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    THE SHIPPING TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN. We ...

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    Home, Colonial, & Foreign Produce Market...

    IXKNDON AVERAGES . Qrs . s . d . Wheat 4663 at 45 2 Barley 2586 „ 87 11 . Oats 25 . 41 „ . 25 8 , * Rve ......... ' . " ....... .. — ¦ ¦ * ' ^™' Beans 65 „ 42 6 Peas 88 » . 5 * 6 WEEK'S ARRIVALS . _ . English . Irish . Foreign . E & .:= ? r S 3 = SS S ::: ; . vr ::. v : ; : iS ^» •*« $ Flour , sacks 1580 — 1060 Ditto .... brls . — — Seeds—The-week ' s arrivals of linseed are 2400 qrs . Black Sea , 1580 St . Petersburg , 780 Archangel . Prices are again easier . Bombay , 55 s . to 56 s . ; Calcutta , 51 s . to 53 s . The Archangel goes to granary . Black Sea for arrival offers at 52 s ., and Calcutta at 5 ls ., cost , freight , and insurance , including bags . The gross importation over the kingdom , for the first nine months of this year , has been under the average of the two preceding years , whilst the exports lave been unusually large , which would have told upon the market but for the heavy stocks with which the present year commenced . Eapeseed are inactive , but not altered in price . Calcutta , 55 s . to 56 s . ; fine Bombay , 63 s . to 63 s . 6 d . ; inferior to good , 47 s . to 57 s . per qr . Oil-cakes continue dull . Best barrel linseed are ¦ worth 10 s . to 15 s ., and bags , 107 . 7 s . 6 d . ; Western bags , 91 . 7 s . 6 d . ; Rape , 51 . 15 s ., to SI . 10 s ., according to quality . Stock . —The trade in live stock has been decidedly better * with about an average supply of beef ; full prices to a small advance have been obtained . The number of sheep at market has been mueh smaller than of late , and the demand being good an advance of 2 d . per stone has been realised . Veal is also dearer , and pork made rather higher prices on Thursday . The following were the numbers at market and the quotations : — Monday . - Beast . Sheep . Gal-vea . Pigs-5 , 20 S 10 , 800 117 -450 4 s . 0 d . to 4 s . lOd . 4 s . 0 d . to 5 s . 0 d . is . Od . to 5 s . Dd . 3 s . 4 d . to -is . oa . Thursday . 1 060 4 , 250 100 180 . 4 s . Od . to 4 s . lOd . 4 s . 0 d . to 5 s . Od- 4 s . Od . to 5 s . 0 d . 3 s . 4 d . to 4 s . 2 d . Provisions . —At Newgate and Leadenhall the supplies of dead meat from the country have been heav y * especially of beef , which is again lover , the extreme range of prices being from 2 s . 2 cl . to 4 s . Prime Down mutton has made 4 s . 4 d ., but other qualities are not dearer . Pork was in demand in tlie early part of the week , and firm , but to-day there is move at market , and 4 s . 4 d . is about the top price . Veal 3 s . 8 d . to 4 s . 4 d ., with a steady demand . Sugar . —Floating cargoes have been in some request , but landed parcels have met with few offers . Prices have not fluctuated materially , but , except for fine Benares , they have inclined in the buyer ' s favour . The statistical position of the market is satisfactory , the clearances being well kept up , ami the arrivals moderate . The consumption in the kingdom during the last nine months exceeds that of tho corresponding period last year by 55 , 800 tons , whilst the import shows an excess of 44 , 700 tons . The Dutch Trading Company have announced for sale on the 18 tli Novomber , at Amsterdam , 20 , 000 baskota of Java sugar against 11 , 000 baskets last year , and 22 , 120 in 1856 . West India . —Tho week ' s business comprises 1778 lids .

    Barbadoos , fine brown to good grocery , 38 a . 6 d- to 45 s . 6 d . ; crystallised Dcmerara , 45 $ . to 47 a . Od . por cwt . Mauritius—12 , 000 bga . sold , at 81 a . to 84 a . for low to mid . brown ; 80 a . to 41 s . 6 d . for yellow , 48 a . 6 d , to 49 s . Od . grainy . 'Bengal— -Q 554 : bgs . wore in purt sold . Good to fine white Benares , new crop , < l . Ds . to 52 s , ; extra ( 1 . 6 s . duty ) , 53 a . Od . to 54 a . 0 d ; Gurpattah date , 41 s . Cd . to 45 s . ; brown Dummn , USs . 0 d . to 84 a . per cwt . Madras . —288 bgs . Jaggory brought 8 ' 2 s . to 88 a . Od . per cwt . Foreign . —On tho spot tho dealings have been restricted . 518 lids . 193 brls . Porto Rico partly sold at 87 s . to 8 !) a . Cd . for brown , and 42 s . to

