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

4.ORTH-NV ESTERN
I'S for STORES.—The Directors are
the Supply of the undermentioned

LONDON and
RAIL WAY.--CONTRAC'
prepared to receive Tenders for
Stores, viz.:—
No. of Contract--
3. Coppar
4. Canvas
6. Carpets and Rugs
7. Axles
8. Coals
9. Crucibles
10. Curled Hair
I'2. Co ours
12a. Drysaltery
13. Coach Trimmings
15. Bags, Ropes, &c.
16. Glass, Plate
16a. Glass, various
17f. Lamp Cottons
18. Leather.
16a. Leather
Specifications and Forms of Tender may be had on and after Mon-
lay, April 19th, on application to' the Secretary, Euston Station,
London.
Forms of Tender for each Contract are printed separately, and
parties applying should state the particular Contract or Contracts for
which they propose to tender.
Patterns may also be inspected on and after Monday, April 19th,
from Ten till Four o'clock, at the Company's Pattern Room, Euston
-tation, and any faither inform dlon require I may be obtained on
Application to the heads of the several departments.
Tenders may be sent In Before Ten o'clock on Monday, May 3d.
By order of the Directors
CHAS. E. STEWART, Secretary.
Euston Station, April 15th, 1858.

No of Contract-
-19. Lead, White and Red
19a. Lead, Ingot, Sheet and Pipe
20. Iron, Yorkshire
20a. Iron, Staffordshire
20b. Tyre Bars
21. Iron Castings
22. Ironwork
23. Wheels
26. 011 Cloth
27. Steel
28. Springs and Flle3
29. Tin, Block
31. Varnishes
34. Hats
33. Caps

" OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT" says
Twenty-one Million Pounds of Tea have been released by
the Possession of Canton.—The EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY
anticip ita the arrival or this, and have reduced the price of their
61b, bag of Sound Tea to 2s. 2d. per lb. ; an.l Coffee in the Berry to
1 ld. —Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate.

THE BRAZILIAN AND RIVER PLAT.E

MAILS.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Medway,
Captain John Hammack, arrived at Southampton
on Saturday, at 3 p.m., with the above-named
wails in charge of Lieut. Brydges, R.N., Admi-
ralty agent. Her dates are .
Buenos Ayra March 4 I St. Vincent (Cape
Montevideo — 7 I Verde)

Rio de Jaaeiro —l7 Teneriffe ...... 9
Bahia
Pernambuco ---24 Lisbon:.. 13

The African mail steamer Gambia having broken
down, and the Armenian being supposed to be on
shore, the mails from the coast of Africa were
brought 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 Finisterrs the Medway spoke the Bri-
tish schooner Merliu, standing to the northward.
At Rio were H. M.'s ship Madagascar and the
steam transport Industry, the Ohilian 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
Sta'es' corvette Cumberland at Madeira.

The Medway has had fine weather ; from Lisbon
a heavy swell from the south-west, with light
winds. 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. Hildyard, from Rio :
Lieutenant W. W. Johnston (Ist West India Re-
giment), from Gambia, d-c. On freight she has
specie from Montevideo, 61,1851.; Buenos Ayres,
62,5451. ; aio de Janeiro, 260,8091.; Bahia,
12,928/. ; Pernambuco, 9,218/. ; from Other
ports, 4,115/.—total, 410,8001. Also, diamonds,
value 51,4101. ; 100 rolls of tobacco, 50 barrels
of tapioca, and 126 ,ckages of sundries.

