The Press. — London, England, 1856-02-23 00:00:00

Feb. 26 .. Deposit .. 10 per cent. March 3 .. ~ .. 10 „ „ 13 .. Instalment.. 20 „ 2 0 • • f t .. :30 April 10 .. _ . 20 „ 24 .. to Originally, the deposit on each operation was fixed at twenty per cent., but the Chancellor of the Ex chequer afterwards consented to divide it into two payments. An option was given to the contractors ti pay money instead of Exchequer Bills, at 100/. ss. in money for every 100/. in Exchequer Bills. It was stated, in the course of a short conversation with the capitalists who attended at the Treasury on Monday, that no similar financial measures will be taken during the period (two months) in which the loan and funding are in progress; but the Premier ad. mitred that the Government are in want of money. The only capitalists who invited subscriptions for the loan and funding were Messrs. Rothschild, and that firm received applications up to two o'clock yes terday. It is said that they were to more than five times the amount required. The biddings took place at the Treasury this morning, when Messrs. Roths child offered to take the loan at 891. The Govern ment declined these terms, as they required 001; and eventually that price was accepted. The House of Commons have agreed to resolutions confirming both the loans and the funding. Although the loan is now neg otiated, complaints are loud at the rapidity wit which payment is required. Little more than eight weeks are given for the pur pose, while the two instalments falling due in March are for twenty five per cent. each, being 2,500,000/. 2 or exactly one-half of the whole amount. Money has been in great demand all the week, owing to parties making provision for the deposit on applications for participation in the loan. In many instances seven per cent. has been paid, although the Bank has been lending during the last few days upon Government Stock at six. The commercial demand is increasing, and the bills falling due next week will be unusually heavy. Consols have improved during the week, having been influenced by the comparative smallness of the loan, the hopes of peace, and a steady demand from the public forinvestment. Before the amount of the loan was announced they were at 901, but immediately afterwards they advance.! to 91 to 4. At a subsequent period they receded to 901 to 1 fur money, and 904 to 4 for the Account. Yesterday they opened at these quotations, but improved, for the Account to 914, upon the demand for money having partially relaxed, and upon the appearance of some quasi official statements in the French press to the effect that there was a complete ratity of pur pose between England and France in respect to the interpretation of the most difficult points which the Conference in Paris will have to discuss before peace can be made. To-day they opened at 911 buyers, and after several fluctuations closed at 914 to 4 fur the Account, and 901 to 91 for Money. Transactions have taken place in the scrip of the new loan at quotations varying from 11 to 14 pm. Last night the price at the close was 1 5-16 to 1 7.16 pm. ; and to-day 1 to 11 pm. Railway Shares, which were dull in the early part of the week, were aztive yesterday and to-day, and prices are firm. Great Westerns improved 30s. to day, and the leading Scottish lines were also higher. The differences between the London and North- Western and Great Northern were satisfactorily arranged to day. For - eign Securities are generally improving, but with a comparatively limited buiiness. _ . Joint-stock Bank" Shares present no new feature, but they maintain their position in public estimation, and are a favorite security. London and Paris, which at one time were quoted at 4 dis., improved to 1 dis. at the close. The shares are now more in quired after. The Western Bank of London main tains it: price. Specie to the amount of 00,0001. has arrived during the week. All the late import of silver has been sent to India and China. The Continental Exchanges are better ; but it is still unprofitable to bring gold from the United States in the ordinary course of trade, though there is an expectation of some considerable arrivals. The Board of the London