The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

ANNUAL REPORT OF SHIPPING TRADE.

We beg to call your attention to our usual Shipping
Circular, and avail the opportunity to offer a few remarks
upon some salient points connected with the export trade of
our port, resulting from our experience of the past year,
and to enclose a plan of the docks, which may prove a
useful guide to our shipping friends in sending their goods
to the stations nearest to the point of shipping.
It is a subject of congratulation to find that the general
export trade of the kingdom, which tests its industry and
accumulating wealth, continues to increase, and for eleven
months has amounted, according to official records, to
4106,000,000. The vast figures of £54,835,000 also claim
attention, being the declared value of the exports of British
goods from Liverpool in the several months of the year
1856. Total number of ships—Four thousand five hundred
and sixty three. Total value of goads exported—Fifty
four millions, eight hundred and thirty five thousand, three
hundred and fifteen pounds.
The extension in its steam shipping keeps Neal pace
with the growth of our port in its aggregate tonnage, and
we have to notice, especially, the removal here of the
.African mail line of steam ships, running monthly to the
West coast of Africa ; it is hamaered however by the absurd
regulation which requires these-ships to call at Plymouth
for the mails. The line for Canada is in full operation,
and the passages of its vessels to Qiebec and Montreal have
Proved highly successful. These steamers, during
the suspension of the direct
,Canadian traffi3 in the
winter, proceed to Portland, and thence, by the
ramifications of the railways, goods are distributed
Over the whole of Canada in all seasons. The
portion of the New Australian Mail Service, between
.England and Alexandri, is to be worked by the
Canard Company from Liverpool, a guarantee that it will
be efficiently conducted. The ships are to call at South-
ematon for the mails, and will commence operations next
year. We also anticipate the resumption of the Brazil
trade by steam vessels to Rio Janeiro and Bahia at an early
poi LA.

The cessation of the- Russian war has, happily, put an end
to those vexatious restrictions upon the export of many
articles which were felt to be so onerous, and they ceased
the sooner—because we have here a courteous and en-
lightened Customs' Executive, ready and willing to interpret
the intentions of Government, in a spirit of liberality, and
who acted promptly on that interpretation.
We notice a relaxation in some of the regulations of the
Customs of Russia, imposed upon shipments hence to her
territories before the war; but the annoying formalities
' recoired upon exports to Spaie, and her dependencies,
Mexico, &c., are sti'l in full force.
• In regard to Outward Freights generally, no great changes
Can be reported, the very large amount of tonnage restored
• to the service of commerce, by the termination of the
War, has found occupation with less disturbance of the
general freight market than could have been anticipated.
,Outward freights, however, are on the whole rather lower
‘lan last year, and in regard to the immediate future it may
be assumed that the high values of produce of all kinds
.
stitnnlase importation:, and thereby keep home rates
of freights full, anl in proportion check outward rates;
but, in se vest a field as the export trade of this country
embraces, it is difficult to bring together all the data which
rr.quire to be combined in order to form a satisfactory esti-
ina”te of the future.
i
re have still to notice, that by the preservation of her
system of differential duties in favour of imports under her
own flab, Spain is permitted to secure to her shipping the
largest
t portion of the carrying trade from this country to
her own shores and her colonies, at high rates of freight.
• In reference to the internal means of transit, it is to be
observed that the Great Western Railway Company
rises to work its traffic with this port so as to meet
requirements of an expanding trade. The rate of
carriage from Manchester to Liverpool is still unduly kept
P bY the combination of the great carrying concerns,
!ncluding the London and North Western Railway C .mpeny,
to the rate of ten shillings per ton for the same description
of goods which the same railway company carries iu large
quantities from Manchester to London—about seven
times the distance—at twenty-seven shillings and sixpence
Per ton, including delivery there by barges sent alongside
the vessels. This port is thus deprived of the advantages to
which its proximity to the great seats of our manufac'uring
Industry naturally entitles it.
An important facility for shipping coals has bean corn-
Plated in the past year, which is found in the high level
railway drops at the North Docks, by means of which coals
can be shipped, the same as in the T.ne.
In the rates of insurance there is little change to note, but
so many vessels for New York have been recently stranded,
• Premiums to that quarter hove advanced. The chief alte-
rations bearing upon manufactured goods apply to the rates
for
__a insuring them subject to "particular average." To
J- diChina, Australia, the West Guest of America, and
now even to the United States, the charges made to cover
this risk have risen so high as to induce many shippers
to insure against total toes only. The alternative between
having thus an insufficient protection against sea &map
Zr valuable property, or the submission to charges
for insurance, amounting to quite a serious tax,
makes the subject one of sufficient importance to induce us
to call attention to it. With a view to the application of a
practical remedy, we would suggest that our manufacturing
friends should seriously consider the sources whence the
heavy losses from particular average arise, whether they ere
owing to the unfavourable mode of packing, the state in
which the goods are when packed, or the mode of landing
goods abroad, and whether the loss is not in many cases
'augmented by the mode of assessing the damages.
We enter upon a new year, with many raw maierials—
Inch as cotton, wool, silk, hides, oils, and tallow—standing
at high relative values, and with the rather discouraging
. prospect that supplies may scarcely prove equal to our
:Verged wants ; but the unfavourable inference; which to
circumstances,
extent are inseparable from a consideration of these
Tloumstances, are modified by the knowledge that the
:la:lance in prices is general, and that in the race r f pro•
°ion) our own manufacturers will be weighted with no
greater burdens in this respect than their competitors in
her countries. LEECH, HARRISON, & FORWOOD.

SIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL,
,YATRR—IFIorn. 7 18—E
SAIL

JANUARY 6.
:yen. 7 55 -Height, 14 [t..3 in

~ED.
Ashland Jan.
4.
W. S. Lindsay ..New Orleans
....Demerara
New York Ajax
.. .. Savannah
/,1011,111-tis. .. ....... ...New Orleans Chaos
•Ship Island
Princess .............. Demerara Gambia
Royal_ Ca'cutta Iron Duke Newfoundland
Ztrat°ga .............. New York Joseph Rowan New Orleans
Ewer 4eaulaY Balhnore Catherine
...ald ............. ......•.. Boston Lyra Calcutta
late Cleather .. ............Singapore,Glenlyon .. ~..... • Syra
.
Jan. 5. 'Lady Hobart • •Ascen,ion
n.Ernerald Isle ..... New York Thor ..
a own
R of Liverpool.. Santa Martha James Baines Melbourne
anoith Salkield Coquimbo

Jan, 3.

ENTERED FOR LOADING.
Ella A. Clark New Orleans
Agememnon New Orleans
Nyord
Memphis . Rio .an iro
Volante Seville
Creamore ..Tunis
Columbus

Martha ..........
°llewse •••
• • Calcutta
..Callutta
Imam(
Mcr "mg Havre
Star
"olnazin..... Monte Video, &a.
Charlotte. New Orleans
OUT PORTS.
Palmouth, Jan. I.—Arrived—Mainlust, Nessen, from Iquique ;
Chloria, Aubeelr, Pisagua ; and Liguria, Monte 'Video. Jan. 2
dian. Taganrog; Calpe, Seville; Challenge, Sicily; Tele-
graph, Alexandria; and Libra, Chesnae.

MARITIME EXTRACTS.
•
Holyhead, Jan. 3 —Arrived—Druid (8 s.), Hunter, from Dungan.
iron for Liverpool, with c ago and wrecked goods from the Adriatic
--Rapid, King, from Liverpool for Bridgewater, with loss of foreyard
--Grace Darling, Porter;from Barrow for Newport, after being ashore
at halt Island does not make any water.
Penzance, Jan. 3.—The Dunaskin (5.5.). M'll'arline, from Lisbon,
struck on a sunken rock near the Rundlestone, Jan. 1, and filled.
Master and mate drowned.
Stranraer, Jan. s.—The brig Commodore of Whitehaven, Jackson,
from Riga to Newry with linseed, is on shore at East Turbit, and is
said to be a total wreck.
Chinches, Nov. 26.—About 121) British vessels are lying here,
Irlaking but slew progress with their leading. owing to the want of
labour.

