The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-15 00:00:00

SEA BORNE MAILS.

[When the date for me king up a mail falls on a Sunday, the mall
remains open until the da ,y following ; except in the case of the Indisl
mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made up thf
evening previous.]

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Made up at Whence
the des. When what When By what
Pos t-Office. patched. Vessel. expected Vessel.
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Lisboa ••• • • • 7th,l.7th, &}
South-
• •
51 27th. of the Tagus Jan. 14 Madrid
Spain ...... ampton
arr. ICU
month.
Gibraltar'
Gibraltar •.1
Matta • • • • • • I 4th and
Egypt .••• • • 1 4th & 20th South- 20th of Indui
Ni of the Pera Ceylon •• ..
ampton the
India
Mauritius month.
ylaCeylon)
China
Penang .. •• i
M the
Singapore - ........ Feb. 4.. •• ••••.
Austrana(vial M . South- Month:if
me.,....e. the Cape) 3
ampton
Cape of Good
Hope . • • • • •
Mauritius .. E Feb. 5.. .. Dart- Harbin
mouth ger Ceylon JAIL 25 EnglAtigi
... •
India • • •• • •
Lisbon 1
1
Madeira
South-
BuenosAyres 1 ampton • Feb. 12 Alva
CapedeVerds
Brazil ...... r I‘l Feb. 9.... {
Falkland Is-
lands
_1 j
Wes, Indies
(except Ha-
vana and
Honduras).
and 17th let and
Venezuela 2d
South-
M of the 16th of
Grey Town
New Granada month. i ampton Orinoco the La plat
Chili ~..•.
J month.
Peru
California
Honduras - 16th of Nassau ..
ampton Orinoco the La Fl I"
Mexico }
month.
M Feb. 2.• .. South-
ampton Havana ampton ••••• • • • Feb. 1 Atria*
Madeira
Teneriffe iE \Jan. 23 .. 1. PIY-
W.C.of Africa I mouth Gambia Feb 6 Ethlope
British North I
America IE Every Fri.} Liver-
United States pool Arabia lan. 19 EnroP3
United States Tan.2o and
BritichNorth E alternate Liyer-
pool Baltic Jan. 15 Baltlei
America Tuesdays.
Uniteditrtt NStoarttehs
}M J
amptonn
South-
America
an. 14 ..}Arage.. Feb. 10 Arage
Canada I E lan. 27 .. Liver- Anglo- 4 1"T• Arne.
pool _ Saxon rican.
____ Feb.

M—Morning. E—Evening.

TuE "lINLOOKED•FOR COMPLIMENT."—A. correspon.
dent of the Time!, of yesterday, says :--14 I cannot but
express a hope that the paragraph under the above head'
ing is incorrect, and that Sir William Cod rington, the
lake and last commander of our English army in the field,
has not condescended to accept " loot" at the hands of
an English sailor. Our army never occupied Yalta, nor
was there ever any military or maritime demonstration
against that pleasant little sea coast town, and if the
worthy tar 'found' a Russian general officer's state
English
hin
haanvyeef the houses of Yalta, he must in plain
Or while 'stolen' it while we were off the coasts
he was on shore during a temporary visit with
a flag of truce for the surrender of prisoners."
A " itlßacy
WAY "AT SEA.—A lady, on her voyage
to Calcutta, writes the following, which we are permitted
to print:—When in the Gulf of Aden, we saw a very re-
markable sight. It was a rough and blowy evening that
we were called on deck to see the " milky water," which
is only seen in this region. It is still undecided whether
the effect is pro iuced by electricity, by atmospheric
causes, or by animalcules. Instead of water it seemed as
Thif the vessel were plunging through great drifts of snow.
e appearance extended even to the horizon, and if the
air had been colder, and I could have heard the sound of
sleigh-bells, I should have lost all idea of the sea, and
imagined myself enjoying a magnificent sleigh ride. It
was a splendid sight, and it is very remarkable that no
ohemical analysis can detect any peculiarity in the com-
position of the water ; and as soon as daylight or moon-
lighthe
it vanishes. The "milky way" lasted for,
and then suddenly stopped, and every even-
ing afterward the water was as usual.