The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-20 00:00:00

INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN

Mans.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's "st9am-
ship Delta, Capt. J.Weeks, arrived at Southampton
at 2 30 p.m. on Saturday, with the heavy portion
of these mails, and also 108 boxes of mails saved
from the Colombo, in charge of Mr. B. Perkins, of
the General Post-office. She brought 52 passengers,
among whom were Admiral Sir J. Hope and secre-
tary, Colonel and Mrs. Butt and family, from Cal-
cutta; Mr. and Mrs. Tooth and child, Capt. Sir M.
MiGregor, R.N., from Sydney; Mr. A. C. Barkly,
from Melbourne; Captain and Mrs. de Butts and
family, from Ceylon, &c. On freight she had
£425 2s. Bd. in specie, four packages of valuables,
1,261 bales and 217 boxes of silk, 190 chests of
oran gas, and 152 packages of general merchandise.
The Delta left Alexandria on the 4th inst., Malta
on the 7th, and Gibraltar on the 12th. From Alex-
andria to Malta she had fine weather; thence to
Gibraltar strong westerly winds and heavy sea; to
Cape Finisterre light variable winds, with fine
weather; through the Bay of Biscay strong N.E.
winds and heavy sea; and from Ushant to the
Needles strong easterly winds and fine weather.
On the 6th inst., at 4.30 p.m., the Delta ex-
changed colours with the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Ellora, standing to the south-
ward and eastward ; on the 12th, off Tarifa, her
Majesty's ship Meeanee and the British ship
Triumpho, steaming up the Gut of Gibraltar; and
off Lisbon she passed the steamship Lisbon, steering
to the north.

Her Majesty's ship Trident, and the French

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transports Seine and Perdrix, were at Alexandria
when the Delta 'eft; and also the merchant steamers
Cairo, Albanian, Egyptian, Falcon, Czsr, Winder-
mere, and Lloyd's.

The British vessels of war at Malta on the 7th
were the Hibernia, Marlborough, Magicienue,
Phoebe, Psyche, Firefly, and gunboat Alacrity ;
and the Firebrand and gunboat Procris were at
Gibraltar on the 12th. The steam line-of-battle
ship London left Gibraltar on the 7th inst. for the
westward ; the transport Meglera on the same day
for the eastward ; and the steam-ram Defence
during the night of the 9th.
The Prussian steam corvette Gaulle and the
French troopship Horatio were at Gibraltar on the
12th inst. The Chronicle of the 9th has the fol-

lowing relative to the object of the Gazelle's visit :
" His P: ussian Majesty's steam corvette Gazelle
has been for some days anchored in our port, and it
may interest some of our readers to know the ob-
ject of her visit to Gibraltar. The Gazelle is on her
way to Japan, and has touched at Gibraltar in order
to land and place over the grave of a Prussian naval
officer and three seamen a monument which the
officers of the Prussian 'navy determined to erect to
the memory of their comrades who fell under the foi-
-1 )wing circumstances :—On the 7th of August,
1856, the Prussia steam corvette Danzig, com-
manded by his Highness Prince William of Hesse,
and having on board his Royal Highness Prince
Adalbert of Prussia, was off Cape Tres Forcas, on
the coast of Riff, and the Prince, with some of the
officers and men, imprudently landed. The moun-
taineers of Riff, who have a strong natural love of
fighting, soon swarmed on every rock and eminence
commanding the shore, and the Prussians who had
landed, after sustaining for some ,ime an unequal
contest against overwhelming numbers, got back to
their ship with the loss of Lieutenant Niesemann
and three seamen killed, and several wounded. The
former were interred in the cemetery at the North
Front, and the latter were cured of their wounds in
the Civil Hospital at Gibraltar. The monument to
the memory of the deceased officer and seamen is a
cast-iron column, surmounted by the national

emblem, an eagle with outspread wings. The
monument and the space containing the four
graves are surrounded by an iron railing. Yes-
terday the short but very impressive ceremony of
dedicating the monument took place. Captain
Heldt, and the officers, marines, and seamen of
the Gazelle, landed at the stone jetty on the
North Front at 11 o'clock, and, accompanied by
the Prussian Consul, proceeded to the cemetery.
Here the party formed a circle round the monu-
ment, and Capt. Heldt made an appropriate ad-
dress, recounting the circumstances under which
the deceased met their death. The ceremony con-
cluded with a prayer, after which the party re-
embarked."

