The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TITE:SDO &ENING, DECEMBER 25, 1860..
THE POLICE COURTS.

the Plum crossed the weggon way. Near to this
is the shaft, which was also -blown down, allowing vent
fur the gases is all directions. The flues themselves have
been eoUrely destroyed from an interual force, bring blown
outwards, which could not have happened had the explo-
sion had it. source in the working. The entire force of the
shock is close to the bottom of the shaft, exteoding In-
wards, with decreasing effect. The flues, which consist of
a more lining of brick, bad afforded a ready exit to the ex-
plosive force. The boilers have been used for about thirty
years ; and oa no previous occasion, we believe, bee a
similar accident occurred. By the force of the explosion,
it is supposed that one of the boilers has bees lifted from
its position, but the °then are ernadered to be oafs. T 66
official inquiry, which will be opened to-day, is likely to
involve a somewhat curious and scientific question,• the
ouly Gemmed, of a like character, we understand hefts
that which took place at the Yelling saw years ago."

tLiRLBOROUGH-STREET.

Maria Johnson, of 8, Charlwoodatreet, Pimlico, • good.
looking young woman, • b•lletdancer, wee charged with
annoying Mr. John Hawkee, of 34, Cumberland-street,
Pimlico, • musician, in the orchestra of Her Majesty's
Theatre.

Frorithe evidence and the defence, it appeared the two
bed cohabited together some time as man and wife, and
that two or more children had been the result. For some
.Mnvt they had parted, and she was cadent with
ea from him for the support of her offspring and
aseesif, bet learning lately that he had taken up with
another women, she had in jealous rage gone to the theatre,
boxed his earn, and otherwise annoyed him. All this
had occurred before he wu compelled to give her into
custody.
Defendant said she wu sorry, but could not help her
fetrred to find bail to keep the peace towards the can-
pkinant.
WORSHIP-81'REET.
Joh* ltserdoit, a tall, reckless-looking man, was
before Mr. Baer with subbing Pulicw-censtable hm=
192 H.

11sevideses of the injured man showed that be, at a
late hoar {he previous night, had occasion to interfere in a
disturbonee Ia WhitechapeL The prisoner, who was there,
walked away, and the Mikes followed in his path, his duty
ailing him that way. Suddenly, the prisoner, without a
word being spoken, turned round and dealt him a terrible
blow on the side of the head. A struggle ensued, and with
assistance the fellow was secured ; another constable per-
ceived something glisten in the prisoner's hand u be nused
it to strike, and subsequently a clasp-knife was found in the
road where the act was committed.

evidence; stated that the wound wee very suers
arid dangerous a portion of the temporal artery being
divided, thereby omasioning a vast flow of blood.
The prisoner solemnly swore that be bad not been ia pos-
session of soy knife at the time in question ; but
Mr. Knox observed that be &bold certainly send him for
trial, adding that had there been a tittle of testimony re-
lative to any former samault be would have sent him to the
anima.

Fully committed.
SOLZFRIVARIL.

Ellen Mahoney, ovoro, dowsed in the
workhouse garb, wee chugged with beag drunk and dis-
orderly in Bermondeey workhouse co Sunday afternoon,
and annoying the Wadi&
Fairborn, the porter of the workhowe, said that on Sun-
day afternoon, about eve o'clock, he received information of
the disturbance in one of the women's wards, aod on pro-
ceeding there he saw the primmer in a state of intoxication,
and shoring all the other female*. He removed
bar by order el the muter gave her into custody.
Mr. Burnham—Had she been out of the workhouse
Far:bum—No, W. She had miroonducted herself pre-
viously.
Burcham—Thu how did she get the liquor to make
her intoxicated!

lairbara—Other women were allowed wit of the how"
ad waned them must have brought in apirita and gives
to her.

—Mr. Burnham—Aare you no means to prevent spirits
Wei brought into the workhouse in that way ?
Faarburn—lt's not allowed, sir.
Ur. Edwin (chief clerk}—llou't you search them u they
eons in?

