The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-02 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

The screw steamship Alhambra (of the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's fleet), Captain J. D.
Steward, bringing mails of the 27th ult. from Lis-
bon, and of the 28th from Oporto and Vigo, in charge
of Mr. Cavell, Master, R.N., naval mail agent,
arrived at Southampton at 8.30 a.m. yesterday
(Friday). This packet brought 27 passengers (viz.,
15 first-class, 7 second, and 5 deck), /1,2,400 in specie,
six casks and ten cases of wine, 548 chests of
oranges, 334 boxes of eggs, 26 packages of general
merchandise, and 18 live bullocks.

Between Lisbon and Vigo the Alhambra had
fresh southerly winds and variable weather ; across
the Bay of Biscay, strong north-easterly winds,
with high sea ; and moderate westerly winds in the
Channel. At 11 a.m., on the 30th, in lat. 46 5 N.,
long. 7 17 W., spoke the Tagus steamer, steering
south-west.

When the Alhambra left Lisban on the 27th of
October, there were no foreign vessels of war
anchored in the Tagus.
The Cortes were to be opened on the 4th of
November, and to be immediately adjourned to the
2d of January.
His Majesty Dom Pedro V. woo suffering from a
slight attack of gastric fever ; and bis brothers,
Don Fernando and Don Augusto, had suffered from
rheumatism.

Lisbon exchanges for three manths were quoted
for this mail :—London, 531 531; Paris, 527 ; Ham-
burg, 48/ ; Amsterdam, 42/; Genoa, 526. Portu-
guese Three per Cent. Stock, (registered, 48 48/ ;
Coupons, 471 48 ; Deferred, 41/ 42/ ; Bank of Por-
tugal shares, 17 to 171 per cent. premium ; Bank
of Oporto shares, 29 to 30 per amt. premium.
Her Majesty's gunboat Handy , 3, from Plymouth,
bound to the West Coast of Althea, put into Vigo
on the 22d ult., from stress of weather, and re-
mained there when the Alhambra. left.

The Alhambra will leave Sourb ampton again on
Thursday next, the 7th inst. wit% L the return mails
for the abovementioned ports;

NEW PUBLICATIONS FOR Nc IVEMBER.—Several
works of great promise are announced . for appearance during
the present month by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett. Among
them are the long-expected "Life of 'Turner," from original
letters and papers furnished by his fr mds and fellow acade-
micians, by Walter Thornburg ; French Women of
Letters," by Miss Kavanagh ; a new novel, entitled " The
Last of th.e Mortimers," by the popt dar Author of" Mar-
garet Maiiland," &c. ; and " Whits m ad Black, a Tale of the
Southern States." The new volume a f Hurst and Blackett's
Starldard Library," just issued, co I nprises " The Valley
of 'a Hundred Fires," by the o uthc r of " Margaret and
H er Bridesmaids," illustrated by Mil !leis.

WHY ENGLISHWOMEN DO NC ,T DRESS WELL.-
'There are two things which tend to Take the ordinary run
of Englishwomen dress ill : first, i hat they are never led
to seek the relations, the rapports between their outward
garb and themselves ; and secondly r, that they are totally
devoid of the science of management t. An Englishwoman
sets about buying a dress for here alf as though she were
buying it for somebody else. Dress is with her an abstrac-
tion. She does not think of how thi s shade of blue, or that
shade of green, will or will not harm onise with the tints of
her skin, or her hair, or her eyes; she does not dream of
composing her own dress so as to n lake it set her off; but
she, in a business-like manner, con cacts with a dressmaker
to furnish her such or such a coveri Ng, just as a speculator in
small villas orttracts for his rq ofs v.nd pipes.—:l74 192144 n
Review.