The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-08 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS.

The Royal Brazilian mail packet Tamar, Capt.
Jellicoe, Admiralty Agent Lieut. Payne, R.N.,
arrived at Southampton on Saturday with the
South American mails. Her dates were, Buencs
Ayres, Aug. 2; Monte Video, sth ; Rio de Janeiro,
14th ; Bahia, 17th ; Pernambuco, 19th ; St. Vin-
cent, 26th ; Teueriffe, 30th ; Madeira, 31st ; Lis-
bon, Sept. 3. She brought 109 passengers, amongst
whom were Baron San Pedro and family, Rev.
Dr. Islay, Mr. Weber, Mr. Johnstone, Mrs. Men-
zies and Miss Lang, Mr. Macedo, Mr. Chaves, Mr.
1 Belmar, Mr. March, Mr. Hughes, &c.
The English barque Berkshire, bound to Austra-
lia, arrived at Rio on the 9th of August, having
been on shore near the Abrolhos ; she was in a
leaky state.
Aug. 24, in lat. 12.30 N., lon. 27 W., the Tamar
spoke the Dutch ship Willemenha and Clara, steer-
ing to the southward ; on Sept. 3, off Cape Roca,
the English screw-steamer Britannia, steering to
the southward ; and on Sept. 5, off Ushant, the
Peninsular and Oriental steamer Indus, with the
I outward India mail. _

The Tamar experienced fine weather during the
voyage, and has made a fine run home. The
Lyonnaise, French screw-steamer, on the Havre
and Brazil route, left Rio Janeiro on the 10th
inst., four days before the Tamar, and had not ar-
rived at Teneriffe when the packet left that place.

BRAZIL.
A correspondent writes :
RIO DE JANEIRO, Ava. 13.

The Brazilians are making great preparations for
celebrating the 7th of September, the anniversary
of the independence of Brazil. Men are employed
in erecting triumphal arches in some of the princi-
pal streets and squares of the capital, and preparing
on a splendid scale an illumination of the public
gardens of the city. Some people are a little
alarmed at this intended demonstration, which is
certainly a most unusual one. The fact is, that
the Ministry is not at present in very high favour
with the people, and this feeling, by the way, has
been in a great measure brought about by the dis-
agreeable occurrence which I mentioned to you in
a former letter. The people feel themselves to have
been wantonly insulted, and that their Govern-
ment did not repel the insult with sufficient dig-
nity=—and they are right.
A new society has been established here, called
" A Sociedade Ypiranga." One of its objects is the
emancipation annually of from ten to twenty fe-
male slaves.
Since our last the coffee-market has been ex-
ceedingly active. From the 15th to the 31st of
July, 113,000 bags were sold, and from that day
to present date 120,000, making a total of 233,060
bags. Of these 122,000 were for Europe, 101,000
for America, and the remainder for the Cape of
Good Hope and California. Prices have varied
little until yesterday, when purchases to the extent
of 25,000 bags gave much greater firmness to the
market. Our stock is reduced to 25,000 bags. We
quote superior, 5.000 to 5.200 ; good first, 4.750 to
4.8 W ; ordinary first, 4.500 to 4.600. Supplies
are regular, and the quality continues to improve.
We have many vessels in port, and we think that
the market will still further improve.
Our share market has been dull ' • discounts steady
at 8 and Bi. Exchange opened at 27d. on London ;
it has since risen, and is now ruling 27k to 27x.
We estimate the total transactions at 400,0001.
Freights have materially declined.
Foreign Vessels of War in Port.—English : Har-
rier, Indefatigable, and Virago. French : Beau-
manoir and Poursuivante. American : German-
town and Savannah.