The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-02 00:00:00

THE BRAZIL MAIL.

The Royal Brazilian mail packet Oneida, Capt.
Bevis, arrived at Southampton yesterday, with the
Brazils and River Plate mails. Her dates are Buenos
Ayres, April 28 ; Rio de Janeiro, May 9 ; Bahia,
12 ; Pernambuco, 14. She brings 176 passengers,
and her freight comprises diamonds of the value of
£2,050.

The following movements of her Majesty's ships
are reported :—At Buenos Ayres : H.M.S. Leopard
(flag ship), Ardent, and Oderon, and United States'
brig Bambridge, on the 27th April. At Monte
Video : H.M.S. Curacoa, Buzzard, and Spy, and
United States' ships Congress and Dolphin, on the
30th April, and French squadron. At Rio Janeiro,
H.M.S. Madagascar and Mutine arrived on the
30th April, and sailed again on the Bth May, en
route for the Pacific.

The yellow fever has unfortunately for the coun-
try been very severe this year, and the mortality
has been little less than that of the first year that
it made its appearance here. The intense heat, how-
ever, is now over, and a continuance of refreshing
rain has somewhat improved the sanitary state of
the city.

Business in all its branches has been very much
restricted, the high price and small supplies of
coffee on the one hand, and the absence of country
traders (kept back by fear of fever) on the other,
producing this result.
Exchange opened at 251 d., and upon the receipt
of the news that a loan had been contracted for in
England, it rose to 251 d., and even 26d., at which
latter rate, however, little was done, and it closes
somewhat flat to-day at 251 d. We estimate the
amount passed at about £730,000.

Freights advanced to 40s. to 455. Europe ; 50c.
to 60c. America.
At Bahia and Pernambuco business was ex-
tremely stagnant. Very little produce in either
market, and the drought, which at Rio Janeiro
had lasted four months, had continued longer, and
was much more severely felt in the north ; most
serious fears are entertained for the coming crops.
But at Bahia rain had set in when the Oneida left,
and it was expected would extend to Pernambuco
Exchange at Bahia, 251. Exchange at Pernam-
buco, 251 ; but declining to 251.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

The screw steamships City of Washington, from
New York on the 19th, and the Bohemian, from
Quebec, have arrived.
The steamer Europa, hence, arrived at Boston
on the 17th, and the Adriatic, from Southampton,
reached New York on the 19th ultimo.

The Natioral Republican Convention at Chicago
completed its labours, after a session extending
over three days.

Mr. Lincoln was declared the nominee of the Re.
publican party for the Presidency, amidst scenes
of the wildest enthusiasm.

Senator Hamlin, of Maine, was nominated on the
second ballot as the candidate for the Vice• Pres-
idency, the vote being—Hamlin, 367 ; C. M. Clay,
of Kentucky, 86; and Hickman, of Pennsylvania,
13.

It is stated that Mr. Lincoln used, as a youngster,
" barefoot, and with ragged trousers, to drive his
fathcr's oxen, and spend his days in splitting
rails."

The result of the convention gave rise to intense
excitement and enthusiasm at Chicago, and
throughout the West, but it was too early to as-
certain its full effect elsewhere. At New York a

feeling of disappointment prevailed at the non-
success of Mr. Seward.

The Japanese Ambassadors remained at Wash-
ington, and were the recipients of marked atten-
tion. They would probably leave for Philadelphia
and new York in about a week.

In the commercial accounts from New York, the
leading feature is the prevalence of considerable
excitement relative to the affairs of the Pacific
Mail Steam-ship Company, in the stock ledger
of which some irregularities had been discovered.
The discrepancies, so far as had been as-
certained, were not of any great extent,
but there was nevertheless a panic in the
shares of the company, which had declined
from 99 to 871, representing a depreciation
in the market value of the property equal to
400,000 dols., while one-tenth of that sum would
cover the discrepancy thus far ascertained. The
secretary of the company had absented himself,
and it was not known to what extent he was com-
promised. His friends had promised to make good
any deficiency on his part.
Money was in good supply at easy rates. Ster-
ling exchange was steady at 1094.
The New York Cotton Market was quiet at
former rates.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The United States mail steamer Illinois has arrived.

She brings 211 passengers, and specie value 643,817 dole.,
of which 116,277 are for England; the remainde r for France.
Off the New York light ship she passed the British barque
Chance, Goole.

On the 20th passel Breman ship, showing third distin-
guishing pendant, number 1,865. The news brought by
tie Illinois is anticipated.