    47 b . ( id . for grocery , a portion of superior quality being hold at 48 a . to 48 s . Od ; 787 cks . 10 tra . Cuba Muacovadoo wore chiofly , bought in at 87 s . to 8 Ds . for good to flno brown , and 80 s . 6 d . to 40 s . for low to flno yellow ; four floating cargoes Havanna , together 101 ) 50 bxa ., sald for outporta at 27 s . for No . i )^ to 30 a . for No . 14 ; and a cargo of white Bahia for tho Mediterranean nt 27 s . 3 d . pur cwt . l {(> fincd , ~ Purchases are made for immediate roquiromonts only , and quotations nro rather easier . Brown lumps , 52 s . Od . to 58 s . ; Dutch crushed has boon ofibred at a docline , saloa having been made at 84 s . 4 £ d . to 84 s . 5 Ad . por cw ( .

    Molasses . — -A moderate businoss Is doing at 15 s . to 15 s . Od . por cwt . for middling St , Kltts , and 12 s . Cd . for Cuba . Coppnu . —In tho absonco of arrivals tho markets contlnuo bare- of supplies , and quotations linn . Stocks arc now 400 tons loss than those of lust j ' our . In auction 100 bgs . good old native Ceylon sold at 48 s , Cd . ; and 2 Q 4 cs . fine Noidoobotum at 84 s ; to 88 s . por cwt . Tju .- —Private tolograras reporting' a deficiency of

    10 000 , 000 lbs . in the season ' s shipments from China , induced a temporary inquiry in the early part of the week and common Congou changed hands at lid . cash . Subsequently , public sales of 28 , 235 pkgs . were brought forward , comprising a large proportion " without reserve . " The sales went very unevenly , good qualities without much change , but common grades £ d . per 1 b . cheaper ; 11 , 100 pkgs . sold . Spirits . —The market is quiet : small sales of rum ate reported at 2 s . Id . to 2 s . 2 d . for Demerara , and Is . 8 d . to Is . lOd . for Leewards . The stock is 31 , 630 pns . against 25 , 872 last year . Rice remains almost entirely out of demand , bdt 2200 bgs . Java sold at high prices , fair to fine Us . to 14 s . per cwt . , . _ . Saltpetre is 2 s . to 2 s . 6 s ; per cwt . cheaper , A . % to 2 per cent , sold at 42 s . 3 d . to 44 s . per cwfc . ^^^^^ ¦ — - « . a - . *• — A ' ^~_ — - / Wi * ^

    Spices . —Cinnamon in the quarterly sales sold steadily ; firsts , Is . 6 d . to Is . 9 d . ; a few lots superior , 2 s . to 2 s . 7 d . ; seconds , Is . 4 d . to Is . Gd . ; thirds , 9 d . to Is . 4 d . per lb . ; Sumatra pepper is in moderate demand at . 4 s . 8 d . ; g inger is stillasteady sale ; African , 24 s . duty paid ; Bengal , 16 s . to 10 s . 6 d . in bond ; Pimento brings 3 id . to 3 £ d . for small quantities ; 100 bgs . Zanzibar cloves brought 3 | d . for fine , the inferior qualities selling cheaply at 2 j * d . to 3 d . per lb . Indigo . —The October sales which commenced on the 12 th -were concluded on the 26 th . The total declared was 14 , 237 chts . in the A , and 1606 chts . in the B catal ogue , making 15 , 843 chts . in all , and comprising 9780 chts . in Bengal Tirhoot , & c . ; 1578 Madras ; 1023 Kurpah ; and sundry lots , Manilla , Oude Figs , & c . Prior to the announcement of the present sales , fine Bengal indigo had attained a rise of 3 d to 6 d . per lb . on

    the July rates , the market having been influenced by a demand for export , and by unfavourable crop reports . The large quantity of this description brought" forward on the present occasion led to a considerable reaction , and the sales opened at a reduction of 2 d . to 4 d ., the depression increasing up to tbe close , when it reached 3 d . to 9 d . as compared with the previous auctions , a fall of Gd . to Is . 3 d . from the highest point of the market , Kurpahs being scarce , sustained as advance of 3 d . to 4 d . Dry leaf Madras , from the same cause , brought from the July rates to 3 d .- advance . Tke total put up was 14 , 843 chts ., of which 5996 chts . were withdrawn , 3121 bought in , and 072 J 5 sold . Public _ sales of 2334 srns . 163 cs . Guatemala went heavily , about two-thirds delivery , at a decline of 2 d . to 3 d . on th ' e better qualities , but inferior kinds were unaltered ; ordinary cortes to fine sobres , 2 s . lOd . to 6 s . 8 d .

