The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-20 00:00:00

THE BAST INDIA, CHINA, AND
AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Indus, Captain J. Weeks, arrived at South-
ampton at 5 p.m. yesterday, with the heavy portion
of these mails. She left Alexandria on the sth inst.,
Malta on the 9th, and Gibraltar on the 14th. In
the Mediterranean she experienced light easterly
breezes and tine weather; from Gibraltar to Cape
Finisterre, moderate northerly breezes and fine
weather; across the bay, strong easterly breezes
end head sea; and up Channel, strong easterly
-winds, and fine, clear weather.

At 3 30 p.m. on the Bth inst. the Indus passed
the Massilia steamer, from Malta for Alexandria;
at 9 a.m. on the 11th, the Pera steamer, hence for
Malta and Alexandria; on the 15th, at 5 55 p.m.,
the Ellora steamer, also bound hence for Malta and
Alexandria ; on the 15th, at r, 30 p.m., the ship
Laconia, steering south ; and on the 18th, at 1 30
p.m., the steamer Milan, steering south-west.
The Indus brought 148 passengers (viz., 79 first-
class, 29 children, 12 second-class, 15 servants, and
13 deck), among whom were :—From Calcutta—Sir
John and Lady Hcarsey and family. From Madras
—Major-Gen. Campbell. From Sydney—Sir John,
Lady, and Miss Dickenson. From Hongkong—
Lieut.-Col. Wolsey and Capt. the Hon. B. Hamil-
ton. From Malta—Major Balfour and Captain
Macnamara, R.M.A. From Gibraltar—Col. and

Miss Lacy.
His Highness Mustapha Pacha and suite were
passengers in the Indus from Alexandria to Malta,
en route for Naples, and previous to leaving the
ship the Pasha presented Captain Weeks with a
valuable diamond ring, in testimony of his appre-
ciation of the attention that had been paid him by
the captain and his officers.
The freight of the Indus consisted of £2,887 in '
specie, 985 bales and 170 cases of silk, 28 cases of
valuables, 19 casks of wine, and 54 packages of
general merchandise.
At Alexandria were the usual Egyptian fleet,
and the French paddle steamers Raquen, Asmodie,
Eldorado, and screw transport Mayence.
Her Majesty's ship Mohawk left Malta on the
morning of the 9th inst. for Corfu. The St. Jean
d'Acre, Liffey, Lapwing, Racoon, and Alacrity were
at Malta when the Indus left. The Neptune was
cruising off the port, having a few light cases of
fever. Her Majesty's ship Argus, Procris, and
Cockatrice were at Gibraltar on the 14th. The screw
frigate Immortalite left Palma (Majorca) on the
morning of the 6th, and returned to Gibraltar on
the evening of the 11th. She left for Plymouth, in
accordance with telegraph orders, at noon on the
13th.

