The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Granada, Capt. Tregear, Arrived at South-
amptont-Win, R.N.,
yesterday at 4 p.m , with the Peninsular
mails, in charge of Lieut. I
Cadiz at 11 a.m. on the 17th, Lisbon
on the 19th, and Vigo at 3.30 p.m- at
i 0.30 Admiralty
a.m.
agent. She left Gibraltar on the 16th, at 6.20 p.m.,
.
experienced a heavy gale from the W.S. • S. W•P
Outwards, ou leaving Southampton, the Granada
on the 21st.
with
squally and rainy weather • crossing the bay, more,
moderate; from CapeFinisterre down the coasts mo-
dente and fine ; easterly homeward wind in the Straits of
Gibraltar. On the voyage she had mode-
rate and fine weather to Cape St. Vincent's ; strong
northerly winds from the Cape to Lisbon ; very
strong northerly winds and squally weather from
Lisbon, with a westerly swell. No communication
with Oporto. From Vigo fresh northerly and north-
easterly winds and heavy squalls, with very heavy
long northerly and north-westerly swell. In the
Channel, strong E. s. E. winds,
and squally.
The Granadapassed the company's steamer Tagus
going out of Vigo
Bay on the 21st at 9 a.m., and
exchanged colours with the Indus at 3 p.re. on the
22d, in lat. 44.40 N., long. 8.16 W., under all sail.
This steamer brings 16 first-class passengers,
among whom are Lt.
Hunter, of the 92d Regt ; 20
second-class, including 13 non-commissioned offi-
cers of the Royal Artillery ; and 6 deck passen-
gers. On freight she has three pa kages of specie,
value 1,2951. sterling, and one package value
3,000,000 rat s; andacargoeonsisling of 60 half-chests
°
currants, 2 baskets
of melons, 36 boxes dried plums, 15 half-boxes of
pomegranates, 7 baskets of chesnuts, 232 boxes of
almonds, 140 b axes of eggs, and 17 packages of
oranges,
oxe boxes o2f 9
figs, boxes
general merchandise.
Private letters received at Gibraltar, dated from
on board the Peniusular and Oriental Company's
steamship Madras, near the Mauritius, the 9th of
Sept., shate that she was on her way to Calcutta,
with the head-quarters of her Majesty's 13th Light
Infantry, commanded by Col. Lord.M. Kerr. They
had only two days notice to quit the Cape for India.
Tue second division of this gallant corps, under the
command of Major J. W. Cox, was likewise on its
way to the same destination to assist in quelling
the mutinies.
The arrival at Gibralter of the Rhone steamer,
and her collision with a French barque, were re-
ported by the Ripon steamer (see The Sun of Fri-
day). The Gibralter Chronicle of the 16th publishes
the following additional particulars :--
" The vessel reported to have been in collision with
the steamer Rhone is the barque Adolphe et Laure,
Captain Razouls, from Marseilles, with a general
cargo for Buenos Ayres. The Orient steamtug with
some of the crew started last night, and the Govern-
ment steamtug Redpole. with Captain Razouls, this
morning, in quest of the barque, which was lost
sight of after the collision. The following is the
report of the captain of the Rhone :--` At 9.30 p.m.,
Oct. 14, a sail was reported on port bow; our helm
to make all sure, was ported, when we found, on the
ship approaching, she had her helm to starboard.
Wo directly stopped the engines and reversed full
speed. In five minutes we
came in collision very
softly. We still kept the engines going astern,
when the ship came before the windand she cleared
us. On examining our own ship I found the bull
perfect, our only loss being a jibboem and that we
ing two
had 19 people on board from the strange ship, leav-
d."
The Granada left Lisbon on the 19th inst., when
' the reports respecting the fever varied little from
those last received. Many persona of
had
been importance
been carried off, including three generals—Casal,
Francos, and Rezende ; but the cases were princi-
pally confined to the lower Parts of the town and
the banks of the river, the hills being ,
comparatively
free.
The Lisbon exchanges by this
packet are quoted
for three months at 541 on London, with little
doing and a scarcity of takers, the fever panic, hav-
ing rendered collections 'from the shopkeepers diffi-
cult ; Paris, 527 to 528 ; Hamburg, 48f ; Amster-
dam, 42i ; and Genoa, 526, In the stocks,
also,•

business was suspended, the quotations being for
Three per Cents., registered, 47 to 47i ; Coupons,
46& to 47 ; and Deferred, 28 to 28i ; Bank of Por-
tugal shares, 10i to 11 per cent. pm.; snd Bank of
Oporto shares, 21 to 22 per sent. pm.
Our correspondent at Oporto writes as follows
on the 18th :

" The exchange for this packet was done at 541
to for good local bills on London at 90 days' date.
A good deal of Brazil paper was offering. Money
was very scarce, and a quantity of bills remained
over, some holders of which could have negotiated
them a week back with greater facility and at a
better rate of exchange. The money market is in
a manner partially deranged, owing to many houses
in the capital being closed in consequence of the
fever, and which has tended in a great measure to
cause suspension of money transactions between
the two places.
"Business in general very slack, and is wine
shipments hardly the usual routine is going on.
There is some stir in orange shipments, which are
very dear, owing to many speculators more than
usual being in the market ; but there appears to
be a want of shipping suitable for fruit.
"Nothing further offering.