Fairhurn—No, sir ; Dot always. In fact we have oot done
it for a long time.
Mr. Edwin—l should recommend you to do it this time of
the year, or you will have much disorder in the house.
Mr. Burohiso-How did the prisoner conduct hermit
Ibirbura—Very bad, sir. She sang lewd coop, and ripest
the Wale&

La answer to the charge,
The prisoner said it was Christmas time, and she had a
afis drop ol ram given tuber to cheer her up.
Yr. Dingman endeared her to 14days' hard labour in the
Howe al Carnahan.

LAMBETH.
Jews Greenwood, a private belonging to the 3rd Batta-
lion of the Grenadier Guards quartered at the Tower, was
charged before Mr. 72liott with demolishing 13 panes of
glees, and cranking several others in the Walworth-road.
Sergeant Pay, P, said that at half-pair one o'clock on
that morning the Walworth-road, when
he heard a load glass, sad on going to the plate
he foetid the prisoner at every gas lamp he
passed, and observed that wend were broken. He spoke to
the prisoner and pointed out two or three of the lamps be
had brokenlosot. his reply was that if not taken to the
station he should -r
peat many more, and be in Goa-
sequence took him there, and charged him at the station
with the offence.
Luke Roger& lamplighter to the South Metropolitan Gas
Works, in the Kent. road, said that on going to extinguish
his lamps on that morning he found that thirteen of them
were broken, and the glass in the others cracked. The pro-
rr.tzebelonged to the South Metropolitan Gas Works. The
dons was 10s., and the witness MY told b" the
°Mops of the company to inform his worship, that if the
prisoner had not saMcieut to y for the doicark, ke
Iv dad with the case as be t proper,
prisoner, who offered nothing in defence or erten
tire of his conduct, beyond stating that he was drunk at
the time, wee ordered to pay the amount of the damage, or
be imprisoned for too days.

Tai Law Ain) F.StriTT Coram—Yesterday the
oaken d the manes law courts were closed until Sitar•
day, and, with the empties of the Court of Queen's Bench,
the courts stand adjourned until the commencement of
term. The Court of Qestea's Beath will et to-morrow, to
conclude the case " Stokes v. the astern Col:intim Railway
Company," and on its rising will be adjourned until term,
which begins on the 11th prou. The equity court's:bourn*
on Saturday, and the offices were closed till the 7th January.
The courts will not re-open until tem. The Divorve Court
has also adjourned its sittings until term, and cannot *
until the second day, for the want of proper accommods-
twa. The airmen of that court bare coosiderably increased
since last term. At the commencement of Michaelmus term
the arrears numbered 156, hut in consequence of the time
o=l in the Shedders' case the divorce cases were not
rued an advanced period of the teem, and the result
hr tress an accumulation of bullion. la the casseremely
heard the Judge Ordinary, who has now the power of a
tall court, has only pronounced a decree nisi, giving all
parties an
hrid be wi o
th pportunity of s
held.howing collusion, or that mate-
rial facts