The Empress of Austria, in the Royal yacht Vic-
toria and Albert, Capt. the Hon, J. Denman, arrived
at Gibraltar at 11 o'clock a.m. on the 7th inst. from
Cadiz, and was received on the yacht anchoring by
a Royal salute from the saluting battery. His Ex-
cellency the Governor, accompanied by part of his
staff, visited her Majesty on board immediately after
arrival. At 2 o'clock her Majesty landed at the
Ragged Staff' under salutes from the guns of the
fortress, and was received at the Convent by a guard
of honour furnished by the ith Royal Fusiliers.
The steam yacht Osborne, Commander Bower,which
anchored in the bay at 3 15 a.m., brought the suite
of the Empress. The Empress, after landing, was
received at the Convent by Lady Codrington, and
shortly afterwards attended the celebration of a Te
Deum at the Roman Catholic Church. Her Majesty
then, accompanied by Lady Codrington, drove round
the works and inspected part of the excavations,
returning to the yacht before sunset. His Excel-
lency th© Governor and Capt. Hood, Aide-de-Camp,
the senior naval officer, and the Austrian Consul,
had the honour of receiving invitations to join the
Royal circle at dinner on board the yacht. During
dinner the band of the 25th Regiment took its sta-
tion at the New Mole quay, and performed a selec-
tion of pieces. Next morning her Majesty took
her departure in the Victoria and Albert at half-
past 10 o'clock. On the Royal yacht leaving the
bay Elliot's, Woodford's, and Europa batteries
saluted in succession as the yacht passed on
rounding Europa point. When the Victoria
and Albert left her anchorage the steam sloop
Argus, Commander Ingram, saluted her Imperial
Majesty with a Royal salute, and as the Royal
yacht neared the Portuguese steam corvette Bartho-
lomeo Dias, Captain his Royal Highness the In-
fante Dorn Luiz, this vessel fired another salute,
both ships manning yards at the time. The paddle-
wheel steam yacht Osborne, Commander Bower,
left they bay for the eastward during the night.
By a Spanish Royal decree, dated the 6th inst.,
it is ordered that all the vessels that are to assemble
at Algesiras shall form a squadron for the purpose
of exercising the sailors and marines and attend to
the service of the African possessions. Admiral
Don Luis Hernandez Pinzon is appointed to com-
mand this naval division. The vessels which are
to compose this squadron are,—The liner Reina
Isabel 11., frigate Concepcion and Cortes, corvettes
Villa de Bilboa and Ferrolana, screw and paddle
steamers Isabel 11., Vasco Nunez de Balboa, lilloa,
Colon, Lepanto, Vulcaao, Liniers, Alerta, Circe,
Santa Teresa, Edetana, Buenaventura, Consuelo,
San Quintin, Patino, and Marques de la Victoria.
A telegram from Cadiz of the evening of the ith,
received in Madrid, says :
" In conformity to the orders received from Go-
vernment, all the disposable men-of-war in this bay
have received orders to join the squadron forming
at Algesiras without loss of time."
" The last accounts from Tangier," says the Con-
stitucional,

" State that the interviews between the represen-
tative of Spain and Muley-el-Abbas have been very
frequent lately, owing to the dalay in the arrival of
money from Fez. It is possible that Government
had deemed it expedient to assemble naval forces
on the African coasts, in order to show that Spain
possesses the necessary means for the defence of
her highest interests."
The Epoca believes that

" The Emperor of Morocco has already collected
50,000,000 out of the 90,000,000 reals which he is
bound to deliver to Spain in the course of the
month of May; but that if, having the power to
do so, he does not comply with his solemn engage-
ments, our country, besides the guarantees it already
holds, will take all others it may deem necessary
for the complete satisfactien of its interests."

Letters from Tangier mention the arrival in the
province of a new Basha, Kaid Kern, one of the
chiefs or generals of the Bokharry Cavalry, or body
guard of the Sultan. It was said that after the de-
parture of the small force which the Viceroy had
stationed for some tine at Garbeen the tribes of
Wadras and Bem-Arros had refused to pay taxes,
and had shown a spirit of insubordination, and that
the new Basha was accompanied by a detachment
of cavalry (about 500) for the purpose of bringing
the unruly tribes to order and enforcing the Sultan's
authority.
jjadi Hauled She oelec Ben Abdel Malek
had been appointed Lieut.-Governor of Tangier.
He is the son of the late Governor, and was one of
the Moorish envoys sent to Madrid.
Royal salutes were fired on the 13th inst., at 5
a.rn. at noon, and at sunset, from the batteries at
Algeciras and by the squadron in the roadstead in
honour of the birthday of the King Consort of Spain.
The Spanish Infanta Dona Concepcion was consi-
dered in a convalescent state, though not out of
danger.

Chevalier Etienne Scovasso, lately diplomatic
agent and Consul-General of Italy in the empire of
Morocco, left Gibraltar on the sth inst. in the Bri-
tish steamship lonia, via G'anoa, for his new post
in a similar capacity at Belgrade, Turkey.
The Spanish sailing corvette Villa de Bilbao, 30
guns, Capt. F. Gornez de Quevedo, arrived at Cadiz
on the Bth, and the French war steamer Coligny,
Commander Serre, which had put in there from
Mogadore, sailed for the eastward on the same day.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Pera, from Southampton on the 4th instant,
arrived at Gibraltar on the 9th at 9 p.m., and pro-
ceeded up the Mediterranean at 8.30 a.m. the next
day.

The merchant steamer Apostol, while on her pas-
sage from Cadiz to Vigo, encountered a severe storm,
during which she had her screw propeller broken)
and was in the act of proceeding to Oporto when
she went ashore.

The Madrid journals of the 9th announce that the
British brig Commodore has been wrecked at the