The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-19 00:00:00

THE BRAZILIAN AND .RIVER PL ATE

MAILS.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Medway,
Captain John Hammack, arrived at Southampton
on Saturday, at 3 p.m., with the above-named
mails in charge of Lieut. Brydges, RN., Admi-
ralty agent. Her dates are .-
1
Buenos Asras March 4 St. Vincent (Cape
Montevideo - 7 Verde) • April 3
Rio de Janeiro - g
Bahia ... - 21' I Funchal (Madeira) - 10
Pernambuco - 24 I Lisbon... ... ... - 13
The African mail steamer Gambia having broken
down, aud the Armenian being supposed to be on
shore the mails from the coast of Africa were
broug'lrt to Teneriffe by her Majesty's ship Ardent,
and have come on to England on board the Med-
way. The latest dates are :-Sierra Leone, March
25 ; Gambia, 29 ; and Goree, 30.
Off Cape Finisterre the edway spoke the Bri-
tish schooner Merlin, standing to the northward.
At Rio were H.M.'s ship Madagascar and the
steam transport 'lndustry, the Chilean. steamer
Maypu, the Peruvian frigate Amazonas, and the
Portuguese transport Rodovalho.
Her Majesty's ship Syren was at Bahia, the screw
steamer Lady Jocelyn at St. Vincent, and the
United States' corvette Cumberland at Madeira.
The Medway has had fine weather ; from Lisbon
a heavy swell from the south-west, with light
wiuds. She brings 127 passengers, among whom
are Mr. H. A. Cowper (Her Majesty's Consul) and
two sons, from Pernambuco ; Mr. M‘Gregor, Mr.
and Mrs. Petty and Mr. lildyard, from Rio :
Lieutenant W. W. Johnston (Ist West India Re-
giment), from Gambia, &c. On freight she has
specie from Montevideo, 61,1851.; Buenos .Ayres,
62,545/. ; Rio de Janeiro, 260,8091.; Bahia,
12,928/. ; Pernambuco, 9,218/. ; from other
ports, 4,1151.-total, 410,8001. Also, diamonds,
value 51,4101. ; 100 rolls of tobacco, 50. barrels
of tapioca, and 126 packages of sundries.
From Buenos Ayres we have received files of the
British Packet to March 4. Subjoined are the prin-
cipal items of political news :-" We have the satis-
faction of announcing two complications less. The
questions pending between the Government of
Pa, aguay on the one hand, and those of Brazil and
France on the other, have been amicably arranged;
and as good example is also contagious a similar
result was confidently expected as regards the
United States. The details of the arrangement have
not reached us, but as an-evidence of a cordial re-
conciliation the Government of Paraguay had feted
Senor Paranhos, and Senor Paranhos, in his turn,
had feted the Paraguayan authorities in the spirit
of genuiee reciprocity and in true John. Bull fashion.
about to proceed to
GptolreaMtneaadt;udGmartpse,hsdsoc.
overa r ut7nuo,soe,
Senor Paranhos, having thus paved the way, was
ffit,ceidiabl.ansld7e:-.
The Magdalena steam-sesip, Capt. G. Abbott,
aspbantocuhnfcreosma THE WEST INDIA MAILS.
supposed to be commanded by Calfucura in person. arrived at Southampton on Saturdayevening, about
After a fair trial of strength with the Christians they 9 o'clock, with the
usual mails in charge of
fled in the utmost disorder, tacitly confessing thatthe Lieut. Barrett, R.N."
,Admiralty agent, and also
closest is impotent before modern civilisation and the Gulf mails which
w 3
military discipline. As the first essay in all-impor; by the non-arrival of the edtained a fortnight since
Solent from Havannah.
