The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-05 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 4.

By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Indus, Captain Soy, with the India, China, and Medi-
terranean mails, in charge of Lieut. Purves, R.N., Ad-
miralty agent, we have dates from Alexandria, May 22 ;
Malta, 25 ; and Gibraltar, 30. The Indus brings 126
passOgers—among whom are Lord and Lady Haddo,
the on. Master Gordon, and the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Colombo-2 packages of specie (value not
stated), and a cargo consisting of 137 bales of silk, 50
boxer of lemons, 5 cases of gum, 6 packages of ivory, 4
cases of shawls, 32 cases of piece goods, 45 packages of
wearing apparel, and 139 packages of general merchan-
dise:

During the homeward voyage the Indus spoke, on the
28th ult., the Royal mail steam-ship Medway, with
hordes and troops, bound to the Crimea ; on the 27th,
the 'screw steam-ship Saxon, steering for the Black Sea ;
28th, the screw steam-ship Peninsula, bound for Ports-
mouth ; 31st, the Orinoco and Kangaroo, and two
small screw gun-boats, bound to the Crimea ; also the
English barque Emilia, for Constantinople.
The usual Egyptian squadron was lying at Alexandria
when the Indus left.

At Malta were her Majesty's ships Dauntless and
Firebrand, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
screw steam-ship Rajah, and the steam-transports New
York, City of Aberdeen, and Marley Hill.
Our intelligence from Gibraltar is to the 30th ult. in-
clutive. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steam-ship Sultan, with the Indian and Mediterranean
mails of the 20th ult., en route to Alexandria, arrived
out at Gibraltar on the 25th. She left at midnight for
Malta. • The Europa screw transport, with shot and
shell for the Crimea, left for her destination on the after-
noon of the 24th ult. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship
Himalaya arrived at Gibraltar from Malta on the 27th
ult., bringing the Bishop of Gibraltar and lady. During
the forenoon of the 29th the G and L divisions of the
Land ,Transport Corps embarked on board this ship.
Siitteen fat bullocks were also placed on board for the'
UBO of the Royal Navy. A large quantity of forage and
water had also been shipped for the use of 80 horses and
300 mules, which she is to convey from Gibraltar to the
seat of war. Owing to continued rain these animals
were not embarked until the morning of the 30th, and
it was expected she would leave for Balaklava during
the day. Capt. RW. Duff, late paymaster of the 92d
Highlanders, takes hie passage in the Himalaya, for
the purpose of entering upon his new duties, he having
been appointed paymaster to the troops composing the
reserve depots at Malta. The hired Spanish steamer
Cantabria, which has taken in a cargo of munitions of
war, &c., for the British army in the East, will shortly
leave for Balaklava. One corporal and 4 gunners of the
Royal Artillery proceed in charge of the stores on board
this steamer. The United States' steam-frigate Saranac
left Gibraltar-bay on the morning of the 29th ult., taking
in tow the American frigate Cumberland, bound to
Boston. The steam-frigate only goes on a cruise to Lis-
bon, touching at Cadiz, and afterwards will return to her
station in the Mediterranean. Her Majesty's paddle-
wheel steam-frigate Centaur, which arrived out at Gib-
raltar from Plymouth on the 24th ult., left on the, 27th
for England, with the invalided soldiers who had lost
their passage by the steam-transport Australian. The
Sardinian screw-steamer Conte di Cavour, in the French
transport service, was taking in a supply of fuel before
starting for Constantinople. She will take in tow the
British sailing-ship Timour, laden with stores for the
same Government. The American ship Nonpareil like-
wise put into Gibraltar on the 28th ult. with a cargo of
coal for the French service, for orders from the agents.
The Nonpareil proceeds to Marseilles, and, after da-
charging there, will take in stores for the French army
in the East. The British steam-transport Alps, with
troops on board, passed to the eastward on the 27th ult.

The East Anglian arrived at Gibraltar during the nigli
of the 29th ult. in six days and a half from Malta, with
odd stores for England. The Sardinian steamer Conte
di Cavour was to leave for Malta and Constantinople on
the evening of the 30th ult., together with the sailing
Hhip Timour. The Oscar, which arrived at Gibraltar from
Constantinople on the 26th ult., was detained in conse-
quence
,of some defects in her machinery. The 13th
Light Infantry, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel
N.lark Kerr, was ready for embarkation for the seat of
war, and only waiting for the steam-transport, which
was expected from Malta, to convey them. There will
only remain at Gibraltar, after the' 13th leaves thets4th,
(56th, and 92d Regiments, which are to be relieved on
the arrival of the three militia corps expected from Eng-
Land.

