The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-23 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

The following telegrams has been received at Mr.
Reuters's office :

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY•

The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Tagus bag
arrived with mails from Lisbon to the 17th, and
£4,422 in specie.

On the 17th she passed off Lisbon the James
Dixon, homeward-bound, and the brig Harcourt
waiting for a pilot.
At Lisbon the Portuguese ship Cidade 'do Be'
lent had arrived from Pera with a cargo of
hides, &c. On opening the hatches the all
were attacked with black vomit. Several of the
cases were fatal. The cargo was ordered to be
burnt, and tho vessel to proceed to Vigo is

quarantine.
All vessels from Brazilian ports were subjected
to five days' quarantine.
At Lisbon, on the 17th, exchange on Lundell
was quoted 531 to 531.
Rentes, 30 days, 461 to 461. Coupons, 451 to 40'

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LIVERPOOL, MoNDAY.
The British and North American Royal Ids;
steam ship Etna, Captain J. Anderson, arri/P,
here last night, but papers, Sze., were only landed
this niorning. She brings news from New Yor'
to the 11th inst.
The Royal Mail (Cunard) steamer Cans'
Captain Long, which left Boston on the 11th just'
is also off this port.
Nothing was telegraphed from Queenstown olfini
to the prostration of the Irish wires.
Affairs at Washington were unchanged. Unslic.
cessful efforts to elect a Speaker continued.
The President had nominated Mr. Charles /I
Faulkner, as ambassador to France, vice 0'
Mason, deceased.
There was no doubt that this appointment Woul
be confirmed by the Senate.
Tho Pemberton mills, at Lawrence, Massach- 2
a'
setts, had fallen in while 7,000 operatives were I;
work. It was supposed that at least 200 ifer
killed.
0
Latest news from San Juan Island state tb
General Scott's course of action had created fires
dissatisfaction, and the American inhabitso
warmly endorsed General Harney's proceeding;,
Later news from Mexico report that much co
oiteient prevailed regarding the new Americti,
treaty. Miramon's Government had formally V
tested against it.
At Havannah, on the sth, Sugars were 01
but market dull.

NEW YORK COMMERCIAL INTELLIGESC:;,
Money Market slightly easier, but rates
changed. Sterling exchange again lower, of1:61
to a pressure of Southern bills. Sales at 1
I.oBt. The stock market had been dull, but elo;
firmer. New York Central, 53i ; Illinois Cent
571.
The Bank specie had decreasel in the 11 oil-

of dollars.
Cotton market was steady. Middling UPI
41. Breadstuffs dull, and prices drooping. g
Provisions generally unchanged. Freights 505
NEW ORLEANS, JAN: i 6
,c 0
Cotton easier in consequence of the sa"11
brought by the Arabia, but not lower. Seri
exchange 7 to 71 prem.

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DIVING OPERATIONS AT THE lifik)

OF THE ROYAL CHARTER.

The Whitstable and Liverpool divers,
been so successful in their operations iu reeeiroeo
the scattered treasure and gold from the etisioce'
wreck of the Royal Charter, were, a few dale Adel,
surprised by an order arriving from the d, sue
writers directing the operations to be stop,Pee the
the
were men
findingbe
gold,i sc aalifde d,
were
in althoughthe atae t theot hlric!
a large a large piece of the wreck, undefileal-
great quantities were expected to be found. oelw
cause of this stoppage is, no doubt, attributably
the fact of the underwriters having recovered 'lO
than the amount of gold that was on freight9o,l
which was insured. A portion of the gold i°
Dail
posed to have belonged to many of the unfortsa
passengers, and the question new be settled
what is to become of the surplus. In the su of"
of all proof as to whom it belongs (no mark er
ate
thing being on several of the bars of gold, heg:ili('
quartz, &c., by which it might be identified), l'or
ficulty prevails whether the underwriters ste/tlie
tified in taking possession of the remainder °'oel,
sunken treasure. It is, however, thought, theta All
will eventually do so, they having defraie,Sll
expenses, amounting, it is understood, to aboub,
per cent. Up to the 14th inst.—the date 010;01
divers knocked off work—the total extent e',ol,
treasure recovered was as follows :-23 boV;ioi
gold, 272 bars and ingots, and 57 broken Pieed e 0
gold, 14,868 k sovereigns, 381bs. of gold 1111,1','$,°
2751b5. of gold dust, 496 rupees, six shiihrtd
gold pin, and several small articles. All the
;or OJ
of gold and a great many of the bars bear the 7,a
contained in the Royal Charter's manifest,
doubt can be entertained of their identity;
mainder it will be impossible to identify. -(1,0
40,000 sovereigns she is stated to have on bog/
will be seen by the above that only 14,888i:40°
reigns have been found. The amount of go-er
had on freight was about £336,000 ; and thileio
sengers, it is generally believed, had at ''ti:
amongst them gold to the extent of £120,00u.„;10,
therefore evident that there remains a large ow°
to be recovered.