The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

The Royal Brazilian Mail-packet Teviot, Captain
R. Revett, from South America, Jec., arrived at
Southampton yesterday, and landed her mails under
the charge of Lieut. Gardner, R.N., Admiralty
agent. lier dates arc : Buenos Ayres, 2sth April I
Monte Video, Ist May; Rio Janeiro, 12th ; Bahia,
16th ; l'ernambuco, 18th ; St. Vincent, ..26th ; Tene-
riffe, 30th ; Madeira, Ist June ; Lisbon, dth. The
Teviot brings 96 passengers, among whom are Baron
Seisal and family, Portuguese Minister to the Nether-
lands. The freight on board consists of 31) herons of
ipeeacuanha, and. 27,0001. worth of diamonds.
Our correspondent writes as follows :
RIO 1)E JANEIRO, MAT 12.

It is by a mere chance that our letters of this month are
taken home by the Teviot : a fire broke out in the spirit.
room yesterday, which was not extinguished without consi.
derable difficulty. The Teviut had a very narrow escape.
The Fisk arr red yesterday from the River : she brings but
little news. Iu tho newspapers no allusion is made to the
question with Brazil ; but it was currently reported in the
city of Buenos Ayres that preparations for war and met do.
posits of ammunition were being made in the arsenals. Two
steamer., forming part of the Brazilian squadron, bad ats
rived at Monte Video. • The opening of the Brazilian
Chambers took place on the 3rd. You will find a copy of
the speech from the throne (in which the slave trade is
alluded to) in the Jovial of the 4th, which I forward you.
The Minister of Finance presented his estimate for the year
1852.3 on the Nth. The revenue is estimated at 30,500,000
dollars ; the expenditure is estimated at 29.36t4,40 dollars;
the estimated surplus, 1,131,421 dollars. This favourable re.
port has naturally tended to improve the stack market, and
prices are very firm at my quotation. The new Bunk of
Brazil is at length established, and 15,000 share, disposed
of. It is probable that, in a very short time, the whole
capital, 10,000,000 dollars, will be subscribed. At a general
meeting of the shareholder of the Commercial Bunk the
disposal of the 5,000 reserved shares was decided on at •
t.rernitim of 109 per cent.: the whole were tak, uin a few days.
The Brazili in steamer-of-war Thatis entered this port on
Saturday, b ingiug 121 Africans and the captain and seven
mariners of a slave schooner which had evaded the cruisers
and landed her cargo at Itapeinerim ; the authorities on
shore were on the alert, however, and not one of the crew
or cargo escaped. The trade is at its last gasp. The fever
is still making sad havoc on shipboard, but we are entirely
free front it on shore. I forward you our latest newspapers.

(For markets 1100 page 4.)

WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN
MAILS.

The Royal West India mail packet Dee, Captain
Allan, from the West Indies, &e., arrived at South.
ampton, yesterday, and landed her mails under the
charge of Lieut. John Hay, R.N., Admiralty
.agent.
Her dates are :--Vera Cruz, May 7; Tampico, 4 ;
Chagres, 10; Carthagena, 12; Jamaica, 14; Home.
tara, 12; Trinidad, 12; Burbadoes, 14 ; Antigua,
14; Martinique, 15; Grenada, 13; Porto Rico, 17;
St. Thomas, 19; La Guavra, 10. The Dee brings;
105 passengers, among whom arc Commodore Bennet,
General Sir John Fitzgerald, and two aides-do-camp„
The freight on board consists of 903,013 dots. from
Tampico, Vera Cruz, and Chagres, whereof 51,000
dots. is on account of Mexican dividends ; gold,
128,581 dots. ; British coin and platina, 20,033 dole.;
137 scrons of cochineal; 18 tierces and ti; barrels of
coffee ; 27 serous of indigo.

Everything appears very quiet in the city of
M...xico. The government are fixed, and some con-
fidence is placed in them. Money is very scarce, and
cash received at very high interest. Very few mer-
chant vessels either at Tampico or Vera Cruz. The
native and all the foreign merchants most seriously
regret the steam packets do nut as formerly run be-
tween the Havannah and the two ports in the Gulf;
both the post-office and the company lose by it. The
Mexican route must sooner or later be altered, or the
Americans will carry all before them.
The harbour of San Juan (Grey Town), about
which there has been so much diplomacy and fight-
ing, is fast filling up, there being scarcely more water
than i. sufficient for the present class of West Indian
steamers; and it is reasonably conjectured that,
unless prompt measures be adopted, it will be in
vain to expect the larger class of vessels now in
progress to attempt the navigation of the harbour in
question. An intelligent officer of the Engineers
(U.S.), who is fully conversant with the locale, gives
it as his opinion that the stopping up of what is
called the " Colorado" branch of the river would
have the effect of deepening the channel at the
entrance of the harbour.

The railroad from Navy Bay to Panama is pro-
gressing as well as the heat of the climate and want
of labour will permit. The packets on their leaving
Carthagcna are now in the habit of taking to Cha.
gres a quantity of labourers for the work. Then
people are chiefly from the interior. There appears
to be a very destructive insect peculiar to the coun-
try which makes fearful havoc in all the timber
constructions of the rail w.:y. About three miles of
the line is completed.
The Arne! jean steamers continue embarking from
Chaves large numbers of passengers leaving Cali.
forma for the States: the usual average number is
330 per packet, and fur exceeding what arc landed
at Chagres for California. Many of these persons
are penniless, doubtless owing to their gambling pro.
pensities- whilst the more provident appear to suc-
ceed well, if one can judge by the numerous bags of
gold, the contents of which are often exhibited to
the officers of the steamers. We regret to say that
[robberies and murders are now of frequent occur.
rene° whilst the travellers arc crossing the Isthmus.