The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-26 00:00:00

1 The Bombay and Maditius- Mails.

The Peninsular and Oriencal Company's screw
steamship Poonah, Capt. p. C. Sparkes, arrived at
Southampton at 10 a.m. yesterday, with the heavy
portion of these mails, in charge of 11r. Ronayne, of
the General Post-office. She brought 55 passen-
gers (viz., 19 first-class, 17 second, 12 children, and
7 deck), among whom were his Excellency Rain-
andrainandrain, his Excellency Rainiferingip, and
the Rev. Mr. Duffas (interpreter), the Madagascar
Embassy, from the Mauritius; also, Capt. Main-
prise, R,N., and Lieut. Bromilow, R.N , from
Mdta ; Capt. Crealoek, 95th Regiment, from Gib-
raltar, 8.7 c. Oa freight the Poonah had 10 cases of
valuables, 276 bales of silk, 30 cases of indigo, 95
boxes of oranges, and 43 packages of general mer-
chandise.

The Poonah left Alexandria on the 12th inst.,
Malta on the 5 th,ancl Gibraltar on the 20th. Between
Alexandria and Malta she experienced strong winds
from N.N.E. and fine weather; thence to Cape de
Gatte*,•moderate head winds; to Gibraltar, fresh
westerly gales; along the coast of Portugal, fine
weather and light easterly winds; across the Bay
of Biscay and up Channel, strong easterly gales and
heavy sea.

On the 20th the Poonah signalled the bark Mi-
chael Miller and the steamer Havrocordator, both
bound east; on the 21st, off the Burlings, the Royal
Yacht Club steam yacht Campanera, bound to
Carunna ; and on the 22d, 70 miles north of Cape
Finisterre, the Peninsular and Oriental steamship
Pera,from Southampton ou the 20th, with the India,
China, and Australian mails, bound to Gibraltar.

Her Majesty's ships Royal Oak, Cossack, Meannee,
Marlborough, Firefly, Resistance, Phoebe, and
Hydra were at Malta cn the 15th; and the Racoon
and gunboat Procris at Gibraltar on the 20th. The
Racoon, Captain Count Gleichen, nine days from
Malta, arrived on the 18th. The Orontes, Capt. H.
Hire, six days from Spithead, arrived at Gibraltar
on the 14th, with detachments for the garrison, and
left during the night of the 15th for Malta, pro-
ceeding thence to Corfu, where she would embark
the 2d battalion 6th Regiment for the West Indies,
and return thence to Spithead with the Ist battalion
14th Foot. The Magieienne, Capt. Armytage, from
Mezagan and Tangier, arrived at Gibraltar on the
17th, and left at 4.15 p.m. on the 18th for the east-
ward.

Sir Moses Montefiore and the gentlemen who
accompanied him on his mission to the Court of
Morocco returned to Gibraltar, from the coast of
Barbary, in her Majesty's ship Magicienne, on the
17th inst. It is satisfactory to know that the efforts
of Sir Moses Montefiore on behalf of the Jews in the
Sultan's dominions have been fully successful. He
has obtained an Imperial edict, the effect of which
cannot fail to improve the position of the Jews of
the interior, and otherwise to advance the cause of
civilisation.
Letters from the coast report that the number of
persons killed by the explosion of a powder maga-
zine in Morocco (as reported previously) is esti-
mated at 900.

A. letter from the Spanish African fortress of
Alhucemas describes the assassination by the Moors,
on the 24th of January, of the crew of two Spanish
boats, consisting of eight persons, who bad left
Alhucemas for Cape Morro for the purpose of col-
lecting the coarse grass (esparto). While passing
some small islands near the Cape, a Moor swam off
and invited them to come in and purchase vege-
tables. On reaching the shore the Spanish party
was attacked at close quarters by a number of
Moors, and all were massacred, The murderous
attack was seen from Alhucemas, and on being re-
ported to the Governor, he opened with his artil-
lery upon the Moors, though apparently without
effect. The dead bodies of the murdered men were
subsequently recovered and interred by the autho-
rities of Alhucemas.

