The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-20 00:00:00

EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.
The. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's steam-ship Pera, Captain Soy, reached
Southampton this day, at half-past eleven o'cicck
p.m., with mails and dates from the above places.
On her outward voyage the Pera experienced
fine weather and strong favourable winds. She
ran from Southampton to Gibraltar in' 3 days 22
hours, and to Malta in 7 days 3 hours ; we believe
an unprecedented passage.
Homewards she met with westerly winds in the
Mediterranean northerly up the coast, strong S. W.,
with a heavy N.W. swell across the bay, and S.E.
winds, with fine weather, up the Channel.
Her dates of sailing were :—Alexandria, April
5 ; Malta, Apiil 9 ; Gibraltar, April 14.
The Pera brings 152 passengers, amongst whom
are Captain Lane, Dr. Darnton, Captain Clapcott,
Captain Yard, Dr. Hastings, Colonel Lloyd, Col.
Hughes, Captain Cannon, Captain M'Donald,
Captain Barclay, and Sir W. Baynes, lady, and
family. •
_ _ _•

Mre. Bray, passenger from Bombay, died on the
morning of the 18th April, off Ushant, of disease
of the lungs.
She also brings Mrs. Hartley, and the body of
James Hartley, Esq., who died en board the com-
pany's ship Alma, on the 19th ult., two days' sail
from Ceylon, on his return from India, aged 56 ;
and it may in all truth be recorded that in him
were eminently combinei the noble qualities of the
honourable, upright, and honest citizen ; the kind,
affectionate, and indulgent parent ; the fond and
faithful husband ; the true and valued friend ; and
the charitable and generous man. His loss will be
lon°, and deeply mourned by all who knew him ;
but who can say bow deeply by the widow and
children he has loft behind him, and by those
friends who were more immediately connected with
him, and who for many years had felt the influence
of his kind and benevolent heart.

The freight of the Pera consists of 6 packages of
specie (value not specified), 10 boxes of oranges, 1
cane of opium, 1,636 ba!ei of silk, 50 cases of silk,
90 tales of flax, 57- bales of wool, 28 bales of in-
cease, 64 packages of gum, and 233 packages of
sundries.

Her Majesty's ship Tartarus was at Alexandria.
Admiral Lord Lyons was daily expected atMalt:),
from Constantinople, with his fleet.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship
Alhambra arrived at Gibraltar on the morning of
the 14th inst.

At three p.m. on the 14th, off Cape Trafalgar,.
exchanged colours with the Royal Yacht Squadron
schooner Centaur, standing to Gibraltar.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrivals and departures of British ships reported at
Gibraltar from the 6th to the 13th inst., inclusive :
April 6—Tbe Royal Yacht Squadron schooner Clay-
more, R. M. Wood, commander, 13 days from Genoa
for England ; brig Jessie Thomas, from Alexandria, with
maize, for Gibraltar for orders, barque Blackness, tram
Marseilles, in ballast, for Cardiff—cleared ; barque Rose,
from Alexandria, with barley, for Cork—cleared ; barque
Repeater, from Trieste, in ballast, f rr Quebec—cleared;
barque Mary, from Malta, in ballast, for Gibraltar, for
orders ; barque Victoria, from Malta, in ballast, for
Car-Jiff—cleared ; brig Stanley, from Cagliari, with salt,
for Pooh—cleared ; schooner Zephyr, from Taranto,
with oil, for Hull—cleared ; br;g Minuet, from Velez-
Malaga. in ballast, for Newcastle—cleared.
April 7—The steam eloop Curlew, Commander Hor-
ton, returned from Tangier last evening, having on board
her Majesty's charge d'affaires, John flay I'rummond
Hay, Esq., C. 8., who left for Tetuan in the same steamer
at half past six this morning. Her Majesty's screw line-
of-battle ship Cressy, Captain Warren, and steam frigate
Magicienne, Captain Vansittart, which arrived on Fri-
day night from Malta, left the bay this morning under
steam tl the westward. The steam tug Bustler, in
charge of Mr. lalkner, left about two p.m. for England,
where she is to undergo a thorough repair of her machi-
nery. The steam sloop Sphynx, Captain 11711111°U,
which arrived from Malta on Saturday bound to Sierra
Leone, will leave this afternoon. Schooni r Isabella,
from Galata, with maize, for Cork—cleared ; schooner
Marian Zagury, from Corfu, with maize, for Gibraltar,
for orders—cleared for Gijon ; barque William and Anne,
from Barcelona, in ballast, for Savannah—cleared.
April 3—The whale of the wind•bound vessels have
succeeded in passing the Straits since yesterday morn-
ing, when the wind veered to eastward. Her Majesty's
steam rloop Sphynx, Captain Wilmal., steamed to the
westward at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon ;
brig Unity, from Algiers, in ballast, for S Nansea ; bar-•
quo Vulcan, from Cartbagena, with lead, for Newcastle
—cleared ; schooner Victoria, from Tangier, in ballast,
ha. Gibraltar, consigned to Mr. Martinez ; her Majesty's
sloop Curlew, from Tetuan ; brig Renovation, from Car-
r lesgena, iu ballast, for Quebec— cleared ; brigantine
Geaver, from Valencia and Tarragona, in ballast—clear-
ed ; brig Clara Heckman, from Legliorn, with marble,
for Boat in—cleared ; brig Undaunted, from Malta,
in ballast, for Sutderland— cleared ; schooner Sir John
Newport, from Carthagena, with lead, for Newcastle—
cleared ; barque Charles, from Cardiff, with coals, for
Gibialtar ; brig Alma, from Palermo, with fruit, for
Philadelphia— cleared ; steamer PliasOe, from Constan-
tinople and Smyrna, with a general cargo, ;or London,
consigned to Messrs. Middleton, Bland, and Co.—
cleared.

