The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-14 00:00:00

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SOUTH AMERICA.
SOUTHA lIPTON, Nov. 13.—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's Ste am-ship Severn, Captain Vincent, with 036
Brazilian mails, in charge of Lieutenant Scriven,
R.N., Ad miralty agent, arrived this day at half-past
twelve o'c lock. She also brought mails from New
Zealand r nd Sydney to the 18th of August, which
were trap sferred at Rio de Janeiro from her Ma-
jesty's frig ;ate Havannah, to sail for England on the
18th October.
The 12; test dates brought by the Severn are—
Buenos A yres, Oct. 4; Monte Video, Oct. 6; Rio
Janeiro, ,Oct. 15 ; Bahia, Oct. 19; Pernambuco,
Oct. 22 ; ,St. Vincent, Oct. 30; Teneriffe, Nov, 4 ;
Madeira, N ov. 5 ; Lisbon, Nov.
The freight of the Severn comprised gold and gold
dust to the value of 1,2001., diamonds to the value of
28,0001, a quantity of wine, ipecacuanha, and a large
number of packages of general merchandise.
The following is the list of passengers :—Mr.
Campos and Mr. Ronand, his Excellency M. de St.
Georges (French Minister) his Excellency S. F. de
Macedo (Brazilian Minister), Sir Francis llopkins,
Bart., Mr. Charles Nathan, Mr. M. de Miranda
Rego, Mr. L uis Dagon, Mr. L. C. A. de Souza, Mr.
F. la Riviere, Mr. W. Brugge, Mr. Edmund Ca-
yaux, Mr. A. Muir, Mr. C. C. Dick, Mr. Thomas
Cochrane' 'Mr. John Freeland, Mr. H. M. L. Beggs,
Madame Duval, Misses N. N. and J. Pereira da
Note, Mr. John Standen Mr. J. T. Holgate, Messrs.
Baker and Grant, Mr. W. Cossart, two Misses Cos-
sart, and child, Mr. J. M. Costa. Thirty landed at
Lisbon.
It is said that General Oribe's position was most
critical, he being nearly surrounded, and this is more
than probable, as General Urquiza and the Conde de
Giulio were concentrating their movements on San
Jose, and the Oribista party had suffered severely
from desertion. It is evident that the affair is fast
drawing to a close, as Oribe is unable to resist the
combined force brought against him; and there is no
doubt that he will surrender. It is reported that he
had sought refuge on board her Majesty's ship
Tweed, and that his remaining troops bad been
made prisoners; but until the delivery of the mails we
abstain from noticing various rumours afloat on this
subject.
The Brazilian squadron, under the command of
Admiral Grenfel, was in the River Plate.
A line of railway is immediately to be construe).
ted between the mouth of the river Mova and the
foot of the Serra, a distance of about fourteen miles.
The formation of this line will diminish the distance
between Petropolis and Rio, and will form the first
link in the chain of railway communication which
Brazil will before long possess. The concession for
this line is in the hands of an eminent Brazilian
largely connected with England. The survey has
been made by an English engineer.
About the middle of September the Eliza Frances,
Caroline, and Regulator, while endeavouring to cross
the bar at Rio, bound to Liverpool, all three struck
heavily. A strong current running at the time car-
ried the Caroline and Regulator out to sea, but the
Eliza Frances drifted on, and became a total wreck ;
all bands were, however, saved.
The news from Sydney with respect to the gold
diggings is most satisfactory, it being represented as
abounding with the precious ore.
British Ships-of-war at Rio—Boneta, Cormorant
(steamer), Crescent, Geyser (steamer), and Havana.
American—Lexington (troop ship). French—Fortune
(troop), and Proserpine. At Monte Video—Southamp-
ton, Tweed, Rifleman. At Bahia—Conflict and Locust.
Lieut. Curtis, commander of the Locust, died on the
morning of the 19th, after a short illness. At Madeira
—Danish corvette Ornen, naval instruction ship, going
to Rio, with young officers. At Lisbon—Prince Regent,
Leander, Arethusa, La Hogue, Dauntless. French
ships—Henry IV., 120, and Narval (steamer). The
Severn exchanged night signals with the Teviot on the
26th of October. Her Majesty's ship Prince sailed for
the River Plate on the 14th.
RIO.

