The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

There is very little news from Canada. The
fishing season had closed ; the catch was smaller
than for many years.
The Quebec Observer of the 19th says "
• The
Ministry are shaky."
Fronaliew York we have advices to tip evening
of the 19th, one day later, up.to which MMAI, there
'was no news of.,the Africa, nor further, tidings of
the miming passengers of the Arctic
The flour, market had slightly iniproied and,
goOd demand for the better grade's had been expe-
rienCed, but common qualities were ,in,Jaeisey
request. 7 dols. 50c. to 8 dols. was the ourronoy
for common to good, 8 duls. 31c. for favourite,itud
8 dols. 62c. per barrel for Ohio, and Michigan
wheat 3c. to 6c. lower ; Upper Lake, 1 dol. 58c. ;
prime Red Southern, 1 dol. 90e. ; and good White
Canadian, 1 dol. 58c., duty paid. There was less
doing in Indian corn, but a fair demand was still
experienced at 77c. to 79ie. ; and for fine western,
Bc. Pork quiet. Prime mess steady at 11 dols.
to 12 dols. 12c. per barrel. Prices of lard were
well supported, and there was more activity in the
market.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, Nov. 3.
BST the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-ship Madrid, Captain N. Cook, we UT.
Idat% from Gibraltar to the 'With Cadiz, 26th, a
Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto; 30thand Vigo, 31st ult.
The Madrid brings 33 passengers, among whom
is the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, and on freight
63 packages of specie, value 29,396/. sterling, 117"
casks of wine, SO half-chests of oranges, 166 half-
chests of lemons, 316 serons of almons, 182 boxes
of eggs, and a small cargo of fruit, 4,-c.
On the 21st ult. this steamer passed her Ma-
jesty's ship Salamander, off Lisbon ; and on the
29th the steam-ship Imperador, from Liverpool,
bound to the Brazils, entering the Tagus.

Letters from Oporto quote wine freights to Lon-
don 30s. Exchange on London, at 90 days', 55 to
554 with more paper money offering. There were
very few British vessels in the Douro. The Oporto,
for Dublin ; Argo, for Hull ; Alarm, for Bristol ;
and the Lusitania, for London, sailed on the 28th.
The screw steamer Union, of Southampton, put
intosLisbin on the 28th ult., with loss of fore and
mainmasts.

The Madrid brings Lisbon dates of the 29th ult.
The Lisbon exchanges, at three months, are quoted
this mail at 54i on London ; Paris, 524 ; Amster-
dam, 43 1-3 ; Hamburg, 481 ; and Genoa, 522.
Money continued very scare, and bills abundant,
principally on London, which was done to a small
extent at 55d. New Three per Cent. Stock, 37}
to :1 ex div. ; Bank of Portugal shares, 132 to 129
milreis dis.; Oporto Bank Shares, 7i to 8 per cent.
prem. ; and Lisbon Bank-notes, 2i per cent. dis.
A Lisbon letter adds—" The first railway car-
riages were to have run to-day upon the line be-
tween Sacavem and Villafrauca, with the King
Regent, it being his Majesty's birthday ; but the
Union steamer, in which they were shipped, had a
passage of eight days, and on]y reached the Tagus
yesterday. It was found impossible to land the
carriages in time to open the line to-day, but it
appears the Minister of Public Works is going to
Sacavem to-day (Sunday), in order to see the need-
ful preparations made for the Royal trip to-mor-
row. Nothing has yet transpired here as to the
chance of Count Lucotte's maturing his plans in
London for carrying out the contracted line of
railroad to Cintra, with piers and docks upon the
banks of the Tagus between Lisbon and Bilem ;
the other small line from Aldea Canoga to Vendee
Novas is said to have attracted no less than five
different projected companies to compete for its
adjudication, and I have no doubt it will, at all
events, be carried out.
Report speaks very favourably of the coal and
iron discovered between Alcobaca and Leiria. The
right of working mines in the best part of that
district will belong to Mr. George Croft, who has
for some time had scientific men making excava-
tions, and their reports are now nearly complete,
when it is supposed a company will be formed upon
a large scale. _ _

The Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon goes passenger
to Southampton by the Madrid, on his way to
Rome, to take part in theconclave called---by the
Pope for the purpose of establishing,_as 4dLogma of
it oniaiViithrollah, the imtriciiiati-ocmoeptiot
of the 'Virgin Mary. The Cardinal is a very
learned man, is president of the House of Peers,
and this is his first visit to Rome, where he is ex-
pected to be absent until the end of the year.
The court-martial upon Viscount Pinheiro, ex-
Governor of Angola, after having been so re-
peatedly put off as to prevent the public from con-
tinuing to attend, was hurried to a close on Friday
last, when a long sentence of " acquittal" was de-
livered. It has created some surprise that such
sentence should have been affirmed by the unani-
mity of the Court, there being no doubt the Vis-
count had allowed a large subscription to be col-
lected by the authorities in the province he was at
the time governing ; that he accepted the money is
equally clear; and people do not think his defence
could justify acquittal—being merely a plea that
he had employed the money in purchasing and
freeing a certain number of slaves, in clothing
others, in promoting the endowment of an asylum
for orphans, and that the balance was being em-
ployed in 300 iron bedsteads, to be sent out to
Angola for the use of the asylum.