The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

BRITISH SHIPPING TRADE.

The quarterly statement printed by the East India and
China Association of the British ships entered inwards
and cleared outwards from and to places within the limits
of the Company's charter has just made its appearance,
and gives a survey of the whole of the years 1842 and
1843 :

The " entered inwards " table gives, for London 525
ships and 200,600 tons in 1842, and 542 ships and 222,810
tons in 1843 ; for Liverpool 189 ships and 80,066 tons in
1842, and 162 ships and 73,170 tons in 1843 ; for Bristol
and Hull 10 ships, 3,879 tons, in 1842, and 12 ships,
4,447 tons, in 1843; and for other British ports 27 ships,
8,882 tons, in 1842, and 44 ships, 16,050 tons, in 1843.
The total is 751 ships, 293,427 tons, in 1842, and 760
ships, 316,477 tons, in 1843; showing a slight increase.
The chief increase is in vessels from Calcutta, the number
in 1842 being 224 ships, 98,921 tons, and in 1843 being
255 ships, 121,146 tons. The other important increase is
in vessels from China and New South Wales. In vessels
from Mauritius there is a large decrease, as there were
105 ships, 28,421 tons, in 1842, and 71 ships, 20,107 tons,
in 1843. In vessels from Bombay there is also a decrease,
as the number in 1842 was 107 ships, 59,408 tons, and in
1843 it was 90 ships, 50,990 tons.
The " cleared outwards " table gives for London 454
ships, 197,338 tons, in 1842, and 395 ships, 162,628 tons,
in 1813; for Liverpool 210 ships, 89,525 tons, in 1842,
and 255 ships, 99,960 tons, in 1843 ; for Bristol and Hull
11 ships, 3,421 tons, in 1842, and 11 ships, 3,259 tons, in
1843 ; and for other British ports 145 ships, 56,485 tons,
in 1842, and 165 ships, 59,064 tons, in 1843. The total
is 820 ships, 346,869 tons, in 1842 ; and 826 ships, 324,911
tons, in 1843. The greatest decrease is in vessels to
Mauritius, the number being 167 ships, 61,101 tons, in
1842, and 144 ships, 56,984 tons, in 1843. In vessels to
Bombay there is a decline, the number being 124 ships,
73,686 tons, in 1842, and 111 ships, 55,917 tons, in 1843.
In vessels to the Cape of Good Hope there is a large
increase, the number being 77 ships, 18,182 tons, in 1842,
and 114 ships, 29,502 tons, in 1843. There is also a
considerable increase in vessels to Arabia.

REVENUE ACCOUNTS.

(From the Times.)

On the whole, the account of the revenue is satisfac-
tory, both with respect to the quarter and the year. That
for the quarter just ended exhibits an increase over that
of the corresponding quarter in 1843 of £725,670, while
on the year just ended, as compared with the preceding
one, there is an increase of £5,742,078, the revenue for
the year ending January 1843 being £44,329,865,—that
for the year which has just expired, £50,071,943.
The item which exhibits the principal increase, as might
be expected, is the Income-tax ; the returns for which in
the last financial year were only £571,056, while in the
present they are £5,249,260. Under the head of Cus-
toms there is a slight decrease on the year, but on the
quarter an increase of £552,879 ; and the Excise presents
the gratifying aspect of an increase both on the quarter
and on the year—on the former of £8,763, on the latter
of £387,503. This leads us to indulge a hope that the
condition of our labouring classes—so surely tested by the
consumption of exciseable articles—has improved within
the last twelve months, and is still improving. We sin-
cerely hope that the stimulus which has recently been
given to the work of our artificers will not be without its
proper effect on wages, and the consequent purchase of
commodities.
The Post-office exhibits a trifling increase on the quar-
ter, and a decrease on the year ; on the quarter an in-
crease of £2,000, on the year a decrease of £13,000.

(From the Spectator.)

•
The revenue accounts, for the year and quarter ending
on the sth instant, are published this morning ; and on
the whole they are not unsatisfactory. The usual at-
tempts are made to prove a good deal out of them ; but
there is in the details so much balancing of " increase"
and " decrease," that the opposite parties contrive to get
up very opposite appearances. In almost all branches an
increase on the year is set against a decrease on the quar-
ter, or vice versa. The excise is an exception, for while
it has made a trifling advance on the quarter, it has ad-
vanced £387,000 on the year; indicative, of course, of
the improved condition of the people. The greatest
quarterly increase is in the Customs—.£ss2,ooo ; but
then there is a little decrease on the year, and the inter-
preters of these things will conclude that trade has been
stationary. Miscellaneous has a large increase on the
year—.£l,oss,ooo ; and the income-tax still does its work,
showing an increase on the quarter of .£197,000,
and of
£4,678,000 on the year. The result is, that the net
increase on the quarter is £725,000; on the year,
£5,742,000: a better state of the national accounts,
whatever the state of the nation itself.