OCT. 2.—Taken altogether, the business of the month
was to a❑ average extent. Of imports the receipts were
again excessive, and, except earthenware and salt, almost
all the sales effected were at losing prices. The trans-
actions in produce were, at times, extensive; a larger
amount of exchange than usual was negotiated. In
other respects the money market was destitute of
interest.

Coffee—The market was active until the sth, after
which there was a suspension of business; and upon the
arrival of the Tay there was no disposition to purchase
unless at reduced prices. Holders were, however, firm,
in consequence of supplies of new having come forward
very slowly, and probably by reason of the number of
vessels in port awaiting cargoes. Nothing of moment
thenceforward was done until the 19th, and in the in-
terval the stock increased materially and prices under-
went a decline of 100 reis, at which extensive purchases
were made on the 19th and 20th, followed by a reaction
in prices, which from and after the 26th ruled as high
as prior to the decline, and the market continued brisk
at the close of the month. The sales, about 90,000 bags,
were for the United States; the bulk of orders, without
limit, has probably been completed, and unless purchases
continue upon the like gigantic scale, prices may become
more moderate, for supplies are much more free, and of
these two-thirds new, and larger supplies are at hand.
The next European advises are expected to be favour-
able, but we must not fail to recollect that our actual
currency prices are considerably in advance of the value
in any of the consuming countries. The quotations
given refer to new; old ruling at 100 to 150 reis less,
and 50 to 100 reis in advance of our highest quotations
were paid for choice parcels.

MONEY MAREET.—Discounts were abundant at 6 per
cent.; demand very restricted, and business much more
limited than in the preceding months.
ExatANGE.—An extensive business was transacted,
particularly for this steamer, attended by some fluctu-
ations in the rates. London-29i was the opening quo-
tation and although bills were negotiated as high as
29i, by far the larger amount of transactions occurred at
291, 29i, and 29, business having likewise been done on
the 12th and 13th for the Tay at 28i and 281. After
the 13th nothing was noted until the 20th, when some
large sums were taken at 29, the only rate until the
25th inclusive. On the 26th and 27th considerable
amounts were negotiated at 291, later at 29 to i at 60
days; 29k to at 90 days; 29 was the general quo-
tation on the 30th. Our estimate of the transactions of
the month is-440,0001, including 20,0001. taken by the
Treasury upon London; 950,000 francs upon France, &c.;
150,000 mares banco upon Hamburgb.
STOCE.—Very limited transactions at 91 to 92, the
market having been flat on the 30th ult.

Specie—lf we except some little inquiry for doubloons
prior to the sailing of the Prince steamer, when 29 500
were paid, little was done ; the previous quotations and
those which ruled later were 29 000 to 29 200. Patriot
dollars ranged from 1 850 to 1 880.

Shares-Oommercial -Bank rose from 625 to 640.
Brazil Bank from 7 to 10 premium.
POSTSCRIPT.—MONDAY, OCT. 13, TEN A.M.
Coffee—No sales reported, quotations nominal.
Shipped from the Ist to 11th, 101,301 bags. Stock this
day, 130,000 bags.
EXCHANGE.—The closing transactions on Saturday
were at 281 to 29, 60 ds., 29 at 90 els. upon London, 330
to 332 France. We estimate the transactions since the
Tay at 400,0001. upon London, of which 40,000 taken
by the Treasury, 900,000 francs upon France, and 300,000
mares upon Hamburgh.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. —Traffic for the week
ending Nov. 2:—
Passengers
Goods
Parcels
Mails

Total

... £2,527 5 5
.. 1,273 1 3
... 156 19 10
... 223 4 2 k

... .£4,180 10 8

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC-
now RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending
Nov. 9 :

... £49 15 8
62 8 1

Passengers, &c.... ...
Merchandise ... ... ...

