The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-15 00:00:00

TILE PENINSULAR MAIIS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Alhambra, Captain J. K. Joy, with the above-
named mails, in charge of Lieutenant Lloyd RN.,
Admiralty agent, arrived at Southampton yesterday
at 11.30 a.m. Her dates are—Gibraltar, January
5 ; Cadiz, 6 ; Lisbon, 9 ; and Vigo, 10. On the
outward voyage she hada succession of fine weather;
howewards, across the Bay, fresh gales from the
nor th- east.
Th's steamer brings 17 first and 12. second-class
passengers, among whom are Captains Crossley
and Caine',i Lieutenants Gardner, Home, and
Osborne, from Gibraltar ; Drs. Lyons and De la
Vasconcellos, from Lisbon, &c. On freight she has
25 packages of specie, value 13,8651. sterling ; 615
half-chests of oranges, 27 boxes of tangerines, 29
barrels of raisins, 2 boxes of figs, 120 cases of eggs,
2 cases of copper, 16 casks of wine, 134 boxes of
dates, 3 bags of gum, and 17 packages of general
merchandise.
Toe Gtbraltar Chronicle of the 4th inst. says :
" Instructions were yesterday received by the
authorities here, through the Spanish overlap I post,
to place the 92d Highlanders, at present forming
part of this garrison, under orders for active ser-
vice in the East Indies. This gallant corps, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel A. Inglis
Lockhart, is to proceed via the overland route, and
the men are this day undergoing medical inspection
previous to their departure. Not only do we find
by the arrival of the Alhambra this morning that
the route of the 92d is confirmed, but that another
Highland. regiment (the 71st Light Infantry) is
likewise to proceed from Malta to the East."
The British me: chant steamer Dom Pedro, Capt.
W. Mecldereid, nine days from Glasgow, with eene-
ral cargo for Gibraltar and Malta, and the Beyrout,
Capt. W. G. Westcott, nine days from London,
with general cargo for Gibraltar, Constantinople,
and Odessa, severally arrived at Gibraltar on the
2d.
The American ship Mary and Martha, Captain J.
Hatch, 47 days from Boston, with logwood, &c.,
for Trieste, put in at Gibraltar on the 4th to land
Captain Minott and 15 of the crew of the ship Ox-
ford, of Freeport, U.S. They were picked up on
Nov. 22, after the ship had been abandoned in a
leaky state, lat. 40 10 N., lop. 62 20 W. The Ox-
ford hadbeen 82 days out from Leghorn with a cargo
of marble, Arc., bound to Boston.
Gibraltar exchanges were quoted as under on the
2d. inst: London, 90 days' date, 49/ to49k ; Paris,
do 5
f.. ,3550 f..
.31\11 ca.
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Malaga, do ,
dis. ; die. ;
Alicaua, do., 1i die.; Valencia, do., die.; Barce-
lona, do., die. ; Spanish pillared dols., 4 per cent.
prem, —none, no demand.
At Lisbon there were fuw or no eases of fever.

At Oporto exchange for this packet was done at
54d. to 55d. for bills on London at 90 days. There
were few transactions, and little paper offering,
but money appeared to be more abundant. A good
deal of Brazil paper wai expected by the nail due
there on the 10th inst. Everything in the way of
business was in general exceedingly dull. The
expoitations of port wine from Oporto during the
year 1857 amounted to 28,736 pipes, of which
23,614 were for Great Britain, 2,223 for Brazil,
646 for the Hanseatic Towns, and the remainder
for various other countries. The principal exporting
houses were Cockburn, Swathes, and Co., 2,092
pipes; Guilherme and J( ac Graham and Co., 1,107;
Hunt, :iltoope, Teage, and Co., 1,031; James Daw-
son Harris, 1,516 ; Martinez, Gassiot, and Co.,
1,924 ; Obey and Cramp, 1,402; Sandman and
Co., 2,463, S; c.