The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-21 00:00:00

PORTUGAL•

LISBON, May 20.
The Princess Isabelle Maria, the aunt of the King,
ft here this morning at 8.30 a.m. for Madrid and

Rome.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, May 21

The North German Lloyd's steamship America,
from New York on the 9th inst., has arrived here
with 276 passengers for this port, Havre, and
Bremen ; 30 sacks of mails for London, and
$24,000 in specie for England. On the 14th inst.
she spoke the English brig Q'ieen, and on the 16th
bark blue pendant No. 2, and on the 18th the ship
Zetland. All bound west.

NEW YORK, May 20.
The Steamers Tripoli and Peruvian arrived ou

to-day.

AUSTRALIA;

MELBOURNE, April 27

The Legislature and the public of Victoria una-
nimously condemn the arrangements agreed upon at
the Inter-colonial Postal Conference.
A considerable increase is shown in the gold

returns.

The shipments of gold to England during the
month amount to 80,5000 z.
The Postal Conference of the Australian Colonies
has proposed that the three routes, via Gallo,
Panama, and Torres Straits, be maintained. That
the Imperial Government should terminate the pre-
sent contract with the Peninsular and Oriental
Company, and pay half the subsidy for the other
routes. This subsidy is placed at £400,000, and
is allotted as follows :
Imperial Government
Victoria
New South Wales
New Zealand
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania

£200,000
... 50,000
... 50,000
... 50,000
... 24,000
... 14,000
... 12,000
This proposal is supported by the returns of the
various custom-houses. The imports into the six
Colonies during the year 1865, as valued at the
different ports of entry, amounted to thirty-five
millions sterling, by far the greater portion of which
went to support the manufactures of the United
Kingdom. The exports, principally gold and wool,
during the same period exceeded 30 millions.
The following are the returns for these several
colonies:—

Victoria
New South Wales
New Zealand ...
South Australia ...
Queensland
Tasmania

Imports. Exports.
... £13,257,537 ... £13,150,748
... 9,928,595 8,191,170
... 5,594,977 ... 3,713,218
2,927,596 ... 3,129,816
▪ 2,505,559 ... 1,153,464
• 762,375 ... 880,965

£34,976,639 £30,219,411

BRAZIL:

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 23

Dates from the seat of war are to the 12th inst.
Active operations had not yet commenced, and
much sickness had prevailed in the army, espe-
cially intermittent fevers. At one time there
were no less than 11,000 men in the hoSpitals.
As the season advanced, however, the declining
and many of the sick were returning to the camp.
The diplomatic notes exchanged between the
Argentine Government and the American :Mois-
ter respecting the proffered mediation of the latter
have been publishel at Buenos Ayres. It now
appears that the proposals of the United States
Government were not of the nature asserted by the
Paraguayans ; the Cabinet at Washington did no,
thing more than offer its good offices iu case the
belligerents should think proper to ask for them.
The offer was refused by the Argentine Govern-
ment, in a note written in concert with the allies, in
which their grievances were clearly and fully set
forth, and declared to be of such a nature that they
would only be settled by force of arms, which was
th:3 only means of expelling the dictator from
Paraguay.
The Imperial c+overnment has not yet given their