The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-28 00:00:00

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Feb. 18.
. via Marseilles Feb. 12
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 29.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 1.
via Marseilles Jan. 28.

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 26.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 1.
via Marseilles Jan. 28
India (Bombay), via Southampton Jan. 98
via Marseilles Feb. 5.
Portuga1....
Nialto., Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton
via Marseilles Jan. 28
Newfoundland ..Feb. 3.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Feb. 3
by U.S. packet.... -.:.4
by Canadian packet. Jan. 28
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Feb. 11
Mexico Jan. 28

All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, i Jan. 28
California. and British Columbia..

IVORY.—Few persons are aware of the immense
demand there is for ivory in our days. At the close
of the last century England did not work more than
192,6001 b. of ivory per annum ; in 1827 the demand
had risen to 364,7841 b., which supposes the death of
3,040 male elephants per annum, yielding 6,080
tusks, averaging 601 b. each. At present England
consumes a million of pounds per annum, or up
wards of three times the consumption of 1827 ;
and therefore the number of elephants killed for
England alone must be 8,333, or therabouts. About
4,000 men lose their lives annually in the pursuit
after ivory, that is, to provide the world with combs,
knife handles, billiard balls, '&0. A tusk weighing
701 b. is considered by the trade a first-rate one.
Cavier made a list of the largest tusks found up to
this time,and the most considerable one registered by
him weighed 3501 b. At a late sale of tusks in London,
the largest, brought over from Bombay and Zan-
guebar, weighed from 1201 b. to 1221 b. Thoss from
Angola averaged 691 b. ; those from the Cape and
Natal, 1061 b. ; from Lagos and Egypt, 1141 b.; and
from Gaboon, 911 b. But these are by no means the
largest sizes to be found at present ; for elephant
hunters now penetrate further inward into Africa,
and, therefore, meet with older animals. A short
I time ago an American house cat up a tusk which
was not less than nine feet in length and eight
inches in diameter, and weighed 8001 b. In 1851 the
same house sent over to the London Exhibition the
largest piece of sawn ivory ever seen ; it was lift.
in length and ift. broad. The dearest ivory is that
which is used for billiard-balls. There are several
kinds of ivory ; that which is brought over from the
western coast of Africa, except Gaboon, is much less
elastic than other sorts, and not so easily brought to
perfect whiteness by working; it is only used for
knife handles. Since the conquest of Algeria by
France the ivory trade has considerably increased in
the North of Africa, which receives its supply from
the caravans crossing the Desert. The hippopotamus
also yields ivory, which is much harder and less
elastic than that of the elephant, besides being of
much smaller dimensions.
The Figaro Programme publishes the follow-
ing details of a mysterious affair—" A strange
affair has been the subject of conversation. On
Saturday, M. M--, of Bordeaux, who is well
known on the Paris Bourse, was returning home
at a late hour, having dined out, and afterwards
amused himself by looking at the masks entering
the opera. He was going along the Rue Ros-
sini, when, on reaching the corner leading into
the Rue Grange-Bateliere, he remarked two men
who appeared to follow him. He stopped in
order to ascertain whether his suspicious were
correct, when one of them suddenly gave him a
violent blow on the forehead with a loaded cane,
while the other threw a quantity of snuff in his
face and eyes. By a second blow M• M was
kn,j_eked down, and then received a stab from a
'soignee!' in the side,
another in the arm, and a
third in the loins. Although he had a valuable ring
on his finger, a gold watch and chain, and a well-
filled purse in h;s pocket, no attempt at robbery was
made. The two me.n then went away, and in about
10 minutes after M. M-- was found by some
policemen and conveyed to his residence. As no
robbery took place the act must have been one of
—ace."
vengee.
Accordiel to official returns 18,015 emigrants
du.r::(10 the year 1863, against 15,018 in 1862.
left Bremen
Of the former num,t'er 17,528 were for America, 401 for
Rio Grande. In both years the
Canada, and 86 for the
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city of General de Martimprey, returninb ‘9 visiting
The Earl of Sefton has joined the eirc., - Park,
the Earl and Countess of Yarborough at BrocklesbY .
Lincolnshire, ' ,

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 27.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ceylon, Captain Evans, with the heavy por-
tion of the Bombay and Mediterranean mails,
arrived this morning. She brings 27 passengers,
including Captains Pickard and Salmon, R.N., Cap-
tain Sparkes, Surveyor Roberts, Sir R. Walpole's
two sons, and Mr. Perkins, mail agent.

