The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-08 00:00:00

BRA ZILS.

Her Majesty's packet Linnet, Lieut. Dicken commanding,
arrived at Falmouth on Sunday morning, and landed her
mails just at the moment of the mail-coach leaving for
London, so that her bags were posted on en masse, without
being sorted. She left Rio de Janeiro on the 16th of Feb.,
and brought freight in gold, and diamonds to about 16,0001.
in value. ller passengers were Messrs. Thomas and Priestley
and a miner. The barque Gloucester, Henderson, was aban-
doned in 8 deg. south of Rio de Janeiro, and the crew taken
off and conveyed into Rio by the Sardinian brig Giove, from
Buenos Ayres. The following British merchant-vessels were
at Rio :—The Homely, the Star, and the Emilia, for Liver-
pool ; the Richmond, the Fox, and the Iron Queen, for London ;
the St. George, for Antwerp ; the Conquest, for the Channel ;
the Eliza Kincaird, for the northern ports ; the Diadem,
for Marseilles ; and the following were unfixed :—The St.
Lawrence, the Gulielmo, the Elizabeth, the Antelope, the
Buctouche, and the Sir John Beresford. Freights ruled at
50s. for Antwerp, Trieste, Constantinople, or the Channel,
for orders. Exchange on London, 24% ; on Paris, 380; on
Hamburgh, 710; Six per Cent. stock, 75k. Business in all
branches had been exceedingly limited; the several markets
had been destitute of the slightest interest, and apathy had
been in the several departments a characteristic feature. In
piece goods the arrivals had been moderate,business restricted,
and market dull. A small lot of American cottons com-
manded full prices. Coffee, superior, 28s. Bd. per arroba (a
measure of a fraction less than 331b5.) ; first good, 255. sd. ;
first ordinary, 225. Ild. ; second good, 225. 9il. The export
duty on coffee is 11 per cent. Heavy rains had fallen at Rio,
which gave reason to fear that damage bad been sustained by
the coffee plants. Of sugar—white, 255. per arroba; yellow,
225. 2d. Of hides—heavy, per lb., 180 reis ; light, 19 reis.
Sales for February—of coffee, 36,000 bags ;of sugar, in cases,
250 ; of hides, 10,000.
The approaching confinement of the Empress was looked
forward to with some anxiety. The French naval Corn-
meatier at Monte Video had refused to acknowledge the right
of the Buenos Ay reap Commodore, to enforce the rigidity of
the intended blockade, until he received instructions from his
Government thereon. The United States frigate Raritan,
had captured a Portuguese schooner in Rio harbour, but had
been necessitated to give her up again. Men-of-war at Rio
—British, the Alfred, Crescent, Gorgon, and Viper—French,
the Expeditive—American, the Raritan—Portuguese, the
Diana and Tamega.
The Linnet spoke, on March 26, in lat. 39 10 N., lon. 32
50 W., the Harmony—and on April 1, lat. 47 57 N. lon. 16
W., the East Indiaman, Hebrides, from Singapore ; Bud Nur-
tilt's, from Mauritius for London.

GRANT TO MAYNOOTII.—Last night, at seven o'clock,
a meeting of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood was held
at Farringdon Hall, King's Arms Tavern, Snow. hill, for the
purpose of petitioning the House of Commons against the pro-
posed grant to Maynooth College, Captain Fishborn, R.N.,
in the chair, who was supported by the Rev. J. Hyams, of
Camberwell, the Rev. J. Piney, and several other clergymen
of different denominations of religion. The meeting having
been addressed by some of the reverend gentlemen on the
platform, resolutions were unanimously agreed to, in effect,
that it was inconsistent with a Protestant faith to appropriate
any portion of the public revenue for the endowment of
Popery ; that there was no contract by which the Legislature
was bound to make the grant annual, and that the meeting
pledged itself to offer every constitutional opposition to the
measure. A petition, founded upon the resolutions, was also
agreed to, when, thanks being voted to the Gallant Chair-
man, who briefly replied, the meeting broke.
GRANT TO MAYNoorli.—Last evening a large
meeting of the ministers and congregations of the various
churches and chapels at the cast end of the metropolis was
held at the Eastern Institution, Commercial-road, for the
purpose of opposing the Government grant to Maynooth
College. Sir Culling Eardley Smith, Bart., was in the chair,
supported by Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., and a large num-
ber of clergymen of several Protestant denominations. Reso-
lutions condemnatory of the proposed increase of the grant
were passed, and the meeting separated.
REPRESENTATION OF WEST KENT.—MAIDSTONE,
MONDAY EVENING.—This afternoon a numerously attended
and most important meeting of the freeholders of the western
division of the county of Kent was held in the spacious ball-
room of the Star Hotel, High-street, Maidstone, opposite the
Town-hall. Long before the hour appointed for holding the
meeting carriages began to arrive, containing several of the
most influential gentlemen and yeomen in the district. By
one o'clock not fewer than three hundred had assembled.
Captain Marsham, R.N., took the chair. Captain Austin
proposed the Hon. Viscount Holmesdale (son of the venerable
Earl Amherst, of Noel Park, Sevenoaks) as a fit and proper
person to represent the freeholders of the western division of
the county of Kent in Parliament. The resolution having
been seconded, and carried unanimously, Viscount Holmes-
dale then addressed the meeting, declaring himself in favour
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led to some expressions of disapprobation on the part of the
meeting, but the majority appeared in favour of the Noble
Viscount. A resolution was then passed pledging the meet-
ing to support Viscount Holmesdale. An opposition has
been talked of, but the rumour is not generally believed.—
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THE SALE OF THE FLEET PRlSON.—Yesterday
the sale of the materials of the Fleet Prison (which is to be
continued) commenced on the premises. The prison stands
on an acre of ground, and contains 3,000,000 bricks. The
auctioneers (Messrs. Pullen) in the advertisement describe
the place as a " town in miniature." At present it is not
decided what improvements will take place on the site—whe-
ther a new street will be formed, or accommodation afforded
for the administration of public justice. It seems that the
Corporation of London have purchased the property for
29,000/. The present building was erected after the Gordon
riots, in 1780, three former buildings having been destroyed
by fire. The prison was opened yesterday, and many availed
themselves of a farewell glance at the place where debtors
were confined. Those prisoners who remained when the pri-
son was ordered to be closed, about three years ago, have
been removed to the Queen's Prison, whither all Chancery
prisoners, who were exclusively sent to the Fleet, are now
ordered to be confined until they comply with the orders of
that Court. In a short time the walls will disappear, and in
their stead it is hoped that something more refreshing to the
mind's eye will be formed,