The New York herald., 1868-04-27
The Trnde Returns and ForcIgn Tradc.


The Trade Returns and Foreign Trade.
(From the London Times lcity articie,, April l4.l
The export trade Of the United Kingdom the year
before last attained an amount fourteen sper cent
in excess Of AL former experience The returns for
last year show diminution OF four per cent from the
unprecedented total thus reached But, allowing for
the recent considerable reaction In the price OF many
OF the principal articles Of material employed In
our manu- actures there is reason to believe that so
far as it represents the money return for the labor
capital and skill employed the total Of 1857 is the
most favorable ever attained. The subjoined table
shows the manner In winch our commerce is dstr-
buted the respective countries being placed In the
order In which they rank as our customers. or the
aggregate OF f1S1 97I about twentycght per cent
was to our own possessions; but large as This pro-
portion Is II is not quite equal to that OF preceding
years since atnongn there was recovery Ia the
perienced heavy reduction. AS regards our ship
ments to foreign countries the worst feature consists
IN heavy falling on In the total wi the United
States, Notwithstanding the very large increase
in the quantity Of breadstutrs and cotton we
have drawn from their ma kes. On the other hand
Germany, under her new organization, has made q
great stride toward compensatDg us for this loss ~
business with America France, Holland and Egypt
rather heavy falling of, but the Argentine Republic
has maintained the large Increase Of the preceding
likewise presents q good increase, while Mexico
exhibits the heavy falling on that was to be ex-
pected. China shows no reaction from the remarka.
bic increase attained In 1885, and japan presents
increase on the previous satisfactory total
The declared value OF the explorations to the
f49, ,Ss0,20l In 1866; and to foreign countries
$3.50 In 1860, and flS, 1887 in 1857. The
total value OF exports In 1867, cOntrased with
1857 SHOWS an increase OF as per cent? but there an
many countries with which our transactions have
increased inc ma IN = much % greater proportion, While
advance, while some have even gone back. The
most remarkable instances Of augmentation those
countries our shipments are more than tllrce
times greater than In 1857, the explanation
OF trac over the Panama route With China the
increase Of our trade in the ten years has been 100
per cent Next to these countries the States Of the
the Increase to the Argentine republic having
been about 100 per cent, and to Montevideo (thc
key 70 be rendered. s more rapid wHeheyer by
the success Of the allies at Humaita the Paraguay
opened up to free intercourse. Turkey also % shows VS.
an advance % 90 o. about iso per cent during The TEL,
100 per cent. Germany, Belgium, Holland, Portugal
Denmark, and Sweden and Norway. snow fair pro-
Venezuela our commerce IL 80 per cent less than In
heads Of sardinis, Naples and I' tuscany. ANY, took @
9s, ASsss now takes about 50 per cent IN excess
had no place in the list is at " present @ oot9 our
customer TO. the extent Of flS4e,13e. The increase
OF shipments 70 our own possessions has been about
33 per cent which B not so great as that to foreign
ports asnce, although 1t has been 30 per cent In tie
instance OF India, $50 per cent In that of Hong Konq
has been In the important instance Of Australia
falling on Of ~ per cent since this time ten years.
Of the raa & Gn e @
which these colonies now carry on direct transac-
tions with other countries. With Canada our trade
has made fair progress but with Maurtius, the Cape
and the West Indies 1t shows decline.
Mr.. Diraeli ON the Church Question-aish
Church Ritualists and Irish Romanists.,
The following letter, addressed by Mr. Disraeli to
the Rev. Arthur Baker, rector Of Addington Bucks,
constituent OF the right honorable gentleman, has
been forwarded for publication to the London
Tines
HUGHENpEN MANOR, Maundy. Thursday 1863
REVEREND SiR:-I nave just received your letter,
In which, as one OF my constituents, you Justify your
seftion that the High church Ri ualiss had been long
In secret combination and were IN open confed-
cracy with Irish Romanisss Tor the destruction OF the
union between Church and state.
acknowledge your right OF making this inquiry;
and II do not notice In detail the various suggestions
from the necessity OF needlessy involving myself
In literary controversy.
You are under msapprehension II you suppose
that intended to cast any upon the High Church
party. have the highest respect fof tue High Church
party; believe here Is no body OF men In this coun-
try to which we have been more indebted, from tue
days Of Queen Anne TO the days Of queen Victoria,
for the maintenance Of the orthodox faith the rights
OF the crown aud the liberties vi the people. In saying
this have no wish intimate that the obligations OF
the country to the other great party In the Church
are not equally significant. have never looked upon
the existence Of parties In our Church a. calamity;
look upon them as o necessity aud benefcent ne
cessity. They are the natural and inevitable conse-
quences OF the mild and liberal principles OF our &C.
clesiastica polity and Of tse varying and opp0site
elements OF the human mind and character. when
spoke referred to extreme faction In the Church
of very modern date that does not conceal Its ambi
ton To destroy the connection between church aud
state and which have reason to believe has been 0r
soUse time IN secret combination and Is ,t0D IN open
oo,Vederacv toth the irish Ron'dntsts Jor the pur-
pose.
sighted fanaticsn, is q mere INSTRUMENT In the hands
OF thls c0nIederacy, and VIII probably be the nrst
victim OF the spiritual despotisin the Liberation
Society IL now bllndy working to establish
Az lhold that the dissolution OF the union between
Church and State ,ctU cause permanently a greater
repoiuti0m IN tbs country than y0retgn coyuQ,sests,
shall use my utmost energies To defeat these fatal
nachnatons. Believe, ,nc reverend sir, your faith
ful member and servant. b. DiSltAELI.
The Rev. ARTHUR BAKER, A. NJ, Rector OF Adding
ton.
FRANCE.