The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

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IVES !: LtIDIA, PACIFIC, AND MEXICAN
MAILS,

SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 29.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Shannon,
Captain Abbott, 'with the above mails, arrived this
afternoon. Ste brings 83 passengers, F peel e value

1,044,116 dole., of which amount 2-3,551 dols. are ou

account of the Mexican dividends. Her cargo ci;n-
,sists of 215 serous cochineal, 337 serous indigo, 3
serons jalap, 257 cases cigars, 260 bales tobacco, 543
packages cocoa, and 131 packages sundries.

The Shannon left St. Themes on the 14th. On
the 28th she exchanged signals with the ship Gene-
ral Windham, 60 miles vast of the Lizard. The
General Windham is homeward bound from Bom-
ba3•.

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 packet from Culon.

The French frigate Pallas arrived at Panama on
the 31st January on her way to the coast of Mexico.
Iler Majesty's corvette Mutine was daily ex-
pected at Panama from Vancouver's Island.
Intelligence from Bogota is to the 15th ult. The
greater part of the representatives had arrived at
the capital, and some preparatory seFsions had been
held, 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 aro de-
clared blockaded by the French.
The Panama Herald and Star of Feb. 6 says:—
" We:understand that Admiral I3ouet, of the French
frigate Pallas, has officially notified the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company that the ports of the West
Coast of Mexico are 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,
hut will not be permitted to disembark or receive
passengers or curgo. IVe 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 ports
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 ♦ery
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 importatio❑ of munitions of war and contraband
articles, and not to place any check on the commerce
of the country.
" We 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 we 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
bo well organised. Their army, under command of
Joaquin M. Cordoba and l3errio, surprised the Go.
vern mut troops near Marinilla, aid routed them
completely. The Governor Pascual Bravo, General
Jose Ante. do Plaza, the commander of the Liberal
forces, and some other men of the same party, among
thorn Dr. Echeverry, Secretary of the State, wore
killed. Tho Conservatives next invaded the Stats
of Cauca, but were repulsed by General Jose M.
Sanchez, who pursued them, it is said, into Antio-
quia, and took possession of Manisales. The Go-
vernor of the State of Bolivar, Nieto, has left with
troops from Carthagena for Antioquia, after having
got the necessary money by seizing the funds of the
matzos Muer las 1

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 I3arbadoes 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, vio quoted
480 dole., and 481 doll. for 60 days ; private bills
at 90 days, 485 dole., and 60 days,:4B7l°
At Demerara the weather had been favourable for
planters, and a few estates commenced the crop for
1864. The produce market c' .8 dull, but prices
steady.
Business at Jamaica remained dull. In the pros
duce market there was a falling off in the supply of
advancing tendency.
Freightsen' war: rde cpoleesnetqi
faue
In. tly an
The Echo (Malts, of the 2d Fob.. says that 800
Spaniel'.soldifirs landed from a steamer on the right
bank of the River Ozama,
were suddenly attacked
by the Dominicans, and cut to piocea to a man. Some
ammunition and stores fell into he possession of the
insurgents.
The Dominicans had issued the follow-
ing manifesto :
" G OD I—CouNTRY I—LI MCR.TYI--DOMINICAN
RErurvic 1

" Art. I—The Provision 00VeTIIIIIelat, created on
the 11th 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 c
,f Spain by the Dominican
Republic.
"Art.3—The belli
erent forces of the Dominican
Republic shall abid A by the law of nations.
" Art. 4—The 1 pirtment of IVar awl Marine
shall proceed imm .
tely to arm vessels to prosecute
the war, and sh'All grztnt letters of 1,130.rqU0 to apples
cants.
" Give% at the, GOT, trntnent hall ou the 25th day
1 of November, 1863.
" BENJAMIN F. t , Rol A 5, Vice-President.
(Countersigned hr tbo Cog ,mission):—For War--
" It. Nella, C. l'uzol t fat Finance—J•M'elialiP
Curie!;R. for 1.0 reign Relttions—U Uses K.
Espallat ; for Intl rior, ustice, and Police--
Madras °ninon, G . Cerp ignau."

It is now stated that the art iole on Thackeray in
the last number of tho Br, ash Raul," wAs not bY
Dr. John Brown, but by a M r. I
• ' tor, a scotch barrister:
the agent for Mrs.
Yvivert°4 pu jj (a Mao Who b`(010 tIL
worts,