The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-22 00:00:00

TRADE WITH CHINA.
There have just been presented to the House of Corn-
mons, in pursuance of their order of January 92, returns
of the trade of the various ports of Chiba, down to the
latest period (in continuation of the returns laid before
Parliament during the last session). These returns 04.0;
cupy some 150 closely-printed folio pages and contain
reports upon the several ports for 1845 and t° the
middle of last year. The following is an interesting ?t"
bular statement, giving a comparative view of British
trade at the five ports of China during the year 1845:--
Ports of trade. Imports. Exports.
Canton £2,321,692 £4,392,270
Amoy
Foochewfoo 43,981
Ningpo 10398
Shanghae 1,082,107

876.
otal
April
28,
1.0,605,772 ..
Victoria,T
"r
The following is a despatch from Consul Meek--
oto Sir John Davis, relative to the British trade at Col-
ton for the half-year ending 30th of June, 1845
Sir—l have the honour of transmitting to year
this
this
cellency returns, illustrative of the British trade s 6
port for the balf•year ending the 30th of June, vis.o3.
Ist. A return of the quantities of merchandise, 1
ported in 68 British vessels, of 20,343 tons, arid 'P 47
oo
Hong-kong lorchas, of 2,829 tons, showing an sggreg
of
value as regards British manufactures and prods her
2,162,632 dolls, and productions of India and 0' r.,
countries of 2,002,979 (folic. making the total of held
tation during the half-year 4,165,611 at 46. ,
equal to 867,8331. sterling. This amount does not, ~
o a
ever, include the quantities imported, from M6egf,a
Portuguese lorchas, nor any others but those that P..d
bran reported through this consulate and tactually Psi
duty.
ted
2d. A return of the quantities of merchandiss erlY3l.
during the same period in 77 British vessels, of 35,2'
tons, to the value of 7,917,200 dolls., or 1,64,4164 litkt
which amount likewise only includes those arjtles vihics
have paid duty.
3d. A statement of the tonnage dues and import ande
export duties paid upon British shipping during tll
period, and amounting in all to 973,406 dolls. or 2020.
sterling.
'b
A comparison of the above mentioned returns fvl_,t
~
those of the corresponding period of 1844 yields.uw
following results
Ad. 1. The former show a decrease in the importgl°,.,l
of British manufactures and produca to-the amount.
425,657 dolls., and in that of the productienS of bat
and other countries of 129,718 dolls., beirr, a total &Pi
cieney of imports, upon the mit-year ended' the 30th °
June, 1845, of 655,375 dolls. •
Ad. 2. A decrease is apparent in the value of same
to the amount of 797,943 dollars.
Ad. 3. A corresponding eeficie-Ty, areounthl
140,622 dolls. occurs in the duties levied upon the Brit'
trade during the pact half-year.
To account for this apparent d.tcrease in our trade of
the first half-year, I will only remark zonerallY, thro.fb
owing to over-importation in 1844, :he stock of sums
pean goods on hand at the commencement of thcpret;
year was unusually heavy, in consequence of which suciP;
ments to this port became less frequent, and prices
dined on an average 10 per cent, be
The diminution in the amount of exports Inc-
chiefly attributed to two of the m0:.,4 insiortant artic'"
stnhahamanne
gil
in the
at
ielt eetmoc
corresponding
super
oialnwgd
nseigal
greater
rarhatingextent
f ilnBb4ot pastshiPPbcl46l4
-. ::
The deficiency in the aggregate amount of duties lef
in the British trade seems to require no further exPrerior
tion, it being naturally dependent upon the fluctuation
commerce, and I therefore confine myself to stating To
the number of British arrivals from the let of Jana 75
the 30th of June, of the present year,
ships, of 32,487; tons, against 91 ships, of 40,6641) the
which were reported inwards at this office daring
corresponding period in 1844. wadi'
I am happy to add, in conclusion, that the cow t
ties which remained on hand at the commencement
to-2:.;!
the year having since been disposed of by shiPullejog
Shanghae and Amoy, and cotton manufactures bow •
cheaper now in the home markets than they her.Ao at
amount 1,00114-7,
for some time, there is a fair prospect of a brak
Canton during the ensuing season, the more snit the
and other China produce seem to come in freely fr°'"
interior of the country. uo
It appears from various of the returns that the fotrade
in. are the amounts of British import and earn' Joe
at the several ports during the half-year ending
30, 1846 :
Shanghae--Imports, 9654
hale
" absence of all foreign trade at this port during the
1mp0rt5,t519,742450/19-944p;0retexp,041,5L80641.561 to
8(51511ale
forward6g the returns from till'
Foochow—Consul Alcock' states that there WS- half
exports, 2,402 i.
)r.egor, from pressare 0f
yearbusiness,
Acine ont
oydn_i
_nw n
ams3pOru.ot
unable
act
sJil uen4nsoteu:ll
port at the time the others were made.

