years, £3,700,000; of which only £700,000 in each of these two years was from foreign countries, the remainder being a trade exclusively in our own hands, and the produce of British manufactures.

"The total amount of the trade of our British colonial possessions with Great Britain, representing the imports of British North America, the West Indies, and Australia, was no less in 1837 than £10,261,000, and in 1838, £10,580,000; of which only about £2,000,000 did not come directly from Great Britain, the produce of British manufac. ture. Our returns from the same colonies amounted in 1837 to £11,056,000, and in 1838 to £12,054,000; and these returns were considerably increasing. Compared with this, what was any other trade we had with any other country on the face of the globe? In British North America, with a population not exceeding 1,340,000 souls, there had been a consumption of our manufactures at the rate of 39s. 9d. per head; while in the United States-whose trade he would by no means depreciate, but rather increase and extend-with 17,000,000 of people, the consumption of British manufactures did not exceed, on an average, £7,235,000, or at the rate of 8s. 5d. per head. And although our imports from the United States had gone on increasing, our exports had decreased. In 1839 we took of their manufactures $60,000,000, and they received from us $65,000,000; in 1840 our import trade into the United States fell, from whatever cause, from $65,000,000 to $33,000,000."

WINE TRADE OF OPORTO.

From recent accounts published in the London Times, it appears that the wine trade is in a very low condition, with increasing stocks, and no prospect of riddance. Let the following statement speak for itself:

..153,287

20,907

23,000

275,000

The stocks remaining in Oporto, Villa Nova, and the vicinity, from former years were...

The old wines in the north of Portugal, besides,........................................

In the London Docks,..

TOTAL,..........

Here is the astounding fact that on the 31st of December, 1841, there was in Oporto, in the wine country north of Portugal, and in London, (deducting last year's sale,) a quarter of a million pipes of port wine, for which no probable vent was afforded, the annual production (about 80,000 pipes) being so far beyond the annual export. A quar. ter of a million of pipes! The pipe contains about twenty-five cubic feet of fluid. The quantity of port wine, therefore, in existence (independently of private cellars,) is about 6,250,000 cubic feet, or enough to float all the navies of Europe! Now, the lowest cal. culation at which the interest upon capital thus locked up, leakage, and charge for storage can be taken, is ten per cent. Many wine houses at Oporto have stocks of from 1000 to 2000 pipes, upon which they are, therefore, sustaining an annual loss of from £2,000 to £5,000. The price of port wines has come down immensely. Wine that sold some time since for 130 milreis (say £25) the pipe, may now be bought for 60 milreis, (from £13 to £14.) But this avails but little for the reduction of the stocks. The great bulk of the exports go to England; yet last year, the export to England did not exceed 21,000 pipes, and in few years do they exceed 30,000. Compare this with the annual production of 80,000 pipes.

THE BOOK TRADE.

1.-The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Information for the year 1843. Boston: David H. Williams. 12mo. pp. 334.

The fourteenth annual issue of this standard work is before us, and as usual, contains a great variety of useful information. For the last twelve years it has been conducted by Mr. Joseph E. Worcester, of Cambridge, and its reputation as a valuable and accurate summary of general knowledge, is attributed chiefly to his exertions. The statement of the publisher will be admitted by all who are acquainted with its character, that "it has merited the large share of public favor which it has received, both as a manual of reference, and a record of facts, carefully collected and arranged, of much immediate interest, and of permanent value as a contribution to statistical science, and the general policy of the country." The present volume is the fourth of which the present editor has had the charge, who seems to have preserved, with fidelity, all its characteristic features. The astronomical department is under the charge of Professor Pierce, who managed the same department in the volume for 1842, and whose name affords sufficient assurance that it will be found as full and as accurate as in former years.

2.—The United States' Almanac ; or Complete Ephemeris, for the year 1843; wherein the Sun's rising, setting, &c., are given for six different parallels of Latitude, embracing the whole extent of the Union; also a collection of such Tables as are of most frequent use among Engineers, for the determination of Latitude, Time, etc.; a complete census of the United States, from the official report just presented to congress, including the popu lation of every Town, County, Territory, and State, arranged in alphabetical order; the principal officers of the government, and the various departments, with their compensations; a view of all the State Debts, and the various purposes for which they were contracted; and numerous Statistics, relative to Commerce, Manufactures, Agriculture, &c. By JOHN DOWNES, late of the North Eastern Boundary Survey. Philadelphia: E. H. Butler. The full titlepage quoted, by no means furnishes a complete index to the great variety and vast amount of information embraced in this volume of more than three hundred pages of closely printed matter. The portions of the work devoted to the engineer and practical astronomer will be found particularly valuable, and from the established reputation of the author, we presume very accurate. Although the plan of this new candidate for public favor is somewhat similar to that of the " American Almanac," so large a portion of the matters introduced, are so entirely different, that it would seem almost indispensable to those who value works of record and reference to possess both. The fact is, that half a dozen volumes of the kind might be published without embracing the one half that would be interesting and useful.