tant enterprise this is an auspicious event, and we The Magdalena experieneedfine weather for the first
e
cordially tender Cul. Granada and his companions 10 days, and during the remainder of the voyage
our hearty congratulations. Of the situation of the ' thick weather witlheavy Bea. Her.dates are :-
central and northern frontiers the accounts are so Tampico March 51S1 Lucia
contradictory that it is impossible to form a reliable Vera Cruz ............ 7llga. rtini ue March N
opinion. Col. Leureano Diaz admits an invasion Havannah
53,1; ......... -14 ' Guadaloqupe . -2S
at the Bragado, and had the reports about Cbivil- '
seceizeusit;erea all.-- 13 i?onainique - 28
ooy been altogether unfounded we might certainly Santa eiarteauras -- 18 Antigua..... -29
ere this have had an official contradiction of the Grey tow nOlosq uitor 21 Montserrat.o.o - 29
sinister rumours." The same paper (the Packet of Carthagena ......... _ 21 SmaTue la
ii( ( Paoyrttio)R i.e ; ) ----
280
the 4th) has the following -" We have good autho- Colon . 25 Berbice -25
K stop (Jamaica
(Deme-
rits for stating that Mr. Christi® has effected an ar- y_re._
Spain , . I
,- 27 Georgetown tt" (filial-
rangemeut with our Government, by which a joint u
dad) - 25
commission will be forthwith appointed for the in- Bridget 1-. - ~...41'...X• 25 Tobago - 25
Bridgetown (Barba.
Nevis - 29
vestigatiou and decision of all British claims ; and does)
27 St. Kitt's
we have also heard the mostgratifying eulogiums en
graltilt
i.dancent's - 31
the frank and honourable manner in which the pre- t. V 26 St. Thomas's. April 2
Mails of the
liminary negotiations have been conducted." subjoined detes from the west coast
. of South America,
Business was dull at Buenos Ayres in all depart _ received et Panama by the steam-
ments. Dry goods were extremely languid, and at shipal Bolivia, have also arrived by the Magdalena :
rates far from satisfactory. The market was over- 3
,Vbopbetraiso' March 1; Coquimbo, 2 ; Copiapo,
stocked with all articles of daily consumption, aud
Callao, lia' 4;
Iquique, 5; Arica, 6 ; Islay, 7 ;
importations were still taking place. In regard to
_aanao, 1 ; Pasta, 14 ; Guayaquil, 17 ; and from
export produce no decided improvement was ex- -1-'
Tae a,
petted till the receipt of more cheering news from Magdalena brings 144 passengers, among
whom are Dr
the great foreign marts. , • • and Mrs. Altham, from Demerara ;
,h Major and
The Seminario announces the death, on the 10. Mrs. Bellares, Assistant Commissary-
Ge I C
Feb ,of Mr. Chas. Gore Ouseley, son of Sir William nerßa
bewper, Major Dewar, and Capt. Archer,
Gore Ouseley, late Minister Plenipotentiary of herfrom ar aslsese -
i Dr. and Mrs. Niaeo!son, from
&Rennie Majesty in the River Plate, and at pre- Antigua; Dr. Bul nes , f roin Valparaiso ; Col. Tidy,
sent her Special Commissioner in the United States. Capt.__ Chatfield, Rev. E.
Good, and Dr. Martin,
The Republic of Montevideo was quiet. Business R•N., from Colon ; Prince Kilkoff, from St.
dull, for want of confidence, on account of the very Thomas's, &c. On freight she has :-
on merchants'
recent disturbances. Exchange, 4Id. Specie
867 dole. ;
Commercial advices from Rio are to the 15th ult. 78,from the Pacific ports sof whice
1)92 dol. do.
The ceffee-market, after having remained in a calm 405,
state for several days subsequent to the departure 713,509 dots.; do. from Carthagena 130,000 dols.;
of last steamer, opened on the 19th Feb., and sales do. from Havannah, 23,590 dots. • 'do. from other
thence to the 7th ult. amounted to 92,000 bags, at paris of the West Indies, 9,504 dols.-total value
a gradual advance of 200 to 300 rs. on the quota- in dole., 955,380 ; or say 191,0761. sterling ; also,
tions of 12th February. The quality of the coffee jewellery, value 576 doll., plea pina, value 13,580
sold as well as chat in stock, about 70,000 bags, was dole., 218 serous of cochineal, 205 eerons of indigo,
very inferior, and, as regards the Letter &scrip- 93 serous of jalap, 188 cases of dears, 148 bales of
Cons, very far from corresponding with their de- tobacco, 52 mein, of coffee, 45 casks of ginger, 44
nomination ; in fact,. real superior had been en- bags of cocoa, 31 cases of plants, aud 132 packages
tirely wanting, and its quotation nominal. The of sundries.
