The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-17 00:00:00

BRAZILS AND THE PLATE.

The Royal Mail packet Tyne arrived at South-
ampton yesterday, with the South American mails.
bier dates were—Buenos Ayres, Feb. 4 • Monte
Video, ; Rio de Janeiro, 14 ; Bahia, 18 ; Per-
nambuco, 21 ; St. Vincent, March 2 ; Tenerife,
6 ; Madeira, 9 ; Lisbon, 12. She brought home
some 80 passengers, amongst whom was Mr. Paget,
Secretary of Legation at Lisbon. She landed 67
passengers at Lisboa. Amongst the cargo on board
the Tyne were 'specie and diamonds to the value of
322,7501. sterling. The value of the diamonds was
28,500/.
The crisis has passed lightly over Rio de Janeiro.
Three houses .were obliged to suspend payment,
owing to heavy losses in coffee. The firma are
Schroier and Co. ; Elvers' Boje, and Co. ; and E.
Pccher and Co. Beyond this we have nothing un-
favourable to report.
The coffee market has been very active, and about
200,000 bags sold. The market opened after the
arrival of the packet at the following prices :—Su-
perior, 4.300 to 4.400 ; good first, 4.100 to 4.200 ;
ordinary first, 3.800 to 3.900, at which prices
40,000 bags were sold, when the market became
firmer and prices gradually higher ; and we now
quote superior, 4.600 to 4.800 ; good first, 4.200 to
4.400 ; ordinary first, 3.900 to 4.100. The stock
is reduced to 120,000 bags, and arrivals are very
small, barely averaging 1,000 bags per day.
Exchange opened on the sth at 25d. 90 days, at
which rate a large business was done ; but when it
became known that the bank would not draw, it
became flat at 241 d, some business having been
transacted as low as 23d. The bank rate of dis-
count was lowered on the 9th to 9 per cent. ; out
of the bank it rules from 10 to 11 per cent.
Freights rule—Channel, 255. to 30s. ; United
States, 40c. to 50c.
Bahia, February 18. —S uperior qualities of sugar
for the French and southern markets have been
purchased at 3 dole. per arr. for browns, and 4
for whites. The demand is less brisk than before.-
Cotton purchases are effecting slowly at former
rates, v z., 6.800 per arroba, at which rates holders
are not disposed to sell. There have been but few
supplies of coffee from the interior, and prices re-
main at 4.100 per arroba, at which price holders
refuse to sell. Cocoa supplies have been unim-
portant ; stocks on hand have found a ready sale.
Rum has again advanced in price. Tapioca of su-
perior quality is much inquired for. Freights
continue in a very depressed state, a few vessels
have been chartered for the Channel at 20s. per
ton. Exchange has again receded to 23d. at 90
days, and 24d. at 60 days.
PERNAMBUCO. —The arrivals of sugar since the
last monthly mail have been 144,362 bags, or about
10,312 tons, and the shipments during the same
period were 7,358 tons. The demand has been
active, and full prices paid. T,he cotton entries
during the month were only 694 bags, and the
shipments 633 ditto. The price has advanced 10
par cent. •, and the crop is less than an average one.
The supply of rum bas been about equal to the de-
mand. The price has slightly varied in favour of
the seller. Freights have been lo; during the
month. In exchange, about 60,0001. has been
effected ; about 19,0001. at 321 d., 9,0001. at 231 d.,
and 35,0001. at 23d. The bank rate throughout
the month has been 12 per cent. per annum for
four months bills, and money out of doors has been
plentiful for longer dates at the same rates.
The Brazilians are collecting a large naval and
military force at Monte Video, for the purpose, it
is believed, of attacking Paraguay. They are only
delaying the attack until the arrival of some gun-
boats from England.
The yellow fever has again broken out in the
Brazils. It raged among the shipping at Rio in
the latter end of January last, and the wholeof the
crews of some of the ships there have fallen victims.
A great number of merchant captains were carried
off by it. The yellow fever has, alio raged with
great violence in the city
.o,f Rio, and carried off a
great number of old Brazilians, a class of persons
which the disease has not hitherto touched. It has
also shown itself among the shipping at Bahia, but
not to any great extent. It had not visited Per-
nambuco up to the time of the Tyne leaving
there.
The government party alt Monte Video had pro-