The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-23 00:00:00

THE LOSS OF THE AVA.

POINT DE GALLE, CEYLON, FEB. 23
The Peninsular and Oriental Comp Any's steamer
Ave, with mails from Calcutta and Madras for
England, went on shore on the evening of Tues-
day, the 16th instant, on Pigeon's Island, off
Trincomalee, and has since gone in halves
amidships, and become a perfect wreck. She
was on her way to this port, but had to
touch at Trincomalee to land money ; how she
came in the locality where she was lost remains to
be explained ; it was within 1 mile of the shore
and 10 miles from the harbour of Trincomalee.
No portion of the mills has been saved ; of the
treasure which she was bringing for the Bombay
Government 152 boxes out of 500 have been re-
covered, containing 78,5001., out of 253,0001. ; 400
bales silk, and 500 chests of indigo, and other valu-
able merchandize to alarge amount, have been lost.
The Admiralty agont, Lieutenant Percival, re-
mained by the wreck after the captain and•officers
had lefr, in the hope of saving some boxes, but
there appeared slight chance of his doing so. Pro-
t wia....tmilv
IL icily lava en lost. T
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me, Ilan passen-
icily cloUlt, auka thn „orn
Le -know., and several wound,ed officers, 70 in all,
besides 19 children and many European female
servants. We have as yet no list ;we only know
that among them are Major-General Michel and
Colonel GreaVietti for Bombay, and Mrs. Inglis
(wife of the gallant Commander at Lucknow), and
her three children. Unfortunately, Mrs. Inglis's
journal of the siege, not the least valuable article
among what has perished, has not been saved.
All the passengers arrived here this morning in
the Granada, a small Peninsular steamer, which
happened to be here for commercial purposes, and
which was promptly despatched to the scene of the
wreck by our Master Attendant, Captain Twynam,
within a few hours after the loss of the Ava had
been communicated to him by telegraph from
Colombo.
The Ava had on board a new shaft for the steamer
Alma, which remains at Aden, waiting for it, be-
fore she
can resume her. work on the line. The
loss of the Ava is a parallel to that of the Edn,
which took place about a twelvemonth ago, and
concerning which little inquiry appears to have
been made by the Company.
The Granada will leave this with passengers and
• the mails from Ceylon and China to-morrow, at
daybreak. They have been detained a week by this
accident.

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY.
There is now no doubt of M. do Porsigny's
resignation of the London Embassy being defini-
tively accepted. The Marquis de Moustier will
prcbagy succeed him. It is not believed that M.
de Persigny will for the present enter the Cabinet,
notwithstanding the rumours to that effect. He
will, probahts , be more useful in the Council of
Regency, of which he is a member.
BOURSE, March 22.—The following were the
closing quotations :-
4. per Cents 93 50
Do. (mil month —
3 per Cent. ..... 69 7"
Do. end woutu 69 90
Bank Shares .
Credit Mobilier
Do. Account B3O
RAIL'
Orleans
Northern
New Ditto 695
Lyon and Mediteran. 840
New Ditto .. 800
Geneva

Credit Fonder
Belgian 4•
... lOO
Pi elmonteso
Roman B9
Austrian
Spanish Throes
Home Debt 37
,WAYS.

Midi
Western 662,
Strasburg
G rand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

LLOYD'S' SHIPP

:NO.—(This Day.)

LONDON, March 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.;
calm, with dense fog.
OFF FALMOUTH, March 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Young Sam, for New Orleans for Havre ; Johanna, Ha-
vaunah.
CLYDE, March 21.—Wind S.—Arrived--Bellona, from
Cardenaq.
FALMOUTH, March 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Friar
Tuck, Shanghai; Edith Roab, from. Newcastle for Monte
Video.
PORTSMOUTH, March 22.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—An-
drina, for Corfu.
NEWPORT, March 22.—Wind W.—Sailed—Conrad,
Fernando Po.

LEITH, Al6,rdt 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Kriight,
from Callao.

QUEENSTOWN, March 22. —Wind S.W.—Arrived ,-
H,,nual), from Callao.
SHIELDS, March 22.—Wind] W. N. W.—Sailed —Julia,
for Calcutta.
CARDIFF, March 22.—Wind E.—Sailed—Danube, for
Havanuab.
JERSEY, March 21.—Wind S.E.--Arrived—Bessie,
from Demerara. Sailed—Susan, for Barbadoes.
GLOUCESTER, ; March 21.—Arrived—Molodia, from
Huela.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.

Calm and fine.
Arrived--Express (s), from Jersey; Bury, Bridport ;
Havra Flavr.).
(s), for Havre.
LIVERifOOL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind N.W.
Arrivis;, Alarch 22 —Sarah Ellen, from Rouen ; Rita
(s 4), Bilboa.
Jamaica.
d, March 22.—Louis, for Bahia; Queen Bee, for

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning,
Wind E.; tide three hours' ebb ; weather line.
Arrived, March 23—Acis, from St. Michael a.
Sailed, March 22—White Star, for Halifax.
Sailed, March 23 - Panther, steamer, for Boulogne.

The specie by the Parana was delivered yesterday,
and the greater part of the gold was taken up for the
Continent ; the remainicg Brazilian gold by the A von
will also go Abroad. Tne bar silver brought on this oc-
casion has been dispssed of at 610., showing no altera•
thin. The dollars are not yat twld, the market being
flat.