STATEMENT exhibiting the Value of Merchandise imported from 1821 to 1842, and also the Amount of Duties which accrued annually upon such Merchandise, during the said Period. Year ending September 30th. "The above table embraces a period of the complete operation of four general tariffs, viz.: the tariff of 1824, the high protective tariff of 1828, that of 1832, and the compromise act of 1833. From 1821 to 1830 the banking movement in the United States was remarkably steady. The loans of the United States Bank, which was the governing power, varied in all that time scarcely 3,000,000 dollars. The consequence was that every increase of the duties checked imports in a marked degree. In 1828 the imports were large previous to the operation of the tariff. In the two succeeding years they fell off immensely. In 1831, they began to feel the impulse of the bank movement. From 1830 to 1833, the national bank extended its loans from 40,000,000 dollars to 66,000,000 dollars, or sixtyfive per cent in two years. This movement of the 'regulator' was followed by that of all the banks in the union, and by a combination of circumstances the inflation, with some drawbacks, continued to the great explosion of 1836-7; from which time the general movement of banks has been that of curtailment. From 1821 to 1825, the whole imports into New York rose 34,000,000 dollars, of which 26,000,000 dollars was in the port of New York. Under the tariff which came into operation in that year, the imports fell oft 17,000,000 dollars in 1827; of which 9,000,000 dollars was in the port of New York. Under the tariff of 1828, a further fall of 9,000,000 dollars in 1830 took place; of which 6,000,000 dollars was in the port of New York. From that year up to 1836, under the bank expansion, a total increase in imports of 119,000,000 dollars took place; 83,000,000 dollars, or nearly eighty per cent of the amount, was in New York. Down to 1841, under decreasing duties, but a contracting currency, a decrease of 82,000,000 dollars took place; 68,000,000 dollars, or eighty-three per cent of this was in New York-an immense falling off in business. These facts show, concisely, that the two causes operate powerfully upon the welfare of New York, more than upon the rest of the union, viz.: a high tariff and a dear currency. Under the contracting currency with decreasing duties, the trade of New York fell off from 1839 to 1840, seventy-seven per cent. She has now to encounter a still further reduction of the currency, added to duties meant to be protective. Under such circumstances it is fair to conclude that the imports will be carried back to the grade, at least, of 1830, viz.: 70,000,000 dollars, or about 36,000,000 dollars in New York; and this at a time when the connexion of Boston with the western country, by railroad, has revolutionised the trade in domestic goods, and has withdrawn from New York a large commission business."-Hunt's Magazine. STATEMENT of the Quantity and Value of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, Imported into the United States, during the Year 1842. -old and scrap.. Cordage cables, and tarred.do. untarred, and yarn......de. Twine and packthread.......do. Copper-nails and spikes.... do. Fire-arms-muskets...... number ...do. 23,891 323 1,019,740 66,548 - printed in other languages than Greek, Latin, and Eng 390,806 19,491 lish... ....do. 64,983 36,715 428,419 70,040 .......do. 203,233 48,833 — printed in Greek and Latin, bound.. .....lbs. all other-bound........do. unbound.....do. not enumerated.........do. Apothecaries' phials and bottles, not exceeding the capacity of six ounces... .gross exceeding six, and not exceeding 16 ounces.........do. Perfumery and fancy phials and bottles, not exceeding the capacity of four ounces.......do. exceeding four, and not ex92,134 ceeding 16 ounces..........do. 5,253 Demijohns..... ......number 9,911 Glass bottles, black, quart..gross 33,134 Window glass - not exceeding eight inches by 10...100 sq. ft. exceeding eight by 10, and castings-vessels of......do. 577,739 all other ....do. 2,191,356 19,878 58,777 exceeding 10 by 12 inches.do. Fish-dried or smoked..quintals pickled salmon......barrels mackarel........do. STATEMENT exhibiting the Quantity and Value of Merchandise Imported, free of Duty, from July 1, 1843, to June 30, 1844. A STATEMENT exhibiting the Value of Merchandise Imported, paying Duties ad valorem, from July 1, 1843, to June 30, 1844. 396,178 40 158,471 20 Cottons, coloured, exceeding 30 cents per square ditto, not exceeding 30 cents per sq. yd. ......do. sq. yds. ..lbs. hosiery, gloves, mitts, caps, and bindings other manufactures of |