The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-25 00:00:00

TRADE AND NATIGIATION STATISTICS

A. large light blue-book (annually published) gives the
following statement of the trade and navigation of the
United Kingdom in the year 1856, just presented to
Parliament by Royal command. The details of the
statement are almost infinite, but the following " ab-
stract" will supply a sufficient general idea of them.
To proceed :—The real value of the imports (in 1856)
amounted to 172,544,1541., and that of the exports to
139,220,3531. The imports increased from 143,542,8501.
(in 1855), and the exports, from 116,691,3001. (in the
same year). The " official " value of the total imports of
goods is estimated at 131,937,7631. (vice 172,544,1541.
the "real" value). The imports included 129,517,5681.
from foreign countries (the cemputed "real" value of
the geede), and 43,026,5861. from the colonies. The
exports included 115,826,948/., the actual produce of the
united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
23,393,4051. of foreign and colonial goods. The official
value of the foreign and colonial exports is estimated at
33,423,7241. The imports from foreign ooutries included
9,999,579/.from Russia (north), and 1,562,345/ (south) ;
2,031,8611. from Sweden, 2,201,8311. from Denmark,
4,534,815/. from Prussia, 5,302,7391. from the Hanse
Towns, 7,433,422/. from Holland, 2,236,798/. from
Belgium, 10,386,5221. from France, 2,164,0901. from
Portugal, 3,645,0831. from Spain, 2,654.580/ ,from the
Spanish West Indies (Cuba, &c.), 1,505,5821. from the
Two Sicilies, 1,427,2891. from Greece, 2,383,0291. from
Turkey, 5,753,5181. from Egypt, 36,047,7731., from the
United Sates of America, 2.229,0481., from Brazi,
1,700,776/. from Chili, 3,048,6941. from Peru, 9,421,648/.
from China, and 1,657,375/, from the West Coast of
Africa. The imports from all other counties were
under 1,000,0001., and it will hardly be credit:ci by
the general public that those from the " Austrian terri-
tories," as they are called in the official list, did not
exceed the comparatively paltry figure of 902,4331.
The computed real value of the imports from the colo-
nies was, from Canada, 3,779,741/. ; from New Bruns-
wick, 1,891,7071. ; ;vim the West Indies, 4,157,0981. ;
from Guiana, 1,418,2641. ; from New South Wales,
2,317,5911.; from Victoria, 2,033,054/, ; from India
(or, as official papers still call it, the "East Indies"),
17,262,8511., exclusive of Ceylon, Singapore, and the
traesit through Egypt ; from Ceylon, 1,304,1741. ; from
the Mauritius, 2,427,007/. ; and from the Cape of Good
Hope, 1,502,8281. From all other places the imports
ruled under a million. The exports of domeetio
pr iclace and manufactures from the United King.
dom to foreign countries included about 1,500,000/.
to Russia, 1,033,142/. to Denmark, 1,021,485/.
to Hanover (a large increase), 10,134,813/. to the Hanse
Towns ; 5,728,253/. to Holland, 1,689,975/. to Belgium,
6,432,650/. to France, 1,455,754/. to Portugal,
1,734,483/. to Spain, 1,317,062/. to Cuba, &e.,
1,143,689/ to Sardinia, 1,202,1831. to the Two Sictliee,
4,416,0291. to Turkey, 1,587,6821. to Egypt. 21,476.126/
to the United States of America, 4.804,5371. to Brazil'
1,396,446/. to Chili, 1,046,0101. to Peru, and 1,415,4781
