The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-26 00:00:00

SAN DOMINGO.

CADIZ, DEC. 25.
A steamer has arrived here with news from San
Domingo to the 7th inst.
The capture of Azua was shortly expected, which
would terminate the insurrection.

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Night:

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Delta, Captain J. Weeks, arrived at 7.30 p.m.,
with the heavy portion of these mails, in charge of
Mr. Douglas, of the General Post-office.
She brings 53 passengers (viz.-11 first-class, 14
second, and 23 deck), £569 ss. 6d. in specie, 574
bales of silk, 22 cases of shawls, 9 packages of ele-
phants' tusks, 3 cases of jewellery, 261 boxes of
oranges, 9 cases of wine, ani 57 packages of gene-
ral merchandise.

The Delta left Alexandria on the 13th instant,
Malta the 16th, and Gibraltar the 21st. From
Alexandria to Malta she had strong ereezes from
W.N.W. to N.W., and cloudy, with heavy head sea ;
thence to Gibraltar fresh N.W. breezes, with much
rain ; along the coast of Spain and Portugal, light
easterly winds and fair weather; across the Bay
of Biscay north-easterly winds, with a north-
westerly swell, and in the Channel, light easterly
winds and overcast, with smooth water.

On the 13th, in lat. 34.39 N. long., 19.59 E.,
the Delta passed the Peninsular and Oriental steam-
ship Ripon, steering to the southward and east-
ward ; on the 19th, lat. 37 N., long. 3.24 E., the
Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ceylon ; and same
day, lat. 36,59 N., long. 1.31 E., her Majesty,s ship
Racoon.

Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, St. George,
Phoobe, Magicienne, Chanticleer, Icarus, Firefly,
and Psyche, were at Malta, and the Procris 'at
Gibraltar. The Racoon, Captain Count Gleichen,
left Gibraltar for Malta during the night of the
17th inst.

Exchanges at Gibraltar were quoted as follows
on the 19th inst. :—London, 90 days' date, 501 ;
Paris, ditto, sf. 26c. ; Marseilles, ditto, sf. 28c.
Genoa, ditto, sf. 3uc. ; Madrid, eight days' sight,
pm. ; Cadiz, ditto, dis ; Seville, ditto, ato 7,-
dies.; Malaga, ditto, par ; Barcelona, ditto, I pm. ;
Almeria, ditto, par ; Valencia, ditto, par to I, pm ;
Alicant, ditto, par.
The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 17th has the fol-
lowing in reference to Sir Moses Mon tefiore's mis
sion to Morocco:—

"Letters from the principal Jews in Tangier re-
port that their venerable champion, Sir Moses
Montefiore, is making satisfactory progress in the
mission of benevolence which induced him, at an
advanced age, to undertake a journey from London
to Morocco. On his way through Madrid Sir Moses
was honoured with an interview by the Queen of
Spain, and was also well received by the Marquis of
Miraflores, the head of the Spanish Ministry, who
gave him letters to the Spanish representative in
Morocco. On presenting these letters Sir Moses, it
is said, obtained the liberation of the two Jews who
were lately scourged and imprisoned on account of
a squabble with a Moorish servant of the Spanish
Legation in Tangier. It is also stated that at the
close of the interview the representative of Spain
handed to Sir Moses Montefore a despatch to the
Moorish Minister in which he announced on the
part of his Government that he withdrew
from further prosecution of the proceed-
ing against the two unfortunate Jews now
imprisoned at Saffi on the charge of being con-
cerned in the death of the Spanish collector. Armed
with such a document it is not likely that Sir Moses
will experience much difficulty in obtaining from
the Moorish Government the release of the accused.
At the same time the benefit to the Jewish subjects
of the Emperor of Morocco of Sir Moses Monte-
fiore's benevolent intercession will not, we hope, be
confined to the liberation of the three or four pri-
soners to whom his attention has been specially di-
rected. The interest he has been able to awaken in dif-
ferent Christian Governments on behalf of the African
members of his race has led, we are told, in some
instances to instruction being given to the repre•
senatives of those Governments in Morocco to pre-
vent, if possible, the rude and summary processes of
Moorish administration being pressed unfairly
against the Jews. A despatch in this sense from
the Italian Government to its representative in
Morocco has been read to the principal Jews in
Tangier. The exertions of Sir Moses Montefiore,
therefore, besides their immediate effect, have pro-
bably secured for his race valuable protection for
the future."

SLUGS IN AUSTIIALTA.—The following is an
extract from a letter addressed to Mr. Tomkinson
by a northern sfeckholder :—" I saw yesterday for the
first time a species of slug, millions of them in a body,
moving south-west, and stripping the country as they go.
It was only a few days ago the shepherd first noticed
them. They had cleared yesterday about one and a half
mile long and from a half to three quarters wide ; they
move in a straight line and compact body. It is to be
hoped that something will turn up to consume them, or.
the consequences will be very serious. I also nottcedyab.
es
tercliy the return of the grasshopper birds. In the
sena) of grasshoppers, of which I have not, n9tice,dusatnray:
they will, let us hope, take to the slugs."---#504/6 •A`•
'tan Register.