The Press. — London, England, 1855-06-02 00:00:00

glom Mallet aio ditg 4ntelligence. FRIDAY EVENINIII. TUE favorable tone of the news from the Crimea has produced a corresponding effect upon the Consol Market, and resulted in a considerable rise in the quotations of Stocks and Shares. At the maximum prices of the week an advance of fully 11 per cent. was marked over the rates of Saturday last, and though the market has shown a little flatness yester day and to-day the actual amount of depression has not been large, and is attributable almost entirely to the continued severity of the weather. The coincidence of the settling both in Consols and Railway Shares on Wednesday, the 30th, occa sioned an increase in the. demand for money, the market at the same time being rendered tighter by the withdrawal of large sums previously floating on account of the South Sea Company. All require ments were, however, amply met, and the double settlement was arranged without any difficulty. Money has since appeared as abundant as ever. Yesterday there were reports that the Bank directors designed to reduce the rate of discount by another step, and though no announcement was made on the subject it is believed that the event must take place very shortly if affairs continue to follow their present course in the Money Market. The receipts of specie during the month of May amount to about 21 million pounds sterling, It million of which came from Australia. The ship•• ments during the same period have not been more than 700,0001. During the current week the chief arrivals have been 13,809 oz. of gold from Meluourne, by the Indemnity, and 1,900,000 dohs., also in gold, by the Atlantic steamer, from New York. The total receipt has approached a half-million sterling. The amount received by the Government as pro ceeds of the new loan is now 5,000,0001. Of this sum 4,000,0001. is raised from the 10 per cent. de. posit and subsequent instalment of 15 per cent., and 1,000,0001. from holders who have paid up all the instalments in anticipation. Consols this afternoon, after a temporary depres sion, rallied to 921 924 for money, and 924 921 for account. Reduced Three per Cents. were 91 to Olt, and the New Three per Cents., 911 92. Bank Stock, 2081. India Stock has been dealt in at 235. Ex chequer Bills, las. to 19s. prem.; ditto advertised, ss. to Bs. prem. To-morrow (Saturday) the transfer books will be shut at the Bank, iu preparation for the payment of the dividends. SHARES. The Railway Market has shown much activity and buoyancy during the week, and prices are generally better. The traffic tables exhibit a very large in crease over the return for the corresponding period last year. The following increase is shown on the leading lines :—London and North-Western, 4,5551.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 845/. ; London and South- Western, 2,7181.; London and Brighton, 6,6661.; Midlands, 1,1871.; Great Western, 4,797/.; North- Eastern, 2,4621.; South-Eastern, 1:2131. ; Great Northern, 2,8391.; Eastern Counties, 3,8911. A sum of 128,000/. was on Thursday paid into the treasury of the East India Company on account of the capital of the Scinde Railway, in anticipation of the call falling due two months after the company obtain their act. FOREIGN. The market for Foreign Stock has been quiet, the attention of dealers being chiefly attracted to the Turkish Bonds. In this stock some considerable transactions have taken place, and a further rise in the quotations is established. This afternoon they were dealt in at 821, after having touched 83i, and left off firm. Sardinian Bonds were quoted at 80 ex. div. Other securities presented no alteration from previous prices. BRITISH FUNDS. Closing Prices. OFFICIAL QUOTATION. Mond. Tueed. Wed. Thur.. Fi ides). I 921 41 93 924 921 g 924 914 2 92 93 93 2i 92 3 id 51 34 91 i 1/14 4 52 3 1343 92j 2 514 :4 2 3 2004 208494 209410,210 84 .204 3 4 8-18 4 01 4 i 4 P 4 1 t1 )4 1 ill 4 1 P la 7 118 7 17 ;18 9 16 20 -- l9 -- '22 9 II per Cent. Consols Dittofor Account 3 per Cents Deduced 3 per Ceuta . Long Annuities Bank Stuck, 7 per Cent 011313111 M Rxeli. Bills, Rid. per diem India Ponds, (1,0001.) BANK OF ENGLAND. the 7th and Bth Victoria, 2,984,900 18,337,685 THE PRESS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 9 for the week ending on Saturday, the 28th day of May,1866. 