The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

BRAZIL.

By the South American and General Steam Navigation
Company's steam-ship Lusitania, Capt. Brown, we have
advices from Rio Janeiro to the 30th March ; Bahia, 3d
April ; Pernambuco, 6th ; St. Vincent, 'l6th ; Funchal,
22d ; and Lisbon, to the 25th April. She brought dia-
monds, valued at £3,750, and forty-six passengers. The
Royal Mail steam-ship Thames arrived at Bahia on the
2d April. The following ships-of-war were at the different
ports :—At Rio, the Crescent and Madagascar, Eng-
lish; Jefferson, Davies, American; and Roguida, Russian
schooner. At Madeira, U.S. frigate Constitution. At
Lisbon, French steam-sloop Newton.
From Rio Janeiro we learn that, on the 25th March, the
Russian schooner-of-war Roguida tried to leave that port,
but her Majesty's screw-steamer Rifleman also weighed
anchor and waited outside, with the intention of capturing
the Russian, but the latter stood back into port and came
to anchor again. A Russian barque had been sold by
auction at Rio Janeiro, and taken up to load coffee for the
United States, and sail under Brazilian colours. Freights
to the Channel were 605., and to the Mediterranean 80s.
per ton.

At Bahia there had been heavy rains and thunder-
storms, which had apparently cleared the atmosphere.
During the early part of March there were several fatal
cases of yellow fever, but the place was again quite free
from it. The more recent cases were of a much milder
nature than usual. There were very small stocks of
produce ; the' falling off in the receipts of sugar, up to
that time, was fully 36,000 tons as compared with the
same period last year. Sugar was still in demand at
Sweden, browns costing 17s. 6d. to 20s. 4d. per cwt., and
whites 225. to 235. 10d. per cwt., which precluded the
possibility of acting on orders from England, as the above
prices were free on board, but exclusive of freight.
Freights dull, at 655. per ton for the Channel, and ship-
ping plentiful. Exchange was flat, at 270., with but
few good bills offering.
From Pernambuco we learn that, on the 4th of April,
the English barque Spirit of the Times, in leaving that
port for Paraiba, got ashore on a reef, and, although her
Majesty's brig-of-war Star was getting under weigh in the
roads, she did not offer any assistance to the vessel in
distress. The Spirit of the Times had subsequently been
got off and into port, but with considerable damage. The
supplies of sugar had been upon a fair scale, and prices
were well supported. There had been a continued active
demand for white for the southern ports, and for musco-
vados for Europe, and both descriptions had advanced in
price. The total exports since the Ist November had
been 27,608 tons. The stock on sale consisted for the
most part of medium and low whites. The new crop was
expected to yield about 60,000 tons. Cotton was quoted
at 5.700 to 6 reis per arroba. For hides there was an
active inquiry, but the supply was limited. Freights to
Europe 605. per ton. Exchange 28d. A great scarcity of
money existed, and good paper was quoted at 12 to 15
per cent.—Advices from Madeira state that the vine
disease had re-appeared.