The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-15 00:00:00

pilot she struck on the reef and lost her rudder,
and i' e crew in charge ha(l to run her asiiore. She
was titen condemned and sold. .

The MariT of 1,114 tons, with
guano, and bound from Lima to England, had
foundered at sea. The crew were picked up, in
about 41 deg. 4 min. south, by the Spanish barque
Marie, bound to Malaga, and landed at Pernam-
buco on the 21st ult.
The Swordfish and Crusader were loading for
Liverpool at Pernambuco, and the Bonita and
Rhonda at Mexico.
The screw steam-ship Great Britain arrived at
St. Vincent on the 24th ult., all well on board, in
12 days 18 hours. She sailed for Australia on the
27th, at 2 p.m.
The General Screw Company's screw-ship Queen
of the South, 12 days from Plymouth, arrived on
the 28th ult., and sailed same day for the Cape
and India, all well. The royal mail steamer Tay
left St. Vincent on the 24th of August for the
Brazils. The African screw-steamer Faith left
Madeira on the 7th inst. The ship Bombay had
completed her repairs at Rio, and commenced tak-
ing in her cargo of gold dust, &c., to sail for Lon-
don about the 25th of August. Her Majesty's
ship Brisk, with Sir Henry Barclay on board,
bound to Jamaica, arrived at Madeira on the Bth
inst. Her Majesty's ship Centaur was at Monte
Video. The Vixen and Locust were at Buenos
Ayres ; the Express, Sharpshooter, and Crescent
at Rio. Her Majesty's ship Tyne sailed on the
13th of August for England. The Star and Bo-
netta were on their passage from Bahia to Rio de
Janeiro.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's ship Iberia, Captain R. Roberts, has
arrived hero with the usual Peninsular mails, and
dates from Gibraltar of the 4th, Cadiz the sth,
Lisbon the 9th, Oporto and Vigo the 10th inst.
The Iberia experienced much foggy weather on
the coast of Spain and Portugal, and was detained
thereby eight hours at Vigo. In the Bay of Biscay
there was a very heavy sea from the south-west,
with wind and much rain. She brings 59 pas-
sengers. On freight, three packages of specie,
value 1,2851., 20 chests of lemons, 4,666 boxes,
1,090 half-boxes, and 226 quarter-boxes of lemons ;
453 boxes of grapes, 475 boxes of almonds, and
sundry merchandise.
On the 11th inst. the Iberia spoke a Peninsular
and Oriental steamer off Vigo, and on. the 12th
passed a large steamer steering southward. At
Cadiz, on the sth inst., was the Spanish war
steamer Isabel la Catolica,, to sail on the 7th inst.
with the mails for Havannah. Her Majesty's
steam-frigate Odin, Captain Scott, was passed in
the Bay of Lisbon, below Belem, exercising her
artillery, when the Great Western left.
The exchange on London was 54f for three
months, with little doing ; New Three per Cents.,
43i to 44, with 2t per cent. discount upon Lisbon
bank-notes.
The Minister of Finance was endeavouring to
raise a three months' loan of about 40,0001., at
per cent. stock, to meet the Government railway
deposit.
The Lisbon letters state that recent intrigues
against the Portuguese Cabinet had produced the
result of bettering its position by the acquisition of
M. Gredericon Guilherme da Silva Pereira, who
had at last agreed to accept the portfolio of Justice,
hitherto held conjointly with the Home Depart-
ment byM. Fonseca Magalhaens. The new Minister
is reported as an upright judge and an honourable
and independent man ; he is a brother of the late
Count Das Antas, and was the last Juiz Conserva-
dor elected by the British residents at Lisbon. His
joining the Legislature at this juncture implies the
protest of an influential party against recent
calumnies and unfair means, adopted to force M.
Magalhaens to retire, and thus break up the
Cabinet.

The King and Queen had returned from Cintra
to their town residence, and were preparing Belem
Palace to receive the ex• Queen of the French.

The Pope's Nuncio, De Pietro, was still danger-
ously ill at Lisbon. The accounts from Gibraltar
have been anticipated by direct arrivals.

THE FIRE AT MESSRS. SCOTT RUSSELL'S.