The Press. — London, England, 1856-03-01 00:00:00

eon unt bei To Co np. of ral lov arc int tht im tbi sit at 1 Sel Col prc Tb for ex( Bat me bu. the dis tiw elf Co wee its als Pr hip ms as Sal pal Tel fur lat wh bat am cot of ani nn; yet Pa boo he: da tht tin 'wil the Str ha rfla pet cox coE the lat of tht iss A Co vet me its Kol Re He: Puw Ott Bei 13 Nit MARCH 1, 1856. combination of influences sent prices down gradually' un til at the close last night they were 911 to 1, being the exact quotations at the close last Friday. To-day there has been considerable fluctuation. Consols opened at 911 to f, being an advance of upon the closing prices of last night ; but a number o f adverse rumours having obtained circulation, they rapidly fell to 901 to 1. For a moment they were so low as 901 to 1. Some large sales, by parties who are generally supposed to be in possession of correct intelligence relative to political events, stimulated the downward tendency in the first instance; and immediately afterwards the market was affected by the reports just referred to. Prices subsequently slowly recovered, until at the close they were quoted M 911 to 1 for money, and 911 to 1 for the account. Consol Scrip closed at 11 to 1 pm; Exchequer Scrip, 1 to 1 Pm. Exchequer Bills 45. dis. to 1 pm. ""Railway Stocks have shown less fluctuation than Console; and they may be reported firm and im proving, though prices have given way to some extent. The settlement took place yesterday, when the rates for carrying over the heavy Stocks were found to be exceedingly high. Railway Securities are now re garded with more favour for the purpose of invest ment ; still we can only report a limited amount of business. The settlement of the differences between the lines running into the northern and midland districts, during the existence of which unremunera ive fares were fixed by each, has had a reassuring effect upon the shares of the several companies. The meeting of the Eastern Counties Railway Company to-day was most uprorious. The report was agreed to, so far as related to the dividend, but its general adoption is subject to a poll. A poll is also to he taken in the election of directors. Foreign Securities have declined through the pressure of sales; but Turkish Six per Cents. are 11. higher than last week. The guaranteed stock barely maintains its position. The new Joint-stock Bank shares are not so good as last week, having been depressed, partly by the same causes as have affected other securities, and partly by the caution of capitalists and others pre venting them from locking up too much of their funds in deposits and premiums. The affairs of the late Mr. Sadleir have also assisted the depression ; whilst several new undertakings connected wits► banking having been announced, a considerable amount of sensitiveness has been the natural con consequence. Our present quotations are :----Bank of London, 64 to 66 ; City Bank, 06 to 68 ; London and County, 36 to 38. In the new undertakings London and Paris are 1 dis to par. The imports of specie during the week have been nominal ; the exports about 100,0001. Nothing has yet been heard of the James Baines, Australian packet, with between 400,0001. and 500,0001. on baud. Both ship and gold have been re-insured at heavy premiums. She has now been out ninety.sit days. The exchanges continue unfavorable for the import of gold from New York ; the con tinental exchanges are improving, though slowly. The Tuscan Government have notified that they will not enforce the forfeiture of the concession of the Lucca and Pistoja railway, with which Messrs. , tralum and Paul were connected. New facilities have been granted for its completion. The English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank have declared a dividend at the rate of four per cent. per annum. The Stock Exchange Committee do not, until the completion of an investigation now in progress, re cognise transactions in the shares or obligations of the Royal Swedish Railway Company, of which the late Mr. Sadleir was a director. A special meeting of the company was held to-day, when it appeared that shares to the number of 10,291 had been over issued, and obtigations to the number of 18,703. A committee of shareholders, of whom the Swedish Cunsal is to be the chairman, was appointed to in vestigate the affairs of the company, and another meeting is to be held on the 27th of March. BANK OF ENGLAND. iti a Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Nth Victoria, cap. 92 for the week ending on Saturday, the 29rd day of Feb., 1856. ISRUE Cotes Issued .... £2 , 1,350,330 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin* Bullion 9,892,535 Silver Bullion .... ---• 124,390,330 DANXITIO DXPARTIMIT. Pr eprietorteCspitalll4ss3,ooo Government Seen. Hest Public Deposits* 4,141,631 Deed Weight An.) £11,946,006 Other Deposits Seven Dey & other Notes 6,848,810 Bills . 