BRITISH TRADE AND NAVIGATION, DISTINGUISHING LIVERPOOL IN 1858. The Blue-Book which has just been issued by the Board of Trade, shows that the manufacturing and commercial operations of this country were not near so depressed in 1858, as a consequence of the crisis of the preceding autumn, as might have been expected. The exports, which had risen in value from £139,220,353 to £146,174,301 in 1857, fell to £139,782,779; and the imports, which had risen from £172,544,154 to £187,844,441, declined to £164,583,832. There was an increase of exports to Russia, Hanover, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, China, Central America, and Brazil; and to the Ionian Islands, Australia, (South and West only.) New Zealand. Hongkong, India, Ceylon, and Singapore. As regards commodities, the exports which increased were cotton and woolen manufactures, and a few of minor importance, as seed-oil, soda, &c. Imports increased from France, Italy, Turkey, the United States, and the west coast of South America; and from the Ionian Islands, Ceylon, and Sierra Leone. The articles which increased were cocoa, coffee, corn, cotton, hemp, rice, sugar, tallow, tea, and tobacco; but flax, hides, silk, wine, and wool declined. Notwithstanding the diminution of imports, the amount of customs duties received increased more than a million. The amount received in Liverpool was, in 1854, £3.584,578; in 1855, £3,520,913; in 1856, £3,816,076; in 1857, £3,621,409; and in 1858, £3,622,503. The declared real value of the total exports of British Inannfactures and produce from Liverpool was £55,173,756 in 1857, and £50.899,668 in 1858. The number of British vessels registered in the United Kingdom increased from 25,986, in 1854, to 26.658, and their aggregate tonnage from 4.184,685 tons to 4,587,893 tons; but it must be borne in mind that, in 1855, the shipping register was revised, and upwards of 1,000 vessels struck off, in consequence of having been lost or broken up in previous years, and that in May of the same year the Merchant Shipping Act established a new mode of measurement, which causes a reduction of registered tonnage, to the extent of about 7 per cent, when vessels are remeasured. Sailing vessels increased from 24,473 and 3,880,126 tons to 24,742 and 4,136,846 tons; and steam vessels from 1,513 and 304,559 tons to 1,916 and 451,049 tons. The number of men employed increased from 204,720 to 215.754, and this augmentation took place subsequently to 1856. The number of vessels entered at British ports increased from 41,591 to 48,277, and their aggregate tonnage from 9,161,366 tons to 10,961,700 tons. The number that cleared outward increased from 43,494 to 49,266, and their aggregate tonnage from 9,507,721 tons to 11,348,281 tons Taking the tonnage inward and outward, British shipping increased from 10,744,849 tons to 12,891,405 tons, and foreign from 7,924,238 tons to 9,418,576; but if 1857 be taken for the comparison, instead of 1858, the result is still more favorable to the British flag.

The annexed table shows the quantities of foreign and colonial produce imported into Liverpool and into all the ports of the United Kingdom :

..lbs.

126,738,723

32,927,467

Wool. There are six articles of which more than half the entire imports were brought into Liverpool; namely, cotton, madder, palm oil, bacon, lard, and rice. In cocoa, coffee, hemp, hides, cocoa-nut oil, silk, spices, sugar, tallow, tea, tobacco,

wine, and wool, she is surpassed by London; in silk, also, by Southampton, and in flax by Hull. The next table shows the value of the principal articles of British manufacture and produce exported from Liverpool, and from all the ports of the United Kingdom :

The total value of the exports from Liverpool, exclusive of foreign and colonial produce, was £50,899,668, being nearly double the value exported from London, and nearly one-half the entire exports of the kingdom. London exceeded her, however, in apparel, beer, candles, cheese, fish, glass, leather, machinery, copper lead, seed oil, painters' colors, throwers' silk, spirits, stationery, refined sugar and wool; as did Hull in cotton and linen yarn, and some of the minor articles in which London exceeded Liverpool.

COMMERCIAL WANTS OF JAPAN.

A correspondent from the Hague says:-We have received interesting letters on the commercial and political situation of Japan, from merchants established in the port of Kanagawa. They state that the article most in demand are tissues of all kinds, cotton prints, calicoes, flannels, camlets, and gray buckskin with small stripes sell best; then small pattern chintz, woolen cloth, Utecht velvet-red, blue, and cherry color-red shawls with blue insides, cotton and woollen blankets. Saffron is in demand, and medicinal substances, especially Peruvian bark, magnesia, etc. Glass-wares and looking-glasses are sought after, but it is feared that importations will be too extensive; the same may be said of gin. Loaf sugar would sell to advantage, imported in moderation, as would also elephant's tusks. Olive oil, tin plate, and Prussian blue are wanted. Of fancy articles, only the more useful should be sent. Sail-cloth, all colors, (white. black, and yellow,) find purchasers, the Japanese using the black most. present, beer, wine, and butter are only wanted for victualling ships, but the na tives will probably soon acquire a taste for them. The government readily pur

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chase muskets, but the Japanese are not allowed to keep fowling-pieces. Good barometers are the only philosophical instruments wanted. Cheap watches sell well; good Dutch clocks also find buyers. It is not difficult to procure back cargo; most kinds of food are cheap, and sell readily in China. Indeed, many vessels come from Shanghae in ballast, on purpose to fetch provisions. Japanese wax is not dear, being 45 francs per 50 kilogrammes, or less on buying a large quantity. Copper is also a good article to export. The exportation of the gold coin, called cobangs, is permitted, but the government does not like to see it leave the country to any amount.