181101 PIPARTMEST. 12 4 . WV:MAO. ciovernment Debt £11,015,1( a' • • a• • I-/ Other Securities .. 9,984,9( Gold Coln it Bullion 18,337,6 E v.- Air vet' Bullion .... •/.., 41110,411r,di r So h. 4 •"•tk • F _ crifj .kk BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors'Capitalll4,ss9,ooo Government Beau. Rest . 3,172,157 rides (including Public Deposits".. 5,198,161 Dead Weight An.) 42,110,721 Other Deposits 11,032,316 Other Securities • 12,915,608 even Day & other Notes 10,720,370 Bills 135,873,993 Including Exchlquer, Savings Banks. Comm._ National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. The turegoing return, when compared with thatof the preceding week, ending May 19, exhibits the following changes: In the Public Deposits INCBEAtiII of Other Deposita 143,873,993 losionoro of Notes Issued Du. Reserved INCREASE of Seven-day Bills INCREASE Of Coin unit Bullion 435,136 439,7c0 25,639 417066 Government Securities.. INC FtEABZ of Other Securities DECREASE of :59,319 The Real The amount of active circulation In Notes 419,617.315 Do. in Sevenolay and other Bills 1,020.359 Coin and Bullion in both Departments 20,637,674 17,064,781 Friday. - 1. petropolitan Varitets. (Reported exclusively for "THE Pazos.") 641 4 381 b2s Friday 8} SI id i id 241 tti 1 iP 21* 1 6 1) p 36; $ V 2:1 8p tit 42 4 24 6 8 2_ I, is io 6i 43 6 IS 0 7s Su 121 92e Si 97 9 68_ 9 llt luo 3 7j 163 i Si 5 li 2 51 3 d 31 2 :I id Et 7 2d 90 I$ 4 63 4 b4i Si 28 i St 33 5 119 21 3} i i 1 3 6 11 2 386 96 136 4 CORN-EXCHANGE Since our last report the arrivals of English wheat, coastwise and by laud carriage, have been again very moderate. Although the show of samples of both red and white has been far from extensive, the demand has ruled very inactive, and in the few sales effected fully Is per quarter less money has been accepted by the factors. Fine foreign wheats have mostly sold at full quotations; but the value of low and middling parcels has had a downward tendency. Several of the newly-arrived cargoes have gone direct to the millers, and the imports continue on a liberal scale. Floating cargoes have realised full prices. There has been a slow sale for barley and malt, on former terms. The supplies of oats being rather eaten• sive, the oat trade has been flat, at a decline of fully 6d per, quarter. Beans have sold rea illy, at leper quarter more money. Peas and flour have realised former terms. Esoxisu—Vi heat, Essex and Kent white, 77s to 89a; red 09s to 78s; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 691 to 78s. Molting barley FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent.,Mond.,7'uesd., Wed. 84i G9l SOc 9Ji9oc f. 64 /I 69. %c 94f 25e 11145c1 i 4: 35a 38 741 38} - 178 1 1 80 f 3} 83 FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Mond. Tuesday. MW11444. 7/ i 7! 8 7; 8 21 0 2 id 21 d 1 id 01d 1 Old 24/ 61 24f 61 241 61E 4 P t 211 211 24 1 It r 51r 6 fp 3 Up 1 p 1 1p 11pj 6 i 6 t 6 i 361 6 38 i 361 7 7 1 8 41 7 4 8 1 7 4 VIC 26 1 111 20 1 al) 87 2 I P 47 9 14s ,48 60 i. 4 1 49 4 CS 4 SHARES. Mond. I is 2 4 bi 2 86 13 14 to i 2 Su 2 d 2900 i 6i 4d 1 i 4t3 13 4 61 2 034 41 2t44 2t 22 4 321 116 : rs -- t 911 Brazilian Danish Dtch. (Ex 12 Owl : French Do. Dank Si Mexican Peruvitin Portuguese Russian Spanish Turkish (Ace.) Antw. & Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Pen. G. W.of Can.,l3h Lyons & Genera Madras Na. & Lge.