The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-29 00:00:00

TILE BOMBAY MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steamship Behar, Captain Neil Cook, arrived at
Scatharapton at 11.30 p.m. yesterday with the
heavy portion of the Bombay mails, in charge of
Mr. Richard Casson, of the General Post-office.
She brought 31 first-class passengers, 15 second-
class, 18 children, 9 servants, and 7 deck passen-
gers—in all 80, among whom were :—Mrs. Abbott,
Ensign Williams, Captain and Mrs. Manners and
family, Captain and Mrs. Thain and family, Mrs.
Walsh and family, Mrs. Henderson and child,
Lieutenant Hobson, Miss Franeis.Major Chetwode,
Mrs. Richards and family, Mr. Stock, Mrs. West
and child, Lieutenant De Laney, Dr. McAndrew,
Mr. Heath, Major Little, Lieutenant and Mrs.
Miller and family, from Bombay ; Lieutenant Em-
erson, Mr. Rickerby, Lieutenant St. George, from
Madras ; Captain Spalding, R.M., Dr. E. Reid,
R. 111., from Malta; Mr. J. McGilp, Mr. W. West,
Lieutenant Elmes, from Gibraltar, &c. On freight
she had £2,240 in specie, 911 packages of Indian
cargo, 154 bales of flax, 87 barrels of dates, 15 cases
of gum, and 36 packages of general merchandise.
The Behar left Alexandria on the 14th inst.,
Malta the 18th, and Gibraltar the 23,1. From
Alexandria to Malta she had fine weather ; thence
to Gibraltar strong head-winds and squally; from
Gibraltar to the Channel strong breezes and
Equally, with heavy confused sea ; and up
Channel fine weather. On the 17th the Behar spoke
the John Bunyan ; on the 18th the Adeliza, with
foretopmast and mainmast gone ; and on the 24th
the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship
Pera, bound for Gibraltar, steering S.E.
The United States frigate Macedonian was leaving
the harbour of Alexandria as the Behar left.
Her Majesty's ships Hannibal, London, Bruns-
wick, St. Jean d'Acre; Renown, Vigilant, Hibernia,
Banshee, and Boxer were at Malta.
At Gibraltar, on the 23d, were her Majesty's ships
Marlborough, Conqueror, Victor Emmanuel, Cen-
turion, James Watt, Scylla, Scourge, Caesar, Orion,
Neptune, Edgar, Agamemnon, Loris, and Virago;
also five French line-of-battle ships and two
frigates.
The Turkish steamer Boujoukdere, Captain G.
Cosino, ten days from Cowes and two from Lisbon,
arrived at Gibraltar on the 20th inst., in ballast,
for Constantinople.
The British merchant steamer Gottenburg, Cap-
tain J. Mullet, from London, arrived at Gibraltar
on the 19th, laden with Government stores and a
general cargo.
The crew (five in number) of the British brig
Redport, Captain C. Woolercott, which vessel
sprang a leak and sunk on the 10th inst. off Cape
Pallos, were landed at Gibraltar on the 19th by
the ship Scorpion, C. Wells, master, from Patras.
The Redport belonged to London, and was proceed-
ing from Girgenti to Newcastle, with a cargo of

sulphur.
The Rafaela, which arrived at Gibraltar on the
night of the 19th from Tangier, stranded on the
beach at North Front. At daylight a boat from
the Spanish steamer Pensamiento went to her as-
sistance_and took off her passengers. The vessel
was making water, and nearly all the baggage, in-
cluding that of Mr. Brown, the American Consul,
was in a damaged state.
At noon on the 20th Brigadier Don Blas Garcia
Quesada, on assuming command of the Spanish
squadron off Algesiras, was saluted by the Isabel
11., ship of the line, on hoisting his flag. After
taking the command, the liner saluted the
French and British Admirals, the Bretagne and the
Marlborough returning the same compliment imme-
diately afterwards.
Exchange quotations at Gibraltar stood as follows
on the 22d inst. :—London, 90 days' date, 51 1-16 ;
Paris, 90 days' date, sf. 32c. ; Marseilles, 90 days'
date, sf. 33c. ; Genoa, 90 days' date, sf. 35c. ;
Madrid, 8 days' sight, dis. ; Cadiz, 8 days' sight,
par; Malaga, 8 days' sight, par; Seville, Q dis. ;
Alicante, I dis. ; Valencia, b dis. ; Barcelona, par ;
Spanish pillared dollars, 3 per cent. premium, none,
and no demand.
Freights to Brazil and the River Plate 12 dols.
per ton and 10 per cent. ; Gulf of Mexico and
Havana, 12 dots. per ton and 10 per cent. ; Malta,
Leghorn, Genoa, and Marseilles, 4 dols. to 5 dols.
per ton and 5 per cent.
The Dutch screw sloop Loo, of 8 guns, Captain
Vaßgacjh, from England, and the Spanish steam
transport General Alava, from Ceuta, put into
Cadiz on the 19th ; and the war steamers San Fran-
cisco de Borja, of 2 guns, and the Vulcano, of 6 guns,
left on the same day for the Mediterranean. •

RAILWAY INTJLLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RETURI,

S FOR THE VvEEK.

Miles

Railways.

1850.

IPened.

1858.

Receipts.