The Press. — London, England, 1856-03-22 00:00:00

rate — was ~ in been ),000/. ias ay ae France be ranee. Ac. .lon users to iterday ler la,s the 'to at idertakings imenced tappens take not htions ~865 '7O MARCH 22, 1856. e-- ums tances, and many incidents associated with them which it is unnecessary to specify, we see no solid reason for questioning the judgment of those Rho believe that the improvement is not at present likely to prove permanent. On the Stock Exchange the average value of money on loan for short periods is four and a half per cent.; but a transaction has been effected in the course of the week at a considerably reduced rate — it is said. The period, however, was three per cent., very short. The specie imports since our last have amounted in value to 252,0001. Of this nearly 50,0001. have been on French account : 401001. of it has been in silver. The exports, so far as they have yet been ascertained, have amounted in value to 469,000/. With the exception of about 60,0001., the whole has been in silver; and it has gone exclusively to the East Indies and China, the demand from which continues very great. Gold, in sovereigns, is gradually returning in small amounts from Con stantinople and Paris; but the effect of the transfer is neutralised, so far as Paris is concerned, by the systematic purchases of gold by the Bank of France at a premium, though the loss averages 50,0001. per month, and by the Government remittances to Con- stantinople, which are at least 100,000/. per week. The ship Emma, from Melbourne, with 167,66t41. in gold on board, is now overdue, having been 103 days out. Consols, which closed last Saturday at 921 to for the 10th April, closed to-day at the same quotati n. Thera has, however, been some fluctuations in the meantime, though the market, on the whole, may be described as steady, with a tendency to advance. The lowest price of the week has been, for the Ac. count 921 t 1, and for money 911 to 95 ; but when- ever these prices have been made, the public have invariably come in for investments. Their opera- tions are influenced solely by the general conviction of peace. Indeed they have been steady purchasers in small amounts all the week. Their dealings, to- gether with some considerable purchases yesterday by one or two banks for money, with a view to selling for the Account, have sustained the tone of the market, until it may now be described as decidedly improving Speculative transactions have rather diminished than otherwise; but the recent purchas- ers for a rise, who are under engagements for the 10th August, do not at present appear disposed to close their transactions. The Railway Market has not shown much activity ; prices however are well supported, though in some Stocks a partial decline has occurred. All the great lines keep up; and the East Indian undertakings have not receded from the advance which commenced at the end of last week. The Belgian lines are look- ing up. Traffics continue very good. Altogether, it would not surprise us, especially if money happens to continue easy, if a considerable rise were to take place shortly upon several of the leading lines. Foreign Securities are firm. Some descriptions are advancing. Although several Stocks have been attracting attention in this market, business generally has been far from active. The chief operations have been in Turkish Six per Cents, which now touch 98. Russian Fives are recovering; and Spanish Threes, as will as the Deferred have been dealt in