(w. in) tirthrn.ofternoe. Norw. Trot. Prf. Paris & Lyons Paris & Orleans Paris & Rouen R&ILIVATO- Aberdeen Birm. W olv.ec Stour Val Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holynead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast Juno. East Anglian Eastern Union (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Ut. Bth. and Wet of Ire. Great Western Lancashire& Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, It Stheud Lon.,Brightou,&c London and Blackwall London and Nrth•West. Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western Oil., Wrcstr., and Woly Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South•Eaetern and Dov South• Western South Wales Waterford & Limerick NISCELLANhIOUS— AustraliunAgricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British Aus. Laud Peel River Lands Min. Scottish Aust. Invest. South Australian Laud Vau Diemen's Land 82Y i~ Thum d 241 t ai ,214 4; aip I a 11P 38 4 74 ei 1 27 442 7 4'B 2 1 4 7u16r. mi 1% 9u 64/ bi 15 6 d 10 It ! d 31 2 Ai id us 7 4d 30 13 4 c 3 44i bi 284 V .13 5 1 118 22 ISt i r t 1 3 4 11 2 324 94 134 4 SATURDAY, Ins to 365; grinding ditto, 30s to 32s;dlatilling , 300 to 93 Malt, 65s to Its. Fred oats, 2Gs to 26s ; potato, 27s to 30a Rye, 40. to 445. Tick beans, 39. to 465; pigeon, 420 to 48s. 4)rey peas, 36s to 99s ; maple, 39s to 41. ; white boilers,4os to Or per quarter. Town-made Hour,63s to 70s; country marks, flOs to 62s per 2801bs. ♦RRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English —.20110 .. 1510 .. 207 t) .. 1230 Irish Foreign.. 31000 .. 3300 .. 33030 .. Stilt) eke. 760 bid. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 5,748 q.urrterr, ns 3d ; barley, 1,791 quarters, 33e 6d; oats, 3,241 quarters, 27r Id ; rye, 104 quarters, 41r 10.1 ; beaus, 107 quarter., 4lr Id; pear, 35 quarter*, 4lr lid. 110 PERI Al. WEEKLY AVERAU ES—Wheat, 76r Iod ; hgr. ley, 32r Ild; oats, 23r ld ; rye, 44s 5d ; beau*, 45s ad; peas, 40s 3d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES —Wheat, 72s Id; barley, 31. Ild; oats, 20s 9d; r)e, 41.6 2d; beaus, 41s 11d; year, 35. 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat,llo,379; barley, 17,244; oats, 13,210; rye, 201; beaus, 5,370; pear, td quarters._ ' DREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metnipolis are from lUd to 'bid; of household, ditto, bid to bid per 4lbs loaf. TEA There is an improved demand for nearly all kinds of tea, and common sound Couguu cannot be pur chased tinder lid per lb. Prices rule as follows : Cougou, Std to 2s 6d; Ning Yong and Oolong, BM to Is 9d; Scuehoug, Vil to 2. ed; Flowery Pekoe, Is 4d to Se ed ; Caper, ls to ls 44; Scented Caper, is 44 to Is Rd : Orange Pekoe, Is 2d to Is 64; Scented Orange Pekoe, is lid to Ps ; Twankay, 7d to is 14 ; Hyson Skin, 74 to is ed ; Hyson, is ed to 38 iid; Young Hysou, 9d to Ss; imperial , Is tots 841; Gunpowder, Is to Ss 6d; Assam, Is 9d to 4s 44 per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 19,143,4191b5, against 18,120,01*1b' in lbS.. The shipments front China are exhibiting a decided falling off, compared with last year. SU GAH—ltather large supplies of sugar have been brought forwar.: this week; the demand, however, has ruled steady, and prices are well supported. Burbadoes has realised 345 6d to 428 ; brown Mauritius, 328 to 35a ; yellow, 36s dal to 40s; grainy, 37s lid to 448 per cwt. Bengal has advanced is per cwt. Re fined goods are iu request, at from 4es to ,•.•311 per cwt. The total clearances to the 26th ult. were 2,956,035 cwts, against 2,518,752 cwts last year. MOLASSES—Our market is very moderately supplied, and the demand is steady, at full eurreneies—viz., 17s to 17s 64 per cwt. COFFEE—There has been only • limited inquiry for this article, and most of the parcels offered at public sale have been taken in. Good ord native is worth 47s to 485. Plantation, fine, 71s to des; hue mWdlwg, 69 to 735; good iddilliug. 