The Press. — London, England, 1854-09-23 00:00:00

910 Some considerable parcels of the Australian gold lately imported have been presented to the Bank for purchase. A good deal of Californian gold, it appears, is on the market for sale, and, from its containing more silver than does the Australian gold, is preferred for remittance to Paris, where a profit attends the extraction of the less valuable metal. The Australian gold being thus little inquired for, and the loss of interest from day to day being an important consideration, importers have little chance but to send it at once into the Bank. The market opened on Monday a shade below the closing pikes on Saturday, but remained steady throughout the day at 951 to (I. The speculators held aloof, and the transactions being chiefly for money, which was freely offered, it was quite enough for the market to sustain itself. This same cause produced considerable flatness on Tuesday, in spite of a general opinion amongst the dealers that a further rise was at hand. Consols for transfer were down as low as 05 in the course of the day. The speculators now began to interfere, and their antici• pation of successes in the East brought Consols up on Wednesday fast to their former price, and then beyond it : they began at 951 to I, and left off at 951 to and even touched 00 after business. The in stinct of the dealers was fairly confirmed on Thurs day when the Eupatoria news came in; and Consols for transfer opened at 051, and for the account at 90, at which price they remained during the day, with scarcely a variation, and very little business doing, especially in the speculation. Yesterday the market was heavy. The prices receded to very nearly what they were before the Crimea news. The fact is, the expedition is not out of the wood yet, and whatever may be thought of the Russian power at present, no one supposes it inca pable of a very serious blow when its interests are so seriously menaced as they are at Sebastopol. The fact is, that the actual price of Consols is in itself a phenomenon in the midst of a European war of which no one can foresee the result. Few would have believed a year ago that in the height of a Russian war, without a single great victory, the funds should be at 90. Consols opened at 051, and shortly after fell to 951 for money, and 951 for account, at which price they closed, after a partial recovery. FOREIGN FUNDS. The Paris Bourse rose three-eighths on Wednes day, and one half again on Thursday, with little doing. There was much inquiry for Turkish stock, which was heavy at the beginning of the week, not withstanding, but improved on Thursday, as might have been expected. It was commonly reported during the week that the promoters of the intended Ottoman bank bad thrown up their privileges, but the report was promptly contradicted. COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. Trade has been dull, with a general feeling of un • easiness. Prices have almost invariably ruled lower, and, with expectations of a fall, few buyers have appeared. The Iron Market is especially reported from Birmingham as wanting firmness, and the cot ton advices from Manchester tell very nearly the same story. The foreign markets have been heavy. In fact, everything characterises a tone of expecta tion and anxiety. SHARES. Railway shares have partaken of the general heaviness. Almost the only improvement has been in the North-Western ; the rest, almost without ex ception, are stationary, or a shade lower. It seems difficult to account for this depression, in the face of the rise in Consols, except from the outstanding speculators for a rise in the market. