The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-08 00:00:00

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Pera, Captain Jamieson, with the heavy por-
tion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings 52
passengers, nine packages of specie, value £2,925,
and the following cargo :-500 bales of raw silk,
450 bags of gum, 500 bags of wheat, 500 bags of
beans, 14 bales of flax, 141 packages of teeth, 357
barrels of dates, 47 bales of wool, 35 packages of
senna, 60 boxes of oranges, 21 bags of coffee, 140
of almonds, 100 cases of cartoons, 516 boxes of
raisins, and 112 packages of sundries.
The Pera sailed from Alexandria on the 26th ;
Malta, the 30th ; and Gibraltar, the 3d. On the
31st ult. she exchanged signals with an English
man-of-war, supposed to have been the Mars. On
the 7th, at 7 p.m., passed and exchanged signals
with the Tagus, with the outward mails for Lisbon.
At Alexandria, the usual Egyptian squadron,
two Russian men-of-war, and three French trans-
ports with 1,000 soldiers on board.

At Malta, her Majesty's ships Hibernia and St
Jean d'Acre.

At Gibraltar, her Majesty's ships Foxhound,
Argus, and Scourge.
The Magesra sailed from Gibraltar for Malta on
the 3d. The Governor of the former place was
a passenger on board for Malta.
The Delta arrived out at Gibraltar on the Ist, and
proceeded for Malta and Alexandria the same day.
The Correspondencia states that large sums of
money for the payment of the indemnity due to
Spain have arrived at Mogador.
The Editana, war steamer, was to leave Alge-
ciras for Tangier, whence she would carry a com-
mission to Melilla, for the purpose of tracing the
new boundary line.
The Jewish families who had taken refuge pre-
vious to the breaking out of the late war with
Morocco are returning to Tangier.
Intelligence from the camp before El Martin, at
the mouth of the Tetuan River, states that the
troops were suffering inconvenience on account of
the temperature—exceisive heat during the day and
severe cold at night.
The following British ships had arrived out at
Gibraltar since the last dates :—Steamer Alice, 12
days from London ; Ceylon, 4 days 16 hours from
Southampton ; steamer Syrian, 61* days from
Liverpool; steamer Cora Lynn, 14 days from Glas-
gow ; steamer Corinthian, 71 days from Liverpool ;
steamer Arcacia, 8 days from Liverpool ; steamer
Britannia, 7 days from London ; schooner Gambia,
18 days from Cardiff ; steamer Albanian, 61* days
from Liverpool ; steamer Sydney Hall, 15 days
from London; Zebra, 10 days from London.
The latest exchanges at Gibraltar were quoted on
London, 90 days' date, 50* to 50y; Paris, 5f 31c;
Marseilles, 5f 33c; Genoa, 5f 33c ; Madrid, 8 days'
sight, par; Cadiz, par; Malaga, 8 days' sight,
pm. ; Seville, dis. ; Alicante, * dis.; Valencia,
par ; Barcelona, 8 premium ; Spanish pillared dol-
lars, Ferdinand, 3 per cent. premium, no demand ;
ditto, Carolus, 13 ditto, in demand.
Freights to London and outporls in the United
Kingdom, Brazil, and River Plate, Gulf of Mexico,
and Havannah, 12 dole. per ton and 10 per cent.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary are prolonging their sojourn at
Brighton. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief visited his august relatives on Sunday last.
The Duchess Dowager of Somerset entertained a
select circle at dinner last evening, at her residence, in
Park-lane.

Viscountess Palmerston is, we are happy to say,
progres:ing favourably.
The Hon. H. Dutton, M.P., and Mrs. Dutton
have arrived in town on a visit to Mrs. Mansfield, at her
residence in Charles,. street, Berkeley-square.
It is underste,od that Mr. Charles Thurburn, a
well-known merchant of Alexandria, has undertaken the
duties of managing director of the Bank of Egypt, in the
place of Mn. Pasquali, lately resigned.
Messrs . Thornton, Ward, and Co., American
merchants at Manchester, from whom a compromise of 15s.
in the pound was accepted in 1857, voluntarily paid the
additional 58. on the 3d inst., and have thus discharged the
whole of their obligations in full.
It is stated that the screw steam hip Etna has
been purchased for the Liverpool, New York, and Phila-
delphia Steamship Company.

L.•-!t. TEST NEWS.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FLIGHT AND DISARMAMENT

OF
15,000 NEAPOLITAN TROOPS.

A body of 15,000 Neapolitan troops, with 4,000
horses and 32 guns, being pursued by the Sar-
dinians, took refuge in the Papal States, at Ter-

racina.

At Cisterna their progress was arrested by the
Papal and French authorities, and they will be at
once disarmed.

OFFICIAL.

NAPLES, Nov. 7.

King Victor Emmanuel entered the city at half-
past 9 o'clock this morning. An immense crowd
of people assembled, notwithstanding the torrents
of rain which were falling.
Universal joy is manifested.

BERNE, Nov. 7.

To-day M. Massignac remitted to the President
of the Federal Council his credentials as French
Charge d'Affairs ad interim.
The Marquis de Turgot will not, therefore, return
to his post for the present.

CALCUTTA, OCT. 7.
General Woodburn and Dr. Buist are dead.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company :
THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.
MARSEILLES, Nov. 7, 3 F.M.

The Masilia, with the above mails, arrived here
at two p.m. They leave for London at four p.m.
The Ellora, with the heavy portion of the above
mails, would leave Malta, at two p.m., on the 4th,
and may be expected at Southampton about 13th
instant. •

The Nepaul, with the Mauritius mails, reached
Suez on the 31st October. Having fallen short of
coal she was obliged to cast the Candia off 60
miles below that place, but was to return to tow
her up the same day.