The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-03 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.
The following has been received at the under-
writers' rooms :
Rio Janeiro Exchange, 24; ; coffee unaltered.
Arrived from Liverpool—John Bull, Thomas
Blythe, Esther and Sophie, Sheron, and Oden.
Bahia Exchange, 241.
Arrived from Liverpool, Richmond, Sarah, W.
Maria Bulcon, Prince of Wales, and Savliage.
Pernambuco exchange 241. Cotton 100 reis

higher.
Arrived from Liverpool, Hermione, Elizabeth
Barter, Lindisforle, and Mary Bamfield.

WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY,

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Shannon,
Capt. G. Abbott, arrived this afternoon, at three
o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual mails,
in charge of Lieutenant Gardner, Admiralty agent.
The Shannon brings on freight 345,924 dols. on
merchants' 'account, 277,813 dols. silver bullion,
27,190 dols. gold coin, and 182,042 dols. gold in
bars, with 48 passengers.
The latest dates brought by the Shannon are :
Tampico, Aug. 31 ; Grey Town, Sept. 1; Bermuda,
1 ; Vera Cruz, 4 ; Chagres, Colon, 8 ; Domerara, 9 ;
Trinidad, 9 ; Carthagena, 10 ; Havana, 10 ; Ja-
maica, 10 ; Grenada, 10 ; Barbadoes, 11 ; Jacmel,
13 ; Antigua, 13 ; St. Kitt's, 13 ; Porto Rico, 16 ;
St. Thomas, 17.

The Paramatta is still on the Annegeda Reef,
and the hopes of getting her off are much less than
on the arrival of the last steamer.

The steamer Solent arrived yesterday, the 7th of
September, with the mails of the 17th of August,
brought out by the new steamer Shannon.
"Demerara continues tranquil, and .the colony
generally healthy. Tne crops are beginning to be
reaped, 'and promise fair.
From Jamaica there is not a single item of
political news. The weather has been favourable,
but business has not improved since our last re-
port.
At Barbadoes, there have been some trifling
shipments of produce, the fag-end of the crop
during the fortnight bringing up the total ex-
ports to date to 37,086 hhds., 2,761 trcs., 5,832 brls.
sugar ; 13,860 puns. 353 hhds. 701 brls. molasses ;
499 puns. 551 hhds. rum. _ _ .

Our market is in quite an unsettled state at this
moment, owing to the excessive arrivals that have
taken place from the United States, and sales are
difficult to be made even at the reduced rates
which are submitted to.
Exchange on London :—Bank Bills, at 30 days,
490 dols. ; 60 days, 4871- dols.; 90 days, 485 dols.
Private bills, at 30 days, 482 dols.; 50 days, 481
dols. ; 90 days, 480 dols. Bank Bills on New
York, 4 per cent. discount for private paper at 60
days sight.
From Ecuador we have the important informa-
tion of an armistice with Peru being settled upon,
and the port of Guayaquil opened for vessels to
enter and load.

THE LATE ExPLOSION AT BIRMINGHAM.—
BIRMINGHAM, Saturday.—On Friday evening one of the
principals of the firm of Purscill, Phillips, and Company
was examined. The evidence of the witness was, in all the
main points, in accordance with that which had been pre-
viously given. The inquest was again adjourned till
Friday next, at half-past two o'clock. The burial of the
unfortunate persons killed by the explosion took place this
afternoon. The bodies were interred in St. Mary's-church-
yard, and the funeral was attended by at least 15,000.