The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-25 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Alhambra, Capt. J.l). Steward, with the above
named mails, in charge of Lieut. Irwin, R.N., Ad-
miralty agent, arrived at Southampton yesterday
morning. She left Gibraltar Oct. 15 ; Cadiz, 16 ;
Lisbon, 19 ; and Vigo, 20. On the outward voyage
the Alhambra experienced south-westerly gales
across the Bay of Biscay, and northerly winds along
the Portuguese coast. Homewards she had southerly
winds on the coast, and in crossing the bay a north-
easterly gale ; heavy rains at Gibraltar and Lisbon.
His Serene Highness Prince George of Saxony,
with his doctor and aide-de-camp, were passengers
by the Alhambra, from Lisbon. She brought in all
20 first and eight second-class passengers, and on
freight £2,350 in specie, 18 half•chests of lemons,
125 half-chests of oranges, 12 cases of plums, 50
cases of eggs, 26 boxes of grapes, 10 barrels of nuts,
3 casks of wine, and 13 packages of general mer-
chandise:

By the Alhambra we have received our papers
and letters from Gibraltar to the 15th inst., which
should have come by the Indus.
His Excellency the Governor presented new
colours on the 13th to the 2d Battalion of the 6th
or Ist Royal Warwickshire Regiment of Foot. The
ceremony took place in the presence of a numerous
assemblage of spectators, and was followed in the
evening by a grand ball and supper.
By the arrival at Gibraltar on the 12th of the
Dutch steamer Rotterdam, from Malaga, intelligence
was received of the loss of the Orient steam-tug,
which left Gibraltar the previous week for the Bos-
phorus. The following account of the accident is
taken from the report of Joseph Swan, late master
of the Orient :—" Left Gibraltar on 6th inst., the
boat being tight and in good order. All went on
well until 4 a.m. of the 7th, when the Orient sud-
denly sprunk a leak. All the pumps were set to
work, but the water gradually gained on tbem.
Put her head for Malaga, and commenced baling
and clearing the deck of the coals, but all to no
effect. Seeing she was filling, we took to the boat,
and had scarcely got clear when she went down
head foremost at about half-past 4. At 6 a.m.
was picked up by the Jeune Amaury, of Nantes.
The captain was very kind to us ; but, as he had
no accommodation, we went on board the Sunbeam,
of Whitby, Capt. Walker, who did all in his power
to make us comfortable. I return both captains
my sincere thanks for their kindness to crew and
self while on board their vessels. Capt. Walker,
finding his provisions getting short, bore up, as the
wind was west, and anchored off Point Molinos,
six miles from Malaga, on the 10th inst. I then
landed part of the crew, and the remainder got on
shore yesterday, from which place we were for-
warded by the British Consul, per steamer Rotter-
dam, to this port, where we arrived this morning."
On the outward passage of the Alhambra she
landed at Gibraltar the crew of the Tuscan shi p
Maria, Capt. Salacca, which was completely lost off
the bar of St. Übes, on the coast of Portugal. The
ship was from Constantinople, laden with wheat
for Falmouth. The Tuscan Consul forwarded the
mate and crew to their homes, via Marseilles, in
the Dutch steamer Rhone.

The Neapolitan brig Eduardo, Capt. R. Chirico,
had arrived at Gibraltar from Callao. She is the
first vessel bearing the Neapolitan flag that has
ever rounded Cape Horn. The Eduardo, after
discharging a cargo of Sicilian produce at Glasgow,
was chartered to take out manufactured goods
to Callao, which was done to the entire satis-
faction of the receivers, who procured her return
freight to Europe. She brought about 400 tons of
guano for Valencia, from which port Captain
Chirico intends proceeding direct to Naples, where
he expects to get the award of merit usually granted
by the Neapolitan Government for such enterpris-
ing conduct.
The British merchant steamer Albanian, Captain
J. Parfitt, from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on
the 14th, and left on the following morning for the
East.
The French Government steamer Titan, which
was detained at Gibraltar for 24 hours, owing to
the boisterous state of the weather, took her depar-
ture at half-past 6on the morning of the 15th,
with the Barbary correspondence for Oran and
Algiers.
The Spanish steamer San Servando, also detained
on account of the weather, did not leave until the
same morning for Cadiz. She was conveying some
passengers to proceed to London in the Gibraltar
steamer, appointed to start from Cadiz on the 17th.
Among them was the Rev. G. Alton, of the Wes.