The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

EXPORTS .AND IMPORTS

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• A very valuable Pa'rliamentary paper has just been issued
from the Vote-office, for which the public .are indebted to a
motion of Mr. Hams's, made. on the Bth 'of August la't.
No document could have been better Calculated to escls'a't
th s present condition of the several main branches. of Is
Indian, Colonial. and ,general American trade than tli;s.
, Under the heading of " Exports-and Imports," it exh:iy -3
an account of " the declared value of the various articles
British produce and manufactures exported to the Br'.C.,h.
West. India Colonies, for. each the, past five yea's,
ending the. sth day of January, .1845, with the rate of
duty imposed on each article In the colonies ; and of t'e
quantities of the principal articles of the growth and
facture of .the British. West India Colonies imOrted into
United. Kingdom ; and of the' quantities cleared for ho
consumption, and the rate of duty charged:upon each arti-
cle, &c.; also the- number of ships, distinguishing British
and Foreign, with their tonnage that have entered and
c'eared for the British West India Colonies from the
U ited Kingdom 'during the same period." From this
wellscligested mass of statistics, it results that the aggregate
value of British and Irish. produce-and manufactures ex?orted
in 1840 wa5:73,574,9704 ; in 1844, 2,451,4774 ; showing a &-
creeee in otmexportsto.our West India colonies oh the latter,
as compared with, the fermer year, 0f1,123,4934 This aggs•es
gate decline in 1841 improved in 4842; again in 1843, when
it reached .the -amount 0f,1840 'by less than 700,0001.' In
lc ficin3 fiver the .articles which compose • these exports we
have been struck by the. getter-al precision •of the . relations
which they bear. the transition • state • of these
colonies in their progress from sliVery to freedom. It is
painful • to: remark --,aow large decrease there is in
ar.icles :necessary to:, the culture or the manufactur-
ing ;processes of the, priaCipal• staple products of de. e
islands, and also to those commodities of luxury or refineme t
which were till' withip these ;few years. so largely expor:
from this country for the enjoyment or consumption of t
planters and proprietors, ACin the other hand, it is at or
crsious and satisfactory: to remark how marked an increr .e.
Ins gradually manifested itself in our_ exports of those ar i-
dles, not, as 'heretofore,. almost exclUsiVely of necessity, bat
o 7 what may lie called coarse luxury.and finery, such as IN 7
:fty well suppose would: be among the most favourite al
earlfest,'gratificatione rif-a, newly enfranchised race c
a rude people, , .To 4 begin 'with • this-_ last Class of expo; i 3
first, we find, accordingly, a decided increase in
"apparel, slops, and—baberashery." In. 1840 they were
231,000/. odd ; in 1844, 2,1.4,437/. Of manual instruments,
within the same period, the exports rose from 5,951!. to
7,045/. Of perfumery (always 'extravagantly prized by the
negro races), from 7,4664-to 9,543/. Earthenware of all sorts,
33,0001_ odd, to 35,7001.. Against this pleasant empce of
inprovem.ent we must place, with pain, such significant in
cations of. decaying tillage and impoverished means on the
part of the plantese as we fear these must be taken Cur
The.declum on =the declared value of oar e:lpoi w t 3
;;he same colonies in manure ,was from 9,459/. to 5,8:A/ ;
oi'.. cake. 8,7471. to 7,298/. -; dime, 7,537/. to 6,:)17 ;
bacon and hams, :;39,492/.: ,to, .20,93.1 L ; - beef and Pork
(the most. enormous'. decrease• on, any of . the items), from
104,6181. to 15,8771., or 600 per cent. on the five years. Then
cabinet and Upholstery ,ware dropped from 15.814/. in the year
1840, t 0.9,678/. in 1845...8utter and cheese from 111,8081. to
64,707/. -Beerand ala from 81,6.891:to 67,923/. Cordage from
19,005 i. to 154301/. Cotton. manufactir es, including cottoas
yarn, from 1,234,687/. to-637,9624 Linen manufactures and
yarn Crrm 332,041/.- tcr,21.7,071/. Plate, 'plated ware, wait
&c., from 23,220. t 0•13,122/.. Silk manufactures florn.C6,2`
to 25,378/. Woo'lea. -,Panulctures and yarn :tor
90,9i6/.. tp 78,695/. . Then there, is a fall in br:
and copper manufactnres—in • the same. period .of s-ma
12,000 i. ; iu coals, celm, and' ciadeis of more than 11,000/. ;
in machinery and minus:ilk, of 20,0001. (this item in 124)
wa5:44,3884.1a5t Yearonty 24,1100; in painters' colows, of
T 5.0001. ; tin and pewter wares, and tin-plates, of 2,003.
These are; all Of -them, commodities which in a sounder CO7l-
- of our West India trade ought to have shown a las:.
rate of increase instead orsuch a fearful diminution. In a
lion to the very few items of " improvement," we scar
know whether we °trait to take account of so uc. y •
Lam as apothecary wares, which. have gradually extra. -
from 18,1231. to 20,385/. ' " Hardware and • cutie..
has risen from .70,8794 to 77,529/. Our inr7s
from these colonies, for . the. same term, show some con.:
dictory results which it' is-not. very easy to reconcile. :.
example, whilst cocoa,. at a duty of 2d. and a fraction per
rose from 2,045,2441b5. in 1840, to 2,583,4) lbs. in 1845, et
just half that duty per 1b.,. coffee, which, at a duty of 6d. and
a :action per 16., was imported to. the extent of nearly :en
millions-of pounds in 1840, and upwards of ten millions and
a half in 1841, last-3-ear, at the diminished dit;,3, of.4d. mi. a
fraction, - had rapidly run down to 7,712,211 lbs. only, in
eontempt- of the Chancellor of _the Eschewer, the poli-
tical economists, and everybody else who had predicted
a concurient rise of consumption with lowering of !'ie duty.
In !;Ite manner, in 1340. we in)orted of ginger, from these
cJ.on'es 7,935 cw.;., .at the duty .of Ils. 6 3-51. per cwt.,
b it di-.-ectly this. duty was reduced to ss. 3d., in 1842, the
import Cali to 5,033 ,cwt. It is now so far. tecoveied as to have
been, last year., 6,100 cwt. The rum impo led in 1840 was
3,. 72.047 gallons, of which. there .were ea:kreci, for home
cons :mption, 2,498,255 gallons. In 1844 these quantities
respecavely,• only' 2,506,941 and .1,987,C70 gallons
(this latter quantity exclusive of 104,793 gallons East and
West india rum Tatted together). Sugar shows an increase
in the same period of. about 50,000 cwt., at the duty of.
1/. its. 2 2-sd. per cwt.• • I_Tpon the whole, these statistics of
our trade with the British possessions .in the West Indies
apear not only unsatisfactory, but alarming. We shal soon
have occasion, however, to.recur more largely Lo this interest-
ing point.

