The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-14 00:00:00

BOMBAY AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.
The Indus steamer, Captain Weeks, has arrived.
She left Alexandria, September 30th ; Malta,
October 4th ; Gibraltar, 9th.
She brings 76 passengers, 22 packages, specie not
stated, 948 bales silk, and general cargo.
Her Majesty's ships Exmouth, Renown, Scourge,
Firebrand, Banshee, and Caradoc were at Malta.

At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ships Marlbo-
rough, Edgar, Princess Royal, Conqueror, Victor
Emmanuel, Centurion, Orion, Neptune, Doris,
Scylla, Cadmus, Vulture, Lapwing, Coquette, and
Quail ; and a French fleet.
Exchange at Gibraltar on London, 51.18 ; Paris
and Marseilles, 532 ; Genoa, 535.

The crew of the schooner Rhoda, of Milford,
which sprung a leak and sunk on the 15th ult. 60
miles from the island of Sardinia, were landed at
Gibraltar on the 6th inst. by the Hanoverian brig
Cornelia. The Rhoda was laden with maize, from
If"rail for Cork, Sze.
Accounts from Tangier to the 6th inst. state that
no arrangement could yet be come to of the pending
difficulties between Spain and Morocco. There
were two Spanish men-of-war at Tangier. It was
reported. that the Moorish Minister for Foreign
Affairs had ultimately refused to accede to the fur-
ther demands of the Spanish Government, which
compromise a pecuniary indemnity for the expenses
incurred by Spain.
The population at Tangier were in a very excited
state, looking at the rupture as complete, and ex-
pecting hostilities to commence shortly.
The schooner Sparrowhawk, of Portsmouth, put
into Gibraltar on the 6th, leaky, and would have
to discharge for repairs.
The brig Lebanon, of Shields, sprang a leak on
the 22d ult., 35 miles south of Alicante, and foun-
dered. The captain and crew were taken to Gib-
raltar by the barque Stentor.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING.
The new steamship, Captain Von Stanten, has
arrived at Cowes from New York, and gone on to
Bremen. She brings mails of the Ist inst., 107,300
dols. in specie for England, and 198 passengers.
Oct. 1, near Sandy Hook, passed the steamers
Karnac and Circassian ; 2d, at noon, the screw
steamer Teutonia, hence for New York, lat. 40.37,
N., long. 69.21 W. ; 4th, 1at.43.25, long. 57.20, the
American ship Elizabeth Brown ; sth, lat. 45.14,
long. 51.57, the British ship Collector; 12th, lat.
49.41 long. 8.30, the Hamburg brig No. 37 ; and
this day, off the Start, the Hamburg bark No. 257.
The news by this steamer is of the same date as
that received by the Nova Scotian.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY Nmwr.
The steamer Borussia, bringing the same dates
as the New York, has just arrived in Cowes Roads.

A very brilliant display of aurora borealis was
observed at Southampton on Wednesday night, and it lnd
such an effect on the telegraphic wires, that communicaticn
between that town and London xv2s stopped for three hours.
This,_ we are informed, is always drle of the results attendant
on this singular phenomenon, although we have not seen it
noticed before.
PETERSBURG TRADE.—The steamer Atlantic,
Marshall, from Cronstadt, arrived in Hull early yesterday
(Wednesday) morning, with a large cargo and 13 passen-
gers. She left Cronstadt last Thursday evening, and has
had easterly winds the whole passage. Trade was vo.y
dull ; freights were bad and scarce ; many sailing vessels
and steamers leaving in ballast.—Eastern Counties fro aid.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following-
members of the College having undergone the necessary examinations, were admitted licentiates in midwifery, at a
meeting of the board on the 12th inst.—viz.: Messrs Alfred
datedH Stoke Newington, diploma of membership
John Joseph Swindell, Whetstone
or Horsley Bgo. s
17,
1859 ;
Middlesex, Aug. 1, 1159 ; Charles Henry, Elliott, Swan
River, Australia, March 12, 1858; Thomas Parkes, Wool-
wich, July 19, 1859; John Bridge,. Cottenham Cm-
bridgeshire, March 11, 1859; Thomas John Hughes,h
Woolwich, March 21, 1859; and Edward Vernon Utter-
terson, Balham-hill, May 16, 1859.