The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-19 00:00:00

TILE INDIA AND CIIINAMAILS

Alv D PASSRA GETS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Nemesis Captain Thomas Black, arrived at Southarer
ton at 11.30 a.m. yesterday, with the heavy portion of
the India and China mails, in charge of Lieut. Irwin,
R.N., Admiralty agent. She left Alexandria on the sth
inst., Mato. the 96, and Gibraltar the 13Lb. Between
Alexandria and Malta the Nemesis experienced strong
head winds; from Malta to Gibraltar light winds with
heavy rains ; light north-easterly winds along the coasts
of Spain and Portugal ; south-westerly winds, with a
heavy north-westerly swell across the Bay of Biscay ;
and fresh south westerly winds, with heavy rains up th•
Channel.

The Nemesis bad 56 passengers, including Sir James
Brooke, and on freight 11 packages of specie, value
11,339/. sterling, 1,230 bales of silk, 2 casks of wine, and
150 packages of general merchandise.
At Alexandria on the sth the usual Egyptian fle.i
were lying at anchor.
Her Majesty's ships Royal Albert, Hibenia, Con'
queror, Princess Royal, Centurion, Vulture, Desperate,
Vigilant, Coquette, Harpy, and Caradoc, and a Turkish
steam frigate were at Malta.
On the 13th her Majesty's ship Curlew and the Prue'
sian frigate Thetis were at Gibraltar.
The hired ship Lady M`Naughten, with 200 convicts
from Portsmouth for the dockyard establishment et
Gibraltar, anchored off the Ragged Staff during the night
of the sth inst., and they were landed on the 7th.
The steam transport Euxine (Peninsular and Oriental
Company), with the 3d diyieion of the 69th Regiment oil
board, arrived at Gibraltar on the Bth at 7 a.m., and
having taken in 290 tons of coal at the New Mole left at
the same hour on the 9th for Malta and Alexandria.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Indus, with the India and China mails of the 4th from
Southampton, anchored in the Bay between 11 and 12
p.m. on the 9th, and at noon on the 10th resumed her
voyage.
The Dutch brig Cornelia, which drifted over to the
other side of the Bay during the night of the 7th inst.,
was found on the 9th by the steam-tug Orient, atandoned
by her crew and touching the ground. The Orient took
her in tow, and having been supplied with chain and
anchors from the shore, she was, in the afternoon, safely
moored in the bay.
The following is the report of the disaster suffered by
the James Booth while prosecuting her voyage frota
Liverpool to Australia, which, as reported by the Tagus
steamer, was towed into Gibraltar Bay, from off Cabriti
Point, on Saturday, by the steam-tug Orient :
" The James Be ;th, from Liverpool for Melbourne
with a general cargo, in lat. 31 N., long. 10 W., experi-
enced severe weather. On the27th the foremast gave way
by the rigging, every exertion was made to save the main-
mast, but, at 3 p.m. on the following day it broke by the
board, bringing down the mizen-topmast and all above
it ; part of it fell on board and the remainder over star-
board, smashing pumps and pump-gear. two boats,
deck-house, after-hatch, rails and stanchions and every-
thing within its reach,.the sea at the time making a
complete breach over the ship. The master then gave
orders to cut and clear away, in order to get at the
pumps, to ease the ships for fear of more damage. The
next day rigged jury masts and bore for Gibraltar, being
the best port at hand for making good the damage etl‘s.
tained. The ship is leaky and will have to discharge to
effect repairs."
The French vessels Henri, and Lucie, Captaiaa
Qairval and Fabre, and the Spanish ones Carmelite and
Dos Amigos, Captains Ronan and Joy, were wree/F"kedr,
on the 30th ult. between Palamos and Guixols. 1;
women and a child who were on board the fleur.
perished ; no other personal casualty occurred.
Gibraltar exchanges on the 12th inst. were quoted al
follow :—London 90 day's date, 494 ; Paris, ditto
5f 31c ; Marseilles, ditto, 5f 32c ; Genoa, ditto, 5f 350
Madrid, 8 day's sight, 13 die ; Cadiz, ditto, Pr '
Malagar, ditto die ; Seville, ditto, # die ; Alicante,
ditto, 4 die ; Valencia, ditto, die ; Barcelona, ditto,
Spanish Pillared Dollars 4 per cent. pm. ; none; n°
demand,
On the 15th inst., 30 miles south of Finisterre, the
the Nemesis spoke the Royal mail steamer Tevic4'
bound to the southward.