_Price of Tea in China_.--Bohea, which cannot be purchased in China at less than _eight-pence half-penny_, may be obtained at Antwerp for 7-3/4_d_.; in France for 6-1/2_d_.; and at Hamburg for 5_d_.! Congou, of which the Canton price is from 11_d_. to 1_s_. per lb., may be bought in France at 10-1/2_d_., and at Hamburg from 8-1/4_d_. to 10-1/4_d_.! Canton price for Hyson, 1_s_. 9-3/4_d_.; French price 1_s_. 8-1/2_d_. Young Hyson costs in Canton about 1_s_. 8-1/2_d_. per lb., and _only one half that sum at Hamburg!!_ The Chinese cannot afford to sell Twankay at less than 11_d_. per lb.; but the American speculators enable the good people of Hamburg to drink it at _seven-pence farthing!_ Souchong, a good quality tea, sells at Hamburg for _five-pence_ per lb., which is the _same price_ as the vilest Bohea costs in the Hamburg market, and is only _one-half the price of Bohea_ in Canton. _Cost of a pound of Seven Shilling Tea_.--Take a pound of Congou for instance, according to the evidence of Mr. Mills, a tea broker, before the House of Lords: One pound of good Congou, _put up_ at the East India Company's sales at --------------- 1 8 Buyers purposely and for their own advantage raise it ----- 0 9 ---- Purchasing price by the Brokers --- 2 5 Duty levied by the Crown ----------------- 2 5 Retailer's profit, brokerage, &c. -------- 2 2 ---- Shop price 7 0 Thus it will be seen, the tea that the Company offers for sale to the consumer at 1_s_. 8_d_., or at the utmost say 2_s_., is enhanced to 7_s_. before it finds its way to the drinker's breakfast table. _Coffee-Shops_.--There are 3,000 coffee shops in London, in which are daily consumed 2,000 lbs. of tea and 15,000 lbs. of coffee. The consumption of _coffee_ in these establishments has increased as follows:--In 1829, 1,978,600 lbs. In 1830, 2,251,300 lbs. In 1831, 2,899,870. Of tea the increase has only been, during the same periods, 239,700 lbs.--249,400 lbs.--263,000 lbs. [3] A celebrated Hungarian, named Cosmös de Körös, has lately discovered in a Thibetian monastery, where he has been engaged translating an Encyclopaedia, that _lithography_ and _movable wooden types_ were known to the Chinese many centuries ago. [4] A Chinese who leaves his country is considered as a traitor, and is punished with death if he ever return to it. [5] The grand maxim of Confucius is, "to despise foreign commodities." [6] The Chinese use this stimulant as we do wine and spirits, and with perhaps, less deleterious consequences to their health, and less evil results to their morals.