The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS

The following are the only bmitrupts of commercial im-
portance in the Gazette :
Thomas Springbett, licensed victualler, Stoke Newington
John L. Armstrong, fishmonger, Mount-street, Grosve-
nor- square.
John Bland, gardener, Durham
John Thornton, greengrocer, Bradford
John Thomas Milner, painter, Sheffield
Wm. Cornish, grocer, Liverpool
Geo. Barnes, corn dealer, Macclesfield
Win. lieelis, grocer, Salford
John Wheatcroft, surgeon, Cannock, Staftodehire
Thomas Nash, builder, Stourbridge
Thomas Bate, hatter, Birmingham
John Cullen, corn dealer, Lincoln
Joseph Williams, grocer, Liverpool
Robert Williams, farmer, Flint
Robert Druit, commission agent, Chesp_ s.ids
Simeon Fuszard, auctioneer, Hampsteadroad
John Hamlin, cab proprietor,
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Howard W. Wow, musical publisher, Haveratock-hill
George Troup. Printer, 80lt-court, Fleet. street
Anne Marie Barker and Alfred Barker, metal dealers,
Birmingham
John Hurlbut, miller, Leicester
George Bidgood, builder, Glastonbury, Somersetebire
James Peters, lath render, Exeter
George Payne, cooper, Stratford-upon-Avon
John Hester, millwright, Woothrtn, Buckinghamshire
William R. Lewes, carpenter, Wycombe Marsh, Buck.
inghamshire
William Harrison, bockseller, Burslein. Staffordshire
Robert Lundy, farmer, Newton Dale, Yorkshire
Frederick Edward Rountree, publican. Hackney-road
James Simmons Matthews, coal merchant, Newington.
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Joseph Stafford Frearson, butcher, Islington
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Rev, Acirorr Roberts, Newehurch, Varoattohmebire

IEA.

An important and interesting statistical ret urn,
showing the trade of the port of Swansea for the
year 1863, as compared with that of 1362, has just
been issued by the trustees of the harbour. These
returns are divisible into three general heads—viz.,
vessels windbound and arriving in ballast; secondly,
the general imports ; and thirdly, the general ex-
ports of the port. Under the first general head we
find that the number of windbound vessels which
entered the port last year was 72, with a registered
tonnage of 6,176, as Against 97 vessels, of 8,304 tons
the previous year. The vessels arriving in ballast
last year were 2,261,0 f a register tonnage of 302J65,
while for the year 1862, 2,611 ships,of 331,221 tons,
arrived, thus showing a falling tff during the past
year of nearly 30,000 tons as compared with That
of 1862. The falling off i❑ vessels entering the
port in ballast is attributable to the very high rates
charged as compared with Cardiff. On the first
day of the present year, however, a very large re-
duction of ballast rates came into operation, which
has already made a very material difference in the
trade of the port in this department, and will pro-
bably induce a still larger number of vessels to come
to the port in ballast to load with coal, iron, and
other staple production of the district. Under
the second heading that of imports—there has been
a large increase, with the exception of copper,
copper ores and reguelus, silver ores, &c. The total
imports for the pest year were 405,300 tens, and
for the year 1862 369,700, being an increase in
favour of 1863 of 1E.'5,600 tons. Of the total quan-
tity of goods imported, copper and copper ore, and
regulus, silver, ores, &c., amounted to no less than
187,000 tone, the total quantity of timber amounted
to 36,000 tons, against 20,400 tons during 1862 ;
flour, grains, potatoes, &c., 19,300 tons, as against
13,100 tons in 1862; sundries, 126,800 tons in 1863,
and 132,600 tons in 1862. Of the imports, there
were 285,000 tons imported coastwise during the
year 1863, as against 273,800 in 1862 ; from the
European States 44,500 tons in 1863, as against
72,400 in 1862. Under the third general head—
that of exports—we find that total quantity of coal
and patent fuel exported in the year 1863 amounted
to 783,000 tons, against 817,000 tons in 1862; cop-
per, copper ores, regulus, silver and zinc ores,
47,000 tons, against 29,300 tons in 1862 ; tin plates
15,900 tons in 1863, as against 12,200 tons in
1862 ; sundries, 47,800 tons in 1863 against 43,903
in 1862—the total exports in 1863 being 905,700,
and in 1862 914,000, being a decrease upon the
past year of 1,300 tons ; but as the decrease in the
export of coal and patent fuel was no less than
33,300 tons, there was an increase in the general
trade of the port of no lees than 25,000 as com-
pared with 1862. Of the exports we find
that there were 362,900 tons sent coastwise,
407,300 to European ports ; and 133,500 tons to
foreign ports during the year 1863.1

INP EU,