The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY NIGO'
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation °ell;
pany's ship Bengal, Captain H. W. Powell, arrived t
of
this morning, bringing the heavy portion of the i
India, China, and Mediterranean mails, in clituel-
Lieut. Sandom, R.N., Admiralty agent. Q • sOci
Her dates are Alexandria, April 19 ; Malta, 2'
oP r
Gibraltar, 27. She brings on freight 6 packages f !0,.
cie value 12,0001. sterling, jewels value 40,0001. stern;
180 boxes of lemons, 159 barrels of gum, 16 bags °f P-,,, of
30 bags of madder-root, 294 bales of silk, 655 h01y"... of
flax, 72 bales of wool, 140 bales of cotton, 64 casc"'
silks, and 69 packages of general merchandise. os
The Bengal brings 170 passengers, among wh°ll,.otO
Colonel Holdham, from Madras ; Colonel Ramsay,
Calcutta ; Colonels Mainwaring and Simmonds, hod
Hong-Kong ; Brigadier Green, Colonels Watson a,O,
Farrel, Captain Clay (3d Dragoons), Major Ifutchint:ji
Captain Morrison, &c., from Bomay ; Lord and 16:r
Hay and Lady Jane Hay, from a tour in Egypt ; loot
tains Green and Baker, from Malta ; Captain Nieb°'„-ng.
from Gibraltar ; Commodore Aulick, from Hong-- the
1 The passenger-list of this steamer also includes re
name of General Sir Walter Gilbert, who, after 52 YejliS
active service in India, &c., returns in ill-health t° id
native country, accompanid by his son, Mr. F.tinet.t of
Gilbert, who for the last five years has filled the P° Fyn
her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. This gentlTAll
left Alexandria with the regrets and good wishes ° Isis
those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance• toe
sudden departure prevented a dinner intended ttiing
been given to him by the English residents from be Pre'
place, but a piece of plate is, we understand, to be or
seated to him on a future occasion. The Malteseool,
habitants at Alexandria, in order to testify tbe ISO° •
deration they have at all times experienced at the
of Mr. Gilbert, presented him with a very gre'..,706
address, and subsequently escorted him on boa these
ship with two bands of music, and continued ""ii co
demonstrations of respect till the Bengal steamed °- t
the harbour. co'
The Bengal, on her homeward passage, expel:
from Malta to off Oporto a succession of strong b oil
winds, or she would have arrived early yesterdai. hetthe 24th ult., while crossing the Gulf of Lyons, ollenall
with a strong N.W. gale, with a heavy cross sea, tbrx, to
which she steamed 9 and 10 knots. From Opor fool
Finisterre she had a fresh gale and thick weatherdbe ia
S.S.E. and across the Bay light variable winds. Pts ill
found to steam against a fresh head-wind 10 k°°,b'be.r,
smooth water with no wind 111 and 12 knots ; wiiii OP
fore and aft canvas she goes 12 and 13, and with 9' Oct
set and a fresh breeze she goes 14 and 151 kW)? 'keotBf
greatest run in 24 consecutive hours was 336 --r vi°
giving an average of 14 knots an hour, the lattecet
,00-
believe, nearly equalling the greatest run ever os lo
plished by any ocean-going steamer. During tlilf Oa,
passage she has not had six consecutive hours of
ano
wind, so that her steaming qualities have been We der
satisfactorily proved. Her run from Malta to ;03
andria, 830 miles, was accomplished in 70 h°llrfreell
back to Malta in 72 hours. Coming up Chann„fi. g 1113
easterly winds prevailed, the sailing vessels Wow-
.."
being under double-reefed topsails. be still
The French fleet is reported by the Bengal t„,° 01
in Salamis-bay. At Alexandria, the usual Y-4YPritisb
, fleet and a Turkish war steamer. At Malta, the be
fleet, under Rear-Admiral Dundas. At Gibraltar)
ed•
Majesty's ships Furious and Antelope. hartefeg
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's c v in
steamer City of London arrived at Malta on the eeseeth'
of the 22d ult., and was to leave on the 23d for
Oer
ampton. , ult.h 0
From Gibraltar our accounts are to the 27W, eo
Majesty's ship Vengeance left that port for ga•ita., •
bsrlay
23d. The Gibraltar Chronicle announces the_ejoolo
tion, on the 26th ult., of the Cameronians, forviss pre"
The governor was present, and the regiment 4th, 65th:
ceded to the boats by the bands of the 13th, 4
of wee_
and .92d Regiments, amid an immense conco c
;Into th,irpewc.
tators. The regiment was afterwards told owing or"- .
separate divisions, and embarked in the follo_, fleat;
—The head-quarters, under Lieutenant-Colol7titelianor
hill, with Captains Frend and Nicholson, Lairterraasti 1.
Wallace and Mosse, 1)r. Grogan, and Qu . a Meg
a diyisio A.,„taio
Kent, in the Thomas Arbuthnot ;
with ""i,r•-.110-
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ho,arth, and - 11
Cameron and Andrews, Lieutenants Q
villa, and Assistant-Surgeon Douglas, i .
tiartleYthe Jo fain
er Caput f
Somes ; and the remaining division, errantun C'' aet
Carey, with Captain
OnoLngmore and e:flient
~.
in the Santipore. the arrival of the rSiel, is to
Montreal, they will relieve the 20th F°4
since
return to England. quarter to
The 92d highlanders, which had been
son were4o
their arrival in different parts of the gn_rr_l_t iiaril'y
occupy Town Range and Wellington st r" .etea
on the 26th. r with 1/311,,,,
The Bengal spoke a large screw-steameth, At 10
ports off the Rock of Lisbon, steering
of the 30th ult., the Bengal spoke
miles N.E. of Cape Finisterre, steering P "
ll
.addin,,,A7gt°ll 01
the ,