Total ... •.. £ll2 3 9
Corresponding week last year ... 111 6 4
Scorrisn CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week
ending Nov. 9, 1851 :
Passengers (9,o3l),:parcels, horses,
and carriages ... ... £978 15 5
Goods, cattle, &c. ... 762 13 0

Total .. 1,731 8 5
Corresponding week in last year... 1,469 14 0
Perth, Nov. 12, 1851.
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY
188 miles). Return of traffic for the week ending Nov.
•

Passengers, parcels, &c.
Merchandise and cattle

~.£3,298 15 11
... 1,310 9 3

Total ... £4,609 5 2
Corresponding week last year ... 4,202 13 6

DEATH 01' THE RIGHT HON. HENRY. MANNERS
PIERREPONT.—This gentleman died on the 10th instant, at
Thoresby Park, Notts, aged 71... The deceased gentleman
was the father of Lady Charles Wellesley, and brother to
the Earl Manvers, at whose seat he died. He was the se-
cond son of the first Earl Manvers, by the youngest daughter
of John Mills, Esq., of Rickmond, Surrey. In 1818 he
har-
ried Lady Sophia Cecil, the daughter of Hairy first Marquis
of Exeter, and by that lady, who died in 1823, had issue,
Augusta Sophia Anne, born 1818, now Lady Charles Wel-
lesley. The deceased gentleman was connected with diplo-
macy from an early period, and, in the service of the State,
we believe, amassed considerable wealth. He was a graduate
of Christ Church, Oxford, and the owner of property near
Andover, Hants, which goes to Lord and Lady Charles
Wellesley. Our readers may remember that it was while
proceeding from Welbeck to Thoresby that the late lamented
Lord George Bentinck died.
COUNTRY LETTER CARRIERS AND PREPAYMENT
or LarrEes —The following notice was issued on Wednesday
by command of the Postmaster-General :—"lnstruction to all
postmasters, and sub-postmasters. General Post-office,
Novembaner d, 1
1851.
Although money prepayment of postage
on initters is no longer permissible at any provincial
post-office, rural post messengers are still allowed, according
to the former practice, to receive money for the postage of
letters which may be Lauded to them along their routes for
the purpose of being posted, it being the duty of the messen-
gers to substitute stamps for such money payments imme-
diately on their arrival at the post-office.
A marble monument, to those officers and soldiers
who fell in action at Boem Pleats, South Africa, August,
1848, has just been completed by Mr. Richardson for erec-
tion in the cathedral at Cape Town. The details are de-
scriptive of the corps engaged, viz.—Royal Artillery, 45th
and 91st Regimeuts, Rifle Brigade,00aw
and Cape Moulted

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

A PPOIN TM El\ TS.
Second Master—J. 0. 0. Dais, to Birlienhc..ad.
Clerk—Richard Shambler, to Rapid.
Acting Gunner—Thomas Pope, to Rapid.
PROMOTION.
William Tburston, to be acting carpenter.
Lieut. Curtis, Commander of H.M.S. Locust, died
at Bahia on the morning of the 19th October, after a
short illness.

