The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-24 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 24.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship
Ripon, Captain R. Moresby, has just arrived I sere,
with the heavy portion of the East India and C hina
and Mediterranean mails. Her dates are—Ala xan-
dria, May Bth ; Malta, 13th ; Gibraltar, 18th..
The Ripon brings 86 passengers, among w hom
are Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew, Lord :Kerr,
Lady Price, Colonels Stewart and St. George..
The 55th Regiment of Foot embarked on. the
10th inst. from Gibraltar for the East.
The British barque Edward Robinson, from
Odessa, with wheat for England, has been t otally
' wrecked near Tentail ; crew saved and landed at
Gibraltar.
A great number of transports with trooj?s and
artillery have passed the Straits of Gibraltar•.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Simla reached Gibraltar on the 12th ins'r,. in six
days from Southampton, and proceeded to Malta.
Her Majesty's troop ship Simoom arrived on the
12th, and left again the ensuing day for Constan-
tinople.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Tagus, Captain Joy, we have dates from
Gibraltar, 15th ; Cadiz, 16th ; Lisbon, 19th ;
Oporto, 20th ; Vigo, 21st inst.
The Tagus brings on freight 883 half-chests
oranges, four packages specie, and a general cargo.
Exchange at Lisbon was quoted at 54k, with a
scarcity of money.
The health of the Duke of Saldanha was very
precarious.
The young King of Portugal is to leave Lisbon
on the 28th of May in the Portuguese war steamer
Mindello, for Southampton. His Majesty will be
accompanied by his brother, Don Luiz, the Baron
de Sarmento, and the Viscount Carriera. The
Mindello is to be escorted by the steamer Sal-
danha, both vessels being under command of the
Port Admiral of Lisbon.
At Oporto, exchange on London was quoted at
54i to 55. The wine market was very high, but
brandy lower in price. Freights to London, 425.
6d. to 455.
Although some reports of the vine disease were
prevalent, yet the young vines generally looked
well.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.

LONDON, May '24.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W. ;
moderate breeze, and cloudy at times.
OFF HASTINGS, May 23.—Aberfoyle, from Geelong.
COWES, May 23.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Lady Kin-
naird, for Trieste t•
_Jed°, Stettin.
PORTSMOUTH, May 23.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—
Sylphiden, from Krageroe. Sailed—H.M.'s steamer Sea- ,
lark, on a cruise.
SOUTHAMPTON, May 23.—Arrived—Brilliant (s s), from
Madeira.
PLYMOUTH, May 23.—Wind, W. Sailed—Continguiba
(s), for Bahia.
FALMOUTH, May 23.—Wind, W. Arrived—Marmion,
from Havannah ; Villa di Neda, do. ; Kieng Thryn,
Alexandria.
SWANSEA, May 23.—Wind, N.W. Arrived-17nderley,
from Cuba. Sailed—Countess of Beative, for Cuba; Na-
tive, Gibraltar ; Samson, do.
PENZANCE, May 22.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Wel-
lington, from Hobart Town.
SHIELDS, May 23.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Nicolina,
from Girgenti ; Williams, Carthagena.
QUEENSTOWN, May 22.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Elea-
nore, from New York ; Bellone, Alexandria ; Emanuel,
do. • Jane Innes, Casa Bianca ; Kent, Pernambuco.
Vhswir, May 18.—The Petrel, or and from Hartlepool
(coal laden for the Baltic fleet) ran on shore off the north
entrance to Farosund 14th May, but was got off after dis-
charging part of her cargo, and will proceed round the
island of Faro, and into Farosund, as soon as the dis-
charged portion of her cargo has been re-shipped.
The Maria, of Umea, from Newcastle to Stockholm
(coal laden), ran on shore off Froel 16th May, but has been
assisted off aid into Klinte harbour, to discharge and re-
pair, having sustained heavy damages and being very leaky.
A few more vessels have arrived in Farosund for the
Baltic fleet, and some ships of war have run in there for a
day to take in coals.

(
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Off Port—ldfras:': LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.15 a.m.
Wird, S.
;Iceneh,f and cloudy.
from Perhambuco.
aonndfujliiuvse, from Sanghai; John Bucha-
(BY SUBMARINE AND E.UROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
urhours'
GRAVESEND,Wfloeodinladfianye., 11.10 a.m.
Wind, S.W. ; tide, four
ei.;_id, from Venice ; Angolina,
Arrived, 23d—Mary Berns-d,
Odessa • Herman, HamiTbauni
from
re,:
mifligon. e t
Boulogne ( s ) , ;
BaAmsterdamta v ier (s
);,
Emanuel, Bremen ;Olaf
Star, Havre ; Grecian,
Trygfoesord, Konigsborg ; virage'r,
b a-rea, Nantes ;
Arrived, 24—Albion (s),
P Aterdam ; Sannyside, New York •
9.G30e raeidrai n. a ,
Maidstone, Sydney; Secundus,
EWAnlededanaensdderaiy7
eavour, Rotterdam ;
iDnaol 2,
t Guernseyzi e;
Narcissus,
;
Wind, S.S.W., moderat3, and fine.
Passed—Flying Dutchman, Canton fcr London; Mar
garetha, Dantzic for Granville ; Wilton, Jamaica for Lon:

-don.
Anc'uored—Spheroid, Louden for St. Vincent ; lona
London for Tobago ; John Bright, London for Cardiff.
Sailed—Lord Laglan, No. 89 Transport, West, Caroline
Elizabeth, Yantaloon.