The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-16 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 15.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Iberia, Captain George Bradshaw, arrived on
Saturday evening last, at nine o'clock, and landed
mails from the following places and dates, in
charge of Lieutenant Thomas Strover, R.N., Ad-
miralty agent.
During the homeward voyage of the Iberia she
experienced such bad weather frota Gibraltar to
Lisbon, also on the coast of Portugal, that com-
munication with Oporto was impossible.
On the outward passage experienced strong N.E.
gales and heavy snow storms, accompanied with
thuider and lightning, across the Bay of Biscay.
From Usbon to Gibraltar heavy S.W. gales, with
a high sea.
Her dates of sailing were :—Gibraltar, Jan. sth,
7.15 p.m. ; Cadiz, 6th, noon ; Lisbon, 9th, 8.20
a.m. ; Oporto, no communication ; Vigo, 11th,
4.30 p.m.
She had on board 11 passengers--viz., 3 first-
class, 2 second, 6 deck.
The freight of the Iberia consists of 9 packages
of specie, in value 15,0001. ; 85 boxes of eggs, 1
cask of wine, 373 boxes of oranges, 23 baskets of
chestnuts, 33 boxes of Tangerian oranges, 9 casks
of salt provisions, and 30 packages of sundries.
Her Majesty's Ships at Gibraltar—The steam-
sloop Vesuvius ; the steam-frigate Sidon left Gib-
raltar on the sth inst. with stores for Constanti-
nople.
Her Majesty's Ships at Lisbon—The Prince Re-
gent (flag), Duke of Wellington, Arrogant, Impe-
rieuse, Cruizer, 'Valorous, Desperate, Odin, and
Tribune. French war-steamer Newton, the usual
Portuguese squadron, Royal Mail steamer Prince,
and the General Screw Steam-ship Natal.
The following ships were observed on the voy-
age :—Dec. 28, exchanged colours with the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's vessel Douro, lat. 49
18 N, long. 4 40 W ; Jan. 9, 10 a.m., exchanged
colours with the Royal Mail steamer Tay, running
in for the Tagus ; Jan. 11, 5 p.m., coming out of
Vigo, spoke the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Tagus, who reported having passed, on
the night of the 10th inst., a brig dismasted and
abandoned, lat. 44 10 N, long. 9 5 W ; Jan. 12,
8.30 a.m., lat. 44 6, long. 8 38, passed and ex-
changed colours with the Royal Mail steamer
Great Western ; Jan. 13, exchanged colours with
the General Screw Steam-ship Crcesus, lat. 47 9
N, long. 6 30 W ; Jan. 11, 8 a.m., passed close to
a schooner under Norwegian colours half-mast,
abandoned, and waterlogged, in a sinking state,
town of Vianna E by N seven miles.

WEST INDIA. MAILS.

By the Royal Mail Company's Steam-ship Solent,
Capt. T. H. Jellicoe, arrived at Southampton, 1.
yesterday, at four p.m., from the West Indies,
with the usual mails, in charge of Lieut. Beddek,
Admiralty agent, we receive our usual despatches
and papers.
The latest dates brought by the Solent are :
Greytown Dec. 17 Barbadoes. Dec. 27
Santa Martha — 24 Jaemel
Chagres — 24 Antigua
29
Trinidad.
Demerara
Carthagena,
Jamaica — 26 Porto Rico — 29
Grenada — 26 St. Thomas — 31
The Solent brings on freight—s99,o27 gold dust
and bars, $452,353 silver, $197,724 specie, $3,462
pearls, 115 cases of cigars, 224 bales of tobacco, 55
bales of cochineal, 50 serons bark, 54 do. drugs,
27 packages of succades, 48 do. Sundries.
The American mail-steamer, Winfield Scott, run-
ning from St. Francisco, to Panama, had not ar-
rived at the latter place on the 24th December,
being eight days overdue.
H.M. sloop-of-war, Virago, sailed from Panama,
for the Gulf of San Miguel, on the 17th December,
for the purpose of examining the proposed route
for a canal across the Isthmus of Darien.
The treasurer of St. Vincent has been killed by
a fall down stairs, his death being almost instan-
taneous.
The Cumberland, 72, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief,
was at Barbadoes on the 27th, and was to sail for
Jamaica the next morning. The Calypso, 18, sailed
from Barbadoes for San Domingo on the 26th Dec.
to protect British interests. The Megmra, steam-
troop-ship, conveying troops from the Windward.
Islands to Barbadoes, where they are to be,concen-
trated. The Imaum, stationary guard-ship, was
at Jamaica. The Daring was on the coast of Cen-
tral America. Ships all healthy. Mr. Hoffman,
Paymaster of the Daring, died of yellow fever at
Jamaica on the 24th Oct., and Mr. E. J. Evans,
from the Admiral's office, was appointed to the
vacancy.
The U.S. frigate Columbia, 50, Commodore New-
ton, was lying at St. Thomas's on the 31st Dec. ;
also, the U.S. steamer Fulton. The U.S. corvette
Albany, 22, sailed from St. Thomas's on the 28th

Decanter.
Her Majesty's brig Espiegle, 12 guns, was fallen
in with by Royal Mail ship Teviot, Dec. 27, on her
way from the Spanish Main.
The American barque Atlas, from Liverpool to
New Orleans, with a large number of emigrants on
board, had been towed into St. Thomas's, entirely
dismasted ; 47 of the emigrants had. died f cholera.
Cholera was still raging at St. Thomas's, but the
number of deaths was daily decreasing. It was
entirely confined to the coloured population, not a
single case being known amongst the European
community.
All the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company's
ships were perfectly healthy.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
VESSELS IN KINCISTON HARBOUR, DEO. 27.
Discharging Cargo. —The English barque Castle Lach-
lan—the English brigantine Harriet Ann, and the Con-
test—the Warren Brown (American)—the English
schooners Prince of Wales, the London, and the Ha-
lcyon—the Anita, and the Dante (Dutch)—the Amalia
(Spanish)—the Justina M. Bandall, and the Canton
(American).
Loading.—The English barque Cambrian—the English
brigantine Kate M‘Whinney—the English schooner
Ocean Queen.
Cargo on Board—The English brig Aid—the Ameri-
can brigantine William Clarke.
Ready to Sail.—The Dutch brigantine Vampire.
The brigantine John Gottenburgh, for Honduras,
cleared yesterday.
The barque Alice arrived at Montego Bay, from Lon-
don, and the brigantine Plato, from Halifax, Nova
Scotia, arrived at Falmouth, on the 20t1< inst.
The schooner Triton cleared at St. Ann's Bay, on the
16th for Baltimore.