to China. The exports of the mother country to the
colonies included 2,418,250/. to Canada, 1,462,156/, to
the West Indies and Guiana, 2,584,8761. to New South
Wales, 5,495,764/. to Victoria, 10,546,1901. to liidie, and
1,344,3381. to the Cape. It will be understood that the
above figures refer to the produce of the United King-
dom exolusively. The articles imported from abroad, in-
cluded, among a heap of others, 2,876,838'6. of bristles,
7,143,4751 b. of cocoa, 56,992,1161 b. of coffee, 4,072,333
quarters of wheat, and 4,124,420 quarters of other
grain, 9,141,842 cwt. of raw cotton, and 1,116,2261 h.
of yarn, 191,501 tons of guano, 1,687,041 cwt., of
flax, 2,912,8381 b. of goats' hair, 3 238,1161 b. of dressed
hides, 3,989,574 pairs of gloves, 3,692.001a5t. of rice'
9,398,9111 b. of raw silk, 3,084,683 sheep and lamb skins'
and 1.218,548 goat skins, 10,810,398awt. of pepper,
7,761,240 cwt. of raw auger, 1,122,7360 wt. of tallow,
86,200,4141 b. of tea, 44,809,6341 b. of raw tobacco' and
1,855,0311 b. of cigars and snuffs, 9,481,880ga11s of wine,
22,723,434 hoops, 116,211,8921 b. of wool, 2,540,438
galls, brandy, 195,895 "Geneva" or Ilollande gin, and
7,169,005 of rum. There were also introduced into the
country from abroad the following animals, equine, b
vine, and ovine, viz., 2,979 horsos, 83 306 cxan and
bulls, and 145,059 sheep and lambs. The exoorts of
our home produce and manufacture included 1,405,901
cwt. of soda ; 509,2031. of drugs ; 1,363,619/. of apparel,
old ani new ;10,500 0181 b. of gunpowder; 51,023 cwt. of
ham and bacon ; 594,528 doz. of empty bags ; 28,023 cwt.
of beef and pork ; 410,392 brio. of ale and beer; 30,095 cwt
of books ; 139,548 cwt. of butter ; 6,038,991 lbs. of
steorine candle-, 5,637,587 tons of coals, 125,242 qrs.
of corn, 1,211,281,686 yards of white calic ee. and
803,132,156 yards of printed or dyed caboose, 6,063 034
yards of plain cambric or minibus, and 3,261,667 yards
of printed ditto ; 7,544,370 yards of fustian and velvet,
and 3,992,056 yards of cotton and linen mixed, about
1,000,000 pairs of stockings, 5,371,643 lbs. for sew-
ing, 181,495,805 lbs. of ()Atop yarn or twist, 1,334 1181.
of earthenware and porcelain, 3,638,3581. of haber-
dashery and millinery; 195,645/. of jeweibry ;
6,259,4351 b. of wrought leather (except saddlery and
harness) ; 25,118.3491 b. of linen yarn, and 133.170,996
yards of linen goods ; 5,786,409 yards of printed ditto ;
1,538,184 yards of cambric and lawn ; 1,162,018 yards
of damask and diaper ; 4,752,181 yards of sailcloth, and
4,163,0371 b. of sewing thread ; 819,0671. of steam en-
gines ; 7,087,429 gallons of linseed oil ; 745,788 tons of
salt ; 655,2181 b. of silk stuffs and rihands, and 880,2681.
of fringes, laces, trimmings, and mixed silk stuffs,
4,846,793 gallons of spirits; 313,953 cwr. of raw sugar,
14,378,7741 h. of wool. 66,974,272 yards of mixed stuffs,
flannels, and carpets, and 2,219,090 pieces of worsted
stuffs. 12,038,2991. of gold specie were exported in
1856, and 12,810,498/. of silver specie. In 1856 92,259
vessels, of 21,589,049 tone, entered and cleared from and
to foreign countries and the colonies, of which 52,144
were British and 40,115 foreign. The above figures
may be said to afford a sort of panoramic view of the
commercial greatness of Great Britain.

