The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-23 00:00:00

2HE PENINSULAR MAILS.

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agent, arrived at Southampton at 12 30 p.m. yester-
day. She left Lisbon on thel7th inst., and Vigo on
the 19th ; she could not communicate with Oporto.
The Alhambra reports three vessels totally wrecked
off Oporto, but could not ascertain, their names or
any particulars respecting them. On the outward
passage the Alhambra experienced strong head-
winds as far as Vigo, and thence to Lisbon northerly
winds. Coming home she had strong northerly
winds from Lisbon to Vigo, and thence to South-
ampton southerly winds, moderate between Vigo.
and Ushant, and afterwards very strong.
The Alhambra brought 11 passengers, including
Viscount Carruthers and Messrs. 11. Hammick and
C. Ratcliffe. On freight she had £3,104 in specie,
two quarter casks of wine, 154 half-chests oranges,
4 boxes of tangerines, 300 boxes of eggs, and five
packages of general merchandise.
In lat. 45.7 N., long. 8.19 W., the Alhambra ex-
changed signals with the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamship Tagus, with the outward
Peninsular mails from Southampton.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Oneida, with
the outward Brazil mails, arrived at Lisbon on the
14th inst. at 3 a.m., and left for St. Vincent's at
9p. m._ _ _

Her Majesty's ship Flying
Fish sailed from Lisbon
on the 13th inst, for the coast of Africa.
When the Alhambra left Lisbon on the 17th Ad-
miral D acres was still in port, with her Majesty's
ship Edgar. The debate had commenced in the
House of Deputies upon the bill which is to autho-
rise Dom Fernando to assume the Regency in cer-
tain contingencies. The Legitimist Opposition,
though talented, is very limited in numbers, and
therefore the bill was expected to pass almost una-
nimously.

Prince Augusto bad continued gradually to regain
strength, except in his legs, and taken his first car-
riage drive since his illness. He was still at Lumiar.
The post wortem examination of the late Infante
Dom John had not disclosed the least symptom of
poison.
The packet, at three months,
w ere exchanges London,
53117 t
o thiss3l ;
Paris, 532 ; Hamburg,
4%; Amsterdam, 421 ;
Genoa, 528 ; Three per
Cent. Stock, 471 to a ; Bank of Portugal shares,
584 to 586 ; Oporto Bank shares, 258 to 260.
The Alhambra will leave Southampton again next
Monday with the return mails for the above-named
ports.

THE TELEGRAPH FROM INDIA TO ENGLAND.—
The Bombay Gazette gives the following account of the
telegraphic communication about to be established between
India and England :—" Major Cloldsmid and his party,
consisting of Captain Ronald Campbell, in command of a
detachment of Scinde Horse; and Dr. Lalor, in medical
charge ; as also an agent of the Khan of Kholat, with an
escort ; and Mr. It. Ryland, uncovenantod assistant, left
Kurrachee for Guada, about four hundred miles distant,
yesterday morning. The party will proceed via the Bubb
and Sonmeance, and be furnished with full instructions as
to their mission when they reach Guada. While Govern-
ment are endeavouring to throw a veil of mystery over this
little matter, our enterprising citizens have penetrated its
plans ; and already there is a tender in Calcutta for putting
up the posts and wire between Kurrachee and the most
difficult part of the line that will most probably be selected
for communication with England, independent of the Red
Sea route. The terminus of both lines will be at Kurrachee,
which will thus become a place of no little importance."
THE DISTRESS AT LYONS.—The announcement
made a few days ago of the fearful distress at Lyons has
stimulated the zeal of the authorities, and relief has already
been distributed on a very largo scale; £14,000 have been
sent by the Government to Lyons, and £lO,OOO to St.
Etienne; but large as that amount is, it is not likely to do
more than afford a few mouthfuls of bread and a very small
quantity of fuel to 100,000 men and their families. Imme-
diately Corps Legislatif a law
of State) is to be brought
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sanctioning ationssinemg: the;hling eofthe
Council
extraordinary credit for the relief
of the labourers deprived of work by the combined influ-
ences of the stagnation of trade, the American crisis, and
the commercial treaty, It is impossible to blame the
Government for its efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the
labouring classes in the principal manufacturing towns, at
the same time, it is a dangerous precedent. No Govern-
ment can afford to accustom its people, and especially the
lower orders, to look up to it for bread when employment is
, scarce.—Letter from Paris.

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