The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

IHE CHINA TRADE OF 1846.

A return has just been presented to Parliament whick •
affords us full information of the commerce, British and
Foreign, carried on in the Chinese waters during the past
year—the first in which foreign nations have been permit-
ted to trade under our treaty with that country.
In our trade with China we are met only by the compe-.
tition of the Americans in cottons, and the Gerinans
Belgians, and Dutch, in woollens. The trade of other
nations appears to be stationary.
The most prominent features of the American trade ie.
China, in 1845, was the increase of their shipping. IR.
1844 there were 57 arrivals and 49 departures ; in 1845,
there were 83 arrivals and 85 departures.- The increase
in respect of tonnage was nearly in the same ratio as the
increase in the niunber of ships. The importations oar
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American account were also considerably augmented..
Even of the cotton fabrics, however, among these impor-
tations, a considerable part was of British manufacture
exported from Liverpool in American vessels. It was
found, or believed, more profitable to have recotirse to
purchases of manufactures in the British markets, than
to avail themselves of credits in London in part payment
of the teas exported to the United States. And this
Americans will, for some time to come, remain dependant
either upOn our credit or our manufactures, to enable them
to continue as they have begun. They have succeeded is
getting into their hands the management of great part of
the continental business. They have obtained a fair share
in the carriage of goods coastwise. They now send their
own vessels to. Calcutta and Bombay for tile opium they
require in the China trade. And they have secured-by far
the greater part of the intermediate trade between China
and Manilla, Batavia, the Straits of Malacca; arid the
South Sea Islands.
The Dutch, Belgians, and Germans possess too few ar-
ticles of bulk fit for Chinese consumption, to allow of a
direct trade to any great extent, without a combination of
other markets in their schemes. The Dutch trade at
Canton and Macao in 1845 did not exceed imports to the
value of 978,715 dollars, and exports to the valoe of
801,113 dollars, in 20 ships of 6050 tons. There were no
Belgian ships, but several parcels of broad cloth of Belgian
manufacture were imported from London in BritiSh ves-
sels, and appear to have been disposed of at prices eor--
responding to the superior workmanship of the article.
- The most important article from Germany (including
' under this designation all states of the German Confede-
ration) is broad cloth. The exact quantity sold has not
been ascertained, but the average importation into-Can-
ton cannot be less than 40,000 yards (worth 60,000 dollars)
in addition to 60,000 yards which, owing to the ignorance
of German manufacturers-as to the mode of packing goods
for China, have hitherto received their last. finish
England, and arrive under the character of British goods
in British vessels. As the advantage of German cloths is
in the quality, and the disadvantage in the form, there .
can be little doubt that the direct importation from, Cier-
many will speedily increase. The German trade during
1845, as compared with the preceding year, shows a much
greater increase than that of any other nation. The in-
crease, however, as in the case of the Americans, is much
more marked in the shipping than in the goods. In that
year German vessels served as carriers for British manu-
factures to the extent of nearly one-half of their aggre-
gate .cargoes, and carriers of "Straits produce" to the
extent of one quarter more, leaving only one-fourth for
the products and manufactures of Germany, The Ger-
mans are wresting from the English the carrying trade
from China to the South American Ports in the Pacific..

THE ROYAL STAG-ttousns:—The largest field this
season, upwards of 300 horsemen being present, assembled
at the meet on Friday, which took place at the Twyford
station of the Great Western Railway. Lord Granville-the
master of the Royal pack, was accompanied from town by
the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Cantalu pc, Lord Duncan--
non, Count D'Orsay, and several other friends,- arriving at
Twyford by the day mail train from Paddington. Thcwall
known deer Young Richmond, Ms fourth appearance this
season,being upon uncarted at Ru7comb Lake, took away
in the direction otLawrenee Waltham, where it doubled to
the left to the railway, running along the line for upwartis -
of three miles on nearly to Maidenhead, and .thence to
Woolley Hall, crossing Maidenhead Thicket to Pird.rees
green, down to the Thames at Cookharn-green, swimming-
across the river, and landing at Bone-end, in Bucks. The
hounds, _being taken over Cookharn-brieigc, were atar2
laid on at Wobvra-green, " Young Richmond " n alcing
away in the direction of Flackwell-heath- to Loudwater,
crossiwg the High Wycombe-road on to Penn-wood, 7hiteer:
it was headed back towards Berxonsfield, and '7 tan
at Mr. Bolf's farm at Kotty-green,. within a
half over.
of the
town, after a very good run of two hours and• Order. T 1
-light and dry count—.,
7in excellent b "f tth Ito 'e°
Earl of Granville an his friends returnee o e yal
Hcdel, at Slough, to luncheon, and left in the af: e 'noon
two-fitilt powers, whieh are,
for town.
SINGULAR PROPERTIES. OF NUMI3ERS.--Either toa.•
divisible by 11. And i her
the sum or the difference of any two-sixth powers. vn. h'eht
ce
aro. both .non-multiplis of 13, s by 13. Th tat-.
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