The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-02 00:00:00

1862,

ferry to Leith, when, at the height of the storm, about 8
o'clock, the towing rope broke. The tug Was obliged to run
under Inchkeith for shelter, being unable to make Leith
harbour, and the sloop, on board which were two men, has
not since been heard of.

THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steamer Pera, Captain T. Jamieson, bringing the
heavy portion of these mails, arrived at Southamp.
ton yesterday at 1 p.m. This vessel has made one
of the most rapid passages from Alexandria on re-
cord, having left that port on the 21st ult., Malta
on the 24th, and Gibraltar on the 28th. The actual
time under way is 10 days 19 hours from Alexan-
dria, seven days twenty hours from Malta, and four
days three hours from Gibraltar. In the Mediter-
ranean she had fine weather; from Gibraltar to Cape
St. Vincent, moderately easterly winds; along the
coast of Portugal, northerly winds; across the Bay
of Biscay and in the Channel, strong north-westerly
gales, with heavy sea.
The Pera brought 43 passengers (viz., 22 first-
class, nine second, seven children, three servants,
and two deck), among whom were 111 r. Shuttle-
worth, Mr. and Mrs. Tate, and child, from China;
Kr. and Mrs. Dew and child, Mr. and Mrs. Mit-
chell and child, Capt. Cobbet, from Calcutta; Lieut.
West, from Madras. On freight she had £1,300 in
specie, 11 packages of valuables, worth £14,870
sterling, 3,317 bales of silk, 258 boxes of oranges,
25 boxes of raisins, 53 packages of elephants' teeth,
and 160 packages of general merchandise.
On the 20th ult., at 5 p.m., in lat. 36.19 N., long.
6.47 W., the Pera spoke her Majesty's ships Gib-
raltar and Hydra, both under steam, steering S.E. ;
and on the 30th, at 11 a.m., off Cape Finisterre, the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Cey-
lon, with the outward Bombay mails of the 27th,
steering to the southward.
The French frigate Perdrix was at Alexandria
on the 21st ult.
Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Chanticleer,
Phoebe, and Orontes were at Malta, the last-named
vessel embarking the 24th Regiment for Gibraltar,
and was to sail for that port on the 24th, after the
Pera left. Tae Malacca and Supply were at Gib-
ralta, the latter vessel having arrived on the 27th
from Greenhithe and Torbay. The screw corvette
Racoon, Captain Count Gleichen, put to sea from
Gibraltar on the 27th.
The Italian squadron, consisting of the frigate
Victor Emmanuele (bearing the Italian Royal
standard), the frigate Maria Adelaide (flag cf Ad-
miral Provana), five other screw frigates, one cor-
vette, and a paddlewheel sloop, arrived at Gibral-
tar on the morning of the 22d from Lisbon. The
squadron was saluted, on arrival, by the guns of
the fortress, her Majesty's ship Racoon, and the
Italian sailing corvette Tride, the Admiral's ship
returning the compliment. The Victor Emmanuele
sailed for Genoa on the morning of the 23d, being
again saluted on leaving the bay by the garrison
and the men-of-war in the harbour, which compli-
ment was immediately returned. All the other
vessels of the squadron left for Genoa, after coal-
ing, by the evening cf the 24th.
The Russian screw frigate Oleg, Capt. Andreef,
five days from Plymouth, arrived at Gibraltar on
the afternoon of the 22d, and left on the night of
the 24th for Toulon. The usual complimentary
salutes were fired and returned on her arrival in

the bay, and the Russian Consul was also saluted
with seven guns on his visiting the ship. The Oleg
is to escort and not to convey the new King of the
Greeks to Athens, and the screw corvette Sokoe is
to join her for the same purpose. The last named
vessel, in command of Captain Arloubegoff, arrived
at Cadiz on the 23d from Lisbon, and left for
Toulon on the following day.
Sir Sohn Drummond Hay, the British Minister
resident at Morocco, landed at Tangier on the after-
noon of the 23d ult. with his family, on their re-
turn from England, from the steamship Cadiz,
which touched at Tangier for the purpose.

It was reported at Gibraltar from Melilla that
the Sultan has sent a sum of money to his Minister
for Foreign Affairs at Tangier for remission to
Melilla, in order to pay to the Ruffians the value of
their lands ceded to Spain under the late treaty.
The following British merchant steamers had
arrived at Gibraltar :—Oct. 21, the Calpe, Captain
M. Conolly, seven days from Liverpool, for
Palermo, &c. ; 22d, the Christina, Captain W.
Mansfield, seven days from Liverpool, for Malta and
Alexandria; 23d, the Cadiz, Capt. I. Russell, 7 days
from London, and 3 hours from Tangier, with Go-
vernment stores, and the Livorno, Capt. T. Living-
stone, 26 days from Glasgow and two from Lisbon,
for Genoa; 25th, the Ripon, Capt. E. Christian, 4
days 23 hours from Southampton, with mails, &c.,
for Malta and Alexandria, and tke Venetian, Capt.
R. Joy, 8 days from Liverpool, for Genoa, Leghorn,
&c. The brig Shields, from Oran, bound to King-
road, 15 days out, was spoken, all well, on the 19th
ult., off Cape de Gatt, by the brigantine Mercury,
arrived at Gibraltar.

The Spanish screw frigate Concepcion, 37, Capt.
Macrohon, left Cadiz for the Havanna on the 19th
ult. ; the screw sloop Consuelo, 2, Capt. Oreyro, put
to sea on the 22d; the war steamer Colon, 6, Capt.
Cocco ; and steam sloop Leon, 2, Capt. Tudele, o❑
the 22d; and the screw sloop Concordia, Lieut.
Campos, on the 24th.
The French frigate Dryade, 4, Capt. Pinto, from
L'Orient, arrived at Cadiz on the 21st.