MOVEMENTS Or TIER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.
the
hadm
At Rio de Janeiro—J3oneta, Cormorant steamer,
Crescent, Geyser steamer, and Havannah. The latter
had
Wales, j
andst arrived
aswithshe
aicloaflreodin andisT Southtakewen i a
water, was to proceed on her voyage to England.
At Monte Video—Tweed and Rifleman.
At Bahia—Conflict and Locust.
In the Tagus—Prince Regent, Leander, Arethusa, La Hogue, Dauntless. Also, the French
men-of-war,
Henri IV., 120, and Narval steamer.
The Severn exchanged night signals with the
Royal Mail Company's steam ship Teviot, on the 26th
October. The company's steamer Princess sailed for
the River Plate on the 14th ultimo.
PORTSMOUTII, TRUESDAY.—The Sharpshooter iron
steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, arrived
this afternoon from the Brazils station, to be paid off.
She has brought no news, 'having left Rio as far back
as the 13th of September. The squadron was dis-
tributed as follows :—The Southampton, 50, Rear-
Admiral Reynolds, was at Monte Video, to which
place the Geyser steam-sloop was on her way with
supplies for the squadron ; the Tweed, 14, Com-
mander Lord F. Russell, and the Rifleman steam-
vessel, were also at Monte Video; the Cormorant,
Commander Chamberlain, the Harpy steam-tender,
and the Crescent receiving-ship, were at Rio--the
Cormorant hors de combat; the Conflict, 14, Com-
mander Drake, and the Locust were at Bahia. The
Sharpshooter called. at Pernambuco on the 3d ult.,
and at St. Vincent's on the 18th. The Severn Royal
mail packet, outwards, had touched at Pernambuco,
and passed on on the Ist. Lieutenant Carnegie has
come. home on promotion in the Sharpshooter, which
has been very successful in capturing slavers, having
taken as many as nine during her service on the
coast, viz. :—One brigantine with slave equipments,
off Rio, by cruising; one brigantine equipped for
slave-trade, off Cape Trio, by cruising ; one two-top-
sail schooner equipped for slave trade, out of Mocabe,
by information ; one topsail schooner fully equip-
ped, off Campos, by cruising (ahe was heavily armed,
bad been chased four days previously by the Sharp-
shooter, and had then a cargo of slaves on board) ;
one cutter, off Manguinas, having 74 slaves (26 had
died on the passage over), taken by cruising • one
brig fully equipped, off St. Paul's, Bahia, taken by
cruising ; one schooner, empty, off Rio, by informa-
tion (this was the Valaroso) ; one brig, off Busios,
102 slaves on board, taken by cruising on information ;
one schooner, taken out of Tigucas river by four boats
and 36 men of the Sharpshooter, and one boat and six
men of the Locust.

The Sprightly steam-vessel, Mr. George Allen,
Acting-Master Commanding,
,has been undocked to-
day.
The Elfin, royal dispatch steam-boat, Mr. Alfred
Balliston, Acting-Master Commanding, has been re-
moved from the steamer basin to the south dock, to
have her bottom examined.

The Rapid, 8, Commander Blane, has been docked
to-day to have her bottom examined.
WOOLWICH, Nov. 13.—The Monkey steam-vessel
is placed under orders to tow thej Northumberland
prive life-boat, made by James Beeching and Sons,
Great Yarmouth, from Woolwich to Ramegate to-
morrow, where she will remain in charge of Mr.
Samuel Beeching until the other life-boats are ready
for being tested in the open sea off Brighton.

ROYAL MARINES. --
Colonel David Anderson Gibsone, of the artillery
companies at Portsmouth, is appointed Col.• Com-
mandant of the Woolwich division, in the room of
Col.-Commandant Thomas Adams Parke, C.B , pro-
moted by brevet to the rank of Major-General.
Major M'Kinnon, of the Chatham division, has been
removed, with his recruiting party, from Bury St.
Edmunds to Inverness

Captain Charles C. Williamson, of the Chatham di-
vision, has been removed, with his recruiting party,
from Stamford to Stirling.
Captain Thomas Hurdle, of the Chatham division,
has been removed, with his recruiting party, from
Chelmsford to Swaffbam.