    Cochineal , —Of increased , supplies brought on offer only a small portion found buyers , at a partial decline of Id . to 2 d . per lb . Safflower . —225 bis . W . X . G . mark , sold at 11 . 5 s . to 9 / . 7 s . 0 d . ; being 10 s . clearer . ; Lac Dye . —263 chests—were chiefly bought in P . N . C . and B . Mirzapore at Is . 8 d . to Is . 8 £ d ; inferior brands , 6 jd . to 7 d . Shellac is 2 a . to 4 s . cheaper ; Mid garnets sold 72 s . to 72 s . Gd . ; native orange , 663 . Gd . to 67 s . . 6 d . ; European do ., 72 s . Gd . to 73 s . 6 < 1 . ; red do ., 71 s . Od . per cwt . Cotton . —The week ' s business at Liverpool is only 32 , 710 bales , and prices are £ lower for fair Orleans , and 3 / 16 for Mobile and Upland . In London tho sales are 1000 bales , at a 4 decline ; Surat , 5 sd . to ( Jjd .

    Potatoes . —With average supplies of home produce and a nioderate trade quotations are steady . Regents York , 75 s . to 78 a . ; Kent and Essex , 75 s . to 80 s . ; Shawa , 55 s . to 75 s . ; middlings , 40 s . to 50 s . ; French , 00 a , to 70 s . per ton . Hemp . —Small transactions are recorded at 161 . 5 s . 10 / . 10 d . for ord , to 22 / . 10 s . to 22 / . 17 s . Od . for good . JuTU is again 10 s . per ton lower , but in bettor demand at the decline . Of 4000 bales offered , 8000 sold at 15 / . 15 s . for common , to 19 / . 10 s . for good . Mktals . —Foreign has boon further advanced to 121 / . 10 a . to 122 / . for Bancn , and to 119 ? . 10 s . to 120 / . for Straits , but tho demand is checked . Sales of spelter have been made at 22 / , 15 s . Scotch pig iron , although dull of sale , has beon steady in prico at 64 s . to 54 s . Od . Copper firm . Load unaltorod in value .

    Oius . —Liusood is a slow sale at 29 / . 10 s . to 20 / . 15 a . on tho spot , and 80 / . for monthly deliveries up to Juno next . Hapo inactive ; foreign refined offorod at ¦ m i . to 47 / ., and brown at 42 / . 10 s . Tho homo demand for olivo oil ia dull at lato rates , but there has boon more doing for export , at 41 / . for Wogadoro oil , Cocoa-nut still llnnly hold . Cochin , 3 U / . 10 s . to 41 / . ; Ceylon , 38 / . 10 s . l'iuo palm ia fienruo , and taken readily at ¦ 10 / . 10 s . por ton . Fish oils neglected ; sponn , 85 / . ; pale seal , 87 / . ; cod , 85 / . Tym'icNTiNi :. —The arrivals of Rough arc 2000 brls . on distiller account . No sales have taken place . Spirits aro easier to buy . English without casks may be had at 40 a ., and American ami ousks 41 s . to 41 s .- Cd . per owt . WnAMc-ii'iNS .-r-Tliore aro buyers of Davia Straits at 550 , ' ., with undorsiacd at hall ' price . ' "

    Tallow Although tho close of tho season , is so near at hand , opinions in tho best-Informed , circles differ materially as to tho result ; a very largo business lias been done during the woek mainly for delivery In all tho year from 40 a . 3 d . to 49 s . 7 £ d ., but there woro few or no sellers for spring ; and buyers and , sellers have boou