The Ceylon has on freight 6 packages of specie,
value £942 ; also 486 packages of general cargo,
including 398 bales of raw silk, value £35,000.

The Ceylon sailed from Alexandria on the 14th ;
Malta, 19th ; and Gibraltar, 22d. The first five
days of her paseage she experienced heavy north-
westerly gales, with furious squalls of rain and
high seas, thence to Cape Finisterre light winds and
fine weather, and up the Channel southerly winds
and dull.

The company's steamer Elora was to leave
Gibraltar seven hours after the Ceylon.
Her Majesty's ships Racoon and Psyche were at
Alexandria; the Trafalgar, Marlborough, and the
Austrian corvette Conte Dandolo were at Malta,
and at Gibraltar her Majesty's ships Procris and
Magicienne. . _

The Ceylon spoke, on the 24th inst., the steamer
Ripon, with the outward mails of the 20th, bound
for Alexandria.

The Channel squadron, under the command of
Rear-Admiral Dacres, C. 8., left Gibraltar on the
13th inst.

The British schooner Hagar, in 32 days from
New York, arrived at Gibraltar on the 13th. In
lat. 36 N., long. 63 W., she picked up the master
and crew of the barque Edisto, of Boston, which
vessel was destroyed by fire on the 16th. The crew
were transhipped to the British ship Mary Ducke,
from Cardiff, bound to New York.
GIBRALTAR, Jan. 22.—Letters received from
Mogador, by the French steamer Maroc, report that
Sir Moses Montefiore, with a numerous retinue, set
ont on his journey to Morocco on the 17th inst.
Although unable to effect a landing at Saffi, Sir
Moses was informed by signal from the shore that
the two Jewish prisoners had been released on the
6th January. During his stay at Mogador Sir
Moses Montefiore and his party were hospitably
entertained by Mr. Abraham Carcos, a Jewish mer-
chant of the town. The object of his visit to
Morocco caused him to be received at Mogador with
the same demonstrations of gratitude and affection
that welcomed him at Tangier. Before quitting
Mogador Sir Moses gave a sum of £2OO for distri-
bution amongst the poor.

Sir Moses left here for Saffi and Mogador in her
Majesty's ship Magicienne, placed at his disposal.
The Bishop of Gibraltar left the fortress on the
16th in her Majesty's ship Redpole, on a visit to
Tangier. _ _

Exchanges are quoted on London 90 days' date,
501; Paris, sfr. 26c. ; Marseilles, sfr. 27c. to 28e. ;
Genoa, sfr. 30c. to 31c.; Madrid, 8 days' sight,
prem.; Cadiz, dis. ; Seville, par to die. ; Malaga,
prem. ; Almeira, par; Valencia, par to -1- prem.;
Alicant, par. Freights are without alteration.
The following British ships have arrived here
since the 13th inst. :—Schooner Phoebe, 15 days
from Liverpool; brsg Emily, 32 days from New-
castle; brig Osprey, 20 days from Swansea; steamer
Peninsula, 9 days from London ; steamer Syria, 6
days from Southampton ; barque Wilkinson, 14 days
from Cardiff; schooner William and Eliza, 20 days
from Liverpool ; brig Garibaldi, 60 days from
Liverpool; schooner Excel, 19 days from Milford ;
steamer Marathon, 6 days from Liverpool ; brigan-
tine Maid of Athens, 30 days from Liverpool ;
schooner Urania, 50 days from Cardiff ; steamer
Dom Pedro, 9 days from Glasgow; and steamer
Volunteer, 7 days from Newport.
Her Majesty's steamer St. George, with invalids
from Malta, arrived here on the 16th.