The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-16 00:00:00

BRAZIL.

140 DE JANEIRO, JAW.l7l.—Brazil has celebrated a
treaty of limits and navigation of the Amazon with the
of Peru.

It was rumoured in Rio that the Ministry wished to
retire; Senor Euzebio de Queiroz (Minister of Justice),
being the only deputy in the Cabinet (the five other
members are senators), did not wish to be alone to meet
the debates in the Lower House. Some difficulties
seemed also to arise on account of the general elections,
which are to take place i❑ the present year. It is well
known that general elections in Brazil are almost always
accompanied with disturbances.
The financial state of the country was prosperous.
The revenue of import and export duties for last year
was superior to that of 1850 in more than 3,000 contos
of reis. Apolices were at 93 ex dividend, and money
continued so abundant that the rate of discount was
to 4.

The energy of the means (spontaneous or not) em-
ployed by the Brazilian Government have entirely done
away with the slave trade.

No epidemy of yellow fever.

MOViMENTS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.—At Buenos
Ayres, her Majesty's steamer Locust, Lieutenant Day.
At Monte Video. her Majesty's steamer Centaur, Rear.
Admiral Reynolds. At Rio de Janeiro, her Majesty's
steamer Plumper, Commander Nolloth; and Harpy,
tender, Lieut. Williams. Her Majesty's steamer Con-
flict, Commander Jenner, left Rio on the 12th of
January, for the River Plate. At Bahia, her Majesty's
steamer Rifleman, Lieut.-Commander Dalton; Bonetta
brigantine, Lieut. Wake. At Lisbon, her Majesty's
steamer Dragon. Her Majesty's steamer Samson,
Captain Jones, from the coast of Africa, pat into Lis-
bon on the 11th instant for coals, and transferred dis-
patches and mails to the Severn. She announces the
total destruction of Lagos by the boats of the African
squadron, who had sixteen mon killed and sixty-ono
wounded.

The Royal Mail steam-packet Prince left Rio for the
River Plate on the 13th of January, and the Teviot
left St. Vincent for the Brazils on the 29th of January.
FREIGLITS.—Rio: At the close of the year, freights
were—for Antwerp, 30 to 47k; Channel, 27k to 37f-;
Hamburgh, 30 to 40; London and Liverpool, 30 to 35;
Mediterranean, 32k to 40; Havre, 35f.; United States,
400. to 50c.

BAHIA, JAN. 18.—Channel, 405.; Stockholm, 455.;
Hatnburgh, 355. Exchange, 27k to 27k on London; 635
to 640 on Hamburgh.