CANADIAN AND AMERICAN EMIGRATION.—An im-
portant arrangement has been completed between the
London and North-Western Railway and the Grand
Trunk Railway of Canada, by which passengers of the
first, second, and third classes san be booked at the
London offices of the latter Company, 21, 011 Br,ad-
street, E.C., to their destinations on the American con-
tinent, for one payment, which includes the railway
tare from London to Liverpool, the sea transit, either
by steam or by sailing ship, end the railway fare to
upwards of 150 leading stations and cities in Canada
and the United States, as far even as Kansas, a dis-
rates, and the protection
trpaof 1,694 miles from Quebec, and of 1,818 from
Canada,°tlad • The valuable pamphlets on the resources of
theconnections map
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through 3 with the United States, the tariff lof
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usual, gratis,
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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The following general order relating to the regu-
lations for volunteering from the Militia regiments
to the regiments of the Line has been issued from

the Horse Guards by command of his Royal High-
ness the General Commanding-in-Chief :
" 1. The restriction of the volunteering to men who
have attended one training, or who have been three
months in the Militia, is dispensed with.
" 2. A. sum of 10s. in cash, instead of 3s. 6d. as here-
tofore, is to be handed to each volunteer on attestation,
and the balance of his bounty—viz 305., is to be paid
to him, without deduction, on joining his new corps.
The enlisting shilling, the 10s. bounty, and the money
recruiting
required for fees for the magistrates' clerk, are, in con-
formity to Volunteering
Instructions,' dated December last, to be drawn from
pcalyamusaesteBrsobfythteheWoffiarc-aorffiscoe '
of
the
theser Mviceiliwtia who are called upon to enlist the volunteers.
3. Vaunteers from the Cavalry and Rifle Corps, if
of the prescribed standard and in all other respects fit
for the service, are not to be rejected on account of not
measuring 34 inches round the chest.—By command,
G. A. WICTHERALL, Adjutant.-General.

Captain R. H. Travers, 24th Regiment, has
been appointed Acting Instructor of Musketry to
the 2d battalion at Chatham garrison during the
absence of Clpt. J. M. Lyle, 29th Regiment, who
has succeeded Capt. C. Lutyenis, 20th Regiment,
in that appointment. The number of troops be-
longing to the various branches ot the service who
are under daily instruction at Chatham in the use
of the Enfield rifle exceeds 500 officers and men.
We are informed that 235 men of the Royal
North Lincoln Militia, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel R. Eewl7lhlioscmoror,p7sB men have been
b, acvheievfloyluthnete6eoretdh
near
Royal Marines. An
fßfionri
Rifles, Rifle
passedr e ttl a regular
oari
tghayedi,er
inquiry was instituted as to the great proportion
of rejections, and in future the medical examina-
tion will be less strict ; but the fact that the men
selected picked corps, above the common standard
in height or circumferenceof chest, in part accounts
for it also.
The number of recruits enlisted during the last
four months in the northern district, of which Bel-
fast isthe head-quarters, was as follows :—Sept. 221;
Oct., 229 ; Nov., 395 ; Dec., 253 ; total, 1,098, or
an average per month of 274. In the part of this
month which has elapsed the recruiing parties have
been equally successful.
Admiral Sir G. Seymour, K. C. 8., Commander-
in-Chief at Portsmouth, struck his flag on board
the Blenheim at sunset on Saturday, and proceeded
to London to be present at the Royal festivities.
The Governer of the garrison, Major-General the
Hon. Sir Jas. Y. Scarlett, K.C. 8., also left Ports-
mouth on Friday under similar ciecumstances.
Royal salutes are expected to be fired at noon to-
day by the flagship and others all "dressed," and
by the garrison battery on the King's ravelin. A
band will play on the glacis adjacent, and another
on the esplanade, and the troops available will be
inspected at noon on Southsea-common by the
senior officer left in the garrison. The Govern-
ment-house will be brilliantly illuminated, and the
mayor has given 200 or more ticke.s to the poor fur
coals, and recommended the inhabitants to make the
day a holiday. Gosport, Farebam, Ryde, New-
port, Havant, and other contiguous places have
given out announcements of doing honour to the
clay with befitting spirit ; the poor are to be con-
sidered most generously, the public functionaries
will meet and dine together, balls and other parties
take place at night, and illuminations will be nu-
merous and handsome.
It is rumoured that Admiral Lord Lyons will
succeed Lord Stratford de Redcliffe as Ambassador
at Constantinople, and that Vice-Admiral Fan-
shawe will succeed to the command of the Medi-
terranean, as we some time ago reported ; also that
Admiral Ayscough and Vice-Admiral Mingaye have
been offered the service pension which fell in to
disposal by the death of Vice-Admiral Sir J. Coode.
Mr. T. Jamieson, Store receiver, at Deptford
Victualling yard, is appointed to the Royal Clarence-
yard, Gosport, as Storekeeper, vice Mr. Joseph
Pinhorn, retired after half a century's service.
The steamvessel Otter, 3, Lieut. C. H. Simpson,
commanding, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday
from Sheerness with the Traveller screw gunboat
in tow, which is appropriated to the steam reserve
depot ship Blenheim as a tender. The Otter left
the same afternoon on her return to Sheerness, and
took round supernumeraries.
The steam frigate Valorous, 16, Capt. Aldham,
and the steam despatch boats Alacrity, 4, Com-
mander A. Wodehouse, and Lapwing, 4, Comman-
der O'Reilly, are under orders to leave Plymouth
to-day for Portsmouth, and join the escort on the
marriage of the Princess Royal.
The defect in the blowpipe of the screw steam-
sloop Alert, 17, Commander W. A. R. Pearse, hay-
it,g been made good, she has returned from the
inner harbour to Plymouth Sound. Her crew were
paid wages on Thursday by Rear-Admiral Sir J.
Pasley, and sue is under sailing orders for Val-
paraiso.

