The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-10 00:00:00

IMPORTAST FROST ST. DOMINGO.

CAPE HAY TIEN, MARCH s.—lt is reported here that
the mayor and municipal officers (seven in number) of
Petite iteviere—a small town in the west, near St.
Marc—were massacred a few days since by the military.
On Sunday week the civil officers of this place received
an anonymous note, threatening them with the same
fate, unless they should immediately resign; and they
have consequently closed their office, and taken clown
the national flag. The same has been done by several
other of the municipalities.
The cause of these disturbances is briefly this :—By
the new Constitution the power of the military is greatly
abridged, and that of the civil authorities proportionably
increased; hence the Constitution is unpopular with the
army, which alone has any real power. It is taking
matters into its own hands, and the President, it is said,
secretly favours the design. Many citizens here appear
to think it a mistake to have have effected a revolution—
the chief purpose of which was to reduce the army, and
then to elect the most successful soldier President.
Whether any more serious difficulties will occur is at
present uncertain. Business goes on as usual. The
brig Rocket, Hardy, of Boston, arrived on the 26th ult.,
the only arrival since our last, per schooner Baltimore.
LATER FROM HAVANNAIL—We learn from the pm-
sengers in the barque Hualco, which left Havannah March
Bth, that some of the slaves who had participated in the
late insurrection at Matanzas, had implicated several of
the planters at that place, who were arrested by the
authorities and thrown into prison. The brig Danube,
of and from New York, for Matanzas, was totally lost,
on Salt Key, Dog Rock, with the exception of $3,000 in
specie, and a small portion of her cargo, anchors and
cables. The latter had been sold at Havannah, The
crew arrived at Havannah the sth.
STATE OF TRADE.
ASHES.—We hear of small sales of pots at $4 50.
Pearls continue very dull at $5.
FLOUR.—This market continues firm. Western, good
barrels, fetch, but not in any quantity, $5 a brl.
COTTON.—The market to-day is very inactive, about
700 bales sold in small lots ; about 300 bales taken by
spinners residue for export ; prices unsettled. Several
holders are withdrawing their supplies in hopes a more
active demand will follow the arr:val of. the steamer.
Freights are again dull at id. for square bales, and id.
for round bales.
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 22.
OLD STOCK EXCHANGE.
p 5,0001,000 Unitedi)o States
FSixes,ives, 1862
1853
102
2,000 Ind. Sterling, '
7,000 Ohio Sixes, 1560 96
2,000 Kentucky Sixes . 10141
23,000 Indiana Dollar Bonds, 25 yrs s3o 38
14,000 Illinois Special Bonds s 3 40i
. 3,000 Pennsylvania Fives
10 Hudson'and Delaware
100 Farmers' Loan
25 Kentucky Bank 73
50 Harlem
37 Auburn and Rochester Railroad lO3
15 Canton Company
30 Mohawk Railroad b 30 36;
100 Long Island Railroad
SECOND BOARD.
$3,000 Ohio Sixes .. 93

25 Mohawk Railroad 56
25 Norwich and Worcester Railroad
23 Ditto Ditto Ditto b3o 35,
25 Canton ......................................... 33'
50 Long Island Railroad
100 Harlem Railroad s6o 60
190 Farmers' Loan bw 33-

PORTUGAL.
LISBON, APRIL 3.—The Diario of this day has not
yet been published ; and the following very laconic
piece of information was all that it gave the public
yesterday, on the subject of Almeida, viz.:—
" Viscount Fonte Nova, in a dispatch, dated the 29th
ult., states that all the batteries in front of Almeida are
ready."
By telegraphic signal from Oporto we learn that the
cannonade against the town began on the 30th.
General Manso, the Spanish Governor of Ciudad
Rodrigo, which is a fortified town about 16 miles from
Almeida, on the other side of the frontier, has issued a
proclamation to the following effect, viz :-
Ist. That as long as the troops shut up in Almeida