GANG OF COMMA CAVONT.—On Saturday even-
ing, as Detectives &own and Thomson were passing along
(Wimp* they observed William Smith, a " land-
shark," who is well known among his thievish saw-
ciatai under the cognomen of Sulphur Joe," in coma
piny with another questionable-looking fellow. Sus-
pecting that Smith might have something upon him
which belonged to some other body, they adnitly took
him into a close unobserved by his companion, who
doubtless wondered whence he had gone. On search-
ing Smith's pockets they found eight counterfeit florins
upon him, and accordingly at once sent him to the
nearest police-station, The detectives then lost nu time in
visiting Smith's house, at 122, Gallowgate, and there they
found a complete set of coining apparatus, of the newest
and most scientific kind, which bad apparently been re-
cently in ma. Among the apparatus were two galvanic
batteries, bottles of acid, he., and which, doubtless, had
been in requisition to electroplate the coins after being
mat. The detectives had just finished • complete over-
haul of the house when the other man entered, and
owned that the apparatus found belonged to him. He
was, of course, then taken into custody, along with Smith's
wife ; and the three prisoners will to-day be remitted to the
sheriff for examination. The second man is unknown to
the Glasgow police ; bet he seems an old thief. He gave
the name of John Thomson, remarking that that wee only
one of his names, and the name that he had generally seen
in the newspapers referring to him. He is an Englishman,
about 40 years of age, dark complexion, and stout made.
The fiorim are good imitations of the genuine coin. —Gies-
goat Daily
SulciDg BY A FAM•LZ SARVANT.—Yestorday af-
ternoon an inquest was held at the Barrack Tavern, Wool-
wich, on the body of Mary Ana MGowen, aged eighteen,
a young woman in the service of Major-General Sir Eklund
Dams, K.C.8., who committed suicide by taking poison on
the previous Saturday night, It appeared from the evidence
that the deceased was the daughter of Joseph M'Cowen, a
gunner of 'toad Artillery, and had formed an acquaintance
with • young man belonging to the regiment, which ber pa-
rents did not approve. On the previous Saturday night she
was observed to become suddenly ill, and staggered and
fell. Dr. Evans of the Royal Ordnance Hospital, was
promptly in attendance, but life was found to be extinct ;
and upon searching the deceased, a small bottle was foetid
in her pocket which bad contained cyanide of potassium—a
poison used for renovating gold lace—and to which the de-
ceased had access. The jury returned • verdict " That the
deceased committed suicide by taking poison whilst labour-
ing under temporary insanity."
CRYNTAL PALACE.—The Cbriatmas revels com-
menced yesterday, and from half-past eleven in the morning
till six in the evening the ante+ taiinnents never ceased.
The decorations of the False* are exceedingly tasteful and
appropriate to the season. of course the Fancy Fair and
Revels will be closed this (Christina.) day, but the Palace
will be open to the public, and there will be musical per-
forenames by the orchestral band end on the great festival
organ. The Revels, under the direction of Mr. Nelson Lee,
will be resumed to-morrow and continued during the week,
the Palace remaining open to a later hour than usual, and
being illuminated at dusk. The ice on the lakes is in excel-
lent condition, and attracts peat numbers of &lidera and
skaters.

MURRUM or PATINTII, Sorra KiNBINGTON.—
Number of visitors for the week ending Dee. 22, 1,889.
Total number 'hum the opening of the Yuma free daily
(12th hay, 1858), 3W,912.
[Adeortiaeuteut. J—HOLLOWAY'III OINTMZNT AND
PlLLlL—AlllkTrinte or MR Ale PASSAOM—IdiId, damp, foggy
weather deteriorates the Idomi, and hip the foundation of
disease°, the throat, windpipe, and lungs. On the least indica-
tion of Irritation In 'hese organs, Holloway's inestimable that-
ment should be thoroughly rubbed twice a day on the threat,
leek and chest. In all Marrs of Ingseem, ootds, and bronchitis,
this treatment may be followed with ed,cletcy and safety. The
ointment should be rubbed upon the skin, so salt is rubbed
Into meat It will then penetrate and preserve. A change for
the bettor is anon perceived by
.the patient, whose steady ',ro-
ma' towards begin, smarms Mende All 4 with gratitude
acknowledge the restorative powers of Holloware Ointment

THE CORN TRADE.

