The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1850.

let as not offend by our language, or interrupt or annoy
by our molestation, a clergyman who, though ambi-
tions, and insolent, and -indiscreet, is yet learned
lad sincere in hie snore. Let as not target that he,
too, kas, bees deluded, begaled,and seduced onwards
in them his measures by the traitors whom we de-
opine. Above all, let as monied that within sight
almost opmer shores Qom Vim= has eight mil-
lions of .loyal subjects whir profess the NUM filth as
Cardinal WOMAN, and who will reimmt as wrongs
inflicted on themeelves any insult to so dignified and
honoured a member of their church.
Lit as convince, by the resoluteness of our conduct,
Dr. WIDE MAN of the mistake he has committed; but
let us not degrade protestantbm by connecting it with
indecent excesses or personal outrage.

Tax Trade Returns far the first nine months of
1830 bear unequivocal testimony to the sound and
healthy condition of oar commerce and manufacture'',
and the general comfort of the community. The prospe-
rity is not confined to one or a few branches of trade ;
it is genersL With the exception of cotton, the
im-
port of raw materials is on the increase ; without
one exception of any consequence the exports of
manufactures and produce are on the increase. The
stimulus thus given to the carrying trade is enabling
shipowners to share in the general prosperity. And
' the state of the entries for home consumption of such
articles of general use as are subjected to import
duties shows that the people are enabled, by the
briskness of trade and the employment it gives, to
add to their comforts.

A few samples of the Ads of the import trade will
establish our position with respect to imported raw
materials. Of sheep and lambs' wool the quantity
Imported in the first nine months of 1848 was
53,093,1661b5. ; in the corresponding months of 1849
it was 56,771,8891b5. • in those of 18.50 it was
59,872,6391 W. There as been a corresponding in-
crease in the imports of lama and alpaca wool
from 837,554165. in 1848 to 963,0191 be. in 1849,
and 1,063,4571ba. in 18.50. The imports of raw
silk amounted in the first nine months of 1848
to 3,140,40618 e., of 1849 to 3,660,1091 be., of 1850 to
3,727,358. The imports of flax and tow, which in the
first nine months of 1848 amounted to 1,106,865 owts.,
amounted in the corresponding months of 1849 to
1,445,748, of 1850 to 1,437,740. The imports of
cochineal were 8,487 cwts. for the first nine months
of 1848, 11,734 of 1849, and 18,778 of 1850. In the
first nine months of 1848 there were imported 47,663
cwte. of indigo ; in 1849 the importation for the cor-
responding months rose to 73,490; and notwithstand-
ing this extra import the amount in the first nine
months of 1850 has kept as high as 61,694. Turning
to metals we find the imports of unwronght copper
for the nine months stated in 1848 as 13,119 cwts.,
in 1849 as 27,484, and in 1850 as 70,832. In spelter
the increase has also been steadily going on from
8,586 tons in 1848, to 8,722 in 1849, and 11,429 in
1850. In the other metals, in hides, in oily, the
increase is equally marked.
The total declared value of articles of British and
Irish produce and manufactures exported in the
first nine months of 1848 was 38,534,8801.; in the
corresponding months of 1849 it was 44,830,4141. ; of
1830 it has been no less than 50,286,4e21.The value of
exports for the first nine months in 1850 is little more
than 13 millions short of the value of exports for the
whole year in 1849. The increase is equally remark-
able in our exports of textile manufactures in cotton,
woollen, and silk, and in our exports of earthenware,
glass, cutlery, and machinery. The transit trade is
equally prosperous.
The effect of this gratifying state of affairs upon
shipping is visible in the navigation returns for the first
nine months of the present and the two preceding
years. During these months the clearanoes outwards
amounted in 1848 to 19,616 vessels with an aggregate
tonnage of 3,905,144 tons; in 1850 to 23,542 vessels
with an aggregate tonnage of 4,677,162 tons. Of
this amount of shipping actively employed, 12,813
' vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 2,815,261 tons,
were English, in 1848 ; in 1850, there were 14,378
English vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of
3,167,418 tons. There entered inwards in the
first nine months of 1848, in all, 20,062 vessels, with
an aggregate tonnage of 4,103,908 tons; in the first
nine months of 1850 the number was 24,020 vessels,
their tonnage 4,593,445 tons. The proportion of
English snails among these, in 1848, wee 13,812,
with a tonnage of 3,047,577; in 1850 it was 13,972
vessels, with a tonnage: of 3,038,975. The coasting
trade keeps its ground, notwithstanding the daily in-
' creasing competition of railways and canals.
But 6f all the indications of general prosperity in
the returns of the Board of Trade, the most gratify-
ing are those which show the amount of consump-
tion. In the entries of coffee and cocoa for con-
sumption there is a slight falling off, which is more
than compensated for by the increase in tea. The
eatries for consumption in sugars are nearly stationary,
but the sugars of our own possessions bear a larger
' proportion to the whole. The imports of live animals
' have increased in number from 126,674 in 1848, to
' 138,423 in 1850. The increase in the quantity of
provisions imported is equally marked, especially in
' the articles of bacon and eggs. In the first nine
months of 1848 there were entered for consumption
' 1,209,893 quarters of wheat, and 632,735 owts. of
• wheat meal and flour • in the first nine months of
18.50, there were entered 2.824,559 quarters of wheat,
' and 2,203,580 cwts. of wheat meal and flour. There
I is also an increase in the articles of common wear

imported.
Facts like these speak volumes as to the healthy date
of industry of the country, as to its adequate remune-
ration, and u to the augmented comforts of the great
body of the people. And for all these benefits we
are indebted to hie trade.