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EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SHICIDII Birth!
RESPECTABLE FEMALE.—On Sunday afternoon, betwteemn ;n-
-and excitement in consequence of the following extraordi-
chhoeusrtsero-fsqt
nary attempt at suicide made by a highly respectable female
whilst labouring under some temporary mental aberratie°'
It appears that the unfortunate victim, named Fanny Richey'
aged fifty-six, had for some months past resided at No.
Henrietta-street, Blanchester-square, and was somewhat r 0...
markable for her eccentric ways and habits, though it w!:
little suspected that she was of unsound mind. At eleven in
the morning she was in conversation with the landlady, aft..er
which she retired to her apartments at the upper part of to°
house, and at the period specified above she deliberately Prc";
h,°°
d
ceeded to the roof of the house by means of a small isdicil%
and at once precipitated herself into the street. She fell
a diagonal direction, and lodged upon the area rails,
clothes having caught, and thus the unfortunate creature
miraculously escaped an instantaneous death. The (I,P.
f..
rence was seen by several persons passing by at the i.'..`"es;
and police-constable 109, D division, states that herr,au,
caught on to the spikes of the rails, so as to break tb
otherwise she must have been killed on the spot. Th!3lna
tunate creature was then conveyed in a cab to the Bhat,i"_esDed
Hospital, and Mr. Dickson, the house surgeon, ascertr„,,
that she had su:aained, besides a dreadful wound :n
i.
head, some severe infernal injuries so as to leave little b°l",e.
of her ultimate recovery. She is unmarried, and very
spectably connected. hit/
A Titter SHOT.—A party of gipsies having
pitched their touts in the neighbourhood of Urania
one of them, following the occupation of a tinker, ca
of
on Mr. Richard Murton, a farmwr in the ptarlsp_iv
Cu by, on Tuesday week, and inquired if he had
airea-
kettles, pots, pans, or old bellows to beieeps
thst
He was told they had none of the" a'rti
however,
required mending. Outside the house, _
d this, ig
was a large brass pan, with water in it ;
2 b for° he
appears, the tinker took good notice of e
.weeo
morning, be' left the premises. On 'Wednesday toe
three and four o'clock. the farmer's son was
by the barking of their dog. Ile looked out li'
the window, and saw a man who hied a lairge dOO,
with him. He called to his father, who told him to
see who the man was. Without putting on anythirg
took a loaded gun, t'
except his hat, he , and ran e
e
barefooted. He then saw the man going off eta fast as b
could with the brass pan on his head. Ho puessied ,the
thief, and after running across two fields overtook Wl'
and ordered him to carry back the pan to the paasewbelce
he took it. The fellow refused, but Mr. Murton inii°C;ll
on his taking back the pan, saying, " if you don't I will
fire atyou." After a few more words, the thief! took tiP
pan and carriedit part of the way beck, but this
it down, swearing that he would go no furtherk-a
The farmer's son said be should, and upon thas* they
another altercation, until at length produce. 3 the fallow
hammer, and threatened to knockP• brains
Murton* he
out, if he did not let him go. Murton still inamiaginn
pan being carried all the way back, and so in°l4/ w°- chi
followed, when, for his own defence, and to Wu", ttr
rogue, Mr. Murton fired his andshot g patio 61' gun,
calf of one of the fellow's legs. lie inelontlY,__t":llo
Mr. Murton, after examining the injury that 'Ha' -era%
done, ran in to tell his father and brother. They ea
~0
out and carried the wounded thief into the house, ge_.'d
him breakfast, and afterwards placed him is °Art, ita.
took him before Mr. G. W. F. Gregor, s .10!,4
gistrate for the county. Mr. Gregor WWI Obilgi:
to come out into the yard to Site the deP:bsot
tions of the witnesses; the man's leg being so bad
__,„
he could not be removed from the cart. He wee co'„
mitted for trial, and taken on to St. Austell ; but, Co;
plaining of his leg, he was examined by • surgeon,^fic
directed him to remain at St. Austell until he was in
state to be removed. On Friday last, however, the Pr'_
soner's leg had become so much worse that, after P
consultation among the surgeons, it wase conidOpped ae:
cessary to amputate the limb, which was done as ih9
same day at St. Austell.— West Briton.

