The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-28 00:00:00

The exports of hardware and cutlery to France, a ,"nun-
try which bar a population exceeding thirty-two millaans,
are only equal to 1-35th part of the quantity exported to
the United States of America, whose population is only
about thirteen millions. The French pay enormously- fbr
their domestic manufactures of hardware and cutlery, And
the exchange of productions for which France is unrivalled
)anguishes, because, at a great waste of capital, thy prelim.
to wake themselves that which they would obtain cheaper
and beti.ar by way of barter. The agriculturist os' the
south of France (the vine-grower) suffers severely in co,asc-
quence of the short-sighted protection afforded to a branch
of industry which is not indigenous. Several other Euro-
pean nations pursue a similar course, and the exports a
hardwares and cutlery to all the countries of Europe dila
not equal in value 1-4th part of the exports to the United
tates.
Rather more than nne-hqf of the whole exrorts are in-
:decd for the United States market ; and under the very
falaurable rdatienis which now happily subsist between the
two countries, lac way repeat the words of Lord Broogliam
in onedf his speeches on the orders in Council in 1012.
when lie reirarked that, " Not an axe falls in the woods of
`Anicrica, which does not r7iut in motion some skittle, or
hammer, or wheel in England. The trade with Brazil and
the new states of South America is already extensive, amr
we are deeply. concerned in seeing
,the people of those
countries in the employment of a rational and well-censti-
tilted liberty. The interests of Sheffie:d with this " new-
world," which.it was the diplomatic boast of .Mr. Canning,
to have called into existence, will, we hope, gradually be-
come more intimate.
The state of the exports to other parts of the world re-
quire no particular comment. Notwithstanding the Prussian
Custom-house league, the exports to Prussia and Germany
generally, though not larger, have not decreased. The
exports to France have increased io spite of her prohibitive
system, their value in 1832, being 20,2001., and last year,
4:3,272/. Holland and. Belgium are separately better cus-•
tomers than when they were united.
The total value of the exports of hardware end cutlery
was higher last year than any former year. In P 333, they
amounted to 1,434,4311. ; in 1834, to 1,466,361/, ; and last
year, to 1,833,042/., being an increase of twenty-thrwe per
cent. as compared with the previous year. The increase
for the same period in cotton goods exported, was 7 Per
cent, ; in silk, 6 per cent. ; in woollen, 18 per cent. Since
the year 1820, the exports of hardwares and cutlery hwve
doubled in value... All the other branches of hardwaros,,
viz.,—the brass and copper manufactures, those of tin an d
pewter, of plate and plated ware, watches and jewellery,.
are equally flourishing, and the exports as respects them
have also doubled in value since 1820. The exports of
every description of hardware, with iron and steel, wrought
and unwrought, amounted in value to 3,780,206/. ; in 1830
and last year, to 6,134,625/.
The quantity of unwrought steel imported in 1835 was
2,810 tons, of which the United States took .1,856 tons.
In 1824, the quantity exported was only .570 torts, and the
demand from the United States was for no more than 173
tons. The conversion of iron into steel 1$ now one. of the
Most active branches of industry in the Sheffield trade, and
we are glad to hear that the town fully participates in the
increased foreign demand.
We have said that Sheffield has participated largely in
the benefits of an increasing trade, and shall now offer one
or two proofs of the fact. The United States is tssually
referred to as affording an example of the most. rapi..l in-
crease of population which can take place under circum-
stances the most favourable to its progress ; but hetweeka
the years 1821 and 1831, Sheffield increased in population
more rapidly than the United States between the census of
1820 and that of 1830—the increase in the former being
40 per cent., and in the United States less than 34 per
cent. In 1821, the number of uninhabited houses in
Sheffield was 1 in 9, and the proportion then building was
lin 189. ln 1931, the number of houses uninhabited was_
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only 1 in 21 ; while the proportion of those building was
lin 49. Between 1821 and 1831, not fewer than 4,200
houses were built. It is impossible to produce a stronger
proof of the accumulation of capital, and the result is not
at all affected by the probability that much of the capital
employed in building these horses was borrowed ; the proof
of the existence of the capital being all with which we
have, at present, anything to do.
The document from the Custom House .is entitled a
" Return of British hardwares and cutlery, exp orted from
the United Kingdom in the year 1835 ; distinguiahing the
countries to which exported, and the declared value
thereof:"—

Countries to which

Declared Qua,ltlty.
exported value. Ton?,
linitc..d States of America £978,491 11,061'
_ .
105,300 1,004
93,661 1,134
85.,096 1,143
84,t:159 1,202
74,89 j 816
74,490 570
48,329 721
43,272 315
42,959 .372
36,195 303
:33,162 29(
30,567 383
24 033 197
19,t'98 148
16,69; 142
10,058 75
7,106
5,910 60
3,646 46
3,459 ‘33
3,451 43
3,432 22
2,263 27
1,400 11
1,271 9