April 9—The steam packet Colombo, from Southamp-
ton, with mails and a general cargo, for Gibraltar,
Malta, and Alexandria ; steamer Thalia, from Valencia,
with fruit, for Cork, consigned to Messrs. Grahams and
Co.—cleared ; brig Asia, from Thrall and Constanti-
norle, with maize, for Cork—cleared; brig Charlotte,
from Rio (Elba), with iron ore, for Newport —c'ea,ed ;
brig Pacific, from Mazzarelli, with locusts, f Dart-
mcutb, for orders—cleared ; barque J .seph Bushby,
from Genoa, in ballast, for Gibraltar, for orders, cot-
signed to Messrs. Carver, Brothers ; brig Jane Price,
from Malaga, in balla.t, for Gibraltar, for orders, coc-
signed to Messrs. D. Garese and Sons ; steamer Earl of
Lonsdale, from Tangiers; with bullocks, for Gibraltar,
consigned to Mr. Mateos ; her Mnjesty's steam-sloop
Curlew, from 'rangier ; schooner Mkrit, horn Garrucha,
with copper cre, for Swansea—cleared ; barque Mag'a
Charta, from Scala Nova, with barley, for Cork, for
orders—cleared ; screw-steamer Berwick, from Malaga,
in ballast, for London, consigned to Messrs. Peacock
and C.

April 10—The screw-steamer Britannia, from London,
with a general cargo, for Gibraltar and Cadiz. consigned
to Messrs. Peacock and Co. ; briganline Eliza, from
Newcastle, with coals, .for Gibraltar; screw-steamer
Albanian, from Liverpool, with a general cargo, for
Gibraltar and Genoa, consigned to Messrs. Carver,
Brothers—cleared.

April 11—The schooner Premier, from Scilly, with
potatoei for Gibraltar, consigned to*Messrs. Turner and
Co. ; birque Exelsior, from Marseilles, in ballast, for
&ields—cleared ; barque Swift, from Malta, with salt,
for Jersey—cleared ; barque Albert Grosby, from Mar-
seilles, with a general cargo, for Montreal—cleared.
April 12—The schooner Bee, from Palermo, with
fruit, for London—cleared.

April 13—The steamer Melita, front Liverpool, with
a general cargo, for GibraPar, Malta, and Constanti-
nople, consigned to Messrs. Middleton, Bland, and Co.
—cleared. Twelve noon—The steamers Albanian left
at half-past 2 p,m. on Saturday for the East, and the
Mirwick at 6 a.m, yesterday for the west. A Spanish
paddle-wheel steam-sloop and the British barque Sun-
derland passed from west to east yesterday afternoon.

EXCIIANGES.—London, DO days' date, 51 3.16; Paris,
ditto, sf. 36c.; Marseillo4, ditto, sf. 37c.; Genoa, ditto,
5E 30c, ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, I.ldis. ; Cadtz, ditto,
die. ; Malaga, ditto, ciis.; Seville, ditto, I die. ; Ali-
cante, ditto, die.; Valencia, ditto, die.; Barcelona,
ditto, 4 die.

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