    so nearly balanced that very little variation in price has taken place in any position ; the deliveries on contract have been cleared off by the trade , and it is difficult to find tallow for sale on the spot . The consumers generally are still out of stock , and as it is confidently stated that the import of palm oil will be short , the deficit to a certain extent must be supplied by tallow . Our market leaves off quiet at 49 s . 9 d . ; 49 s . 6 d . spot ; 49 s . 6 d . all the year ; 49 s . 9 d . to 50 s . Jan ., March ; 50 s . 6 d . March alone . The public sales to-day were of little consequence . The late letters from St . Petersburg state about 8000 cks . done , 160 £ to 161 on the spot , and 164 for August , 1859 . Shipment , 39 , 640 cks ., 1855 ; 101 , 665 cks ., 1856 ; 90 , 470 cks ., 1857 ; 92 , 678 cks ., 1858 . The telegram of yesterday states the shipment 100 , 000 cks ., and 25 , 000 cks . on the wharf , price 157 ; weather mild . Town tallow , 53 s . 6 d . ; rough fat , 2 s , 9 * d . ; melted stuff , 37 s . _ ' * % _ _ ^ _ ^ _ ¦ _ _ * _ _ .. H * jiT . _^ - S ^ A- £ , __^ m * a a 1 ^ a ' 4 m

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    Ko . 449 , October 30 , 1858 . -1 THE LEADER , H 7 l ' ¦ . ^^ ^ ^^™^^**^ ' M ^^^^^^^^ a ^ a ^^^^^^ JMMIMi ^^^^ MWJ ^^^*^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ¦ 3 T «_ a

    The Shipping Trade Of Great Britain. We ...

    THE SHIPPING TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN . We extract the following- statistics from an able leading article in the Daily News : — For the first time since 1850 the rapid increase of our trade has been retarded . The value of the imports in the first eight months of the year is less by 14 , 600 , 000 / . than in the eight months of 1857 ; and the value of the exports in nine months of 1858 is 9 , 400 , 000 / . less than in the nine months of 1857 . The shipping entered inwards shows a slight increase , the shipping entered outwards a slight decrease . In British shipping , both inwards and outwards , there is a decrease , though , as the return excludes transports with Government stores , it does not inform us of the total etnploymeut of shipping . The number and tonnage of steam and sailing-vessels built and registered in the United Kingdom were , in the seven years prior to 1850 : — Years . Vessels . ' Tonnage . 1843 ............ 698 .... ; 83 , 097 1844 689 94 , 995 1845 853 123 , 230 1846 809 - 125 , 350 1847 936 145 , 834 1848 847 122 , 552 1849 „ .:. " , 73 O ..... ; ...... 117 , 953 total ......... 5562 813 , 011 Yearly average 794 .,.., 116 , 147 The number and tonnage of the steam and sailing ships that were built and registered in the seven years subsequent to 1850 , were : — Years . Vessels . Tonnage . 1851 672 149 , 637 1852 712 167 , 491 1853 798 203 , 171 1854 802 196 , 942 1855 1098 323 , 200 1856 1150 244 , 578 1867 1278 250 , 472 Total 6510 1 , 535 , 491 Yearly average 930 219 , 356 Another return , also to bo found in the Statistical Abstract ^ enables us to make a comparison between tho shipping cleared outwards and inwards in tho three years immediately preceding 1850 , and in the last three years . The total tonnage of vessels cleared inwards and outwards was as follows : — Years . tonnage . Years . Tonnage . 1847 ... 14 , 27 i ) , 196 1855 ... 18 , 489 , 470 1848 ... 13 , 300 , 626 1850 ... 21 , 589 , 049 1849 ... 14 , 004 , 888 1857 ... 23 , 178 , 792 total 41 , 590 , 210 03 , 257 , 311 Yearly average 18 , 803 , 403 . 21 , 035 , 770 Tho shipping of tho United States , which is more than double that of any other State in our foreign trade , was in 1849 only 1 , 196 , 310 tons compared to our 9 , 669 , 638 tons . In 1857 the United States tonnage in our trade liad increased to 2 , 510 , 398 ; but though our tonnage had not increased in like proportion , it was at that period 13 , 694 , 107 tons , or upwards , or five times as great as tho tonnage of the United States engaged in our trade , The tonnage of some other States engaged in our trade was , in 1849 and 1857 , as follows : — 1840 . 1857 . Tons . Tons . Franco 802 , 504 808 , 807 Denmark 278 , 984 B 60 ' f !™ Other Gorman Statoa . 2 * 8 , 579 ...... * ¥ %% * Prussia 216 , 277 : gftjfj ' *" NoAvay 240 , 016 7 dO , 4 U Holland 177 , 009 48 J . 517 liusalft U Hir 2 fl 2 903 Sweden V & , 82 & 282 , 908 Tho incroaso is distributed amongst them all oxcopt BuiXtl'o flWpjpl » £ P of tfhioh Um decreased .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1858, page 27, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30101858/page/27/