The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-24 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS•

(BY ME(:TRIO TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTH.A.MPT.ON, TUESDAY MORNING.
The Penin,ular and Orientil Comp
Alhambra, Captain Woodgates, has jusyt's arrived'
with the Peninsular mmails,"She'lef, Gitraltar March 14, Cadiz 151 h, Lislifl
An steanile!
19th, Vigo 20th. No communication with Open"'
She brings 13 first-class and 20 deck passerigeV,
including Mr. Ward, Charge d'Affaires, front Lis;
bon. On freight—specie, value 6,8351., and care
of fruit, eggs, nine elephants' teeth, coffee, .&,e' the
Exchanged night signals on the 16th 10'1
Colomb6, steamer; a on the 20th with the 0"0
6;
ad
insular and Oriental Company's screwstelvitetle
steering for Vigo. Passed two French line,-of-b
ea
ships off Lisbon on the 19th ; on the 21st exchangn-
numbers with a screw steamer showing third dist' ct
gching pendant No. 6,817, steering south-we'
half-west.

At Gibraltar.—H.M.S. Curlew. and
At Lisbon.—H.M.S. Exmouth, James W 3-
Princess Royal ; the French line-of-battle-shiphpir -
terlitz, and Brazilian corvette Imperil]. Marinus:.ol
The Braganza steamer, from Liverpool, ti
at Lisbon on the morning of the 18th. • ,ficloof
1
Lisbon exchanges, for three months :----""„rg,
5314 ; Pads, 535 ; Amsterdam, 31i ; gain"cione
571 ; Genoa, 535. A fair amount of business
in the stock market. Trindoot
Gibraltar exchanges on the 14th inst.
90 days, 51 t o 1-lAiths ; Paris, sf. 35c. ; e.
sf. 37c. ; Genoa, sf. 37c. d Put
The Petropolis steamer for the Brazils •••3 wog
Raid< to Lisbon with two blades of her
broken.

THE BRAZILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY M0R1•358;2.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Taln'_,r' iliac
fain Jellicoe, has just arrived with the 13'.
mails, aud,date,s from Buenos Ayres to Febr%
1 ; Monte Video, 5 ; Rio de Janeiro,
Bahia, ]March 1 • Pernambuco, 3 • St. 1711,,°"
11 ; Teneriffe, 16'; Madeira, 1; Lisbon, 2,1-",,e
She landed 34 passengers, and brings 35 ne.nia. dg
On freight she has specie value 4,8851., diat, of
value 25,8001., 100 barrels tapioca, 14 seron-
ipecacuanha, 25 lags of cocoa, 384 bags of welt°
and 113 packages of 'sundrieshad had sever'" . caidi'
The Brazilian Ministers A that
encs with the Emperor, and it was believed
a new Ministry would be soon called.
There was nothing stirring in politics.
Exchange was flat at 27k.
Yellow fever prevailed at all the Brazilianth
but at Bahia and Pio principally, among e
ping, of a very malignant type. d tee°
The Buenos Ayrean money-market ha-i, ea
very tight. Exchange opened at 72g., ei5370,4
London ; subsequently declined to 71, v'',,ciliogf
maintained until the day of the packets
when some large amounts were done at fot
short credit. Large transactions for freigu:;ters
England and the continent, but for other clu—
a limited business.
During January the. Norwegian brig 03-1
laden with wet sorted hides for Engl'll- .90
wrecked on the Parecha rock, off Monte Video Atb
the American barqueEmily, from Baltiraore,;" Daft
cargo of flour, was capsized in a heavy 13C1/121';
of the cargo saved. Both crews saved. Off"
At Rio little done in freights. Prien3 °
had undergone no variation; about 100,000 00
stock. ing
At Bahia there had been large irape`a".` arIP
goods, and stocks were all full. Sugarrei4
active, and brosinseagerly purchased at 3,2°0 in'
per arroba, in cases, with slight abatements j° fait
ferier descriptions. Coffee in brisk dernaD
q
quality from the interior selling at prices e
ht
445. 4d. and 435. 3d. per cwt., free on board, tr,4Z)g
excluded. Cocoa much inquired alter, atled
prices. Rum firm, and higher prices dealallna
Hides much inquired for, and stocks on lohorra
significant. No tapioca in the market. g'
settled down to 23, at which it closed flat. org
Business at Pernambuco was very brisk.
in active demand, and high prices fully maint'ilioser
Cottons firm • hides in less request, and '-
prices expected shortly. Freights very dull. tile
Tho steamer Norman left Babia for Rio Oil
21st of February. on
The Sardinian steamer Genoa arrived at Rio
the 23d of February. polio
The Union Was at Rio and the Celt et
when the Tamar left.
The Medway sa,led from St. Vincent 011 they
of February, outward bound. of
The Avon arrived at Madeira on the 17th March, outward bound.

THE WE3T INDIAN MAILS.