pa'
Flom 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
Paiaguay 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. TheAetails 914,kafrangetnent have
not reached us, but is.f6 toIUD c's of a cordial re-
conciliation the Government of Paraguay had feted
Senor Paranhos, and Senor Paranhos, in his turn,
h.d feted the Paraguayan authorities in the spirit
of gent& e reciprocity and in true John Bull fashion.
Senor Paranhos, having thus paved the way, was
about to proceed to Matto Grosso. An official de-
spatch from Col. Granada, dated Caruhue, Feb. 17,
announces a complete triumph over 700 Indians,
supposed to be commanded by Calfucura in person.
After a fair trial of strength with the Christians they
fled in the utmost disorder, tacitly confessing that the
chlca is impotent before modern civilisation and
military discipline. As the first essay in all-impor-
tant enterprise this is an auspicious event, and we
c aslially tender Cul. Granada and his companions
our hearty congratulations. Of the situation of the
central and northern frontiers the accounts are so
contradictory that it is impossible to form a reliable
opinion. Col. Laureano Diaz admits an invasion
at the Bragado, and had the reports about Chivil-
coy been altogether unfounded we might certainly
ere this have had an official contradiction of the
s nister rumours." The same paper (the Packet of
the 4th) has the following —" We have good autho-
rity for stating that Mr. Christie has effected an ar-
rangement with our Government, by
which a joint
commission will be forthwith appointed for the in-
vestigation and decision of all British claims ; and
we have also heard the mostgratifying eulogiums on
the frank and honourable manner in which the pre-
liminary negotiations have been conducted."
Business was dull at Buenos Ayres in all depart-
ments. Dry goods were extremely languid, and at
rates far from satisfactory. The market was over-
stocked with all articles of daily consumption, and
importations were still taking place. In regard to
export produce no decided improvement was ex-
pected till the receipt of more cheering news from
the great foreign marts.
The Sentinario announces the death, on the 10. h
Feb., of Mr. Chas. Gore Ouseley, son of Sir William
Gore Ouseley, late Minister Plenipotentiary of her
Biitannic Majesty in the River Plate, and at pre-
sent her Special Commissioner in the United States.
The Republic of Montevideo was quiet. Business
dull, for want of confidence, on account of the very
recent disturbances. Exchange, 41d.
Commercial advices from Rio are to the 15th ult.
The coffee-market, after having remained in a calm
state for several days subsequent to the departure
of last steamer, opened on the 19th Feb., and sales
thence to the 7th ult. amounted to 92,000 bags, at
a gradual advance of 200 to 300 rs. on the quota-
tions of 12th February. The quality of the coffee
sold as well as that in stock, about 70,000 bags, was
very inferior, and, as regards the better descrip-
tions, very far from corresponding with their de-
nomination ; in fact, real superior had been en-
tirely wanting, and its quotation nominal. The
fiat accounts received by the Medway, combined
with the sudden rise of exchange and badly
assorted stock, will suspend business for some time
to • come. Supplies continued to be very small.
Heavy rains in the interior had much interfered
with the transport, but had otherwise proved
very propitious far the ripening of the fruit in
the Sierra abaixo districts, whence some receipts
are looked for in May. The Sierra aciroa crop
will not set in before September or October. The
sales from the 12th of February to date (93,500
bags) bad the following destination :-55,600 bags
for the United States, 27,700 for the Channel and
North of Europe, 8,800 for the Mediterranean,
1,400 for the Cape of Good Hope. Clearances in
February-07,386 tags fur the United States
(against 108,535 ie February, 1857) ; 35,570 for
the Channel ; 4,738 fo. Hamburg ; 3,840 for Bre-
men ; 3,582 for Antwerp ' • 2,920 for the Baltic ;
1,061 for Stockholm ; 9,957 for Havre ; 4.599 for
Marseilles ; 3,704 for Constantinople ; 2,200 for
Genoa ; 137 for Palermo ' • 4,048 for Portugal ;
1,239 for the Cape of Good Hope ; 44 for the River
Plate; in all 175,025 bags. There had been no-
thing doing in Campos sugars, and the market was
very flat. Arrived from that quarter' 1,467 cases,
2,800 bags arid barrels. Stock 2,987 cases, 2,800
packages. Supplies received from the North-97
cases, 14,234 bags. Sales, 24,863 bags, 117 cases,
all for consumption, at 45600 to 51200 for white,
and 35600 to 4$ for brown. Stock 580 cases, 19,071
packages. Holders of hides having submitted to
lower rates, 3,000 were taken at 320 reis to 330
reis per lb. ; market much depressed ; stock 9,800.
Of jerked beef, stocks of Rio Grande were esti-
mated at 40,000 arrobas, and of River Plate at
110,000, both of which were quoted at 4.000 to
5.400. In freights some eight vessels had been
taken up, say three to the United States, at 40c.
for northern and southern por's ; one, either to
the Channel for 255., or the United States, at 30c. ;
two for the Channel, at 20s. ; one to load at Rio
Grande, at 40s. ; and one for Hamburg, at 20s.
In the money-market discounts continued without
1 alteration at 10 to 12 per cent. ; the Bank rate .was