ORANGE COUNTY MILK TRADE.

The following table shows the number of gallons of milk sent from the stations on the Erie Railroad during the past year :

The number of gallons sent from stations on the Newburg Branch, we presume, is included in Chester. The aggregate from all the stations is 5,359,839.

FOREIGN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS AT TOLEDO,

Statement of duties collected at the port of Toledo on foreign or European goods, goods imported from the British provinces on which duties have been paid, and the value of free goods imported from the British provinces, and the value of exports to the same from the first of January, 1855, to January 1st, 1860

tine. 161,110

Rosin.

Tar.

653,428

54,092

Turpen- turpen-
tine.
88,699 66,551

tine.

Rosin.

Tar. 19,604

1859.. bbls. 96,654

126,152

557,969

104,851 142,324 568,291 33,125 93,066 57,657 445,311 13,518 76,443 126,006 551,918 52,684 78,850 50,021 447,480 37,724 85,413 118,325 479,248 61,043 81,460 37,538 383,133 21,784 99,670 132,142 534,396 72,664 97,252 47,846 460,060 55,594 125,515 498,363 67,792 135,614 46,200 449,304 53,312 67,575 135,175 26,318 308,769 14,560 37,067 193,401 7,481 227,669 15,299 39,147 147,880 6,436 169,520 23,694 55,613 140,611 7,863 174,062 26,268 EXPORTS OF THE YEAR 1859.

143,525

189,711

1851.....

170,060

1850..... 148,561

117,887 397,174
81,595 293,161
76,579 287,145
74,000 275,473

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

LIGHTHOUSE AT CAY LOBOS, GREAT BAHAMA BANK.

Official information has been received at this office, that on the night of the 31st of March, 1860, and every night thereafter, a light will be exhibited from sunset to sunrise at the lighthouse now in course of erection at Cay Lobos, situated in the old Bahama Channel, on the southwestern edge of the Great Bahama Bank. The light will be a fixed white light, to illuminate 360 degrees, placed at an elevation of about 146 feet above high water mark, and in clear weather should be seen from a distance of 16 miles. The illuminating apparatus is catadioptric, of the power usually known as the first order of Fresnel's system. The tower is circular, painted with broad red and white horizontal bands, having the base surrounded by the keeper's dwelling, arranged in the form of a decagon. By order.

WASHINGTON, January 25, 1860.

R. SEMMES, Secretary.

FIXED LIGHT AT CALELLA, COAST OF SPAIN.

Official information has been received at this office that the Minister of Marine at Madrid has given notice that on and after the 15th December, 1859, a light would be exhibited from the light-tower recently erected on the hill of the Torreta, in the province of Barcelona, on the south coast of Spain. The light is a fixed white light, varied by a flash every two minutes. It is elevated 166 feet above the meau level of the sea, and should be visible in ordinary weather a distance of 18 miles. The illuminating apparatus is dioptric or by lenses of the 3d order. The light tower is cylindrical, colored white, and rises 13 feet above the adjoining dwellings of the light-keepers. It stands about half a mile to the westward of Calella village, and 57 yards from the margin of the sea. Its position is given as latitude 41° 36′ 40′′ north; longitude 2° 39' 38" east of Greenwich.

BUDA ISLAND, MOUTH OF THE RIVER EBRO.

Also, that from a recent survey, it was found that the east point of the island of Buda, at the mouth of the river Ebro, province of Barcelona, had advanced considerably (it is said 4 miles) to the eastward beyond that marked in the Spanish chart of the year 1833. From the east point Coll de Balaguer Castle bears N. 13° E., Merla Tower N. 10° W., Vendrell N. 54° E., and the south part of the Sierra de Monsia N. 54° W. The bearings are magnetic. Variation 18° west in 1859. By order,

WASHINGTON, January 20, 1860.

R. SEMMES Secretary.

FIXED LIGHT ON EAST POINT, RIO DE LA PLATA. Information has been received at this office that the Minister of War and Marine at Montevideo has given notice, that on and after the 1st day of March, 1860, a light will be exhibited from the lighthouse erected on East Point, forming the eastern side of Maldonado Bay, on the north side of the entrance to the Rio de la Plata. The light will be a fixed white light, elevated 152 feet above the mean level of the sea, and visible in clear weather from a distance of about 20 miles. The illuminating apparatus will be dioptric, or by refracting lenses. The light tower is 90 feet high, and stands in latitude 34° 58' S., longitude 54° 56' west of Greenwich.

DISCONTINUANCE OF LIGHT ON LOBOS ISLAND.

Also, that on and after the above date, the light at present exhibited from the lighthouse on Lobos Island will be discontinued. By order,

WASHINGTON, January 12, 1860.

R. SEMMES, Secretary.