The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-12 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY, EVENING, JUNE 12, 1862

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, JUNE 7.
The Lisbon merchants regret the withdrawal of
the Peninsular Company's steamers.
Slight disturbances still occur in the province of
the Minho.

It is said that the clerical party have made
political capital out of the question of the Sisters of
Charity. About 70 of the Sisters are about to leave
Portugal in the French war steamer Orinoque.
It is proposed to again form a National Guard in
Lisbon, on account of the unsettled state of political
matters.

Dem Luiz still resides at the Palace of Kinds:
No date has yet been fixed for the projected mar.
riage of the King.

The vine disease is said to be again making its

appearance.

Trade dull. Money scarce. Exchange on Lon-
don 53Z ; on Paris, 5 32 ; on Hamburg, 48 ; on
Amsterdam, 421 ; on Genoa, 526; Three per Cent.
Rentes, 461; Coupons, ditto deferred, 42 ; Lisbon
Bank, 556 ; Oporto Commercial and Mercantile
Banks, 258 milreis.

WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC
MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Atrato,
Captain Woolley, arrived at 2.30 a.m. She brings
256 passengers, 1,076,704 in specie, and 2,898
packages of cargo.
Jamaica advices are to the 24th ult. Business
was very dull. Weather hot, and slight showers of

rain had fallen. Public health good. Both the

commissions appointed to inquire into the circum
stances connected with the late fire had reported

that the disaster originated at the Red House
bakery, that it had occurred accidentally, and that
it would have been easily subdued had prompt mea-
sures been adopted. The revenue returns for t
March quarter showed the total receipts to be
£63,940 Os. ld., being a decrease of over £lO,OOO on
the previous quarter, and of over £3,000 on the
corresponding quarter of last year. The decrease is
attributed to a falling off in the import duties, caused
by the recent dulness in trade.

An attempted military insurrection in Hayti,

instigated by M. Salomon, the principal Minister
of State during the Soulouque regime, had failed,
owing to the vigorous measures taken by the Go-
vernment. Over 70 arrests had taken place, and
snspected persons were still being captured at the
date of latest accounts.

At Demerara trade continued very dull, and
nothing was doing except in provisions. Stocks of
flour were much reduced, transactions limited, and
advanced prices demanded. Codfish veiy scarce,
and a lot of Newfoundland, from Barbadoes, was
lotted at 6 dols, per quintal. East India rice heavy,
and market quiet. Tonnage in full supply, and
rates declining. Very partial showers had fallen,
and rain was much wanted in some districts.

Very little business was doing at Grenada. The
sugar crop had almost terminated, and the scant
yield from the canes fully realised the worst antici-
pations. The plantations were also suffering from
an unprecedented severe drought. The ship Foster,
Captain Ingram, from St. Helena and Ascension,
with guano, had grounded off Grand Bacolet Bay,
and become a total wreck.

From the South Pacific we have intelligence of a
Ministerial crisis at Valparaiso. The Secretaries of
the Interior, Treasury, Public Worship, and War,
had all resigned. The President had not completed
his selection of the new Ministry. Exchange on
London, 45d. to 451 d. ; Paris, 4f 65c to 4f 70c.
Tonnage scarce, and freight transactions in conse-
quence very trifling.

The Coquimbo and Serenas Railroad was opened
on the 21st of April.
All was quiet in Peru, and the elections along
the coast had passed off peaceably, San Roman
being victorious in most places. Exchange on Lon-
don at Lima, 37d. per dollar.
Great indignation was felt throughout Chili
against the policy of England, France, and Spain
with rcspect to Mexico, and societies were forming
in all directions to oppose by every reasonable
means the threatened change of the Republican
system of Government.

Au attempted revolution ill Guatemala had been

discovered in time to prevent any serious results.
The bark Ilarpley, of Hartlepool, from Glasgow
for San Francisco, had struck on the sands off
Realeja, which port she was entering for supplies of
provisions and water; she had broke in two at the
ebb tide and become a total wreck.