The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-06 00:00:00

THE BRAZILIAN MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY EVENING,

The Royal mail steamer Tamar, Capt. Jellicoe,
has arrived with the Brazilian and River Plate
mails. Her dates are—Buenos Ayres, Oct. 28 ;
Monte Video, 31; Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 9 ; Bahia,
13 ; Pernambuco, 15 ; St. Vincent, 23 ; Lisbon,
Dec. 2. She brings 74 passengers, £16,583 in
specie, diamonds value £27,966, 450 rolls and 10
bales of tobacco, 200 barrels of tapioca, 100 bags of
coffee, and sundries.

No political news from Buenos Ayres. The pro-
spects of the revocation of the differential duties
were considered as having entirely ceased, and it
was almost certain that the additional duties upon
produce from the confederation would come into
force the beginning of next year.
There was no doubt that this latter demonstra•
tion of Urquiza would continue to affect general
trade most severely.
Peace had not been interrupted at Monte Video
since last steamer, and there was every chance of
its continuance.

A steamer arrived from Buenos Ayres on the
morning prior to the packet's departure, by which
rumours were spread of a revolution having taken
place at the Guardia del Monte among a division
of the army there.
At Rio the weather had been unusually wet and
cool. There was no sickness among the shipping
or in the city. The advices from Europe were con-
sidered favourable, and business generally active,
with a tendency to greater ease in the money-
market.

The agents of Mr. Price, the contractor for the
first section of the Dom Pedro Segundo Railway,
having refused to hand over to the company the
last part of.the section, the directors attempted to
take possession of the same by force, but failed, on
which the Government interfered and possession
was given,:the Government undertaking to settle
promptly the contractors's claims. _ _ _

Coffee- had. declined 100 reis as compared with last
month's quotations, but freights having consider-
ably advanced, there was no difference in the ster-
ling value. Stocks amounted to 50,000 bags, and
no immediate decline in price was looked for, espe-
cially as the continued unfavourable weather would
interfere with supplies.
Quotations were—superior, washed and pulped,
5,500 to 6,800 reis per arroba ; superior, 4,900 to
5,100; first good, 4,600 to 4,800; first ordinary,
4,200 to 4,400 ; second, 3,400 to 4,000 ; triage, 2,500
to 2,800 reis. In sugars no material alteration of
price had occurred since last mail. Hides quoted at
340 to 360 ; sales were 7,515, and stock on hand
18,000, including 9,063 imported from Rio
Grande. Little doing in stock, but firm. Freights
to England, 25 ; English Channel, 25 to 40 ; Ham-
burg, 30 ; Mediterranean, 35 to 45. Exchanges
closed very firm at 261 d. on London ; 375 to 360
Paris ; and 676 to 680 Hamburg.
At Bahia sugars were without alteration; un-
important purchases for European markets at
2,500 to 2,600 reis for browns in cases and bags ;
raw, in bags, at 2,400. No transactions in coffee.
Holders demanded 4,200 reis, and stocks amounted
to 6,000,000 bags. Cocoa inquired after at 4,200 ;
other produce without alteration. Rum in brisk
demand, and firm at 700 reis per canda. Freight
—Rates were looking up. The British barque New-
ton was chartered for London at 20s. per ton. Ex-.
change firm at 261 d. Something done at 26td. 90
days, Hamburg, 670 to 680; Paris, 360 to 370. The
heat at Bahia had been intense. The town was
healthy.
Business at Pernambuco had not been so brisk
at this season, owing to the lateness of the sugar
crop ; the entries of sugar had been only
41,836 bags, or 2,988 tons. The Tamar's Euro-
pean advices caused a decline in prices of low qua-
lities, but clayed and good unclayed muscovados
had been in good demand for the United States.
Whites were extravagantly high, principally for
home consumption and, for export to Para, Rio
Grande do Sul, and the Azores. Whites were
quoted 3,1000 and 3,200 to 4,800; browns, 2,400;
and Paraiba muscovados, 2,700. Cottons had ad-
vanced to 8,000 to 8,200 ; Paraibas, 8,600 to 8,809;
and Maceios, 8,300 to 8,400. Hides were at 230.
Freights last quarter for the Channel were at
325. 6d. and 5 per cent., with the usual extras for
the continent. In excange about £220,000 had
passed for this steamer at 2644; discounts 10 per
cent. for four and six months' bills. Pernambuco
healthy.
The Benmuick Dhui, advised by last mail as hav-
ing gone ashore, was repairing at Pernambuco, and
would shortly proceed on her voyage to St. Helena.
Part of the cargo would have to be sold to defray
expenses.
The barque Carib, from London for the Mauri-
tius, got on a reef off Cape St. Rocque, five miles
frotn shore; cargo all saved, and part landed at
Pernambuco, and it was reported that the
vessel had been got afloat, and would shortly
be towed down. The British barque Caledonia, of
Dundee, which sailed from Cardiff on the 26th of
Aug., with coals for Maranham, was totally lost a
few miles from St. Ann's lighthouse, near that port,
on the 28th Oct. ; one sailor drowned.

