The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

PENINSULAR MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Tagus, Captain J. K. Joy, arrived at South-
ampton this morning, with dates from Gibraltar,
Jan. 15 ; Cadiz, Jan. 16 ; Lisbon, Jan. 19 ;
Oporto and Vigo, Jan. 20.
The Tagus brings 31 passengers, and on freight
six packages specie, six cases saffron, four chests
silk, 54 barrels dates, 1,325 half-chests oranges,
63 boxes eggs, and 21 packages sundries.
On the 22d, at 7.45 p.m., Ushant bearing N.N.E.
47 miles distant, the Tagus broke her main shaft
at the starboard inner bearing. Her machinery
was at once disconnected, and the remainder of
the voyage performed with only the port wheel.
This accident accounts for the late arrival of the
Tagus.
The Tagus brings , Lisbon letters and papers of
the 19th instant.

The Teviot, with the mails for Brazil, met with
bad weather in the bay ; she arrived at Lisbon on
the 17th, in the morning, and left for Madeira at 5
in the afternoon.

Her Majesty's ships Sanspareil and Inflexible,
with a French steamer, were the only vessels of.
war in the Tagus except the Portuguese ships.
The Lisbon exchanges, for three months' bills,
are as follows :—London, 541 ; Paris, 5.26 • Am-
sterdam, 43 ; Hambro, 481 ; Genoa, 524: continen-
tal bills were scarce, but London paper had been
more plentiful, with little money offering except by
the Board of Public Credit, which took 15,0001.
upon dividend account.
There had been More business doing in Five per
Cent. Stock at 39 to 40, but less in Four per
Cents. at 31 to 32, and Portugal Bank Shares were
in some demand at 215 to 210 milreis dis. These
rates being for Lisbon Bank notes were subject to
a discount of 2/1 per cent, whilst the Oporto Bank
Shares continued 8 to 9 per cent. premium in
metal. Owing to the great destruction of oranges
by the continued bad weather the shippers had
advanced the price in Lisbon from 2 doll. 250 to
2 dots. 600 per half chest.
This packet does not bring any political news of
importance. The Duke of Saldanha was said to be
recovering from his illness, but he had not been
able to leave his house.

Nothing of interest had taken. placd in the Cortes;
the Peers seemed indisposed to vote any reply to
the speech with which the Legislature had been
opened, as it had been made in the name of the
Government rather than that of the Queen. The
deputies were occupied with the examination of the
electoral processes, preliminary to the constitution
of,the. House for regular business, when the Go-
veinment was likely to meet with considerable op-
position, particularly as regards its financial mea-
sures, conversion of bonds, &c.
The Esperanca, a semi-official journal, of the
18th, stated that, according to the information it
had received, the definitive concession of the rail-
way from Lisbon to Santarem had been given on.
the 16th; to Mr. Hislop's Company, but our corres-
pondent seems to doubt the correctness of that in-
formation, not only in consequence of the mystery.
observed by the Government, but because no inti-
mation of the fact had been sent for insertion in
the official gazette up to a late hour of the night
previous to the departure of the Tagus steamer.