The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-26 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

The Luso-Brazilian steamer Donna Maria 11.
arrived at Lisbon on the 17th inst. She brought
the usual mails, 95 passengers, and a small cargo.
Her dates were—Rio de Janeiro, 20th Nov. ; Ba-
hia, 23d Nov. ; Pernambuco, 27th Nov. ; St. Vin-
cent, Bth Dec. ; Madeira, 14th Dec.
At Rio were her Majesty's ships Madagascar and
Trident ; the French ships Chasseur and Poursui-
vante ; and the American ship Savannah.
The Tay reached Pernambuco on the afternoon
of the 28th Nov. The Pampers) (s.) was at Bahia
on the 25th Nov. The British ships St. Michael,
Comet, and Albion were at Madeira. On the sth
Dec. the Donna Maria 11. met the British ship
Mocander, bound south.
We learn from Rio that the transactions since
the Tamar's departure wore small. The operations
in coffee, however, had recommenced, and the sales
hid amounted to 70,300 bags, the greater part
being for exportation to the United States, in con-
sequence of which freights had risen, and there was
a want of shipping. The imports of sugar had been
small, and the sales merely for consumption.
The cholera was considerably declining at Rio,
and the mortality was almost reduced to the usual
figure. At Campos it was also better, but its effects
had been fearful ; the deaths had some days reached
90, and one day they numbered 107, out of a small
population. Many acts of praiseworthy benevo-
lence were recorded in the Rio journals.
At the instance of the imperial government,
Lopez, the President of Paraguay, was about to
despatch a plenipotentiary to Rio.
It seems that the arrivals and departures of the
Portuguese steamers have little influence on com-
mercial transactions, since by a short-sighted policy
they are regulated so as to obtain cargo and passen-
gers, and not to favour the interests of the mer-
cantile community in general. In exchanges some
30,000/. were done at 27i at 60 days, and 27i at
90 days ; there was a little more firmness since the
last packet, in consequence of the want of money.
A few bills on Marseilles were done at 348 rs. per
franc at 90 days ; and a bagatelle on Hamburg at
655 rs. at 90 days. Discounts were at 8 per cent.
in the banks and 9 to 91 outside, with some tight-
ness. The rates were—London, 27i to if ; Paris,
358 to 360 at 60 days ; Lisbon, 98 to 100 per cent.
at 60 days ; Hamburg, 655 to 660 at 90 days.
Her Majesty's ship Inflexible had arrived at
Pernambuco, having on board Viee-Admiral Hope
Johnstone, the commander on the South American
station. e bad waited upon the president of the
province, who had returned the visit on board the
ship.

The imports of sugars were much larger than
was expected, the cause being the high prices ob-
tamable ; still prices of browns kept up, and 2 dols.
250 to 2 dols. 460 were being paid for low to good
quality. Whites had declined. The exports from
19th Nov. to 26th inclusive were 1,402 tons, mak-
ing from Ist to 25th Nov., 3,545 tons. A large
quantity had been shipped for the Channel.
At Bahia a solemn Te Deum had been celebrated,
followed by a procession, joined by all the civil and
military authorities, in thanksgiving for the extinc-
tion of cholera.
The exchanges were—London, 27; ; Paris, 350
to 360 ; Hamburg, 655 to 660.