The Press. — London, England, 1856-08-30 00:00:00

838. are not without hopes that before the expiration of that month the Bank may be enabled•to reduce its minimum to four per cent. ThLre was rather more inquiry for money yesterday, owing .to the payment of an instalment of 600,0001. on account of the last loan, but it caused no in• convenience. On the Stock Exchange the railway and foreign settlements have induced an increased demand, but it is of a moderate character. The general market may possibly experience some tightness next week, as it will be necessary to provide for the commercial acceptances due on the 4th ;• but we do not anticipate any inconve nience. The Consul settlement will also produce a like effect on the Stock Exchange. The specie receipts during the week are under 140,0001., all of which is from the United States. The exports are estimated at 50,0001. The actual purchases of gold for the Continent, in order to pay for the silver drawn thence for transmission to India and Chtna, have been small this week; and as there is still a considerable amount in dollars unsold in this market, and as a large arrival in bars may be expected by the West India packet now just due, we anticipate that nearly 100,0001. of the late im• ports of gold will be retained in this country. Whether it is sent into the Bank, or kept in private hands, of course will depend upon the circumstances of the market. One or two Australian ships with gold on board ought soon to arrive. A slight decline has taken place in Consols since our last. This day week they closed at 9511 to for account, and last night at 95} to This decline, one quarter per cent., was not established until a late hour yesterday, and then it was caused mainly by the uneasiness created by unfavorable weather. Some considerable sales of money stock on account of the Bank, with a view to the improve- ment of its reserve, for two or three days in succession failed to affect the market beyond one•eighth. So that, on the whole, steadiness has continued to be its leading feature against all the influence: arising from the conga. rative dullness of business and the anxieties natural at this particular season. The closing price this afternoon was 951 exactly. Other descriptions of Palk Securities have presented exactly the same features. Foreign Securities are, upon the whole, about the same. There have been some trifling fluctuations in Turkish Six per Cents., but they left off this afternoon at former prices. Russian Stocks continue in favour. Generally speaking; however, the market has not shown any particular anima tion. Business in Railway Shares has been affected by the lettleTnent which is now brought to a close. The account did not prove one of much importance as respects mere anioubt, hut it disclosed a considerable scarcity of Great Western stock, for which very high prices were required— as much, on one occasion, as WI. Now, however, this extreme pretension has abated, and quotations are moretinoderate, though there are more buyers than sellers yet. I Yesterday, front the same cause that produced the depression in Consuls, several descriptions were lower. Caledonians have been declining daily ; they are nearly 10s. lower than this day week, and M. lower than at the beginning of the month ; in fact, there has been a sort of panic among holders caused by rumours of a very unfavor able dividend. To-day it was officially announced that the half-yearly dividend. would be only at the rate of one per cent. per annum. This intimation caused a renewal of the panic, for such it was, and quotations receded front pat, at which they opened, to .32, at which they left off— without any tendency to recovery. Between this day and the beginning of the month of August this stock has de clined no less than eight per cent. Joint-stock Bank Shares are nearly all quoted a shade lower. Ottomans were yesterday at a discount of three eighths, but they subsequently rallied a little. This afternoon they again receded. The new undertakings generally are scarcely regarded with so much favour for in vestment as they were a few weeks ago. London and Paris are at 10 to 5 dia., and Royal British are fully V. lower. Miscellaneous Shares remain in a state of inactivity. The principal dealings have been in land and shipping descriptions. Crystal Palace show no recovery. The Trade lieports of the week are again satisfactory ; bwt business does not appear to have been so active. Still there is no material accumulation of stocks, except it may be in fancy articles. The Board of Trade Returns for the month and seven months ending the 31st of July show a vast increase in the exports of the country. The declared value was as follows : IRSI 1M.55 1456 Seven Months. X. 58,012,845 51,262,705 .... 