The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-13 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY AND AIAURITIUS MAILS

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 12.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Delta, Capt. Field, with the heavy portion of
the above mails, arrived this evening. She brings
51 passengers, two packages specie value £545105.,
and the following cargo, viz., 1,100 bags wheat, 30
boxes dates, 101 boxes oranges, 22 casks wine, 18
cases shawls, 159 packages sundries, and 568 bales
raw silk, value .£50,000 sterling.

The Delta sailed from Alexandria on the 27th
Feb., Malta 3d March, and Gibraltar the 7th. On
the 2d inst. she spoke the Pera, steering S.E.; on
the sth the Ellora, and 6th the Rhone, steering the
same course; 11th, the Magdalena, with the out-
ward mails of the 9th, standing S.W. ; on the 9th,
at 1.45 a.m., in lat. 39.5 N., long. 10.5 W., passed a
water-logged, dismasted vessel, apparently about
300 tons burthen.

Her Majesty's ship Pelican was at Alexandria.
At Malta—The Marlborough, Queen, Trident,
Firefly, and Medina. At Gibraltar—Her Majesty's
ships London, Amphion, Procris, Intrepid, and
Redpole ; the Confederate steamer Sumter, and
Federal war-sloop Tuscarora.

Her Majesty's steamship Himalaya left Gibral-
tar for Alexandria on the Ist, for the purpose, it is
said, to receive on board at Alexandria the Japanese
ambassadors, who are on their way to England.
The French steam-frigates Cacique and Tangier
sailed from Cadiz on the 23d ult. for Vera Cruz.
These steamers convey the Zouaves who were on
board the screw ship of the line Fontenoy.
Tha Triunfo, a new Spanish frigate, was to leave
the docks at the Carraca on the Ist, and to be ready
for sea by the 29th. The French brig Clemence
landed at Gibraltar, on the 4th, the master and
crew, ten in number, of the British barque Biakely
(of South Shields), from Sunderland and Newcastle,
bound to Carthagena, which vessel sprang a leak
on the 15th ult, in lat. 44.25 N., long. 11.26 \V.,
and was abandoned on the following day.
The British barque Mary Miller (of Leith) sig-
nalled the following vessels on her passage from
Pernambuco to Gibraltar :—Feb. 5, in lat. 20.30 N.,
long. 44.25 W., British ship Indemnity, from Gee-
long, boundito London ; 25th, lat. 33.45 N., long.
17.45 W., British barque Catherine Morrison,
standing westward ; on the same day, standing to
the westward, British ship, 3d pendant, 4,263 tons.

On the night of the 3rd the Mecklenburg brig
Leasing from Newcastle to Constantinople, with
coals and irco, was totally wrecked four miles
south of Cape b'partel ; master and 6 men perished.
The following British
,ships had arrived out at
Gibraltar since the Ist : —Brig Thomas, 26 days
from Cardiff; schooner Favourite, 30 days from
Newcastle; brig Norma, 28 days from Newcastle;
schooner Meteor, 24 days from Newcastle ; brig
Marmion, 23 days from Liverpool ; brig Eliza, 30
days from Newcastle ; barque Don, 64 days from
Newcastle ; steamer Ellora, 4/ days from South-
ampton ; steamer Juno, 10 days from Newcastle
brig Regina, 20 days from Swansea ;* schooner
Arica, 30 days from Cardiff; schooner Sarah Fox,
22 days from Swansea ; steamer Ross, 12 days from
Cardiff; steamer Euphrosyne, 8 days from Liver-
pool; steamer Gibraltar, 9 days from London ;
schooner Juan, 20 days from Swansea; and steamer
Una, 12 days from London.
Exchanges at Gibraltar were quoted—On Lon-
don, 90 days' date, 49Z, 454 ; Paris, sf. 24c. ; Mar-
seilles, sf. 25c. ; Genoa, sf. 280. ; Brussels, sf. 29c.;
Madrid, 8 days' sight, par ; Cadiz, a dis. ;Mala,
par; Barcelona, j prem. ; Almeira, par; Valencia,• C
par to prom.; Mexican dollars,et. ; Five-franc 2pveer-fne, e
ereant
pieces,
per pillared dollars, 22 per en
-1 per cent.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa relates the
following occurrence, which took place on the night of the
2d in the prison of Palermo. A scuffle being heard going
on in one of the wards, which contained upwards of 40
prisoners, the turnkeys entered, and found one of the in-
mates killed, and his brother mortally wounded. The
latter, on being questioned, declared that he had quar-
relled with his brother, and kilted him in the heat of the
dispute. But this statement was discovered to be untrue
on examining the body of the deceased, which presented a
number of wounds and contusions, made with implements
of various descriptions, such as nails, hammers, &c.,
whence it was inferred that the dying man had criminated
himself in consequence of the real perpetrators having
threatened to have his whole family murdered if he told
the truth. Immediately on the following morning the Go.
vernment caused the prisoners to be shipped off to some
place unknown ; the head turnkey was dismissed, and the
others declared responsible for any new event of the kind,
On searching the ward several weapons were found.
:24GREAT ROBBERY IN CORNlllLL.—Yesterday
morning it was discovered that a rcbbery had taken place
a Messrs. Dodds Brothers, 40, Cornhill, goldsmiths. No
particulars have transpired that can be relied upon, but it
is rumoured that the loss is about £5,000. The pannel of
the door was found broken in, and a large quantity of jewel-
lery, Watches, &c., had been taken,