The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-02 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrived at Saugor.—The John Brightman, Emma
Fully,w Eagle, May 4 ; the Linnet and Ar-
row, ay 6 ;thcelin
artaban, Alexander, Elizabeth Ellen,
,m and Oea
Marmion, and Punjab, May 8 ; the Thomas Brockle-
bank,the Palatine, May 10 ; the Thomas Reid
Davidson, 9 ;
Victor Emilie, and Mahomed Somdany, May
pavi Mayd
11 ; the I3entinck (steamer), Canuto, and Hamoody,
May 12.
Departure from Saugor.—The Berenice and Precur-
sor (steamer), May 7 ; the Coldstream, Asia, Ballarat,

7.-- 4

I PRICE SD.

Chalmers, Devon, Columbia, Nouvel Albatross, Seths-
prague, John Bright, Cossipore, Edward, Water Witch,
Bernicia, and Sagop, May 9 ; the Medford and Arachne,
May 11.

AUSTRALIA AND THE

CAPE

ARRIVAL OF THE MELBOURNE.

PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY.
The Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Com-
pany's mail-packet Melbourne, Commander James
Simpson Hutton, arrived this afternoon from Australia
and the Cape.

She left Plymouth on the 15th of October last, was
dismasted on the 21st of October, and bore up for Lis-
bon, where she arrived on the 26th ; left Lisbon on the
21st of November ; St. Vincent's on the Ist of Decem-
ber ; Cape of Good Hope on the Ist of January, 1853 ;
King George's Sound on the 25th ; Adelaide on the Ist
of February ; Port Philip on the 6tb, and arrived at
Sydney on the Bth.

The Melbourne left Sydney for England on the 6th of
March, Port Philip on the 13th, Adelaide on the 18th,
King George's Sound on the 2d of April, Cape of Good
Hope on the 17th of May, St. Vincent's on the 14th of
June, and arrived at Plymouth on the Ist of July.
She brings as cargo 83,400 oz. of golddust,—namely,
from Sydney, 500 oz. ; Port Philip, 70,000 oz. ; Ade-
laide, 13,000 oz. ; a few packages and a small quantity
of specie, bank bills, &c.
Passengers, 85 adults and 31 children.

The Melbourne's intelligence from Australia has
been partially anticipated. On the 18th of March
the price of Victoria gold at Adelaide was 31. 16s. 6d.
per oz., last sale ; of Burra Burra Mine Shares, 1291.
net. Issue draught on London, at 30 days' sight, 1
per cent. premium. To buy bill on London, 30 days,
11 per cent, discount. The mail steam-packet Adelaide
was hourly expected at Adelaide on the 18th of. March.
The steam-ship Cleopatra was appointed to leave Ade-
laide on the 9th of April, Melbourne on the 14th, and
Sydney on the 20th, for England, by the Straits of
Magellan or Cape Horn, calling at Rio Janeiro and
Madeira. The Shanghai, steamer, from Singapore, was
expected at Adelaide on the 6th of May. Her Majesty's
steamer Torch left King George's Sound about the 18th
of March, for Sydney.
The intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope is 25
days later than that by the Bosphorus, which arrived at
Plymouth on the 23d of April. The frontier districts
are restored to peace, but its continuance after the with-
drawal of the British forces is problematical.
General Cathcart is locating G-aika tribes at some dis-
tances from their possessions. Moshesh and Kreili
show no disposition to disturb the colony.
At Natal the native population is peaceable, and trade
is extending. Gold, in small quantities, has been found.
At Cape Town the reception of the constitution, with
the Duke of Newcastle's gratifying dispatch, continued
to give great joy to the colonists, especially to those in
the western provinces, and her Majesty's birthday was
to be celebrated, in consequence, as a jubilee through-
out the settlement.

At Simon's Bay were her Majesty's ship Mean-
der, 44, Commodore C. Talbot, and the Hydra. The
Styx steam-sloop, Commander Henry G. Norris, and
the Dee, 4, steam troop-ship, Lieutenant-Commander
George T. C. Smith, arrived in Table Bay, on the 15th
of May, with the remainder of the 73d Regiment, now
stationed at Cape Town. The Sphinx, 6, steam-sloop,
Commander Charles F. A. Shadwell, embarked invalids
at the Cape, and sailed for England May 17. The Gee-
, long, for Australia, and the Dalhousie and Asiatic, for
Calcutta, have arrived at the Cape. The Barbara Gor-
don, laden with copper ore and wool, from Adelaide,
bound to Swansea, was lost on the west side of Cape
Agulhas on the Bth of May. On attempting to land on
a raft, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Redish, Mrs. Dalton, Mrs.
Hay, and one seaman were unfortunately drowned.
The barque Maid of Auckland, from Adelaide, arrived
at the Cape of Good Hope on the 16th of May with
21,000 oz. of gold and 23 passengers, for London.
The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's mail-
packet Hydaspes arrived from the Mauritius in Simon's
Bay May 3, and sailed for England on the 6th. The
Mauritius steamer, from Calcutta, had not arrived at
the Cape on the 17th of May. The Calcutta was spoken
by the Melbourne on the 2d of June, 10 miles south of
the line, long. 12 42 W., all well. The Melbourne
spoke also, April 16, the Victoria Regina, standing
N.N.E., in lat. 25 3 S., long. 74 7 E. •, May 3, the
French ship Guy of Nantes, in lat. 31 26 S., long. 32 39
E., May 16, the barque Messenger, for Moulmein, off
the Cape of Good Hope; May 22, the ship Emily, from
Madras, in lat. 26 23 S., long. 8 5 E. ; June 7, the ship
Nuova Paquita, from Lisbon for Melbourne, lat. 10 20
N., long. 19 50 W. ; June 8, the ship China, Bombay,
lat 11 17 N., long. 20 50 W. June 14.—Left at St.
Vincent's three Greek brigs, and the French brig Jean
Baptiste. June 14, exchanged colours with the ship
Theseus, standing south ; Juno 30, barque Dart, bound
south, 150 miles from the Lizard, and barque Olinda,
bound south, 80 miles from the Lizard.