(From the lidisnMene Express.)
BRITISH. _

The sudden • Witt:o;37e frost, while it has put
a stop to moat d labour, &11... an earlier prospect c 4 ame-
lioration in the wimples of Fes ' wheat than was at one
time expected. This benefit is the more welcome in come-
queuee of the prospective diminution of foreign supplies,
hitherto so indispensable to the manufacture's( good-quality
flour. The ravages, too, of the slug, which were becoming
merions where the oewly.planted wheat was well up, will
be put a stop to. Should, too, the openiug of the year be
dry„ many piece* of heavy land may be got in order for the
early spring, and equal, if not excel, the late autumnal
sowings. Foreign imports, though still on all extraordinary
scale, have not stopped the upward teodeocy of prices for
good samples, which throughout the country have in-
creased in value fully ls. to 2s. per qr., although some
Mama note but a alight advance. Red American wheat
ham been most in favour, from its dryness and strength
the ;
;gel.
imports only serving to attract attention. The
avenges this season are about Be. per qr. under the
Now al Ws. upon 50s. is 40 per cent., midway
is per cent. ; and at this ratio, at least, we must estimate
the deterioration of the new crop, without entering upon
the question of potatoes. Foreign markets have again been
I without any particular features; and the approach of
Christmas has had its influence here and abroad, operations
being restricted. French prices have been steady, or rather
dearer, as well as Dutch and German. Belgian markets
have more decidedly then, as has Odessa ; but Egypt, and
the ports in the Mediterranean, have been calm.
Many matters and high freights have made
breadstuff@ rather easier again in New York. The
arrivals off the coast since the 13th instant were 11
=of which 5 °argon were wheat, 3 mane and 3
The business reported was as follows, partly on
r—Mantua wheat, 60e. ; l Twang (Auks 535. al.rgheeld Taganrog 545., Sandornirka 60a. aa ~ and 645.,
American 595. 3d., Egyptian Midi 445., and ItidUra 43.. 13
anon of maize at 33.. to 3k. 70., 1 Dna& shipping 38..
6d., and Odessa, foe 41a 3 eargasa of barley at
28s. fid., 29,., and 261.114.711 of Egyptian beans at 375. 6d.
and 385., and 1 dLentils at 31a. &I.—
The sales noted last week were 62,753 qrs. wheat, at
Ills 5d., against 124,600 qrs. in the corresponding period of
bet year.
The London averages were Ws. 7d. on 1,403 qrs.
The arrivals of wheat and flour into the principal port of
Great Britain for the week ending December 12th were
equal to 287,619 qrs., of which 22,088 qn. were colonial.
The imports of last month were 986,023 qrs. wheat, and
515,748 cots. flour.
The London wheat trade on Monday opened on large
foreign, and moderate home supplies. The showed samples
during the morning from Kent and Faux were on a small
scale, with very little good. This was quickly shared off at
Is. to 2s. advance, the inferior being only. partly sold. Many
country buyers of foreign again appearing, the advance dFriday was supported ; the prices obtainable on all fine dry
American being fully 2a. over the previous Monday, and is,
to 2s. better for all other descriptions. Arrivals off the
coast sold at only is. per qr. improtement. On Wednesday
there were 370 qrs. per coast, and 7,440 qre. foreiga. The
little English wheat of good quality showing today went
off readily at fully the previous roam ; and there was •
moderate demand for forenti, at equally good prices. Fri-
day's returns were 690 qrs. per coast, and 16,150 qrs. from
abroad. Notwithstanding the approach of Christmas, good
English samples were then in fair request at rather over the
previous quotations ; and there was an increased inquiry for
good American.
There was an ordinary supply .of country flour on
Monday, with plenty from Amuuma. Norfolk+ being
scans were held at ls. to 25.. per sack advance ; and
ri Amecan barrels we equally improved in value, bat
town millers did not TAW their top price, which remained
at 575. On Wednesday there ware 420 sacks per coast,
and no foreign. The absence of foreign arrivals, and scar-
city of country samples, caused holders to mak more money
again for Norfolks ; but this checked sales, u there was a
good show el foreign only held on former terms. The re-
turns of Friday were 420 'mks per coast. sod 20 sacks
9990 brb. foreign. Norfolks were then held at 435, or Is.
• Monday's rata ; and foreign, both in sacks and
barrels, was firm, but without much doing. Town prices
were pointing upwards.
There was • fair supply of barley on Monday, both
British and foreign. The finest malting being in re-
2ri_a_ fully ea dear ; but the medium and lower
• both Eoglish and foreign, were only • slow
'saler'
former rates. On Wednesday there were 2,280 qrs.
per coast, and 3,920 qrs. foreign. There was a quiet trade
on this day for all sorts, at former rates, good malting being
most in demand. Friday's returns were 3,270 qrs. per
coast, and 4,560 qrs. from abroad. This day was much as
the previous • and prices would probably have been higher
but for the time of year. The imports for November were
244,426 qrs.
The malt trod* was very firm on Monday, and, for very
fine parcels, rather dearer. Bates on Friday_were firm.
The supply of foreign cats was very large on Monday, but
from Scotland there were very few arrivals. The
consisted mostly of Danish and Swedish qualities,
on fine sorts of new, were 6d. per qr. dearer ; but graaary
Lar"iof Russian old, being previously held WO, were not
s
crop red in value, or the lowest new sorts from other
parte. On Wednesday there were 1,860 quarter* per %
1,540 quitters Irish, and 6,830 quarters tongs The
supplies of last week prevented any farther advance, and
business neurally was on but • limited male. Friday's
supply was 4,640 quarter* per coast, 1,540 quarters Irish,
and 11,770 quarters foreign. There was then very little
passing, and where vessels had °alienated their la days,
holders were anxious not to laud ; buyers • y, bed
• turn in their favour. The November imports were
234,476 quarters
There was • moderate supply of beans on Monday, both
English and foreign. Fine old English, and dry new
somisles, were la per quarter higher ; holders of old foreign
mostly asking more mossy. Enema were firm at the week's
end. The imports for November wen 46,751 quarters. I
There was a large arrival of white peas, principally
from the Baltic, on Monday ; though of other sorts the
supply was moderate. Maples, from scarcity, remained I
dear ; but done were dull, es well as white boilers. There
was oo imbsequeut change. The total imports for Novena. I
ber were 43,561 cin
Them was • fair supply of linseed on Monday, with lass
eagerness in the demand, though previous rates were main-
tained. (Ikea sold steadily, on rather eerier tones Fri-
day's market bad a more buoyant appointee,.
The meld market remained gait* in mho. Clove seed
was held at previous rates, both red and white. Trefoil
also was firm, but canary was very dull, though only the
previous rates were demanded. Other seeds were without
quotable change.
Several of the country markets bad again but short sup-
plies, farmers preferring to get their samples into better
condition ;
good
market. were, therefore, 2s. wirtz.,
higher for wheat-as Hull, Manchester,
Spalding, • Newmarket. Some, as Alford and St. Ives,
were 2s. to Is. per qt. dearer. Birmingham, Market Rum,
and Otinsborough markets were Is. to 2e. up ; Leeds,
Louth. and Newcastle only ls. Sheffield, Worksop, and
Newark being only firm.
Liverpool advanced as Tuesday, 3d. per cental on wheat,
Oats were firm. Barley, beans, and peas 3d. per 601 be., and
fiderm. higher. Mains ale rose Sd. to Is. per qr. Os
Friday
also there was • good trade, at • further improve-
moat in wheat did. told. per cental. Spring corn firm,
and anise held higher.
The prices of spring corn have spin rather improved,
more especially barley, beans, and oats.
In Scotland the trade has improved. At Glasgow Scotch
wheat improved 6d. to is per boll, and American 6d. to
9d. Barley and oats also6d. up, and beans Him.
There continued a good sale at Dublin for native produce,
wheat, barley, and oats all being cleared at an advance of
6d. to L. per bd. Foreign wheat was held ray firm.
Maize 6cL to le. per qr. higher.

