In order to exemplify the nature of the trade betwixt Great Britain and Russia, and exhibit it in its most disadvantageous aspect, we shall add here, from statements verified as authentic by competent authorities on the spot, the returns of British trade and shipping with certain Russian ports for 1842, which we have recently received direct. They will assist us to a conception of the relative importance of each place in respect of its commercial connexion with this country. The commerce of the port of Archangel, omitting from the table Onega, Kola, Kemi, and Soumsk, the other ports in the White Sea, their traffic being inconsiderable, is thus represented. 1842.--Total shipping outward, 212, of which, British, 153, tonnage, 31,704 Total imports, (exclusive of L.13,816 by Norway coasters,) L.18,384 Of which from Great Britain, L.801 Total exports, (omitting L.22,236 to Norway,) L.427,789 Of which to Great Britain, L.305,823 In 1841, 176 vessels exported for Great Britain the value, L.408,077 Exclusive of cargoes by 2 other vessel, to the amount of L.7,208, for the Hanse towns and Holland. In 1840, 250 vessels, tonnage 48,249, exported to Great Britain the value of L.442,381 Exclusive of 6 British vessels which carried cargoes to the Hanse towns, France, and Italy, of the aggregate value of L.12,858. The commerce with Riga exhibits a somewhat more favourable proportion between imports and exports, and we are induced, therefore, to give the return of imports for 1842 in same detail as received. Nature and value of merchandise imported into Riga from Great Britain during the year 1842:-- Coffee, L.2,500 0 0 Cotton, 11,011 0 0 Cotton twist, L.21,159, 10s; do. goods, L.1135, 22,294 0 0 Woollen goods, 4,100 16 8 Woollen twist, 19,057 3 4 Indigo and other dyes, 13,764 0 0 Dye-woods, 2,718 6 8 Salt, 53,269 3 4 Sugar, 24,882 10 0 Wines and brandies, 19,200 13 4 Iron and steel wares, 7,025 0 0 Spices and drugs, 13,440 6 8 Non-enumerated articles, 12,527 10 0 ----------- Total, L.205,791 0 0