The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-27 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

SOUTEABirTON, APRIL 27.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam .ship Jupiter, Captain
Meet‘an, arrived this morning, at three o'clock, with
the mails, in charge of Lieutenant Langton,. Admi-
ralty agent. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar,
April 18th; Cadiz, 19th ; Lisbon, 21st ; Oporto, 22d ;
and Vigo, 23d.
The freight of the Jupiter consists of 14 packages
of specie, 10 tubs of leeches, 224 chests of oranges, 1
case of silk, 1 horse, and 11 packages of sundries.
A large quantity of cargo, intended for the Jupiter,
did not arrive in consequence of the vessel being un-
able to descend the Tagus in time for shipment. -
Off the Burbinges, April 18.—The screw-steamer
Levantine had fallen in vrith the barque Amphitrite,
of Ipswich, abanC.-Jried, with loss of mizenmast. Sent
the first offner and four men on board, who had con-
veyed her to Lisbon. The Amphitrite has received
trifling damage. Arrived at Lisbon April 20.
On the outward and homeward voyage of the Ju-
piter she was admitted to pratique at Cadiz, and on
her return voyage at Vigo. There is still a doubt
whether the ships from England will not be in qua-
rantine for the next two or three voyages ; still some
assert the contrary.

THE GORHAM CASE.—We this day report the
judgment of the Queen's Bench on the Bishop's last move.
The venerable Prelate, it appears, has found a mare's nest;
with not even a single egg in it. We venture to express a
hope, as a friend of the family, that the bishop will now put
himself into a decent state of obedience to the law, and set
that example of submission to authority which he has been
paid so handsomely to teach. We desire to say nothing
further to the distinguished Prelate on this point. We
hope, that having fought the question now through all its
stages with unexampled tenacity, he will display that re-
signation under defeat, which becomes the religion he
teaches, and the office he holds. Western Times.
AUXILIARY EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR J.
FRANKLIN.—We are enabled to state that:the devoted Lady
Franklin has just purchased the ketch Prince Albert, of 90
tons, of the Messrs. White, of Cowes, to proceed to Prince
Regent's Inlet, and send parties across from Brentford Bay to
the western side of Boothia, which will explore to the Strait
of James Ross; whilst another party will explore the eastern
Bide of Boothia as far as Lord Mayor's Bay, in searli of her
Ladyship's gallant husband. The Prince Albert will be im-
mediately fitted out at Aberdeen, and will leave that place in
about three weeks. By permission of the Admiralty, who
answered his request immediately it was received, Corn-
mender Codrington Forsyth, an experienced surveying
officer of the royal navy, will command this expedition.—
/Jerald.
THE TWISTED TOWER AT PISA.—Mr. rAnson
makes the following remarks on the campanile at Pisa:—
This is usually called the "leaning tower ;" but this name
does not convey a real notion of the bearing and form of the
building. It is not a leaning tower, but a contorted or twisted
tower. Like a tree, which, springing out of the shelving
side of a rock, strives to become perpendicular, and bends its
trunk by the force of vegetation,— so similarly have the
architects, as they proceeded in the work, after the first sink-
, ing, endeavoured to right the building. The consequence has
, been, an irregular curvature in this great trunk, and an
irregular connexion of this irregular curvature with straight
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