The screw steam-ship Baalbec arrived out at Gibraltar
from Liverpool on the 24th uit.

M. BresPon, French Consul at Cadiz, having ex-
ehanged with Consul Lemperani at. Gibraltar, arrived
it that port on the 25th ult. M. Lemperani was to
iproceed by the next packet to Cadiz.
Great alacrity was observable among the soldiers of
4the garrison at Gibraltar in carrying ammunition from
the magazines down to the quay at New Mole, to be
put on board the hired Spanish steamer Cautabria for
conveyance to the seat of war for the use of the British
p.rmy. The Commissariat hare shipped in this steamer
1.92 cases, consisting principally of hospital comforts for
the use of the sick and wounded in the East.
The latest rates of exchange at Gibraltar for bills on
London, at 90 days' rate, were quoted at sli ; Paris,
do., sf. 37c. ; Marseilles, sf. 38c. ; Genoa, sf. 43c. No
alteration has taken place in Spanish pillared dollars
!since the last advices.

GENERAL PELISSIER'S ADDRESS TO
THE FRENCH ARMY.

The following order of the day was issued by
General Pelissier on assuming the command of the
army :--

GENERAL ORDER.
Soldiers,—Our former General-in-Chief has made
known to you the will of the Emperor, who at the Gene-
ral's request has placed me at the head of the army of
the East. In receiving from the Emperor the command
of this army so long exercised by such noble hands, I
feel certain that I express the sentiments of all of us,
when I proclaim that General Canrobert carries with
him all our regrets and all our gratitude.
To the brilliant souvenirs of Alma and of Inkerman he
has added the merit, greater still perhaps, of having dur-
ing a formidable winter campaign, preserved for our
country and our sovereign one of the finest armies that
France ever had. Yon owe it to him that you are
now in a position to bring the struggle to an issue
(engager cl fond la lutte) and to triumph.
If, as I feel certain it will, success should crown our
efforts, you will not fail to pronounce his name in your
songs of victory. He has resolved to remain in our
ranks, and although he might have had a higher com-
mand he wished but one thing, and that was to put him-
self at the head of his old division. I have deferred to
the entreaties, the inflexible desires, of him who was
but yesterday our chief, and who will ever be my friend.
Soldiers, I have the fullest confidence in you. After
so many trials, so many generous offorts, nothing can be
too much for your courage. You all know what the
Emperor and the country expect from you. Be what you
have hitherto been, and thanks to your energy, and to
the assistance of our intrepid allies and the brave sailors
of our squadrons, we shall conquer, with the help of
God. PELISSIER.
Head-quarters before Sebastopol, May 19, 1855.
General Canrobert's adieu to the army has been
already published. The following is the order of
the day issued by him on resuming the command
of the Ist division :

SECOND CORPS.-FIRST DIVISIONAL ORDER.
Comrades of the First Division,--You have g:ven me
under circumstances -the most arduous and the most
glorious so many proofs of devotedness, you have in-
spired me with so great confidence that while volun-
tarily and out of a sense of duty to my country, resign-
ing the command in chief of an army of 130,000 men, I
desired above all things the honour of again becoming
your immediate chief, and fighting at your head against
the enemies of France and of the Emperor.

CANROBERT,
General of Division, Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor,
commanding the tat Division of Infantry.
Before Sebastopol, May 22.

Seven or eight clerks in the French telegraph offices
have been dismissed lately, in consequence, as it is re-
ported, of their having sold news.
The funeral of Marshal Har!spe has just taken place
at Lacarre, near Bayonne, in the midst of arij immense
concourse of the inhabitants of the surrounding. country,
who bad flocked in, to bid a last adieu to him whom they
were accustomed to call "Le Boi des Basques." The
whole of the authorities of the arrondissement, the prin-
cipal landowners of the country round, and about a score
of ecclesiastics, formed the cortege in attendance on the
hearse. After the mass had been performed, and the
coffin was lowered into the grave, M. Larrabure, ex-re-
presentative, and General Poinsignon delivered addresses
in honour of the deceased, and the ceremony terminated.