The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-16 00:00:00

INDIA.

We have received the following from the Tele-
graph to India Company
" ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 15, 2 P.M.

" The Simla, from Calcutta, passed Jubal at 11
this morning. She left Calcutta on the 23d July,
receiving messages here direct from Jubal, with
good signals."

ROME, AUG. 15, EVENING.

General illuminations have taken place in this
capital, both last night and this evening, to celebrate
the Feast of the Assumption.

The space before the French Club is now bril-
liantly lighted up, in honour of the Emperor's fete.
Two bands are playing.
The crowd is immense, but no disturbance has
taken place.
In the morning a To Deum was performed at
Santo Luigi, at which the Marquis de Lavalette, the
Generals, and the officers of the staff were present.

At noon, the Pope, according to custom, gave his
benediction to the people at Santa Maria Maggiora,
and was enthusiastically applauded.

AUGUST 16.

Telegrams received here from Milan give further
details of the popular demonstration which took
place in that city yesterday.
The people shouted, "We want Rome !" and
" Garibaldi for ever !"

Flags were carried about, with placards attached
bearing the words " Rome or death."
The crowd dispersed upon the troops being called
out.

THE BRAZILS.
(PER NAVARRE, via LISBON.)
MONVEVIDEO, JULY 17.
Business very dUll.
Exchange, 41.

Wet salted hides, 42. Dry American, 58. Dry
German, 62. Wool, no sales. Tallow, 19,1 to 20.

THE BRAZIL MAILS.

LISBON, AUG. 15, Evening.

The Messageries Imperiales steamship Navarre,
with the above mails, arrived here this morning at
6 o'clock.

Rio de Janeiro, July 25.—Exchange on London
25 ; on Paris, 365 f. to 369 f.

Coffee, good first, 6,600 reis to 6,800 reis. The
shipments of coffee since the departure of the last
mail amount to 41,572 bags, 2,000 (? 20,000) of
which were for the Channel. Stock of coffee,
280,000 bags.
At Bahia exchange on London was quoted 26i.
Sugar, 2,400 reis to 2,500 reis. Cotton, 9,500 reis
to 10,000 reis.

The Royal Mail steamer Oneida, with the out•
ward mails, had arrived at Bahia on the 29th o
July. _ _

Exchange on London at Pernambuco was quoted
261. Sugars—whites, 3,000 reis to 3,200 reis ;
browns, 2,200 reis to 2,400 reis. Cotton, 15,000

refs.

ADMIRAL BOWLES AND THE
ADMIRALTY.

ADMIRAL BOWLES has printed as a pamphlet, of
102 pages (Ridgway), the evidence which he gave
last year before the Select Committee on the Board
of Admiralty. Many who do not care to purchase
an entire Blue-book, will like to see the opinions
on the subject of one who speaks both from official
and naval experience, when they may be had for a
shilling. He has appended to the pamphlet his
Bill of 1854 for a Naval Militia ; two other docu-
ments are included—one, a letter of the gallant
Admiral's to his First Lord, Lord Haddington, in
September, 1844, at the time he was in office, on
the defenceless state at that time of the country ;
the other, included, indeed, in the letter, a remark-
able extract from a French paper, "Le Censeur,"
of the 6th of January, 1842, showing how a French
Admiral in the Levant squadron had deliberately
proposed to destroy the English squadron by taking
it at a disadvantage, and complete the work by
landing 30,000 men on the coast of Ireland. The
letter was written after the alarm of war created
by the Prichard affair at Tahiti, in which the French
clergy used the politicians and the politicians the
clergy, to force, between them, Popery on the con-
verts of Protestant missionaries, and a French Pro-
tectorate on a helpless, but perfectly independent
Princess, who had not given to France the shade of
the shadow of provocation. The Admiral's principal
objects were to impress on the Committee the im-
portance of an independent, or at least highly-
placed authority, the most important part of whose
functions should be to keep the Admiralty awake
to the actual condition of the fleet. The Controller
of the Navy should for this purpose, he thinks,
have large powers, and a seat at the Board. He is
also, of course, a strenuous advocate of a Naval
Militia, even to the extent of a compulsory ballot.
Nor will he admit that our present Naval Volun-
teers and Reserve are all that is needed for an
emergency.

THE METI?OPOLITAN BOA.RD OF WORKS.

The usual meeting of the board was held yester-
day ; 111 r. John Thwaites presided for the first time
since his recent illness. Mr. Francis Healey took
his seat as one of the representatives of the parish
of St. Pancras, in the place of Mr. Robert Eckett,
deceased. A report was brought up from the Main
Drainage Committee, stating that Messrs. Peto and
Betts have withdrawn their tender for the construc-
tion of the Bermondsey branch of the Southern Low
Level Sewer, and recommending that the tender of
Messrs. John Aird and Son for the execution of
the said works, for the sum of £107,000 be accepted,
subject to the usual inquiries as to the responsibi-
lity of their sureties being satisfactory. The reso-
lution adopting the recommendation of the com-
mittee was, after some discussion, carried on a
division. Mr. Newton moved, " That it be referred
to the solicitor to report as to what means can be
adopted to bind the persons whose tender may have
been accepted by the hoard, either by altering the
form of advertisement or requiring parties to sign
an agreement When any order shall be made ac•
cepting a tender, or what course nan be best
adopted to prevent parties from withdrawing
after the acceptance of a tender; and that
the solicitor have the assistance of counsel in
drawing such instrument as may be found neces-
sary." Mr. Wilkinson seconded the motion, and
strongly condemned the course taken by Messrs.
Peto and 13eUs, which had thrown additional cost
of £lO,OOO upon the board for the execution of
works for which they had accepted the contract.
After a short 'discussion, the motion was put and
agreed to, The routine business was disposed
of, and the board adjourned until the 26th of Sep-
tember.