The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND ArSTRALYAN

MAILS.

The heavy portion of these m ile, in charge of
Messrs Fisher and White, of the General Post-

office, arrized at Southampton yesterday, at L3O
p.m., in the Peninsular aLd Oriental Company's
steamship Syria, Capt. E. Christian, which vesse',
left Alexandria on the ish inst., Malta the 11th,
and Gibraltar the 15th. She had fine weather be-
tween Alexandria and Gibraltar, and thence to
Southampton strong no►th-westerly winds, heavy
squalls, and high Buis. .

-The Syria brought 85 pasEengen—viz , 28 first-
class, 45 second, 8 children, and 7 deck, including
Capt. Waller, R.A., Capt. Murray, R.A., Capt.
Banbury, 50th Regiment, Lieut. Citni,b(ll It. %.,
Dr Messer, R N., On freight she had £BOO in
specie, 15 boxes of valuables, 1,321 bales of silk,
and 219 packages of general merchandise. She also
brought home a live hear, two dogs, and 35 turtle.
At 7 a.m. yesterday morning the Syria passed
the Channel fleet steering to the eastward. Tho
following vessels were also spoken during the pas-
sage home :—Sept. 10, the steamer Arazes, steering
in the same direction as the Syria; 14th, of Cape de
Gatt, her Majesty's ship Meeanee, bound to the
eastward; 15th, off Tarifa, the steamer Lydia,
bound to Gibraltar, &c. ; 16th, at 11 p.m., the N..
ninsular and Oriental steamship Ripon, bound to
Gibraltar, with the outward Bombay mails of the
12th.

The French frigate Perdrix and two Egyptian
frigates were at Alexandria when the Syria left.
Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Orlando, Racer,
and Elizabeth were at Malta on the 11th inst., and
the Procris at Gibraltar on the 15th. The Warrior,
Capt. the Hon. A. Cochrane, four days from Ply•
mouth, with supernumeraries for the Mediterranean
fleet, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th, and the store-
ship Supply, Mr C. Fox commanding, five days
from Malta, on the 7th. The latter vessel left again
at 3 p.m., and the Warrior at 4.25 p.m,, on the 9th.
Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
as follows: —London, 90 days' date, 501 ; Paris,
do:, sf. 29c.; Marseilles, do., sf. 30c.; Genoa, do.,
sf. 31c.; Madrid, 8 days' sight, par; Cadiz, do.,
2 dis. ; Seville, do., din. ; Malaga, do., par to
dis ; Barcelona, do., pm. ; Almeria, do., par ;
Valencia, do., par ; Alicant, ditto, par.
The Spanish screw frigate Villa de Madrid, 50
guns, Captain C. Alvar Gonzalea, left Cadiz on the
afternoon of the 6th inst., for the Pacific Ocean to
reinforce the squadron under the command of Ad.
miral Pinzou. The sailing corvette Ferrolano, 30,
Captain Aicardo, left Cadiz on the 12th for Cartha.
gena. The screw sloop Concordia had returned to
Cadiz, from Tangier, with treasure (consisting of
Spanish, Moorish, French, and British coin) on ac-
count of the late war indemnity, which the Cadiz
Palma says was to be applied to the payment of the
employs of the War and Marine departments, as
well as those on the retired list.
The British bark Timandre, of South Shields,
Captain Thomas Lindsay, bound from Shields to
Ancona with a cargo of coals, struck the Cabczos
Rocks, seven miles below Tarifa, and sunk half an
hour afterwards. The crew were saved.

The following British merchant steamers had
arrived out at Gibraltar :—Sept, the Livorno, Caps
tain T. Livingstone, 12 days from Glasgow, and
two from Lisbon, for Genoa and Leghorn ; Bth, the
Meander, Captain J. A. Perry, Six days and a half
from Liverpool, for Genoa and Leghorn ; 9th, the
Massilia, Captain I. C. Almond, five days from
Southampton, with mails, &c., for Malta, and Alex-
andria ; 10th, the Lidney Hall, Captain T.
eight days and a half from London and one and a
half from Lisbon, for Tangier, &c. ; 11th, the Cadiz,
Captain J. Russell, seven days from London, with
Government stores, &c. ; 12th, the Southwick, Cap.
tain. Cowlbeck, eight days from London, for Malta
and Syra. The Melbourne steamer, from New•
castle for Constantinople, passed the Straits on the
night of the 10th, all well.
The brig Gem of the Sea, Captain S. Rees, from
Llanelly, arrived at Gibraltar on the 11th; the
schooner Mary Williams, Captain J. Williams, from
Newport, and the schooner Broughty Castle, Cap(
tain J. Dowell, from Cardiff on the 12th ; and the
brig Eleanor Davison, Captain W. Boadle, from
Cardiff, on the 13th. Off Tarifa, on the morning of
the 12th, the Mary Williams spoke the brigantine
Emily, of Swansea, all well, and the brigantine
Volunteer, of Poole, from Archangel, bound to
Leghorn, all well.