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Rd) Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the IGth day of Sept., 1854. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .... 126,632,810 Government Debt 111,015,100 Other Securities .. 2,984,900 Gold Coin 12,032,810 Silver Bullion .... 126,632,610 126,632,810 BANKING DIPARTIMNT. Proprietors'Capital R 14,553,000 (Government S ecu- East Public Deposits* 4,9'5,238 Dead WeightAn4 110,996,955 Other Deposits Seven Day & other Notes 7,049,425 Bills -- £34,046,372 144,046,372 • Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. The foregoing return, when compared with that of the preceding week, ending Sept. 1, exhibits the following changes. In the Public Deposita 14144,, •..,• .....,...hicnr.AsE of rti r st i :a ~.:'I:4NCREA9E of ... 2,700 Do„kairrotrit i .. _ I itt RECRKABE of 25,976 . I.IhCREARE 0! * 42,132 .. f re Mitt Stcp/04tv , . 3: ' , i ). (Na fluctuation.) :e° 24' 8 f4L0te15 7 A..v.... ,I.• .B.F.AS KOl .: lie oak t 2... ..,. • ••••f • . pitExsx of 4. I of Ware olteuldi ion in Notes i,19,183,3 , 5 itfdrauud othci,Bill a. .1 " .17W i : ..g.t ......, 21,217,400 Relltrakti DOR% In both Departments 13,079,370 C 33.940 9,03 e THE PRESS. 117 8 d i' 195 7 ' 68 i • 16} Gil 10 2 L,2 1 d i 117 Is RAILWAYO— _ Moberg., Nottng.,l3sUL & East Junction .... Birm. \Vol v. & Stour VALI Birk., Lan. & Ches.Junc,l Do._6hes. &Birk ,601.41 25W Do. do. 201. Bristol and Exeter Caledouian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June.' Dundee, Perth, & Aber : dcen Junction East Anglian Eastern Union East Lancashire E.tcW.l.Dks.Bßir.JnJ Edinburgh et Glasgow Eastern Counties Ednbrgh., Perth, D und Great Northern Gt. Sth. and Wst of Ire Great Western Hull and Selby Irish South-Eastern Lancashire 64 Yorkshire Lancaster and Carlisle'l Leeds Northern Lon., Tilbury, & Sthend Lou., Brighton, &c London and Blackwell London and Nrth-West. Loudndrry. & Coleraine Londndrry. & Ennsklln. Man.,Shef.,lLucolnah. Midhind Do. Birm. and Derby' Newmarket• Newp.,Aber.& Hereford Newry and Enniskillen N ew., arrnpnt.,& Roc , Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Devon North Staffordshire North•Westem N.& Sth..Western Juno.) Oxf., Wrcstr., and Wolv i Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birming.; Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury & Chesteri Shropshire Union ' South Devon South-Eastern and Dov.ll South.W astern South Wales Bth. Yorksh. &Riv.DuJ Stockton & Darlington ; Thms.Haven Dk.& Rail. Vale of heath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick; West Cornwall Wimbledon & Croydon Woodford York, Newc., and Ber. York and Nrth Midland BANKS — Australasian Chartered Bank of Asia""; Ch. Bank of India, Aus tralia, & China Eng. Sctch & Aust. Ch.;l Lon. Bnk of Aus. & India' Lon. Char. Bnk of Aust Oriental Bank Corpora Lon. Aus.Bnking &Old Importing Company South Australia Union of Australia Do. New MINES — Brazilian Imperial .... Do. (St John del Rey) l ' Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Nouveau Monde MISCELLANEOUS — Australian Agricultural Brit. American Land Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British Ans. Laud Do. Preference Peel River Land & Min. Scottish Aust. Invest . South Australian Land Van Diemen's Land j L Vow!. : Fa ! 10 di 17 8 Il 7 841 90 r !6G} 15e61 10 2 .'2 ld I 7 , 1 17 8 I 86 40 „70 2 , 117 8 17 dd 95 71 1 11 ibi 61 6 4. 10 2 21 lid 17 81 117 8 Cd 95 1 I 66 `lfie 10 '2 Ai lid ill 8 136 40 I !" 0 1 ,70 - 2 70 II 61 aid 61 3xd 61 3:4 61 Bxd 111 2i 44 11i 2111 i 2111 i 2i 23e 22 493 424 4 $9 00 884 fie 884 94 884 9i 91 S 90 2 91 3 91 8 73 ixd xd 73 2 724 8 - t lOO —l i 734 4 ^B4 4 734 478 4x3 82 6x4 83 63482 6xo 80 tad - I 'lllll t 'lO4 4 510 1 3 5 ) ; 4 110 i 31 4 1443 I .2 7 5 4 6 2 4 . 