The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-15 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 14 —The Royal Mail Company's
steam-ship Teviot, Captain Revett, with the Brazilian mails,
in charge *f Lieutenant Scriven, R. N., arrived this mon-
ing, at ten o'clock.
The Teviot has experienced a continuation of fresh head.
winds both out and home, but still has made the voyage in
her appointed time. The passengers to Rio presented Cap-
tain Revett with a piece f plate, accompanied with a highly
complimentary latter expressive of their satisfaction with
the accommodation of the ship, and the kind treatment they
had met with on board. Whilst lying at Rio the steamer
was visited by several hundreds of the inhabitants, wh .3 ex-
pressed much astonishment.
The Teviot brings mails from the fallowing places, to
which the latest dates are affixed:—Buenos Ayres, 19th
Jan.; Monte Video, 22d; Rio Janeiro, 11th Feb. ; Bahia,
15th ; Pernambuco, 17th ; St. Vincent, 28th ; Teneriffe, sth
March ; Madeira, Fth ; Lisbon, 10th.
List of passengers, and from whence : —Messrs. Andrea,
Heymann, Lowdnes, and Carneiro, and six invalids from her
Majesty's ships, from Rio de Janeiro ; Messrs. Strong and
Paltheit, and one invalid from the Cormorant, from Bahia ;
Messrs. Oughtersen and Kruchenburg, from Pernambuco ;
Mr. and Mrs. Loeser, and one distressed seaman, from St.
Vincent's ; Messrs. gpiess and Cuturi, from Madeira.
The Teviot landed thirty-eight passengers at Lisbon.'
On freight the Teviot brings 23,1621. 16s. 3d. in specie, and
6,734/. value in diamonds, besides a miscellaneous cargo, con-
sisting of 52 bales of cochineal, 9 bales of ipecacuanha, 100
hampers of po atoes, and 33 packages of sundries.
The city of Rio de Janeiro was healthy, but there were a
few cases of fever among the men-of-war and shipping.
Admiral Grenfell hoisted his flag on board the Constitution
on the 9th Feb. The Royal mail schooner Esk sailed from
this harbour on the 9th Feb., with eighteen passengers for
Monte Video and Buenos Ayres. On the afternoon of the Bth
February a large French emigrant ship, the Elise, of Havre,
bound from California, blew up, she had brought out upwards
of two hundred emigrants, the greater part of whom were on
shore at the time, the crew all escaped and only four or five
lives were lost.

At Bahia the President of the province still continues to
carry out the laws against slavery. Three vessels have been
seized by the Brazilian Government, and are fitting out as
costa guardas ; two others, which were intended for the slave
trade, are now loading coffee for the Channel. A fine bri-
gantine was seized of the port, deserted by the crew; she
had been twice driven off the coast of Africa by the British
cruize,s, and ran across to Bahia, where her crew left her, she
is one of the three now fitting ont in this harbour as coast
guard vessels. Both Bahia and Pernambuco are now per-
fectly healthy, without any signs of the late fever.
Bona Vista and San Nicolas (C. de V.) are still very un-
healthy, suffering severely from yellow fever. No news from
Sierra Leone. Commodore Fanshawe was there in the Cen-
taur. waiting for the Volcano.
We have no news worth noticing from Teneriffa or Ma-
deira.
Freights —At Rie, active ; Antwerp, 675. 6d. to 705. ;
Chanr el, 70a. to 755. ; Hamburgh, 625. 6d. to 655. ; Havre,
701. to 80f. ; London and Liverpool. nominal; Mediterranean,
bss. to 755. ; United States, 5 reis to 12i cents.
EXCHANGE (60 DAYS).—On London, 29% to 30 per, mil-
rea ; France, 315 reas por franc; Hamburgh, 590.t0 595 reas
per mares banco.
But small busines doing at Rio in coffee; the rates are
high, although the news by the Teviot is not very favour-
able; they must, however, come down, as the accounts from
the interior
Discount rules at 7to 71,4,8 having been occasionally paid.
A fair supply of specie was received during the last month
promise a very large crop.
from France, Lisbon, and the States. Specie, except in Pa-
triot dollars ; 1.300 little has been done. Sales of Spanish
and Brazil* at 1.920.