A letter from Malaga received at Gibraltar
gives some details of the seizure in that port of the
British steamer Princess for a breach of the Cus-
tom-house laws. The Princess, from England bound
for Ancona, put into Malaga for coal, and the mas-
ter reported her in ballast. She was detained a day
or two while the master obtained, through the tele-
graph, from his employers in England a credit to
enable him to purchase the requisite amount of coal.
When the arrangement was completed the usual in-
spection of the vessel by the officers of the port took
place, to verify the description the master had given
of her lading. By a mere accident it was discovered
that she had a false hold on which the ballast was
deposited, and that beneath this, in her true hold,
were stowed a quantity of arms and military stores.
The letter are said to comprise 6 rifled cannon for
mountain artillery, 3 guns of heavy calibre, 4,000
sabres, 1,000 Minie rifles, a number of pikes, and
400 uniforms, The master of the Princess is impri-
sone3, and it is believed the steamer and cargo are
liable to confiscation for the violation of law. Hos-
tilities in the north of Europe and the clandestine
transport of arms in the extreme south would seem
at first sight to have no connexion. But the steamer
was bound to Ancona, and it would not be a very
wild conjecture to suppose that her cargo was
destined for some southern province of Austria, in
anticipation of the opportunity which coming events
may present.
Exchange quotations at Gibraltar were as follows
—London, 90 dayb' date, 50 3.16 tot ; Paris do.,
5f 28c; Maraeilles, do., 5f 29c; Genoa, do., 5f 31c
to 32c ; Madrid, eight daye sight, par to pm. ;
Cadiz, do., 1 die. ; Seville, do., dis. ; Malaga, do.,
par to I dis. ; Barcelona, do., pm.; Almeria, do.,
par ; Valencia, do., par
; Alicante, do., par. Pre-
mium on five-franc pieces, one per cent. pm.
The following British merchant steamers had
arrived out at Gibraltar 15, the Powerful,
Captain J. Hughes, 11 days from Newcastle for
Alexandria ; the Orontes, Captain H. Mathias,
eight days from Liverpool, for Malta ; 16th, the
Demetrius, Capt; W. Folland, seven days from
Liverpool, for Malta; 17th, the Ellora, Capt. W.
C. Angove, 571,- days from
Southampton, with mails,
&c., for Malta and Alexandria ; the Tripoli, Capt.
J. R. Bell, six days from Liverpool, for Palermo;
18th, the Europa, Capt, T. Partridge, six days from
London, for Genoa, Leghorn, &o.; the Cadiz, Capt.
J. Russell, sight days from London, with Govern-
ment stores; the Hawthorns, Capt. J. Rose, eight
days from London, for Alicante ; 19th, the Persian,
Capt. S. Pyne, six days from Liverpool, for Genoa,
Leghorn, and Naples.

The British barkliTilliath
Leckie, Captain G. E.
Best, from Sunderland, with coals for Callers, ar-
rived at Gibraltar on the 13th leaky, making five
inches of water per hour. The bark Pelican, Capt.
A. Freeth, from Newcastle for Rhodes, arrived at
Gibraltar on the 13th, and the schooner Bezaleel,
the :Bth, both laden with nods.
Capt. W. Vincent, from Cardiff for Gibraltar, on

THE SHAKSPEREAN TERCENTENARY CELEBRA-
TION AT STRATFORD•ON-AVeN,
last, at the meeting of the committee, the mayor (Mr. E.
F. Flower) in the chair, it was unframed that the following
gentlemen had accepted the office of vice-president ;—Lord
Oa Wednesday
Sudeley, M. Victor Hugo, M. Antonio Panizzi, Sir Frede-
rick Madden, Professor Owen, and Mr. Howard Staunton.
The mayor stated that Mr. William Stirling,
M.P., and
Mr. J. Boresford-Hope, had contented to act on the
Monumental Memorial Committee, and that a deputation
is coming to Stratford on Monday next to decide upon a
suitable site for the memorial. The committee now in-
cludes the Earl of Carlisle, K,G., the Earl Somers,F.R.G.S.,
Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart, Sir Coutts
Lindsay, Bart., Mr. Charles Buxton, M.P., Mr. Robert
Bell, F.R.S.L., Mr. Layard, M P
Mr. William Stirling,
M.P., Mr. J. Beresford Hope, Mr. Theodore Martin, Mr.
C. L. Gruneisen, Mr. Gambier Parry, Mr. Tom Taylor,
Mr. John Ruskin, and Mr. Alfred 'l'unyson, D.C.L. (Poet
Laureate). The estimate of Mr. S. li. Mountford, of Wor-
cester, for the supply of refreshment, during the felitivat,
was considered and agreed to. The building committee re-
ported that the work at thepavilion vas advancing satisfac-
torily; was nearly roofed in, and would
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taking precautions to prevent damage should another over-
flow take place to-day.