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• The return of British and Irish produce and manufactres
exported from the -United Kingdom to the East Ineda
pary's territories and Ceylon is-far more encouraging.
aggregate in 1840 was 6,023,1924 (declared value) ; fo,l
it: was 7,695;6064 The importations Emil, and ex7-,or;?,tiiais
to China, .present an, interesting feattue in the docum.:_,,t.
The articles of Bridsb.- and Irish ,produce and manufaCta,
exported from the United Kingdom. to China, consised of
a..parel, slope- and haberdashery, arms and atmtunidon, bry.r:
end ale, printed books, brass and copper manufactures; cotL)n
manufactures, cotton yarn, earthenware of all sor'A, Oa 3,
nardware, -and cutlery, P.on and steel, lead and sho;:, linen
manufactures, pick ieF.; and sauces, pla;,e, plated ware,jeWe'.,e-iy
r. Id watches, stationery, tin, and pewter, wares and tin plates,
woollen manufactures,_ and other articles. There has b:-cn a
great increase is the last year. The Thilowing figures si.ow
aggregate value of British and Irish produce and warm-
Letures during the. five years 524,198/. ; 1841,
f.::2,570/.; 1842, 969,3814 ; 1843;1,456,108L ; 1844,2-305;617/.
declared value of hardware and -cutlery exp3ti.ed ios:;
year was -16,2811. The exportations have increased s:nee
establishment .of- the tariff with China in a sur7r!An3
manner, and.must have given a- peat impetus to trade. The
articles imported from China are likewise. given. Of c'7u,.se
:t'le article." tea".is a great feature in the list. For the five
years .the, :following return .is given.:-1840, 22,576,4057.b5.;
1841, :27,639,81711 . ; 1842, 37,409,5441b5.; 1843, 42,779,265
lbs.; 1844051,754,4851 h% The, quantities entered for borne
consumption ate for the years,:respectively 31,009,966:b5..
83,588,1221b5.. 36,003,4671;8., 38,685,2621b5., and 40,118,782
lbs. the rave of duty charged is 2s. 21/2d. per lb. In the
seconds rendered of shipping, it appears, with respect to
China, :that the vessels that ,have entered and cleared for
China from the United„ Kingdom,' in the last. two ye.i.
end:leg in Janemy last, numbered, as "entered inwards-'•1
1844, was 84, and in 1845' 104, British; and "clewed o. -
wards," in 1844, 73; and.in 1845, 73 Br4ish; and of
there were 3in 1844, and-5 in :1845._ Our exports to the Mau-
it; us in ,thesameterm had declined rrom 315,81 9.1. t 0.235,6501.,
.whi!st there in the British Nor,h American Colonies inmas ?.1
from 2,874,913/.- to 3,04,8614, A bad account, indeej, is
shown of exports to New South Wales end. the Austra,ian
Colonies. ,In 1840 they reached 2,004,3834 In 1844 they
down-to 744,0601. :Our export trade to the United St,..
after declining from its amount in 1840 (viz. 5,233,0201.
mealy the sum 0f.2430,000/.- in 1842, had risen at the c:
of the last commercial year to 7,008,0791. Our trade tc C'
stood as 514,7821. in 1840; at the end of 184.1 it was 654.,.1.
To Brazil, it wasinthe that year of the same term 2,625.56
in the last. 2,413,538/. ; to Mexico and the States of

