The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-20 00:00:00

The Ocean Mail Service,

SOUTITAMPTON, Monday.—The Royal Mail Company's
steamship Atrato, Captain F. Woolley, sailed hence to-day
with the West India and Pacific mails and 103 passengers,
among whom ate Chief Justice Sharpe, Capt. Wise, Lieut.
Cooper, and Surgeon M'Dermott for Barbadoes. She takes
out £13,880 in specie (of which £10,200 is silver and £BOO
gold coin item France), English jewelry value £2,215,
French jewelry value £3,865, and a full cargo of British
and foreign merchandise. Advises from Bremen have baen
received by the agents of the North German Lloyd at this
port stating that the Hansa steamer, which arrived at Cowes
last Thursday morning from New York, on her way to
Bremen, arrived off Wangenrooge, at the mouth of the river
Weser, at 7 o'clock on Friday evening, when she was
brought to by some shots fired from the Danish frigate Niels
Juel, which was cruising in the Channel some time since
looking after German vessels. Capt. von :Santen imme-
diately stopped his ship, and sent off a boat to the frigate,
with the chief officer of the Hansa and the ship's papers,
The papers having been examined by the eaptain of the
Niels Juel, they were returned to the chief officer, and the
steamer was allowed to proceed on to Bremen. It will be
remembered that the Hansa and the other steamers of the
North German Lloyd running between Bremen, Southamp-
ton, and New York were some time since transferred to the
Russian flag. Somo interesting data, illustrative of the con-
tinued improvements making in the construction of marine
engines, to accomplish the great desideratum of combining
a high rate of speed with economy in the consumption of
fuel, is afforded ty the first voyage to and from Alexandria
of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's last new screw
steamer the Baroda, which arrived here on Saturday night.
The actual steaming time of the Baroda outwards was as
follows .—Southampton to Gibraltar, 94, hours; Gibraltar
to Malta, 811 hours; Malta to Alexandria, 681 hours
total, 2432 hours. Homewarde—Alexandria to Malta,
76/ hours; Malta to Gibraltar, 864; Gibraltar to South-
ampton, 113—total, 275 i hours. The voyage out and home
was therefore accomplished in 519/ hours, during Which
time she consumed 831 tuns of coals, and that this marks a
great improvement will be seen by a comparison with pas-
sages made by three other fast steamers of the company's
fleet, viz.:--The Delta (paddle) made the voyage out and
home in 650 hours, burning 1,395 tons of coals ; the Malta
(screw) in 605 hours, burning 1,689 tons; and the Ceylon
(screw) in 546 hours, burning 1,689 tons. The distance
from Southampton to Gibraltar is 1,151 miles;
Gibraltar
Malta, 081 miles ; and Malta to Alexandria, 819 miles;
being a total of 2,951 miles, or 5,902 for the voyage out and
home. The steamship Delhi, Captain J. R. Kellock, sails
hence on Wednesday, with the Calcutta, China, and Aus-
tralian mails, and the Bavaria, Captain H. Taube, on the
came day, with German and English mails for New York.
The America, Captain Weaseee, is due on Thursday, with
mails of the 9 h inst from New Ycrk. The Germania,
Captain Ehle:s, which was to leave New York on the 23,
and was expected here last Thursday, has nut (six p.m.)
been ieported.

WOULD ANY GENTLEMAN OBLIGE A LADY BY
GETTING OUTSIDE? (says an omnibus conductor)—
Facetious Jones (comfortab'y seated inside):—" Does it
rain f " Conductor :—" Oh I no, Sir." Jones :—" Is it
cold ? " Conductor :—" Beautiful and warm." Jones :
" Has the lady a gentleman with her ? Conductor :
"Yes, cir," Jones :—" Well, thor, tell Lim to take a
cab."—Fun.
TERRIBLE SCENE IN EDINBURGH.---TUeaay,--.
An auction of goods seiz-id for the ptlyinfr•nt of miniszers'
itic-,ey was announced tor to•dayi uur ttousaud persens
Wer© present. The goods were seiz'..d, stuash,ld, and burned
in St. Andrew-street.
The course of exchange at New Torii on London for bills st
60 days' sight is about 182 per cent., and the premium on
gold is abont 9per cent. At these rates there is no profit
on the imputationof gold from the United Statez.