[A summary of the following appeared in :LI
Sun of yesterday :—]
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MoItNigC'
Paths
Captain. Royal Mail Company's steamer
~,i do
Captain. T. A. Bevis, arrived this morning w,":1-010
West India mails, in charge of Lieutenau_l, :,
Brown, RN., Admiralty agent. Her datestrb, 0
Nassau (Bahamas)..Fe b. 17 Grenada ....... ........ercb 1
Raiz-, (Honduras... 17 St. Vincent... ..•••• 01: g
Kingston (Jamaica) 27 St. Lucia ............
....
1
Jacmel (Hayti)..,... 28 ' Martinique ...-••-•
...... 0
San Juan (Porto GuadJoupe ......... %
Rico) March 2 Dominique ..... ...
Georgetown (Deme- Antigua ............. ---- S
.. !
$3
rara) Feb, 26 Montserrat .........
.if
Tobago 26- Nevis ...... . ........
.....,
Port of Spain (Trini- St. Kitt's ........ .. ...
..... 7
dad) — 27 St. Thomas .........
Bridgetown (Bar-
badoes) March 1 till the
. The Parana was delayed at S. Thomas so'4.ll
7th inst., waiting for the mail steamer Trent, bitter
the mails from the Spanish plaini but tbedad to
vessel not. having at rived, the Parana procee„ are
England on the morning of the 7th,
and yiro
consequently without mails from that quarter'r
have no Pacific advices by this arrival. •g lit
1"
This steamer brings 26 passengers. On iseillrer
she has specie, in silver, $37,440 ; gold and took
coin $21,386 50c. ; and old silver, $515 vs 0'
$37,341 50c. Her cargo comprises 191 eereocoa,
cochineal, 230 serons of indigo, 90 blgs ef..,ce,
8 cases of succades, and 40 packages of mind.. , os
Her Majesty's ships at Port Royal, Jamaietrob,
Feb. 17th, were the Termagant, Imaurnt ' tbe
and Pioneer ; on the Windward Island station, be
Eurydice and Brilliant. The Basilisk was (LT' 4.
way to Bermuda, to join the Admiral ; the Du'',
alus at Havanna,h ; the Aranche at St. Doming,ol
The United States' steam-frigate Merrimac call
off St. Thomas on the 5.h inst., but having set to
cases of fever on board she was not alloweum
"'"
communicate with the shore, and on the 6th
proceeded on a cruise to the northward. (led
There is no news from Jamaica. The new --,,..p
vernor was anxiously looked for, and every .1.7
expected. The Legislature was not in Welt;
The i,land,was generally healthy, and the ensu"t:
sugar crops presented a very cheerful asPeer,
Mining operations were reported to be very fav°llol
able. In butter there had been some sale!
Irish at 14d. per lb. There was no coffee at mark°
and no operations in corn to report. Re-sales 1_11:
flour had been made of 1,500 barrels, at 425• 1)!„
barrel. The stock of lard was very light, and the!:i
had been sales at 12(1. to Mid. per lh. The la
sales of alewives in cargo realised 245. per batrei_ui
In pork sales of mess had been made at 10550,'
the stock being very light 115 s. was demandeaLt
lot of 600 odd barrels prime mess sold at 925.9."
the market was firm at 100 s. for that descriptl°l3i
Rice was dull of sale at 14s. 6d. The sugar mark°
was very active, and sales averaged 225. to 255., 11°‘
cording to quality. Nothing to report in tobacce:
Irish tongues were very scarce ; a small lot sold ov
68s. Exchanges on London, at Jamaica and colee
nial banks-90 days, i per cent. prem. ; 60 JAY*,
1 per cent. prem. ; 30 days, 1i per cent. prem. ;
private bills at par. On Tew York—merchants
bills, 1 per cent. prem.
At Barbadoes the attention of commercial men
was occupied with a project started by the " Weo
India, North, and South American Telegraph Co'?
an'
South A
pany," to lay down a line of submarine telegraph,
connecting
gerthe West Indies with the North aan continents, the line then to he
explained by Capt. Rea-
ff, s
placed in connexion with the transatlantic line which
is
down. Public meetings had been
heldto htoear be
the scheme
gentleman of great reputation as an engr
neer, lately in the service of his Danish Majesty'
io,abouta
The proposed terminus of the submarine telegraph
in Sr. Augustine,
in Florida , or some other conve-
nient point on the south-eastern coast of the United
States. It will be carried thence to St. Thomas";
der a concession which has already been obtained
from the Government of Denmark, and - thence t°
some suitable point on the'coast of South Americo,
via the West Indian Islands. The required capital
to lay down the line will be 350,0001. ; and it is
proposed that, while the British Government should,
be asked to guarantee the company (on the line,
coming into operation) business to the extent 01.
7,0001. per annum, certain of the West India cols"
Hies most favourably positioned for the laying
down of a direct line should also guarantee the cone,
pany for a term of years business to the amount ca

7,060/. a-year likewise ; which would together be a
guarantee of 4 per cent. on the assumed capital.
The company, wishing to Lave as direct a route and
few stations as possible, had determined to appcidi
in the that instance, to Barbadoes, Demerara, aW
Antigua. The plan had been well received, and the
House of Assembly had almost unanimously adopted