The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-04 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE _HIMALAYA.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship
Himalaya, Captain A. Kellock, arrived here at noon to-
day from Malta and Constantinople, having left the
former island at 1 p.m. on the 23i ult. The whole
voyage has been performed' with the propelling power
of only one engine.
The Himalaya brings 168 passengers, among whom
are Captain Broughton, R.E., from China; Drs. Inglis
and Eatwell and families, from Calcutta ; Lady and
Miss Reid, from Malta ; and about 50 young naval offi-
cers, proceeding from Admiral Dundas's squadron to
join Sir C. Napier's fleet in the Baltic. She also brings
23 non-cemmissioned officers, selected front different re-
giments, who are sent home to drill and prepare recruits
for foreign service. Her cargo is what she discharged
at Malta when she took the 33d and 41st Regiments to
Scu'

-titan ; and reshipped on her return. It consists of
423 bales of silk, 20 cases of corahs, 1 ditto of shawls,
1,017 bales of flax, 357 tembrils of gum, 9 bales of to-
bacco, 3 barrels of elephants' teeth, 18 casks of mother-
o'-pearl, 83 do. dates, 2 bales drugs, 24 palm trees for
the Sydenham Palace, and 148 packages sundries.
She exchanged colours and signals with the following
ships :—April 23, screw-steamer Army and Navy, ap-
proaching Malta ; 24th, off Cape Bon, a brig showing
second distinguishing pendant No. 5,923 ; and, 23U
miles north-west of Malta, transports Nos. 10 and 11,
all steering for the island ; 28th, off Cape St. Vincent,
brig Mary and Anne, from Portsmouth, all well ; at 2
p.m. on the 30th, 15 miles south of Cape Fmisterre,
steamer (supposed) Iberia, steering for Vigo.
The Himalaya did not touch at Gibraltar, but passed
that garrison at 10 p m. on the 27th ult.
Since leaving Malta, the Himalaya has experienced
generallyfine weather, and with oneengine has performed
the distance (2,150 miles) in 9 days 20 hours under steam,
giving an average speed of 9f knots, which result
has more than realised the expectations which were

formed of her probable rate by the surveying-engineer
and others at Malta. Much credit is due to her chief
engineer, Mr. Gray, and his assistants, as also to Mr.
Carman, from Messrs. Penn's establishment, for the care
they have taken, and for the successful result of the
voyage. Between noon of the 26th and noon of the
27th ult. she ran, with a strong Levanter in her favour,
315 nautical square miles by observation, equal to 13
knots average and three miles over, clearly showing
what speed may be obtained, with very small power, by
a long and well-proportioned vessel. Across the Bay of
Biscay she met some strong N.E. winds for a few hours,
and then fresh S.W. breezes and rain, with a heavy
N.V. swell, during which she made 10 and 111- knots.
In the channel heavy rain, with light westerly wind
and clear weather. We believe it had previously been
considered very doubtful whether the machinery of the
Himalaya's peculiar construction was capable of being
worked with only one engine available ; the result, how-
ever of this trip has clearly proved that such is the case,
and we understand that it will take only a few days to
put her again in her previously efficient and serviceable
state. She is to be employed in all probability in con-
veying a cavalry regiment to the East.