MR. FREDERICK PEEL, 2LP.
(From the Morning Herald.)
It has always been our opinion that young Mr.
Frederick Peel, who has succeeded to the post vacated
by Mr. Benjamin Hawes, did not accept that onerous
and thankless berth without consulting the confidant
and friend of his late father—without having the ad-
vice and approbation of the Right Hon. Baronet the
Member for Ripon. This, which might at the first
blush, seem to be shrewd surmise, is now almost re-
solved into positive certainty. We learn from a Car-
lisle paper that, shortly k antecedent to his being
gazetted, Mr. Peel made a flying visit to Netherby,
and having remained there a night wended his way
back to Whitehall, and thereupon said " yes" to Lord
John Russell. Lord Bacon tells us that straws
thrown up show what way the wind blows, and by
so slender a sapling, and by so ♦ery young a political
twig as the M.P. for Leominster, we are enabled to
learn how it fares with the older trees of the forest. To
drop everything like metaphorical meaning, it must be
very plain to every human being that, with his present
Cabinet, Lord John Russell cannot go on till March.
Against colonial mismanagement, against Grey arro-
gance, wilfulness, and petulance, the country cries
out with one loud voice. England, as Kossuth
said at Manchester and Birmingham, and as he re-
peated yesterday at the Hanover-square Rooms—
England is not a country circumscribed within the
handful of territory embraced in these little British
isles ; but has colonies far and near in every latitude
and in every sea. If the prestige of our country go
in reference to one colony, in what position are the
remaining ones ? It is not merely the expense or the
enormous outlay, therefore, that in such a state and
conjuncture would be in question, but the reputation
—and on the reputation depends the power of Great
Britain. Let but the despotic Powers of the Conti-
nent know we are in trouble, and think you they will
not strain every nerve and put forth all their means to
aggravate and increase that trouble ? The Premier
sees and feels this. He full well knows that the ad-
ministration of Lord Grey will not bear an examina-
tion, and therefore he needs must strengthen himself
by some of the ablest of the Peelites. So, with this
view the narrow edge of the wedge is introduced
first, to the end that the Cabinet door may be forced
open for a Graham, a Gladstone, and a Lincoln.

OPENING OF THE SUB-MARINE

TELEGRAPH.

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Yesterday the success of this important and inter-
esting undertaking, was again demonstrated by a
variety of experiments, which were performed at
Dover under the superintendence of Mr. Statham, of
the Gutta Percha Works, Wharf-road, City-road,
and Mr. Crampton and Mr. Wollaston, engineers to
the Electric Telegraph Company ; Lord de Mauley,
Sir James Carmichael, Mr. Campbell, solicitor to the
company, and many other gentlemen who left London
for the purpose of being present on the occasion. The
event created much excitement in the town, and a
large number of the inhabitants assembled on the
beach to witness the operations. On former occasions
during the last few weeks, telegraphic communica-
tions hare been transmitted to Paris by means of the
sub-marine telegraph from the South Foreland, about
four miles from Dover, and the success of the under-
taking has been already amply demonstrated. It
however remained for tho?e who have embarked in
the undertaking, and to whose exertions the public
are indebted for all that has been done, to com-
plete their work by proving the facilities for com-
municating between Dover and Calais. The
object of the proceedings of yesterday was to
establish the principle of submarine communication
in its fullest integrity, by "opening" the tele-
graph to the public, who have now the satisfaction of
knowing that they can transmit messages, in the space
of a few minutes, direct from London to Paris. On
the present occasion the opening and the closing prices
of the Paris Bourse were transmitted to the Stock
Exchange in London during business hours ! To add
to the interest which attached to the proceedings of
the day, several guns were fired through the medium
of electricity, as formerly described, when i cert •nex-
periments were tried at the gutta percha establishmenta
for the purpose of testing the efficiencyof the wires.
sTh ho er see,
agnudnsthweerseigpnlaalcbedeinogn ortghievecnlifffsrom Dover, on the sea-
over, the
electric spark was communicated from Calais, and the
report on this side the channel was
instantaneous.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington being at Dover,
in attendance at the sessions, was saluted on his
leaving the town by a discharge from a 32-pounder
placed in the east bastion of the Castle, the electric
spark by which it was fired being sent across the
Channel, from batteries at Calais, under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Brunto9, chemist to the Gutta
Percha Company.
In the evening a banquet took place in celebration
of the complete junction of England and France
through the medium of a submarine electric telegraph.
Yesterday the news of the division on the Electoral
Law in the French Chamber. reached London, from
Paris, in less than an hour and a half.

INCREASE IN TAE PRICE OF MUTTON.—.The de-
mand for good mutton was so great at tte Oxford monthly
cattle market, on Wednesday last, that a very considerable
rise took place. Good wether mutton realized from 3s. Bd.
to 4s. per stone. A pen of prime Downs (fed by the Duke
of Marlborough), realized nearly 6d. per lb. Good ewe
mutton was worth from sd. to 51d. Store sheep of all de-
scriptions were sold at higher prices. Beef fetched 38. 4d.
per stone. Good English bacon, hogs and porkers made 80.
per &Wet