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

TRADE WITH CHINA.

There have just been presented to the House of Com-
mons, in pursuance of their order of January 22, returns
of the trade of the various ports of China, down to the
latest I eriod (in continuation of the returns laid bcfore
Parliament during the last session). These return's oc-
cupy some 150 closely-printed folio pages, and contain
reports upon the several ports for 1845 and down to the
middle of last year. The following is an interesting ta-
bular statement, giving a comparative view of l3,.!itish
trade at the five ports of China during the year 184,6 --.
Ports of trade. Imports. Exports.
Canton £2,321,692 £4,392,270
Amoy
Foochewfoo 43,981
Ningpo 10,398
Shanghae 1,082,107

Total £3,605,1772 £5,824;07
Victoria, April 28, 1846.
The following is a despatch from Consul Nhegregor
to Sir John Davis, relative to the British trad,...! at Can-
ton for the half-year ending 30th of June, 18 45 :
Sir—l have the honour of transmitting VJ your EX*
cellency'returns, illustrative of the British trade at this
port for the half year ending the 30th of .7, une, viz.
Ist. A return of the quantities of in. erchandise hp'
ported in 68 British vessels, of 30,343 tons, and in 47
Hong-kong lorchas, of 2,829 tons, showing an aggregate
value as regards British manufactures a ,nd produce, of
2,162,632 dolls. and productions of and other
countries of 2,002,979 dolls. making the total of inVr"
ration during the half-year 4,165,611 d oils. at 4s. 2d.,
equal to 867,8331. sterling. This amourut does not, how"
ever, include the quantities imported, from Macao to
Portuguese lorchas, nor any others but those that have
been reported through this consulate and actually psi"
duty.
2d. A return of the quantities of mereaandise exported
during the same period in 77 British vessels, of 35,242
tons, to the value of 7,917,200 dolls., or 1,649,4161. stg.,
which amount likewise only includes those articles which
have paid duty.
3d. A statement of the tonnage dues znd import and
export duties paid upon British shipping during the same
period, and amounting in all to 973,406 diulls. or 202,7931.
sterling.
A comparison of the above mentioned returns with
those of the corresponding period of 1844 yields the
following results :
Ad. 1. The former ow a decrease in he importtion
of British manufacture show a decrease in the importation
of British manufactures and produce tot the amounat of
425,657 dolls., and in that of the productions of Indis,
and other countries of 129,718 dolls., being a total defi-
ciency of imports, upon the half-year ended the 30th of
June, 1845, of 655,375 dolls.

Ad. 2. A decrease is apparent in the value of exports
to the amount of 797.943 dollars.

Ad. 3. A corresponding deficiency, amounting. to
140,622 dolls. occurs in the duties levied upon the British
trade during the past half-ycar.
To account for this apparent decrease in our trade of
the first half-year, I will only remark generally, that
owing to over-importation in 1844, the stock of Euro-
pean goods on hand at the commencement of the prefent
year was unusually heavy, in conseejuence of which ship'
ments to this pert became less frequent, and prices de-
clined on an average 10 per cent.
The diminution in the amount of exports must be
chiefly attributed to two of the ;most important articles,
namely tea and raw silk, hating been shipped filo
Sharghae to a much greater extent in the past half-yam
than in the corresponding period of 1844.
The deficiency in the aggregate amount of duties levied
in the British trade seems to require no further expiane;
tion, it being naturally dependent upon the fluctuation of
,"
commerce, and I therefore confine myself to stating that
the number of British arrivals from the Ist of January te
the 30th of June, of the present year, amount to 75
ships, of 32,487 i tons, against 91 ships, of 40,6641 tot
wh:ch were reported inwards at this office during t

corresponding period in 1844.
••
I am happy to add, in conclusion, that the cone°ali
ties which remained on hand at the commencement of
the year having since been disposed of by shipments to
Shanghae and Amoy, and cotton manufactures being
cheaper now in the home markets than they have been.
for some time, there is a fair prospect of a brisk trade "
Canton during the ensuing season, the more so as teas
and other China produce seem to come in freely from the
interior of the country.
It appears from various of the returns that the folio!'
ing are the amounts of British import and export Vac':
at the several ports during the half-year ending Jul/-
30, 1846 :
Shanghae—lmports, 440,994/. ; exports, 456,9651
Ningpo—lmports, 1,725/. ' • exports, 4,506/.an
Fouchow—Consul Alcock states that there
half
"absence of all foreign trade at this port during Me
year ending 30th June" (1846).
Amoy—lmports, 40,1851. ; exports, 2,4021.
Canton—Mr. Consul Macgregor, from pressure of
business, was unable to forward the returns from this
port at the time the others were made.

EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE EY A
RESPECTABLE FEMALE.—On Sunday afternoon, between the
hours of two and three o'clock, the neigbourhood of Man-
chester-square was thrown into a state of considerable alarm
and excitement in consequence of the following extraordi-
nary attempt at suicide made by a highly respectable female
whilst labouring under some temporary mental aberration.
It appears that the unfortunate victim, named Fanny Richey,
aged fifty-six, had for some months past resided at No. 19,
Henrietta-street, Manchester-square, and was somewhat re-
markable for her eccentric ways and habits, though it was
little suspected that she was of unsound mind. At eleven in
the morning she was in conversation with the landlady, after
which she retired to her apartments at the upper part of the
house, and at the period specified above she deliberately Pr().
ceeded to the roof of the house by means of a small ladder
and at once precipitated herself into the street. She fell in
a diagonal direction, and lodged upon the area rails, her
clothes having caught, and thus the unfortunate creature
miraculously escaped an instantaneous death. The occur-
rence was seen by several persons passing by at the tame,
and police-constable 109, D division, states that her dress
caught on to the spikes of the rails, so as to break the fells
otherwise she must have been killed on the spot. The Ind":
tunate creature was then conveyed in a cab to the Middl!set •
Hospital, and Mr. Dickson, the house surgeon, ascertains
thate
thee
that she had sustained, besides a dreadful wound
head, some severe internal injuries. so as to leave little bo Pes
of her ultimate recovery. She is unmarried, and verY re-
spectably connected.
A THIEF SHOT.—A party of gipsies having lately
pitched their tents in the neighbourhood of GrarePtriej
one of them, following the occupation of a tinker, e*
_f
on Mr. Richard Murton, a farmer in the parish
Cuby, on Tuesday week,' and inquired if he bad
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kettles, pots, pans, or old bellows to be 'Trost
He was told they had none of those
required mending. Outside the bousear,tidehnotwbiezeirs•
Was a large brass pan, with water In
it
; of he
appears, the tinker took good notice ,0 beeen.
left the premises. On Wednesday fining'
three and four o'clock. the farmers son we* aw
out from
by the barking of their dog. Re looked de,..
the window, and saw a man who bad a large. to
with him. He called to his father, who told bire,o_.
see who the man was. Without putting on aaythi
and ran out
kenad
except his hat, he took a loaded _
barefooted. lie then saw the man going off as fast as De
could with the brass pan on his head. Ho pursued the
thief, and after running across two fields overtook bins,
and ordered him to carry back the pen to t„kte plus whence
he tock it. The fellow refused, but Mr. Murton insisted
on his taking back the pan, saying, " if you don't I will
fireatyou." After a few more words, theme( took up the
pan and carried it part of the way back, but than „eje, put
it down, swearing that he would go no ftigthet.77,ith it.
The farmer's son said ho should, and upon th 4& they bad
another altercation, until at length the Wow produced
hammer, and threatened to knock Mr. Murton's brains
out, if he did not Ist him go. Murton still insisted on the
pan being carried all the way back, and some more word`
followed, when, for his own defence, and to secure the
rogue, Mr. Murton fired his gun, and shut off part of the
calf of one of the fellow's legs. He inetstatiy fell, and
Mr. Murton, after examining the irsittry tbet had bees
done, ran in to tell his father and brother. They came
out and carried the wounded thief into the house, Ply
him breakfast, and afterwards placed him is a cart, end
took him before Mr. G. W. F. Gregor, a
,ma-
gistrate for the county. Mr. Gregor ige
was ohl
to come out into the yard to take the depose'
Lions of the witnesses, the Mlles leg being. so bad that
be could not be removed from the cart. He Rawcom-
mitted for trial, and taken on to St.-Austell ; but, comb;
plaining of his leg, he was examined by a surgeon. w fit
directed him to remain at St. Austell until he was in a
state to be removed. On Friday last, however, the pry'
soner's leg had become so much worse that, after *
consultation among the surgeons. it was considered se'
cessary to amputate the limb, which was done on the
same day at St. Austell.— West Briton.