The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-03 00:00:00

ROME.

A letter from Rome of the 28th ult., published by
the Union, says :
" The magnificent procession of the Corpus Christi
took place the day before yesterday with the splen-
dour which places it in the first rank of the mar-
vellous festivals seen only at Rome. The mass of
the day was celebrated in the Sistine Chapel by
Cardinal Mattei, dean of the Sacred College, and the
procession immediately commenced, composed of all
the religious orders in Rome, the parochial and
collegiate clergy, headed by the bishops, archbishops,
and cardinals, all wearing the insignia of their re-

soective dignities. After these came the Sovereign
Pontiff, borne on the talanio, and holding the Holy
Sacrament in his hands. Behind the Pope's cortege
followed the generals of orders, the Guard, the Gon-
falonier of the Church, with his standard, the Pope's
chamberlains, and lastly, the generals of the French
and Pontifical troops, accompanied by the officers
of their staffs. After passing the piazza of St.
Peter under the splendid colonnade, the proces-
sion entered the basilica of the Prince of the
Apostles and where the Holy Father gave
his triple solemn benediction. The crowd was im-
mense, entirely filling the church and the piazza.
The ex-King of the Two Sicilice', the Queen Dow-
ager, the Princes and Princesses of the Royal
family of Naples, and Donna Maria Isabella, In-
fanta of Portugal, were present at this ceremony,
with the diplomatic body, and a large number of
distinguished Roman and foreign persons. The
bad weather, which had prevailed.at Rome for some
days previously, seemed to have ceased expressly
for the procession, for it was no sooner over than
The rain came down in torrents, so as to keep every-
body within doors for the rest of the day. There
was another heavy fall yesterday in Rome and its
environs, which has caused the Tiber to overflow
its banks. The river drifted great numbers of trees,
which had been torn up by the roots, and during
the day an enormous wooden scaffolding was seen
to pass, supposed to have belonged to the works for
constructing a bridge for the re ilway higher up the
stream."

The Giornale cli Roma publishes the subjoined
article

" Among the calumnies which the partisans of
the Revolution are constantly disseminating against
the Pontifical Government, we must mention one to
the effect that convicts have been released from the
bagneof CivitaVecchia,on condition that they would
go and recommence their brigandage in the usurped
provinces. This falsehood contains its own refuta-
tiou ; the Pontifical Government has at heart the wel•
fare of the provinces of which it has been deprived as
well as of those which it retains; it has released
none but men whose term of punishment had
expired or whose sentences had been cancelled
by the exercise of their Sovereign's clemency. The
Piedmontese Government does not understand how
justice can be tempered with mercy ; and it has
already condemned, in the usurped provinces, more
than seven hundred persons to the galleys for life or
for very long terms, whilst, on the other hand, it
has lately released in our provinces forty convicts,
who, previously to the usurpation, were condemned
for atrocious crimes, seven of them having been
sentenced to the galleys for life. The Piedmontese
Government has been guilty of the very acts of
which it accuses the Pontifical Government, without
knowing how, like the latter, to blend impartiality
with the duties of justice."

The Brazil and River Plate Mails,

SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Night.
The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship
Oneida, Captain T. Bevis, arrived at 10 30 p.m.,
with mails in charge of Commander J. G. Harrison,
R.N., naval mail agent, of the following dates :
Buenos Ayres, April 26 ; Montevideo, 29 ; Rio de
Janei:o, May 10; Bahia, 13; Pernambuco, 15; St.
Vincent (Cape Verdes), 23; Lisbon, 30. She brings
178 passengers, £5,493 is specie, 6 packages of
diamonds, 563 bales of cotton, 1,622 rolls of tobacco,
147 cases of onions, 309 baskets of potatoes, and 52
chests of oranges.
Her Majesty's gunboat Sheldrake was at Buenos
Ayres on the 26th April. The Spider arrived at
Montevideo on the 29,h from Colo:tia. The Forte
sailed on the 29th for Maldonado, and the Curlew
for Rio de Janeiro. The Triton, Alecto, Dotterel,
Satellite, and Stromboli were at Montevideo on the
29th. The Egmont was at Rio.

On the outward voyage the Oneida spoke the
Julia off Rio, steering to the eastward. On the 29th
of May, at 7.30 p.m., in let. 27.20 N., long. 10.20
W., the Oneida passed the French mail steamer
steering S.W. ; and off the Burlings, on the 30th,
at 5 p,m., the Peninsular and Oriental steamship
Elora, steering south.

Advices from Buenos Ayres report that complete
tranquillity prevailed in the provinces. Congress
was to meet on May 1, but it was doubtful if the re-
quisite number of members Would be assembled in

me. The National Government had negotiated a

temporary loan of 1,500,000 silver dole. to meet imme-
diate wants, and a considerable remittance has been
made by this mail. The elections for the Provincial
Legislature had been discussed by the respective
houses, when disgraceful riots and even loss of life
ook place; those for the Senate being declared illegal,
while those of the Lower House, effec:ed at the
same time and under identical circumstances, were
confirmed. It was not known what course the
Provincial Government would adopt in consequence,
but it was believed that there would be no further
disturbances, and that one of the first measures to
be considered by the Legislature would be a foreign
loan, in order to abolish the paper currency.
Exchange on England, 501 d. per 100 dollars ;
exchange on France, of. 28c. to sf. 30c. Hard dol-
lars, 28.90 currency each.

Ther© is no particular nova from Monte Video.
The civil war continued without any prospect of its
termination, Exchange 675.

In the Rio coffee market little business was done
during the interval iron the departure of the Mag-
dalene on the Bth April to the arrival of the Estre.
madura on the 18th,

In exchange, business for the Oneida, amounting
in all to £450,000, including £50,000 taken by the
National Bank at 271 d., was transacted at 277,d.,
2711, 27,3 d., the greater part of which was done at
27td., with conditions of payment, making it
almost equal to 271. The market closed very firm.
On Paris only 400,000 f. had been reported, and on
Hamburgh B,M. 15,000 at Rs. 660. Discounts re-
mained unaltered. Freights—England, nominal ;
English Channel, 525. 6d. to 555.; Antwerp, nomi-
nal ; Hamburg, nominal ; Mediterranean, nominal ;
United States, 325. 6d. to 405.; Havre de Grace,
50f. 10 per cent.

When the Oneida left Lisbon her Majesty's steam
frigate Racoon was in port, having arrived, on the
20th inst., from Gibraltar, with Prince Alfred on

board.

Exchange on London, 90 days, 5311 ; on Paris,
100 days, 533; on Hawburgh, three months, 4%;
on Amsterdam, three months, 42i; on Genoa, three
months, 628.