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

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, Juia 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
passengers—among whom are Lord and Lady Haddo,
the Hon. Master Gordon, and the Right Rev, the _1 ord
Bishop of Colombo-2 packages of specie (value not
stated), and a cargo consisting of 137 bales of silk, 50
boxes 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
26th ult., the Royal mail steam-ship Medway, with
horses and troops, bound to the Crimea ; on the 27th,
the screw steam-ship Saxon, steering for the Black Set ;
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 aid
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-
clusive. 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.
Sixteen fat bullocks were also placed on board for the
use 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 sbe would leave for Balaklava during
the day. Capt. R. W. 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 d s.
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 night
of the 29th ult. in six days and a half from Malta, with
old 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
ship 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
Mark 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 the 54th,
66th, 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 ult.

M. Bresson, French Consul at Cadiz, having ex-
changed with Consul Lemperani at Gibraltar, arrived
at that port on the 25th ult. M. Lemperani was to
proceed by the next packet to Cadiz.
Great alacrity wa,a observable among the soldiers of
the 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
aemy. The Commissariat have shipped in this steamer
192 cases, consisting principally of hospital comforts for
the use of the sick and wounded iu the East.

The latest rates of exchange at Gibraltar for bills on
London, at 90 days' rate, were quoted at 51 ; Paris,
do., sf. 37c. ; Marseilles, sf. 38c. ; Genoa, sf. 43c. No
alteration has taken place in Spanish pillared dollars
since the last advices.