The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-16 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

1 SOUTHAMPTON, .APRir. 14. • •
Bt
the arrival
steam-ship
fthe Peninsular an a:1 Oriental
Company's
. the above mails, in charigaedrokif 1,9 Captain
ieutenalit Cow ki,ffiwthitp,
R.N., Admiralty agent, we have dates frog n Gib-
, raltar, April 3 ; Cadiz, 4 ; Lisbon, 9 ; Opor to, 10 ;
Vigo, 11.
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The Madrid brings in all 55 , passengers, among
whom are 13 of the General Screw Compels ill-
hope of saviug the vessel. She lies broken nearly
;Its of two paakagcs
Natal.wrfual
full
d ofr
i dTwchaoetnre
consists
is not the al htest
of specie, valued at 4601., 420 chests oranges., one
wine,da34tes,baonxeds of2o ppoatactkoaegse,Bssofca;ee-s
oq ft 1 :10: taeir, - c2a9s k
cases o f
nerar merchandise.
During her homeward voyage the Madrid ex-
perienced, from Gibr altar to Vigo, strong northerly
gales, and from Vigo to Southampton fine weather.
In her course up Channel she was delayed a short
time, owing to a .very dense fog. On the 2d inst.
she observed the English bark Ada, of Scarborough,
steering through the Straits of Gibraltar. on the
9th passed the English screw-steamer Igrbez de
Castro, from Glasgow, steaming up the Tagus.
April 12, in latitude 45.33 N., longitude 7.% W.,
spoke the screw transport Jarrow, No. 28, sbaering
south. On the same day, in latitude 45.4.9 N.,
longitude 7.20 W. observed the Royal Mail steam-
ship Great Western, with the Brazilian mails,
steering to the southward.

There is no additional political news, by this ar-
rival, it having been anticipated by the Royal
Mail Company's steam-ship Solent; which reached
Southampton on the 12th inst. The French steam-
sloop Newton was at anchor in the Tagus, also the
English tranPport steamers London, from Ports-
mouth, and Recruit, from Plymouth, which had.
put in for coals, bound for the Crimea. The Ig-
nez de Castro steamer, from Glasgow, arrived at
Lisbon early on the 9th. Bills ou Lon don had
been very scarce upon the Lisbon Exchange, and
money remained over at 541 for three months, but
would be supplied with the Brazilian bills, arrived
by the Solent. Paris has been done at b 26 to 524,
and other quotations were nominal., viz.:-Am-
sterdam, 43 ; Hamburg, 4811 ; and Genoa, 520.
Portuguese Three per Cents. were at 39f to 41 ;
and Bank of Portugal Shares in demand at 75 to
70 milreis, discount upon 500 milreis ; Oporto
Bank Shares, 114 to 121 per cent. premium ; and
Lisbon Bank notes, 2i per cent, discount.

The Lisbon merchants, who shipped general car-
gow by the Vrouw Houwina, for tiambiu-g, in
:conjunction with Mr. Sholtz's saltpetre, had re-
ceived advice from Paris that the ship and general
cargo had been ordered to be released upon the
ground that the saltpetre did not amount to three-
fourths of the total value. The Imperial Prize
Court had allowed the owners of the 970 bagß of
saltpetre 15 days for the preparation of their de-
fence against its confiscation.
Our Gibraltar dates are to the 3d inst. inclu-
sive. Her Majasty's steam-ship Heela was still
undergoing repairs. The British steamer Cleater,
seven days from Liverpool, in ballast for Mar-
seilles, arrived at Gibraltar on the 2d inst. The
British steamer, Vulcan, 10 days from Liverpool,
arrived at Gibraltar the same day ; likewise the
steamer Conqueror, 60 days from Liverpool. The
St. Louis, an American sloop of war, and a great
many merchant vessels were detained in the bay
f,
awaitin an easterly wind to enable them to pro-
ceed to the westward.