; and although his health is not so robust as to
suggest the advisability of a journey in the East, it
is considered quite equal to the one alluded to, now
that the steamers have rendered it an every-day trip.
The convents at Alexandria, Beyrout, and Jafa,
would consider it an imperishable honour to receive
his Holiness within their wall', and a few hours'
land journey from the last-mentioned place would
bring the eortige of pilgrims to Jerusalem, where
the catholic Patriarch would, no doubt, make due
preparations for receiving the common Father of the
Christian faithful.

I have not yet discovered the origin of this report,
nor shall I put faith in it until I actually see it
verified. During his visit to Ancona, last year, the
Pope saw and approved of a very fins
new three-mast merchant vessel, named the
Adria Doric*, the largest ship yet built in
the Pontifical dominions. This vessel unfortunately
sprung a leak and foundered at sea, near Gibraltar,
on its first trip, on the 2od of July last. The officers
and crew were saved by the Norwegian brig Hilda,
I and brought to Civita Vecchia, whence they came
on to Rome, 47 in number, and bad an audience of
the Pope, who generously provided for their tra-
velling expenses back to Ancona, and gave them
sufficient money to restore the loss of their personal
effects. His Holiness • likewise presented a large
gold medal to the Norwegian Captain Svencleen,
and 160 scudi (321.) to his crew of six men.
Not entirely discouraged by such a ter-
rible disaster as the loss of their vessel and
cargo, the Ancona proprietors have put forth
proposals for the construction of a similar ship, to be
named likewise the Adria Dories, the expense cal-
culated at 90,000 scudi, to be defrayed by the sale of
shares at 100 scudi each. His Holiness has set an
encouraging example by heading the list of share-
holders, and the necessary capital appears likely to
be forthcoming without much difficulty.
In Rome money is very abundant, judging by the
high prices of all lands of public securities and joint
stock.

Exchange on London, 472 g. Roman Consols, 94.