The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-21 00:00:00

GIBRALTAR.

Our advices from Gibraltar by the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steamship China, Captain
J. K. Joy, which arrived at Southampton yesterday
morning, after. landing her mails at Plymouth,
where she put in for coal, are to the 12th'inst.
Her Majeaty's yacht Victoria and • Albert, .Capt.
the Hon. Joseph Denman, arrived at Gibraltar on
the Bth inst., having made the voyage from Ports-
mouth in three days and nine hours, the shortest
passage on record.'._•The object of the cruise was to
test the super-heating apparatus witlr which the
yacht has been recently fitted. The Victoria and
Albert took in about 400 tons of coal at the New.
Mole, and left on her return to Portsmouth, touch-
ing at Cadiz-, - •

The French. screw steamships of the line Re-.
doubtable, IMperial, and Algeciras, forming the
division of the squadron of evolution under the
command of Rear-Admiral Paris, arrived at Gibral-
tar, on the morning of the 9th, under sail from Brest,
and anchored in the roadstead of Algeciras. Shortly
after anchoring, the flagship exchanged salutes
with the Spanish garrison. The squadron left Al-
geciras roadstead for Toulon, to , join Admiral
Jehenne's squadron; on the forenoon of the 11th.
As the-Algeciras (flagship) steamed past the for-
tress of Gibraltar, her Majesty's screw-frigate
Doris, at anchor in the Bay, saluted the flag of
Rear-Admiral Paris, which was duly acknowledged
If the Algeciras.
The Spanish sailing line-of-battle ship Rey Fran-
cisco, of 84 guns, Captain Ramon Perry, recently
arrived from the Havannah, joined Admiral Bus-
tine's squadron off Algeciras on the 2d.

The F. s.vedish Consul-General, M. de Ehrenhoff,

has left Gibraltar for Tangier in the sailing corvette
Lagerbjelk, to resume his official duties in that city.
Admiral Mundy'S squadron, consisting of ,the
Hannibal (flag ship), Capt. Conolly ; the Renown,
Nit. Forbes; the Agamemnon, Capt. Hope; the
Jams Watt, Capt. Codd ; and the Scylla, Capt:
Lambert, sailed from Gibraltar at 2 p.m. on the
10th for the eastward.

The following British merchant steamers had
arrived at Gibraltar since' last adv ices :—April 0,
the Rhone, Capt. R. Joy, 81 days from Liverpool,
with general cargo for Genoa, Leghorn ,and
Naples ; she experiented very rough weather on
the passage and lost three men overboard; 7th, the
Euphrosyne, Capt. W. S. Folland, 9 clays from
Liverpool, with general cargo for Malta and Alex.
andria ; Bth, the Tiber, Capt. D. Richards, 7 days
from Liverpool, with general cargo for Gibraltar,
Malta, and Alexandria; ,same day, the Atlantic,
Capt. A. Ilorsfall, 6 days from Liverpool, with
general cargo for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria;
10th, the Marathon, Capt. W. M'Arthur, 41 days
from Liverpool, with general cargo for Malta and
Constantinople ; same day, the Gibraltar, Capt
W. Hall, 9 days from London and 21 for Vigo, with
general cargo and 90 bullocks for Gibraltar ; 11th,
the Albanian, Captain R. Power, 51 clays from
Liverpool, with general cargo for Genoa, Leghorn,
and Naples.

The American bark Lillias, Capt. Gilmore, from
New Orleans and Algeciras, laden with cotton and
rum for Trieste, had called at Gibraltar : the mate
was wounded at sea by one of the sailors, who was

in irons.

The Prussian steamer Boug, Captain A. Alliman,
six days from London, bound for Malta and Con-
stantinople, with a general cargo, arrived at Gib-
raltar on the 10th inst.

The British brig Curlew, Captain G. Devon, 32
days from London, arrived at Gibraltar on the 9th,
and the British schooner Bezabel, Captain W.
Vincent, 24 days from London, on the 12th, both
laden 'with Government stores.

The British barque Chance, which left Cadiz on
the 27th ult., with salt for Newfoundland, put
back to that port on the Bth inst. in a leaky state.
Freights at Gibraltar were quoted as follow :--
Brazil and River Plate, 12 dols per ton, and 10 per
cent. ; Gulf of Mexico and Havannah, 12 dols per
ton, and 10 per cent. ; Malta, Leghorn, Genoa,
and Marseilles, 4 dols and 5 dols per ton, and 5 per
cent.; lead at less.

