The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-24 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

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SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, MIDNIGHT.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship
Ripon, Capt. R. Moresby, 1.N., arrived, off this port at
9 P.M., with the heavy portion of the East India, China,
and Mediterranean mails, in charge of Lieut. Brady, R.N.,
Admiralty agent. Her dates of sailing were—Alexan-
dria, Nov. 8; Malta, 13; and Gibraltar, 18. The
Ripon has experienced fair but boisterous weather in
crossing the Bay of Biscay. She has this ♦oyage
arrived earlier than any of the company's ships have
hitherto done, and her run has been performed in an
extraordinarily short time.
The freight list comprises 185 packages of specie,
value 100,000/. sterling; 40 bales of s 1k: 140 barrels
of dates, and 200 packages of general merchandise,
principally ♦aluable goods from India. There arc 55
first-class and 20 second-class passengers, amongst
whom we notice Mr. James Allan, the secretary of
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, who
has been out to India on a mission connected with an
extension of the company's steam operations in the In-
dian Seas.

The news from India and China, brought by the
Ripon, has been anticipated by the overland exprtsi
via Marseilles, but we have ten days later from Gibraltar
than has been hitherto received.

The Board of Health in Tangier, imitating the absurd
rt gulations at Gibraltar, had promulgated a decree, or-
dering a quarantine of 15 days to be imposed on all ships
arriving from ports of Great Britain.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's agent at Gib-
raltar had fitted up the hulk Santa Anna for the recep-
ception of goods and passengers arriving from England.
in which to perform the necessary quarantine.
On an :examination of the cargo of the brig Three
Sisters that had been recaptured
.from Moorish pirates
by her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus, it had been found
that 850 barrels of gunpowder and a considerable quan-
tity of Manchester goods had been abstracted by the
Moore; the remainder of the cargo, consisting of cocoa,
tobacco, and coals was untouched.
The Peninsular steamer Madrid, Capt. John Weeks,
left Gibraltar fur Southampton on the 16th instant,
and would touch at Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo for
the mails. She may be expected to arrive to-morrow,
the 24th instant.

At Gibraltar the rate of exchange on London, at 90
(lays, 49; on Paris, sf. 29c.; Madrid, 8 days' sight,
3 di,count.
The United States frigate United States, Commodore
Reed, last from the Gull of Sp, zzia, was at Gibraltar.
The steamer, Polyphemus, CommandPr M'Uleverty, ar-
rived from Malaga, on the 18th instant.
The Ripon spoke the following ships :—Nov. 17th,
100 miles E. of Gibraltar, the barque Flower, steering
W., desired to be reported ; Nov. 18th, in the
Straits of Gibraltar, the brig Duchess of Leicester, bound
to Malta; on the 19th, off Cape St. Vincent, the brig
Wish, homeward bound; on the 21st exchanged colours
with the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
loeria, 50 miles N.E. of Cape Finisterre, steering S. W

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING)

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
James Jackson, oil and colourman, Tuoley•street,
Southwark.
Charles Savage, sen., builder, Portsea.
BANKRUPTS.
_ _ _

Robert Busby, cowkeeper, Wood-street, Bethnal
green, to surrender Dee. 1, at half-past eleven, and Die.
29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street.
William Stiles, coppersmith, Lisle•street, Leictster-
square, Dee. 5 and 29, at half-past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Scott and
Combs, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry.
Henry Clayton, gold chaser, Langton-street, Brick.
lane, Saint Lukes, Dec. 1, at two, and 29, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pvnnell, official assignee ;
Buchanan, Basinghull-street.
Sidney Adcock, jeweller, Edward's-street, Marylebone,
c. 1 and Jan. 8, at half past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turepand, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers, Bartley and Southwood, Somerset street,
Portman-square.
James IV erne, grocer, Newport, Isle of Wight, Nov.
30, at two, end Jan. 3. at eleven, at the Court of Back
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Bronckhorst, BasinghEll-street.
John Thorman, tea dealer, :Camberwell, Dec. 7 and
Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch•lane, Lombard street; Ste-
vens and Satchel], Qaeen, strect, Cheapside.
John Gurman, builder, Bitterne, Southampton' Dec. 7
and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abceurch lane, Lombard.
street; Tilson, Squance, Clarke and Morice, Coleman-
street; Randall, Southampton.
John Collin, linen draper, Newark-upon-Trent, Not-
tingham, Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Not
tingham ; Jones, Sise-lane, London ; Coope, Nottingham.
John James Palmer, jeweller, Birmingham, Dec. 2 and
30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Tarleton, Birmingham.
John Davies, jun., linen draper, Llanelly, Carmar-
thensbire, Dec. 5 and Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol;
White and Co., Bedford-row; Brittan and Sons, Bristol,
Robert Charles Pinnell, general shopkeeper, Aber-
sychan, Monmouthshire, Dec. 7 and Jan. 4, at eleven, at
the Bristol District Court. Millar, official assignee,
Bristol; Holme and Co., New Inn; Prideaux and Son,
Bristol.
Alexander Anderson Black, merchant, Liverpool,
Dec. 4 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe, Field, and
Co., Bedford-row ; Miller and Peel, Liverpool.
John Ridgway, merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 8 and 29,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Saitham and Co., Austin-friars ;
Shackleton, Wright, and Hunter, Liverpool.
John Junes, ironmonger, Stockport, Dec. 7 and 28,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official assignee, Manchester; Bower and Son, Chancery-
lane; Ferns, Stockport.
John George Thomson, agent, Manchester, Dec. 8
and 28, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Sou,
and Weatherall, Temple; Potter, Manchester.
Abraham Bettridge, steel pen manufacturer, Birming-
ham, Dec. 4, and Jan. 9, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Stedman and Place, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-
street; Ryland, Birmingham.
Thomas Henry Walker, manufacturer of earthenware,
Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, Dec. 2 and 30, at twelve,
at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, officia
assignee, Birmingham; Young, Longton; Smith, Bir.
mingham.

G—eorge Brier, stone mason, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire,
Dec, 8, and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Fiddey, Temple,
London; Markland, Leeds.

Thomas Dawson, fishmonger, Pontefract, Dec. 5, and
Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds ; Gregory and Sons, Clement's-
iun, London; Coleman, Pontefract; Blackburn, Leeds.