specula- tively. The new Joint-stock Bank undertakings do not appear to be making much progress. Quotations are about the same as this day week. Consol Scrip, 21 to pm. Exchequer ditto, 21 to pm. Exchequer Bills (June) par., March 2s. to The French Three per Cents. closed last night at 72fr. 30c. for the Account. Last Saturday they closed at 73I'r. 40c. The decline therefore has been equal to nearly li per cent., notwithstanding the birth of an Imperial prince, and the general conviction of peace. Both these events had been " discounted." A considerable failure in the Tallow trade has oc- curred in Liverpool owing to the fall in that article, which has been very great during the last ten days. The trade and manufacturing reports of the week are for the most part favorable; but all mention complaints of unremunerative profits. The Indian mail brings advices of a fair demand for Manchester goods. The export trade to the United States is also improving. BANK OF ENGLAND. As Account, pursuant to the Act 7th an d 9th Victoria , cap. At for the we e k en di ng on Saturday, the 15th day of March, 6. N otes issued , ISRUC DIEPARTMENT. .. A 24,378,093 Government Debt 411,015300 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin it Bullion 9,905,05 Silver Bullion .... 424,373,035 424,378,195 R?lca BANKING DCPARTYZNT. _st st 7 olo C pita 1514,553,000 Government Semi- ri Dead tle W( (( I nc l u d ing g e h l u t A d i n n .! 411451.006 n i r c j e a a. p P. o ° :i 5%15 53 12 ° 1 ts 12,650,333 Other Securities .. 12.2h3,0!8 7 t other Bills .......... 758,330 G N o o l t d es ct Silver Coln 6 6886014111 437 271, 339 437,271,369 atx • Including Ezell er, Savings Banks, Commi s sion e r s at 0 141 Debt, Nand Di vidend Accounts THE PRESS. BRITISH Ft °MC IDS. • ,L (41 ing Prices. 'ION. f OTAT 3 per Cent.Coneols Ditto for Account $ per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Sank Stock, 7 per Cent Oinnlum Exch. Bills, 20. per die : India Bonds, (1,0001.) 101 Per Cent. , Brazilian b Mond. , 34 921 I I ltl Ip'l 2p ' 2 3 ' 5 213 . 111 .1 I I -ri 10 d 1 REIGN FUNDS. i llfondjuesd. Wed. ! Thum! r Danish 5 Utah. (Ex 12 Guil )24 French 3. 6341 72' gle 63i I :172( 30ci Do. 44 IT2: 73c J4f 50c Do. Bank Stock Mexican 3 Peruvian 44 Portuguese 4 Russian 6 Spanish 3 Turkish &cc 6 RAILWASS- Aberdeen Birm.Wolv.& Stour Val Bristol alad Exeter Caledonian Chester and llolynea(T Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June. East Anglian Eastern i I iiior. (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties tireat Northern Sth. and Wet of Ire. Great Western Lancashire& Yorkshire Lon., 'Tilbury, & Stheud Lon., Brighton, &c Loudon and Blackwall London and Nrth-West. Aiiilland Newmarket. Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western Oxf., Wrcstr., and Wolv. Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Dov. South- Western South Wales Waterford & Limerick 111 lOCCLLANEOUS- lo3j -4! 100 1 77 i ' liki i :It g 150 2 131 2 64 6ti, 104 6 75 7 23 5 74 5 9 4 Idl t :O4 lU2t 3 icl2t iloo wot 16891 ill -21 150 2 -4' 30j le , 6 341, 164 I AI 631 ll® 11 100 4 50 2 901 li 6 51d 1104 6 64k 1631 4 1 27 9 104 C 176 7 !Oa ti 121 4, 193 4 ICB 70 27 9 104 6 ;3 7 '3 1 68 9 jes :ol lOU loot 171 t 254 6 149 1 41 bl 3 4 id Ma_ § Its 5 26 8 104 6 76 71 13 68 9 at fli 143 e Australian Agricultural 25 6 1251 61 Canada Crystal Palace 2i i d t Crystal Palace of France North 13ritiehAucLand Ii if Feel River Land &Mi.,. 