TRADE AND NAVIGATION ACCOUNTS.
The Trade accounts for the month ending the 5th September, and for the eight months ending the same day, show a decrease of 449,1301. in the declared value of the exports for the month, (8,297,0861. to 7,847,9561.,) and an increase of 1,494,421/. (58,158,7291. to 59,653,1501.) for the eight months, as compared with the corresponding periods of last year. The decrease for the month occurs under the heads of cotton yarn, earthen- ware, haberdashery and millinery, wrought leather, linen manufactures and linen yarn, machinery, bar iron, silk stuffs, and woollen manu- factures.
The imports show a decided falling-off in the article of wheat (546,925 quarters to 198,058) as compared with September 1853. There is a small increase in the imports of living animals; flax-seed has decreased from 122,750 cwt. to 55,496 cwt.; hemp in all its varieties has increased from 121,848 cwt. to 179,739 cwt. ; flax has diminished from 214,372 cwt. to 134,447 cwt.; cotton wool from foreign parts and British India has dimi- nished from 829,598 cwt. to 622,362 cwt. ; sheep and lamb's wool has decreased. by 500,000 pounds. Tallow has fallen off from 110,529 cwt. to 60,893 cwt. ; but palm-oil, cocoa-nut, and olive-oil, have been imported in double quantities.
The Navigation accounts mark the extent to which foreign shipowners are availing themselves of the act of last session which throws open the coasting trade. During the month ending 5th September, 10 foreign sailing vessels of 1296 tonnage " entered inwards," and 13 vessels of 2205 tonnage "cleared outwards," as regards the trade with Ireland ; being less than one per cent. of the tonnage of English vessels employed in the same trade. The ratio is considerably less as regards foreign vessels employed in the English coasting trade.
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