On the 12th inst., the lafiYißorfl7Major T. H. Ottley, 13(3rnill
Army, of a son.
On the i .hii inst., at Thurloe-square, the lady of —i: leute*
nant-Colonel G. Warren, of a daughter. the
wifeOjon
nhthieLlf,tahul, E,sq
inst.,
.a,
of a daughter.tCanberwe
Camberwell House, Surrey',
of
Rai'
ilr
On the 17th inst., at Cheltenham, the lady of the
Hamilton Thomps,,n, of a daughter.
On the 19th inst., at Elthain, Kent, the lady of the Eel
John T. Plummer, of a daughter. yr, the
lady of Montague Ormsby Cooper,esE-sq,
On the 18th inst., at Great Jam street,
oil!
Kenninf,
On the 19th inst., at 'Minerva-place,
of a daughter.
Lambeth, the wife of Mr. J. Hawkins, s, John
On the 19th inst., at Newton-road, B*Pwate '
Collins, of a son. the lady
On the 17th inst., at Alscot-park, Gloucestershire,
of J. R. West, Esq., of a daughter. f the Fed'
ugriltotnar.greenr
On the 17th inst., at Wilton, Norfolk, the /fife o
W. H. Hanson, of a daughter. of :edford-ro
On the 18th inst.. Mrs. Charles Dickens. of a son.
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On the 18th inst., in Duke-street, Westminster,
Brunel, of a daughter. MIS

MARRIED'
On the 17th inst., John Parker Bolding, Esq, of Hamilton-
terrace, St. John's-wood, to Mary, daughter of the late
Richardson, Esq., of Flatfield, Perthshire. George
On the 17th inst., at St. G ' Bloomsbury,
sorge s, •
Burrow Gregory, Esq., of Bedford-square, to Maria Ter:
Price, second daughter of R. Price, Esq., of Ch."

DJEB.
On the Bth of February,board the
at sea, on- .
_ientenatit'
ley, 1Y
alter , Sir NV alter Scott, of Abbotsford, Bart., L
Colonel 15tb, or King's, llussars. nsoll
On the sth ult., at Montreal, Lower Canada, G. Ferg-
Esq., late Captain in the 23d Regiment, aged 33. ni
On the 16th inst., Mr. Daniel West, of Lidwells, in Gt,
hurst, Kent, aged 73.
On the 17th inst., in Bedford-row, Henry— Kensit, ftror.
On the 17th inst., at White House, Musselburgh, P.
ray, Esq., aged 74. squat'
On the 19th inst., Rebecca, wife of Mr. Tubb, of E
court, Fleet-street. AO
ship Welles-
On the 19th inst., in Finsbury-circus, Thomas Bevan,

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