The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-28 00:00:00

7IIE BOMBAY MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steamer Orissa, Capt. J. K. Joy, bringing the heavy
portion of these mails in charge of Mr. Casson, of
the General Post-office, arrived at Southampton
yesterday morning. She left Alexandria on the
12th inst. ; Malta, the 16th ; Gibraltar, the 21st;
and has had fine weather throughout, but strong
head winds from Malta.

The Orissa brought 133 passengers, among whom
were—From B ombay—Lieu t.- Colonel Kane, Maj or
Welman, Captains Newnham, Taylor, Baldwin,
Cordner, Pulman, and Pye ; Lieutenants Higman,
De Vitre, and Burd ; Ensign Middlecourt ; Com-
mander Worsley, Indian navy; Drs. Barnet, White,
Pirie, Sommerville, and Harrison, wife, and two
children ; Mr. Glasson, Mr. Airey, Mr. T. Marshall,
Mr. Ardasseer, Mr. Crowe, Mr. Anderson, Mrs.
Cooper and child, Mrs. Mackinnon and three
children, and Mrs. Holloway and two children,
Mrs. Smallpage and two children. From Aden—
Lieut. Walker, Indian navy ; Lieut. Phillips. From
Alexandria—General and Mrs. Lawrence and two
children ; Earl Gifford, Mr. Leadam, Dr. and Mrs.
Bennett and child, Capt. Robertson, Capt. Miles-,
Mr. Short, Mrs. Anderson, Dr. and Mrs. Woodman
and child. From Malta—Capt. and Mr. Twynham,
two Misses Twynham, Capt. and Mrs. Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. Maude and child, Mrs. Callaway and son,
Miss Pennefather. From Gibraltar—Col. Staunton,
Captains Caulfield and Williams, Mr. and Mrs.
Jenkins and child.

On freight the Orissa had one package of specie,
value not stated, 48 bales of flax, 25 bales of senna,
97 cases of shawls, and 106 packages of general
merchandise.

The usual Egyptian fleet were at Alexandria.
At Malta were her Majesty's ships Hibernia,
Victor Emmanuel, Orion, Medina, Racoon, Ariel,
Argus, Boxer, Lapwing, Terrible, Vigilant, and
Hearty.
At Gibraltar, her Majesty's ships Osborne and
Quail.

Our correspondent at pibraltar writes as follows
on the 21st inst.:—

" Her Majesty's steam-sloop Gannet left yesterday after-
noon for the West, 'out eventually proceeds to Malta.
".His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, wlto has gone
to the Ronda fair, will, it is expected, visit Malaga and
Granada before proceeding to England.
" The merchants of this city, having invited the Prince
to a ball, the same will come off on, the return of his Royal
Highness from Spain. Great preparations are in the mean-
time going on to give it on a scale of unusual splendour.
"The Second Battalion of the King's Regiment is to
have the colours presented on the 25th.
" Captain Freeling, Royal Artillery, now acting Colonial
Secretary, will, it is said, be definitely appointed.
" Captain Pitcairn, 25th Regiment, proceeds to England
on six months' leave.

" There are now six Austrian vessels in port, which will
be dismantled or disposed of, if possible, as circumstances
offer, in consequence of the war. One of them has been
sold to a British subject. •

" Her Majesty's ship Vulture, Captain Campbell, has
not yet returned from Lisbon, whither she conveyed our
late Governor, Sir James Fergusson."
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ceylon, with the Bombay and Australian mails of
the 12th from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar at
10.15 p.m. on the 16th, and resumed her voyage at
1 a.m. on the 17th.

The Janet Pitblado, arrived at Gibraltar, reports
that on the 25th of April, off the island of Sardinia,
she boarded the brig Marchioness of Breadalbane
(of Dundee), Captain Dunn, from Girgenti, in Sicily,
bound to the United Kingdom ; she was in a very
leaky state, with ensign down. Remained on board
her for 36 hours.
The following British merchant steamers had
arrived at Gibraltar; May 15th, the Dom Pedro,
Captain Taylor, from Glasgow and Lisbon, with
general cargo for Gibraltar ; 16th, the Oscar, Capt.
Trapp, from London, with Government stores and
general cargo for Gibraltar and Cadiz ; 18th, the
Marco Bozzaris, Captain Staves, from London, with
general cargo for Malta and Constantinople; 19th,
the Demetrius, Captain Young, from Liverpool,
with general cargo for Malta; 20th, the Melita,
Captain Langlands, from Liverpool, with general
cargo for Malta and Constantinople.
On May 13 the Orissa exchanged colours with
the English barque Speedwell, in lat. 32.18, long.
26.40 E. ; same day, with the English barque
Washington ; 15th, with the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Indus, lat. 35.25, long.
17.19 E. ; same day, with the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Nepaul, lat. 35.32,
long. 16.14 E. ; 16th, with the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Jeddo, lat. 3633, long.
13.8 E.; 18th, with an English paddle steamer of
war, lat. 37.42, long. 4.59 E., steering eastward ;
same day, a large French steamer, steering same
course ; 19th, two French steamers off Cape Palos,
steering eastwards ; 20th, passed the French ship
Madras, off Malaga; 21st, off Cape Trafalgar, a
screw steamer with a gunboat in tow, and at the
same time a large French screw line-of-battle ship ;
23d, exchanged colours with the troopship Mel-
bourne, off the Burlings, steering southward ; same
day, the English brig Catherine Anna, lat. 40.11,
long. 9.45 W. ; same day, at 7.35 p.m., with the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon,
lat. 40.51, long. 9.46 W.