, 1879-07-17

import trade of the Empire during tue frat
folr tnont!,s OF the present year, lie statements
IN which, remarks the 10 or arc highly surpria-
fact tliat tic cxpor. Of grain alonc has decreased
nt very uncommon rate. Facts, continues
Tint journal, have been brought to light
threatening In no s1patl degree The bn!auce
anne tlmo ti!c import Of grain las remarkably
increased. As tonparcd with the quantity ex.
ported In the first four months Of 1878 ihcrc
has been dtmnution IN tt,c corresponding
The export ot wheat fn particular has de-
creased by 90 per cent tint Of barley bv 81,
and Of oass by "a, the export of ryc afons rising
by Is per csnt. Tho EXPORT Of hempsecd
Containing seeds falling .tiil further o. Tie ex.
pork Of lax decreased BY II per cent, wooden
products By 40, wool by g. rays by %. raw
sktps, fat, md grease, hy 70. and 80 on. OF the
sl,own remarkable Increase by about % per
cent, With aliEht tfndency ia tho sano tlfrec-
tion "a to cattle and horses. Az for Imports Ut
tltrtY.hvo articles, eight only show decrease,
the ott,rr twcnts-sssen articles, a more or lcss
remarkable increase Is recorded. Or caAt-tron,
for example, two-antl-a'haIf times the quantity
has bee hsen tmo9rtsd. 1o;rs
md c ssners ieens 81 - sossi I ami po,issai
insecurity pcrvaainE all Russian society, the In
dustrfal Exhibition contemplated for next reHr
at Moscow has been .Dostponed tilt 1881. That
OIL. tho Empire maybe gat.ered, among otlier
things, froin mn official report lately published
as to tl'e freighte brought ~ and dis
patched from St. Petersburg by rail- and
son son With tic same % nod IN is;s ibis is Years re.
port shuws ycrY considerable failing OF, to
thu cxtant, indeed Of ~ per cent. Thus ID
April, 1S71 tfeizllts Ito The amount Of :e11,148,
fr.t2 Dnkt L.
yonr t,e asure val only 60, 6,sss,coo. The
between Moscow and st. Petersburg,
9,0i6, ,oN pou1s being tho total conetRnmcnts to
for thc same nlonth this year. Tic conYeyancc
Of grain In particular was, bY comparison, very
Insignificant. In tho coursc OF the first four
months Of 1873 uearlr 81, co.. 00o pouds Of goods
provinces. whc the corresponding period this
year shows decrease Of more than Q, ,000, QUO
pouds.
BISHOP co1,Esso on THE zuLu WAR.
LONDON, Juno 2s.--To The Editor Of the Lon
dan 7in,es: Your readers have no doubt OBJ
served that Sir Michael Htcks-Bcacb, In bis an
swcr to Mr. Richard, confirmed tic truth OF d
statement which made In recent letter to tho
Times, to the effect that Unfunzt anI Nkis!mauc,
two peace messengers from Cesewayo hnd been
improperly detained at ,Kranz-kop as prisoners
for considerable period. With reference to q
later mission from the Zulu King. tho bishop Of
Natal writing to me nhtay q, says:
John. Dunn Is understood to have como back
from Ills interview viii, the last pescs meHscnctr,
md mud that Cc.ywayo melns 10 have peace II possis al
be. m, qutto sure thai an honorable mud safe
peace might se made At once. bnt ! an equally
therefore. also Lord Chclmsfold, but ,he deposi-
ton q whsh t. wha' y
in4lAtat 1t ia firm ba5fNf TINT tht}
aa ssa @ s:an III .s;.ts%! % s .ss,,ss. 81
susrcct, moreover, tint the campaiQn viii be at.
i sSsT; 9at eass
ssanept m @ t. bring ~ gar TO s!e,s viii;
assoD a,asF my reasssnas eyS.'0 .cna M
sneh;; terms as tl,s.s', propescd by the
aad tue Tedasiioa q the zalS aras: nat .hs iaet
ts there IL no standing army 10 za'uiand, In tho
ss'.ss u which tla tern "a nnda..tood r. Europs
nor u tactS my onseEtptson, as u senenl-
Remarkable as this last stutomcut may ap-
pear, i f., nevertheless. quite true. Enlist.
are man. Zulus who have ncver offered them
selves for military service, UNI yet the King tIns
not subjected them to any punishment Or dtsa-
biiity:, THE Bishop adds:
Cctywayo (which u ont Of tho question while Sir
l;artlo FseEe md Lord Chelmsford arc loft to dn
oa @ sna
armed men 1t hls kraa'. except with tho agsnta
cansent G 10 a1low. ~ far a9 ho 10 concernsd. his
pcrsPs ,o lett to it, sou1ss Of events "ud il ca.
iorceI. It would ctrta,n!y lend at once to as large
Of girls with catt!c) al prcyutts now In Natal As
Um9elnt ~ bclioSod to bc dead. and tvo vt least
q s'"yos sens haze gecn ksd nclaa!ng
Srhyp'B people and. perhaps, II, 600 other ZuIns,