The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-07 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.
By the arrival at Queenstown on Sunday, after
a passage of 38 days, of the Cherokee, Captain
Henderson, advices from Rio Janeiro to the 22d
of September have been received, being nine days
later than those previously to hand. The Cherokee
had on board a cargo of guano, consigned to Messrs.
Anthony Gibbs and Co., of London.
She sailed front Rio Janeiro on the 22d of Sep-
tember, in company with the Snowdon, for Per-
nambuco. She left in port the barque Ellore, of
Port Glasgow, about to sail for Moulmein, and the
barque Criterion, for New York.
There were also in the port a large number of
British vessels without any destination. Several
had discharged their cargoes, principally coals, and
proceeded in ballast to the Mauritius.
Only four British vessels had hen chartered for
the two months previous to the Cherok-3's de-
partur3.

The Witch of the Wave arrived at Rio Janeiro
oa the 22d of September from Liverpool.
The cholera was making great ravages at Rio
Janeiro, and was on the increase. Upwards of
200 deaths were repprted daily.

Business at Rio was very flat, and :7reights
nominal.

Exchange on England, 2'71,- to 27/ for 90 days.
The Cherokee, Oct. 8, lat. 10 N, long. 27 W,
passed the schooner Sappho, for Liverpool, front
Monte Video, all well, 38 days out. The Cherokee
encountered severe northerly gales, and was off
Cape Clear on the 30th ult.

THE COLONIAL SECRETARYSHIP.-It was whispered
about in Downing-street yesterday that a telegraphic
despatch has been sent to the Duke of Newcastle, who
is in the Crimea, offering him the vacant Colonial See-
retaiyship. His Grace was Colonial Secretary under
the Aberdeen administration.

THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.—In order to celebrate the
important triumph of civil and religious liberty, as •
achieved in the election of Alderman David Salomons
as Lord Mayor of the City of London for the year en-
suing, a party of gentlemen intend having a public
dinner on Monday next, the 12th inst., at Joseph's
Tavern, St. James's-place, Aldgate. Samuel Yates,
Esq , will preside as chairman, and will be supported by
several well-known friends of liberal opinions on the
occasion. _

---One of the largest news rooms and reading establish-
ments in the world is that of Mr. Wylde's, Leicester-
square, London. It contains 394 journal=, viz., 276
English, Irish, and Scotch, 45 French, 16 Belgian, 1
Turkish, 1 Russian 39 German, 7 American, 1 Austra
Han ; besides the latest telegraphic news from all parts
briefly stated and posted in ,the place.—Cologne Gazette,
Nov. 4th.

THE SULTAN'S LIBERALITY.-7111 a leter'sfrom Varna,
lately received in this town, an interesting circumstance
is mentioned, creditable to the feelings of all concerned :
—" A youth, named Nash, had arrived here on his way
to Adrianople, to erect a tablet to the memory of his
uncle, Cornet De Lacy Pierse, who died in the Russian
service in the former wars of 1828-9 between Russia and .
Turkey. He had succeeded the unusual mission of
obtaining Sultanic authorisation for his object."
NEW LUNACY COMMISSIONER.—The Lord Chancellor
has appointed Dr. James Wilkes, of the Staffordshire
a Lunaticant
by
to the Commissionership in Lunacy,
v
ignation of Dr. Turner.
cA styli le u
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plum:, op GOLD.—Thy quotation of gold at Paris is
about 5 per raille premium (according to the last tariff),
„hid], at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. pe r
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.291 ;
and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25.35, it follows that gold is about 0.22 per cent, dearer
in London than in fads. By advices from Hamburg
the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the Eng-
lish Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d, per ounce for standard
gold, gives an exchange of 13.58 ; and, the exchange at
Hamburg on London at short being 13.51, it follows that
gold is 0.06 per cent. dearer in London than in Ham.
burg. The course of exchange at New York on London
for bills at 60 days' sight is 109/ per cent. ; and, the
par of exchange between England and America beirg
109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is
nominally 0.33 per cent. against England ; and,
after making allowance for charges of transport and
difference of interest, tivi present rate leaves no
profit on the transmission of gold either way between the
two oeuntriee.

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