3.—The Laws of the different States and Territories of the United States on Imprisonment for Debt. By ASA KINNE. New York: J. S. Voorhies. 1842.

We heartily thank Mr. Kinne for placing before us the laws of all the states and territories, as they now exist, touching that relic of barbarism-imprisonment for debt, or poverty. It clearly shows, that in some form or other, the poor debtor is in every state, save one, in the power of the creditor. The Christian minister, who does not raise his voice against an evil so hostile to the spirit of the gospel he preaches, fails, in our opinion, to fulfil the entire objects of his mission to his fellow-man; and the Christian layman, who avails himself of the privilege guarantied to him by the unhallowed law, by incarcerating in the walls of the prison, or otherwise depriving him of his heaven-derived birthright-liberty-has not learned the spirit of the Christian doctrine aright-and is deficient in the common sympathies of humanity. The pen of the republican patriot, the philanthropist, and the Christian, should be wielded in holy crusade against this glaring infringement of human rights.

4.-Ellen Leslie, or the Reward of Self-Control. New York: Dayton & Newman.

This is the fifth of a series of "Tales for the Young, or Lessons for the Heart, by Aunt Kitty." The moral influence of the stories is unexceptionable, and the writer seems to understand, and sympathize with, the workings of the young mind.

5.-The Gift: 1843. A Christmas and New Year's Present. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart. The mechanical execution of this work is excellent; and the engravings, all original, generally rise far above mediocrity. We have never seen any thing sweeter or more exquisite than the vignette face on the titlepage. It is a perfect gem. The "lace cap" is a neat specimen of the art; equal, if not superior, to the very best of the English annuals. The "Gift" is in every respect an American work. The contributions are by American authors, and the illustrations (eight in number) by American artists. There are twentythree articles, of various but general excellence. Many of these are of a higher order of merit than usually characterize our annuals. There is but one or two pieces, that might, perhaps, have been omitted, or their place supplied with articles of greater value or interest. But where all are so good, it would perhaps be deemed invidious to particularize. It is on the whole equal, if not superior, to any that have preceded it; and we have no hesita tion in pronouncing it the Gift of the season.

6.-The Christian Souvenir; an Offering for Christmas and the New Year. Edited by ISAAC F. SHEPARD. Boston: David H. Williams.

This souvenir "comes before the public as a stranger, with the warm hope that they who harbor it may thereby receive a spirit of light, of beauty, and of love," and we bid it a hearty welcome, confident that it will find many fervent hearts and cultivated intellects to appreciate its solid worth. The editor has succeeded in a great measure in his endeavor "to improve on all who have gone before him, by combining what shall be attractive, sparkling and chaste, in polite literature, with a high degree of utility and religious value." It contains forty-two original pieces, in prose and verse, mostly from well-known authors, and is illustrated by six engravings, viz :-Mar Johannan, painted by C. Hubbard, engraved by J. G. Kellogg. Illustrated titlepage, designed by H. Billings, and engraved by J. Andrews. The Noonday Rest, and the Sisters of Bethany, by O. Pelton. Perils of the Deep, painted by F. Birch, engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, & Smellie. Holy Hours, painted by N. Southworth, and engraved by G. F. Storm. The subjects of the illustrations are good, and the literary department as a whole is not surpassed by any of the annuals, English or American. Varied as are the pieces, they possess a high degree of interest, and are chosen with excellent taste and a nice discrimination. The worthy publisher has liberally contributed to the external finish and beauty of the work; and the typography is in the best style of the Boston press.

7.-The Rose of Sharon: A Religious Souvenir, for 1843. Edited by MISS SARAH C. EDGERTON. Boston: A. Tompkins.

