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

THE PEISINSULAIt MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam ,ship Jupiter, Ciptain
Meel-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, 221 i chests of oranges, 1
case of silk, 1 horse, and l 1 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
L...vantine had fallen in with the barque Amphitrite,
of Ipswich, abandoned, with loss of mizenmast. Sent
the first officer and four men on board, who bad 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 GoILBAM 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, be will display that re-
signation under deleat, which becomes the religion he
teaches, and the office he holds.— Western Times.
AUXILIARY EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OP 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
side of Boothia as far as Lord Mayor's Bay, in search 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, Com-
mander Codrington Forsyth, an experienced surveying
officer of the royal navy, will command this expedition.—
Herald.
THE TWISTED TOWER AT PISA.—Mr. l'Anson
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 ruck, 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
b. een, an irregular curvature in this great trunk, and an
irregular connexion of this irregular curvature with straight
lines, which no perspective view can represent satisfactorily,
and which could not be shown in a model, without the great-
est attention and nieety.—Builder.