The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-05 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

FALMOUTH', SEPT. 4.—Her Majesty's packet Pe-
terel, Lieutenant Creser, commander, arrived last
night with the Brazil mails. Her dates of departure
are:—Rio de Janeiro 10th July, Bahia 231 ditto,
and Pernambuco 29th ditto. She brings about
25,0001. on freight, and the following passengers,
viz.:—Mr. H. Lichich, Mrs. Tross and son, his
Excellency Senor Antonio de Lima and son, Mr.
Williams, and Mr. Kludschmidt. She left at
Rio her Majesty's steam-sloops Hydra and Rat-
tler; Brazi'ian ships of war Don Affonco, Guapiassu,
Urania, Berenice, Oriente, and Parana; American
ships of war, Brandywine, Falmouth, and Supply ;
Portuguese ships of war, Vasco de Gama and Iris ;
and French frigate Galati. Her Majesty's brigantine
Griflinn was at Pernambuco.
Exchange at Rio was 25c., Bahia 25c., and Per-
nambuco 25,1 c. This arrival brings no general or
political news. Business at Rio continues dull. In
freights few transactions had been done. The month
previous to the Peterel's departure the number
of disengaged vessels in that port was small, but
satisfactory news from Europe or the United States
would cause a rise in the rates, which were then as
follows :—Coffee in bags (other goods in proportion),
Antwerp, 455.; for Belgian flag, channel, 42i. 6d. to
503. ; London, 40s. to 455. ; Liverpool, 40s. ; United
States, 60c. to 800.

At Rio—The English ship Hamilton, from Cardiff
for Coquimbo, was outside, refreshing. John for-
rocks barque, for Islay, from Liverpool, was under
repairs, and the following British vessels were in the
port disengaged :—Ship Fatima ; barques Cynthia,
Alice Brooks, and Ann Bates ; brigs Jane Black,
Rover's Bride; schooners, John Murray, Robina,
and Commodore. The following were loading for
London :—English barque Tasmania, schooner Ar-
chimedes; for Liverpool—English barques Ben
:Mich Dhu and Emilia ; Channel—Prussian brig
Titania, and English barque Indus ; for Antwerp—
barque Adele and schooner National.
Her Majesty's schooner Spider, which arrived at
Rio with the River Plate mails a week previously to
the sailing of this packet, reports things to be as per
last advices in that quarter.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 2.
The Royal dinner party, last night, included Lord
John Russell, Lord Portman, Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson,
of Invercauld, and Sir Charles Lyali,
Mr. Patrick Byrne, the Irish harper, had the honour
of playing some of his national airs before the Queen.
Her Majesty and the Prince, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Dawson, Lord John
Russell, Mr. Anson, Lteut-Colonel the Hon. Alexander
Gordon, and Mr. Birch, attended Divine service to-day at
the parish church.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.
office, from the Governors of the West India Colonies.

Dispatches were also received yesterday at the Colo-
nial office from the Governors of the North American
Colonies.

HER MAJESTY AT LOCH MUICK

BALLATER, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert,
accompanied by the Marchioness of Douro, crossed over
yesterday to the shooting•lodge on Loch Muick, where
It. is proposed to tarry for a short time. The party left
Balmoral a little before mid-day, and traversed the dis-
tance thence to the Loch, which is computed at seven
miles, though, as is proverbially the case in such mat-
ters, the estimate is found to be defective—mounted on
Highland ponies.

As if there had been a lengthened preparation for this
visit., the little place has been made quite snug in antici-
pation of her Majesty's arrival. Everything about it
has, under the tasteful superintendence of Dr. Robert-
son, been put into a fine state of arrangement and repair.
Nothing likely to conduce to the comfort of the illustri-
ous visitors that could be obtained has been omitted ;
although the accommodation it affords is slight contrasted
with that they have been accustomed to occupy, and the
situation is sequestered to such a degree that some would
deeribe it as dreary.
The juvenile members of the Royal Family remain
at Balmoral. The Prince of Wales has for some time
been an assiduous angler. If his success has not j been
very great, his patience and perseverance at least de-
served it.

The conjecture circulated that Brechin Castle would
be
honoured with a royal visit rests on a slender basis.
How it originated is easily explained. The shooting-
grounds of Lord Panmure are contiguous to those pos-
sessed by his Royal Highness. They lie very close to
the lodge which the royal party now inhabit. An invi-
tation was given to Prince Albert to go over them, which
has been accepted, and hence the removal from Balmoral.
The moors in the neighbourhood of Loch Muick are
richly stocked with game, and his Royal Highness may
anticipate capital sport.

PREVENTION or DISEASE.—The Gazette of yester-
day contains a series of instructions issued by the Gene-
ral Board of Health to the board of guardians of the
Stepney Union and of the Holborn Union to appoint
medical or other qualified persons to carry out a system
of' house-tc-house visitation, to provide places for the
rccaption of the families of necessitous persons attacked
by cholera, and to see to the cleansing of the houses
from which they may have been removed; also, that
notice shall be given by handbills of the places where
medical aid and other assistance may be procured. The
in
guardians of the poor in Bethnal green, and the parish
of St. I,,onard, Shoreditch, are, by similar notices,
directed to provide staffs of men, and the necessary ma-
terials for cleansing and lime washing infected houses,
and to secure additional supplies of water for washing
courts and other confined localities in their respective
parishes.
Sorrows are the pulses of spiritual life ; after each
beat we pause, only that we may gather strength for the
next.—Elizu Cook's Journal.
111 E WATERMEN'S AND LIGUTERMEN'S ASYLUM.
—l7l'terdaY the President and Vice President of the
Aiinshouse Committee of this institution, made their an-
nual inspection of the establishment on Penge-common.
The result of their labours was very satisfactory, and
they expressed themselves highly gratified with the state
of the buildings, and the condition of the inmates.
AN " AMERICAN" EGG.--Mr. Horace Hands, of
Upper Middletown, brought to our office on Monday the
largest hen's egg that we have ever seen—measuring
fully nine inches by six and three-quarters! and weigh-
ing five ounces! We think this is the largest egg of the
kind that we have ever seen mentioned.—Middletown
(Ct.) Sentinel.
Wit is the lightning of mind, reason the sunshine,
and the reflection the moonlight; for as the bright orb
of the night owes its lustre to the sun, so does reflection
owe as existence to regson.—,Eliza Cook's Journal.