On the passage from Port Philip to Sydney, 20 miles
north of Cape Horn, the Melbourne lost half her pro-
peller, which caused a detention at Sydney of 21 days,
in order to cast a new one. At 2 a.m. on the 12th of
April, in lat. 25 27 S., long. 90 36 E., she again carried
away half of the propellor; the remaining part was hove
up, and the engineers set to work to construct a new
one from a boiler plate and portion of the flooring of the
engine-room, which they completed in eight days. Un-
fortunately, on the 23d, at 7 15 p.m., off Fayal, the
crank shaft of the engines parted, when they were com-
pelled to heave up the propeller, and complete the voy-
age to Plymouth under canvas only. 35 of the crew
deserted in Australia, and the Melbourne left there 16
hands short of her complement, which was made up at
the Cape of Good Hope. Unless repaired at Plymouth,
she must proceed under canvas to the Thames.
The mails of the Melbourne, in 200 bags, besides
boxes, are said to admeasure 43 tons, and to be the
heaviest ever embarked at the colonies. They were in
charge of Captain Phillimore, R.N., and were dispatched
by the London mail train which arrives at Paddington
at 4 15 a.m. on Saturday.

WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 1.

The royal mail steam-ship Magdalena, Captain Chap-
man, arrived here this morning, bringing the usual West
India and Gulf of Mexico mails, and her dates are, from
Vera Cruz June 4' Port of Spain June 9
Tampico May 31 Barbadoes — 11
Havannah June 9 Grenada — 10
Nassau(Bahamas) 6 Carriacou — 10
Chagres — 6 St. Vincent — 10
Greytown (Mos- St. Lucia — 12
quito) — 5 Martinique — 12
Carthagena — 10 Guadaloupe — 12
Santa Martha May 22 Dominique — 12
Puerto Cabello ... June 10 Antigua
Kingston — 10 Montserrat — 13
Jacmel — 12 Nevis — 13
San Juan: — 15 St. Kitts — 13
Berbice — 8 Tortola — 14
Demerara.. . 9 St. Thomas — 16
Tobago — BLa Guayra . 10
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The Magdalena also brings mails from the west coast
of South America, received at Panama by the Pacific
mail steamer Lima, with dates from Valparaiso, May
15 ; Coquimbo, 16 ; Huasco, 16 ; Copiapo, 19 ; Cobija,
19 ; Iquique, 19 ; Arica, 20 ; Islay, 21; Callao, 26 ;
Payta, 29.
Among the 103 passengers by this steamer are Gene-
ral Bunbury and the Hon. Mr. Ellis, from Jamaica ;
Archbishop Scharfen and the Abbe Perrot, from St.
Thomas ; Senor Costello, Mexican Minister to London,
&c. The freight list includes specie value $995,357, or
say 200,0001. sterling, of which only a very small por-
tion is for account of the Mexican dividends. The freight
list also includes 320 serons cochineal, 152 serons indigo,
17 Barons jalap, 39 chests cigars, 141 bales tobacco, 11
packages coffee, 29 bales sarsaparilla, 7 casks ginger,
198 packages quinine, 4 cases tortoiseshell, 10 cases suc-
cades, and a full general cargo.
The Magdalena left St. Thomas on the 16th ult., and
has made a run of little over 14 days to Southampton,
the mails being received here 12 hours before due. We
regret that the mortality on board has been very great
during the time the ship was lying at St. Thomas, and
also on the voyage, 18 cases of yellow fever having oc-
curred, of which 11 fatal. There have in all been
62 cases of fever and illness. Among the deaths by yel-
low fever is that of Lieut. Scriven, R.N., the Admiralty
agent of the ship who was seized on the 16th and died
on the 20th ult. The remainder of the fatal cases, with
the exception of one, a passenger named Miss Rodgers,
were among the crew. The last death took place on
the 29th ult. Notwithstanding this fearful mortality,
Mr. Wiblin, the medical Superintendent of Quarantine,
granted partique to the ship, and the passengers and
cargo have been landed, the directions from the Go-
vernment authorities being, it is understood, not to
inflict quarantine on vessels which have had no new
cases within six days previous to arrival in port. In
consequence of the raging of yellow fever in the West
Indies the officers of the Magdalena seem to dread the
idea of returning there. We are informed that the
Royal Mail Steam Company have recently allowed one
of their most experienced medical officers to quit the
service rather than allow him the assistance of a sick
nurse and a pound or two extra pay per month. The
directors seem to think that young and inexperienced
surgeons are sufficient for the " exigencies " of yellow
fever, whereas it would appear they are in duty bound
not only to obtain the services of those who are in some
measure habituated to the dread disease, but to provide
assistants and capable persons as nurses when necessary.
To show the necessity of this, we may remark, that Mr.
Symonds, the surgeon of the Magdalena, (who has been
most indefatigable in his duties) has not had one night's
rest since he left St. Thomas. The human constitution
can hardly stand such a strain as this for any length of
time, and the state of a crowded passenger steam-ship,
smitten with yellow fever and without a medical officer,
would be something frightful to contemplate. At Dr.
Symonds' suggestion, the sick on board the Magdalena
were placed in tents upon deck. Without this precau-
tion many cases of indisposition would doubtless have