The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-05 00:00:00

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPM)

Anil, 18.
Cotton has advancAlc. Sales to-day 14,000
bales. Middling, 10c. to 10c. Bales for the week
66,000 bales.

CHARLESTON, APRIL, 17.
Cotton.—Sales during the past week, 14,000 bales,
at an advance of lc. to jc. on the last Week's quota-
tious. Good middling is quoted at l:c. to 11c. Re•
ceipts for the week, PAN bales.

The 'Hon. Mr. Dann, from Yan Diemen's Land,
and the Hon. Mr. Forlong, fram Melbourne, who
have arrived in London for the purpose of entering
into arrangements for the immediate formation of
a steam postal communication with Australia, were
bladed from the Pera at Malta, and proceeded to
England through France.
The Pera during the outward voyage experienced
very severe westerly winds as far as Cape Finis-
terre ; in the Mediterranean light headwinds.
Homeward the weather was fine to Cape de Gatt ;
from that point to Gibraltar it blew a. hard gale
from the westward, which detained her off that
port 20 hours ; afterwards the weather was more
favourable. Although throughout the whole voy-
age from Alexandria the Pera has not experienced
60 boars of fair wind, she has completed the en-
tire passage in 11 days 11 hour 4. On the 26th
ult., 180 miles East of Cape de Glatt, the Pera
exchanged colours with the British barque Eliza,
Thompson, steering eastward ; 29th, 140 miles
south-east of Cape St. Vincent, she spoke the sail-
ing transport Edward, No. 141, which left Gibral-
tar on the previous day in tow of the steam-tran-
sport Great Western, No. 6. The Edward was
bound for Spithead, and had on board 120 Russian
guns, &c. On the same day, 110 miles south-east
of Cape St. Vincent, she exchanged colours with
the ou ell awectisu a !mauler Caning, anct toe steam-
transport Emperor, No. 67, steering south-east.
On the 30th ult., 40 miles north of St. Vincent,
she spoke the screw-steamer Union, steering south;
also, spoke on the same day the steam-transports
Great Western, No. 6, steering for England ; the
Orinoco, 218, off Epichell, steering S. ; and the
Ripon, o. 25, also steering S. On the Ist inst.,
40 miles N.E. of Cape Finisterre, signalled a large
screw steam-transport, with loss of fore and main-
topmasts, mizontopmast standing, funnel abaft
mainmast, standing S.W., but coull not make out
the number. She had the fore and main course
and the spanker set.
Intelligence from Alicant, in the Gibraltar
Chronicle, states—
" That the commercial movement of that port has dur-
ing the last few months considerably increased, and will
in all probability be still more active when the commu-
nications with Madrid have been facilitated by the con-
struction of the railways which will be completed before
the end of the year. The tunnel of Eldo, which has been
confided to a French contractor, has been eatite'y
pierced, and work men are now employed in it. The
works in the port are also advancing rapidly, and there
is every reason to hope that it will be one of the finest,
as well as one of the safest, on the coast of Spain. The
crops in the province of Alicant are said to give every
promise of abundance. Very little wine had lately been
purchased there for France, as the price had considerably
risen in consequence of the great demand for Italy."
Our intelligence from Gibraltar is to the 29th
ult. A grand funeral service was solemnised on
the 26th in the Roman Catholic chapel for the re-
pose of the souls of those who had fallen during
the late war in the Crimea. The British steamer
Demetrius, 10 days from Hartlepool, arrived at
Gibraltar on the 26th. The steamship British
Queen, five and a quarter days from Liverpool, ar-
rived out on the 25th.

Exchange at Gibraltar for bills on London, at 90 days,
was quoted at 51c. ; Paris, sf. 37c. ; Marseilles, sf. 38c.
Spanish pillared dollars, 8 per cent. premium, but there
are none in the market.