The Press. — London, England, 1855-04-07 00:00:00

338 A NEW ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT, about two miles square, and containing a population of upwards of 2,000 souls, has recently been formed in the neigh bourhood of Wigan. It consists of the township of Sbevington, the lower portions of Standish, and part of Langtree, and it has hitherto contained no place of worship. To provide spiritual provision for the inhabitants, Mrs. and Miss Thicknesse, wife and daughter of the late respected member for Wigan, each gave, in August last, the munificent sum of 1,0001. for an endowment to yield 1001. per annum, and the Rev. W. H. Brandreth, rector of the parish of Standish, also endowed the proposed living with 301. per annum. Mr. E. Woodcock offered the use of a commodious school erected by him a few years ago at Crook, in the township of Shevington ; and on Tuesday laot this building was licensed by the Lord Bishop of Manchester for the celebration of divine service according to the rites of the Church of Eng land. His lordship also licensed, on the same day, the Rev. R. A. Gent, late curate of Horncastle, Lin colnshire, to the living, on the nomination of the Rev. W. H. Brandreth, and from that time forth there will be divine service in the Crook School every Sunday morning and afternoon. Tun Great Britain steam-ship arrived at Spithead on Wednesday to embark troops for the Crimea. rontg Itlarktt an Citg intelligence. FRIDAY EVENINO. THE monetary event of the week has been the re duction of interest in discounts by the Bank of Eng land. This step, as we mentioned last week, was anticipated some time since, though accomplished only at Thursday's meeting in the Bank parlour. Advances can now be obtained on mercantile paper, at a minimum rate of 4 per cent., and the reduc tion made by the Bank Directors will be imme diately followed by a corresponding diminution in the rates charged by the private banks and large discount houses generally. The consequence of this proceeding has been to produce considerable buoyancy in the Stock Market, where money can be readily commanded, and the quotations rule better. No very striking change has, however, been caused in the prices of Consols, the determination of the Bank authorities having been foreseen for several days previously, and its results on 'Change dis• counted beforehand accordingly. Being holiday week, the market has experienced much dulness and inactivity. The daily business transacted has been of very restricted amount; the fluctuations of price were consequently slight and unfrequent. Consols on Saturday closed flatly at 93 to I for account, and below that range for present transfer. On Monday the market was dull, and quo Cations receded, the last being 921 to I. The publi cation of the revenue returns for the financial year and quarter, showing, as they did, a serious defi ciency in the national income as compared with the expenditure operated as the principal cause of this decline. The following day prices went lower still, Consols having been marked at 921 to I, both for money and account. On Wednesday there was a partial recovery, and the closing quotation was 921. Yesterday's market was steady. Prices at the open ing were 92* 1 for money, and left off at an advance of 1; the quotations for account ranging up to 921 To-day has been kept as a close holiday in all commercial circles. FOREIGN. The Foreign Market yesterday showed consider 'able animation. Mexican advanced fully 4 per cent., owing to the receipt of considerable remittances on the dividend account. Turkish Bonds were flatter, and were quoted alternately a shade above and below par. SHARES. The quotations of Railway Stock and Shares were dull during the early party of the week, but showed signs of recovery after the announcement of the reduced rate of discounts by the Bank. The weekly returns of traffic continue to improve as the weather becomes fine, and the speculators appear in better heart. BRITISIEraSSP-Ttlhiii s:Prices. o itplrasTpir. • Ilya& itaseiV l l6 s. Friday, 3 per Cent. Con .... Dittofor Accoun /9 r 3 per Cents Redu 3 per Cents ... Long Annuities .. ..