At Bahia the prices of sugars had sustained them-
selves at former quotations of 3.000 per arroba for
browns and 3.800 for superior white; with 100 to
200 rs. per arroba abatement on inferior qualities.
.
The demand had been confined 'to sugars suitable
for Channel shipments, for returns, in consequence
of. the low rates of exchange. There had been no
supplies of coffee. Former stock consisted of about
2,000 bags, of which 1,500 bags had been disposed
of at 4.300 per arroba. Of cocoa there had also b en
no arrivals, and inquiry was less brisk. Quotations
were nominal, being those of last sales. Prices of
cotton, which the previous month were 6.800 per
arroba for Maceios, gradually rose to 7.000 and
7.200, but.in the beginning of March they suddenly
advanced to 7.800, at which rate small stocks in
first hands were cleared off. There had been no
fresh arrivals latterly, and. consequently no sates had
been effected. Stocks iu hand °Labe 15th amounted
to 1,186 bags against 1,491 bags on the Ist, mostly
in second hands. Sales of hides had been effected at
220 rs. per pound for dry salted, and 270 for dry.
Stocks in first hands were insignificant. Superior
quality tapioca continued to be inquired after, but
there were no supplies. Freights were in a state of
apathy ; a small vessel Was chartered at 20s. per
ton fur the Channel, and another had received cargo
for New York at 15s. per ton. Since the Ist of
January about, 25 vessels had left Bahia in ballast.
Considerable business had been done in exchange
at 233/4d., 90 and GO days;. latterly 23/d., 90 days,
was offered without fitraink takers, and 24d. was
spoken of, but no tiansiction was reported. Not
much doing in the import market.
Our correspondent at Pernambuco writes as fol-
lows on the 24th ult. :

_" Our latest ad vices from Europe are to the 9th ult.,
per the present conveyance, which arrived here on the
3d lust , and telegraphic news, via L'sbon, to the 13th.
"Business during tbe month has been excessively dull.
The improved accounts of the money-markets at bone
caused our exchange to advance, and important trans-
actions were effected at 2461., 20 days' sight, but after
receipt of news from Rio that exchange had declined io
22id., our rate became fietter, and large amounts were
passed at 231 d. fur 60 and 90 days' sight. Discounts
10 to 12 per cent. per arroba.
"In sugars little has been done in consequence of the
high rates demanded by packers, and purchases have
been confined to whites and selected yellows f exporta-
tion to Rio, River Plate. P ri.ugal, and Fiance. Stocks of
Muscovados are accumulating, and it is fully expe3ied
packers will ultireatvly give way. Our quotations are—
Muscorarloe, 2.700 to 3.200 per arroba, or 225. ld. to
254. 10d. per cwt. free on board ex freight ; whites,
3,400 to 4,300 per arroba, or 28s. ld. to 34'. Bd. per
ewt., free on board ex freight. The present crop, in the
three provinces of Pernambuco, Paraiba, and Maceios,
will fall very considerably short of last year's, and the
deficiency, it is estimated, will reach 20,000 tons. The
crop at Bahia is also reportet.'
" Cottons—Our quotations for Pernams at 4200 to
Bs3oo per arroba, equal to 71d. to 7 11-32 I. per lb. free
on board, ex freight. Maceios, Bsloo per arroba fre3 on
free on
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binoegodr.h.a_ttrsh6:32:_dico.ovrror6pepeseissalreastl
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a26rra2eeopPpftorrea raibae, BsBoo per arroba
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goyatrurtiaeL3l entries
short.at:o.re eras:o:l:slys:
ereraitessel
16d. to 6 7-32 d. per lb..
per cent. for the Channel,
to load at Paraiba, 251. sugar ballast; V. per lb. cotton.
Exchange.—The amount
.passed for this steamer
reaches 100,0001. sterling at 241,- 90 days, sight for
cash ; 24-d., 60 and 90 days' credit.
"Mr. H.A. Cowper, her Majesty's o,nsul at this
port, returns by this steamer, and probably, it is said,
will be appointed to aaother consulate. The British
merchants, anxious to express their appreciation of Mr.
tChoewpperor's ba
bsleerveihcae
us,g ae ntdh
aatt
nit haey staama
ea
pt
ameehe e
unanimously
regret rr et at
did so in a letter addressed to him. Mr. Cowper has
andco,
be enr
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departureany years
will
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be
Eng-
lish community here.
"A very extraordinary case of forgery has come to tattePd ebryn at
baliebu
a j
sincerelye s ty 's C
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ge ur
el
light this month. Two bills, purporting to be drawn by
Messrs. N. 0. Bieber and Co., and accepted by Messre.
J. Keller and Co., were discounted three months ago at
the Branch Bank of Brazils in this province. On the
date of their falling due the bills, one of 20,000 milreie,
and the other of 30,000 milreis (5,0001.), were presented
to Messrs. Keller, who declined payment, alleging them
to be forgeries. Messrs. Bieber refused on the same
plea. The matter remains thus for theresent, but the
remarkable part of taillairAe the bank, usually very
cautious, having discounted bills to a person unknown,
and who gave into the beak et the time the transaction
was effected an altogether fictitious name. Toe bills, it
appears, are precise copies of bona fide bills which had
previously been discounted at the bauk."