The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Australian Auxiliary Company's ship Indo-
mitable, Captain Nicholson, from Melbourne, ar-
rived this afternoon with 30,922 ounces of gold, and
a cargo including 600 bales of wool, 90 tons of cop-
per, 5 cases of silks, 1,000 firkins of butter, and
sundry merchandise. She left Port Phillip Heads on
April 30, and in Bass's Straits discovered that the
mainmast was sprung and fore and main topmasts
disabled, and was thus prevented from carrying
much sail. From South Cape, New Zealand, which
was made in five days, she was compelled to go as
far as 62 S. lat. to seek winds, and encountered
head winds and a succession of easterly gales. She
was 10 days off Cape Horn, for five of which she
was hove to in a terrific gale ; one man was drowned,
the life-boat was lost, and other damage incurred.
She crossed the line on the 16th of July, and her
passage home has occupied 118 days. She spoke,
on the 14 rh of June, off Cape Horn, the ship 0 dvia,,
35 days for Callon; July 5, the Danish bark T. C.
Scholet ; July 13, lat. 8 9 S., long. 34 W., the
Commodore Perry, 64 days from Liverpool for
Melbourne, all well ; she intended to call at Bahia
for water ; July 15, lat. 3 40, long 32, the Marco
Polo, 36 days out ; July 20, the American bark
Trovatore ; July 26, the Portuguese brig Julia ;
August 1, the bark Rapido, 122 days from Mazat-
lan; August 3, in lat. 34 42, long. 41 25 W., the
Dutch bark Maria Anne, 135 days from Rangoon,
the ship Jason, 86 days from Batavia, and the
British ship Euphrates, 139 days from the west
coast ; August 4, the bark Esmeralda from
Madras for London, and the ship Alma,i 105
from Bombay, for Liverpool ; August 7, the
ship Lochie], 102 days from Calcutta for Lon-
don ; August 17, the Spanish bark Helena,
120 days from Rangoon ; August 18, the British
brig Helena, 46 days from Paraiba ; August
20, the barque Tyrer, 112 days from Valpa-
raiso ; and off the Lizard this morning, her Ma-
jesty's screw steam corvette Pylades, 21, 'William
A. Sharp, master, with the Assurance, and three
other despatch gunboats, which left Portsmouth
last night.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.
The European and Australian Company's steamer
Oneida, which caused such anxiety for her fate
some months since, has arrived here. She left
Sydney on the sth of May last, and has been 117
days on her passage. She came round Cape Horn,
and has experienced the most fearful weather ; she
sailed principally during the voyage, and steamed
during calms.
The Oneida has brought home 36 passengers and
150 bales of wool. She called at St. Helena and at
St. Vincent. She spoke the James Baines, with
troops for India, about eight days since, off the
Western islands.
When the Oneida broke down in the Indian

Ocean, on her wayto Suez, she was going:ll knots an
hour. She had passed Cape Lewin two days before
her time, and would have made a splendid voyage
to Suez but for the mishap by which her sole plate
was brokers in two places, and a new sole plate
could not be made for her its Au,tralia. There can

be no doubt that when she is put in proper repair
she -will be a splendid mail st,amer. Capt. Hyde,
her commander, is in good health, but has suffered
much from. the anxiety he has undergone on account
of the misfortunes which have happened to his
ship.