The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-15 00:00:00

►SOUTH AMERICA.

The Royal Brazilian Mail Packet Great Western,
Capt. T. Bevis ; Admiral agent, Lieut. Thomas
White Purver, R.N., arrived at Southampton yes-
terday with the South American mails. She left
Buenos Ayres, May 2 ; Monte Video, May 3 ; Rio
de Janeiro, May 16 ; Bahia, May 20 ; Pernambuco,
May 23 ; St. Vincent, June 1 ; Teneriffe, June 6 ;
Madeira, June 7 ; Lisbon, June 10.
The Great Western brings 117 first-class and 20
second-class passengers.
She left lying at Rio Janeiro, H.M.S. Mada-
gascar, Rifleman, and Express ; at Bahia, H.M.S.
Trident; at Lisbon, H.M.S. Prometheus.
On the Ist May the first railroad which has been '
constructed in Brazil was opened in the presence
of the Emperor and Empress. The engines and
cars were blessed by the Archbishop of Rio, and a
splendid dinner was served to about 800 visitors.
On the return of one of the steamers (the Gua-
rany) from the fete, with 200 of the elite of society,
the vessel struck upon' some dangerous rocks in
the centre of the bay ; fortunately only one of her
passengers, the Viscount de Monte Alegro, was
injured. The Emperor bestowed the title of Baron
of Mann on Senor Irineu Evangelista, de Suuza,
the enterprising director of the company. Mr.
Bragg, the English engineer, was also made
.a Ca-
valier of the Order of the Rose.
The Russian yacht Rogneda, belonging to Prince
Lebanoff de Rostoff had been announced for sale
by public auction. The sale was subsequently put
off, and it was said that the Brazilian Government
is in treaty for her; all her stores and brass guns
had recently been sold by auction. A. Russian
merchant vessel had also been sold, and, under the
Brazilian flag, would take a cargo of coffee to
America. _

Buenos Ayres is not settled. The government
has had recourse to extraordinary measures. Six
gentlemen have been compelled to leave the pro-
vince by water in 24 hours, four aro imprisoned,
five officers are erased from the military list, three
clergymen are exiled, and a large number have been
placed under the surveillance of the police. The
Argentine Confederation was in process of consoli-
dation, and Urquiza, had been installed as president.
It was thought at Buenos Ayres that its forts
would be closed soon against the flag of the sepa-
ratist province. There was a project of making a
railway from Santiago to Chili across the Andes.
Trade in Buenos Ayres was flat, and the exports
are not likely to be large.
The news from Monte Video is tranquil in cha-
racter. The Legislative Chambers had been re-in-
stalled, and their first act was the election of Col.
Venancio Flores, as President of the Republic for
the remainder of the term corresponding to ex-
President Giro. In the prospect of more settled
times business was reviving.
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THE FIGHTING AT SHANGHAE.

The following is a full account of the feat of arms
achieved by the foreign residents at Shanghae, on the
4th and sth of April last :—The foreign settlement,
which is in form nearly a square, is situated on the
Shanghae river, between the Soochow and Yang-king-
pang creeks. On the fourth side it is partially covered
by a small creek, fordable at low but not at high water.
The Imperialist camp was situated on the hank of
this creek, on the opposite side from the settlement.
On the Shanghae river were assembled eight pirati-
cal junks, which had been taken into the Imperial
service. The foreign residents had been occasionally
annoyed by individual marauders from the city, which
is in the possession of the insurgents ; but their chief
annoyance was from the Imperialists. Their complaints
to the magistrates of the district were answered by
representations that it was impossible to control 10,000
irregular levies, he might have said 20,000 drawn toge-
ther from all the provinces. On the 3rd of April the
demonstrations of these insubordinate troops became so
alarming that intimation was given to the Taou-tae and
the district judge that the foreigners had resolved to
defend themselves by force. The men and marines
of the English ships of war Encounter and Gre-
cian, and from the American sloop of war Plymouth,
were landed on the afternoon of the 4th of April, and
joined by the enrolled volunteers of Shanghae. The
Americans had a field-piece and two howitzers ; the
English, one field-piece. When they neared the Im-
perialist camp, the Americans
er diverged to the right,
the English to the left, in 'ord to place their ad-
versaries between two fires. After shelling the camp
for some time, both columns advanced with fixed
bayonets, and the Chinese took to flight. The details
of the action will be found in the subjoined extracts :
An article from the Herald of the Bth of April, nar-
rating the operations of the British ; and a letter
from an American, in the Herald of the 15th, nar-
rating the operations of his countrymen. For some days
the army which bad retreated before 300 foreigners,
looked sulky and mischievous, but ultimately their
commander promised that no camp should be pitched
for the future between two le of the settlement, and the
discomfited heroes resumed their desultory skirmishing
with the insurgents. The patrols and sentries of the
settlement have, however, been increased, and their
communication improved, in order that, should the
naval force in the river be diminished in consequence of
the war with Russia, the defence of the settlement may
be cared for. Meanwhile the commanding British offi-
cer on the station has ordered up an additional war
steamer to Shanghae.
The best and most cordial spirit animates and
unites the American and English residents and seamen ;
it is pleasing to see the flags of England and the United
States waving side by side in the East as those of France
and England in the West. These three great nations
united may defy the world in arms, and prove triumph-
ant champions of liberty and civilisation. The Chinese
Imperialists have got a warning which will keep them
civil for some time ; the insurgent general, who has had
. ome of his irregulars shot by the foreign residents, has
issued what we suppose we may call an ioorder of the
day," telling hie men that it 4f laved them right."
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