The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-27 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 2T

The Royal Mail steamship Shannon has arrived
here with the above mails, 264 passengers,
2,648,076 dols. in specie, and 2,261 packages of
cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 13th inst.
Her Majesty's steamer Termagant arrived at
Panama from Mexico on the Ist June. A severe
shock of earthquake was felt at Paita on the 23d
ult., but no damage was done.

The principal capitalists of Santiago had held a
meeting to consider what measures could be adopted
to restore confidence in the present state of general
insolvency among the landed proprietors.
No news from Guayaquil; everything remained

quiet.
Buonaventura still remained in possession of Mos-

quera. -
The Centralist forces in Carthagena had been
defeated by the Federalists, with the loss of 1,300
killed and wounded, including many officers of high
grade.

The same unsatisfactory state of things con-
tinued at Valparaiso ; confidence, however, was
gradually returning.

Exchange on London, 90 days, 41 to 441; ; fine
bar silver, 10 dols. 87c. per mare. Hard dollars, 11

per cent. premium.
A considerable quantity of rain had fallen at Bar-
badoes. The young crops were, however, progress-
ing. The island was healthy.

Exchange on London, 30 days, 490 dols.
Intelligence from Jamaica reports the loss of the
steamer Zulu, belonging to the Holt line, between
that Island and New York.
The ship Bullfinch, laden with sugar and rum,
for London, took fire and burned to the water's
edge.

The English brig Demerara, of Hull, from Liver-
pool for Havannah, foundered at sea, 100 miles
eastward of Jamaica.
The Jamaica Cotton Company had commenced
planting operations in the eastern part of the island.
The markets were without alteration; prices had
advanced, and transactions were exceedingly
limited. Irish butter, 14d. Coffee, stock light ;
sales at 445. to 40s.
Freight to London, 553.
Pimento, no inquiry. Rice firm. Rum for ex-
port, £l2 4s. per 95 gallcns, proof 18, in bond.
Sugar, middling, 16s, Tobacco, no demand.
Exchange, 90 days, 1 per cent. premium.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 27.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Borussia, from New York on the 15th, arrived off
the Needles ttt 8.45 a.m.

THE POPE'S HEALTH.
ROME, JUNE 18.
The Pope gives a few audiences and takes his
usual airing every day, but it is certain that the
physicians are uneasy about his swelled legs. They
recommend immediate change of air, but it is not

likely that his Holiness will leave for Castel Gan-
dolfo before the Consistory of the Fete of St. Peter
on the 28th and 29th.

Pius IX. is 71 years of age, and not 60. There
was a mistake about his age at the time of his
election, and, out of politeness, the error has never
been corrected.

ITALY.
A letter from Milan, dated June 23, says :

Garibaldi's project for the national armament after
undergoing considerable modifications at the hands
of the parliamentary commission appointed to re-
port thereon, has once more appeared to the light,
and is now under discussion in the Chamber of
Deputies. 'rue new form which this project has
assumed differs in many essential points from the
original draft. Garibaldi contemplated the for-
mation of a distinct army, having an independent
organisation, a separate staff, full complements
of artillery and of cavalry, and a " divisional"
distribution analogous to that which prevails in the
regular service. These democratic provisions
have been eliminated by the commission which
simply recommends the formation of 220 " mobile"
battalions of about 000 men each, at the rate of
one battalion for every 100,000 of the present'
population of the kingdom. These battalions are,
however, capable of aggregation into larger bodies,
to be called legions, or divisions, should the Govern
ment hereafter see the advisability of such a mea-
sure. According to Garibaldi's scheme enrolment
into these mobile corps was to be rendered obliga-
tory on all citizens between the ages of 18 and
35 years of age. The new project limits the applica-