Private letters dated Montevideo, N ov. 29, have
been received at Plymouth written from the pad-
dlewheel steamsloop Virago, 6, Commander Henry
V. Haggard. She was ordered to join the forces on
the Chinese seas, but having carried away theanain
shaft of one of her engines, it is necessary for her
to return home, and she may be expected inMarcb.
The Virago left Plynnyath June 16, 1856, and has
been engaged on the south-east coast of America
ever since.
On Saturday morning H.R.H. Prince Adalbert
of Prussia, attended by three gentlemen of his suite,
and Lieut.-Col. Cavendish, one of the Equerries of
the Prince Consort, visited Woolwich Dockyard.
They arrived from Buckingham Palace itt a couple
of the Royal carriages and four, and were received
Mr. Macdonald, the master atten-
dant the dockyard by the Commodore quperintendent
eeper ; Mr. Penfold, accountant ;
Rice, master shipwright ; Mr.
jvd nnStt he
;e:
Fisgard. They went
Mr. Easthope, store receiver ; and Mr. Mugford,
commander of
hi‘seitrord.re;k
the flag ship
through the whole of the departments—the facto-
ries, engine stores, rigging house, (tc., walked
round the fitting basins, went on board the steam
frig es Galatea and Challenger, now in a forward
statlr of construction, and visited the testing appa-
ratus for proving the strength of ship's anchors,
the sawmills, smitheries, &c. His Royal Highness
evinced considerable interest in and made a minute
examination of every department, and, as Admiral
of the Prussian navy, appeared desirous of gaining
information which rw y be of service to him in that
capacity ; the gentlemen of his suite were mem-
bers of te dockyard service. Their final visit was
to the Pay-office, where Mr. Penfold exhibited his
newly invented system, by which 60 men are paid
per minute. The company of Royal Marines, in
command of Capt. Bunce, on duty in the dockyard,
were iu readiness to perform the usual honours,
but the Prince begged to decline any formalities.
Having passed four hours in visiting this establish-
ment his Royal Highness and party accepted the
preferred hospitality of Commodore Shepherd, and
after p irtaking of a sumptuous repast they returned
to London.
The first and sec3o-class steam reserve ships are
fast completing at Portsmouth. The first-class
steam reserve ships are to be fully rigged and armed
so as to be ready for sea at 24 hours' notice. There
will be consequently at the various ports 20 screw
line-of-battle ships, ten first-class heavy screw fri-
gates, with a squadron of screw gun-boats available
for any immeliate active service if necessary. The
second-class
steam
reserve will consist of an equal
number of screw liners, frigates, and gun-boats,
with their lower mists in, and sea stores on board,
with a mastn• in charge. They will consist of the
following at Portsmouth
Algiers .................. 91 Screw two-decker.
Caesar ................. 91 Screw two-decker.
Duke of Wellington 131 Screw three-decker.
Hannibal ............... 91 Screw two-decker.
Marlborough ...... 131 Screw three-decker.
Royal Sovereign
...... 131 Screw three-decker.
Arrogant
47 Screw frigate.
Imperious° ...........
Melpomene ......... al Screw frigate.
............ 51 Screw frigate.
Sidon .. ................... 22 Paddle frigate.
Sphinx .......... • ...... 6 Paddle sloop.
20 screw gun-boats, 10 mortar-boats.
Nearly the whole of the above are well forward,
and could be ready for sea in a month.

MILITIA.
An Armagh paper says :—" During the months
of Nov., Dec., and up to the 20th inst., the per-
manent staff of the Armagh Militia, and the
,re-
cruiting parties stationed in this city, enlisted and
passed the inspection of Dr. Lynn, medical officer,
231 recruits for the Line. In Nov. 98 ; Dec., 82 ;
and 41 up to the 20th inst. Besides these upwards
c.f 60 were obtained from the East India Company.
Independently, Dr. Lynn inspected and passed
npward.s of 500 recruits for the Armagh Militia
during the last 12 months. Sepoy journalism has
no influence here."

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