The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-20 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steamship Niphon, Capt. G. N. Hector, which was
sent out to Alexandria last month as an extra cargo
steamer, arrived at Southampton yesterday at noon,
bringing ship letter mails from the Mediterranean,
two passengers, 166 chests of oranges, 50 boxes of
dates, 44 cases of gum, five casks of wine, eight
boxes of incense, two boxes of opium, and twelve
packages of sundries.
The Niphon left Alexandria on the 3d inst., Malta
the Bth, and Gibraltar the 12th. From Alexandria
to Malta she had moderate and light winds, with
fine weather ; across the Bay of Biscay a fresh gale,
prevailing winds north-easterly and easterly, with
heavy sea and thick weather ; and in the Channel
moderate easterly winds and thick weather.
The harbour of Alexandria was in a very crowded
state, a large number of merchant steamers waiting
for freight.
The Niphon was in quarantine at Malta, and had
no communication with the shore.

Her Majesty's ships Victoria, Royal Oak, Cale-
donian, Enterprise, Surprise, Pelican, Hydra, and
Caradoc were at Malta ; and the Racoon, Procris,
and Redpole at Gibraltar. The screw frigate Are-
thusa, Capt. M'Donald, seven days from Plymouth,
arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th inst., and left for
the eastward at 8 a.m. on the 12th.

A Turkish ironclad frigate, either the Abd-el-Aziz
or the Mahmoud, passed Gibraltar on the morning
of the 12th, on her voyage from Plymouth to Con-
stantinople. One of the above-named vessels from
Plymouth on the evening of the 7th and.the other
on the following morning.

The following British merchant steamers had ar-
rived out at Gibraltar :—December sth, the Onega,
Capt. INT. Marshall, 9 days from Newport, with
railway iron for Alexandria ; the Christina, Capt.
J. Byrne, 11 days from Liverpool and 7 from Holy-
head, for Malta, &c. ; and the Genova, Capt. J.
Lees, 15 days from Glasgow and 8 from Holyhead,
for Genoa. 6th, the Brenda, Capt. J. Boyland,
11 days from London and 6I from Plymouth, for
Malta. 7th, the Apollo, Capt. R. Chew, 8f days
from Hull, for Alexandria. 10th, the Pera, Capt.
T. Jamieson, 5 days 18 hours from Southampton,
with mails, &c., for Malta and Alexandria ; and the
Ann, Capt. R. Hammond, 8 days from Cardiff.
The British schooner Dauntless, Captain D.
Edwards, from Girgenti for Bristol, with a cargo of
sulphur, arrived at Gibraltar on the Bth inst., with
sails and rigging damaged, having experienced
heavy westerly gales. She drove from her anchors
into a dangerous position, and was compelled to slip
70 fathoms of chain, and take a steamer to tow her
to a secure berth. A chain and anchor were after-
wards supplied to the schooner.
Advices from Cadiz, received at Gibraltar, state
that the Spanish screw-frigate Almanza was in-
spected on the sth inst., preparatory to proceeding
to reinforce the squadron in the Pacific. She will
soon be followed by the screw frigates Gerona,
Navas de Tolosa, Tetuan, Concepcion, and the
steamers San Quintin and San Francisco de Borja.
The paddle-wheel steamer Isabel 11., 14 guns, Cap-
tain F. J. Moran, from the Ferrol, where she has
been refitted, arrived at Cadiz on the 9th inst., and
left on the following day for the westward. The
screw-frigate Gerona, 50 guns, Captain Escalera,
having on board their Royal Highness the Duke
and Duchess de Montpensier, arrived at Cadiz on
the 10th from England and the Ferrol. The French
war steamer Catinat, 6 guns, Captain Charlemagne,
from Rochefort, arrived at Cadiz on the 9th with

damage.
The Spanish Minister of the Interior had issued
orders that all vessels arriving at the Canary
Islands with clean bills of health should be admitted
to free pratique.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Gibraltar
was held at the Exchange on the 7th inst., for the
purpose of taking into consideration a communica-
tion from her Majesty's Government on the subject
of a grant of £l,OOO which had been prayed for by
the inhabitants in aid of the fund for relieving the
sufferings caused by the late visitation of epidemic
cholera. The Secretary of State had given a favour-
able reply to the application, but directed that the
grant should cover the expenditure of £7OB paid
for medical attendance and medicine supplied to
the poor. The liberal private subscriptions having
proved sufficient to enable the relief fund to meet
the demands upon it, until the final disappearance
of the epidemic, the meeting resolved that any
further aid from Government was unnecessary and
should be respectfully declined. The meeting con-
cluded its proceedings by warmly acknowledging
the great services performed by the Relief Com-
mittee.

A new Sanitary Order for Gibraltar, approved

by the Queen in Council, at the Court at Windsor,
on the 20th ult., had been officially published. The
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in his charge
to the grand jury on the morning of the 12th,
characterised the new order as " a great boon
which her Majesty had conferred upon Gibraltar."
On or before the.l4th the Commissioners were to

be appointed, and on the 16th they were to hold
their first meeting for the appointment of officers,
and for other preparatory arrangements ; but it is
not until the Ist of January, 1866, that the order
will come fully into operation.
The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 11th inst. says :

" Captain Sayer having resigned his appointment
as police magistrate of Gibraltar has been slfc-
ceeded in that office by Mr. F. Solly Flood. Cap-
tain Sayer has been greatly and deservedly esteemed
for his amiability and kindness, and for his gentle-
manly bearing in the eonduct of his official duties.
He proceeded to Malta in the Pera yesterday, and
will eventually continue his journey to Egypt. The
best wishes of this community will attend him for
the re-establishment of his health. It will not be
forgotten that his pen has shed a literary lustre upon
his name, and also upon Gibraltar, so little distin-
guished fors' its authors. Captain Sayer's " History
of Gibraltar" has won many good opinions from
critics, and will long be regarded as the most com-
plete narrative of events of interest which have
occurred in connection with this ancient fortress."
Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
as follows :—London, 90 days' date, 49i ; Paris, 90
days date, 5.23;; Marseilles, 90 days' date, 5.24 ;
Madrid, eight days' sight, dis.; Cadiz, eight days'
sight, 24 dis. ; Seville, eight days' sight, par ; Ma-
laga, eight days' sight, par to I die. Premium on
sf. pieces, 4 per cent.

The Fenian Trials.

TUESDAY NIGHT.

Mr. J. Symes, solicitor, has been appointed Go-
vernor of Richmond Prison, in the room of Mr.
Marquess.
The Board of Superintendence has postponed its
inquiry about the escape of Stephens.
At the Cork Commission Mr. Butt spoke to-day
two hours in defence of the prisoners. The Soli-
citor-General replied.
The jury retired about four o'clock. A verdict
of guilty was returned against Dillon and Lynch,
and they were sentenced to ten years' penal servi-
tude each.

Dillon admitted that le was a Centre, and Lynch
that the evidence against him was, in the main,

true.

Duggan and Donovan were then put forward,
and pleaded not guilty.
There are now four informers on the witness-
table in Cork, Nagle, Warner, liagarty, and
Scht?lfield.