The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-24 00:00:00

THE RUSSIA TRADE.

By the accounts which have been received from
the Russian capital to the sth instant, details are
furnished relative to the trade between Great Britain
and St. Petersburgh during the year recently ended.
The navigation having remained open later in the
autumn than usual, nearly all the British ships were
enabled to leave St. Petersburg!), and only eight
vessels are wintering at Cronstadt. The exporta-
tion of tallow had been larger during the past year
than ever before remembered, and amounted in all
to 168,092 casks, exceeding the export of 1832 by
13,792 casks, and that of 1831 by 21,800. On the
shipments last season, 104,800 casks were for the
port of London, and nearly 50,000 casks for the
other ports of England. The stock remaining over
at St. Petersburg!) at the close of the season was
about 3,000 casks. For 12 years prices had no
ruled so high as during the last season.
The estimate of the supply of tallow for the
present year is that it will be between 190,000 and
200,000 casks. The failure of the crops in many
parts of the empire had rendered food so scarce and
dear that agreater number of cattle were killed in the
autumn than usual. The contracts made for the
present year, up to the last dates, were for nearly
600,000 poods. The rise in the price last season
was from 110 to 112 roubles per pood, but the last
shipments of the season were between 125 and 126
roubles per pood.
The exportations of hemp to Great Britain in the
last season had been larger than usual, in all exceed-
ing 1,300,000 poods, out of 1,980,000 poods, the
whole export from St. Petersburg!). The supply
had been greater than for many years, but only about
70,000 poods were left at the close of the shipping
season. The prospects as to supply for the present
season were good. The accounts from the interior
respecting the crop are good .in every respect, and
is expected to amount to 1,800,000 poode. The
increasing consumption in Great Britain and else-
where will, it is expected, keep prices firm.
The exportation of flax from St. Petersburgh
fell off last year, and the new crop being short in
quantity, not more than 175,000 poods were ex-
pected to come from the interior this year. The
quality of the new flax is stated to be good. The
quantity of codilla this season is expected to be
small, but of finer quality. It was, however, not
considered probable that many contracts for flax
would be made until the uncertainty relative to the
repeal of the bounty on British linens was terminated.
Of linseed the exportation to Great Britain last
year exceeded that of the previous year, and
amounted to 125,100 chetwerts. The new crop
had been abundant, and of fine quality, in all the
northern parts of the empire, but in the south-
eastern districts the seed was indifferent. The sup-
ply for this season was expected to be from 150,000
to 160,000 chetwerts.
The exportation of iron to Great Britain had beers
294,000 poods. The general exportation was less the
last than in the previous year, and 700,000 poods
were left on the spot. To America 510,000 ponds
were shipped off from St. Petersburgh last year.
In other articles of Russian produce shipped to
Great Britain no material variation took place last
season. Hides had been very short, but as the
supply this season was expected to be large, prices
were expected lower. The exportation of deals had
exceeded that of last year, and had amounted to
181,093 St. dozen, against 157,075 St. dozen,
in 1832.

The importation to St. Petersburgh from Great
Britain, had shown a good trade. The favourable
opinion entertained of colonial produce in England
and other parts of Europe, had extended itself to
the Russian capital ; but the large arrivals of raw
and other sugars from the port of London, damped
the demand. The scarcity of money in Russia had
cramped trade. The sales of St. Jamaica and other
coffees have been generally at a profit. Of British
plantation logwood there had been a larger import
last year than for ten preceding years, and the mar-
ket was glutted. Jamaica logwood had fallen in the
shipping season from 37 to 29 roubles per pood;
and Campeachy from 45 to 39 roubles per pood.
Good Honduras Sarsaparilla had realized high pro-
fits. Of cotton the imports had been large, but the
increasing consumption in Russia had kept the mar-
ket bare.
The total number of the ships which saired from
St. Petersburgh
8.
71 for Great Britain in the past season
was

The Free Grammar School at Sutton Cold-
field, Warwickshire,. is about to be thrown open for
English education, in addition in the classics. It is said
that the master receives a salary of nearly 5001. per
annum, when, upon an average, he has not more than
three or four boys.

FORTUNATE DISCOVERY.—(Further parti-
culrparti-
culars.)—Some few years since 11r. Gillman, a baker,
residing in this city, purchased at a sale an escrutoire,
which he has had in his possession from that time. By
a in
accident, he discovered last week a secret depo-
sitory, n which was contained about 6001. in 101. notes
of the Canterbury Union Bank, together with documents*
relating to property in the Bank of England, altogether
amounting to more than 7,0001. With a generosity un-
paralleled, Mr. G. has written to the parties immediately
interested, giving them a minute description of every thing
in his possession, and an offer of surrender. Various
rumours have been afloat since the commencement of Mr.
G.'s good fortune, but, we believe, the sum we have named
will be found a tolerably correct estimate of the wealth
which has for so many years remained undiscovered. The
heir to the property, Mr. Hukesson, resides at Ripon, in
Yorkshire.—.Kentish Chronicle.