65s to 68s; middling, 59s to 64s ; fine ordinary to middling, 555 to 565; triage, 43. to Ns. Mocha, fine finest, 78. to 90s; garbled, Bus to 775; ungarbled, Elds to 655. Costa Rica, middling to tine, 57e to 72s ; good and tine ordinary, 50s to 86s. Java, 478 to 55r. Jamaica, good middling to fine, 64a to 87s. COCOA—We have a dull sale for most kinds, yet there are no sellers at reduced rates. Good to hue red Trinidad, ittos to 475; grey, Bess to 435; Granada, 35s to 395; Para, 37s to 3:11 6d ; Bahia, 3t;s to 36s 8d; and Guayaquil, 41s to 42s per cwt. RlCE—About 3,000 bags Bengal have sold at 14s to 14s Cd per cwt., but the dennimid is inactive. Cleaned qualities are a dull sale. CHICORY—There is scarcely any demand for this article, at last week's currency. SEEDS—The general demand is heavy, as the season is now closed. In many instances, therefore, the quotations are almost nominal. Cakes support former prices. HEMP AND FLAX—We have still to report a dull market for hemp, and Petersburg clean may be purchased at 4tl per ton. Flax moves off slowly, and there are no buyers except on lower terms. Jute and Coir goods are held at full prices. COTTON—A large business is doing, and prices are rather higher. INDIGO—Since the close of the public sales this market has been very firm, at full quotations. SALTPETRE—This article is in improved request, and is per cwt dearer than last week. TALLOW—Owing to the large arrivals, and the increasing stock, very little is doing in this market, and P. Y. C., on the spot, has changed hands at 605 6d—being a decline of is per cwt. The price for October to December is Ws. Town tallow, 48s C 4 nett cash. OlLS—Linseed oil is steady, at 37s on the spot, and 38. for forward delivery. Most other oils are h-31d at full quotations. Turpentine is less active. Sprite, 34a to 304; rough, es 9d to 9s 3d per cwt. METALS—Scotch pig iron has realised 74s ed, and most manufactured parcels command a steady market. Tin and tiu plates are rather active, and the value of lead has an upward tendency. Spelter, ou the spot, is still selling at 221 ss. SPIRITS—The market for rum is steady. Proof Leeward., 25 2d to 2s 4d; and East India, 25 Id to is 2d per gallon. We have no change to notice in the value of brandy. Malt spirit is 105 ad cash, with only a moderate demand. HOPS—There is rather more inquiry for new hops, and prices are the turn higher. Old parcels are neglected. Mid and East Kent pockets, 141 to 201; Weald of Rents, 131 10s to 131 10.; Sussex, 101 5s to 121 per cwt. ♦bout 400 bales of foreign have arrived. COALS—Chester Main, 17s 9d; Holywell, 175 ; Tanfield Moor, 155 9d; Gosforth, 17. 9d; Hilda, 17. 3d; Eden Main, 20s; Stewart's, 21s; Caradoe, 20s; Heugh Hall, 19s 6d; Kelloe, 91s; Tees, 215 ; Whitworth, 16s 6d per ton. POTATOES—The arrivals are extensive for the time of year, and only a moderate business is doing in all kinds. Price* rule from 90r to 155. per ton. SMITHFIELD—The beef trade has ruled heavy, at a decline of 2d per bibs. Sheep and lambs have sold steadily, at full prices. Calves have given way 2d per albs, with a dull market. Pigs have ruled heavy. Beef, from as to 4s '.d; mutton, as 2cl to fis ; lamb, 5s to 65 10d ; veal, 48 2d to Da 2d; pork, 3r 4d to 4s 4d per Albs to sink the offals. N EWUA'I E AND LEADENDALL The general trade has been in a sluggish state, as follows:—Beef, trow fis 10d to 4s; mutton, 3s to 45 8d; lamb, 5s to 6s 8d; veal, 35 ad to 4s ed ; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 811:m by the carcase. ASTON—On the 21st of March last, at the Cape of Good Hope, the wife of Lieut.• Colonel Aston, of twin daughters. BELCHER—On the 17th of March, at sea, the wife of Major C. G. Belcher, of a daughter. DRUMLANRIG —At Wilton•crescent, Belgrave.square, Vis countess Drumlanrig, of twins—boy and girl. HERSCHEL—On the 29th ult., at Colliogwood, Hawkhurst, the lady of Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart., of a daughter. HOLDEN—On the 17th tilt., at Weymouth, the wife of Captain Holden, 13th Light Dragoons, of a daughter. 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