The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-10 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Her Majesty's packet Crane,
Lieutenant Lewis commander, has arrived direct with
mails from Rio Ile Janeiro this afternoon. Her dates
are Pernambuco the 11th, and Bahia the 16th of
October, and Rio the 26th of November. She brings
on freight about 36,0001., and four passengers, includ-
ing Captain 'Willis, late of Her Majesty '3 ship Frolic.
The exchange at Rio was 25.
There is no news of importance by this conveyance,
matters remaining in state quo at the seat of Govern-
ment. At Maceio there had been some little out-
break of the ordinary Brazilian character, to check
which a new President, Senor Lopez Gama, and a
considerable number of troops, had been dispatched in
the Regeneracio corvette, with two brigantines, and
two steamers, and it was expected that the province
would be speedily pacified.
The English brig John Dalton, from Sydney, was
driven on shore in a gale of wind, on Cape Negro,
the 16th of November, and the mails which were
transmitted the next day to Rio de Janeiro, are
brought to England by the Crane.
Her Majesty's ships Frolic, Viper, and Spider,
were ordered to proceed to render assistance, and by
the latst accounts before the Crane sailed the vessel
was expected to be got off with little damage. A la 'y
passenger, reported- to be called Stevens or Stevenson,
had been unfortunately drowned.
(here were at Rio when the Crane left—Her Ma-
jesty's ships Alfred, Collingwo(d, Dolphin, and Cres-
cent : the French corvette Coquette, and the Aineri-
I can frigate Raratan and corvette Boston.
The Express packet, from Falmouth, arrived out
at Rio de Janeiro on the 18th of November, and her
Majesty's schooner Cockatrice sailed for Portsmouth
the 11th eoden►.

Accordinz to the Rio Mercantile Journal of No-
vember 23, business in imports has been dull in the
extreme during the week, particularly as regards the
most important articles, such as flour, piece-gouda,
and wines.

The arrivals with cargoes consist of 2 vessels with
coals, 1 with deals, 1 with fish oil, 3 with flour, 1 with
jerked beef, 1 with lumber and dry goods,s with salt,
1 with wax and oil, 2 with wine, 1 with wine and
sundries, and 4 with sundries.

In coffee the business had been moderate during
the week, and prices had been fully supported, second
good and first ordinary being quoted, the former
Mrs., the latter 50rs. in advance of the previous
price. The sales of the week may be estimated at
20,000 bags. Of these there were exported-5,253
bags to Antwerp, 3,535 to Baltimore, 3,017 to Bos-
ton, 4,104 to Bremen, 1,673 to the Cape of Good
Hope, 3,932 to Falmouth, 3,260 to liamburgh, 2 860
to Malta, 1,625 to Marseilles, 8,598 to New York,
2,064 to Philadelphia, 20 to River Plate; in all (16th
to 22d) 39,941 bags. Shipped since Ist instant,
103,463 bags.

The quantity of sugar arrived was 437 cases of
Campos, and 240 bags and barrels of Pernams ; the
sales for export were about 1,500 barrels for the River
Plate, and for consumption about 160 cases. Ex-
ported-1 case to Africa, and 19 to the Cape.
In hides considerable activity has prevailed during
the week, in which the market was cleared. 16,500
heavy, old stock, were taken at 170 rs. ; 11,300 as-
sorted, heavy, medium, and light, at 190 rs. ; and,
this day, 6,250 at about the same price, establishing
our quotations of 180 rs. heavy, 195 rs. medium, 205
to 21Ors. light.
A fair amount of business has been done in
freights, at about previous quotations. Large vessels
have been taken somewhat below the current rates.
In the Money Market discounts have been steady
at 7 per cent.
In exchange, part of the transactions usually ef-
fected for the packet took place prior to the departure
of the Cockatrice, since when the market has been
flat at 25/i to 25 upon London. Altogether about
80,0001. has been negotiated, of which 25,0001. at
25i, the remainder at 25d., the closing quotation this
day. Upon Paris 80,000 f. has been passed at 373
and 375, principally at 375. The business upon
Hamhurgh has been trivial, at 700 rs.
Stock steady at 73, at which several sales have
been effected.

Within the last few days before the Crane left
several purchases of bullion had been made for ex-
port, and the value both of silver and doubloons has
ad van -.ed.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. B. The Oriental steaia-
packet, Captain Soy, arrived at 10 A. m. this day, at the
Motherbank, from Alexandria. The East India and
China mails, consisting of 53 boxes, were brought ashore
in a small steamer, and forwarded to London by the one
o'clock train. Her dates are—Alexandria, Dec. 23, and
Malta, 28th. The Oriental has a full cargo of silks. &e.,
an.l sixty-three passengers. Her Majesty's ship
was at Alexandria, and several men of war beleng;ng to
the Paeba of Egypt. Her Majesty's ship Scout, two
Danish men of war, one Danish steamer, three Swedish
men of war, and one French corvette, were at Gibraltar.
The Oriental is expected to be released on Friday from
quarantine. The Royal Tar will take out this week's
Peninsular mails, and will leave for Gibraltar at three
P.M. to-morrow. The Duke of Pulmella arrived here on
Monday in the Royal Tar, and left the same evening in
the Grand Turk, for Havre.