FOREIGN.
The bakers in Paris having long restricted their pur-
chases, in the expectation, of a decline, hove at last Leen
forced to buy in larger quantities, and so rather raised!
prices, which have advanced to 64f- to 65f. per 157
kilogramme. for the top quality (equal to 41s. 9d. per
-28003. English). The four marks also have recovered
their relative value, and become scarce at 63f. pet 157
kilos. (40e. 9d. per 2801 b.); but distant deliveries, may
four months from March, were only If. more. Wheat had
also slightly advanced, say 9d. to ls. per qr. on the week,
powers obtaining 36f. 50c. for their best qualities (Ms. 9d.
per qr.), 34f. 50c. (52e. Bd. per qr.) being had for secondary
qualities ; millers, however, were cautious buyers, though
Normandy had taken some quantity of good at 35f. to 3M. 50r„
(54e.) Rye was steady at former rates, say 23f. per 115
kilos. (35e. 6d. per qr.) for Au old ; new 9d. per qr. Ins.
Barley was dull and difficult to sell at previous rates. Fine
oats ware firm ; choice still obtained 32f. per 160 kilos.
There was more firmness in rapeseed in consequence of
frost. Cloverseed remained in calm, 140 f. per hale being
the top quotation for new red. Trefoil 4M. per hale. The
country markets were mostly Arm, or rather dearer for
wheat, but Bordeaux and Nantes were unchanged.
At Antwerp there nits an improvement in the value of
foreign wheat of Is. per qr., sad on native of 2s. per qr. ;
new Baltic and American, 61e. 3d, ; Bordeaux, 62e. 6d. ;
hue American winter Me. 64. ; Marianople. 57a. 3d. ;
Petersburg rye, 33a 6d. ; Odessa barley, 313.94. Louvain
quotations were to 625. for red wheat.
lu Holland there had scarcely been any quotable change,
but Amsterdam was fkl. per qr. dearer for rye, in come-
queers of a demand for the Rhine. Barley was also firm.
liaintricht was, however, 2e. dearer for wheat. Rotterdam
was only firm, new white to 555. '6d., old to 675. per qr.,
Polish and red to 725. per qr. Mayence noted a slight im•
provement m wheat, rye, sad barley.
The lakes in the neighbourhood of Berlin were covered
with Me, and river navigation was closed. The impplies by
water being thus cut off, rates were gradually improving,
and large trauactious fur future delivery had taken place.
Several of the Swine markets noted an advance in
but the averages in Bavaria were slightly lower. A
rise wu noted is Cologne, Me. being pud for wheat.
Though frost was rather against prices at Odessa, a re-
duction in freights, and the necessity of fulfilling contracts,
bad enabled holders of wheat to obtain Is. per qr. advance.
The total sales for a week in all pain wei • 35,000 qrs. ;
wheat, 375. 6d. to 48s. ; rye, Zea. ; barley, 18e. 6d. to
Ws. 9d. ; oats, 13a. 104. to 16e. 10,1.; liusee.l, 13a 6d. to
48s. blurs bunters bad beau doi at Gonau.ntinople, at
fully forgoer rates ; for alone afarvu 10,i00 qrs.
wheat sod Turley bad been placed, and an equal quantity
for borne cousumption.
At tignyrua trails wee calm, but prices firm ; wheat, 48e.