713,094 Gold & Silver Coin 660,062 124,367,835 137,640,055 • Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, tational Debt, and Dividend Accounts. R 37,640,056 issioners of THE PRESS. BRITISH Ft OFFIC lOTAT 3 per Cent.Consols Ditto for Account 8 per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bonk Stock, 7 per Cent Oninium Exch. Bills, 24d. per diem India Monde, (1,0001.).... Antw. et Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Ot. Indian Pen G.W.ofCan.,Sh Lyons & Geneva Madras Na. A Lge.(w.in ) Nrthrn.ofternci . Norw. Trnk.Prf. Paris it Lyons Paris & Orleans , ?aria it Rouen Tuesd. [ 192 k 11 1 1921 2 1921 ii 931 3! j3ll-14 1 215 91* I 92 924 FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent. Mond. Tweed. Wed. Brazilian 5 I —102 e Danish 5 Dtch. (F.:12 Oull )25 64 French 3 73:75c 73f 41 Do. 4i 27: e!96: _ _ 63 ) i 73. 05ci I - 72t 91 1 f Do. Bank Si - r.l - Mexian. Peruvian 44 Portuguese 4 Russian 6 Spanish 3 Turkish elec 6 ~i 2 804 RAILIVAIO-- Aberdeen Birm.Wolv.&StourVal Bristol wad Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holynead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast Juuc. East Anglian Eastern Uniot (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Sth. and Wat of Ire. Great Western Lancashire& Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, & Sthend Lon., Brighton, izc London and Blackwall London and Nrth-West. Midland 11043 61044 4 1 104 s'l 43 4S 434 n 94i L 95( 3 - SHAUN. Mond. Tweed. Wed. 854 84 234 64 13 8 8 87 B ( A7 9 87 9 384 74157 1 Mt 124 84 124 341124 94 Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western 0:L, Wrcstr., and W oiv Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Dov South. W astern South Wales Waterford & Limerick isczu-sxmous— Australian Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North BritiabAus.Land Peel River Land !din. Scottish Aust. Invest . South Australian Lan Van Dieluau's Land ,o 8 81 62 149} }1 101 j 2 70j 1 148 51" 29 $0 7 60, 104 6 74 6 111 2; .;518. 23 6 1 127 32 2f f g g 1,5 0 ,S 8 4 2d 14 94 ;29 4 172 4 r - - I 9i I. Ai 04, 1206 e l 60 1 ,02* !;; 1011 2 71)4 ! 49 51 I —di 29 .34.) i ; Gi 1 224 104 C 74 6 11 2i ,63 6 93 xd, 172 4 1924 54' i 11.5 7 14012 i 5 1 95 IS 7 t 811 2* 1 98 ff 1001 i 4 ; 134:011 !4i - 51 129 30 7 64d 27u0. 2b4 di 8 i d 7 157 4 1121 3s 23 5 104 6 74 6 11 2 64} 5 1 93 e id 171 3 1 2d 12i 34 22 4 ;72 4 19_;. 1 Idlll j sii i l}2 e ' 171 !DO 2 d 29 301 22 4 104 6 '25 6 127 32 2 i ii i l k 6 A 5 6 1 15 6 74 6 lie 21 68 7 142 e 31 71 8 .... 25 6 1127 32; 124 1 li i i Ls 16j 6$ 1 127 32 X2l 9i 1. 30 6 1 13 6 lie ng Prices. [ON. Wed. Thurs. Friday 911 11 9/1 91/ lf9ll f 914 f 921 192 11 91# f , 93 21 92f g 32i 1 1949.16 $e 9.16 91 1213 4 214 2d 1p 6 d I 3 2dl 3 I—l 1 FOREIGN; RAILWAYS. Aloud. Tuesday. Nednes. i 21tura. i Friday 71 Bxd if Bxd 71 Bxd if 8 71 8 21 21( 3 2id 31 21(1 1 3i 40131 20 41) 1 f ip b ill I 11 , 11 f2l 1i 2 211 2 211 2 2O 1 201 1 201 i 201 1 200 f 951 CI 211 611 261 61! 2bi 6 t 251 6 p 19 101 p 91 101p'91 101 p'3l 101 p 1 9 100 19 19 ! 1 191 20 191 f 'l9 1 51 6i bi 661 6 61 6 5 4 6 391 1!39/ 1 39 1 281 91 1 38f 91 71 81 1 it 81 71 81 71 84 7y 8) 50 6O .491 661 491 f 491 50 160 2 160 2 60 2 40 61 49 151 1041 - 95} 5 Fr{d. 26 7 a 83 7 :}7 a 124 Si 4 2 d 12i St 92 4 70 2 'o3i oi I 106 vs i 104 6 1:4 is 2 I 98 9 -.; - , i 93i 100 69e 70 61 3 d 2,9 30 81 id 122 4 404 6 a 8 Lli 2j 63 6 92i 31 71 3 25 C 128 33 2 a il a I 11 li I 36 8 15 8 `4lt4ropolitan alarktts. (Reporgederclusively for "Tat Pasts.") CORN EXCHANGE—AIthough very moderate supplies of English wheat have come to hand this week, we have to report a slow sale for all kinds, and in some instances a decline in the quotations of from 2s to 3s per quarter. Foreign