The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-17 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—By the arrival of the
William Russell at this port, from Pernambuco, we
have received advices to the 11th ult.

There was little doing in cotton, in consequence of
the high price demanded ; the last sale was made at
7 7-16 d. to 7kd. per pound free on board. Exporta-
tion since Nov. 1, 1849, to August 31, 1850, 30,946
bags, and for the same period last year 36,964 bags.
No sugar on the market. The coming crop, from
all appearances, promises to be an average one. The
exportation since November, 1849, to the end of
August amounted to 1,566 cases, 302 boxes, 46,384
barrels, and 405,545 bags, in all about 42,000 tons,
showing a decrease, as compared with last crop, of
about 10,000 tons.
Hides were scarce, at 105 to 110 rein per pound.
Freights dull, at id. and 5 per cent. per pound for
cotton to Liverpool.
Exchange had advanced from 27d. to 28d. and
takers hold out for a higher rate. Money was very
scarce.

Exchange at Rio Janeiro very firm, at 28d. to 28i1
and at Bahia 23d.

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION (THIS MORNING).-
This morning, between the hours of one and two, a tire of
a very alarming character, and attended with a considerable
destruction of valuable property, broke out in the immense
range of premises belonging to Messrs. Beach, the leather
manufacturers, situate in Wright's-road, Bermondsey.
Owing to the highly inflammable nature of the stock-in-
trade, coupled with the equally ignitable character of the
buildings, the fire extended with unusual swiftness, so that
in less than a quarter of an hour after the fire was first
seen, at the lowest calculation, upwards of one hundred feet
of the three floors of the manufactory presented a regular
that period a considerable portion of the
i
was nearly
three o'clock before the fire was
extinguished.
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levelled with the ground, and the houses
manufactory blaze,
on the opposite side of the road much burned ; fortunately,
the other part of Messrs. Beach's premises have escaped
comparatively uninjured. The cause of the fire is at present
unknown.

SHIP LETTER-BAGS FOR THE BRITISH COLONIES.
—Notice was issued yesterday at the General Post-office that
mails will be made up for Van Diemen's Land, to be con-
veyed by the Emma Eugenia, which is expected to sail from
Woolwich in a few days. Letters to Van Diemen's Land
will be liable to a postage of Bd. per half-ounce, and news-
papers ld. each. Letters and Newspapers intended to be
sent lay this vessel must be specially addressed "By the
Emma Eugenia." Mails will be made up on the evening of
the 31st inst. for Madeira, San Nicholas (Cape de Verde
Islands), St. Vincent, Ascension, and Sierra Leone, to be
forwarded by one of her Majesty's steamers from Devonport
on the morning of the let proximo. Letters to Madeira, &c.,
will be charged ls. 10d. per half-ounce; newspapers, 2d.
each, which must be pre-paid. For Sierra Leone, &c., Is.
per half-ounce ; newspapers free. Ship letter-bags will also
be made up for the following places :—Algoa Bay, Port Na-
tal, Cape of Good Hope, Sydney, New South Wales, Port
Bhilip, Australia, New Zealand, the River Gambia, St. He-
lena, &c., by the vessels appointed to sail this month. From
London, &c., newspapers to the British colonies by private
ships must be pre-paid Id. each. The Avon steamer con-
veyed the West India mails of yesterday morning, and the
Montrose steamer the Peninsular mails, via Southampton.
The Canada steamer will convey the British North America,
Bermuda, and the United States mails of to-morrow evening
from Liverpool on the 19th inst., via Halifax and Boston ;
, Greece, the
India,
Hong-lieng, and China mails of the evening of the 19th inst.
alnondiathnelßsliapnodns, stEegaympetr, tAhedeGihibrcaelytalor,n,Misailatuaritius,
on the 20th from Southampton ; and the overland mail via
Marseilles on the evening of the 24th inst.
Exc URSION TRAINS ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.—This company's excursion train, from Frome
and Westbury, on Sunday, took about 2,000 persons to Bris-
tol and Bath, while the trains to London from the two latter
places on Monday conveyed between 800 and 900. The
company have projected some " express" excursion trains,
the speed of which will be considerably greater than those
hitherto started.
ARTICLES OF UTILITY FROM HOME-GROWN PRO.
DUCE.—We pay to the foreigner about half a million an-
nually for silk plush employed in the manufacture of very
" shiny" and stiff hats, whilst our own flax fields would
afford us a much more agreeable and cool material, and one
more closely resembling beaver. The flax, for this purpose,
should be prepared without steeping ; retaining, by this
omission, all the natural gloss and silkiness of the fibre, and
rendering it capable of receiving a permanent jet dye without
at all injuring this appearance. In the other essentials—
economy, flexibility, and lightness—no other material, ani-
mal or vegetable, can excel plush made from fine flax ; and,
if upon a similar foundation, the hat may be folded into any
shape without breaking it.—(Fsom a Correspondent.)
DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—The Right lion.
the Lord Mayor gave last evening, in the Egyptian-hall,
Mansion-house, a sumptuous banquet to the principal
bankers and merchants of the city of London, and the mas-
ters and wardens of many of the City companies.
TRADE OF DUNDEE.—We have still little doing in
our flax market. The late large arrivals have encouraged
spinners to hold back, expecting lower prices than holders
are willing to accept. Prices are, therefore, quite nominal.
In a short time we shall be able to ascertain the whole
amount of imports into Great Britain, the shipment at the
Baltic ports being now nearly closed.—Dundee Advertiser.
AMERICAN FLOUR.—The vessel Washington, just
arrived from New York, has brought 10,962 barrels of flour
as part of her cargo, which is probably the largest impor-
tation of flour which has ever taken place from the United
States of America.