The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-16 00:00:00

SOUTH- AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.
By the Royal Mail steam-ship Avon, Captain
Revett, with the Brazilian and River Plate mails,
we have dates from Buenos Ayres, April 3d ;
Monte Video, Gth ; Rio de Janeiro, 15th ; Bahia,
19th ; Pernambuco, 22d ; St. Vincent, May Ist ;
Teneriffe, Gth ; Lisbon, 12th.
The Avon brings 145 passengers, and on fieigbt
43,0001. value in diamonds, 6,5001. in specie, one
package of gold dust, and a cargo of ipecacuauba,
cochineal, (32-,c.

During tho 'voyage the Avon experienced a
strong head wind.

Letters frouaLienos Ayres state that General
Urquiza was gaining ground, but an aggressive war
was not expected. -In the markets the importa-
tions during the month had been very small, but
the stocks on hand were abundant. Exchange on
Enzla,ad 66 to 65.

News froMlllinte Video is discouraging, and
matters are reported as very satisfactory. Oribe
was in the ascendant.
A serious question had arisen between the Go-
vernment of Paraguay and the French Consul,
respecting the treatment of a colony of French
settlers, and it was feared that some trouble would
ensue with the Italian colony at Patagonas.
The coffee market at Rio was inactive, and prices
were maintained. The sales from the Ist of April
to the 14th were 15,200 bags. Stock, 75,000.
Superior coffee was quoted at 5.400 to 5.600. Ex-
change, 27z to 272. Freights to London were
quoted at 40s. to 455.

At Pernambuco it was expected that the forth-
coming sugar crop would be very short. Prices
had advanced from 200 to 400 reis per arroba, and
entries had slightly improved. Prices in cotton had
increased about 11 per cent.
Very little had been done in freights. Exchange
274 to 27i reis.

At Bahia there was a fair demand for brown
sugars at 2.400 reis per arroba for superior, and
2,200 reis per arroba for ordinary. About 100
bales of cotton had changed hands at 5,400 reis per
arroba for Portugal ; but, with this exception, no
transactions of importance had takett place. Sup-
plies of coffee from the interior had nearly ceased.
Freights were dull. Considerable transactions in
exchange had taken place at 27k.

THE UNITED STATES.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARAGO.
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.

The United States mail steam-ship Arago, Capt.
Lewis, arrived this morning at Cowes, en route for
Havre, bringing the American mail, specie to the
amount of $BOO,OOO, 1,500 barrels of flour, 246
passengers, and three days later intelligence.
A fortnight's later intelligence has been received
from California. The news is unimportant. Busi-
ness prospects looked gloomy in San Francisco, and
the unprecedented dry weather had left the ma-
jority of the miners without water, and necessarily
without work. The gold product must, conse-
quently, be small for a few months to come.
In Oregon and Washington territories the diffi-
culties with the Indians seemed rather to be on the
increase, and the red men were becoming more
daring. A party of about 800 had attacked the
Cascades, in Northern Oregon, and burnt down the
place, together with the steamer Mary. Two or
three engagements had taken place, in which the
Indians were compelled to retreat to the mountains
with considerable loss.

We have advices from the Sandwich Islands to
the Ist of March. They contain nothing of special
importance. Mr. Lee, former Plenipotentiary to
the United States, had arrived at Honolulu.
The news from Central America has created a
great excitement at Washington. The new steam-
frigate Merrimac will, it is said, be ordered to pro-
ceed to the Pacific without delay. We find, also,
that the sloop-of-war St. Mary was at Guayaquil
on the 31st ult., and would leave for Panama on
the 15th inst. She was daily looked for at last
accounts. In addition to these demonstrations,
Mr. Herbert, of California, offered in the House
of Representatives a resolution instructing the
Committee of Foreign Affairs to inquire into the
facts of the case, with the view of protecting here-
after our citizens while crossing. The interference
of France and England in the quarrel between
Nicaragua and Costa Rica will be brought up in
Congress.

Letters have been received in New York from
Capt. Collins, the master of the Accessory Transit
Company's steamer Cortes, which vessel arrived at