The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-26 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

The official returns of the trade and navigation of the
United Kingdom for the month of January have been
issued.

The comparison of imports for the month is as
under :

1857.
Live animals
Cocoa lbs. 235,614 .
Coffee lbs. 1,417,551 ...
Wheat qrs. 332,401 ....
Barley qrs. 132,808
Oats qrs. 58,361 ...,..
Indian corn qrs. 47,382 ......
Flour cwt. 333,145
Cochineal cwt. 269 ....,
Indigo cwt.
Flax cwt. 39,473 ...
Currants cwt. 17,878 ..
Guano tons 828
Hemp cwt. 7,264
Mahogany tons 1,5,,i3
Oil, palm cwt. 21,461
Potatoes cwt. 11,320
Provisions cwt. 68,845
Quicksilver lbs.
Rice cwt.
Saltpetre cwt.
Silk, raw lbs.
Cassia Lignea lbs.
Cloves lbs. 85,379
Pepper lbs. 107,525
Rum proof gallons 101,484 ......
Brandy proof gallons 39,096
Geneva proof gallons 10,889
Unrefined sugars cwt. 217,200
Tallow cwt. 23,315
Tea... .lbs. 5,140,526
Tobacco lbs. 1,031,513

1856.
4,301
78,226
287,413
207,600
22,453
70,886
157,623
188,222,

511
1,036
19,75 t

767
5,027
20,336
1,367
21,936

52,743

22,484

131
225,219

32,744
2,052
117,227
10,932
14,906
248,213
167,819
18,285
4,534
167,563
56,4;83
2,124,814

J.LeT,
1,09 $,511

..• ,V*7
ime gallons. 299,781
Cotton wool cwts. 300,807
Sheep's and lambs' wool lbs. 1,29F,080
The declared value of some of the principal exports,
compared with that for the same articles during the cor-
responding month of last year, was as follows :-
1857. 1856.

1 Beer and Ale
Coals and culm 177,957
Cotton manufactures 2,472,779
Cotton yarn
Earthenware 114,072
Haberdashery and millinery... 317,275
Hardwares and cutlery
Linen manufactures
Linen yarn
Machinery and millwork
Silk manufactures
Silk Thrown 114,317
Woollen manufactures
Woollen yarn
The total declared value of all the merchandibe
exported during the month is 8,413,7481., against
7,278,4471., at the corresponding period of 1856, show-
ing an increase of 1,135,3011.

MADAME TUSSAIJD'S EXHIBITION. —The musical de-
partment in this establishment has lately undergone
great improvement, the illustrations being from the most
favourite and talented operas, combined with airs of a
lighter class, consisting of quadrilles, waltzes, and pol-
kas, from the latest productions of the most popular
and talented European composers.
BANK.—The )
ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND AUSTRALIAN
yearly meeting of the English,
Bank was held yesterday,; Charles Johnsto
and showed a
the chair. The report was satisfactory,ofce deposits over the I
considerable progress in the amount P
Scottish, andn,AEsustqra,liainn
year 1855. The dividend proposed,
profit of 17,9001., was at the rate psuerrpalnus.
the reduction of the
num, after taking a sum towards,l
preliminary expenses,
place between Mr. Franklin
of sfpreemr cetnhte.
fund. Some discussion tookh
expenditure, but it ended
and 4,500 . towards the rei-erve
and others in respect to
andte
AMENDMENT OF THE BEER
Mn. HARDY'S BILL FOR
' of the Beer Trade Society, intro-
ducedamicably and the report dividend were agreed to.
Levu!' —A deputation
ied by Sir. James Duke, Bart.,
ew with Sir George Grey, Bar'..,
' 'Home-office, on Tuesday last. In the observa•
mp.
had
dd
he
at t
d to the right hon. secretary, the
tions they addressed a ant. °LT interview
deputation confined themselves to the principal features
of Mr. Hardy's New Beer Bill, to which they objected
entirely. The proposal to place the future licensing of
beerhouses under magisterial control was, it was true,'
app modified by the power granted to beersellers
already licensed—a right to continue their license with-
out magisterial interference or control ; but this appa-
rent concession was neutralised by the succeeding
clauses, which provided that no license shall be renewed
to any but the present existing occupier ; so that no
beerseller could part with or transfer his house to any
other person, even though the sucoessor be widow, child,
or other relative. The property embarked in the trade
would thus be sacrificed ; for no sane person would pay
value for a house, the right to carry on the business of
which would not be assured to him. The injustice of
the 13th clause, which enacts that no debt for beer drank
r
on the premises should be recoverable, unless sued o
within a week, was also pointed out. The right hon.
Of the
baronet paid the greatest attention to the deputation,
and took minutes of their objections on a P
afforded, and
bill, and, in answer to the observations addressed him,
thanked the deputation for the informatioi?
promised to give the subject his best consideration.