The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-17 00:00:00

THE PENINSULA MAILS.

The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer
Iberia, Capt. Burney, arrived at Southampton yes-
terday with the Peninsula mails in charge of Lieut.
lt.N. Her dates are—Gibraltar, Nov. 3;
Cadiz, 4 ; Lisbon, 9; Vigo, 11. There is free com-
munication between Lisbon and Oporto. The Iberia,
however, was ordered when at Vigo MI her outward
passage not to touch at Oporto on her homeward
route. If she did. the authorities at Vigo threatened
that they would not grant her a clean bill
of health for England. It was expected, how-
ever, that the last outward Peninsula mail
packet would be allowed to call at Oporto.
The Iberia made a splendid passage out from Eng-
land, in fact her passage was so rapid that she had to
remain four days at Lisbon ou her homeward voyage
before the contract time had expired for her to leave
that pert. She had a very unfavourable passage
homeward from Lisbon, having experienced very
bad weather while crossing the Bay of Bileay.
Front Gibraltar we learn by the Iberia that there
is not much prospect of effectually chastising the ras-
cally pirates on the Riff coast on account of the diffi-
culty of getting at them. The Emperor of Morocco,
it appears, acknowledges his inability to check their
depredations, and would be glad if any nation would
undertake to do it for him. It was rumoured that
the English prisoners of the Melilla pirates had been
ransomed for a hundred dollars each prisoner.
(Inc of the seamen who was wounded on board of
her Majesty's ship Janus, in the late attack on the
Moors, had died of his wounds.
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'llic lellow•ing ix extracted from the Gitra/tat
Chronicle of the 3rd

For the but two or three days it has been reported in the
garrison that a revolution had broken out in Morocco, at a
place near 'haat, headed by a nephew of :hc present Em-
peror, who has called upon tnc people of the empire to
assist him in dethroning Abderalimui, whom he denounces
as a usurper of the throne which, as the son of the late
Emperor, he claims as belonging to him by right. His
party, according to the report, has gathered such strength.
that, having laid siege to fatilat, it has succeeded in carry-
ing off the treasure of the Emperor Alxlerahman which
was deposited there.

Yesterday morning, shortly before nine, the British screw
steamer l'hmbe, P. P. Brennan, cominauder, ran aground
off the breakwater under the Orange Bastion, on coming
into the bay during high water. Prompt assistance was
afforded by the boats of the Bellerophon and Arethum the
moment her situation was observed. The screw steamer
Nile, which arrived front the East some time afterwards,
renuered material assistance by sending a hawser on board
the Phmbe ; but unfortunately, the tide going out, the
hawser snapped. The men-of war's boats had extended an
anchor, and did everything that was possible to get her off,
but could not succeed. A portion of the coals and cargo
of the PhroSis was then discharged, and, by the joint aunt-
once of 11. M. steamer Janus and the File, sad the working
of an anchor cast from one of 11. M. ships boats, and worked
on board the l'hcche, they succeeded in getting her off about
eight o'clock last night.
On the:llst ult. the English hark O'Ferral, G. de Maria,
master, laden with coal anti iron, was wrecked on the coast
of Conil. The Master was unfortunately drowned in at-
tempting to save himself; but the rest of the crew, 18 in
number, reached the shore in a boat.

The Iberia left Lisbon so soon after the Se-
vern that she brings no political news of import-
ance from Portugal. In the 'Tagus wore H.M.
ships Prince Regent, Hogue, Leander, Dauntless,
and Arothusa. The two latter arrived from Gib-
raltar on the 7th inst. A seaman on board the Are-
thusa had had his leg shot otf while exercising the
guns. The Dauntless had started her head kneo and
had injured her shaft. These accidents originated it
was thought from the disproportionate masts. It
was believed that the Dauntless would have to come
home to be repaired.