and County Bank, which has lost one of its leading members by the unexpected death of Mr. Sadleir, has just received an addition of three members. The batik is stated to be secured against loss by the lamentable event referred to. The deceased appears to have died deeply involved, and estimates of a vast amount are afloat as to the extent of his liabilities. He was chairman of the Royal Swedish Railway Company, some of the shares in which, and bonds or obliga tions, are stated in a notice issued yesterday to have been improperly issued, and the public are cautioned upon deal;ng in, or of purchasing them. The Board of Trade accounts for the year 1855 were issued yesterday. The exports of the year FROM THE LONDON GAZETT Tuesday, Feb. 19. BANKRUPTS.—A. WHITTINOHAX, Woolwich, outfitter—J. WHITE, Brentwood, carpenter—J. TURNER, Biahopsgate-street, City, baker—F. L. SIMOND, Cullum street, City, merchant—C. WOLF, St. Paul's Churchyard, and other places, cook and onrien tioner —W . WELCH, Birmingham, packing-case maker—J. EnoE, Kidderminster, carpet manufacturer—T. sTuicrox and E. KEY, Holbeach. Lincolnshire, scriveners—D. DAVIS. Merthyr Tydfil. Glamorganaltire, general shopkeeper— W. MASSA, Sheflield, hatter—T. Beim, Liverpool, clothier—H. ANDREW, Tyldesley, Lancashire, shopkeeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—T. ROBERTSON, Glasgow, baker—W. RODGER, Glasgow, tea merchant—W. Hoitx, Glasgow, fleaher—T. BOWIE, Forres, shoemaker—W. KENNEDY, Edin burgh Igrocer—A. WArr, Iladdingtott, farmer. Friday, February 23. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.—TnomAs SPENCE, Mary land Point, Stratford, Essex, market gardener—TnowAs WHITE HEAD, Eastcheap, City, sugar dealer. BANKRUPTS—HENRY MARTIN and SAMUEL FOOTE, Batter sea-fields, brewers—F:BENEZER DAY, Edgware-road, builder — WILLIAM SMITH SLATER, Birkenhead, timber merchant—Trws. D tvims, Abergavenny, butcher—Enwitt RODGERS and Jona FROST RoDoEuts, Walsall, Staffordshire, grocers—JosiArt .1. HATCH, FlitlAy-Street, furrier—THOMAS TURTON CLARKE and JAr Es WADE, Huddersfield, woollen manufacturers—WlLLlAU PCYNE. Jermyti-street. St. James's, hotel-keel er—MARY CAtto- LINE liii-oxsoirE, Cardiff, wine and spirit merchant. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.—Jonx OAr.raArxa, Clasgow, miller. 48i 104 i _ 1 93} 1 I - 034 44 1 - 1 9311 I 1 11361 93/ 4/ pe4ropolitan Parktts. (Reported exclusively for "Tnz PRzas.") .... 9 41 4 CORN EXCHANGE—Since our last report the arrivals of English wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, have been but moderate, though iu somewhat improved condition. Mo st kinds have sold steadily, at au advance in the quotations of from is to 2sperquarter, and good clearances have been effected. Foreign wheat—the iwpo.ts of which have been small, though we learn that numerous vessels ladenn with grain are off rue coast for ordeta—has been held at lull quotations. The business doing in it, however, has been very moderate. Fine barley has produced a tritte more money; but low qualities have continued dull. We have no improvement to notice in the demand for, or value of, rata. Oats have sold to a fair extent, and teed qualities have changed hands at an advance of 6d per quarter. Beans, hog and grey peas, have ruled about stationary; but white peas have fallen 2s per quarter. There has been about an average business doing in hour, at full quotations. r:somsh—Wheat, Essex and Kent red, Us to 809; white, 60s to 775; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 599 to 735. Malting barley, 32a to 38s ; grinding ditto, 29s to 325; (distilling, 305 to 338. Malt, 60a to 765. Feed oats, 24s to 255; potato, 25s to 295. Rye, 50s to 535. Tick beans, 328 to 335; Harrow, 35s to 40a; pigeon, 3811 to 425. Grey peas, 349 to 35s ; maple, 348 to 375; white boilers, 42s to 46a per quarter. Town•made sour, Os to 675; country marks, 49a to bla ; households, Ws to Os per 2801 be. THE PRESS. amounted in value to 97,364,6551., against 98,9:33,781/. iu 1853, and 97,184,726 in 1854. IDS. BRITISH Ft OFF IC - Closing Prices. roTATION. Friday Mond. Tuesd. It Thurs. 