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SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 2v.. "
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Shannon,
Captain Abbott, with the above mails, arrived this
afternoon. She brings 83 passengers, specie value
1,044,116 dole., of which amount 23,551 dols. are on
account of the Mexican dividends. Her cargo con-
sists of 245 serons cochineal, 337 serons indigo, 3
serons jalap, 257 cases cigars, 260 bales tobacco, 543
packages cocoa, and 134 packages sundries.
The Shannon left St. Thomas on the 14th. On
the 28th she exchanged signals with the ship Gene-
ral Windham, 60 miles west of the Lizard. The
General Windham is homeward bound from Bom-
bay.
There is no news from the Pacific Coast by this
mail, the steamer not having arrived at Panama up
to the sth inst., the date of tho Royal Mail Com-
pany's pocket from Colon. •

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The French frigate Pallas arrived at Panama cn
the 31st January on her way to the coast. of Mexico.

Her Majesty's corvette Mutine was daily ex-
pected at Panama from Vancouver's Island.
Intelligenee from Bogota is to the 15th ult. The
greater part of the representatives had arrived at
the capital, and some preparatory sessions had been
acid, but a constitutional quorum had not yet as•
sembled, and Congress, therefore, had not been for-
mally opened.
The French Charge d'Affaires at Quito had struck
his flag and broken off friendly relations with
Ecuador. The cause of this sudden rupture is not
stated.
In consequence of unfavourable news at Panama,
by way of Carthagena, from the rebellious State of
Antioquia, a proclamation was issued on the 4th
inst., declaring Panama in a state of war, and call-
ing out 5,000 of the militia to defend the Govern-
ment.

The ports of the West Coast of Mexico are de-
clared blockaded by the French.
The Panama Herald and Star of Feb. 5 says:—
" We:understand that Admiral Bouet, of the French
frigate Pallas, has officially notified the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company that the ports of the West
Coast of Mexico aro now declared blockaded by the
French, and that the steamships of the company
will merely be allowed to touch in there for coal
and provisions, and to land and receive the mails,
but will not be permitted to disembark or receive
passengers or cargo. We have no recollection of
any previous notice of the blockade of the West
Coast having been given, and this, therefore, ap-
pears rather a summary way of enforcing it. The
next steamers;from the United States or England
may have merchandise on board for Acapulco,
which must either bo returned to the original porta
of shipment or detained on this isthmus. We
should suppose that the usual time allowed for
vessels to arrive from foreign ports and discharge
their cargoes after the port has been declared
blockaded should also be expected and granted in
the present case, as custom has established the rule,
and so abrupt a deviation from it may cause very
serious loss and inconvenience to innocent persons.
" The instructions, however, received by Admiral
Bonet from the French Government are, we learn,
exceedingly stringent in regard to prohibiting all
vessels from touching at any of the Mexican ports
even for supplies, but, at the instance of the French
Consul the admiral has been led to grant the con-
cession above mentioned to the steamers of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, although it will
not be extended to any other vessels, and these
steamers have permission to touch at Acapulco only.
" The blockade is now effective, there being seve-
ral vessels of war on the coast to enforce it. There
is no probability of its being continued for any
length of time, as the ports will doubtless soon suc-
cumb to the demands of the Imperial Government,
and the object in enforcing it is purely to prevent
the import& ion of munitions of war and contraband
articles, and not to place any check on the commerce
of the country.

" have received from reliable sources new and
important information about the state of affairs in
Antioquia, which it was too late to publish in our
last. The news given therein was spread with a
certain officiousness, and, although we suspected.
that it emanated from a certain party, we could not
otherwise but communicate it to our readers, as we
did not think it would turn out to be pure inven-
tion, and as wo had not received any direct advices
from that region, papers and letters from there being
opened and kept back in Carthagena.
" Things in Antioquia, indeed, look far from
satisfactory to the present Administration. The
Conservatives, as we said some time ago, have con-
siderable forces, several thousand men, and seem to
be well organised. Their army, under command of
Joaquin M. Cordoba and Berrio, surprised the Go-
vernment troops near Marinilla, aad routed them
completely. The Governor Pascual Bravo, General
Jose Anto. de Plaza, the commander of the Liberal
forces, and some other men of the same party, among
them Dr. Echeverry, Secretary of the State, were
killed. The Conservatives next invaded the State
of Cauca, bat were repulsed by General Jose M.
sann::ez, who pursued them, it is said, into Antio-
quia, an took possession of Manisalee. The Go-
vernor of the State of Bolivar, Nieto, has left with
troops from Cartilagena for Antioquia, after having
got the necessary money by seizing the funds of the
manes nauertasi
The weather continued favourable at Grenada,
and several plantations had commenced crop opera-
tions. Generally, however, manufacturing opera-
tions were retarded by the backwardness of the
canes. Whale catching had commenced, and the
oil factories of Grand Anse were in active operation.
Considerable attention was being paid in Mar-
tinique to the revival of the culture of coffee, and a
large number of plants had been imported from
Guadeloupe for the estates.
A public meeting was held at Barbadoes on the
sth, for the purpose of petitioning the Imperial
Parliament on the subject of the sugar duties.
The petition prays for an immediate reduction
of those duties, the suppression of the slave trade,
or, failing that suppression, a differential duty
in favour of free labour sugar, or such other relief,
&c. Business in the island continued dull. Ex-
change on London, bank bills, 90 days, was quoted
480 dole., and 481 dole. for 60 days ; private bills
at 90 days, 485 dole., and 60 day5,"4871,.
At Demerara the weather bad been favourable for
planters, and a few estates commenced the crop for
1864. The produce market was doll, but prices
steady.
Business at Jamaica remained dull. In the pros
duce market there was a falling off in the supply of
m
tly an advancing tendency.
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weredi,:cis plentiful.ioalaasneq,d ueoedfnthe 2d Feb., says that 800
from a steamer on the right
bank of the River Ozama, were suddenly attacked
by the Dominicans, and cut to pieces to a man. Some
ammunition and stores fell into the possession of the
insurgents. The Dominicans had issued the follow-
ing manifesto :
" GOD I--COUNTRY I—LIBERTY I—DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC 1
" Art. I—The Provisional Government created on
the 14th Sept., and which has ever since ruled the
destinies of the Dominican Republic, is declared the
legitimate Government.
" Art. 2—War by sea and by land is declared
against the monarchy of Spain by the Dominican
Republic.
" Art. 3—The belligerent forces of the Dominican
Republic shall abide by the law of nations.
" Art. 4—The Department of War and Marine
shall proceed immediately to arm vessels to prosecute
the war, and shall grant letters of marque to apples

cants.
" Given at the Government 11411 on tile 25th day
of November, 1863.
" BENJAMIN F. DE ROJAS, Vico-Presidt:nt.
(Countersigned by the Commission):—For War—
"R. Nolla, C. 1'117,01; for Finance—J. M. Glass,
R. Curie' ; for Foreign Relations—thises F.
Espallat ; for Interior, Justice, and Police—
Marims Grullon, G. Cerpignan."

It is now stated that the article on Thackelay in
the last number of tho .2Vortlt British Review was not by
Dr. John Brown, but by a Mr. Lancaster, a Scotch barrister,
the agent for Mrs. Yelverton when her case was before the
Irish courts,