2i I 3 1 I. Scottish Aust. Invest. i t f 1 1 south Australian Lanu i 6 6 45 6 __ . Van Diemen's Land FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Mond. Tuesday. Wednes. 1 Thurs 8 1 I 8i lid 6 4 $ I 8 $ 1 3 'st d 31 Slid 4 isd 3 21 liP i 1 1 P i IP 1 1p I 24 22 22 41 22 1 21 121 211 1 211 1 23 1I 25 25 0 26 i. 10 1p 10 p.ll 21 11 2p 191 201 191 94 191 20 1111 201 71 8 I 1 . 6; ,391 40 39 g 391 40 390 40 d 10 1 8 10 8 10 8 10 1 491 501 49 1 491 50 491 601 40t 1 110 11 50 2 60 2 ~2~ j 2$ 1. Is ; 6 141 Si. Antw. & Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Pen. G. W.of Can.,B6 Lyons & Geneve Madras Na. k Lge.(w.in ) Nrthrn.of Erne Norw. Trnk.Prf Paris & Lyons Paris & Orleans ?Aria R Ronen Tuesd. Wed. Thurs. Friday. • —..— 93 a 921 1 921 a 92a 92} a;929 ti Alt4ropatitan Riarktis. (Reporgederelutivelp for "THE Passe.") CORN EXCHANGE—The arrivals of English wheat up to our market this week have been very limited. On Monday the show of samples was small, and most kinds moved off steadily, at bs per quarter above the rates of that day se'nnight. There was less activity in the demand on Wednesday; but no actual change took place in the quotations. Foreign wheat has sold to a fair extent, at 2s to 3s per quarter more money. Fine bar. ley has changed hands freely, at a further improvement in value of is per quarter. All other kinds bare realised very full cur rencies. Malt has moved off steadily, at an improvement in value of fully Ss per quarter. The oat trade has continued tlrui, at extreme quotations. Both beans and peas have sold at full prices. We have had a good demand for flour, the value of which has had an upward tendency—the top price of town-made being 65s per 2801ba. ENGLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent red, 53a to 775; white, 65s to 80s; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 60s to 745. Malting barley, 39s to 425; grinding ditto, Hs to 338 ; distilling, 388 to 369. Malt, 639 to 78a. Feed oats, 225 to 235; potato, 238 to 28s. Rye, 44s to 475. Tick beans, 32s to 355; Harrow, 358 to 38s; pigeon, 978 to 41s. Grey peas, 348 to 3.:,8 ; maple, 37s to 38s; white boilers, 40a to 43s per quatter. Town-made flour, Os to 658; country marks, 609 to 545; households, 588 to 609 per 280Ibs. Owing to the holidays, the London averages have not been Issued. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 675 Ild; bar ley, 36s 3d; oats, 23s 2d; rye, 43a 2d; beans, 41s; peas, 40s 3d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 70s 4d; barley, 36. 4d; oats, 23s 104 ; rye, 47s 4d; beans, 41s ltd; yeas, 40, 6d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAMT WEEK—Wheat, 68,661: barley, 67,b99; oats, 20,298; rye, 122; beans, ,1157; peas, 1,340 '4 miners BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 914; of household ditto, 744 to 844 per albs loaf TEA—For all kinds of tea the demand is in • very inactive state, and last week's prices are barely supported. Present rates are as follows: Congou, tifd to As Ed; Niog 1 10448 1 44j - 4 - 81 46 '9Bj j I 98 97j 8 97j 8 SHAREd. rs:L 1 94! Nicl 1791 7 : Mond. 261 7' 8 1:16 9O till IA 4 4 2s; 13i 44 23 6 :3 6 1179 i :di !l04: 194 3 dl 20} 1179 1 ,U 4 _6; 20i 11 -d 14 6 23 6 73 6 Dt Di 3 104 6 - 14 6 23 13 5 Tweed. W.d. Mut. ;26 1 7 281 7;281 7 1 6 4 f i bi ifot 86 90;88 98 8' :40 13 4 801 To 4 1131 ) isui 1 44 13t * 4 Yong and Oolong, 10d to le 10d; Soucbong, Sid to 2s 8d; Flowery Pekoe, le 4d to 4e; Caper, to —; Scented Caper, le 3d to le 11d; Orange Pekoe, to ; Scented Orange Pekoe, le 4d to 23 6d ; Twenkay, Ad