The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY, MIDNIGHT
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigat.nt'
Company's steamer Tagus, Captain Joy, has Jug
arrived here with the heavy portion of the E..,28'
India mails, in charge of Lieutenant Bolton, R. 04
Admiralty agent.
The Tagus left Alexandria on the 10th, Malta
the 16th, and Gibraltar the 23d of Maich. Owing
to excessively bad weather, she put into Lisb°a
on the 26th for coals. The Tagus brings 105 p 4
senors, and on freight 40 chests of oranges, FL.,
boxes of lemons, 214 bales of silk, 30 cases of Cas.:o
mere shawls, 104 barrels of currants, and 21'
packages of general merchandise.
Among the passengers by the Tagus is CaPtli.i°
Dacres, who comes home to assume the supenui
tendence of the Admiralty packet department!'
Southampton, in the place of Captain Craiglef
R.N., who is chairman of the Transport Board.
Her Majesty's ships Ceylon, Ca clops and Trit°,°
.
were at Malta ; the Vengeance and liecla at altue
r.tltar. On the 15th ult. the Tagus spoke t'',4
steamers Valetta and Euxine ; and on the 29'd
the Madrid, off Ushant. The Peninsular
Oriental Company's steamer Iberia arrived at
bon on the 26th ult. r b.
Accounts from Gibraltar are to the 23d of 0.4. -Rx-.-,rche
The weather had been most tempestuous. 'or
wind, which continued to blow strongly for "nal
three days, increased to a tremendous gale 'tied
W.S.W. on the night of the 21st ult., accomP3ll,,t
with a very heavy sea, which caused a very gr'l/0
deal of alarm among the shipping in the bay. 0.
consequence of the violence of the gale no aniag
ance could be rendered to those vessels requ'r'bi
it. Great exertions were made from the ehereies
launches putting off with anchors and chain cabi,
hut with little success. Mr Perrin, owner of 5
Biitish barque Emma Godwin, one of the veleil
which received serious damage during the gale, of
overboard and was drowned. Two of the crevynd
the Portuguese barque Progressista—one 133312 a to
a boy—received severe injuries, and were take list
the hospital at Gibraltar. The following is
of the casualties which occurred during the. aft
noon and night :
Tae British barque Economist, Thomas master;
with a cargo of coals from Cardiff for Constabripa
nople, dragged from her anchorage, and toticw'
the ground off the Jettee. • ter,
The British barque Hopewell, Campbell was- ea
from Malta, in ballast for Newcastle, was wrelha
off the Old Mole Head, and is full of water• i,„re
master and crew succeeded in getting on 01.-
safely.
untird
The British brig Zephyr, Patterson master, us-,.„re
from Gibraltar to Barbadoes in ballast, on si.'"
off the bathing place, behind the Devil's Tonglie'F,
The Portuguese barque Progressista, of
Cayado master, from Rio Janeiro, with a Cart'
coffee, on shore off the Watering Place. „mit,
The American brig R. Patterson Onzwh- re
Durante, in charge), laden with coal, on
likewise at the Watering Place. ile6 •
The French schooner Napoleon, from Mosel
lost an anchor and chain.
Nei
The American barque Velocity, from
Orleans, lost an anchor with JO fathoms of eba".:h
The Prussian brig Stad Barthe, from Ivica,
salt, dismasted.

the Oldenburg brigantine Senior, from Gel3°ll
dismasted.

The British barque Edward Bilton, from °,31:3
thagena, has been in contact with the Spanish OIL'
Comeicio, and sustained damages.
The Spanish brig Comercio lost an anchor LlO
chain, and was supplied with others from the shore'
The British brig Robert 'and George, Foreman
master, lost a boat.