\ Bank Stook, 7 per Q 225 ° India Stook, 104 e tfirk,it r. _ iczoli. Bills, 24d. p er e em 5 3- 4- 9 6 India Bonds, (1,0001.).... 13 ( 14 11 THE PRESS. BANK OF ENGLAND. Aa Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. SS for the week ending on Saturday, the Slat day of March, 1858. lyßUi PEPAHTIMNT. Notes Issued .... .U 8,310,230 Government Debt £11,016,100 Other Securities .. 3,984,000 Gold Coin ßßullion 14,b10.2.50 Silver Bullion ~_ 428,1110.230 i 25,510,230 BANKING DZPARTIIZNT. Proprietors'Capitalll4,ssB,ooo Government Seen- Rest Public Deposits• 5,384,894 DeadWeightAn.i 411,591,0137 Other Deposits 10,992,629 Other Securities .. 14,091,941 seven Day & other Note■ 9,021,920 Hills /35,390,45 / A 35,390,225 * Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. The foregoing return, when compared with that of the preceding week, ending March 24, exhibits the tollowina changes: In the Public Deposits DECREASE of A 154,863 Other Deposits Notes Issued Do. Reserved DECREASE of 107,190 Seven-day Bills INCREASE of Coin and Bullion Government Securities .. Other Securities DECREASE of The Rest Tie amount of active circulation In Notes 818,488,310 Do. in Seven-day and other Bills 8643,312 Coin and Bullion in both Departments Per Cent. 5 5 FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Danish Dtoh. (Ex 12 Guil 1 French Do. Do. Bank Stock 70f 116 c 94t 72c 2996 f. 40i Tuesd. l 99 idl 621 70f 15c 94f 50e 3000 f. Wed. i 19 id] Mexican 3 Peruvian 44 Portuguese 4 Russian 6 Spanish 3 Turkish Sorip(Ace )6 Thurs. 991 xd 102 621 70( o 04(15c 3000 f. 62} i 70f 20e 14:60c 3000 i. 20j 177,120 4,03.3 19,354,622 .5,20;,,527 Friday. i - ilBo-i 38/ O 791 R►ILWAYU- Aberdeen Birm.Wolv. & Stour Val Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June. East Anglian Eastern Union (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Sth. and Wet of Ire. Great Western Lancashire & Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, &Sthend Lon., Brighton, etc London and Blackwall London and Nrth-West. Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western Oxf., Wrcstr., and Woly. Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Do,. South• Western South Wales Waterford & Limerick M ISCILLIANEOUS— AUStrei&LI Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British Aus. Land Peel River Land &Min. Scottish Aust. Invest. South Australian Land Van Diemen's Land Antw. & Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Pen G. W.of Can.,Sh Lyons & Geneva Madras Na.* Lge. (w. in) Nrthrn.of Frnce. Norw. Trnk. Prf. Paris & Lyons Paris & Orleans Paris & Rouen FORE: Mond. A I 2 I #d 2; p P 17j 8 li2l r PariP 8i 211 t ot 8 9 22 k 91 ) 44 201 40 9 SHARES. Mond.iTtaid.i 20t 1 Si f 88 00 d 24 id 12 31 34 24.. 141 541 ill s 8 1 91 3 69 $ 78 101 11 97 9 991100 69j j 1 4 d 50" 3t id 2431 4ld 24 di 8 29 30 100 xd 82 4xd 124 34 81 x 42 4 274 $4 22 4 28 30 119 21 31 4 j 11 2t li 4 37 8 L 3 121 lt 187 3 I 8 I - i , 13 4 61i 2 124 34 1i 2 4i DO 3 i id 24i 1 4811 28 30 100 id 62 4xd 12i S 60 lx d 2 4 271 81 22 4 28 30 119 21 ai i, 1 21 3 :GN RAILWAYS. Tuesday. Widnes. si 4 Si i 1 2 2 } tP d 2 1 ti: . P 24 4 iP 17i 8 17i P 2 P2t 2 01 1 13.21 ; " i p s4i 5i 35i 89 8 9 224 ty 22i LP "sol 40 2 , I Wed. Thur. 901 1 201 1 at I 8 i I 81 90 88 90 82 xd 12i Si 11 2 48 201 3il 91 id 28 Id 4 i 0 9 i 98 9 100 id 82 4xd 121 31 811 xd $9 4 271 81 22 4 28 30 119 21 3 , i f 1 2f 3 37 8 13 Mum ' Id , 2 t P 3;~ ~ P Par IP S 1 tt 9 1 22 i 3P, 140 1 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, April 8. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.— Willa= and FL HENRY ENGLAND, Westbury, Wiltshire, woollen-cloth manufac tuners. :DERICK BANKRUPTS. —MICHAEL. JONES, Oxford-street, grocer Thomas HARVEY, late of Penryn, gas manufacturer, now of Great St. Helen's, City, money scrivener—MATTHEW HENRY FRANCIS, George-yard, Lombard-street, dealer in mining shares ABELN i junr., Morgeu's•lane, Toolepstreet, carrier— SATURDAY, SPENCER PERCEVAL PLUMER, New City Chambers, merchant—. WM. MILLER, Whiteohapel-road, coffee-house-keeper —JOHN BAK Ea, Eastchureb, Kent, grocer—WM. KEMP, Guildford, draper A MBROBIS EATON, Milk•street, Cheapside, warehouseman-- SAMUEL RANDALL, WeUiligbOrOUgh, shoe manufacturer —Cus s . JOSEPH PARLOUR, lute of Chancery-lane and Fleet•street, law stationer and printer, now of the Strand, lithographer, printer, and commission agent—EDWARD LOOSDON, Hatfield, baker__ THOMAS RiCHARDS.ON, liirmiughlon, pen-holder manufacturer— JOHN Bnoost:s, Birotitightun, brace manufacturer— EzExtmt MEADE., Bristol, tavern keeper—Utast( HINCHLIFEE, Halifax, beerseller—BENJAMlN Miami., late of Manchester, picture dealer tuttl tobacconist. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—Wm. MOBSIIAN, Alexandria, near Dumbarton, wright—ALF.Y.ANDER KING, Paleley, dyer— Omoaoic CITAIMAN, Crieff, grocer and spirit dealer —JAMES DumwAau, Stouehaven, grocer and spirit dealer—Wm. Elam, Glasgow. nail manufacturer—AmunEw DYNES, Glasgow, sales man, late victualler—DAN - in GRELNSIIIELDS, Glasgow, piano. forte and music seller. Friday, April 6. BANKRUPTS..—JOHN BURROWER and ALEXANDER MICARNS REID, I.eadenhall•street, merchants—JOHN JAMES PARKER, Greenwich, builder—ROßEßT TODD, SOD., WtlethOtirD-park-villas, Paddington, wine merchant—JoHN litolum, Liverpool, ship owner—OAßElEL WEBSTER, Dewsbury, plumber and glazier— JOHN WALSH. Liverpool, corn merchant—THOMAS LANDS, otherwise White, Camden Town, hoot and shoe vendor—JAHEs PIPER, Holborn-hill, carver and gilder—JOHN MAPLES, Notting ham, upholsterer—WlLLlAM ENGLAND and FREDERICK HENRY ENGLAND, Westbury, Wilts, clothiers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JoIiN DICK, Glasgow, mer chant—FlNDLAY and BARB, Glasgow, wrights and builders. RittrogoWan ruirktts. (Reported exauetvely for "Tax Passe.") CORN-EXCHANGE—The present week's arrival of English wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, has been on a very mode rate scale; yet the show of samples has rather increased. For all kinds there has been a steady demand, at fully last week's quotations. In foreign wheat—the imports of which have fallen off—very few transactions have been reported, yet prices, from the firmness on the part of holders, have been well supported. The barley trade has ruled firm, and, iu some instances, the rates have advanced is per quarter. Malt has sold slowly, on former terms. The oat trade has ruled dull, with but limited supplies on offer. Deans, peas, and flour have been tolerably firm, at full prices. Ewoueit—Wheat, Essex and Kent white, 71s to 635; red, 63s to 70s; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 62s to C6s. Malting barley, 31.8 to 35s ; grinding ditto, 28s to 301 ; distilling, 29s to 31s. Malt, 64s to 720. Feed oats, 29. to 28s ; potato, 28s to 30s. Rye, 42s to 445. Tick beans, 37s to 41s; pigeon, 39s to 445. Orey peas, 34. to 37s ; maple, 36s to 39s ; white boilers, 40s to 43s per quarter. Town-made flour,6ls to 635; country marks, 48s to b9e per 2801bs. Owing to the holidays the official returns of arrivals and im ports for the week have not been issued. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 68s 7d; hgr. ley, 30s sd; oats, 25s 51 ; rye, 38s 104 ; beaus, 40a 6d; peas, 33s 7d. THE SIR WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 67s lid; barley, 30s 7d; oats, 25■ 9d; rye, s9e 9d; beans, 411 Id; peas, 39s Id. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAMT WEEK—Wheat, 100,901; barley, 53,974; oats, 19,006; rye, 277; beans, 4,709; peas, e 6( quarters. TEA—The public sales held this week have gone off steadily, and Assam qualities have realised very high rates. In the private market about an average business is doing, as follows :—Congou, 9d to 2s 61 ; Ning Yong and Oolong, is to 18 9d ; Souchong, is to 2s 81; Flowery Pekoe, is 4d to 3s Gd; Caper, 1s to is 4d; Scented Caper, is 20 to is 61: Orange Pekoe, is Sd to is 6d; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is 8d to 25 6d; Twankay, lid to Is 4d ; Hyson Skin, 81 to is ; Hyson, le 61 to as 9d; Young Hyson, 10d to 3s; Imperial, Is tots 8d; Gunpowder, is to Ss 6d; Assam, Is id to 4s 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 11,367,3781b5, against 6,407,5861bs in 1854. Latest advice. from China state that the total ship ments of tea were 57,200,0001b5, against 63,400,0001 b, to the same period in 1854. SUGAR—There has been rather more firmness in the demand for most kinds of raw sugar, and prices have been well sup. ported. In crushed very little 15 doing ; but floating cargoes of foreign are in request, at extreme rates. Refined goods are steady. Brown lumps, 42. to 42s 8d ; and low to fine grocery, 43s to 485 Gd per cwt. The total clearances to the 31st ultimo were 1,614,345 cwts, against 1,536,283 cwts last year. MOLASSES—We have only a moderate supply on offer; yet the demand is in a sluggish state. Cuba and Porto Rico, 15s Cd to 165; and low to fine West India, 15s to 16s Gd per owt. COFFEE—Plantation kinds have sold steadily, at an advance of fld to Is per cwt ; but native qualities have declined quite Gd, the present rate being 46s 8d per cwt. Most foreign coffees support last week's currency. COCOA—The demand for all kinds is heavy, and the quota tions have a downward tendency. Fine Red Trinidad, 40s to 425; low to mid, 36s to Stis ; grey, 35s to 38s 6d; Granada, 34s to 38s; foreign, 38s to 39s per cwt. CHICORY—Very little business is doing in our market, and the quotations are almost nominal. RICE—AII kinds have met a dull inquiry. Where sales have taken place prices have given way 8d per cwt. The supply on offer is very moderate. SEEDS—The demand generally is firm, although the supply of most seeds is increasing. Quotations generally are tolerably firm. WOOL—English wool Is in improved request, arising from the manufacturers having become short of stock, and, in some in stances, prices have been on the advance. Foreign and colonial qualities are a dull sale, but not cheaper. This week's imports are under 600 bales. HEMP AND FLAX—There has been rather more doing in hemp, and Petersburg clean is quoted at 401 to 41i1 par ton. In flax scarcely any business is passing. Jute and coir goods are tolerably firm. con ON—About 2,200 bales have changed hands, at very full prices. The market wears a most healthy appearance. TALLOW—This article continues in very moderate request. In pricer, however, no material change has taken place. P. T. C., on the spot, is selling at 47s 8d to 48s ; and for forward delivery, 47s 0,1 to 48s Sd per cwt. Town tallow is 46s per cwt net cash. OlLS—Linseed oil is dull, at 33s Od to 34s per cwt. Pale rape is selling steadil7, at Hs to 54. 6d ; and brown rape, 52s per cwt. In other oils only a limited business is doing. Turpentine is dearer. English, 32s tki to 33s ; American, as. 6d to 345; and rough, 8s 3d to 51 8d per cwt. METALS—Scotch nig iron has sold to a moderate extent at 59s 6d down to 68s: Manufactured parcels are dull. Spelter may be quoted at 23154 to 2317 s Od per ton on the spot. Tin iS 2C. 1 8 2 its vo 62} id 124 84 3} 20 bf, 21 - 3' 72 4 is id 4i 264 94 fq 6 ttt 28 30 100 xd 62 41d 124 34 Bu lxd $2 4 374 8g 22 4 2$ SO 119 91 St i Fri day