wheat has come slowly to hand ; nevertheless, millers have purchased that article with extreme caution, at barely last week's currency. There has been a steady demand for most kinds of barley, at extreme quotations. Malt, however, has continued very dull at the late decline. The receipts of oats having been good, the oat trade hm ruled heavy, at a decline in value of fully 6d per quarter. Beans, peas, 'and flour—the receipts of which have been only moderate—have sold heavily, on former terms. ENOLIBH—Wheat, Essex and Kent red. 601 to 745; white, 60s to 775; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 59s to 735. Malting barley, 32s to 38s ; grinding ditto, 29s to 325; oistilling, 32e to 395. Malt, 60s to 765. Feed oats, 24s to 255; potato, 25s to 295. Rye , bpi to C ,38 . Tick beans, 32s to 988; Harrow, 355 to 40s; pigeon, 38. to 42.. Grey peas, 34s to ns ; maple, 349 to 375; white boilers, 42s to 46s per quarter. Town-made flour, CS. to 67.; country marks, 49s to 54a; households, 64s to 65s per 280Ibs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English .. 4920 .. 3730 .. 18:0 .. 420 Foreign .. 3690 .. 9460 .. 9710 .. 100sks. bls. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 5,355 quarters,72B 2d; barley, 2.956 quarters, 36s 4d ; oats, 2,574 ouarters, 22s 74 ; rye, quarters, —; beans, 666 quarters, 37s 8d; peas, 585 quarters, 40s 2d. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 69s 2d; bar ley, 35s 84; oats, 23s cd ; rye, 455 4d ; beans, 41s 7d; peas, 39s 6d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 73s lld ; barley, 371 6d; oats, 24s 11d; rye, Os 4d; barns, 43s 104; yeas, 42s H. 211 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 90,36 i; barley, 7.;,223; oats, 11,964; rye, 65; beans, 6,147; peas, 1,393 quarters. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9id to 10d; of household ditto, tid to 9d par 4lbs loaf TEA—Our market is very inactive, and prices have a down ward tendency—sales of common sound Cougou having been made at bid per lb. Cougou, bid to ks 3d; Nina Yong and Oolong, lod to is Itid; Souchong, 94 to 2s ed ; Flowery Pekoe, Is 4d to 4s; Caper, to —; Scented Caper. Is 3d to is Ild; Orange Pekoe, to ; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is 7 d to 2a 841; Twsnkay, , t.d to is 2d ; Hyson Skin, 3d to Is 2d: Hyson, 15 2d to 45; Young Hyson, did to 25 8d; lid to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, ed to as 8d; Asasm, 1■ 13d to 45 4d per lb. lip to Saturday last duty was paid on 9,741,81161 W , against (,991,1741b5 last year. SUGAR—Pearly all kinds of sugaz have been in good request this week, and prices hare further advanced od to is per cwt. Madras has realised Stir to 425 ; Penang, 345 Sd to 441 34; and clayed Manilla, atts to 3,! , s 6d per cwt. Betioeci goods are firm, at 49s to bas per cwt. Some large parcels of crushed have changed hands for exports at 32s ad to 334 per cwt. The total clearances to Saturday last amounted to 454,420 carts, against 1,060,07 d cwts in MOLASSES—The business doing in our market is by no means extensive. Prices, however, are well suppoited. COFFEE—Our market is very dud, and the quotations are considered the turn lower. Good ord native Ceylon Is selling at Um Od to Ile per cwt; and 2,60 u bags Brazil have pro duced 455. COCOA—So little is doing in this ankle that prices (are almost nominal. Most of the parcels offered at public sale hays been withdrawn. HEMP AND FLAX—The sale for hemp is somewhat firmer, and prices are supported. Ilie flax market is in a sluggish state, but we have no sellers on lower terms. Jute has fallen from 20s to 80s per ton, with a heavy market. WOOL—The public sales of colonial wool continue to be well attended by buyers ; the bidding. are active; and prices are fully 2d to 3d per lb higher. By private contract, most Eng lish wools are belu for more money. bIETALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at from 66s to 675. Manufactured parcels are very firm. Tin moves off steadily— Straits, to arrive, at 125 a ; Banes, on the spot, 121 es 64 to 130. per box. Tin plates command fully late rates. I.C. coke, 30s to 315; I.X. ditto, 36s 64 to 375; I.C. charcoal, 365 to 36s 6d; and 1.X.,425 per box. Lead is brisk. liiitish pig, 261 105 to 2:1; Spanish, 241 los to 251; milled sheet, 261 lbs to 