The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-12 00:00:00

business for some weeks. The manufactures are
also dull, and the number of foreign orders very
limited, in consequence of the monetary crisis,
while very few purchasers from the country are in
town. There has been a further decline in the
prices, of wheat during the week of about 50
centimes per hectolitre in the principal markets.
By the Brazil Mail, arrived at Southampton,
with a considerable quantity of specie, £40,000,
we have satisfactory commercial advices from that
quarter, which will be found in another column.

THE BRAZILS.

ARRIVAL OF THE AVON

By Express

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY,

The Royal Mail Company's steam ship Avon,
Captain Revett, arrived this morning at 9 o'clock,
with the Brazil and River Plate mails in charge of
ieut. Brown, Admiralty Agent. Her dates of
sailing were—

Buenos Ayres
Monte Video
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia

Pernambuco

SL Vinbent

.leriffe,

Madeira

15

Lisbon

„ 19

„ 29
Nov. 2

The Avon brings 74 ,passengers, £12,000- in
specie, £39,030 in diamonds, precious Stones, and
pearls ; and on freight, £5OO worth of jewellery,
040 serons of cochineal, 46 serons of ipecacuanha,

15 bales of raw silk, 20 barrels of tapioca, 7 cases
of plants, 11 bales of tobacco, 602 boxes of oranges,
4 casks of wine, and 157 packages of sundries.

The Avon spoke the following ships :—On the
22nd October, Her Majesty's ship Highflyer passed
Teneriffe with two gun boats, and the Cruiser with
two gun boats ' The steam ship Barcelona, from
Havre to the Brazils, passed Teneriffe on the 2nd
instant. The African steam-ship Candace was at
Teneriffo on the Ist instant. On the 25th October,
in lat, 5'3 N., long. 28 53 W., spoke the English
brig Scout, from Rio to Corfu.; on the 26th, in lat.
8 30 N., long. 27 36 W., passed the English barque
John Dalton, 70 days from Bombay ; on the 27th,
in hat. 11 30 N., long. 26 15 \V., passed the
Swedish barque Daniel. On the 7th instant, at
Lisbon, were the screw steam-ship Empress, of
Leith, from Marseilles, and the Peninsular and
Oriental 'Company's steam-ship Alhambra, with
the Peninsular mails. _ _

We. have intelligence by this arrival of the
destruction, by fire, of the French screw steam-
ship La France, whilst iu the harbour of Bahia,
stopping on h6r outward voyage to the Brazils.
This occurrence 'took 'place on the 27th of Sept.
The passengers and their luggage were saved, and
the vessel was scuttled, and went down in deep
water. - The hull has since been sold for £5,000,
and preparations are being made to raise her.
From the River Plate, we learn that the Indians
are making advances towards Buenos Ayres, driving
off large herds of cattle, and making a great many
prisoners. A large force has been sent out against

thein.
General Lopez bas been elected Governor of
Santa Fe, and co-operated harmoniously with the
national authorities. It is believed that Urquiza,
for the present, has not serious intentions of an
armed invasion.

Exchange at Buenos Ayres is stated to be the
same as by last packet. The markets are ,very
unstable, owing to the unsettled state of the
country.
In the Brazils the numerous engineering and
other works are progressing rapidly. The business
In dry goods during the present year has exceeded
that of any year for the last five. Large shipments
of coffee have been made to Europe and the
United States.
At Rio Janeiro exchange is quoted at 27id per
milreis. Sales of English manufactures have been
brisk, but fears were entertained that the markets

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would be overstocked. Freights 50s. A Rio.
Janeiro correspondent thus writes :—" In a com-
mercial point of view the past month has been one
of the most important ever known here. In
imports, principally of flour, the business has been
enormous, and, the quantity of coffee sold for
exportation has never before been equalled. Forty
miles of the railway will be opened next year.
A slave steamer has been seen off the Brazil
coast, and measures have been adopted to prevent
her landing slaves there.
At Bahia, exchange was quoted at 274 d. Freights
ruling from 503 to 60s. The stock of goods on
hand has met with a ready sale, and merchants are
highly satisfied with the results of the year's
transactions.

At Pernambuco, exchange is quoted at 271 d.
Freights nominal. As far as manufactured goods
go, the same remarks may be made of this place
as of Bahia. The Pernambuco railway is pro-
gressing, but has received a great check, in conse
quence of J. Scott Rucker, Esq , the chief engineer.
A Pernambuco correspondent advises us the
import market is well supplied, and that at Rio
Grande there is a brisk trade, but the markets are
barely supplied. Twenty miles of the Pernambuco
railway was to be opened next year.
Teneriffe and Madeira are comparatively healthy.
Cholera has nearly left the Cape de Verdes. At
Madeira the vine looks better, and an improvement
in the crop is prognosticated. The cholera has
left the islsland, and the distress has been relieved.
The advices from Lisbon inform us that the
government are in treaty with the Bank of Portugal
for the loan of 1,500 contos, and that it will be
taken in foreign stock, The different political
parties continued active preparations for the
elections which were to take place in Portugal ;
and it was reported the Count of Rio Major had
withdrawn from the presidency of one of the
Progressista electoral committees which was
opposed to the late Government, and which he had
previously supported in the House of Peers. It
was said that these elections were likely to be in
favour of the Government party.
The Oneida, Captain Hyde, the first of the nev,
line of steamers for Australia, arrived at St. Vin-
cent, en route for the colonies, on the evening of the
28th. Every one expressed themselves highly
pleased with the ship, commander, and arrange-
ments.