The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-13 00:00:00

TRADE OF NEM CAsTLE.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, June 11.—A south-west
wind is bringing a considerable fleet of light collier
vessels to the north-east coal ports, and trade is
likely to be more lively this week than it has been
for some two or three weeks past. The Custom-
house returns for May show a somewhat unfavour-
able state of trade in many of the northern coal
ports as compared with May, 1860. In May, 1861,
199,038 tons of coals were exported from Newcastle,
as compared with 214,188 tons in May, 1860; Sun-
derland, 109,373 tons, against 117,822 ; the Hartle-
poo.s, ,68 790 against 68,171; Middlesborough,
13,580, against 9,047 tons. The following quantities
of coals were sent to London and coastwise :—New-
castle, 194,360; Sunderland, 139,970; the Hartle-
pools, 118,777 • Blyth, 13,384; Seaham, 62,304 ;
Middlesborough, 16,61'6; Maryport, 32,020; White-
haven, 14,385 tons. Goods, other than coals and
coke, show an increase of £96,455 in the value ex-
ported from the Hartlepools, £992 from Sunder-
land, £9BB from Middlesborough, and a decrease
of £69,185 from Newcastle., As before stated,
while other trades are mostly very dull, the manu-
facture of machinery of all kinds in the large works
in this town and iron shipbuilding upon the Tyne
and Wear keep extremely active. Messrs. Richard-
son, Messrs. Palmer Brothers, Messrs. T. and W.
Smith, Mr. Leslie, and other firms on the Tyne, are
engaged executing orders for iron screw vessels and
sailing ships. Messrs. C. Mitchell and Co., of Low
Walker, have on hand a considerable number of
vessels for river purposes for almost every part of
the world. They are at present building two iron
paddle steamers, Penh of the following dimensions:
Length, 120 ft; breadth, 21 ft; depth, 7,1 ft. These
steamers, which will be fitted with the oscillating
cylinders, and engines of 60 horse power, are in-
tended for the Russian Government, and wilt be
employed in towing, &c., at the dockyard at Cron-
stadt. The same firm also building for the same Go-
vernment an iron screw despatch tender of the fol-
lowing dimensions :—Length, 60 ft ; breadth, li ft;
depth, 51 ft. The engines will be of 70-horse power.
The tender is already so far advanced as to be ready
to take her machinery. Messrs. Mitchell and Co.
have also in hand a first-class iron paddle-steamer
for the Hunter River New Steam Navigation Com-
pany at Sydney, of the followindeg dimensions :
Length, 220 ft; breadth, 251 ft ; pth, ft. The
steamer will be fitted with oscillating cylinders,
and engines of 200-horse power, by Messrs. Mon.;
son and Co., of the Ouseburn Engine Works. The
steamer, which is expected to attain a speed of 15
knots an hour, is being built under the inspection
of Mr. John Dudgeon, of London, and will be em-
ployed in conveying passengers and goods. There
is also building by Messrs. Mitchell and Co. an iron
screw steamer, to be fitted with Weallen's patent
machinery, consisting of high pressure and con-
densing cylinders, with surface condenser, the whole
of which will be manufactured by Messrs. R.
Stephenson and Co., Newcastle. The engines will
be of 70-horse power, and the following are the di-
mensions of the steamer :—Length,l6s ft ; breadth,
26 ft ; depth, 17 ft. On Saturday afternoon Mr.
Wm. Pile, of Sunderland, launched the first iron
vessel built by him from his building-yard on the
North-sands. She is a screw steamer of 830 tons
0.m., and is built for Mr. Young of Wisbeach, to be
employed in the Baltic trade. Mr. Pile has two
other iron vessels in hand ; a screw steamer of 700
tons, and a sailing vessel of 1,020. The same builder
is also preparing to lay down two other iron vessels
of 500 tons each. The pitmen at West Cramling-
ton Colliery are on strike. An attempt was made
by the owners agent to evict some of the workmen
from their cottages on Monday ; but as the pitmen
alleged the proceedings were il:egal, and there was
likely to be a riot, the manager of the colliery did
not persist.