and South America exhorted, in 1840, to the aino.i
3,576,357/. ; in 1844, to 3,013,267/.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

BURWASIL—Hop-picking commenced here on Tuesday
last; and will be general in this neighbourhood to-morrow. it
is now beyond doubt that the crop has been, by many of our
planters, much over-estimated. Almost every planter who
has begun is inquiring for more pickers, his usual number of
hands being insufficient tosupply his oast daily with the re-
quisite quantity• of hops. "We can't get on at all," say the
pickers, " the hops don't rise, they are so small—so very
small." The sweeping. winds f the last week have done an
amount of injury in the gardens, to which the farmers and
labourers here say they do not remember a parallel. Great
numbers of labourers, male and female, are employed daily,
propping up poles'and gathering up the large quantities of
scattered hops. A common expression with us is, " Depe,cl
upon it, these winds have blown away twenty thousand duty."
FARNHAM.—It is said the crop of hops is never safe until
they are picked and dried.; and so it would appear this year,
for where there is a tolerable crop they have been sadly
knocked about by the tempestuous weather which prevailed
from the 15th to the 18:1 inst.; this .must much detract from
the :quantity to be picked in the Farnham district ; the wind
was so violent that many branches have been blown off, and
ehousands.of Poles blown down: The picking would bave
begun on the 15th generally, but many hare waited until the
violence had abated on the 19th. There has been no mould
throughout the year : bur of the Aphilice, they have now
laid prostrate the foliage, of many. trees, assisted by the
wind.. The 'gardens are carpetad with the decayed and in-
fected leaves, and the poles are as if plain wires were twisted
up them; and 'this appearance occurs more particularly in
the deep rich barns of the vale of Farnham, always caded
the best grounds in the district._ _

HEATIIFIELD.—The all-absorbing topic of conversation at
our Market .on
.Thnrsday.last was the wet and boisterous
state of the Weather during that day and the few previous
ones, and the„consequent havoc and. dismantlement of the
hop plantations, whereby each garden, without exception, is
truly . emblematical of a field ,of battle, with the slain,
maimed, and wounded, }wing cross and pile in all directions.
The decrease ,of: ditty on this account was .variously esti-
mated at from :(:),000/. to 80,0001, and there were those
who, in consideration of the immediate and premature piek-
ing that mast ensue, even ventured 411.1 opinion of 40,000/. de-
crease. Mr. James choice garden of pockets are of
good condition, and weigh Well. One of them weighed 1 cwt.
2.qrs. 27.1b5,, and required 66 or 67 bttsliels to the cwt. Far
different will it be with thebackworti sorts.
HORSMONDEN --,-The beautiful appearance which our hop-
gardens presented igst.,week has vanished, and a scene of de-
vastation now presents Itself, the '
wind having committed ter-
rible pavageti.-. Tiginaande of poles are torn down in this
parish, uid the crop must be lessened.to a great extent.
Picking has become general, but they do not answer the ex,
peetations of tile planters, being, smaller and tilfflettit to pick,
consequently great difficulty is experienced in supplying the
pasta.. Duty here is now "Alleged at 155,0001.
Fax.-,The hop-picking has partially commenced in this
neighbourhood, and in, a few da;ys will become general. The
violent gales during Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last,
did considerable damage in some of the plantations, and it is
conjectured will materially affect the duty.
•WATilfUlifilT.—The heavy gales of last week have com-
pletely: changed the appearance of the hop, gardens in on}'
neighbourhood: those.grounds that ,4 week ago leaked like
growing from Lit to t 5 Glft• per acre, will now in many in,
enlaces polite flown twit • T
to lasw:t, per acre. So great is
the.havec zn..our parish, that we think if other plantations ate
injured in.proportion, the duty naustcome short atiast week's
quotation from;. 20,0001..ta:30,600L Picking will become
general to4-411:6Mw.7----$/tsscr .44ver
TiTe-

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works parish..of iCilwinniug, twenty-four thousand tiles "27
day can be .mnde Oy. single acting machine,, attendee. .1)y
five men. The m.achine was made by Mr. James ISPN:Ib
Old. Toll, .Ayr, , The. clayrpecives no more preparation than
it did previous to the adoption of the machine at said tile-
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