23,930,042 Month of July. X. 9,439,643 .... 8,150,383 9,968,226 The declared value of all our exports in 1855 was 95,648,0851., but, at the Firesent rate of increase, the value of the exports in 1856 will be no less than 114,000,0001. We fear, however, that our foreign trade for the greater part of the present year, though returning a profit, has not been valuable in proportion to its enormous extent. Mr. T. H. Baylis has resigned the office of general manager of the Unity General Assurance Association. FO: Per Cent., IREIGI ~ Mond.j 4 FUN Mud. 101 i 1 IDS. Wed. Brazilian —.- Danish 6 Dtch. ( 0 utl )Ie French 3 Thurs. 1 1021 Do. 4i Do. Bank Stock exioan Peruvian 4i Portuguese 4 Russian 6 Spanish 3 ,Turkish Ace. 6 f - cl c f,l 103;;I ll'Of 600 f • 9of 600 f o I. - I. I sla ; 103; '4si ii II lu I fe J ci -GI 10$i 44i 10 -iiiii THE•PRESS. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account; pursuaut to the Act 7th and SO Victoria, cap. 31 for the week ending on Saturday, the 23rd day of August, 1856. ISSUE nIEPARTMENT. Notes issued .... ►26,226,705 Government Debt X 11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459010 Gold Coln it Bullion 11,751 795 Silver Bullion .... --- 128,228,795 BANKING DICPANTWINT. Proprietors'Capitaltl4,sBB,ooo Government Seen. Beta Public Deposite.. 4,711,84 C Dead Weight An. ) £12,062022 Jther Deposits Seven Days other Notes 8,287,850 Bills C 26,226,795 493,595,963 453,595,963 • Including Exchequer, Commissioners of Notional Debt, Savings' Banks. and Dividend Accounts. BRITISH FUNDS. Closing Priems. OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS. I ' Mond Thad. Wed. Thurs. !Friday 3 per Cent. Consols Oitto for Account S per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent Omnium Exch. Bills, 2jti. India Bonds, (1,0001.) Isir — isii 1/1 Bp i 11 p - -P FOREF AfonaL 7j 8 11 Pi 22i 3i' :Ai 2i 23 i :21Ili Zip' 9 . 2 I di oi 53i 43 7 t N RAILWA' Antw. d Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Pen. G. W.ofCan.,Sh Lyons Jr Geneva Madras Tuesday. Weds d 71 . 2 I 11 Na. k Lge.(w.in.) Nrthrn.of Frac.. Norw. Truk. Pd. Paris a Lyons.. Paris a Orleans ?uis a Rouen.. SHARI& P.AILWAIS— Aberdeen Wm. Wolv.& Stour Val Bristol mid Exeter Caledonian Cheater and Holynead Cork and Bandon Dublin 8 Belfast Juno. East Anglian Eastern nior.(B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Sth. and Wst of Ire. Great Western ' Lancashire & Yorkshire Lon.,Tilbury,& S. Brkg. Lou., Brighton, &a London and Blackwall London and Nrth-West. Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskille9 Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western Oxf., Wrcatr., and Wolv. Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon .... • South-Eastern and Dov. South-Western South Wales Waterford & Limerick MISCELL.tNEOUS— 52 014 4 1524 SI 0 34 7i 48 7 1 6 29 31'29 31 108 lo'ios 10 77 79 1 77 79 16 6 1 16 • d 74 6 j74i 10 6 7 6 1 06 7 : 4 2 84'82 Al 27 9 194 6 26 27124 27 128 8 12C 8 li 2i 1i 11 i I ; le il i 2i I 1 4 1 6 164 64 1 354 6i .il6 17 16 171 Australian Agricultural Canada Crystal Parace Crystal Palace of France North Withal Aus.Land Peel River Land & Scottish Aust. invest. South Australian Laud Van Diemen's Land 051 r :lsi i 96k !95 0 1 196 4 -- 954 1 951 k 96 96} k 95t 4 lib; 051 * . 95 961 i 196 g 61 4 96k 1 36 96k 9 -- 51 95k 6 646-3 -- -- -- 219} 18 11p 14 1p 14 Ilp 15 p - p 15 Thurs. 74 3 2 : ii I 64_2 ipi lit at 1 t 21j 21; 21 1 el sal 111 4,1 2i i% 2! p111!21. : 21, 1 . § I 9 = .9 t 41 • 41i 41 I N :4 1 6 1 4 4 :4 64 I 64 tl 66 5d Friday rp If 2 , 2i 4 P 23 . t 951 21 111 120 9 9 0 i l i I 4 It 6:1 9 1 64 6 AVidti 27insr. 8f 91 1 8 f 91,81 91181 91 96 7 98 7'95 7 . 96 97 17 b 6 1 1 1 1$ 74 4 6 sai 61 1 66 6 11 707 12 14112 4. 1$ . 14112 14 3 5 p,3 3p3 bpi -- 161 7061 7$ Id 714 7 25 27145 27 AS 7 25 27 83 5 183 6 83 5 133 5 94 eh 971 841971 t 81 et 971 81 971 81 117 01117 9 117 9 117 9 4 1164 186 651 6 9d 4 1 98 1 92 08 1 p 108170 p O6 A 106 7 105 p 117 'lt? 'f g 7 7 ; 831 4 1 'B3t 4* 851 4 'B4 _1 ' -- 1 94 5 52 3 17 174 12 14 16 7 25 7 93 5 PIS 9 . 