to 545. Less was doing at Alexandria, in consequence of
duller advice. from the west, and the high rates of ex-
change ; good wheat was, however, still in demand. Beane
and barley also were actively sought, awl their scarcity
alone made males small..A fortnights transactims comprised
about 23,000 quarters.
Affairs at Leptom had generally been calm, but about
10000 qra. hiarutoople wheat for January and February
delivery bad been taken at 545. 6d. to Ms. ; a shipment,
however, of Marian le of the same weight had been taken
at 52a. Bd. per qr. This was on Roman amount, nothing
else during the week being bought for that destination ; but
7,000 qrs. of maize had been taken for the Ecclesiastical
State.. The weather has been very bad, and as wheat sow-
ing was not completed there was some anxiety respecting it.
With the close of the year the markets at Santander were
getting very dull, and prices somewhat declining. As
severed womb' were in the road, and arrivals from the in-
terim were seldom, but small stores were left, so that any
large demand would instantly affect markets. The top
price of flour was about 425. 6d. per 2801ba. ; seconds, 38s.
per 28011 a. Wheat was generally held at 60a, with 57a. 6d.
bid. The Castilian market. were vary dulL
Soft wheat being very scares at Algiers, had risen to 32f.
per 100 kilos. (58s. 6d. per qr.), hard only 27f. (495. 5d.)
A peat deal of wheat had been sown under very favour-
able circumstancea
Monetary pressure still had some influence on wipes at
New York, though the closing of the Western end of the
Waal was limiting supplies : low flour was sc. to 15c.
easier per brl. ; Brandywine and Baltimore, 10c. to 15e. ;
Canada Club Wheat to 1 d. 11e. per bush. (equal to 37a.
per qr.); amber Wisconsin to 1 d. 12c. (375. 48.); winter red
Western to 1 d. 20c. (405.): Chicle° spring, 1 d. 6c.
(355. 4d.), all per 48011*. Shipments from the Ist to the
4th December :-Wheat, 201,099 bush. ; flour, 21,801 brim. ;
maize, 30,092 bush. Shipments from lit January to 30th
of November:-Wheat, 11,906,309 bush. ; lour, 1,729,699
brim. ; maize, 2,937,432 bush.

