The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-27 00:00:00

THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

We have reuive-i the following telegraphic de
spatch from Marseilles :

" MALTA, APRIL 23.
" The agent of the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany received, under date the 19th inst., frolu
Alexandria, a t elegraphic communica ti on from Suez,
announcing the arrival there of the Europe in, but
no mention is made of any tidings of tht;
Oneida.
" The .zEtna left for Alexandria on the 21st inst."

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
The Cunard steamer Canahril arrived at Malts
fr-In Marseilles on the 20th inst., and the lEtriey
from South inipton, on the 21st. They experieuce4
bad weather.

The steamer Colombo, from Alexandria, has ar:
rived at Malta, reporting by telegraph the arrival
of the Australian Mail sieamer European, at Suez,
with the homeward mails from Australia, &c. Those
via Mar- eilles will be due in London on Saturdai
next, and on the Wednesday iollowing the heavy
portion of the mails may ba expected at Southan3P'
ton.

We have &so received the following telegraph:l
message from the Secretary of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, from which;
it will be seen that the supposition of the agent a"
Suez that the vessel in sight was the Australi9l,
steamer should be received wi h soma degree 01
hesitafon, Hs the European was not clue at Suer
until the 22d inst., and to have arrived on thel9th
Inst. must have made the run from Sydney in nearly
five days less time than the Sind°, wh'el laet ves,e'
was due on the 24th and arrived on the 26th.
It would also appear almost impossible that the
vessel in sight at Suez should have been the Oneida,
since no mention is made of her in the telegraphic'
despatch, via Trieste, as having reached Galle .of
Aden.

" MARSEILLES, SUNDAY.
" The Vectis arrived at 6 this morning all
w&1. '
" Th 3 Peninsular and Oriental Company fi
s ,
at 'amer Azof reached Aden on the 6th inst.
the Mauritius mail of the 25th of March.
"At Al,,xsodria, on the 19th inst., at half an
hour after noon, a t degraphich despatch was re"
ceived from the agent at Suez that, at 11.37 ti•in"
a steamer, supposed to be the Australian steamer,
was in sight, but would not arrive in loss than ene
or two h,Jurs."

ALARMIN 0 FIRES.

During yesterday morning and Saturday several
serious fires took place in and near the metropolis*
Ott Saturday the whole of the troops stationed it:
Aldershott Camp were suddenly aroused by an alaral
of tire, which quickly spread through the entire en-
campment. The fire broke out in the comrnima:
rist (amp bake' y. This comprised two mills worked
by horse-power, and on the ground-floor were sit
spacious ;ovens for baking bread, and two other
mills, also worked: by horse-power, for mixing
and in the brewhouse at the side were four large
boilers used for brewing yeast. The whole of the
building formed almost a parallelogram, and ill"
a
eluded beyond those above enumerated spacioni
range of stabling in which several horses belonging
to the officers were kept, the new forage s ere)
the bread stores, the coal yard, oven houses, and
timber huts. In the upper story of one part of the
bakery were not fewer than 356 sacks of flour, and
several thousand loaves of bread, besides various
other descriptions of stores. In the centre was *
large open yard, in which stood only a waggc:l'
worth about 80 guineas, which was speedily re-
duced to ashes ; had there been ten times as raarl•?,
in the saraa place, the whole unquestionably muse
have been consumed. Whilst the men vier"
engaged in the bakery, they were astonished at se!:
ing an unusual body of flame in one of the boil'',
ings used as stores. An instant alarm of "F' ira
was raised, and re-echoed through the ranks, anei
a very brief state of time the troops were order!:
out, and a brigade of firemen attended with thn
engine. It was then found that nothing short Ot
the most strenuous exertions if those on the 51)06
could save the surrounding buildings. The flanlef
rising through the roof illuminated every part Ot.
the camp and the country for many miles distal 3
Before they could be entirely extinguished the large
bakery was consumed, all that remains being ttue
tall chimney shaft ; six of the extensive ovens
also burned out. The camp bakery is consumed'
T wo large mills are gutted and their contents are 21'5.',,
consumed. About I,oooloaves of bread and a quantity
of flour have been saved, damaged by the beau..
water thrown upon them. A telegraphic message' 1"-
immediately sent to the Royal Insurance-orlicej
where the property was insured by Messrs. Bea,,,
and Co., the contractors, of Austin-friars ; wbeci
Mr. Johnson, the Secretary of the company, an
Mr. Hadsoll, the surveyor to various fire offieesi
went to the spot, and were enabled to save much
the stock. As to the cause of the fire nothing tit
could be depended upon could be ascertained.
is expected that the business will be able to be 1"°-
sinned as usual to-morrow (Tuesday).
te
A fire also took place on Saturday night, at a lair,
hour, in a specious pile of, premises belonging „ 1;
Mr. Halstead, sail manufacturer and ship-chandler:
Everett-terrace, Victoria (London) Dock-rot!
The discovery was made by a police-officer. In td
course of a few minutes the parsA engines attende;
followed by those of the London Brigade fiw
School-house-lane, Jeffrey, and Wellclose-s4l-126re
stations. The flames being fed :sy a great qualltit,,e',
of ships' sails and other equally inflammable artie',„,
used in the trade, rolled out of every window' itt,""
tie building and through the roof, bringing .
relief the shipping in the river Thames, and ma''ol
the water like the colour of gold. The fire nolo
reached the premises of Mr. Everett, No. 2, on
same terrace, but the firemen eventually succeeded
in getting the flames extinguished, not, horrevnj
until the builoing was burned to the ground, r.„130
the stock in trade and other effec.s consumed.
total loss is very coesid, rible, and it could petr
learned whether or not the sufferer was insure
s
The adjoining house of Mr. Everett is also con'
siderably damaged by fire, &c.
at de-
On Saturday mornirg a fire involving a great den
struction of property happened between 11 and 1;6,/__,
the premises of Mr. T. Gosling, packing-casein aKe.".,
Cursi t or- street, Chancery-lane. The premises;
question cover a large spot of ground, and are c°,
eige-
fleeted with houses on all sides. Some of the n „
boors observed sparks issuing from the workshops
in Grey-stoke-place, which runs into Fetter-lapel
and immediately informed the police. The enginese,
of the London Brigade, which promptly
from Holborn, Coandos-street, Watling-street
&c., and those of the West of Eugland got to work
'under the direction of Mr. Braistwood ;
tissues, nevertheless, spread with amazing rapins
and stack after stack of timber in Messrs. S' real
and Emery's yard caught fire. Mrs. ggiitleY
arriv
coffee-house was reduced to ruins. The adjoii-TT
,
houses of Mr. Willford, boot and shoe maker, DAL_
I'earse, and Mr. Hunt, tailor, were considerably
damaged. Cause and insurance unknown.

THE BROTHERTON MEMORIAL.—It has been deter-
nnued that the intended memorial to the late Jos. Bra"
therton, Esq., M.P. for Salford, shall consist of a monu-
ment over his tomb, in the Saltord Cemetery, at NeW
Barn, and of a bronze statue in the Peel-park, Sa)ford•
The commission for the statue has been given. to B',11.•
Matthew Noble, and its cost will be 1;000 guineag. b 0
pedestal will be of granite.