The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-02 00:00:00

The prosecrutrix said they were not the same stones.
_ _ _

Mr. Beadon said he would have no tricks of that sort—
the ring was broken up immediately. There could be no
difficulty in the case when the companion one was pro-
duced. The prisoner must be committed for 14 days.
Mr. Borley said the stones were of no value.
Mr. Beadon said he did not care what the value was—the
ring was broken up and the stones taken out. It was any
thing but creditable.

.ENGLISH PASSENGERS AT FRENCH

PORTS.

The complete statistics of the passenger traffic
with England at the principal continental ports in
1858 have not yet been made public, but the fol-
lowing figures show the number of passengers at
the French ports as compared with the preceding
year :

1858. 1857. Decrease.
Boulogne
Calais .
Dieppe
Havre. 15,446 .. 17,550 .. 2.214
Dunkirk. 1,878 .. 2,279 .. 401

T0ta1.... 204,725 .. 234,243 .. 29,518

It thus appears that there is a decrease spread
over all the ports, amounting to 10 per cent, on the
past year's traffic at Boulogne, exceeding 18 per
cent. at Dieppe, and amounting to 121 per cent. on
the aggregate. Nearly the whole of this falling off
occurred in the early part of 1858 during the ex-
ceptional rigours of the passport system, which were
put in force after the attempt of Orsini. As these
were little by little relaxed the traffic gradually re-
covered its former activity, so that there is reason
to expect it may once more resume a condition of
progressive increase under the facilities recently
granted to travellers in France. The Customs' duties
paid at Boulogne amounted to £167,563 in 1858,
against £195,315 in 1857. At Calais they were
£68,069 against £73,241, showing a reduction at
both ports easily accounted for by, the diminished
activity of trade in general during the greater
part of the part year. In 1858 gold was im-
ported into France to the value of £22,144,000,
and silver to that of £6,424,000, making the
total importations of the precious metals .L 28,568,000.
The exports of gold were £2,660,000, and of silver
£7,028,000, making a total of £9,688,000. 1u the
nine years from 1849 to 1858 the imports of gold
into France were £120,040,000, and the exports
£26,200,000. In the same period the imports of
silver were £48,600,000, and the exports (exclusive
of amounts that may have been privately carried
out of the country), £88,160,000. It would thus
appear that during the nine years the circulation of
gold in France has increased 93,840,000, while the
amount of silver in circulation has diminished
£59,560,000; and that contemporaneously with the
gradual substitution of a gold for a silver currency
there has been an increase in the total amount of
the currency of £54,280,000.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

The supply of English wheat on offer here to-day was
only limited. For good and tie qualities of both red and
white the demand ruled steady, at full prices ; but inferior
samples moved off heavily, at Monday's currency.
Fine foreign wheats were held at extreme rates ; but all
other kinds were quite neglected. Floating cargoes of
grain were inactive.
There was a fair demand for barley, at full quotations ;
Malt, however, was a dull sale.
The oat trade was somewhat inactive. In prices, how-
ever, no change took place.

Beans and peas moved off steadily at very full currencies.
There was a moderate business doing in flour at late
rates.

ARRIVALS TATS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour.
Bnglish ' 1,560 .450 3,210 ; 2,670 630
I Irish
Foreign .. 300 i 430 8,550 1 220 sks
bls