H.M.'s ship Harrier was at Montevideo, and
Madagascar and Spy at Rio. The Oberon sailed
from Rio on Nov. 8, for the River Plate.
The United States' ship Marion was at St. Vin-
cent. The Pacific Company's steamer Lima arrived
at Rio from Valparaiso on the 6th of Nov., en route
to England, and was to sail on the 10th.
Nov. 9, in lat. 23 4 S., long. 42 34 W., the Tamar
spoke the barque Margaret Blair, steering west-
ward. 13th, off Bahia, spoke the barque Mary Ann
Beresford.

The Cape. Verde Islands were healthy. No news.
The screw steamer Tweedsdale, from Calcutta, ar-
rived at St. Vincent on the morning of the 23d.
The Tamar had fine weather on the Brazil
coast ; fresh north east winds to St. Vincent ;
moderate winds, but a very heavy north-westerly
Swell, the entire distance from Cape Verde. She
was signalled at Lisbon at 9 a.m. on the 30th ult.,
but obliged to go out to sea again in consequence of
furious south-west and north-west gales, and only
got into the Tagus at 2 p.m. on the Ist inst.
Nothing was able to cross the bar. The weather
was calm on the 2d. No news since the Tagus
packet left on the 29th ult. The English screw
steamer Christina, of London, from Alexandria,
Malta, and Gibraltar, put into Lisbon on the Ist,
having experienced a very heavy gale off the Bur-
lings on the night of the 30th ult. ; her cargo
shifted and pumps were choked. The ship Forest
Queen, Grisdale master, from Liverpool, arrived at
Bahia-on the 25th of October. She reports having
spoken on the sth of October the Shepherdess,
from Liverpool for Melbourne, in lat. 9.15 N.,
long. 24.31 W., out 31 days ; 6th, the bark Philo,
from Sunderland to Calcutta, in 7 N. long. 23 30
W., out 43 days • 7th, the French bark Maurice,
from Nantes for Mauritius, in lat. 6 18 N., long. 23
W. ; Bth, the bark Fleetwood, from Glasgow for the
Mauritius, in lat. 6 N., long. 21 49 W. ; 9th,
the ship Arracan, from Liverpool for Calcutta, in
lat. 5.45 N., long. 21.30 W., out 32 days. The Tamar
passed at 3 o'clock this afternoon, off the Bill of
Portland, the screw steamship Ceylon, with her
bowsprit and figurehead gone, towing the ship
Wavan (?), with stern and port-quarters stove in,
and rudderhead gone, the two ships having been in
collision. They were making for Portland Roads.
A telegram has been received here this morning
stating,. that the Ceylon, after towing the other
Vessel in, had proceeded on her voyage to the Me-
diterranean.

THE PALACE OF THE PEOPLE, MUS-
WELL-HILL.

Lord Brougham has added another claim to the
gratitude of his fellow-countrymen by accepting
the office of President of the educational depart-
ment of this important institution. The objects
aimed at by the founders of " The Palace of the
People" require a master mind to ensure their
right adjustment and development. Alen are
always to be found ready to cater for the amuse-
ment of themasses according to the varying tastes
of the day ; but English history, astronomy, geo-
logy, and mining are subjects of permanent and
growing interest ; and, for their proper illustration,
a broad basis should be laid, admitting of expansion,
as fresh light is cast upon them by the researches of
science. We understand that the plans and de-
signs of the building will be ready for inspection
in the course of a few days, and that they will pre.
sent many novelties as compared with the Crysal
Palace at Sydenham. Amongst other features will
be included a glass dome of 200 feet span, covering
a winter garden, and a concert room will be thrown
out from the main building capable of holding more
than 10,000 people in comfort. Visitors, whether
by railway or carriage, willalight in the palace
under cover ; and a
spacious arcade will surround
the building, affording an agreeable promenade in
all weathers. •

A successful combination of these distinctive
features will afford full scope for the exercise of
Mr. Owen Jones's well-known artistic skill. Mr.
Speiicer, of Bowood, the eminent horticulturist, has
carefully surveyed the grounds, and has pronounced
them to be unexceptionably situated, both as re-
spects the character of the soil and the configura-
tion of the ground for ornaments of gardening and
park scenery. We trust that the undertaking will
soon be launched under auspices which will secure
to the dense population north of the Thames what
has long been felt to be a great desideratum, viz.,
a palace and a park adapted to the improvement
and recreation of the people.