117 9 64 1 98 P 105 7 6i 7i 104 6 sif 2} 52 4 • 31 id 37 8 4/ 4 6 7 JO 31 luB 10 126 7 Ise 7 1I 2 I 2e 16 1 li 21 1. I. li . 72j - Sit 106 i 107 80 2 24 6 26 27 11 21 21 I. 361 6 16 17 izile ii 118 7 Frid. '5 Vitmalitan glitrktts. (Reportedexclusivellif or "Tits Passe.") CORN EXCHANGE—The arrivals of English wheat up to our market this weak, coastwise and by land-carriage, have been very moderate, and about one-half of the Bur ply has been composed of the new crop in fair condition. , There has been much less activity in the demand, yet the advance noticed in our last report has been supported. For foreign wheat— the imports of which have not been extensive—we have had a fair inquiry, at full prices. Floating cargoes have commanded leas attention. The barley trade has continued very firm, and fine new qualities have realised quite 50s per quarter. Malt has commanded fully previous rates, with a eight improvement in the demand. Although the show of foreign oats has continued extensive, prime samples have realised ud per quarter more money. Beans and peas have been steady. In flour a good business has been doing, at very full prices. Essex and Kent red, 645 to 745; white, 73. to 82s; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 67s to 745. Malting barley, 42. to 50s; grinding ditto, 365 to 395: distilling, 40a to 445. Malt, 62a to 775. Feed oats, 255 to 275; potato, 275 to 31s. Rye, 425 to 445. Tick beans, 366 to 385; Harrow, 3tis to 405; P 40s to 445. Grey peas, 37s to 39s ; maple, 40s to 41s. white boilers, 42s to 45s per quarter. Town-made flour, tils to 64e; country marks, 60s to Hs; households, Us to 80s per USW bs. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Mal t Oats. Flour. English 1360 .. 60 .. 145 U .. 10 .. 070 Irish Foreign.. 15580 .. 8310 .. .. 3240 .. 5640 Ws. —slut. SATURDAY, LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRI D AY—Wheat, 3,461 quarters, 76s lld ; barley, 348 quarters, 4781,1 ; oat., 243 quarters, 26s IPAL; rye, 29,quarters, 43s 2d; beaus, 131 ritturtrt,, 838_44 ; yeas, 141 quarters, 40s Od. IAI P/(R1 AL WEEKLY AVE HAG ES—Wheat, 68a 9d, bat • ley, 444 7d ; oats, 27. lld ; rye, 431 8d ; beaus, 4418 d; peas, .349. lld. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 74s 4d; barley, 42e (Id; oats, gds 10d; rye, 47e 0d; beans, 411. 4d; peas, ale 111 ENGLISH GRATN SOLD LART WEER—Wheat, 40,895; barley, 2,792; °ate, 5,335 ; rye, 203; beans, 11,2 m; peas, e5O quarters. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9id to 10d; of household ditto, tki to 9d per 41be loaf TEA—There is only a limited demand for this article, and prices remain unaltered. Advises from Chins state that the ship• manta have considerably exceeded those of last year. Current rates are as follows :—Congon, qd to 2s bd; King Yong and .Oolong, 101 to is 10d; Sonchong, 91 to 2s bd; Flowery Pekoe, 1s 6d to Ss 61; Caper,— to--; Scented Caper, Is Id to is 10d; Orange Pekoe, lid to is 2d ; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is 4d to 2i t3d ; Twankay, 64 to Is 2d ; Hyson Skin, 6d to Is 2d: Hyson, is 2d to 3s 8d ; Young Hyson, 621 to 2s 4d; Imperial, lid to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, 8d to 3s 6d; Assam, is Id to 4s 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 20,871.179185, against 32,944,3961bs in 1865.. . . . _ , . . . SUGAR—W; have to report a very dull inquiry fcr raw sugars, and the quotations have given way fully tki per cwt. The supply in the market continues' good. Barbadoes has realised 45. to 48s 6d; Mauritius, 44s to 48s; Bengal. 41s to 52.; Cossipore, 48s to 48s 641 per cwt. • All refined goods are cheaper. Brown lumps, 355; low to fine grocery, boa to 586 per cwt. The clearances to the 23rd inst. amounted to 4.147.483 owts, against 4,816,267 cwts last year. . _ MOLASSES—:There is a steady, though not to say active, de. mend for all kinds, at full quotations. St. Kit: s, 22s Gd ; Antigua, 23s to 23s Gd; Cuba and Porto Rico, 2Ls to 22s 6d per cwt. COFFEE—Most descriptions move off freely, and prices are very tirm. Pea-berry has realised :98 to 86s Gd; and very aupe riot. native Ce)lon, 645 dd to 563 per cwt. COCOA—Very little change has taken place In the value of any kind, but the demand is chiefly confined to ainall t arcela. Trinidad, ;11s to 595 ; Granada, 52a to bUs; Bahia and Para, 47s to 48s; and Guayaquil, 53s to 54s per cwt. RICE—The falling off in the demand for wheat has operated against this article, the stock of which is still over 40,000 was. No change has taken place in prices. —..