FOREIGN PORTS.
Ivanhoe sailed from. Saugor for London. Nov. 2, and was left by
the pilot that evening in safety. The pilot returned to Calcutta
Previous to Nov. 7.
Saladin (s.s.), sailed from Jamaica for Liverpool, Dec. 1.
Galatea sailed from St. Domingo for Liverpool, N0v.30.
Naomi sailed from Valparaiso for Papndo, Nov. 2.
Bea Snake sailed from Valparaiso for Caldera, Nov. 3.
Queen of Tyne sailed from Valparaiso for Coquimbo, Nov. 7.
aWin. rm Bridson sailed from Valparaiso for Iqtaqae, Nov. 11.
hand sailed from Valp rats° for Ca:l4o, Nov. 15.
Isia sailed from Savanilla for Liverpool, Nov. 20.
Pmma sailed from Savanilla for Bremen, Nov. 21,
phoenix sailed from Antigua for London, Dec. 11.
Eieway, Jones, from Cardiff at Demerara.
CanaJohn Davis, and Eliza Caroline—both from Liverpool at Callao.
ry Wood., Lord Alia ‘rp, and Ariel—all from Valparaiso at
o
Boaphorna, aid flobina. from Coquimbo at Callao.
Edward Wiliarns, from England; and Anna Henderson, from
3ao Erancit•ca—'l cth at Callao.
f„l‘lary Bannatyne, from Coquimbo ; Salem, from Antwerp ;hCameo,
WY, Genoa; Patriot King, from Valparaiso ; Elizabet frnom ristol ; Georgia, and Highland Mary, from Claim has—all at Callao.
Par from Liverpool, and Brothers, from Callao—both at 1
acrai", leak 7 and di charging to repair.
•al'lrtda Lang, hence at Halifax, Dec. 23.
1)"° (a.s.) sailed from Vera Cruz for Havannah and England,
Janet with 102,686 dollars on freight.
British Dubery, from Calcutta and Demerara at Barbadoes.
Queen, Wise, hence at Antigua.
P,,ah-eri Ann, Johnson ; akarernor, Tallentyre; and St. Thomas
„_•n—all hence at St. Thomas..
hence at Jamaica.
Tath:lteel?ce at Vera Cruz.
city
of
.a.taled from Callao for England. Nov. 12.
Pance.%andy sailed from Caldera for Swansea, Nov. 18.
~":i,oed
'‘eYal saPed from Demerara for Liverpool, Nov. 27.
a,e.sailed from Demerara for Liverpool, Nov. 30.
Sappho'tgln sailed from Demerara for Liverpool, Dec. 5.
paan sailed from Demerara for Liverpool, Dec. 8.
Is'eT__ a sailed from Valparaisa for Coquimbo, Oct. 31,
Taarni;7_, Nicholson; Simon Hardy, Barclay; and Johnstone,
halo n—all hence at Demerara.
Alexander,
all Nal Calcutta at Jones •' Evadne Balfour ; and Orixa, Draper
Demerara.

Comtneratti Salo.

THIS DAY.

Tuts DAY, the 6th Instant, at Half-past One o'clock,
at the Comtnercial Saleroom, Temple-eourt,
75 Tierces j NAVY PORK,
21 Barrels
18 Do. Do. BEEF.
Apply to GEORGE BADENACH & SON, Brokers.

THIS DAY, the 6th instant, at Halt-past One o'clock,
at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court,
450 Boxes American BACON.
ex City of Manchester, from Philadelphia.—Apply to Messrs.
aichardsoa, Brothers and Co., Merchants , or to
GEORGE BXDENACH & SON, Brokers.

Tnrs DAY, the 6th instant, at Half past One o'clock, at the
Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court,
136 Boxes American CHEESE.
Apply to GEORGE BADENACH & SON, Brokers.

Tuts DAY, the 6 h instant. at Twelve o'clock, at the
Brokers' office, 2, Dale-stree!,
23,180 BUFFALO HORNS,
10 Bags TIPS,
ex Mary Stenh-...use; No. It) Shed, West side Prince's Dock.—
Apply to BROWNE, HUN IE & CO., Brokers.

On account of whom it may concern.
Tuts DAY, the 6th instant, at Half-past One o'clock, at Golding
and Nash's Sal room, Corn Exchange, Brunswick-street,
About 1000 Barrels Damaged FLOUR,
ex America, from New York.—For further p trticulars apply to
J. & t 7. H RNETI , Brokers.

Tills DAY, the 71.11 instant, at Tw3lVe o'clock, at the
Brokers' Office, 8 Lane ester buildings,
300 Tierces Carolina RICE.
SILL, & MEUGENS, Brokers.

Apply to

THIS DAY, the 6th instant, at One o'clock, at :he Brokers' Office,
8, Lancaster Bui dings, Tithebarn street,
78 Barrels LARD;
es City of Manchester, from Philadelphia.—Apply to
SILL & MEUGENrS, Brokers.