Latest quotations of exchange stood as under :
London, 90 days' date, 501 ; Paris, ditto, 5f 30c;
Marseilles, ditto, 5f 31c; Genoa, ditto, 5f 32c; Ma-
drid, 8 days' sight,l to 4 dis. ; Cadiz, ditto, par ;
Malaga, ditto, pm.; Seville, ditto, -1 dis. ; Ali-
cante, 1- dis.; Valencia, dis. ; Barcelona, par.
Spanish Pillared Dollars 3 per cent. premium—no
demand.

THE NAVY.

A letter from Malta, dated April 15, says :
" 'the following are her Majesty's ships in port :
—Marlborough (flag of Vice-Admiral Fanshawe,
C. 8., Commander-in-Chief ), Victor Emmanuel,
Neptune, St. Jeane d'Acre, and Cressy, line-of-bat-
tle ships ; Amphion, frigate ; Medina, Tartarus,
and Firefly, surveying steamers; Boxer and Assu-
rance, gunboats ; Caradoc, despatch boat ; Hiber-
nia, receiving ship ; and Harpy, tug. The Tartarus
is being dismantled, prior to being sold by public
auction. Moorings are being prepared here for six
line-of-battle ships,—four from Gibraltar—namely,
the Hannibal, Renown, James Watt, and Agamem-
non; the Caesar, from Naples; and the London,
from Corfu. The division from Gibraltar is reported
to have left for Malta on the 10th of April, the
Scylla also in company. The Amphion, steam fri-
gate, arrived at Malta from Queenstown and Gibral-
tar, with 75 supernumeraries for the fl t, on the
9th of April. The Assurance, gunboat,'is under
orders for Messina."
Rear-Admiral Sir H. B. Martin, K.C.B ~ on taking
up his appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the
Mediterranean fleet yesterday, hoisted his flag, blue
at the mizen, on board the receiving ship Fisgard,
at Woolwich. A salute of 13 rounds, correspond-
ing with the Admiral's rank, was immediately
fired from the guns of theFisgard, and the flag was
hauled down to be transferred to the Melpomene,
for Malta.
Commander Henry R. Wratislaw yesterday took
up his commission and hoisted his pendant at Wool-
wich on board the new pattern screw schooner
Ranger, fitting for the West Coast of Africa. The
majority of the officers aro appointed and have
joined the commander at Woolwich ; and the crew,
many of whom were previously known to the com-
mander, are rapidly entering at the appointed ren-
dezvous, the Ship Hotel. The Ranger is expected
to sail about the middle of next mouth.
Instructions having been received at Woolwich
from the Board of Admiralty, requiring a detailed
specification of the name and description of every
ship fitted out or repaired in that yard for coramis-
sion, reserve, +Sec., during the financial year 1858-9,
the account was on Wednesday completed and
transmitted for Parliamentary inquiry. The clerks
selected for that duty have been uninterruptedly
engaged since the 2d of March, and during the last
few weeks they have devoted a great portion of the
night to the task, although the regulations of the
service admit of no compensation.
The Arethusa, 50, has been safely docked in No.
3 dock at Chatham dockyard, notwithstanding that
at the time she was being hauled in on Thursday
there was a violent gale blowir, right into the
dock from the north-cast. She will be at once cut
in two and considerably lengthened, and altered
into a screw frigate.
The caulkers have commenced caulking the screw
corvette Orpheus, 21, at Chatham.
The iron-plated floating battery Thunderbolt, 16,
200-horse power, is to be thoroughly repaired at
Chatham, and all her defects made good, as it is
expected that she will be required during the ex-
periments ordered to be made with the Whitworth

guns.
The paddlewheel steam surveying vessel Porcu-
pine, 3, Capt. 11. C. Otter, went from Hamoaze on
Thursday into Plymouth Sound, and had her com-
passes adjusted. She is under sailing orders.
The screw steamship Royal George,lo9, at K ey-
barn steamyard, having had her machinery taken
out, was placed in No. 2 dock on Thursday to be
cut down to a two-decker.
The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, Captain
Henry J. Lacoii, is under the sheers in Kcyham
steamyard, Plymouth. Her funnel has been re-
moved, and preparations are making for lifting out
her old boilers. She till go into dock when the
Hero comes out.
Fifty shipwrights, 12 labourers, 13 smiths, and
One plumber are to be discharged from the Devon-
port dockyard to-day (Saturday).
The crew of the screw steam-sloop Atalanta, 16,
Commander Thomas M. S. Pasley, at Devonport,
will be paid off on Tuesday next. The vessel will
be placed in ordinary.
The screw steam gun-vessel Espoir, 6, was taken
out of the lock at Kcyham steamyard on Thursday,
and placed at her moorings in Hamoaze.
The crew of the sailing line-of-battle ship Indus,
78, Captain W. K. Hall, C. 8., were paid. off at Ply-
mouth on Thursday morning, in the presence of