to Is 2d ; Hyson Skin, 8d to le 2d: Hyson, is 2d to 43 ; Young Hyson, 6itl to 26 6d; Imperial, lld to 23 4d; Gunpowder, bd to 8s 6d; Assam, le 6d to 4s 4d per lb. . . SUGAR-'there has been an improved consumptive demand for most kinds of raw sugar, and prices have advanced 6d to Is per cwt. The supplies on otter have been tolerably good. Re lined goods have changed hands to some extent, at from Us to 641 per cwt. MOLASSES--Thin article is steady, and fine West India qualities are selling at les per cwt. COFFEE—For most descriptions we have to report a firm, though not to say brisk, market, as follows: Java, 43a to 538. Sumatra, Padang, and Batavia kind,, 41a to 48.. Manila, 44s to 4es. Mysore, 41a to 79$ ad. Mocha, garbled, 70a to 869; ungarbled, 56. to 625. Ceylon native sorts, ordinary to good ordinary, 498 to 525; plantation kinds,; good °ruiner), 52s to 545; fine to line tineurdivary, 558 to 60.; middling to good middling, cis to bus. Jamaica, ordinary, 47a to 495; goou to line oidivary, SOB to 548 ; low middling to middling, st• to 648 ; good to fine middling, 65e to tios. Costa Rica, ordinary to good ordinary, 468 to 52.; line ordinary, Ws to 568 rid; fine fine ordinary to colury, 578 6,1 to Go. 6d. St. Domingo, 461 to 495. Hotline and Cuba, ordinary to good ordi nary, 44s to 475; flue ordinary to middling, 488 to 60s. Purto Rico, 4135 to 61s. Rio, 408 to 57.. La Gusyra, good ordinary to middling coloury, bus to 698. COCOA—The stock is increasing, and business is almost wholly confined to small parcels on rather easier terms. Red Trinidad, 44e to 495; grey, 418 to 445; Grenada, 408 to 468 ; Bahia and Para, 87. to 40s per cwt. RlCE—Large quantities of rice are still on offer, and the demand is heavy, at barely the late improvement in value. The supplies on passage from India are very extensive. HEMP ANL) FLAX—We have to report a dull market for all kinds of hemp, and mice, are almost nominal. In liar scat rely any nansactions have taken place. COTTON—The demand has fallen off, yet we have no actual change to notice in the quotations. WOOL—For English wool there is still an active inquiry, at very full prices. Foreign and colonial qualities are quite as dear a. lati. week. The imports this week are very limited. METALS—Scotch pig iron has changed hands slowly, at 718 down to 7011 per ton. Manufactured parcels coninianu former terms, but the demand is by no means active. Sheets, single, in London, 111 to 111 Ills; hoops, rain quality, 11l to 111 W ; and nail rude, 91 los to 101 per ton. There is very litthe business doing in tin. Banes, 1:4411, to 126/ 041; Straits, 1271 to 12sa ; British, 128 s to 1295; and refined, 134. to 13:.a. Tin plates are tolerably firm. I.C. coke, 30. to Sus 6tl; I.X. ditto, 36a to 361 6d; J.C. charcoal, 358 to 351 6d; and 1.X.,40. to 428 per box. Leadmoves off freely—British pig, 261 10a to 271; Spanish, 251 to 251 los; milled sheet, 271 to 271 101 per ton. Quicksilver, ls 84d to Is 9cl per lb. Spelter, 2317 s 6d to 231 10$ per ton on the spot. English zinc, 301 108 to 311 per too. SPIRITS—The supply of rum being very extensive, the de mand for most kinds 1111. folk° off, and prices have a downward tendency. Proof Leeward., 2'. Id to 2s 2d; East India, Is 10d to 28 per gallon. Brandy is mostly held on former terms. Sales of Cognac, best brands of lebl, 10s 4d to 10. 6d; leso ditto, lue 5d to 10e 7d; older, 10s 10d to lls 6d per gallon. Gin, 17 underproof, is selling at 9. 10d ; 22 ditto, 9. 