The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-10 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN.

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Feb. 5, 1854 £2,822 12 7
Corresponding week last year 2,732 11 94

THE OVERLAND MAIL

TRIESTE, FEB. 9.
The steamer Calcutta arrived at one o'clock p.m
in 120 hours from Alexandria.

ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 4.—The India mail leaves
this day for London, with advices from Calcutta to
Jan. 4 ; Madras, Jan. 11 ; Ningpo, Dec. 3 ;
Shanghai, Dec. 17 ; Amoy, Dec. 24 ; Hong Kong,
Dec. 27 ; Singapore, Jan. 14 ; Bombay, Jan. 14 ;
Burmah, Dec. 26 ; Sidney, Nov. 26 ; Melbourne,
Nov. 29 ; Adelaide, Dec. 3.
The steamer sent up the Persian Gulf for intel-
ligence had not returned to Bombay.
Captain Latter, the Deputy Commissioner at
Prome, has been assassinated.
The steamer Medusa has been lost between
Prome and Meaday.
A Dacoit chief had assembled 5,000 men near
Fonghro. The garrisonsat Moulmein and Matabar
have been apprehensive of attacks.
The Governor-General arrived at Rangoon on
the 14th of December, and left for Promo.
Madras is threatened with famine.

The rains and crops have failed. There have
been grain riots in Mellore, and there will be a
great loss of revenue. The Nizams are dominant
in Abada State, and the country is overrun by
predatory hordes.

The north-west frontier ie tranquil. Trade in
India has improved. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. ld.
CHlNA.—Canton and Ningp• remain quiet ;
matters have resumed their usual course at Amoy.
A large portion of Shanghai has been burned
down by the Imperialists. A portion of the rebel
forces had proceeded northward, and had taken
Teen-thin, about eighty miles from Pekin.
In China, trade was dull. Exchange at Hong
Kong, 5 ; Canton, 5 2 ; Shanghai, 6 4.
The Emperor of Japan is dead, and the Court
goes into mourning for the year, during which no
embassies can be received.

AUSTRALIA.—The colonial Government at Sydney
has been officially informed that on the 24th of
September Admiral des Pointes, French com-
mander in the Pacific, landed at Balade, in New
Caledonia, and took possession of that island and
its dependents in the name of the French Emperor.

THE BRAZILS.

ARRIVAL OF THE LUSITANIA.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 8 A.3L

By the steamer Lusitania we have advices from
Buenos Ayres to the 31st Dec. ; Montevideo to the
2d Jan. ; Rio Janeiro to the 10th ; Bahia to the
14th ; Pernambuco to the 16th ; St. Vincent to
the 22d ; and Lisbon to the 4th of February.
The fine new paddle steamer Argentina, belong •
ing to the same company as the Lusitania, had
been lost in the River Plate.

The Lusitania has brought several passengers,
and three parcels of diamonds, value unknown.
The steamer Braziliera arrived at Bahia on the
14th of January, in 20 days from Liverpool. The
ship Sobraon, from Liverpool, for San Francisco,
had put into Bahia for water.

The United States frigate Constitution was at St.
Vincent's, with a slaver they had captured.
From Lisbon there is no news of importance.
The following vessels of war were in the Tagus
—Arrogant, Valorous, Prince Regent, Duke of
Wellington, Amphion, Tribune, Imperieuse, De-
sperate, and Odin, all English ; and the French]
steamer Newton.

The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Iberia ar-
rived at Lisbon on the 2d, and sailed for Gibraltar
on the 3d inst.

From Montevideo and Buenos Ayres we learn
that the political state of affairs in the Oriental
Republic had not experienced any material altera-
tion since the sailing of the last steamer. General
Flores continued his exertions to suppress the dis-
affected party, and several skirmishes of trifling
importance had occurred during the month, in one
of which Colonel Borez, a chief belonging to the
latter party, was killed.
The demand for manufactured goods had been
very slack for some time, and until tranquility was
restored little improvement could be expected.
Produce was scarce, and prices high. Exchange in
Montevideo, 41 to 41k.
The accounts from Buenos Ayres are in general
satisfactory, but the differences with the provinces
remained in static quo. General Urquiza had been
elected Constitutional President of the 13 Provinces.
Exchange, 665. 3d.
From Rio Janeiro there was no particular news.
Freights to the Channel, 80s. to 85s. ; Liverpool
and London, 60s. to 70s. per ton. Exchange, 28d.
The Royal mail steamer Thames arrived at Rio
on the 6th, after a passage of 28 days.
From Bahia we learn that the weather was un-
usually wet, and sugars were coming in very slowly.
Freights to the Channel, 80s. to 85s. ; Liverpool,
60s. ; and London, 70s. per ton. Excange, 271.
From Pernambuco we learn that sugars were
coming in more freely. Cotton nominal. Freights
to Channel, 05s. ; Mediterranean, 115 s. to 117 s.
6d. per ton. Exchange firm at 28d.