The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

SHIPPING STATISTICS.

According to thestatisties of vessels entered inwards,
the port of London shows an increase of 95 vessels, with
52,210 tonnage, the difference between 609 vessels with
304,412 tonnage in 1851, and 704 vessels 'with 356,622
tonnage in 1852. The return for Liverpool exhibits a
decrease of 63 vessels with 27,425 tonnage, the number
for 1851 being 366 vessels with 136,494 tonnage, and for
1852 203 vessels with 109,069 tonnage. Bristol and
Hull present an increase of 22 vessels with 9,083 ton-
nage, the difference between 8 vessels with 3,530 ton-
nage in 1851, and 30 vessels with 11,613 tonnage in
1852. The decrease in the return for the Clyde is 14
vessels with 4,777 tonnage, the number in 1851 having
been 60 vessels with 22,635 tonnage, and in 1852 46
vessels with 17,835 tonnage. The total result of the
return of vessels entered inwards exhibits an increase of
vessels with 28,091 tonnage, the difference between 943
vessels with 467,071 tonnage in 1851, and 983 vessels
with 495,162 tonnage in 1852. The chief increase has
been in the arrival o vessels from Calcutta, Mauritius,
China, and New South Wales.
The return of vessels cleared outwards shows an in-
crease in the case of the port of London of 94 vessels
with 66,630 tonnage, the difference between 548 vessels
with 276,230 tonnage in 1851, and 642 vessels with
342,560 tonnage in 1852. Liverpool presents an in-
crease of 66 vessels with 61,714 tonnage, the number in
1851 having been 310 vessels with 165,842 tonnage, and
in 1852 376 vessels with 227,556 tonnage. Bristol and
Hull exhibit a decrease of three vessels with 1,265 ton-
nage, the difference between six vessels with 3,259 ton-
nage, and three vessels with 1,994 tonnage. In the
case of the Clyde there is a decrease of two vessels, with
an increase of 2596 tonnage, the figures for 1851 being
87 vessels with 38,818 tonnage, and for 1852 85 vessels
with 41,414 tonnage. The total increase represented by
the return of ships cleared outwards is 155 vessels, with
129,375 tonnage, the difference between 951 vessels with
484,149 tonnage in 1851, and 1,106 vessels with 613,524
tonnage in 1852. The great increase, as was to have
been anticipated, arises in the case of vessels that have
sailed for New South Wales since the emigration which
has set in during the last six months ; but the departures
for China, Java, and Sumatra,, also show an increase.
The decrease, on the other hand, has been in the clear-
ances of vessels for Calcutta, Bombay, Singapore, and
Mauritius.

