The Press. — London, England, 1857-01-10 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Smi) G . 20 .. 100 .. 81U .. 2510 Irish Foreign —10630 .. 2740 .. 6410 .. 1070sta. 6980 bls. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 2,616 quarters, 63s ad ; bat ley. 1,919 quarters, 49.4.1: oats, 2,0117 final:tars, 265; rye, quarters, --; beans, 424 quarters, 395; peas, 217 quarters, 425. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 52. ; bar. ley, 44s Rd ; oats, 29a 5d ; rye, 39s 2d ; beaus, 41s Id; peas, 40. 9d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 60s 2d; barley, 44. Id; oats, 24s 9d; rye, 40s 41; beans, 49s ; peas, 41s Bd. ENtifISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, i , 5,7ai • barley, 90,644 ; wits, 11,472; rye, 284; beans, 5,054; peas, 2,632 quarters. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread In the tnetropol is are front Od to 92,1; of household ditto, lid to 84d per 41bn lust TEA—Our market is not quite so excited as last week, yet common sound Congou has sole as high as 1 lid par lb. Other qualities continue steady. Congou, llid to 2s Gd; Ning Yong and Oolong, lid to 2s; Soueliong, 100 to 2s Gd; Flowery Pe'oe, 2a to 45 6.1; Caper,-- to —; Scented Cape,. Is to ls 101; Orange I'ekoe, Is to Is 4d; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is 41 to 2s Gd ; Twankay, Gd to la 2d ; Ilyson Skin, Gd to Is 2d: Hyson, is 61 to 311 Gd ; Young Upton, tid to 2e 4.1 ; Imperial, lld to 2s 4d; Ounpowder, 10.1 to 3s 6.1; Assam. is 34 to 4s 4d per lb. The stock of tea in the United Kingdom is now 85,252,0001b5, against 09,014,0401bs at the coffeepot:ding period last year. SUGAR—The transactions in raw qualities this week have not been extensive. Prices, however, have been fully le per ewt above those ruling prior to th • holidays. Barbadoes lots sold at 52a 4d to 31s; Demerara crystalised, 503 Gil to fols ; Mauritius, 43s to Ms; Bengal, 44s to 655; Madras, 40s to 411 s Gd per cwt Floating cargoes of sugar are less active. Penned goods move off steadily, at from Ws to 6111 6d per cwt. The decrease iu the consumption of sugar last year was 382.306ewta. MOLASSES—The supply is moderate, and the demand Is by no means active, at last week's currency. COFFEE—Plantation Ceylon has sold briskly, at an im• provement in veins of le per cwt—pea berry having realised sle. Good ord native has changed hands at :Asper cwt. Other kinds of coffee have been tolerably firm. COCOA—This article is again dearer—flue red Trinidad having sold at 75s 6d; Guayaquil, 725; and St. Domingo, bas per cwt. Last year the consumption fall off by 1,117,0761ba. RICE—Low and middling qualities are in fair request, at full quotations; but cleaned rice is very dull. In prices we have no change to notice. PROVISIONS—Irish butter is dull, and may be purchased on easier terms. In English and foreign very little is doing. The bacon market is heavy, at barely late rates. Hams, lard, and other kinds of provisions command very little attention. COTTON—The Liverpool market comes dearer; but no actual advance has been paid here. The demand, however, is steady. WOOL—AII descriptions continue firm, and many holders refuse to sell except on higher terms. The imports this week have been 800 bales. HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp is in fair request, at 371 to 971 10s per ton for Petersburg clean. Manilla qualities are dull. We have no change to notice in flax. Jute has advanced 58 per ton, and Cut goods are firm. SALTPETRE—Very little business is doing in any kind, and prices are almost nominal. tt PI Ras-itum is firm. with a fair mount of business doing in it. Proof Leswards and East India, 2s :id to 2s Gil per gallon. Brandy is active. Salesof Cognac, best brands of 1855, 12s to 2d; MO ditto, 12s 411 to 12s 84; older, 1244) to 13s 44; and low to middling. Ge Gil to 7s Gd per gallon. Gin, 17 underproof, 10s 43d; 42 ditto, 10s; raw spirit, lie 2d proof; Oeneva, 98 to 4s per gallon. METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at 738 6d and 74s cash. Manufactured parcels support previous rates. No zhanga in lead, copper, or steel. Spelter, on the spot, VI 10s to 231 15s per ton. Tin is the turn dearer. HOPS—No change has taken place in prices, and the demand 1. steady. Mid and East Kent pockets, 31 5. to 51 15s Weald of Rents 91 5s to 41 144; Sussex. 