The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-26 00:00:00

The same journal contains the following iatel

Bence :
" The latest Hong-Kong papers announce that the
barque Julia had been laid on at that port for Algoa
Bay.
"The schooner Charlotte left Table Bay on Wednes-
day for East London ; the Lambert's Bay Packet, for
Christina Bay ; the Eliza Carew, for Mauritius. The
Arlequin left on Thursday for Swansea, with a cargo of
Australian copper and wool. Yesterday the Plantagenet
left for Mauritius.

" The barque Concordia arrived in Table Bay on
Thursday, from Newcastle, with a cargo of coals for this
port. The ship Coromandel loft Simon's Bay on Wed-
nesday, for Liverpool.
" Mails for England and St. Helena by the Meteor,
f )1. Mauritius, by the Express, and for Batavia by the
Maria Charlotte, close this day—the former at ten and
the latter at twelve o'clock.

" The mail for Algoa Bay and Port Natal, by her
Majesty's steamer Hydra, closed yesterday at half-past
one o'clock. She will, probably, leave Simon's Bay
early this morning. Another mail for Natal is open by
the new schooner Rosebud, which is expected to leave
in about a week.
" His Honour tho Lieutenant-Governor has directed it
to be notified in the Gazette that the undermentioned
lights will be exhibited on Flat Island and the coast of
Mauritius from the Ist of December next :—A first-class
revolving catoptric light on Flat Islands ; a first-class
fixed catoptric light on Cannonier Point ; a red mast
light on the left bank and at the mouth of Grand River;
and a green mast light on Cooper's Island at the mouth
of the harbour.

" The municipality of Graham's Town have called
for tenders from parties willing to erect stores on the
Market-place for the reception of wool.
"A meeting of the subscribers to the Cathcart Testi-
monial Fund was to have been held at Graham's Town
on the 24th inst., for the purpose of receiving and de-
termining upon certain proposals which the committee
would lay before them."

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 25.

Tho steam-ship Tagus, of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, J. Weeks,
Commander, with the usual Peninsular mail, in
charge of Lieut. J. B. Scriven, R.N., Admiralty
agent, arrived this afternoon at 1 o'clock.

-The- Tagus, during the voyage outwards, expe-
rienced to Vigo, for the most part, fine steady
weather ; wind from north-westward. On entering
Vigo strong gales from eastward. To Gibraltar,
S.E. winds, and fine.
Her dates of sailing were :
Gibraltar Dec. 15 Oporto Dec. 20
Cadiz „ 16 Vigo
Lisbon l9
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Passengers—First-class, 15 ; second-class, 8 ;
deck, 7.
The freight of the Tagus consists of eight pack-
ages of specie, value 23871. ; 211 boxes of eggs, 26
casks of wine, 651 boxes of oranges, 39 bags of
chestnuts, 100 barrels of grapes, 620 boxes of
raisins, 771 packages of elephants' teeth, 10 cases
of preserves, and 34 packages of sundries.
Her Majesty's steamer Prometheus was at
Gibraltar ; the ship of the line St. George, at
Lisbon.

GIBRALTAR, DEC, 15.
His lordship the Bishop of Gibraltar and lady arrived
at Malta on the oth inst., in the British Queen, steamer,
which left our bay on the 30th ult.
We learn that most of the passengers who unfortu-
nately lost their lives by the wreck of the Bravo, near
the Gladia,ro Ever, belenged to company of actors,