FIRE AT CLERK ENNV ELL.—Yesterday morning,
shortly before one, a fire of unusual fierceness was dis-
covered by police-constable Nicholls upon the extensive
i
premse
s known as the Princess Royal, in St. John's-
street-road, at the corner of Corporation-row. When
first perceived, the flames had obtained a strong hold of
the bar and parlour, and they were bursting through the
fanlight. Fortunately one of the fire-escapes, which
was stationed in the vicinity, was taken in front of the
flaming premises, and two females and a male were taken
down the same. Several engines soon arrived, the sup-
ply of water was ample, and the firemen made great ex-
ertions ; but their efforts were in vain. The interior of
the building was entirely destroyed, and even the walls
are in a tottering state. At one time it was reported
that a young man had perished, but it was subsequently
believed that he had not returned home when the fire
commenced. The origin of the calamity is unknown.
The Foundling Chapel, which has been the source
of attraction for the last eighty years, is now closed on
Sunday evenings, and an afternoon service has been
substituted.

" The Monitor seems either not to be cognisant of the
fact, or carefully to conceal it—that this rumour was
whispered about for some days, and that the calm-Jinja-
tors of OW' land—those who would affix upon our noble,
our generous people, the contemplation of a crime of
de.paT die than -any wherewith our Saxon taskmasters
ever sought to blacken the fair fame of our country--
sought in vain to get currency fur their guilty lie, till a
rasa clergyman, connected with Westland. row Catholic
church, perhaps in mistalctu affection for the Must lice.
Prelate whose name" was mixed up with this foul
fraud—perhaps through over-heated zeal for the new
doctrines lie has espoused, that the clergy should be-
come the tools of the Castle, or, perhaps, to demon-
strate the working of Cast!e connexion—was found en
Sunday last to give publicity to the aspersions against
his countrymen, which he, at least, should have inquired
into before lie promulgated."
The Dublin Evening Pust of this afternoon contains
the following:—
" A rumour has been bruited abroad, to the effect that
a Tipperary magistrate wrot, to Archbishop Murray of
a horrible plot that he had detected—the object of the
conspirators being to murder his Graice, because he had
become one of the Commi_ssioners under the Bequests
Act. It is even said that tl,e matter was alluded to from
the pulpit of one of the Catholic churches in this city.
Now, we do not know that we should think it worth
our while to allude to this matter at all, if we had not
learned that Mr. Knaresburough, a magistrate of Cork,
had sent a letter to Arcl:bishop Murray, enclosing an
anonymous note, manifestly a fabrication, in which it
was said that such a conTiracy was in progress. On this
information, Doctor Mioray, as a sensible man, could
lay no stress whatever. his Grace, we dare say, saw
was a trick of the enemy. Why it was gotten ups.-whyt,
such a flagitious libel on the country has been put into
circulation—with all our knowledge of the characters of
your little mischievous poloical folk with which the city
is infested, we really cannot make out. That it is as
Orange lie, we believe—hut, nevertheless, the Evening
Mail, though the editor must have heard the rumour,
gabby as it is and virulent, deemed it more advisable, for
the present, to be silent. But we are wasting too much
time o.) the • falsehood.' "

THE CHARITABLE BEQUESTS COMMISSION.
At the first meeting of tIL Commissioners under the
Charitable Bequests Act, at their office in Lower Gar-
dener-street, the folloning six commissioners were in
attendance :—The Most Rev. Dr. Whatley, the Most
Rev. Dr. Murray, the Lord Chief Baron, the Master of
the Rolls, Sir Patrick Bellew, Bart., and the Right Hon.
A. R. Blake.

The following seven commiseißners were absent :
Primate Beresford, Moir. Rev. 1)r. Crolly, Right Rev.
1)i. D ntir, Lon'. D.:noughniore, the Dean of St. Pa-
trieit's, Judge cf the Prerogative Court, and the Rev.
Sh ,oldmi lien rv•

The S eretßrke;, Messrs. W. P. Mathews and R. O'Car-
roll, Wiqt' uc tsttendai-ce.
MEE l INU OF TEE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY

OF D U BUN.

A r:hbisho. Murray is about to convene a meeting of
the (,:orgy -eese of Dub for the purpose of
pebitioning the Legislature to expunge from the Eman-
cipation Act the clauFe affecting the r. gu!ar clergy,
which is referred to in tile Bequests' Act. In Archbishop
Murray's recent pastoral address, he condemned, in very
decided terms, the clv.ute against the regular clergy,
against which he and his clergy had unavailingly peti-
tioned in 1829.
INCREASED GRANT TO MAYNOOTIL

The Erening Post says---" The Ministry are now in a
favourable position or proposing a liberal grant for col-
le;_Yiat,) education in Ireland, on a system embracing
",Ltholic-; and Diss; nters, and fur giving to Maynooth a
trant in some degree commensurate to the claims of the
Catholics of Ireland for the education of their clergy.
Indeed, we have some reason to believe that the Premier
has already decided on such a step."