The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-27 00:00:00

MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, March, 1854. The next
mails for Australia will be forwarded by the steam-ship
Queen of the South, under a contract made between the
Postmaster-General and the General Screw Steam-ship-
ping Company..
This vessel is appointed to leave Southampton on
the 4th April next, after the arrival at that port
of the mail from London, despatched on the morning
of that day : and all letters and newspapers for South
Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Van Die-
men's Land posted in London, or reaching London,
up to the morning of the 4th April, and not addressed
to be sent by any other vessel, will be forwarded by
the "Queen of the South."
The packet rates of postage, which must be pai4 in
advance, will be chargeable on letters transmitted by
the Queen of the South ; but no charge will be made
upon newspapers.

It is understood that the creditors of Messrs. War-
wick, Harrison, and Warwick, shawl and silk manufac-
turers, who failed on the 15th inst., have agreed to
accept a composition of 16s. in the pound, payable at
three, six, and nine months, with security for the last
instalment. The debts and liabilities constitute a larger
sum than was originally anticipated, being 37,8001.,
while the assets are stated at 37,300/.
MEETING OF DICKSON AND CO.'S CREDITORS AT
GLASGOW.--The creditors of Messrs. Dickson and Co.
met on Friday. Nearly 120 were present. A statement
of affairs, as accurate as was possible under the circum-
stances, was submitted to the meeting. The liabilities
were stated to be close upon 400,0001. ; viz., uncovered,
213,0981. ; covered, 185,8901. Consignments at Dick-
son and Co.'s credit, 330,9381. Advances at their debit,
199,8341. Assigned by them in anticipation of pro-
ceeds, 50,5621., leaving an apparent reversion from this
source of 80,0831. Adding other sums standing at the
credit of Dickson and Co., the total assets were esti-
mated at 118,1101. The estate is expected to yield from
7s. to 10s. per pound. The consignments appear to
have been made not only to Australia, but also to Cali-
fornia, New York, the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon,
New Zealand, &c. A strong feeling was manifested, on
the part of the meeting, to have the covered accounts
and assignments subjected to a thorough scrutiny.—
Commonwealth.
THE MEDITERRANEAN.—SOUTHAMPTON, March 26.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Rajah,
Captain N. Cook, arrived here this morning, with dates
from Constantinople, Feb. 23 ; Smyrna, March 1 ;
Malta, March 5 ; Gibraltar, March 12. On the 20th
inst., while off Ushant, the Rajah lost her propeller
(Griffith's patent), which broke off on the boss, the
weather at the time being very rough, and blowing a
gale from the eastward, with a heavy sea. The re-
mainder of the voyage has been performed under can-
vass. The Rajah brings the following valuable cargo :
Eight bags of galls, 153 cases of fruit, 13 boxes of
oranges, 95 bales of goats' wool, 61 bales of carpets,
764 cases, 32 drums, and 181 casks of red raisins, 350
cases of figs, 425 bags of valonia, 1,474 drums of sul-
tanas, 56 cases of gum, 5 cases of otto of roses, 57
cases of opium, 254 bales of silk, 6 packages of ele-
phants' teeth, 98 bales of sheep's wool, 15 bales of
skins, 152 cases of sponge, 628 cases and 41 barrels of
black fruit, 7,823 pieces of boxwood, 10 boxes of sca-
mony, and sundry merchandise. In consequence of the
disabled state of the Rajah, the Sultan will, we are
informed, be dispatched in her place, on the 31st inst.,
or Gibraltar, Malta, andSoustantinople.