271; patent shot, 2el lus to 291 per ton. quicksilver, is 9d to Is 9gd per lb. Spelter, ou the spot, 231 Lis 6,1 pee ton. English zinc, eel lOs to 311; zinc powder, 301 per ton. SPIRITS—The sale for rum is very inactive, but without leading to any material change in price. Proof Demerara, ts 54:1 to Ps 64; Leewards, 2,3 d to 2s 4u ; East India, 25 to 25 Id per gallon. Sales of Cognac, best brands of 1831, los 4d to los bd; 1550, ditto, 10s btl to 105 7d; older, Its to 115 64; and low to middling, 65 ticl to 105 2d per gallon. Br itish•inade spirit is heavy, gin, 17 underpi oof, 9s 104; 2J ditto, 9s 43; raw spirit, 10. bd ; lieneva, 2s 94 to 3s 8d per gallon. HOPS—About 250 bales of foreign hops have come fresh to hand this week, and our market is extessively supplied. Fine mew qualities are in moderate request, at full prices; but other kinds are dull, at barely late rates. Mid and East bent pockets, 31 5s to 61 10s; Weald of Rents, 31 to 31; Sussex, 21 les to 41 rbs per cwt. POTATOES—The supplies continue good, and the trade generally is heavy, at from 355 to 955 per ton. TALLOW-5 carcely any imports have taken place this week, and the business doing is very limited. P. Y. C., on the spot., is selling at bss 6d to WM; March to April, b4s ; and last three months, 51s per cwt. Town tallow, bls 6ti net cash; rough fat, 2s hid per albs. COALS--Lambton, 17■ 6d; araddyrs, 175; Hetton, 18s: South Hetton, 17s 9d; Stewart's, Itis ; Hartlepool, Ds 6d; ileugh Hall, 165; Tees, is. per ton. METROPOLITAN CATTLE—In the early part of the week the cattle trade was brisk, and prices generally were on the advance. On Friday, however, the demand tell off, and the im proteruent in value was not supported. Beet sold at from 3s 24 to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s id to tut ; lamb, 65 tid to 7s; veal, ls to 5s 6d; pork, de 6d to 4s 10d per albs to sink the offal. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL—There has been about an average business doing iu these markets, as follows: — Beef, from 2s 104 to 45 2d; mutton, 2a 10d to 4e 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 5s ; pork, is 2d to 4s 104 per sibs by the carcase. PORTAL—TAYLOR—On the 19th ult., at Cheltenham, Capt. Portal, 4th Light Dragoons, to Eliza, daughter of the late Lieut.-General Taylor, C.D. THOMSON—MORRISON—On the 21st tilt., at Jersey, Jobs Bethune Thomson, Esti , of Liverpool, to Rosa Emily, daughter of Re ar -A d miral Morrison, of Jersey BOYS—On the Bth ult., in the Crimea, Thanes Montgomery Boys, 10111 Royal Russets, recently a prisoner in Rusin*, aged 32. GOUBY—On the 23th ult., at Kingston, Surrey, Rear-Admiral Godby. GASCOY NE—On the 21st ult., in South Audley-street, Mary Anne, daughter of the late General I. Gascuyne. GREY—On the 19th UK, at Murwick-hall, Northumberland, General Sir John Grey, K.C.B. OLIVER—On the tat ult., at Sion-hill, Bath, Elizabeth, widow of Colonel Oliver, aged r 3. SUTTON—On the 16th ult., at Leamington, Louisa Manners Sutton, daughter of the late Right Rev. C. 11. Sutton, Arch bishop of canterbury, aged 69. GREY HA I R.—A ,Book sent gratis G respecting ALEX. ROSS'S LIQUID HAIR DYE, which is tree from anything injurious, is easily applied, pro ducing the lightest brown possible to the jettest black. It has been in use many years, and is much approved of.—Sold from Ss. ed.; forwarded tree for tlity-tour stamps. Private rooms for dyeing the hair, and specimens to be seeu at Alex. Ross's, Wigmaker, 1, LITTLE QUEEN-STREE'T. High Holborn. OLLOWAY'S PILLS for BAD DIGESTION and DISORDERED STOMACHS. The fame of these wonderful Pills is sounded throughout every part of the habitable globe for their peculiar properties in curing Bad Digestion, Disordered Stomachs, Liver Complaints, head ache, and Dimness of Sight, as likewise for restoring strength and ♦igour to the weak, and those of debilitated constitutions. In worm climates they are invaluable, as testified by the im mense sales in the East Indies, where the natives of different castes take very little of any other medicine than these extra. ordinary Pills. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world; at Professor Holloway's Establishment., 244, Strand ; London, and SU, Maiden•lane, New York; uy A. stamps, ConstanUnopla; ♦. Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta.