The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-14 00:00:00

negrar 1;41848;
rizaitsti:4lilooTin..lB4sp;. 23,773
rtieea 6,1 1846 ;
wbich
different countries contributed to these imports of cotton
goods in 1848 were as follow:
Great Britain Mail United Slates 4,486 pease...
France 1,444 Hanes Mee 404
The cottons from Great Britain show an increase, as com-
pared with 1842, of nearly 7,000 packages; of 8,600, as com-
pared with 1843; of 3,700, as compared with 1844; and of
nearly 3,000, ea compared with 1845. As compared with
1816, the imports of cottom goods horn the United States
was in decrease by nearly 4,000 packages; and in increase
slightly upon 1844; but in decrease considerably both in
1842 and 1843. Frame and the Hann Towns were in de-
criers alas in 1848. but not in proportionate extent. Some
small quantities of cotton goods were imported coastwise
from other Brazilian ports, which made up the difference
between the total imports and those noted from the countries
gamed.

Of the 2,161 packages of linens imported, 1,657 were from
Great Britain, showing a decrease of 336 packages upon
184.5, but an increase upon the three years preceding. The
largest quantity from any other quarter we. 194 from
Portugal.
Of the 1,261 packaged of silk goods in 1846, Great B. dein
furnished 424, which was 127 in excess of 1846, but 120 lees
than 1844, 18 less than 1843, 109 more than in. 1842. From
France 666 packages were received in 1846, against 682 in
184.5, bat an menage more or lass upon the preceding years.
la 1842 only 281 packages were received from France
against 442 from Great Britain. The remainder of the silks
were from the United States, Haase Towns, Spain, Sardinia,
and Belgium.
Of woollen goads 3,828 packages entered Rio Janeiro in
1846, of which from Great Britain 3,175, from France 384,
from the Hansa Towns 902, from Belgium 66. Prom Great
Britain the imports were only 14 package' more than 184.5,
but more considerably below those of the three farmer years.
From Francs the imports were 104 packages below those of
184.5, end nearly as much below those of 1844 and 1843, but !
118 above those of 1842. . .

The imports of 1846 were considered to be me/ally toy
much in excess of the consumption, and although money was
in tolerable supply, the result of sales pressed, and lower
prices, was that the trading community of Rio were believed
to be more indebted to the forsign importers than at the
end of 1845. _ _ _

The export trade of Rio showed a considerable improve-
ment in 1846. The quantity and the value of the exported
products were greater than in either of the preceding years.
The exports of coffee-
-1142 1843 1844 1345 1846
1,174,6.59 1,183,646 1,271,023 1,208.062 1,511,096 top & larre4s.
Excess in 1846 over 1843 of 303,031 bags. The countries
chiefly exported to were : The United States, 727,263 bags,
against 551,276 in 1845; Hamburg, 177,326, against 115,829
in 1845; the Mediterranean, 165,469, against 121,604 is
1845; to Great Britain and her poseemions, 172,621 bags,
quantity for 1845 not stated. Prices, after a range of be-
tween 2s. to 3s. from highest to lowest, were a shade lower
at the end than the beginning of the year.
Of sugar the exports had diminished from 14,539 boxes in
184-5 to 8,113 only in 1846, nearly one half of which went to
Portugal. The great producing and exporting provinces of
Brazil for sugar are h,wever Bahia and Pernambuco, espe-
cially the former.
01 hides, the quantity exported from Rio in 1846 was
391,692 against 215,689 in 1815.
It is not neeemary to go through a number of products of
smaller quantities, but in the aggregate of important value.
The total value of products exported iu 1846 is estimated
at 31,000,000 milreis. Gold unopened, diamonds, &c.,
3,000,000.
The Custom-house receipts
Were In 1846 8,215,373 milral
. . _

Against in 1843
The Consalatie feet, 1444
Against IA 1843 1,747,930
The exchange oa London had varied during She year from
26 the lowest, to 28S the highest at the close of the year.

TRADE WITH EGYPT AND SYRIA.—The Lords of
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade communicated to
the COMIDIetiOIIIOIII of the Customs Department, in the month
of February, their lordships' desire that instructions should
he given to the proper officers of customs to release imme-
diately from quarantine all onsets arriving from Turkey with
clean bills of health, and having non-enumerated articles
only on board, provided the crew and all persons on board
have been free from any suspicion of infectious disease during
the voyage ; and in reply to a communication of a subsequent
date from the commissioners requesting to be informed
whether the aforedoing order of their lordships had
reference,—let, to vessels arriving from the Black
Sea ; 2ad, whether vessels from all places under
Turkish dominion, as Alexandria, were to be considered
within the scope of such " dominions ;" and 3rd, what places
vessels must arrive from, under the circumstances, to render
nevi the quarantine restraint—theirlerdihips inti-
-1111 Mei, llessill• (ewe glebe desks cif *Mona- '
eil)-1. That vessels from the Black See, with cargoes of
enumerated or non-enumerated goods, were to be released
immediately from quarantine, even if they had touched at
Constantinople, or any other port in Turkey, from which
clean billsof health are issued. 2. That vessels from Egypt
sad Syria were not included in the order—all vessels from
Egypt and Syria continuing under the existing regulations,
via., 15 days with cargoes of enumerated goods (to he
removed into a laaaret), and five days for vessels having
cargoes of non-enumerated goods only, and having clean
bills of health; and in reply to the third ques-
tion, that all vessels from ports in Turkey and
Wanda under the dominion of Turkey were included in the
order, and all vessels from ports in Egypt and Syria to
be placed under the restraint of quarantine. With re-
ference to these orders of the Lords of the Council, a com-
munication has now been received by the Commissioners
of Customs from Mr. Bathurst, clerk of the council, stating
that he has been directed by their lordships to request that
the board will give directions to the proper officers
of their department to release immediately from quaran-
tine vessels from Syria and Egypt having non-enumerated
goods only on board, arriving under the same circumstances
se staved in Mr. °milk's letter of 6th February last, viz.,
wi'h clean bills of health end having non-enumerated
ar-
ticks only on board, and provided the crow and all grams
on board have been free from any suspicion of infectious
disease during the voyage. In pursuance of this order of
their lordships, the Commissioners of Customs have issued
instructions to the principal officers of the revenue through-
out the kingdom to carry the same into effect.

YENEWlLA.—Carnemis papers to the 7th of March
have come to hand. According to these, it would appear
that, scarcely was Gene ral Moons, raised to the presidency,
before a new revolution broke out, under the leadership of
Ranjel. As the insurgents, however, were surrounded
in different quarters by between 2,500 and 3,000 troops,
directed by able chiefs, it was expxted that their
power would soon be subdued. The presence of General
Zamora at the seat of war confirmed this impression.
These same papers complain that the revenue of the state
beaus so fair comparison with its population, its coasump-
Lion, its exportations, or its progress ; and the chief cause,
combined with bad management, is alleged to be the
imposition of specific instead of ad valorem duties. Lengthy
statistics are entered into with the view of establishing the
cane, and the position of Chili is brought under consideration
as showing the point of importance attained by that republic
from the pursuit of an enlightened policy in respect to com-
mercial legislation. From what is stated in El Liberal, it
seems to be regarded so essential that the question should be
brought to the notice of the government, so en alteration
would, it was thought, tend not only to provide for the
pressing demands of internal concerns, but also to increase
the wealth of the country and establish its credit at home
and abroad. It ha. before been intimated in the same jour-
nal that the whole code of regulations connected with the
collection of the revenue regime* revision and amendment.
FAMINE AT MADEIRA.—The following is an ex-
tract from a letter, dated Funehal, March. 20 " Famine
is now come to Madeira, and ere long it may be at our own
door. Neither wheat, milho (Indian corn), rice, nate, bar-
ley, or any other grain is to be bad. P. can supply us with
only 100 etre' (541.) worth of bread a day, for about • month.
W. is as short. No bread in the vendae (shops), except for
regular customers. Money is of no use to the poor—it will
bay nothing. In the 'meth they are giving wine ta infants,
having literally nothing else. You may imagine the misery
of the poor. The Zergo is expected, with rice, from Lisbon,
in a day or two, which will be • week's consumption. The
suffering will be fearful. We have purchased • considisrable
' quantity of biscuit, and hope to keep oar five kitchen
mouths going; but our groom hes but • slender stock of
hod for his family, and we must share with him. Mrs. 8.
h obliged to beg milho of us for her infant ; none is to be
bessitt. Of course, our horses have long fed on grams;
lassaaa beings are doing the same in many country parishes.
The governor is doing all he can, but there is no food, and
people cannot eat basalt. There is money to pay for corn
and breed-stuffs ; any shipowner would find an immediate
sale for his freight. The cause of the present scarcity is the
diversion of the customary supplies in Sardinian and Greek
bottoms, from the Mediterranean ports, tomeet the demands
of France and England. A similar drain on America with-
holds the hitherto almost monthly arrivals of flour and grain
from her ports.
Letters from St. Petersburg of the 28th ult, refer
to the perfect glut of wheat in the markets of the Koolau
capital. There was on band • superfluity of 'ripply sufficient
to load 900 or 1,000 vessels. In the markets of Rosie
foreign orders to the extent of 3,000,000 of hertoltaies bad
been executed. Navigation was still impeded by the pre-
' nese of the ice, and the utmost anxiety for its break-up was
expressed.
Accounts from Alexandria of the 29th ult., announce
that on the 22nd upwards of 40 vessels, laden with Darn, sailed
from that port, mostly bound for England. The viceroy
was not expected at Alexandria before the close of April.
The last accounts from Be rout, of the 26th ult., mentioned
that tranquillity prevailed throughout Syria.
TRE Ceopa. There is a manifest and decided
improvement in the appearance of the young wheats since
our last. The westerly gales of last Wednesday and Thurs-
day have been succeeded by mild, warm, spring weather, with
rehashing showers, and at present we have every prospect of
a plentiful barest. The fruit season promises to be an
abundant one, and we trust that the pat year of amenity and
privation will be followed by one of abandeacta—Lirecoht.
Mire Times.