Iho imports during the year ending
June, 1851. were 6,160,000 gallons, of
which, probably, three-fourths consisted
of the wines of France. The value of
invoice cost of the article was $2,370,-
000. The average consumption of for
eign wines was, therefore in quantity,
but about one quarter of a gallon for I
each person, and, in value only ten cents. I
ihe coincidence is somewhat remarka-j
ble, that this is almost precisely the rate
ol consumption of imported wine among
the people of Great Britain. But in
France, according to official returns,
there is produced and retained for con
sumption, 900,000,000 gallons of wine,
allowing 25 3-4 gallons to each person
in the population.—[Boston Transcript.
Wheat and Gold.—The purchase of
Russian wheat for English account has
caused the rate of Exchange between
London and St. Petersburg to advance i
in favor or the latter to such a point that
gold is now exported from England for
the purchase of grain in Russia.
Ihe Bank of England has raised its
rate ot interest, to turn the exchange.— |
Its object is to so contract the currency I
that the scarcity of money will depress’
the price ol wheat in Odessa and Amer-I
ica, and so much diminish the amount
of money that Great Britain will have toj
pay for breadstufls. It is a bold and j
ingenious plan, arid may succeed.
Demand for ovr Bbeadstuffs,— I
lhe editor of the N. Y. Courier, now
in England, says that Great Britain will
need every barrel of flour that we can
spare. The Courier calculates that Eng- I
land will require. 20,000,000 barrels to
supply the deficiency in her harvest. |
Gas. —The City authorities have pass- !
cd an ordinance contracting with Messrs.
