The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-11 00:00:00

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. NIGHT.
The screw steamer Sultan, Captain Cook, has
arrived with the Bombay mails. She left Alex-
andria on the 26th ult., Malta the 31st, and Gib-
raltar the sth inst. She brings 18 passengers,
among whom are Captains Marshall and Buchanan,
Lieutenants Twentyman, Ryad, Ashe, Gubbins,
Bishop, and Gaskell, and Mr. Crony. On freight
she has £66 in .specie, 46 boxes of oranges, three
packages of dates, eight bales of wool, 161 bales of
flax, 153 packages of tusks, and 105 packages of
sundries.
At Alexandria—The French frigate Chaptal and
the American frigate Macedonia.
At Malta—Her Majesty's steamships Marl-
borough, Conqueror, Brunswick, and three despatch
boats.
At Gibraltar—An Austrian frigate and her Ma-
jesty's steamer Urgent. The Quail gunboat re-
turned to her anchorage at the New Mole on the
31st ult. front* enti§is tb the 'Riff coast. The Pen-
insular and Orieptal Company's steamer Behar,
with the outward Bombay mail, arrived at Gibraltar
on the morning of the Ist inst.; five days'froM
Southampton, and the Alhambra on the 4th. -

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The merehunt steamer Thalia, from London,
arrived on the 2d, and the Albanian, from Liver-
pool, on the 4th.
The Russian, dovernmerit steamer Tonapse ar-
rived on the, 2d frOm Havre and Falmouth. • -

A letter from Gibraltar, of the sth inst„ says—
" Yesterday the whole of the garrison assembled
under arms, and marched to NV indmill•hill, the
southernmost part of the Rock, to witness the execu-
tion of a priVate soldier ,of the 2d. battalion of the
6th Regt., named Connor. This unfortunate young
man, aged only 18, wai hanged for having, without
provocation, on Sunday morning, Dec. 19, at eight
o'clock, killed Sergeant Taylor of his own company,
bylOWat him with his rifle. None of the
tants were, by strict orders of the authorities,
allowed to witness the execution, which took place
at eight ain. precisely."
The commission appointed by his Excellency the
Govertfor to inquire into the malpractices and abuse
of pow& in the Polite Department continued to sit
daily,irom 12 noon until 5 afternoon. A number
of witnesses have been examined, but as there is
great secrecy preserved nothing but rumours are
in. circulation, greatly to the prejudice of the cha-
racter of the direetOr of the departinent.
TheAtiStrian' screiv corvette Archduke Frederick,
Capt. Tekasoff, which arrived here under sail from
Trieste on the 3d inst., is preparing to proceed in a
day or two on a 40 days' crime to the coast of Mo-
rocco, as Ear as Mogadore ; she will, not use steam,
but sail, during the cruise. On her return froth
Mogadore she will provision here, and go on an-
other cruise off. the Riff coast. The Government
expects there are some Austrian subjects in capti-
vity belonging to a vessel of this nation supposed
to have been wrecked on the Morocco coast some

12 months ago. In case the Archduke Frederick
be unsuccessful in her search she will return to
Trieste 1p the month of March next.
Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
—London, 501; Paris, 5 20 ; Marseilles, 5 28; Genoa,
5 30; Madrid, Seville, and Barcelona, dis. each ;
Alicante, I.; Cadiz and Valentia, 1 each; Malaga,
par.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.