The Chronicle announces that the British Go-
vernment has forwarded to M. Cros, surgeon of the
transport Charente, a marine telescope, as an ac-
knowledgment of the services rendered by him to
three seamen of the English vessel Woodman. It
has also awarded a gold medal to M. Maze, mer-
chant captain, second in command of the Charente,
who commanded the boat sent to the assistance of
the men on board the shipwrecked Woodman, and
silver medals to the six sailors who accompanied
him.

Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
as follows :—London, 90 days' date, 50 5-168 ;
Paris, ditto, sf. 28c. ; Marseilles, ditto, of. 20c..
Genoa, ditto, bf. 29c.; Brussels, ditto, sf. 29c.
Madrid, eight days' sight, a pm. ; Cadiz, ditto, -7,-

dis. ; Seville, ditto, -I- dis.; Malaga, ditto, par;
Barcelonia, ditto, * pm.; Almeria, ditto, par ;
Valencia, ditte, * pm. Premium on five-franc
pieces, I per cent.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
ship Pera, Capt. T. Jamieson, from Southampton
on the 4th inst., with the India and Chita mails,
arrived in the Bay on the night of the 9th, and
anchored on the Algesiras side on account of the
threatening state of the weather, crossing over
to Gibraltar at daylight on the morning of the
10th, when she exchanged mails, &c., and proceedea
up the Mediterranean. She had a heavy gale in
the Channel after leaving Southampton.
The British merchant steamer Cadiz., Capt. J.
Russell, 10 days from London, arrived at Gibraltar
on the 7th; and the Milan, Captain W. Bain, seven
and a half days from Liverpool, on the 9th. The
schooner Shearwater, Captain J. Askam, from

Newcastle ; the schooner Nancy, Captain A.
A mbrosen, from Newcastle ; the brig John
Sanchy, Captain L. Nelson, from Swansea.

FEDERAL SEARCH FOR THE ALABAMA.—DEAL,
Jan. 18.—The William Mitchell, from Whampoa, arrived
in the Downs, reports having been boarded on the Ist inst.,
when in lat. 35 30 N., long. 30 45 W., by a Federal steamer
of war in search of the Confederate steamer Alabama. She
also reports having experienced severe northerly gales, veer-
ing from north-north-west to north-east, since passing the
Western Isles.

THE IRISH AT FREDERICKSBURG.--A Canadian
journal (the Sherbrooke Leader) publishes a letter
from the captain of a company of the 88th (Irish regiment),
a young man who resigned a situation of 1,300 dols. a year
in the Custom-house and raised a company. The letter was
written after the battle of Fredericksburg. He writes :
"Dear Father,—Thank God for Hia great mercy. I came
out of the most terrible battle to-day of this war without a
scratch. My brother Edmund is also unhurt. I can hardly
realise the fact that I am so blessed. Oh 1 it was a terrible
day. The destruction of life has been fearful, and nothing
gained. The battle opened about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning with a terrible fire of artillery. As we were drawn
up in line of battle on the front of the city, General
Meagher addressed us in words of inspiration and
eloquence I never heard equalled, after which he ordered
every one of the brigade to place a bunch of green boxwood
in his cap, himself showing the example. Every man
appeared fired with determined zeal and a firm resolution,
which the result proves to have been carried out in a man:
ner scarcely paralleled in the annals of war. The 88th
Regiment this morning numbers 10 officers and 41 men; the
69th, 7 officers and 59 men ; the 63d, 6 officers and 64 men ;
the 116th, 13 officers and 57 men. Tile 28th Massachusetts
also suffered heavily, but I have not the returns. Irish
blood and Irish bones cover that terrible field to-
day, for Irish regiments were placed foremost, as the
reports and returns will prove. Lieutenant O'Brien
of my company of brave men is I believe mortally wounded.
All I can find of my once fine company is two sergeants and
three men. That noble, brave Major Horgan was one of
the first to fall, shot through the head. Every field officer
of the brigade in action was killed or wounded, except Col.
Kelley, and he had a very narrow escape. Lieut, Granger
was struck by a piece of shell, tearing !hrough all his clothes
and the flesh over his bowels ; one inch closer and he would
have been killed. A piece of shell struck my haversack,
tearing it off me and throwing me over. I do not know what
disposition will be made of us now in our shattered condi-
tion. Col. Kelly is in command f t e remnant of the bri •
gade, which does not number half a regiment. I have got
cold in my limbs, and have felt very sick alt morning, nut
it is nothing more than the results of exposure and want of
regular food, which a couple of days' rest will remedy."