4d; raw spirit, 10. bd; Geneva, 211 10d to 3s rid per gallon. INDIGO—There is a lair demand for most kinds, at 2d per lb above the rates obtained at the last sales. HOPS—The imports of foreign hops still continue good ; and the show of English is extensie. I , ,ne new qualities command previous rates: but all other kinds are very dull. Mid and East Kent pockets, 41 los to tit 10s; Weald of Kents, $1 to 51; Suss 21 IMIto 41 .0s per cwt. POTATOES—The supplies continue very large, and all kinds move off heavily, on the following terms :—York Regents, 61.4 to Ws; Kent and Essex ditto, bbs to 70s; Scotch ditto, 60s to 70s; ditto reds, bus to &hi per ton. OILS—Our market generally is in a very sluggish state. Lin seed oil, on the spot, 33. per cwt. TurFentine is steady. Spirits, 32s to 3.3; rough, J. 6d to ;Us per cwt. TALLOW—Great heaviness prevails in the demand, at a re duction in value ut 01 to 71 per ton. P.Y.C., on the spot, :1011 lid to ale per cwt. 1 hiine are no buyers tor furwaru delivery. Ihe imports have been nearly 2,000 casks, chiefly from Memel. COALS—Hedley, 15s 64; Modell, 158 ud; Eden Main, 17s Haswell, los ; Lianbtun, 17s ad; btessut's Iris lid; kisugh Hall, lbs ad ; South Kelloe, 18. lid ;'lees, Iss titi per ton. METROPOLITAN CA'l7 LE—There has been only a mode rate demand for beasts, and prices have had a downward ten dency. Sheep have moved off slowly, at barely fate rates. Lambs, however, have commanded very high cuirencies. The veal trade him ruled brisk, at 4d per tubs more money; but pigs have ruled heavy. Beet has sold at from 8s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Uhl ; lamb, 7a 6d to : , s; seal, 49 Bd to 6s; pork, de 641 to 45 Ind per Bibs to sink the offal. NEWGATE AND LEA DENIIA LL The trade generally has been less active, as follows:—Beef, from as Ind to 45 2d; mutton, 2s Ind to 40 2d; lamb. bs ad to 7s 4d; veal, 3s ad to ba ad; pork, 3s 2d to 4s +ad per sibs by 'he carcase. _ ARGYLE—On the 13th ult., at Bishopston, the wife of th Bishop of Argyle, of a son. BRIDGE—On the 12th instant, at Upton•pbrk, near Slough, the wife of Captain Bridge, of a bUll. GREENOCK—On the 16th instant, at Woodend, Lady Green. ook, of a sou. NUGENT—On the 16th instant, at No . l, G Belgravia, the wife of Richard Nugent, Esq., of a daughter. ROMELLY—On the 16th instant, Lady Elizabeth Eunu,ly, of a SOD. VAVASOVR—On the 16th instant, at Hatherton-hall, Stafford shire, the Hon. Lady Vavasour, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. COTTON—KING—On the 4th instant, at. St. George's, Hanover square, Capt. Harry Calveley Cotton, to Georgiana, daughter of Bolton King, Esq., of Umberslade and Chadehunt, War wickshlre. DURANT—LORD—On the 15th instant, at St. James's Church, Lieut. Anguish Honour Augustus Durant, son of the late Col. Durant, to Emma Eliza, daughter of Edward Lord, Esq., of Reading. ROSE—THELLIISSON—On the 15th instant., at St. George's, Hanover square, William, son of the late Right Hon. Sir Geo. H. Rose, to the lion. Sophia M. A. Thellusson, daughter of John, Lord Rendlesham. TU ER—DAY— On the 15th instant, at St. George's, Hanover square, Walter Turner, Egg., A suit- taut Commissary General, to her Mejesty's Fortes, to Mary Morgan, daughter of the lion. Charles Dewey Day, Senior Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, Montreal, Canada. DEATHS. BINGHAM—On the 17th instant, at Southend, Essex, Swab, widow of the late Itear•Admiral Bingham, aged 92. BOSTON—On the 12th 'natant, at Bedew', Buck*, the Eight lion. Lord Boston, egad 79.