The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Parma of the 4th, in the Opinione
of Turin, says :
"The political prisoners, who had been at first trans.
ferred from Parma to Mantua, have now been sent off to
Gratz. Arrests still continue here, but some of those
arrested during the first days have been Set at liberty.
There is a rumour current that the object of the Count
de Chaznbord in coming hers was to prepare Lis sister
for her departure the annexation of Parma to Piedmont
having been resolved on."
A Turin letter of the 7th inst. says :

" The Minister of War of S.Artlinia has issued the ne-
cessary orders for the lormation of a camp of observation
at Spezzia, in which the troops. returning from the Cri-
m( a are to remain some time, before their re-inc.‘rpora-
tion with the regiments to which they belong, Colonel
Ricci and other officers of the Staff are now on the
ground, making.arrangenaents for their accom:nodation.
Tnt.To are to be hospitals for the sick and convale,cent,
and c•-nnfortabla.quarters for the mien. The Government
is determined- to spare no expense to welcome those
brave troops."
The Tuscan' Monitor of the sth inst. contains a
decree of the Grand Duke, formally acknowled%ing
M. Peter Tausch as Ottoman Consul-General at
Leghorp.

The same official journal publishes the conven-
tion concluded between Tuscany and Naples for the
extradition of criminals.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.

By the arrival ofher Majesty's steam-sloop Hydra,
6; Commander 4. G. Morri3, we have advices from
this colony-and-station to the 26th of February, on
which day the follOWing ships were on the station
—The Castor, 36, Commodore H. D. Trotter ; the
Penelope, 18, Captain. Sir. W. Wiseman ; the FlO-
- 16, Commander Nolloth ; the Grecian, 16,
Captain Blanc. The Castor and the Frolic were
to proceed to Tristan d'Acunha in a few days, in
order to convey to the Cape the few inhabitants
(some 1*)) of that desolate spot. The Dart was in
Moiambique Channel, and will, it is hoped, bring
back the traveller, Dr. Livingstone, who started
from St. Paul -de Loanda a lOng time ago with the
intention of reaching one of the Portuguese pos-
sessions on the east coast of Africa.

Her Majety's ship Nerbudda, 12, Commander
Kerr, so long 'missing, is now quite given up, no
traces whatever of her having been found after the
most diligent search.
The Hydra brings home Mr. Pearne, paymaster
of the Frolic, who exchanged with Mr. Saunders,
of the Hydra, and also Mr. Pearce, late acting
second master of the Frolic, both of these officers
having suffered during the late cruise up the
Mozambique in the brig, which lost several men by
sickness, and still had a number of her crew in the
hospital at Simon's-bay, dysentery being the pre-
vailing disease.
The colony still remains quite quiet, and, owing
in a great degree to the energetic: measures of the
Governor, Sir G. Grey, who has lately resi led
some months on the Kafir frontier, in order to see
into matters with his own eyes, and to carry out
himself the course devised by him, no Kafir war
or disturbance_is apprehended.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING.

The Ericsson, with New York advices to the
29th, and the Persia, with advices to the 2d, have
arrived. The former brings no specie ; the latter
$584,796.
The Atlantic had arrived out.
About $1,500,000 had been received from Cali-
fornia.

Her Majesty's 'steamer Argus had arrived at
Jamaica with nearly 50 of her crew sick with fever.
From Mexico we learn that the insurgents at
Puebla were suffering from want of provisions.
The Government of Costa Rica states that it had
declared war against the American Filibusters.
Walker, with 500 men, had crossed the Lake to
Virgin Bay and had been reinforced. Money con-
tinued abundant. Current rates 6to 9 per cent.
prime. Exchange on London, 9f.

BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE.
SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.
By the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tay,
Capt. BrydgeS, with the Brazilian and River Plate
mails, we have dates—Buenos Ayres, March 3 ;
Monte Video; 6th ; Rio de Janeiro, 16th ; Bahia,
20th ; Pernambuco, 22d ;.St. Vincent, 31st ; Tene-
rifle, April 4 ; Madeira, sth ; Lisbon, Bth.
The Tay brings, besides passengers, 61,6501. value
in diamonds and precious stones, and a cargo con-
sisting of tapioCa, ipecacuanha, samples, &c.
At Buenos Ayres there was a rumour of another
invasion of Indians. The political state was more
satisfaCtory. There had been a fair amount of
business in imports, and stocks were generally low.
At Monte Video matters were more favourable,
and business was improving.
At Rio the cholera was still on the decreas., but
yellow fever had appeared. The dissolution of the
Chamber of Deputies was expected. Imports were
moderate. The prices iu coffem had declined. A
moderate business was doing in exchange, at 27. a
to 271.
From Bahia we learn that yellow fever had bro-
ken out among the shipping. Exchange 271.
At Pernambuco cholera was on the decline.
Sugar limited, cotton scarce, freights dull. Ex-
change 27.
At Teueriffe rain was much wanted. The island
was healthy and the crops good.
At Lisbon the potato crops had entirely failed,
owing to the heavy rains.

Sixty thousand men am said to be in arms in
Arabia, and Mecca, and Djeddah in complete in-
surrection. The new Governor just appointed from
Constantinople is the cause of the revolt.

The enormous production of pipes for smoking in
France may be jedged of from the fact that at St. Omer
alone tvo manufaiturers sell yearly not fewer than
43.200,000.
VACANCIES, APPOINDIENTS, AND PROAIOTIONS IN
TEIE CIVIL SERVICE.--rhe Dockyards--Mr. H. G. Keys
has been appointed a second-class clerk at Pembroke-
yard; Mr. E B. Josey has been appointed a second-
class clerk_ at Portsmouth-yard ; thole are two clerkships
vacant at Devonp-irt.Pockyard, vice Messrs. Keys and
Josey, promoted ; Mr. J. H. Miller has been appointed
third:6lass -clerk :at -Deptford Dockyard ; Mr. W. J.
Taylor has been. appointed third class clerk at Chatham
Dockyard ; Mr. Edwin -A. Lang has been appointed
third-class clerk at Sheerness Dockyard. East India
House.---A directorship has become vacant by the death
of the Hon. W. H. L, Melville. Customs—Mr. H. 3.
Harrold has been . appointed a clerk in the Coast
.Guard Office in London ; Mr. William Cornish has
been appointed a second class clerk at Falmouth ; Mr.
Abraham Morphy has been promoted from the sixth to
the fifth class of clerks for general business at Li-
verpool. Inland Revenue Department (Excise Branch)
William, :Read_ Reynolds, officer of Woodbridge
first division, has been appointed to Norwich foUrth divi•
sion, at his ccvvif fequest ; Mr. Joseph Flower, officer of
H'rshain Ride, Surrey collection, has been appointed
officer of Cuckfield division, Sussex collection ; Mr.
Thomas Miller,, efficer of Dorking 'Ride, Surrey collec-
tion, has been appointed to Leighton division, Bedford
collection. East Indies—Major General J. Outran:),
C. 8., has been appointed Chief Commissioner and Agent
to the Governer General in the province of Oude ; Mr,
G. Cooper has been appointed Civil Secretary ; Mr. M.
C. Ommanney has been appointed Judicial Commis-
sioner • Mr. Martin R. Gubbins has been appointed
Financial Commissioner ; Mr. C. J. Wingfield, Mr. J.
G. Christian, L'eat. Col. P. Goldney, and Major J. S.
Banks, have been appointed Commissioners ; Mr. H, B.
Thornhill Mr. R. :Sinison, Mr. W. A. Forbes, and Mr.
C. B. Depieon; tave been appeinted Deputy•Commis. ii
sioners of the first olass,---Civil Service ORM,