flat accounts received by the Medway,' combined Ativices from Jamaica are to 26 th March, but they
with the sudden rise of exceange and badly i are devoid of interest as regards political affairs. In
assorted stock, will suspend business for some time all quarters the mining interests are very promising.
to come. Supplies continued to be very small. I Business (says the latest Cordova) has teen very
Heavy rains in the interior had much interfered dull during the past fortnight. A heavy failure
with the transport, but had otherwise proved in the provision trade tended somewhat to increase
very propitious for the ripening of the fruit in ! suspicion and retard operations. But little im-
the Sierra abaixo districts, whence some receipts provemorit has therefore taken place on last quota-
are looked for in May. The Sierra acima crop tions. Halifax etas have advanced owing to the
will not set in before September or October. The advices by last America's steamer, but other at tides
sales from the 12th of February to date (93,500 remain at the prices last quoted. Produce is very
bags) had the following destination :-55,600 bags quiet, coffee and pimento being offered only
for the United St *test_ 27,700 for the Channel and in small quantities. Exchanges on London were
North of Europe, 8,800 for the Mediterranean, : quoted as under :-Jatuarca. Bank, 90 days. 1 per
1,400 for the Cape of Good Hope. Clearances in cent. prem.; 60 days, 1i per cent, prem.; 30 days,
-February-97,386 tags for the United States 2 per test. pram. Colonial Bank----90 days, e per
(against 108,535 in February, 1857) ; 35,570 for cent. prem.; 60idays, 1 per cent, prom. ; 30 days,
the Channel ; 4,738 for Hamburg ; 3,840 for Bre- 11 per cent. prem. Commissariat Bills.-/ per
men ; 3,582 for Antwerp ; 2,920 for the Baltic ; cent. prem. Merchants' Bills.-i per cent. des. to
1,061 for Stockholm ; 9,957 for Havre ; 4,599 for par.
Marseilles ; 3,704 for Constantinople ; 2;200 for At Demerara the Court of Policy had met several
Genoa ; 137 for Palermo ' • 4,048. for Portugal ; times since the departure of the last mail, and been
1,239 for the Cape of Good Hope ; 44 for the River engaged in the discussion of various new measures,
Plate ;in all 175,025 bags. There had been no- . the most noticeable one being an ordinance which
thing doing in Campos sugars, and the market was i was passed to amend the law relating to justices of
ver;flat. Arrived from that quarter, 1,467 cases, ' the peace. Its object is to remove the ambiguity of
2,800 bags and barrels. Stock 2,987 cases, 2,800 the existing law with respect to the jurisdiction of
packages. Supplies received from the North-97 stipendiary and special justices, and to provide for
cases, 14,234 bags. Sales, 24,863 bags, 117 cases, the appointment and remuneration of clerks to the
all for consumption, at 45600 to 55200 for white, , stipendiary magistrates. Several failures had taken
and 35600 to 4$ for brown. Stock 580 cases, 19,071 place among the Portuguese dealers, and a feeling
packages. Holders of hides having submitted to lof distrust had arisen among the merchants in con-
lower rates, 3,000 were taken at 320 reis to 330 ' sequence. Two vessels had arrived with immigrants
reis per lb. ; market much depressed; stock 9,800.' from Calcutta, the Bacephalus with 390 Coolies,
Of jerked beef, stocks of Rio Grande were esti- and the White Eagle with 350. Among the Coolies
mated at 40,000 arrobas, and of River Plate at who arrived by the former were several sopoys, and
110,000, both of which were quoted at 4.000 to one woman who bad been servant to a lady who was
5.400. In freights some eight vessels had been massacred at Cawnpore. The weather during the
taken up, say three to the United States, at 40c. fortnight had been showery, there being two or three
for northern and s)uthernt ports ; one, either to days of heavy rain, succeeded by several days of
the Channel fur 255., or the United States, at 30c. ; genial sunshine. Business was dull, and sales diffi-
two for the Channel, at 20tes ; one to load at Rio cult to make. Two arrivals from the United States
Grande, at 40s. ; and one for Hamburg, at 20s. I had given a tolerable supply of bread-stuffs, and
In the money-market dissaounts continued without !prices were fully supported. Pork had advanced.
alteration at 10 to 12 per cent. ; the Bank rate was . The import of rice was excessive, nearly 30,0Q9 bags