The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-22 00:00:00

Now ditto.

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Lyons and Mediterranean 916 25 .. 913 75
Geneva
Southern 503 75 .. 505
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian. 482 50 . „ 481 25
Lombard

THE CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND

AUSIRALI.,th TfAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ripon, Capt. Christian, with the heavy por-
tion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings
65 passengers and six packages specie, value
£12,000 ; also the following cargo :-300 packages
dates, 112 barrels grapes, 4 packages elephant's
teeth, 125 packages sundries, and 682 bales raw silk
—value £680,000 sterling.

The Ripon sailed from Alexandria on the 7th;
Malta, 12th ; and Gibraltar, the 16th inst. On the
19th, off Cape Finisterre, she spoke the schooner
Tees, standing to the southward ; 20tb, at 2 p.m.,
passed the Tagus, with outward Peninsular mails,
steering to the southward; and on the 21st, at
8 a.m., passed the screw-steamer Ceylon, with the
outward Calcutta and Australian mails, steering
the same course.

Her Majesty's gunboat Assurance, Dutch cor-
vette Heldon, frigate Zellard, Russian frigate Elia
Ammoniet, and the Egyptian fleet, were at
Alexandria.

Her Majesty's ships Queen, James Watt, St.
Sean d'Acre, Argus, and gunboat Mohawk, were
at Malta.

At Gibraltar her Majesty's gunboat Quail, and
the yacht Mirage, to sail for Naples.
Her Majesty's screw ship Mars, 80 guns, Capt.
Strange, from Plymouth, left Gibraltar on the
13th, to,;oin the squadron of Admiral. Martin in the
Mediterranean.

The sanction of the Queen of Spain has been
granted to construct a port of safety at Algesiras.
The Government has allotted upwards of 11,000,000
reals for the expense of the undertaking.
Queen Isabella and the Royal party visited the
principal theatre at Saragossa on the 11th. On her
Majesty's rcti:ing, 1,000 students, with lighted
torches, formed a double line to the Palace, and re-
mained till daylight serenading the Royal party.
The Persian Ambassador during his stay at Gib-
raltar visited the rock galleries and the steamer
Himalaya, lying in the harbour. He embarked on

board, under a salute of guns from the fortress, for
England on the 11th.
The following British ships had arrived out at
Gibraltar :—Steamer Fairy Queen, from Ramsgate,
it 10 days; her Majesty's steam sloop ship Supply,
five days from Plymouth ; steamer Pera, four days
Eight hours from Southampton; brigantine Mary
Sproat, 14 days from Swansea; schooner Starling,
19 days from London ; schooner Nancy, 20 days
from Liverpool; steamer Cadiz, seven days from
London ; steamer Cairo, 7/ days from Liverpool ;
brigantine Maria Teresa, 30 days from Liverpool ;
brig Cistus, 22 days from Liverpool ; brig Sally, 25
days from Cardiff; steamer Capiolani, 10 days
from Newhaven ; brig Charlotte, 15 days from
Cardiff; schooner Margaret Jane, 19 days from
Cardiff; and steamer Mavrocordo, 81 days from
Liverpool.
Gibraltar exchanges were quoted on the 16th—
London, 90 days' date, 501 to 50Z- ; Paris, sf. 32e. ;
Marseilles, sf. 33c. ; Genoa, 6f. 33c ; Madrid,
eight days' sight, par; Cadiz, `par; Malaga,. pm. ;
Seville, dis. ; Alicante, -1 dis. ; Valencia, par ;
Barcelona, pm.; Spanish pillared dollars, Ferdi-
nand, 3 per cent. premium, no demand ; Carolus, 13
ditto, in demand.
Freights to London, and outports in the United
Kingdom, Brazil and River Plate, Gulf of Mexico
and Havannah, 12 dols. per ton and 10 per cent.