The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-29 00:00:00

TRADE AND NAVIGATION.

The import returns for the month of June,
given in the acoounts relating to trade and navi-
gation published this morning, continue to show a
e not only upon the returns of the three pre-
vious months, but upon those of the oorresponding
months of 1866 and 186%. The falling off upon
the May return amounts to no less than 1,166,0111.,
and upon June, 1887, to 543,68 W. The total
:value of the enumerated imports in June was
20,628,6571.
The exports in July, on the other hand, ex-
hibit a decided improvement upon the returns of
the previous month, and a slight improvement
also upon those of the corresponding month last
year, as shown by the following figures :
Jai& July.
IVO 16,562,430
13, 15,748,260

1867
1888

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL oorroN MARKET.

Cll3lB DAY.)
:wr Taxesasa.)

(ram mix owsr oonanspiunnorr.)
The market continues steady, at yesterday's rats*.
Sales about 12,000 bales.

CORK BUTTER MARKET.—(rEas DAY.)
(BY TZLEOS•III.)
(Pi= nun owir OCIIMPOWDZIIT.)
Ordinary, 1215., 117 a, 1135., 109 a., 975. 775. • 1,919
firkins. Mild cured, 1225.. 1175., 117 s. ; 120 &kiwi,

TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
The tallow market continues stead , and paces remain
as follows:—Town tallow, 435. 3d. ; Y. 0., on
the spot, old, 44e. Bd. ; new, 46e. ; October to Deana-
ber, 46e. 3d. ; December, 465. 6d. to 9d.

SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade slow at the
following prime :—Prime meadow hay, 100 s. to 1/2s. 3d.;
inferior ai •fto, 80s. to 90s. ; prime clover, 120 e. to 130 s. ;
inferior ditto, 100 e. to 110 s. ; straw, 30s. to 365.

COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS Dtrarri2
lies continue short, particularly as re
vegetables, which are still realising high prices. St
door fruit, it is true, has been more plentiful, but the sur-
plus consists chiefly of windfalls, blown down during the
strong gales which occurred on Saturday and Sunday
last. Good pines are rather mere in request. Pears and
plums are sufficient for the demand. Heavy consignments,
continue to be received from the Continent. Kent filberts
are coining in in abundance. Potatoes are small is idles,
and many of than are badly diseased. Flowers chiefly
consist of orchids, balsams, pelargoniums, fuchsias,
mignonette, and roses.

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Apples, per bushel, No to lb
AC.; aid:143.41.
per b., 9d to Is
Grapes, per lb., Ss to fle
Lemons, per WO, lON to las

Mans % sack la to 411
Nectarines, p. doe., Ss to Se
Peaches, per dos., ta to Se
Pears, per dor, Is to es
per lb., 4s to es
Prlins,perl sieve, b. to ex
vsearestss.

ArUtholrea, per door., ato Ca
Beans, sue, per half erre,
ea
Beet, per doe., le to le
Cabbages, par doe., le to Sle
Comte, per ban* 9d to Is
Celery, per bundle, le to is
Cocrobres, tech, ld tplo

Lalttiees, per ems, le to de
Oniseada,bons, •Tdzs, ee
Mak per la
Wa
ions,sessOtirdzt Ile to fa
de to es
Pude,. od to at
Potatoes, lierats, p. tai
11011 a lllae

Endive, pet dos , u 6d to Ss
Giulio sad Bldloto, D. lb., Bd
Herb% par bek Mt *
p. *4d
Hone EMI Pi to tis
lisebs, per Wash, Id to 4d

Slaw, no., 1404 to 141108
Myatt's, do., 180,
pea busbol. 4a to du
7Po=, per dos, be to Se
Turnipo(new), p. bun., lea la!

A canon reeidentiary in Chester Cathedral, as
marks the Rut, becomes vacant by the preferment of the
Rev. Dr. Hugh It'Nele to the deanery of Ripon. It is
worth 5001., and is in the gift of the Bishop of Chester.
The penalty of 2W. inflicted on Lord Canterbury
by the Marlborough county bench, at the suit of the Board
of Inland Revenue, has, says the Wilts Stamford, been
commuted by that board to 101. The clerk to the magis-
trates, Mr. W. P. Woodward, has received a communica-
tion from the board to the effect that they were satisfied
themselves that the circumstances of the cue were not so
unfavourable u they had in the first instance been led to
believe. _ .