The present is, we believe, the fourth annual blossoming of this "Rose of Sharon," and in our judgment, it greatly exceeds in merit, as it certainly does in its mechanical appearance, any of its predecessors. The letter-press is beautiful, but we cannot in justice to even our humble ideal of the beautiful and correct in the art, say much in favor of the illustrations. The subjects of the engravings are, however, well chosen, and the literary department atones in a measure for the imperfect execution. "The Dweller Apart" has an interest aside from its intrinsic excellence, as the latest work of the fair writer's pen, now a "dweller" in the world of spirits. "The Unfulfilled Mission of Christianity," by Horace Greeley, breathes the pure spirit of the gospel of peace and good-will to men." " The Actual," by Henry Bacon, is full of truth and beauty, and yearning aspirations after a higher and better life in the living present,―the actual of the intellectual and the spiritual man. 8.-Christ our Law. By MRS. CAROLINE FRY, author of "The Listener," "Christ our Example," "The Jubilee of the Lord," &c. New York: Robert Carter. 1842.

This treatise is based on the popular doctrine of natural depravity, the vicarious atonement, the infinite evil of sin, and the supreme deity of Christ. It is the declared desire of the author" to simplify and comprehend the great first principles of the law of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ; to unravel the tangled thread in which the awakened spirit finds itself involved in its researches after truth; and to draw out, from the beginning to the end, the curiously wrought, but never broken tissue." She admits, however, the fallibility of human judgments, and maintains that our strongest statements should be attempered with persuasion, and borne out with argument, and submitted to "proof, and held with toler ation." The work will find favor with the advocates of "moderate Calvinism."

9.-The Adventures of Captain John Smith, the Founder of the Colony of Virginia. By the author of "Uncle Philip's Conversations." 10.-The Adventures of Henry Hudson. By the same author. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

These two volumes are the first of a series of books to appear at convenient intervals, under the title of " A Library for my Young Countrymen." The design of which is to present books of a higher value than is usually afforded in the tales and stories that flood the country. It is to embrace volumes of biography, history, travels, &c., and as it is designed especially for American youth, the subjects selected will be mainly American; although profitable and interesting lessons are not to be excluded from the series, from whatever quarter they may be derived. As in the volumes of biography before us, the best practical examples will be given to "our young countrymen," to call them up to a pure and lofty energy. The writer considers that all education, to be good, must be based upon Christian principle; that the heart must be cultivated, as well as the understanding; and therefore, whatever is placed in this series, will be found on the side of Christianity. The lives of Hudson and Smith are rich in incidents "stranger than fiction," and far more instructive. The style of Uncle Philip" is peculiarly adapted to the taste and capacity of the young, without being puerile, or less attractive to the more cultivated intellect of the advanced reader. 11.-The Odd Fellows' Offering: 1843. Edited by PASCHAL DONALDSON. New York: Samuel A. House & Co.

A homely exterior sometimes covers a warm and generous heart, and why may not an odd name, like the apples of gold in pictures of silver, modestly conceal beneath its honest folds much of the good and the true? It certainly does, in our estimate, in the present instance, for if there is "any praise, any virtue," in friendship, love, and truth, and in the "diffusion of the principles of benevolence and charity," then is the institution which bears the unique title given to this serial, worthy of all acceptation. But it is the "Offering" that claims our notice at this time, and not the society whose literature it is designed to represent. The typography of the "Offering" is certainly beautiful, and the literary department respectable; the articles, of varied interest, are deeply imbued with the true moral sentiment; and the engravings are pretty good; they do not, however, come up to even our imperfect ideal of the art. On the whole, however, we commend the work to the 'fraternity," and to those who are curious to learn the principles and the history of the Order; the "secrets" of course, excepted, which, we will venture to say, "do not compromit those high and exalted duties we owe to our God, our country, and ourselves." 12.-Hydriatics; or Manual of the Water Cure, especially as practised by Vincent Pressnitz, in Grafenberg. Compiled and translated from the writings of Charles Munde, Dr. Gertel, Dr. Bernhard Herschel, and other eye-witnesses and practitioners. By FRANCIS GRÆTER. 12mo. pp. 198. New York: William Radde. 1842.

The Allopathic, and the Homeopathic systems, acknowledge the existence of a healing power in the organism which they endeavor to succour; but the theory of the water cure addresses itself to this power exclusively, and with the rejection of every specific means, finds the universal auxiliary for exciting and strengthening the vital power in cold water alone, variously applied and assisted by sudations. The present essay is designed to recommend cold water, if not as a universal nostrum, yet as the most universally useful, and, in a great many cases, at least, exclusive means for the prevention and radical cure of diseases, and invigoration of body and mind. The effects of the method, as related in this volume, as connected with the rise and progress of this institution in Græfenberg, are truly astonishing, and at least, entitle the water cure to an unprejudiced consideration.

