The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-25 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

The Pa tinaelu lad Oriental Company's steam
packet Tagus arrived at Southampton yesterday,
with the Peninsular mails. Her dates were—
Gibraltar, lan. 18 Cadiz, 17; Lisbon, 19; Vigo,
20. She did not ormemenicate with Oporto.
The Tagus brought 38 pawners.
The Pera left Lisbon with the India and China
mails on the 19th inst., having been detained there
in qua/satins and to maks repairs tea days.
This month bus hew of a very stormy description
slug the Pentneatar mast, involving must lose of
life and property. There were 14 vessels on shore
when the packet left Gibraltar, and some twenty
more wrecks were reported at ie telegraph station
at Cadiz, having chiefly occurred on the 9th inst.,
aloof the south-west coast. Os entering the latter
port, the wrecks of two veseels appear above water,
nearly in mid-ohannel. Found and left ill the ports
filled with weather-bound vessels, and some diuneeed
ones. An unprecedented quantity of rain had fallen.
Thick rainy weather was prevailing, and variable
winds, chiefly from the nub west. The Tagus left
Vigo with a strong westerly gale and threatening
weather, which continued to the Channel.
At Vigo, on Jan. 11, wee H.M.S. Transit;
Gibraltar: Oa the 16th. H.M.S.Traosit left Gibraltar
for the outward; at Liaises, on the 19th, was H.M.S.
St. George.
Shortly before the packet left Lisbon the British
ship Ben Maiek Dhei, after clearing from Ludas
fee Bolivia, had oeossion to put into Lisbon in dis-
tress, three men having been washed overboard in a
gale. She was ordered into quarantine ground;
there wee no admen on board; but being short-
handed, the vessel broke from the exposed situation,
wss driven on shore off Belem, and but for timely
sentence from H.M.S. St. Georg! and a steamer
mast infallibly have been lost. The word of the
doctor and captain was insufficient. A vessel may
he wrecked or lives lost—what matter! A few
Portuguese satherides get enriched. This, too, from
a Rados yid* own its existence to us. It is surely
high time he &Risk interferserce.
The following um& had lately pat into Lisbon
elamerged:—The Canada, from London for Madras;
helve, from Ifewoutle for Havana; Gaillelmo, from
Mamba for Bristol; Greyhound, from Gibraltar for
Newheadkad; Louisa, from Swansea for Bombay;
George (Fronde brig), fun Monte Video for Hans.
Is foreign exchanges the following are the last
=alm:—Leadon at 30 days, 64; ; 90 dew, eq.
a' at 3 months' date, 48! to 49. Amsterdam,'

at 3 months' date, 431. Genoa, at 2 months' ditto,
519. Paris, at 100 days, 621. The operations on
London wereot a very limited amount, both paper and
mousy being scarce, owing in a great metier. to the
stoppage of all business from the very bad ',either.
On the continent business Is also very dulL
In the stock market a ooneiderable decline by
occurred both in government securities aid bank
shares, having all fallen about one per oent. sinee
list mail. They are now as follows :—Three per
Cent. Inscription*, 42i to 42f. Coupons, 42 to 42i.
Bank of Portugal shares from par to 1 per cent. pre.
mium. Bank of Oporto shares from 15 to 17 per
cent. premium. Bank of Lisbon notes per cent.
premium.