The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-13 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OP THE CHINA.

The Royal Mail Steamship, China, from Halifax
• and Boston, arrived at Queenstown, at 9.20 a.m.
to-day (Wednesday), with 115 passengers and
$5,000 in specio. After landing all the mails and
ten passengers she proceeded immediately for Liver-
pool. All well.

She experienced very severe gales throughout the

Passage.

NEW Yons, Feb. 25, Evening.

The Tariff Bill is regarded as virtually defeated
for the present session, in consequence of the refusal
of the House of Representatives to concur in the
Senate amendments, and refer the bill to a confer-
ence committee.

The House of Representatives have reconsidered,
and finally rejected, the amendment to the Revenue
Rill abolishing the tax on cotton.

Governor Brownlow has issued a proclamation,
announcing his determination to call out the militia
to protect the Union men in Tennessee.
The Senate has passed the bill authorising the
issue of $100,000,000 three per cent. loan certifi-
cates for the redemption of compound interest notes.
The House of Representatives have passed the
knendment to the army bill ordering the disband-
Ment of the Southern militia. The Army Appro-
priation Bill as passed prohibits the President from
removing General Grant, or assigning him to do
duty elsewhere than in Washington without the ap-
proval of the Senate, and requires all the President's
Military orders to be issued through a General in the
army. It is stated that General Grant favours the
Bill for the Military Government of the South.

MEXICO.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.

Advices received here from Mexico state that
a severe battle took place at San Luis Potosi, on
the 4th inst., in which the Republicans were
Utterly routed, losing all their artillery.
Escobedo shot 190 foreign Imperialist prisoners,
and ordered all foreign volunteers capttired from
Miramon to be shot for their depredations in
Zacatecas.

A force of 800 Imperialists, on their way to rein-
force the capital, were utterly routed and 500

captured.

It is rumoured that the whole of the French
force will have left Vera Cruz by the middle of
karch.

Advices from Zacatecas, to the 2d inst., received
v'q New Orleans, announce that the Republicans
have captured the towns of Tehuautepec, Coluna,
4111(1 Guanajato.

BOMBAY MAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON, March 13.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
Pera has arrived here with 52 passengers,
t 1,610 in specie, and a general cargo.
She encountered easterly galee, and a head sea up
Channel.

GIBRALTAR, March 8.
Her Majesty's ship Tamar, with the 84th Regi-
tnent, sails to-day for Jamaica.

MALTA, March 11.
The Delta left at 9 p.m. yesterday, and the
Ceylon leaves at 2 p.m. to-day.
The former may be expected at Marseilles on the
13th, and the latter at Southampton on the 20th

SUEZ, March 12.
The Malta from Bombay, March Ist, arrived at
3 P.m. to-day.
A. heavy storm occurred at Valencia on the 4th
I.llBt. An unusually large number of vessels were
1,,11 the harbour, which sustained great damage.
several ships were lost and 69 hands drowned.
b The British ships Bosphorous, Sultana, Legion of
,iatleur, and the American ship George Washington
Went ashore and became a total wreck. The British
Western Ocean was saved by cutting away
her masts.

The steamship Lawrence, with troops from Ber-
1114cla, arrived here on the 6th inst.
ttichange on London, 49; ; ditto on Paris,
21c. Madrid, kto dis.

FRANCE.
nou
nsE March 12, Three o'clock.—The market
slightly improved. The following are the last
eotations :
LPer coats . , 97 75
/per° /ld month
ce t
o a
Neu month 7O
Do 1‘ Mobilier ..
qr,;(1°.4,1 month 505
Do. It Ponder —
end Month 1510 -
RAIL

Bank Shares 3560
Italian Loan 54 25
Do. end month 54 52
Mexican Loan 23 75
Do. Bonds 167 50
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
r LYS.

Orleans For Account.
927 50
Northern 1220
Lyons and Mediterranean 936 25
Southern 586 25
Western 593 75
Eastern
Sardinian . —
Austrian
Lombard 420
North of Spain Saragosc a —
Ditto to Barcelona —
444444 I. Illf I sssss 11,11, $$ 1$ l' 1111 l I' l ' ''' 90
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