The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

STATISTICS OF BRAZIL.

Brazil bids fair to be the greatest empire of the
transatlantic world. We are officially apprised
that at the last date of the returns (included be-
tween the years 1855 and 1857) the area of Brazil
was 3,100,104 English square miles, and 'the popu-
lation (of 20 provinces) equal to 7,677,800 souls.
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as it is termed, and 308 lyceums, or "secondary"
establishments. The number of scholars was 88 707,
including 61,620 at the primary public academies,
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and 5,000 at the lyceums. 17,797 scholars studied in
private schools of primary instruction, and 4,279 in
secondary school,. The total number of convicted
criminals in each year averages some 1,300, out of
an average of 2,500 tried. The proportion of male
and female criminals is somewhat startling ; the
men average about 2,400, and the women only 150
a-year (of the criminals tried). The great majority
of criminals are between 21 and 40 years of age ;
juvenile crime is, happily, rare. Rebellion and se-
dition, as offences, appear to be at a discount in
Brazil, as in England, seeing that there was only
one solitary sedition-monger trie3 in 1857, and not
one " insurrectionist." " Bodily assaults and in-
juries" constitute the staple offence, and murder,
euphonistically qualified as " manslaughter" (or
homicide) stands next. Concealment of birth is
almost unknown in Brazil, and cases of " violation,"
officially distinguished from "rape," are, consider-
ing the climate of Brazil, not numerous. There are
no offences against religion and morals, but the
"civil" catalogue includes 23 cases of " illegal as-
sembly." Of 1,229 persons convicted in 1857, 46
were executed, 116 sentenced to the galleys, 248 to
hand (not hard) labour, 432 to imprisonment only,
5 to " degradation" (not explained), 6 to exile, 384
to fine, and 62 to be scourged. The public revenue
of Brazil is 4,380,900/, and the expenditure
4,455,229/. The latter includes 817,1631 for the
Ministry of the Interior, 415,300/ for Justice,
73,280/ for Foreign Affairs, 552,885/ for Marine,
1,225,514/ for War, and 1,371,087/for (Ministry of)
Finance. The Public Funded Debt of Brazil is
11,909,078/, against 6,415,978/ internal and
5,493,100/ foreign debt. 2775 vessels, national and
foreign, of 885,703 tons, entered the ports of Brazil
in 1856-7, while 2546, of 905,311 tons cleared out
thence. The ratio of national to foreign vessels is
as Ito 7. Some 3,000 vessels, of 350,000 tons, ap-
pear to be engaged in the coasting trade; 144
British vessels, of 46,266 tons, entered the port of
Rio de Janeiro last year, and 147, of 48,122 tons
cleared out. The American ships at Rio numbered
some 280, of 107,000 tons. At Pernambuco 287
English ships, of 72,046 tons entered in 1848,
Against 294 of 72,867 tons cleared out. At Bahia.
146 English vessels, of 60,306 tons, entered, and
141 cleared out, of 59,060 tons burden. The im-
ports of Brazil, in 1856-7, are valued at 13,761,773/,
and the exports at 12,722,601/. In that year Brazil
took for home consumption, from England alone,
goods to the value of 73,711,048 milreis ; from the
Hanse Towns, 7,498,456 milreis ; from Belgium,
2,073,748 milreis; from France, 16,476,063 milreis;
from Spain, 1,415,499 milreis ; from Portugal,
6,649,118 milreis from the United States, 7,477,496
milreis ; and from Rio de la Plate, 4,030.646 mil-
reis. Among the imports cotton goods figure for
35,513,568 milreis, woollen for 8,381,032, flour for
5,297,466, gold and silver coins for 12,683,643, cut-
lery, &c., for 5,44,448,and gold and silver, wrought,
for 3,788,7113 milreis. The value of the exports to
Great Britain is 35,587,150 milreis—about half that
of the imports into Brazil from the former empire.
Of the exports, raw sugars and coffee arc the sta-
ples, the former figuring for 25,842,938 milreis, and
the latter for 54,106,972 milreis; salt and dry hides,
and diamonds, figure for 3,000,000 to 5,000,000
milreis each, and tobacco for 3,436,401. Raw cotton
figures for (3,990,404. Half the coffee of Brazil (ex-
ported at Rio) is taken by the United States ; about
300,000 opt of the grand total of 2,409,543 bags ex-
ported in 1855 were rent by the English Channel
" for orders ;" the quantity actually sent to Great
Britain was only 36,788 bags—a very low figure
indeed. These exports of coffee, however, refer to
Rio de Janeiro only. 7,452,5201 worth of gold
pieces were coined at the Mint of Brazil in 1856,
and 1,017,208/ worth of silver. At the end of 1858
the extreme market prices at l'ernambuco were—
Indian corn, 513 to 58s 6d per quarter ; cotton, 73d
per ib ; rum, 157 s 6d to 168 s par pipe ; and sugar,
19s lid to 33s per cwt.

BROADSTAIPS.—Thiring Thursday night and Fi
day morning three bodies were washed ashore betwceq.
Kingsgate and Broadstairs, supposed to be from one of the
vessels which was wrecked at Kingsgate a short time back.
One of the bodies was found by some lads, under the cliff
near Stone; on the body of a gold watch and some silver
was found. Another was picked up by two men of the
Broadstairs coastguard service, and the third was found
near Kingsgate. " T Ski" is marked on the shirt of one,
and 6n a paper in his pocket the following address :—"
Smith and Co., grccers,
.bakers, and confectioners, New.
street, Poole." The bodies were much mutilated.