1: 14 6 2 1 1 1 1 2 6 ' 2 7 5 1 4 4 5 ' '42 4 42_4 49' 4 1 42 4 1 8 6d 8 01 3_lo 114 till I' 104 0 IC4 ea 1 . 8 ! 11031 4 . 1 34 A ad: Pe 1t b ir 6ii :SO 2 dl 1 33 4 183 lb 10 18 :61 7 !Gi ip id 134 6 33 '8 Uri 4 3id 64 ) 4EI iP 97 951 :G3 51 9 97 6 ,G 3 807} 8 3} 4 4i }a ;a 4;1 ixd 84 6 33i 4 2 Id ;33 5, :9 9I 24 6 t l 3e 4ii 84 5 'at s' 1 Id 1 id, dl 2/ 1d 21 id,2l id 2ii 2 42 4 lz i' q OM 41 2 txn'2 37 0137 124 34 124 3 3} 13} 65} 64 8 133} 4 '2 ld 48 6 118 o !24 6. lA / 4i. 151 5 ' I , i d 214 2 ',42 4 FOREIGN FUNDS. ,Mond.,Tuesd.. 1 71tur. 122 +1 1 4f bxd l 9 f 11 10t1I 1 , riday : 2z q 4i 5 I 9 i :,11 10d 17 8 7 6 d 95 65i 6 154 6k 10 12 2i lid 7 I 17 8 85 40 69 11 8 Gce '2l osi ;50 2 61 8 111 21 22 4 89 9 91 9 721 3 79} 9 80 5 Sle 4 :110: 64 7 'id ip! .33 r.O 111 I 103 5 8 k i 102 i 3 [ 47 9; 62 4 I 251 7O It 42 4 '8 o d 21 i 64 64 60 2 A2} 8 * 16 4 31d 6i 7 d 4p 33 b :47 9 I 62 4 , I';; 81 3i id 134 44 644 6 84 d 33 4 24 licl 34 d 133 4 fli 10 1 33 0 !IR _P 18 9 4 i i 24 6 4 5 Yf 04i - .3 201 214 !,' 142 4 44 6 , 61:it Si Bii 3 4 28 8 41 4 l 9 4 ill 121 3; 61 es 6 Is, 1 *d 21} 2 42 4 44 6 674 8} i l 8} 42 4 85 70 98 103 Se i i i SP Ot 2 Ixti 36 8 12C 3{ Per Cent R elgian 44 Ditto 24 Brazilian 5 Do. New 44 Buenos Ayres 6 Milan 1 Danish 5 Ditto 3 Dtch. (Fa 12 Guil )2e Ditto 4 French 5 Do. 44 Do. Bnnk Stock Gr — aTTad:Deferred 1} Mexican Do. Account 3 Peruvian 44 Peruvian Scrip .... Portuguese 4 Russian 5 Ditto 44 Sardinian 5 Spanish 3 Do. New Deferred 3 1)o. Pass. Convert. Turkish Scrip I- • ; 6 1 124 b r 5 214 2 . .‘2 4 TC'ed. Thurs.' 821 95 74f 900 98:80a 24; 5 - 1_ 7411 - f.~ r 74(70a . ,98(30c 1 f. _ 24i I 09 8 Sri 871 $ 4 ilee tlAt 1 IP:* I 3PII I I I i — r 1 02 - 40 i t9i 9 til 1 Lee 37e i SATURDAY, [GN RAILWAYS. .73r.d!",Y. 8i 3 d 11 Wednea. 6 I 7} ♦ 3d 11 1224 d P I 2t 3 p I P 124 3;n 1 Sp i d I— ~ disl 1 p Par t P 9 194 ip 4s 69 37 9 d' s i Pin 31 4 6 7 p d 16 7 P, ttrilgolitan glarktts. (Reported exclusively for "THE PRESS.") COitN•EXCHAXGE—Our market has this week been very moderately supplied with all kinds of English wheat, the quality of which has proved good. The demand has ruled steady, at an advance in the quotations of 4e per quarter. For foreign wheats there has been a good demand, at from 2s to 3s per quarter more money. Floating cargoes have commanded rather more money. English barley has been firm, at late rates ; whilst foreign parcels have ruled is per quarter dearer. Oats have changed hands freely, at is per quarter advance. Both beans and peas have produced rather more money. American flour has been quoted is per barrel higher, and the top•price of English has risen is per sack. Several parcels of wheat and flour have again sold for France. Emomsti—Wheat, Essex and Kent white, 55s to 70s; red, 52s to 66s ; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 52s to Ns. Malting barley, 30s to 335 ; grinding ditto , —to — ; distilling, —to —, Malt, 62s to 70s. Feed oats , 21 s to 25 5; potato, 25s to 28s. Rye, 33s to 40s. Tick beans, 40s to 43s ; pigeon, 42s to 56s Grey peas, 35. to 375; maple, Stis to 40s ; white boilers, 40s to 45s per quarter. Town-made flour, 50s to 555; country marks, 42s to 4311 per 2801bs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1730 200 .. 111 U .. 470 .. T2U Irish Foreign .. 2450 b7O 3250 .. 600 sks. 680 his. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY. — Wheat, 3933 quarters, 56a 6d; barley, 780 quarters, 27s 8{1; nets. 739 quarters, 23s 9d ; rye, 18 quarters, 375; beans, 107 quarters, 41.93 ; peas, 64 gusers, 40s 6d. IMPERIAL Wk:EKLY AVERAG ES—Wheat, 52. ; ley, 29s 2d; oats, 25s Ild ; rye, 36. Ild ; beans, 41.103; peas, 86s 103. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES What, COs 8d; barle, 32s 4d; oats, 27s 9 d; rye, 39s 5d ; beans, 475; peas, 30s 9d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Whest, 70,127 ; barley, 3,928; oats, 7,438; rye, 637 ; beans, 643; peas, 676 quarters. Ti A—Advices from China state that the total exports oft ea were 75,000,0001 b ,, against 72,000,000 1 hs to the same period last year. Our market is very firm, and several speculative invest ments have been made iu common sound Congou at 101ici to lld per lb. SUGAR—A very limited business has been done in all kinds of raw sugar this week, and prices have been with difSculty sup ported. Barbadoes has changed bands at from 31s to 395; and Mauritius, 26s to 38s 8d per cwt. Most of the foreign sugars offered at public sale have been taken in. In foreign sugars, afloat, very few transactions have taken place. Refined gooes have sold at from 43s to 486 per cwt. MOLASSES—The demand is tolerably arm. Antigua, 15s to 158 6d ; other kinds of West India, 13s C.d to 14s 6d; Cuba, 131 to 13s 6d; Bengal and Mauritius, 13s to 136 6d per cwt. COFFEE—Plantation Ceylon has sold at from libs to 70s per cwt—being full prices. A good business hos been done in good ord native, at 455. Foreign coffee is dull, but not cheaper. Cot:MA—The demand is by no means active, yet prices are 'lnn. Low to mid red l'riuidad, 94s 6.1 to 35a sd ; tine, 37s to 41s; grey, 318 to 34s ' • Granada, 30a to 9 0 6 ; Omiyaquil, 324 to 32s Od ; liable , 27s to 28s; and Para, 29s to sos per cwt. CHICORY —Foreign root iu bond, is selling at 101 10. to 101 15s; British, 91 10a to 111; poailer, 1U to 201 per ton. RlCE—About 10,000 boo Bengal have changed hands this week, at an advance of from 31 to (hi per cwt. Other kinds lone au upward tendency. BRITISH FIE OFFICL 3 per Cent. Consols Dittofor Account $ per Cents Reduced 3} per Cents Long Annuities Rank Stock, 7 per Cent India Stock, 10,1 per Cnt. Etch. Bills, 21(1. per diem India Bonds, (1,0000. Antw. & Rttrdm. Bezrs.to Graiss. 8 Belgian East. J. Charle. & Erque. Dijon & Besanq. Dutch Rhenish East Indian I Do. Extension Gt. Indian Pen I Grand J. of Fra G.W.of Can„Sh „ B. (2d is.) 1878 Lc.&Pis.s pcpf. Luxembourg Lyons & Geneva I Madras Maria Antonia Na. & Lge. (w. in) N alum. of Frnce. Norw. Truk. Prf. Paris & Lyons Paris & Orleans Paris & Rouen Paris & Strasbg. P.,Caen & Cher. Qbec.& Rchmnd, Rouen & Havre Royal Swedish Sambre & Meuse S. E. of France Sthrn of France Upper Ind. Scrip Wet. Flanders \lrian. of France W es trn. of Switz. Zealand lUOTA ,Morsd. i 01 ii ass 11 1G -9pl - I G pi FORE: Mond. 6j 7 si 3 d I 1 pm I 2d 8 p I Ai i P -'' t z ;ii.l i.r 4p 841 i 8 9 19 k it 48 8( 37 9 24 dig - P 31 4 8 7p 1 1 - 6 -7 Wed. 161 a IS. 195" 51 951 - 9pl dtßl (11 f p per a p 7 4 341 I 8 9 191 p 48 50 98 40 !G 7 P I 7 341 9p - 19f 20p 40 00 38 40 P die 231 1 di . 31 4 P 6 7 p di. 10 7 Friday. 95 9 19 Cp I 71) Thurs. Friday. a i ;di 3d f It 1} 2 211i 2 2r . 27 p 2 id 3ip 2/ t 3} 1 1) e tPli g die die par ip par ip " 34 1 1 8 194 ip 48 80 38 40 P pm - die 23i 4 23! d-- 4 iia i - pm, - pm -Pm' 3i 4 31 4 8 4 74p'6 7p 16 17 16 7 44 6 ,74 b 3 '26 8 42 4 RES. Tuesd. 122 H ed. 1914 i sx( in 1 4f bzdl• 9 e 11 1011 44 6 67 8 7 Bi, 3 26 8 42 4 ;ii 12 4 35 70, 3t3 103, 1 42 4 1,59 70 ;98 103 121 3 74 8 1 .14 ail 846 33i 4 2 ldxd' 33 31 44 6 674 8 B t, 1 8 In 2 4 . t 35 70 98 103 11 ~ 4 I 3i 41 1 2 i 136 6 11,2 i 3t I - 11014 1011 56 - 132 i - 93} - !95 4i 6f 30c 98f 25e\ j 2935 f ;5 41 !ND& • LAL Q 1 ng ] [ON.