IMPORTS OF FOREIGN DRY GOODS AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK FOR ELEVEN MONTHS, FROM Total thrown upon the market. $57,122,463} $84,800,407 $76,276,000 $62,256,319 Total...... 1852. 1853. 860.665 1,780,460 1,909,168 1,931,540 337,741 599,848 407,698 364,605 687,490 738,385 $7,310,657 Add entered for consumption.. $4,759,122 $7,428,855 $12,605,721 51,264,593 79,795,799 65,624,568 53,386,262 Total entered at the port $56,023,715 $87,224,654 $78,230,289 $60,696,919 ... The exports for the month of November show a very large gain, exclusively in domestic produce, while there has been a large falling off in the shipments of the precious metals. The total exports for November, exclusive of specie, are $3,680,275 greater than for November of last year, $502,658 greater than for the same month of 1853, which was a period noted for large shipments of produce, and $4,682,178 greater than for November, 1852. The following is a comparative summary:— 'EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. $4,908,190 $12,133,672 $8,638,281 $9,792,455 4,098,377 8,277,897 5,100,280 8,780,555 This brings the total shipments, exclusive of specie, from New York to foreign ports since January 1st, $4,316,778 above the total for the first eleven months of last year, $3,182,861 above the the corresponding total for 1853, and $19,769,304 above the same period of 1852 : EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN ports foR ELEVEN MONTHS FROM JANUARY 1ST. Domestic produce.... Foreign merchandise (free).. Foreign merchandise (dutiable).. Total exports...... Total, exclusive of specie ... $66,822,299 $83,113,297, $95,460,017 $89,314,858 42,906,349 59,491,792 58,358,875 62,675,653 We also annex a comparative table, showing some interesting particulars in regard to the shipments of domestic produce :— EXPORTS OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE FROM NEW YORK TO FOREIGN PORTS FROM JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER 17TH : The foregoing shows a very large increase in the shipments from New York of wheat, the total since January 1st having gained nearly 80 per cent. The exports of wheat flour have increased but little in the aggregate, although the shipments of the last few months show an enormous gain upon the business of last year. The exports of corn are also increasing, but have not reached the large total shipped in 1854. There has also been a gain in pork and cheese, but a very large falling off in beef, butter, and lard. The exports of rye have been large, and the demand for continental ports is still active. Last year the fleet of vessels which fitted out from Antwerp, &c., for Archangel, just at the close of the British and French blockade for the season, managed to escape the ice, and brought back large supplies of rye. This year the same thing was attempted, but with less favorable results. Several vessels were frozen in the ice, and the Russian Emperor prohibited the export, so that the vessels which were tempted by the large profit offered, had a hard time of it. There can now be little question but what Europe will need nearly all the surplus we can spare, and very low prices for breadstuffs need not, therefore, be expected until after the next harvest. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET FOR THE MONTH ENDING DECEMBER 21. PREPARED FOR. THE MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE BY UHLHORN & FREDERICKSON, BROKERS, NEW YORK. The transactions since our last monthly report, ending November 23d, have not exceeded 20,000 bales, exclusive of about 12,000 bales sold in transitu. Prices have varied c. a c. per pound, closing at about c. per pound lower than those quoted four weeks since. Our own manufacturers have operated but sparingly— the condition of the manufactured article being far from satisfactory. The bulk of the month's sales being for the continent and Liverpool. The arrivals from Southern ports as yet fail to add to our small stock sufficiently for the execution of any extensive orders, and in consequence, a very large business continues to be done at all the Southern ports, and at prices far beyond the views of many, when taken in connection with the almost general belief of a crop of 3,500,000 bales. The foreign accounts received during the past month, although representing an unsatisfactory state of affairs in the manufacturing districts, have likewise been colored with rumors of peace, and a speedy return to its proper channels of the legitimate commercial transactions of the European belligerents-the effect of which here has been to sustain prices on a peace basis. It is doubtful, however, whether the effect of a more tranquil state of affairs abroad would increase consumption, or that prices would advance in the face of probable heavy receipts. The receipts to present time at all the Southern ports show a gain on last year of 400,000 bales. The total foreign export is 250,000 bales in excess of last year the increase to Great Britain being 133,000 bales; to France, 57,000 bales; other foreign ports, 60,000 bales. Stock on hand over last year, 120,000 bales. For the week ending November 30th, the sales were estimated at 5,500 bales; the market opened with much firmness on the part of holders, but, owing to the absence of foreign advices, and free arrivals, the quantity on sale was augmented, so that at the close of the week a concession of ‡c. a c. per pound was submitted to, the market closing at the following asking quotations: : PRICES ADOPTED NOVEMBER 30TH FOR THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES: The foreign advices to hand during the week ending December 7th reported a succession of declines, on which prices here fell off c. a c. per pound on all grades. Sellers at the close of the week were firmer in their demands, and the market closed steady at the following quotations, with sales for the week of 5,000 bales, and about 4,000 bales in transitu : PRICES ADOPTED DECEMBER 7TH FOR THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES: A reduced stock enabled holders during the week ending December 14th to obtain c. per pound advance, notwithstanding a still further decline in the foreign markets. Prices at the Southern ports being ably maintained likewise strengthened this. The sales for the week were 4,500 bales, and 5,000 bales in transitu. The market closed firm at the following: PRICES ADOPTED DECEMBER 14TH FOR THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES: The transactions for the week closing at date are estimated at 5,000 bales, and 3,500 bales in transitu. There is no change to be noticed in quotations, if we except an indifference on the part of holders to offer their stocks on account of rather more favorable Liverpool advices. Buyers for export are alike indifferent about purchasing, except at some slight concession. The market closed quiet at the annexed rates:- PRICES ADOPTED DECEMBER 21ST FOR THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES: Views, both North and South, are expressed in the figures 3,300,000 to 3,500,000 bales. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES. In compliance with the provisions of the first section of the act of the 16th of September, 1850, entitled "an Act to provide for printing the Annual Report upon Commerce and Navigation," which makes it the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the said report to be completed at as early a day before the first Monday in January in each year as practicable, Mr. Guthrie, the Secretary, stated in a letter which accompanies the report for the year ending June, 1855, that the report was completed on the 12th day of October, 1855, nearly three months in advance of the time designated in said act. The work was immediately placed in the hands of the public printer, and the usual number of copies prepared for the use of the members of the two houses of Congress and their officers on the day, (first Monday in December, 1855,) five weeks in advance of the time limited in the act for that purpose. In order to present in one number a full statistical view of the Commerce, &c., of the United States, we have been compelled to abridge, or omit altogether, sev. eral of our usual departments in the present number of the Merchants' Magazine. The tables thus presented will be found more valuable for ready reference, present and future. The first which follows gives a summary statement of the value of the exports of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, during the year commencing on the 1st of July, 1854, and ending on the 30th of June, 1855:— |