2iCiicers of spelling niceties remark that the
eimkr of the brat edition of Macaulay's History has been
clanged into eider in the cheap reprint; and that the
Fel: in of the first edition, inertial, &c., has become an
in the late one.—.Atherisrues. _ _ _

FATALISM.—On—A
I)ISCIPL& OF
last Thursday
Mr. P—, an old man of 70, committed suicide by bang-
ing himself from the bed-poet in the Rue de la Roquette,
Paris. He left on the table a paper containing the fol-
lowing :—" Accuse no one of my death. I have killed
myself, because I could not do otherwise. This has been
the way with my family. My grandfather cut his throat
with a razor. My father and my eldest eon shot them-
selves. My daughter Margaret thmw herself into the
river two years ago. And now I must obey the fats
which has attended my family for more than 100 years."
Cantu IN PARIS.—A double murder and suicide
took place at Saint Denis two nights back. K. Girard,
aged 62, a landed proprietor, living in the Rue des Ursu-
lines, had in his service a woman of 50. The nephew of
the latter, named (Irobb, on the night of the crime gained
admission surreptitiously into the house and hid himself
in a garret. It so occurred that the owner happened
to go up there and discovered him. Some angry
words ensued, and afterwards a personal MI.
The servant, alarmed by bar master's cries, has-
trued to his assistance, but was with him struck
repeatedly with a spade which the murderer had
in his hands. The neighbours hearing the noise in-
formed the police, who broke open the doors, but found
IL Pintail dead, and the woman with only strength to
narrate the foregoing particulars. Upm, searching the
premises the comes of Grobb was foundlying in a cart, he
having stabbed himeelf six times in the region of the heart
with a long and sharp knife.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS IN ITALT.—AII who have
the welfare of Italy at heart, and who regard intellectual
enlightenment as the indispensable accompaniment of
rational progress, will be gratified to learn that a move-
ment is sow made, by the beet friends of the
Italians, to promote education among the humbler classes
in Italy. It is proposed to awry out this desirable object
by the estabbalment of industrial schools on a plan of
Which it is the beet to say that it is at once sound,
simple, and naambi ooa~ and entirely free freer the a:-
chi/menses of sectarian feeling A committee of Wise
has been formed, under the presidency of Mrs. Chambers,
by any member of which subscript ens in aid of the
school, will be gratefully reeeived.—ArAmiewes.
IMMAINSE GROWTH OF MUSHROOMS. An un-
precedented quantity of mushrooms baa been gathered in
the district around Memptcn within the peat fortnight.
At first there was a good demand for them savoury
edibles Mad. per quart, and It was no unusual occurrence,
for some collectors to make as much as 6s. per day; but
the supply Deanne so peat at last—in some cases as many
as a man could carry being obtained in a very short time
—that mushrooms are sow hawked about the street' at
the low price of Id. per quart. In the neighbourhood of
Penrith for the last two or three weeks the crops of
mushrooms have been extraordinary. The fields and
meadows have been literally covered with them in scone
places.—Cordials Joarsal.
TRAFFIC Itzcsurra—The traffic receipts of rail-
ways in the United Kingdom for the week ending
August 22, amounted on 13,350 miles, to 826,754/.,
and for the cerresponding week, 1867, on 13,008 milea, to
836,1631., showing an increase of 342 miles, and a decrees
of 8,39 W. The gross receipts on 14 of the principal rail-
ways in the United Kingdom amounted for the week on
9,672 miles, to 601,010 L, and for the corresponding week of
last year on 9.394 miles, to 696,1661.. showing an
Mamas of 278 miles, and a decrease of 4,1461.
The decrease on the Groat Southern and Western
amounted to 2911. ; on the Great Western to 2,316/.1 on
the London and North-Wester* to 4,7621. ;on the Lon-
don, Brighton, and South Coast to 1,1711. ;
_on the Lon-
don and South-Western to 1141. ; on the North-Eaatem
to 1,9541. and on the South-Eastern, to 8071.—total
11,4141. ; but from this must De deducted 1841., the in-
crease on the Caledonian and North British, 1 096/.
on the Great Eastern, 7,68 W. on the Great N".
2241. on the Laneashu• and Yorkshire, I.W.
on the Manchester, Sheffield. and Linoolmhirs,
and 2,0221. on the Midland, together, 7,2681..
leaving the decrease as above, 41461. The re-
ceipts on 62 other railways In the United Kingdom
amounted on 3,678 miles to 136,7444, and for the come-.
'dung week of last year on 3,614 mike to 139,9971...
showing en increase of 64 miles and a decrease of 4,153 e:
The goods traffic on the 14 systems of lines above men-
tioned amounted for the week to 337,4021., againit
332,1781., showing an increase of 6,226/. The As
mails, Ike., traffic on those lines. renal Meat., and for the corresponding week at 181// to
362,9601., showing an increase of 9,372/ lila taw mei*
for the put weal show a decrease of 8,38131. se, compered
with these 02 the preceding week, eadtait the lab, 6wat.