DESTRUCTION OF LAGOS BY
THE BRITISH SQUADRON.
LOSS OF LIFE.
Tho Admiralty dispatches brought to Southampton
yesterday, from the coast of Africa, by the Brazilian
mail packet Severn, relative to the affair off Cape Lagos,
were considered so important, that Lieutenant Scriven,
the Admiralty agent of the Severn, was dispatched to
London with them immediately, in order that no time
might be lost in placing them in the possession of the
Admiralty.
It will be seen that Lagos has been destroyed, but not
without loss of life on the part of the English.
The following is the copy of a letter written on board
one of the ships engaged on the coast of Africa, and
which gives full particulars of the affair:—
" Dear Sir,—You will be sorry to hear that poor
Elliot, of the Sampson, is gone, and supposed to be lost
company
under the following painful circumstance:—We captured
a felucca in October last and Elliot parted
with us, when we took the, ground off Consols, with 12
men, one carpenter, and Mr. Wood, midshipman, with
one month's provisions, with orders to fellow us to Cape
Lopez, and in the event of the wind not being favour-
able to proceed to the Island of St. Thomas and then to
Badagang to meet us. Since that time he was met, Oc-
tober 31st, by the Penelope at St. Thomas, who ordered
him on to Badagang, about five days' sail, and neither
ho, his men, or boat, have since been heard of. Several
vessels have been down there, ourselves twice, and no
news. It is feared the heavy tornadoes in the first week
of November must have taken them suddenly, and with
her enormous sails capsized her, and she must have sunk
to rise no more. Poor fellow! Enclosed is a rough
sketch I send of the news we have.
" On the 16th of December the Penelope arrived in
the Bights from Sierra Leone and the Sampson from
Ascension, and arrived off Lagos on the 18th, and found
there only the Bloodhound and Philomel, to the no small
surprise of the commodore, who had ordered every
vessel in the Bights to be there for the purpose of at-
tacking Lagos on the 24th, but, by some excellent ma-
nagement, they were all dispersed. On the 2361, the
Tenzer arriving, as also a party consisting of some 600
of King Atakoi's people, who had marched down from
Badagang, it then became necessary to protect these
people, and the commodore not knowing when he would
get his vessels, it wax judged expedient to attack Lagos
with the present force. Accordingly Captain Jones, in
the Bloodhound, and the boats of the Sampson, left at
four PM., and having safely crossed the bar, anchored
off the entrance for the night. The Sampson had pre-
viously been moored as close opposite the supposed
position of the enemy as could be. On the morning of
the 24th, two boats in command of Lieut. Saumarez, Ist
of Sampson. proceeded up and sounded and were fired
into by musketry on the right beach, and which was
taken little or no notice of, and having ascertained the
required information they returned to the anchorage
at two n.m. Several large canoes being seen on the
right beach the Bloodhound weighed, and the boats,
under her cover, landed and brought off six large canoes
capable of bearing the whole of Atakoi's force; having
given them to these people at five P.M.,being flood tide,
she proceeded up the river to try the depth of water,
the Sampson's boats ahead, and when off the first bat-
teries the enemy began to fire round and canister with
very good precision, which was returned by the boats
and Bloodhound. At this time the Teazer, with the
Penelope's boats were seen to enter the river, and a
signal was made to anchor, and it being dusk the Blood-
hound weighed and anchored alongside of her, out of
the reach of the enemy's fire. The 25th being Christ-
mas-day, the men remained in their boats, and nothing
was done with the exception of reviewing and feeding
Atakoi's troops, and placing round each of their necks
a white "rag," so that we might know friends from foes.
Thus we stood on the evening of the 25th, certainly a
miserable Christmas. At 4.30 A.M. of the 26th the fol-
lowing attack was then made. Theßloodhound, with Capt.
Jones, led in; then the port division of boats, consisting of
two paddle and pinnace of Sampson under command of
Lieutenant Saumarez followed; then the Teaser weighed,
with Captain Lyster; and then the starboard division,
under command of Commander Hillyar, of Penelope,
which consisted of her two paddle-box boats, pinnace,
and the rocket boats, each boat commanded by the Lieu-
tenants of Penelope, and the rocket party by Lieutenant
Corbett, gunnery lieutenant. As the Bloodhound
steamed up a terrific fire was opened on her by all the
batteries and thousands of musketry, which was returned
by her with shot and shell. She got up to her destina-
tion (with little damage), and then got aground at
musket shot from the platform battery. Then followed
the port division of boats under a complete storm of mus-
ketry, grape, round, and canister, which was returned in
good style from the boats, who pulled up gallantly and
took up their position opposite a two-gun battery, and
which they soon silenced. Then came the Teazer with
the starboard division, and, in trying to keep away to
bring her guns to bear to cover the port division
of boats, unfortunately took the ground and could
not get off. She was there exposed to the fire of
twenty guns. Captain Lyster instantly finding all at-
tempts to get her off of no avail, took the command
of the starboard division of boats, and made for the
shore for the purpose of spiking the guns. After firing
several rockets they dashed in, arid effected a landing,
and took one battery by storm, spiking its guns. The
enemy charged them on each flank, and a retreat was
necessary. The enemy got possession of her paddle-box
boat, the cowardly Kroomen having jumped overboard.
A charge was then made to recapture, but finding so
many wounded, and two killed, they retreated to the
other boats and embarked, nut, however, without the
planer's mete, who was left in the boat, having re-
ceived two wounds,
igniting the magazine, and jump-
ing overboard, when he wee picked up in Captain Lys-
next day's attack no less than
ter's gig. In this and the