The British barque Endymion, J. Pearson Ws-
ter, lost two anchors durine, the night. 9.0 311-
chor and chain were supplied from the shore.
The British larque Emma Godwin Richard
Ideates master, having run foul of her Majesty s
,
ship Vengeance, had her mizenmast carried aw 3,"
and sustained other damages. 'ng
Her Majesty's ship Vengeance, which waslYl or
at anchor in the bay, was compelled to strike 1110 f
topgallantmasts in consequence of the severitY
the gale. In addition to the above list 0105115.
ties, the British brigs Dove and Petrel and brig3oo,.
tine Robina had each lost an anchor. The a
verian schooner Diederich lost her stern boat 09e,
otherwise sustained daniage. The barque flea
well and brig Zephyr were both being disms3l,",.".
of their rigging, &c., as there seemed no probablll '
of getting them afloat again.
Exchanges at Gibraltar were quoted for bills :9111. .
London at 90 days at 51 to 511 ; Paris ditto, 9
36c. ; Marseilles, sf. 37e. ; Genoa, sf. 4°"
Spanish pillared dollars, 5 per cent. premium.

PORTUGAL.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIT. 1'

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cc The Tagus, with the Alexandria mails, put to
this port for coals yesterday, and is advertised
leave at six o'clock this morning, so that meren,
tile letters had to be put into the British post-CO°
mail bags last night at nine o'clock.
(6 We have bad a renewal of storms and heal
rains, which have been very prejudicial to farn3o
generally ; 15 vossels have put into the Tagus
ing the last five days. Among them I find tP",
Agnes Jermyn, from St. Lucia for Cork ; the An;
gelina, from Naples for Liverpool ; the lonia, fr,„',
°.
Zante for Hull ; the Sarah King, from Mogativ;
for London ; the Allegro, from Seville for Liner:
pool ; all more or less damaged. The Frolic
steamer Newton is the only foreign vessel of 1"/°',
now in this port.
".There has been a little excitement in Portti;
guests politics since last packet, and it apre3"
likely' to end in the Duke de Saldanha's
from the WarDepartmeist in favour of the Viscouli.
de Luz, the Duke resnainingPresident of the Colt
cil and Commander-in-Chief, although it is diflicile,
to conceive how he can' properly fulfil those fa%,
tions when his state of health is said to disablp
from continuing to act as Minister of War. " I am told the electric telegraphs is now really
to be established between Lisbon and Oporto, a
well as to the Spanish frontier.
"This not being a regular packet, only fel!' (4;
change operations took place, at 541 for three
months, on London."

IRREGULAR MARRIAGES IN SCOTLAND.—On 03far
day an important bill, brought forward by Mr. ITO,-
lam, ;11:P., was printed by order of the House of C'l,;
mons, to impose further restrictions upon irregular
marriages in Scotland. It declares that great evils bnit
arisen from the practice of persons resorting to tlvie
part of the United Kingdom called Scotland fo; tilt!
purpose of there contracting irregular marriages, an
such marriages though valid are prohibited by the 13s,f
of Scotland, and render the tarties contracting theni
liable to penalties, but the penalties have not beer'
found sufficient to prevent the recurrence of such pr*s
tices. It is therefore proposed to enact, that from An.,
after the passing of the act if any man and wows'
shall in Scotland make any dec'aration or promise in-
tended by them to constitute an immediate actual marwitt:
riage, or shall go through any form or do any act
the like intent, not being a public regular marriage neii
cording to the law of Scotland, thereupon they
shall
each of them be liable to forfeit 101. upon conviction,
and in default of payment to imprisontnent pot exceeding
one calendar month. If any person shall receive moue);
or any valuable consideration for acting as a witness
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such irregular marriages, or give A certificate, he (hall
be liable to forfeit 10/. for the fir-it offence, and in de; fault,'one month's imprisonment, and for any subsequent;
offence to a penalty of 501., and in default to six months
imprisonment, " with hard labour."
Tit LATE FEARFUL EXPLOSION AT THE POBTSDMOET0
Inspector Stroud breathed his last on
FridayAnothermorning,
state man, named Sydenhain, is in a most dangerong
; and it is not unlikely that three or four other?'
ne'w lying with broken arms and legs, may be cut off 11!
the prime of life, because a report of an escape of go.°
cannot be received by the clerk of the works, unless hi'
receives the Fame through an official channel, which
would take hours to accomplish, and during which
excusable delay a second accident might occur equal
frightful in offVot.