The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-25 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 24.—8 y the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Nubia, Captain
Brookes, with the Indian and Mediterranean mails,
in charge of Lieutenant C. Barrow, R.N., Ad-
miralty agent, we have dates from Alexandria,
Oct. 11 ; Malta, 15 ; and Gibraltar, 19.
The Nubia brings 80 passengers, among whom
are Lieutenant-General Markham, C.B. ; Lieute-
nants King and Fordyce, and Dr. Fraser, R.N.,
and a cargo consisting of 8 cases of opium, 81 casks
of gum, 66 packages of elephants' teeth, 222 bales
and 9 cases of silk, 126 bales of wool, and 137
packages of general merchandise.
Intelligence from Gibraltar is to the 19th inst.
The American ship America, from Trapani, with a
cargo of salt for the United States, got aground
oft Cabrita Point. The wind was blowing very
strong from the S S.W., and there was a very
heavy sea running, and, although her Majesty's
ships Rhadamanthus and Prometheus, together
with Captain Williams, of the Sanspareil, in the
Bustler steam-tug, went to their aid, they could
render the unfortunate vessel no assistance ; and
there was every probability •of the ship becom-
ing a total wreck. The British steamer Powerful,
eight days from London, with railway materials
for Balaklava, and the steam-transport Union, ten
days from London, also with railway materials,
arrived at Gibraltar on the 9th inst. The steam-
transport Northumberland, nine days from Lon-
don, with huts, powder, &c., put into Gibraltar
for coal on the 11th inst. ; also the Imperial steam-
transport, 11 days from London, with railway ma-
terials for Balaklava. The Peninsula, 11 days
from London, with huts, &c., for the Crimea, ar-
rived at Gibraltar on the 11th ; also, on the same
day, the British steam-transports Leipsic, in bal-
last, for London, and her Majesty's steam troop-
ship Urgent, eight days from Plymouth, with de-
tachments of different regiments for Malta. On
the 13th inst. the British steam-transport Killings-
worth, ten days from London, with railway ma-
terials for Balaklava, arrived at Gibraltar. The
Jackal steam-transport, fourteen days from
London, also put into Gibraltar on the morn-
ing of the 13th to coal, en route to the Black
Sea. The Queen of the South, steam-transport,
with wooden huts, shells, &c., and detacments of
the Land Transport Corps, passed Gibraltar to the
eastward on the 12th inst. The British steamer Cos-
mopolitan, 6 days from Liverpool, with warm cloth-
ing, &c., for Malta and Balaklava,, arrived at
Gibraltar on the 15th. The Clyde, seven days from
London, with wooden huts, &c., for the Crimea,
arrived out on the 16th. Also the steam-trans-
ports Vedra, nine days from London, with huts,
&c., for Balaklava, and the Saxon, eight days from
London, with Government stores for the Crimea.
On the 17th, the steam-transport Lord Raglan,
eight days from London, with railway materials
for Malta and Balaklava, arrived out at Gibraltar.
Her Majesto's steam-transport Rhadamanthus re-
ceived on board at Gibraltar on the morning of the
18th inst. 69 convicts from the convict establish-
ment at that place, all of whom have been granted
the privilege of proceeding to England as ticket-
of-leave men. The British steam transport Bual-
bec, 61 days from Woolwich, with wooden huts,
&c., for Balaklava, arrived out at Gibraltar on the
19th inst.
The Nubia will leave for India on the 7th of
November, under the command of Captain
Grainger. She will be employed on one of the
various Indian lines in the conveyance of mails,
passengers, &c.