—......—.... . PROVISIONS-1111h buttir has sold rather briskly, at 2s to 3s per cwt inure motley. Foreign qualities move oft freely, at a rise of 4s per cwt. English butter is firm, at 2s advance—the best Dorset being worth 1148 per cwt. We have a fair demand for bacon, at late rates. Most other kinds of provisions com mand full currencies. • COTTON—The demand has fallen off, yet we have no change to notice in the quotations. WOOL—The public sales have been concluded. Over 80,000 bales were disposed of. By private contract the demand for nearly all kinds of wool is steady, at fully late rates. This week's imports are abont 2400 bales. .... . . . . . . HEMVAND FLAX—Deltic hemp is in fair request, and quite as dear as last week—Petersburg clean being worth 381 lris per ton. In Manilla parcels very little is doing. Jute and Coir goods support late quotations. Fur flax we have only a moderate inquiry. • INDIGO—The accounts from Bengal in reference to the crop being considered unfavorable, there is more firmness in the demand, but without leading to any change in the quota tions. SILK—Our market Is tolerably steady, at full prices. SALTPETRE—NearIy all kiuds are a slow sale, at barely late rates. The stock is but moderate. METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold to a fair extent, at 78a bd. Manufactured parcels continue firm. Rails at the works, 71 12s bri to 74 lbs ; and nail rods, 91 1014 per tou. Spelter is in' goo 'request, 'at X5l Is to 211 lOs on the spot. Tan is steady, at full prices. Other metals continue firm. SPIRITS—Rum is dull, and proof Leewards may be quoted at 2s 3d per gallon. Brandy moves oft steadily, at very full prices. Malt spirit, 1.5 proof. HOPS—Picking has been commenced, and the duty is called 290,0001. The trade is very dull, and prices are nominal. POTATOES—The quotations range from 311 Ito 41 4s per um. OlLS—Linseed oil has sold slowly, at 88s to 38s 641 per awl, on the spot. Pale rape is worth b4l to 641 10, ; brown ditto, 111. turpentine N firmer—at 80s tki to 836 for spirits, and 9s to 9s 6d for rough. TALLOW—P.Y.C., on the spot, 53s Gd to 53s Od per cwt. COALS—Eden Main, 18r; Riddell, 17s 3d; • Belmont, 17s 9d ; Haswell, 19s ; Lambton, Ise lid ; South Hetton, 19s; Stewart's, 19s 6d; South Hartlepool,lBe 3d; South Kelloe, his; Tees, 19s 3d per ton. METROPOLITAN CATTLE The supplies of beasts on sale this week have been rather on the increase, and most breeds have moved off slowly, at a decline in value of 2d per Ms. Prime sheep have supported former teruis;' bdt inferior breeds have 'given way 2d per 81bs. In the value of lamb., calves, and pigs, scarcely any. change has taken, place. :Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 10d ; mutton, as 64.1 to 5s 2d; lamb,As 841 tolls; veal, Se 6d to 4s 10d; pork, de 2d to 4r tid per 'Sibs 'to sink the offal. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL About 'an average business has been transacted in these markets, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4il; mutton, is 4d to 4s 8d; lamb, 4s 2d to fis 4d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4a Bd ; pork,ds dd to 4s 6d per Sibs by the carcase. BIRTHS. BENTINCK—On the 27th instant, in Charles•street, Berkeley. square, Mn. George Cavendish Bentinek, of a son. DRIJMMOND—On the 28rd instant, at Hampstead, the Hon. Mrs. Maurice Brummond, of a son. HAMILTON—On the 22nd instant, at the house of Commander T. G. Drake, Broadstairs ' the wife of Commander J. F. C. Hamilton, H.M.B. Elk, of a daughter. • LUWTH—On the let ult., at Aden, the wife of Lieut• Colonel l.owth, 86th Royal Regt., of a son. NEWARK—On the 23rd instant, at Tilney•street, Viscountess • - , Newark,. of a soh. WEN LOCK—On the 21st instant, at Escrick-park,LadyWonlock, of a son. WINCHILSEA—On the 23rd instant, at Eastwell•park, the Countess of Winchilsea, of a son. MARRIAGES. BURRELL—PECHELL—On the 26tti instant, at St. George's Hatover•square, Percy Burt%ll, Esq., eon of Sir- Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart.; to Henrietta Katherine,' daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir George Pectell. KNOX—ROOPER—On the Mb instant, at Abbot's Ripton Church, Major the Hon. Win. Stuart Knox, M.P., 21st Fusi liers, to Georgians, daughter of the late John Boufoy Rooper, Esq., of 114 ton-hall, Huntingdonshire.