313 s t o 3118 s p er cw t. POTATOES—TheI supplies are on the increase, and the de mand is steady, at from 70s to 120 s per ton. COALS—Taufield Moor, 148 9d; Riddell, 18s 3d; Heugh Hall, 19s; Braddyll, 19s Gd • Hetton, 20s Gd; Lambton, 2os ; Haswell, 20s Gd; Hartlepool, 204; Caradoc, 19s; Evenwood, Hs 64 per ton. OlLS—Linseed oil, on the spot., has sold at 38s Gd to 39s per cwt. Foreign refined rape is worth 511; brown, 511; Galli- poli, 581 to 591. Turpentine is dull, and drooping. American spirits, 465; English, 44s per cwt. Rough is held at 12s. TALLOW—The demand is steady, nt very fill prices. P.V.C., on the spot, 58s 84 to 59a Gd per cwt. We have no sellers tinder those prices for forward delivers. METROPOLITAN CATTLE 'hie supplies of fat stock on sale this week have been only moderate, yet the trade generally has ruled inactive, at our quotations. Beef, from 38 Gd to Is 2d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 58 2d; veal, 4s 24 to 5s 64.1; pork, 3s 10.1 to 5s 24 per Allis to sink the offal. N KwoATE AND LEADENIf A I.l.—The trade generally has ruled heavy, as follows:—lied, from ;'s 24 to 44 8d ; mutton, 3, Gd to 4884; veal, 3s 104 to ss; pork, 38 84 to Is 44 per Sib. by the carcase. BIRTHS. LAMBERT—On the 2nd instant, the Hon. Mrs. Lambert, of a son. M' MAHON—On the 4th instant, at Sandgate, prematurely, the wife of Lieut.• Colonel M'Mahou, 44th Regt., of a son. SYNGE—On the sth instant, at Eccles, I ancashire, the wife of Robert Follett Synge, Esq., late Captain 67th liegt., of a son. TEIONMOUTH—On the 3rd instant, at Edinburgh, Lady Teignmoutli, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. CAMPDF.LL—CLARKS—On the 7th of November, at Poona. Alexander Henry Edward Campbell, Esq., 2nd Madras Light Cavalry, to Sarah E., daughter of Major• General A. Clarke, Madras Army. KIRWAN DAC RES— On the let instant, at Marylebone Church, the Rev. J. Henry Kirwan, to Frances, daughter of the late Vice•Admlral Daeres. DEATHS. DONOUGHMORF.—On the 11th ult., at Chiavarl, near Genoa, the Dowager Coutitest. of Donoughtnore. )INLAY—On the 3rd instant, at Kensington, Captain Finlay, aged 77. GARDINER—On the Ist Instant, at Wardingion.house, Oxon, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of the late Sir ,1 01108 W. S. Gar. dicer, of Roche•court, Hams. GLYN—On the 3rd instant, at Hove, Robert Spencer Glyn, Eeq., son of the late Colonel Glyn, of Durrington-house, Essex. DRIFFITHS—On the 31st ult., at Burley Lodge, East Wood. hay, Hants, Colonel Hugh Griffiths, H.E.1.C.5., aged 70. THE PRESS. MILLER—At Anstey Manor-house, near Alton, Sandi Anne, daughter of the late Sir Thomas Miller, Bart., of Froyle-place, Hants. PRESSLY—On the 2nd Instant, at Kingiton, Surrey, Anne, wife of Charles Pressly, Esq., Chairman 4.4 . the Board of Inland Revenue, Somerset Ilouse. ST. JOHN—On the 2nd instant, at Hampton-eourt Palace, Henry Joseph St. John, son of George ffichard, third Vis. count Bolingbroke, aged 57. Ettisi EY—On the 2nd instant, at Claydon-house, Bucks, Eliza, wife of Sir Harry Ventey, Bart. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. ALFRED WIGAN. DELICATE GROUND. After which,the Fairy Extravaganza, On Monday and during the Week (Thursday excepte.l), called YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Supported by Miss Swan borough, Mrs. Mellon, Miss Thirlwa, Miss Clara St. Mr. F. Robson, Mr. .1. Rogers, Mr. Franks, ,ko. To conclude. wish the New Farce called t; RINOI.I On Thursday a Morning Performance of CRINOLINE and YOUNG AND HANDSOME, hi consequence of ti.e Royal Diu. matic Representation at Windsor ea.tle. Commence at II ulf-past Seven. ORYSTAL PALACE POULTItY SHOW.