8 par Cent. Consols 1 :0 - .7 - 1 1 ,0 1 i 9— I I 90 i Ditto for Account il per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent 21.3* 214 5 214 5 Omni Exch. Bills, 2iti. per diem 5 2(19 scl 5 d 4 2d 2 4d India Bonds , (1,00014. 90i lk 91i 9k t 92i t 3 9.16 .14 5 • BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, purauant to the Act 7th and atli Victoria, cap. :12 for the week eliding on Saturday, the IGth day of Feb.,1856. iItRUE OUPARTMENT Notes issued .... 1,24.367,805 Government Debt C 1,015,101; Other Securities .. 3,459,901 r Gold Coin it Bullion 9,892,535 Silver Bullion .... -- 124,367,835 BANKINO D BPARTMENT. Proprietors'Capitsl2l4,ss3,ooo Government Sean- Hest Public Deposits* 4,164.t•23 Dead Weight An.) ZII 931 006 Other Deposits Seven Day it other Notes 5,643,565 Bills £24,3G7,8315 1/5,917,862 I 235,917,862 • Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, Conmissionersul Nationalllebt,,and Dividend Accounts. FOREIGN. RAILWAYS. !lbw!. Tneadnu. Irednes. 74 8 . ..x1 7i B\d 71 L+xd dt lid 2 1 0 11 9 . ..1 .1 ' 4 t i 1 ip , 11l 1 2 214 g,2oi t !20i 21f 6t e% i 24 0 Ot 101 p 9i Dip 10i p 19 119 13 5t 61t 6 1 6 .39 i 139 i 40 39 ,787 N 7 8 rilDt f 19 i4O 1 80 1 10 BHARI afood. Tu 214 4251 6 d 86 8 R 6 151 d'W 124 941121 4 24 4 12 312 20 2 20 71 3 71 10 f ilo 91' :492 .04 6 104 6 57t f 171 t dlt 2t dii 2t fintw.& Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Pen G.W.of Cau.,Sh Lyons I Goners Madras Ns.* Lge.(w.in ) Nrthrn.of Prim. . Norw. Truk. Prf. Paris & Lyons Paris & Orleaue ?aria & Rouen RAILWAI6— A berdeen lv.et Stour Val. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holynead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June., East Anglian Eastern I blot: (10 East. Lancashire, Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Si h. and Wst of Ire Great Western Lancashire & Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, & Stliend Lon., Brighton, &c London and Illackwall London and Nrth•lVest. Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union Borth British North Staffordshire North. Western Oxf., Wrcstr., and Wolv Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon .... South• Eastern and Dov., South. Western South Wales Thurs. 7/ Sul 3e 2i (1 211 iP 204 I 2bl 61 21 10e1 19 39e 1 f b 6 8 491 50 1 2al 3 ' 2 9 Wed. ,7'hur. 23 6 :2,5 6 8 # 18 'B7 9 187 ;554 1124 3 ..)6 4 12i 31 I 4 'l2 3 21 8 71 3 10 913 81, 05 .1 57s 8 81t ii 97 8: 7 I 101 610/70}, :97 S' 17 400111 ,69.74 'pa 81 7 i 10014 0'4.0; Waterford & Limerick M ISCELLANEOU 9 Australian Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of Fi anre Sorth British Aus. Laud Feel River Land & Scottish Aust. Invest. South Australian J Lan" "an thernon'a i.and . 149 51 '49 51 I - di 29 30 7 CO 14 - 1,5111 104 61 74 6 11 2, .4 5 t 3 id 71 3 254 RBI 127 32 21 t 123 5 1104 GI 174 111 2 ;41 5 934 id ;71 3 1 I 7 30 7 •d 'U 6 164 6 1 ;4 6 11 2 164 i 6 1 id, 171 a H 251 C 127 32 4 i -- 1 1 1 I 3 i 61 164 6 t 2d' 12; 3.1 21 3 71 3 ai 10i 92,; 3. 1105 7 &it 9 dli 2ii 96 I 101 70 t !23 127 92 24 , 5i 86 149 bl --- d 0 84) 7 tic) Fricinv 7f lax d Si 11f g 2oktl 251 6} 9' 10ip 19 f 5i 8 39 7 8i 49f 50 50 1 Frid. 25 6 8 i 87 9 57i 12i 4 2 1 sot 6* 1$ 6 28 3 104 6 74 6 11 2 6ii 5, xd 172 4 4 2 d 123 3 . : 91 3 71 3 gj 10i 92 3 103 7 31i 2; 26 6 1127 32 I 2i I t 4 2 t It t 361 6y 16 6 36 8 1 101 A 70 I 49 GI !!9 30 7 60 23 4 104 6 74 6 11 2 94 Si 72 4 25 127 32 2 i a I I sh 81 15 6 29 au 17 eiti, SATURDAY, ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Knslish ....9090 4i6u .. 7420 .. 91U .. 4370 Foreign .. 4250 .. 2910 .. 18330 .. 1.0 AL -61 s. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRI 4 .Y—Wheat, 3.669 qoarters,7os Itki ; barley, 2,478 quarters, 95810 d : oats, 3,06t0 Quarters, 23a &I; rye, quarters, —; beaus, 472 quarters, 30a 61: peas, 334 quarters, 41a. !MYER' AL ‘S EEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 7ls 71; bar ley, 37s 2d; oats, 28a 11/d ; rye, 604 4d ; beaus,42a 7d; peas, 41s dd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 7bs Id; barley, 37s 11d; oats, 2Z.s 41; rye, b2a 9d; beaus, 41s tki ; peas, 435 sd. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 87,621; barley, 91,879; oats, 20,709; rye, 25; beaus, 6,882; peas, 1,874 quarters. lIREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from aild to Lid; of household ditto, od to 9d per ilbs loaf TEA—As the supply in the market continues very extensive, and as retailers are mostly well in stock, the demand for all kinds of tea is heavy, and some forced sales have been effected on lower terms:--Cougou, fld to its nd; NMI; Yong and Oolong, Rid to is 10d; Souchong, 9d to 2a Gd; Flowery Pekoe, Is 4tl to 4s; Caper, to —; Scented Caper, Is 3d to 18 lid; Orange Pekoe, to ; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is id to 2s Od ; Twankay, ,t 1 to Is 2d ; Hyson Skin, est to Is 2d: Hyson, le 2d to 4s ; Young Hyson, oid to 2s 6d; Imperial, lid to 28 4d; Gunpowder, rd to 30 Gd; Aaiun', is GS to 4s 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 8,944,96 , 41b5, against 6,150,4911 Ni last year. The imports this week have been trifling. SUGAR—A speculative demand having sprung up, under the impression that grocers will be compelled to become large buyers, most raw sugars have changed hands to some extent, at an advance iu the quotations of from rid to is per cwt. Relined goods—the show of which is smaller than fur a considerable period -are firm, and is per cwt dearer than last week, grocery lumps having realised 49s Gd per cwt. The total clearances to tho 16th inst. were only .387,4‘.4 cwts, against 664,392 cwts last year. MOLASSES—There is rather more doing in this article, at full prices —viz., from ltss to 2.:s per cwt. COFFEE—Great inactivity still continues to prevail in the demand for all kinds. There is, however, no inclination shown on t,.e part of the importers to submit to lower terms. The stock is still very moderate. COCOA—AII kinds are in fair request, but we have no im provem, rat to notice in the quotations. HEMP AND FLAX—The demand for all kinds of hemp is heavy, at further reduced rates. Petersburg clean has changed hands at 331 to 361; outahot. 321 to 341; and half.clean, 311 per ton. Flax its stesoy, at last week's currency. Wool.—The public sales of colonial wool continue to be well attended by buyers, and large:parcels are changing hands at from 2d to 2id per lb more money. English wool is very firm, and held on higher terms. INDIGO—The quarterly sales have been concluded, at fully the opening prices, which showed au advance of 21 to is per lb. Spanish Indigo cannot be terms. purchased except on higher METALS—Scotch pig iron has changed hands at 775, with a moderate inquiry. Spater, on the spot, may be quoted at 291 Ills to 231 17s per tou. Lead is brisk, and fully 10, per ton dearer than last week. Copper and steel are realising very full prices. Quicksilver, is 9d to Is lid per lb. Zinc is selling at 3111 lOs to 311. Tin and tin plates are quite as dear as last ad vised. SPIRITS—We have a slight improvement in the demand for ruin. Proof Leewards, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; East India, 25 Id to 2s 2d per gallon. In brandy very little is doing. Kale! ''f Cognac, best brands of 1831, Ins 4d to Ins 6d; 1850, Mao , los stl to lOs 7d per gallon. Malt spirit is very dull,at les 5d proof. Geneva, 2s 9d to 3s lid per gallon. HOPS—Nearly 400 bales of foreign hops have arrived th is week. Fine English qualities are in moderate request, at full prices; but other kinds are heavy, and quite 5s per cwt lower than last week. Mid and East Kent pockets, Si 5s to 61 105; Weald of Kents, 31 to 51; SUBS3X, 2116 s to 41 ,5s per cwt. POTATOES—The supplies trade is heavy, at from 40s to 935 per are very ery extensive, and the TALLOW—The speculative price of P. Y C., on the spot, is 3d to 58s ;id per cwt; but tallow of equal quality may be purchased at 525. Town tallow, 51s per cwt net cash. About 2,000 casks have arrived this week. OlLS—These has been more business doing in linseed oil, at 34s to 34s 6d per cat. Rape oil is firmer, and Is higher than last week. Turpentine moires off steadily—spirits, at 3 4 $ W rough, 9s to 94 Gd per owl. FO] Per Cent. Brazilian Danish 6 Nth. (Ex 12 Guil )2e French $ Do. 4l Do. Bank Stook Mexican 3 Peruvian 4l Portuguese 4 Russian 5 Spanish 3 Turkish kee 18; IEIGD ,Mond., 634 73: 70c 97! c'' - 9 '7 : 3' e 65c l 7 l IDS. Wed. Thurs.l 1021 j :73f 30c . :96: 00c :73' 25e