The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS•

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT, 10 0,,--,116
The mail steamer Etna, Captain W. F. in'Litl/
has just arrived from Alexandria and Ala "10(
the Australian mails. Amongst them is the
the Oneida.
The collective mail consists of nearly 400

and bags, the largest mail ever landed at this
They will be despatched to London at aboutl-11;;4,
to-night, in a special train consisting of five
Her dates are Alexandria, April 25th, and•Pslb
the 29th. She brings 62 first-class passengersA'
second-class, and six servanti—in all 81 ; all'obOP
packages of gold, of the value of nearly 90,1,1
sterling • nearly 50,0001. of this gold was on O
„.
the Oneida. Nearly 100 of the passengers left
Etna at Malta, to get to Eegland via Marseille°,o
This steamer had fine weather from Aleo_,°ol
to Malta ; westerly winds from Malta to Gibtl'e
fine from Gibraltar to Finisterre ; and WO
the Needles strong winds, with head sea.
Among the passengers landed at SouthalOf
from the Etna were Miss Graham, a sister 100
James Graham, from Malta ; and Messrs. all; 00
and Hannel, two of the members of the Legis°
Council of Victoria. 1•1

The passengers who left Australia in the loud
pean are some of the richest men in the gold ee
and many of them possess immense fortunes. log
The Oneida broke down 500 miles from do
George's Sound, her sole plate, which is the fetiol'
tion of the whole machinery, having give" toll,
Although she was only so short adstance-413j,
three day's steam—from St. George's Son "ilit
took her 17 days to get back, and she reache
Sound one day after the Simla had left. de'
weather was at the time very thick, whiel"
vented the people of the Simla from seeing 11,6*,;(1 !
The charge for sending gold home overf
considered by the colonists too high, al w.
thought that comparatively small quantities
gold will be sent by that route. cof!:
The European, al hough a fast sailer, 'sae'?
sid'zired not adapted for crossing the. ogean, as
fitted up fir a cold climate. fr°o
The Sydney passengers who were taken lee
the Oneida were 101 days from the time the'
Sydney until they reached Southampton. 00)
Australian passengers were detained three et bttea
Egypt, owing to the European arriving % 04,,r
three days before her time. The passengers 51)e„7
large number of nuggets in their posoession• ioi
say that Sir Henry Barkly, the new goveri crl
Victoria, has given much satisfaction to tile fir t
nie,, and his lady has won golden opinioloolllo
all classes of persons. Everything augurs g
the successful governorship of Sir Henry. , 05
The Etna reports that the British squacniid°
cruising (A 1 Malta, and that she passed the fkleti
steamer off Pantellaria on the 29 bound ferlfeo
andria. The Etna pas,ed the steamer Tartar
Galita on the 30th of April.

TINE MAIL STEAMER TYNE.3IO-
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FALMOU.....TH, FRIDAY E'Srfjl O OA'l it
The mail steamer Tynemouth, Capt• hrolls
from the East Indies, put in this afternoon e
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contrary winds and short of fuel. , caper
Her dates are—Port Louis, 24th Februvll,o3io
13th March ; St. Helena, 22d March ; -ABc
29f h March.
Her mails will be forwarded to-night,
.clO.l.
11 P.' fails
TEE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, OUTHAMPTO,,,ere
The Jura steamer, Captain Moodie, arrived P
Liverpool this morning, and sails hence with t,rba
oeo
for Ceylon, Australia, New Zdaland, 8c c., °LI •P
next, toe 12,h inst. .fitrae tli-
CLABKE V. THE ROYAL PANOPTICON OF ':'C-tdiViiil,llo
ART.—An arrargewent has been made fel' °eve 'VC
r. hose of t I.e matters in dispute in the cause.„old ps'
(-,f Chanc,ry will be spared the consuming t"- the c"
oil, or lather midnight composite candles, in 01
deration of this case. Tbilf,¢lll
ENTOPTAINMENT TO COL. HUDSON.-- On ecl - ersv
the British officers of the Italian Legion 5110_ad ge,Foret
of their gratitude for the great exertions
that tio
kindness of Colonel Hudson, the inspector °f eat eat *
id
by inviting him to a bands ime entertainl'u
kr, le°
Star and Garter Hotel, at Richmond. rat
1)- PIA
ILLNESS OF Dn. PUSEY.—We deeplY reb th el"
that Dr. Posey is in a very weak state o,f,..bties 51aftbef
physicians have given distinct orders
vtutbg• Sircullji;
keep entirely quiet for the next three avy cht
pastoral nor literary labours can, 1113"114.0 dot.rto
stance: interfere with this regulati"°.,l vat fig,
clergy, when ministering at the altar,
member him in their oblations and prayer