Asia
British West Indies .
Brazil
British Colonies in North America
Mexico and States of South America
Germany
Foreign West Indies
h, once
Italy
Holland
Portugal, Azores, end Madeira
Africa
Russia
Spain and the Canaries
Belgium
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Man
Turkey and Continental Greece
Gibraltar
Nor way
The lonian Islands
Prussia
Malta
Denmark
Morca and Greek Islands
Sweden

.E 1,833,042 20,197

The following
;louse last night

is the list of the Members in the
en it was counted out, on the HaAiley

Car2iages Bill ;--
. • Aglim.'ll.!:,7 aA. Hawes, 11. Strickland, Sir O.
Maxwell, J. Stuart, Lord James-
Baines, ..•
Moreton, A. IL Stuart, Lord Dudley
1 Blake, M..r. ~
Philips, m. Thompson, Colonel
Brotherton J.
Potter. ft. Trevor, Iton. A.
Bridgman,'Hewitf•
Villiers, Charles I'.
i I,;iipoii, C. ,
Buckingham, J. S. i vfle'''' s (I.'
I:tvart, W. Wakley, Thomas
' 7tit.''ven, E. Walter, J.
llchle.),. J.
Ball. B. Saab, t I), Colonel Williams W.
Hardy, J. Stanl:l,, E. J. Wood, Alderman'
iiinclley, Charles Steuart, R. Young G. F.
PRISONER'S COUNSEL 13i..t.L.—The Lords' amend-
meats on this Bill were lest night i.tferred to a Committee con-
sisting of the following Members t__. Or. Charles Buller, Mr.
'';wart, Sir FredericCPollock, Mr. O'Connell, the Lord Ad-
voc;;;',. Mr. John Parker, Mr. Strutt, S.Z.r. Maclean, Mr.
. Attorney-• General, Mr. Attorney-General fo:' Ireland, Sir
Thomas Fret:untie.
DREADFUL CASE,. OF BURNlNG.—Yest,.mlay
morning, about a quart:Tlist ten o'clock, a young girl, eit:elit
years old, belonging to At...". Boks, watermau, No. 2, Brorc-
ley's-builditig, Bread-street-hill, Purer Thames-strect, met
with a most shocking accident white' .1" the net of lighting a
tire : •by some inadvertence she comnurn.'"=dto(l lhe Ile"nvs to
her dress, and was burned in a very frightful manner before
assistance could be obtained, and the flames' extinguished.
She was convoyed to St. Bartholomew's liiispitm, where she
now lies in a state to render the preservation of her In.e almost
hopeless.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—The Secretary to the
Society.for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has causVd
inspectors to be appointed at Gravesend, Greenwich, anal
Hampstead, with the view of cbeckirg.the brutalities inflicted:
upon the poor animals who are let out ;:hr excursions of plea-
sure. The tracts and printed rmonstrt:uees of the Society,
together with abstracts of the Acts 21 (,Co. 111., 26 Gee,
111., 3 Geo. IV., 7 and 8 Geo. IV., and 5 h.2(1 S Wm. IV,
So that no plea of ignorance can possibly be urget,
During the exclusion of strangers on MondAy-nights
Lord J. Russell stated, in reply to an observation from Me.
Hutt, one of, the Members for Hull, that he certainly intencitA
to introduce a measure on the subject of church rates early in,
the next. Spsiou ; but he added, that he bould not promise is
would give ?atisfaction to the Hon. Gentleman.
Lord Sidinouth very seldom attends Parliament ; he
had almost wholly discontinued such attendance for years ; but
he was in his scat on Monday, earnestly attending to the'
whole of the proceedings on the Irish Church Bill. Ms
Lordship appeared to be in excellent health. He has MI,
miser' his attendance fur this evening, in perAm or by proxy.
Lard Eldon has forwarded his proxyto the Duke of Cumberland.
BRITISH
.LEGION.—The Glasgow steamer will
poriitively leave the Thames by daybreak (this day) for St.
Sebastian. She takes out one hundred recruits, and a quan-
tity of-stores. The fuliotting officers are passengers ;---Lieut.-
Colonel M`Cabc, 7th regiment ; Caotam Orde, Ist regiment ;
Captain Chadwieke, 3d regiment; Captain Greville, 7th re- -
ginitait ;, end Lieutenants Dustin and O'Brien, and Ensigns .
Finnan, Butler, ['aslant, kenip, Pigott, Doykin, Mi.Jdlei,
colt, in1:1 kqllol',.litliitttlell'-'d,