The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-16 00:00:00

LOSS Oh' THE EUROPA.

In reply to a qusetion from Viscount JOCELYN.
Sir J. GRAHAM said, he grieved to say that this morn.
ing he received a report with reference to the loss of the
Europa, which confirmed the melancholy fact that that
ship had been burnt on her passage to Gibraltar.
The statement had been received at the Admiralty
this morning, and would be communicated in detail to
the public this evening. The short statement of
the facts was this :—That on the n owning of
the Ist June, the captain of a ship near Gibraltar observed
a smoke, which led him to beli T. that a ship was on fire.
He bore down towards tho wreck, and found the vessel
burnt down to the water's edge, and no living person on
board. Having endeavoured, y sailing round the wreck,
to find if there wore any persons on board or about the
wreck, and finding none, ho came to the conclusion that
the crew had escaped. In two days from that time he was
boarded by another ship, the captain of which
communicated to him that on the night pre-
ceding he met the Europa and a portion of
ho • c'ew had escaped by his vessel from the wreck.
Out of a number of passengers amounting to 87, 50 of
whom were soldiers and 21 sailors, comprising the crew,
etc.—out of the whole 87, 21 had unhappily lost their
lives. (Sensation.) The house would be grieved to hear
that among the officers so lost was Colonel Moore, the com-
manding officer of the Enniskillen Dragoons—(renewed
sensation)—who in the most devoted manner refused to
leave the ship. The circumstances which gave rise to the
fire were still doubtful, but an investigation would take
place at Gibraltar. He (Sir J. Graham) should not be
discharging his duty, if he did not state that
there were circumstances with respect to the conduct of
the sailors which were highly unsatisfactory. The whole
of the officers and sailors of the ship's crow effected their
escape immediately after the commencement of the fire,
with the exception of the master of the transport, the
carpenter, and one sailor. With that exception, the con-
duct of the sailors did not appear to be satisfactory, and
must lead to a full and searching investigation. (Hear.)
Mr. OTWAY asked whether the loss of the Colonel and
other officers was owing to the want of a sufficient number
of boats on board the vessel.

Sir J. GRAHAM replied in the negative ; the transport
was supplied with a full complement of safety boats, and
every care was taken to secure her magazine from fire as in
the case of a ship of war.
MUSS ULMAN RELIGION.
Mr. KINNAIRD wished to ask whether the Govern-
ment have had any correspondence with Lord Strat-
ford do Redcliffe, with reference to the llaw, which
still exists in Turkey, that if any Mussulman (not a
renegade Christian), embrace Christianity, he would
be liable to the penalty of death ; and, if so, whether he
would object to a copy of such correspondence being laid
on the table of the house?

Lord J. RUSSELL replied that no correspondence had
taken place on the subject.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL.
The committee on this bill was then resumed, beginning
with clause 33, which was agreed to without discussion.
(LEFT SITTING.)

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—THIs DAY.
Amsterdam 11 15 Gibraltar ..............
Ditto, three months .. 11 1714 i.eghorn .............. 30 45
Rotterdam ....... • .... 11 17 Genoa ................ 25 40
Antwerp 25 22? z Milan, ................
Brussels 25 2 34 Venice
Hamburgh ...... 13 5M Naples ................ 4214
Altona ................ 'Palermo .............. 127%
Paris .... 25 0 Messina .... ...... 127
Ditto, three months ••25 30 Lisbon ................ 52%
Marseilles.... 25 30 Oporto 53%
Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro .......
Frankfort-on-Maine 1181 Buenos Ayre5..........
Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' sl6ht
Vienna . ..... .......... 13 15 Philadelphia ..........
Trieste •• .. 13 20 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Petersburg L............ 361,4 Foreign Gold in Bars Z 3 17 9
Madrid .............. 49,74 Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0
Cadiz ••••••••• • .• • • • • • • 50 ffexican Dollars .• • • 0 5 21. t
Barcelona...... New Dollars ...... 0 0 u
Seville .• ••••••• • •• • • • • iilver in bars ••• 0 5