- v The Grand Show of Poultry, Pigeons, and Rabbits is NOW OPEN, and will continue open on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next. A dmission One Shilling. A Cheap Excur. Mon Train will leave Bristol and Bath ou the 12th, and return on the lath instant. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventrystroet, Leicester-a:ware. Open (for gentlemen only) from Ten till Ten, containing upwards of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of wen, dc. Lectures are delivered at Twelve, Two, Four, and Ilalf•past Seven, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.U.S ; and a New and Iligh.y Interesting Series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN, at a quarter-past Eight.—Admission, One shilling. Catalogues, containing Lectures as delivered by Dr Kahn. gratis. ITALY AS IT IS, AND AS IT IS TO BE. Literary Institution, F.dward's•etreet, Portman•aquere.— TIYO LECTURES by Professor SAFE', on Thursdays, Jan.ls and 22. To commence at Eight. Admission to each Lecture:— Reserved Seats, 55.; Unreserved. 2s. ; Gallery, :s. Tickets at the Institution; at Rolandi's Library, iterners-street ; and at the Office of the Emancipation of Italy Fund Committee, 22, Sluane•etreet, Knightsbridge. WANTED, by a Beneficed Clergyman, with licence of non-residence, a CURACY of not less value than ISO/. or 2001. per annum, with a roomy parsonage; or a Continental Chaplaincy ; or the Incumbency of a Chapel, with out care of souls, in London or come large town. Highest re• ferences. The Prayer-book interpretation of Scripture literally accepted. Daily service preferred.—Address " Presbyter," Mrs. Cleaver's. Were-street, Cavendish-square. CUTLERY WARRANTED.—The most varied Assortment of TABLE CUTLERY in the world, all war ranted, is on Sale at WILLIAM S. BC RTON'S, at prices thatare remunerative only because of the largeness of the Sales. 3f-inch ivory-handled table knives, with high shoulders, lls. per dozen; desserts to match, 100.; if to balance, is. per dozen extra; car vers, 4s. per pair; larger sizes, from 14s. Gd. to 2Gs. per dozen; extra tine, ivory, 325. ; if with silver ferrules, 375. to 50s. ; white bone table knives, 7s. Gd. per dozen ; desserts, ss. Gd.; carvers, 2s. 3d. per pair; black horn table knives, 7s. 4d. per dozen ; des serts, Gs.; carvers, 2s. 6d.; black wood-handled table knives and forks, Gs. per dozen; table steels, from ls. each. The largest stock in existence of platod dessert knives and forks, in cases and otherwise, and of the new plated fish carvers. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE FOR I. SILVER.—The Real NICKEL SILVER, introduced twenty years ago by WILLIAM S. BURTON, when plated bythe patent process of Messrs. Elkiugton and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article next to sterling silver that can be employed as such, eitherusefully or oinamentally, as by no possible test can It be distauguishedfrom real silver. Fiddle or Thread or Old Silver Brunswick King's l'uttern. Pattern. Pattern.. Table Spoons and Forks, per doz. 3MR. .. 48s. .. 60s. Dessert ditto and ditto Tea ditto Tea and Coffee Sets, Cruet and Liqueur Frames, Waiters Candlesticks, &c., at proportionate pricer. All kinds of Ileplating done by the patent process. CHEMICALLY PURE NICKEL NOT PLATED . Fiddle. Thread. King's Table Spoons and Forks, per dozen.. 12s. .. 28N. .. sus Dessert ditto and ditto Teaditto DISH COVERS and HOT-WATER DISHES in every material, in greet variety, and cf the newest and moat, recherche patterns. Tin divh covers, fml the set of six ; block tin, 12s 9d to 2ls 9d the set of six; elegant modern pat. terns, 94s to 580 fml the set ; Britannia metal, with or without silver plated handles, 76a 6(1 to 110 s eid the set; Sheffield plated, 101 to 161 lOs the set; block-tin hot.water dishes, with wells I'm gravy, 126 to 30s; Britannia metal, 22s to 775; electro•plated on nickel, full size, 11l 11s. The late additions to these extensivepremises (already by far the largestin Europe) are of such a character that the entire of EIGHI HOUSES is devoted to thedisplay of the most magniti. cent stock of GENERAL HOUSE IRONMONGERY (including Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated Goods, Baths. Brushes, Turnery, Lamps, Gaseliers, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, Bedding, and Bedhangings), so arranged in Sixteen Large Show-rooms as to afford to parties furnishing facilities in the selection of goods that cannot be hoped for elsewhere. Illustrated Catalogues sent (per post) free. No. 39, OXFORD.STRE ET (W) ; 1. Is, 2, and 1, NEW MA X• STREET ; 4, 5, mud 6, PERRY'S-PLACE, London. Estab lished IS2O. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS have an Enviable Reputation in MI Parts of the World.— Esther !lessen, of 6, Slaneystreet, Birmingham, suffered for ten years with an ulcerated leg. She was a patient iu two hospitals, and amputation of the leg was considered imperative, to which she rettsed to submit, although, the :deers being of nine years' standing, the pain was moat acute and the system much debili• tated. Holloway's Ointment and Pills cured her by a few weeks' steady application, and she is now able to resume her occupation. Sold by all medicine•eendors throughout the world; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, Lond'.n, and 80, Maiden•lane, New York; by A. Stamm, Conatantinovie; A. Liuitlicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. SATURDAY, SCHOOLS of ARTS and INSTRUCTION in ELEMENTARY DRAWING.—A New Edition of the RULES by which LOCALITIES way be aided by the Depart. meat of Science and Art in establishing Schools of Art, and Teaching of Elementary Drawing, may bo obtained on applieft tion by letters addressed to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Department, South Kensington, S.W., or Messrs. Chapman and Hall, Agents, 193, Piccadilly. THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT SCHOOLS OF ART named hereafter REOPENED for the Mid Winter Session on Monday, the all of January, 1837 Spitalllelds—Crispin•street Finsbury—William•street, Wilmington•square Westminster—Mechanics' Institute, Oreat Smith•street St. flumes Clnitterhouse--Goswell street llotherbithe—Gratinnar School, Deptfurd•road St. Nlartitt'l , lll4ll , !.Fields—Castle•street, Long.aere J.nnthoth. St. Nlury's—Prinee's.road Kensintrtan•gore Fqr terms. ke., apply at the Schools. IIEAFNESS.—The only medal awarded at .1./ the Groat Exhibition of 1851 (for Acoustic Instruments) was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENI 8 for the DEA F. They are made of different power, to suit ex Creme and every degree of Deafness. To be procured only of the tole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein ,108, Sti and, nearly opposite Meter-hull. whore the Instrument ean be tried and numerous testinumiulsseol, amongst many one from the Right Hon. 814 John Patteiiiiii. one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors. RUPTURF:S EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS.— DR. BARKER'S celebrated REMEDY is protected by three patents, of England, France, and Vienna; and from its great success in private practice is now made known as a public duty through the medium of the press. In every case of single or double rupture, in either sex , of any age, however bad or long standing, it is equally appli cable. effecting a cure in a few days, without Inconvenielice, and will be hailed as a boon by all who have been tortured with trusses. Sent most free to any part of the world, with instruc tions for use, on receipt of 10s. 6,1. by pest-office order, or stamps, by CHARLES BARKER, M.D., 10, Brook-street, Holborn, London.--Any Infringement of this triple patent will be pro ceeded against, and restrained by injunction of the Lord High Chancellor. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL Ilati now, in consequence of its marked superiority over every other variety, secured the entire confidence and almost universal preference of the most eminent Medical Practitioners as the most speedy and effectual remedy for CONSUMPTION. BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, SCIATICA, DIABETES, DISEASES OF THE SKIN, NEURALGIA, RICKETS, INFANTILE WASTING, GENERAL DEBILITY, AND ALL SCROFULOUS AFFECTIONS. Its leading distinctive characteristics are: COMPLETE PRESERVATION OF ACTIVE AND ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES. INVARIABLE PURITY AND UNIFORM STRENGTH. ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM NAUSEOUS FLAVOUR AND AFTERTASTE. RAPID CURATIVE EFFECTS, AND CONSEQUENT ECONOMY. orixtosor Dr. SHERIDAN MUSPRATT, Founder (in , l Principal of floe Royal College if Chemistry, Liver- pool, Illembre de l'Aeademie Nationale de F►ance, Author (f Chemistry applied to the Arts and Manufactures," rte., etc. "Ilerzelius, and other or the leading chmaist4 and physicians of Europe, having testimonialised in favour of your Oil, is a proof of its superiority over all the other kinds that are vended. The knowledge I have gained of its medicinal effects in the circle of my acquaintance, corroborates the tact, and proves it to be a most excellent article ; and, were I not aware of its genuineness from my own observation and examination, I should rest satis fied, from your thorough knowledge of the nature and properties of fish oils, that you wouid not allow any portion of this prepa ration to enter the market that had not passed your own chemi cal analysis." Sold ONLY in hirmum. ilaii•pinti. 2s. 6d.; Pints, 4s. 9d.; Quart*, 9s. ; capsuled and labs lled with Dr. na JoNon's stamp and PIgIIatUEO. WITHOUT WHICH NONE ARE GENUINE, by must respectable Chemists throughout the United Kingdom. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEPIT, ANSAB, HARFORD, and CO., 77, STRAND, LONDON, W. C. DR. DE JONOteB SOLE BRITISH CONSIONEES. By whom the Oil is daily forwarded to all parts of the Metropolis DEDS, MATTRESSES, and BEDSTEADS. 1.1 WILLIAM S. BURTON'S NEW LIST of BEDS, BED.. ING, and BEDSTEADS is NOW READY, and can be had gratis. The quality of beds, mattresses. 3c., of every description he is able to guarantee ; th e y are made on the premises, in the presence of customers; their prices are In harmony with those which have tended to make his house ironmongery establish went the must extensive in the kingdom. Feather beds German spring mattresses...... 2 8 0 ..7 0 11 Horse hair mattresses Wool mattresses Flock mattresses . 0 C 6 .. 0 18 0 Beat Alva and cotton mattresses .. 0 6 6 .. 019 0 Sheets per pair .. 0 7 6 .. 2 G 0 Blankets each .. 0 3 0 .. 1 4 0 Toilet quilts Counterpanes .. 0 2 0 .. 0 15 0 . . . Portable folding bedsteads ~.. .. 012 6 .. 415 0 Patent iron bedsteads, with duve•tail joints Ornamental brass ditto . 210 0 .. 20 0 0 Children's Cots Bed•hanginga, in every variety per set 0 14 0 10 0 0 39, Oxford•streot (W); 1, le, 2, and ?, Newman•atreet and 4,5, and 0, Perry'a•place, London, OHRISTMAS PRESENTS,- %) The exuberance of the feelings amid scenes of gaiety in duces the fair and youthful to shine to advantage under the gaze of many friends, and therefore to devote increased attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season that the fol. lowing unrivalled discoveries for the toilet are called into in creased requisition, viz., • ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, For the growth, and for Improving and Beautifying the Hair, im parting a transcendent lustre, and sustaining it in decorative charm. ROWLANDS' KALY DOR, Imparts a radiant bloom to the Cheek, and a delicacy and colt nese to the Hands and Arms, and eradicates cutaneous defects. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, Bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, strengthens the Gums, and renders the breath sweet and pure. Sold by A. 110 WLAN D AND SONS, 20, Hatton Garden, London and by Chemists and Perfumers. BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS!!