give the following particulars of thethe
vessels
'NAVIGATION OF FIAMBURGH. —T h e
numbers,Hamburgh hnpaasnerris-
ess els which ality, and point of departure of all
1852 :—The total num-
Northern Europe, in the. year,dat Hamburgh, from all
en-
tered that great seaport, the London or Liverpool of
ber of vessels which arrived at .
, against 4,169, in 1851 ;
quarters, in 1852,
4,094, in 1850 ; 3,459,
vessels were as follows :—Bri-
tish,The nationality of these
1,118 ; Hamburgh, 625 ;
was
in 1849 ; and 3,304, in 1848.
1,440 ; Hanoverian,362.
Oldenburg, 89 ; Norwegian,
Danish, 372 ; Dutch,
73 ; Swedish, 73 ;
42 ; Russian, 25 ; Bremen,
23 ; Mecklenburg, 15 ;
French. 70 ; Spanish, 62 ; Prussian,
Portuguese,
u s;' Austrian, 5 ; Lubeck, 5 ; Neapolitan,
13 • North American, 11 ; Belgian, 5 ;
K 3
;nitaligseolla'nd, 3 ; Peruvian, 1 ; and Sardinian, 1 :
total, 4,440. The shipping of the following nation shows
an increase of arrivals in 1852, in comparison with
1851 :—British, 208 ; Hanoverian, 31 ; Hamburgh, 45;
Danish, 26 ; Oldenburg, 15 ; Spanish, 16. That of the
following shows a decrease :—Dutch, 21 ; Bremen,
6 ; Swedish, 1. The whole increase in the num-
ber of vessels which entered Hamburgh in 1822 was
271, of which 208 was British. The places of
sailing of the vessels which entered the port of Ham-
burgh in 1852 were as follows :—ln Great Britain
and Ireland, 1,920 ; Bremen and the Weser, 459 ; Heli-
goland and the Lower Elbe, 353 ; Holland, 350 • East
Friesland, 236 ; Brazil, 119 ; Belgium
101 • Cuba,' 69 ;
Schleswig and Holstein, 78 ; the United 'States, 69 ;
Italy, 53 • Hayti, 47 ; Portugal, 39 ; Spain and Gibral-
tar, 38 ; West Coast of South America, 61 ; Turkey,
25 ; and China, 16 ; Australia, 4 • Manilla, 1; Singa-
pore, 2 ; Java and Macassar, 13 • 'British East Indies,
14 ; East Coast of Africa, 3 ; West Coast, 8 ; Cape
Too BAD REALLY.—Printers have the character of -
town, 1 ; Cape de Verdes, 1 ; Madeira, 3 ; Azores, 1
; making errors in printing and then querying them for Argentina and Uruguay, 9 ; Venezuela, 31 ; New Granada, 3 ; Porto Rico, St. Thomas
the purpose of displaying their sagacity. Not being in 16 ; Jamaica, 3 ; Mexico, 13 ; Greenl and St. Croix,
and, 3 ; Bussia,
the craft, we cannot say if this is a fact or a fable, but 26 ; Norway, 30 ; Sweden, 15 ; Prussia, 18 ; Mecklen-
certainly they do occasionally commit extraordinary out- burg, 9 ; Lubeck, 2 ; Denmark, 15 ; Oldenburg, 22 ;
rages on plain writing and common sense. Neither do
they seem to care on whom the errors fall. Majesty Odessa,
herself is not exempt from them. In this journal our 6 ; total, 4,440. The number of sea-going
steamers which entered the port of Hamburg, in 1852,
railway king was like to come in for it once. We had was 715, from the following ports :—Hull, 236 ; London,
written " Mr. Hudson goes down to Newby-park to- 181 • Grimsby, 49 ; Hartlepool, 22 ; Leith, 30 ; New-
to-day with a clean skeet," meaning that he had closed castle, 44 ; Amsterdam 51 ; Rotterdam, 25 ; Havre, 20;
his speculative accounts. " Skeet," the blundering or
wicked compositor had rendered skirt, thereby saying total, 725.
Norway and Sweden, 2'3 • Bremen, 10 ; Heligoland, 34;
Increase of 'British steamers in 1852, 74 ;
that Mr. Hudson went to Newby with a clean "shirt," increase of British sailing vessels, 134. The above
as if it was a rarity for him to wear one.—Herapath.
THE FLOODS IN PARIS.—The Seine has risen, in con- figures show the gratifying facts that nearly one-third of
' the shipping engaged in the trade of Hamburg is British;
sequence of the late rains, to 4 metres 50 centimetres on
the scale at the bridges. The towing-path is covered that l-ee-fourths of the steam tonnage engaged in that
trade is British; and that nearly 2,000 vessels of 4,400
with water, and the piles at the Pont du Carrousel are which entered the port in 1852 sailed either from the
nearly out of sight. Ali navigation has ceased, and- ,
measures are being taken to prevent accidents to the 1
British islands or the British colonies.
THE WEATHER IN 1852.--In 1852 there were 182 wet
'boats on the river, the cargoes of which represent a value and 184 dry days. During the last six years 955 days
of 50 millions of francs. 1
were wet and 1,237 dry.