FRENCH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

The Monideur publishes the following article :
We published on the 19th inst. the comparative tables
drawn up by the Administration of Customs and of Indirect
Taxes, presenting the imports and exports of the principal
kinds of merchandiee. It will not be without interest to
tear.: of the more striking results set forth in these
ts. The first fact that attracts attention is the
large imam in the importation of certain raw materials
destined for French manufacturers. Cotton, of which the
quantities that paid duty were in 1858 715,000 metrical
quintals (=lithe. each), and in 1859 739,000, attained in
1860 the enormous figure of 1,160,000 quintals. Even when
deduction is made of the quantities sent abroad, them
remains 1,083,070 quintals ; that is to say, 344,000 more
than the quantity consumed in the correepondizperiod of
1859. The quantity of raw wool introduced commerce
special) in 1860 amounts to 480,500 quintals, w • tin 1859
ii was only 368,319 quintals, and in 1858, 318,102, being in
favour of 1860 an awmentation of 112,181 quintals com-
pared with 1859, and of 162,318 compared with 1858. As
regards oleaginous seeds the importation in 1860 has In-
creased by 169,758 quintals in comparison with 1859,
and by 205,066 in comparison with 1858, the quantities
b 877,215 in 1860, to 707,457 in 1859, and
672,179"1 in 1858. An analogous movement has taken place in
the introduction of oils from seeds, also in special commerce ;
the quantities imported, which in 1858 were only 36,269
quintals, and in 1869, 57,3731 having risen in 1860 to 124,314.
Of indigo, the quantities consumed haft almost
doubled in 1860, compared with the average consumption
of the two preceding years, being 14,600 quintal to
8,900 in 1859, and 6,900 mlB5B. The importation of coal
for consumption does not cease to increase in a large
,pro-
=7laving risen in 1860 to 49,649,847 quintals, or
42 more than in 1859, and 9,915,176 more than in
1858. Among metals, the import of rough castings and bar
heel has sustained a certain depression, outings
219,209 quintals in 1860, to 398,1136 in 1859, and to 598,ig
in 1858 ; bar iron, 3,766 quintals in 1860, to 11,769 in
1859, and 135,486 in 1858. In the importation of copper and'
zinc, however, there hie been an increase. Thequantity of
oer which was only 103,341 quintals in 1858, and 107,352 in
1859, attained 130,816 quinMls in 1860 ; and that of zinc,
which was it 31,197 in 1858, and 217,452 in 1859, rose to
271,263 in 1860. As regards the consumption of sugar,
coffee, and cocoa, that of the first presents an manes* of ,
20,729 quintals compared with 1858, and of 60,432 compared
with 1859 ; of the second, 57,623 and 41,687 for the two
yean ,• and of the third, 7,646 and 5,194. In exports, all
French fabrics have proeeesed, and present in 1860 thee
quantities :-Woollen fa • 78,937 quintals to 60,427 in
MO, and 56,171 in 1858; cotton, 93.346 to 83,275 and
87,311 ; flax and hemp, 19,925 to 17,477 and 18,519 ; and
silk, 31,424 to 31,109 and 23,746. Machinery slid machani.
cal object, have also immersed, having amounted to
5,743,525 f. in 1858, 0,027, 5961. lit 1850, and 6,886,368 f. in ,
1860.