13-Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes. No. 8 of Harpers' Library of Select Novels. 25 cents per number.

The unfitness of a degenerate and corrupt people for the enjoyment of freedom is strikingly exemplified in the historical events which form the basis of this admirable romance, and it teaches a great political lesson, which cannot be too deeply pondered. Bulwer has thrown around it all the magic of his great genius, to make it the more impressive. Who would recognise the fickle and miserable populace whom Rienzi vainly undertook to redeem from bondage, as the descendants of the stern and virtuous old Romans of the republic? This work is profoundly instructive.

14-The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns: with Explanatory and Glossarial Notes, and a Life of the author. By JAMES CURRIE, M. D. The first complete American edition. 18mo. pp. 573. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1842.

In reprinting the poetical works of one so distinguished, and so universally admired as Burns, the publishers deemed it their duty to collate the various editions of his works, and to collect together the various poems which are the admitted productions of the poet, so as to render the present edition more complete than any that has preceded it. This edition, the most beautiful and perfect that has yet been published in this country, was edited by one of the most gifted living authors of Scotland; and to make the dialect and allusions fully acceptable to the American reader, glossarial definitions, and notes illustrative of the manners and customs which are described, are added-not heaped together at the end, to fatigue the patience of the reader, but subjoined to their respective pages, where they may be seen at a glance, in connection with the text.

15.-Uncas and Miantonomoh ; an Historical Discourse. By WILLIAM L. STONE, Author of the "Life of Brant," "Life and Times of Red Jacket," &c. 18mo. pp. 209. New York: Dayton & Newman. 1842.

This discourse was delivered by the author on the fourth of July, 1842, on the occasion of the erection of a monument to the memory of Uncas, "the white man's friend, and first chief of the Mohegans." Like every thing from the pen of Mr. Stone, touching the history, character, habits, and manners of the aborigines of America, it evinces the same careful and untiring research, the same faithful appreciation of Indian character, and the same ardent desire to do ample justice to a race of men rapidly receding before the influence of Anglo-Saxon power,-a race that must ere long live only in the records of the biographer and historian.

16.-The Book of Religions; comprising the views, creeds, sentiments, or opinions of all the principal religious sects in the world, particularly of all Christian denominations in Europe and America; to which are added church and missionary statistics, together with biographical sketches. By JOHN HAYWARD, author of the New England Gazetteer. 12mo. pp. 432. New York: Dayton & Newman.

The design of Mr. Hayward in the preparation of this work, is to exhibit to his readers, with impartiality and perspicuity, as briefly as their nature will permit, the views, creeds, sentiments, or opinions of the various religious sects or denominations in the world; but more especially to give the rise, progress, and peculiarities of the principal schemes or systems of religion which exist in the United States at the present day. To accomplish this design, the editor obtained from those he deemed the most intelligent and candid among the living defenders of each denomination, full and explicit statements of their religious sentiments, such as they believe and teach. The work will serve as a manual for those who are desirous of acquiring, with as little trouble as possible, a correct knowledge of the tenets of religious faiths, presented for the consideration of mankind, and enable them almost at a glance to compare one creed or system with another, and each with the scriptures, and the dictates of reason, or the "light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world," and thus to "judge for themselves what is right."

17.-Ormusd's Triumph; or the Fall of Ahriman. A Drama. 12 mo. pp. 100. New York: Alexander V. Blake. 1842.

The machinery of this poem is taken principally from the ancient religion of the Persians, the theology of Zoroaster, the leading doctrine of which was a belief in the existence of two beings, Ormusd and Ahriman, the spirit of goodness and the spirit of evil. These spirits are the principal dramatis personæ of the drama. In addition, the principles of truth, liberty, love, temperance, industry, &c. are introduced as the followers of Ormasd; and superstition, intemperance, and despotism, as followers of Ahriman. The subject of the poem, divested of allegory, is the progress and improvement of the human mind; **its object being to give a clearer and more definite idea of the nature of that improvement," says the author, "than is perhaps generally professed; to show of what it rightly consists, its true elements, and the condition to which it may, and probably will elevate our race." The work is in keeping with the spirit of the age, and is indicative of the increase of those who yearn after a more perfect development of the true and the perfect in humanity.