The Press. — London, England, 1855-12-15 00:00:00

A comparison of the exchanges shows that at the present time gold is about the same price in London as at Paris ; that it is 0 29 per tent. dearer in London than in Hamburg; and that the exchange is, nominally, 1.08 per cent. in favour of New York ; but, allowing for charges of transport and difference of interest, there is no profit on the transmission of gold either way between England and the United States. The reports from the manufacturing districts keep up tolerably well ; but complaint is made of small profits and difficulty in making sales. There is no laying in of stocks. Buyers, both of Yorkshire and Lancashire goods, only purchase for present wants. Corn is showing a tendency to go rather lower; and the wholesale prices of sugar and other produce have fallen. The monthly remittance on account of the Buenos Ayres debt is to he increived from 5,000 dols. to 10,000 dots. per month. A semi-annual payment is advertised. At the Court of Bankruptcy on Monday it was de cided that there could be no separation of the assets of Halford and Co., army agents, from those of Strahan, Paul, and Bates, bankers. A joint account will, therefore, be taken, and the whole of the cre ditors equally Participate in the aggregate proceeds. At the examination on Tuesday it was reported by the accountant that the actual liabilities of the bank were 652,593/. The assets were estimated at 127,670/. If this amount is realised, there will be a distribu tion of about 4s. in the pound. On Thursday the East India Railway Company paid to the East India-house 415,0001., on account of their extension capital. This amount bears five par cent. interest. The Bank of Ireland has declared a dividend of four and a-half per cent. per annum, and 15,0001. have been added to the " Rest." The monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France was published yesterday. It appears from this return that for the first time for several months the drain upon the metallic reserve has taken a turn. In October the decrease was 56,298,351 f., and in November 20,796,764 f.; but the December return shows an excess over the reserve in Novem ber of 7,351,466 f. The discounts are 38,189,016 f. 13ss than in November, while the circulation has d tnininished 21,464,500 f. The Government deposits *tow an increase of 1,277,510 f., and the private de p sits have diminished 41,727,104 f. Altogether, the raturn may be regarded as comparatively favorable. The next half-yearly dividend t,t the Bank will be about 100 f , being at the rate of 200 f. per annum. This is more than was expected, seeing that a sum of 8,500,000 f. has been expended during the last three months in premiums upon the import of gold. The Shares (1,000 f.) were done on the Buur-e yesterday at 3,2001., and are in demand at that quotation. Business on the Stock Exchange was flat to-day, and, in the absence of any political news of im portance, prices showed a slight tendency to decline. Co isols opened at 884 to 1, and for a time advanced to Hsi b ; but they soon receded to the opening quo tations, at which they remained until the close. In the course of the day a considerable operator for the advance became a seller for the fall at 881. Railways afforded but few transactions, and quo tations were generally lower. Great Northerns, however, were an exception. The settlement of the account yesterday and Wednesday was very light. The 24th is the next account day. Foreign Stocks partially neglected and all lower. A fair business has been done in Joint•stock Bank Shares during the week, and most of them are firm at present prices. Exchequer Bills, is. to 3s. dis. The French Three per Cents. to-day came at 05f. 10c. for the account, showing that the recovery of nearly yesterday was maintained. Credit Mobi lier Shares improved 25f. This security fluctuates daily, and present prices, 1,320 f., may show an equal reaction to•morrow. The meeting of the Crystal Palace Company to. day was adjourned t'or three weeks, after a most stormy discussion. _ _ The official return of the Bank of England for the week ending Saturday last, the Bth instant, shows the following changes compared with that for the week preceding : Decrease in circnlation 354,600 Decrease in Public Deposits Decrease in Other Deposits 51:5,608 Decrease in Government Serunties 11,104 Decrease in Other Securities Decrease of Bullion Increase of Rest Increase of Reserve The first remarkable fact in this return is the con. t:nued decrease in the Public Deposits. Last week this item showed a diminution of 359,365/. It is true that 23,3591. is not a large amount, but it must be regarded not merely in relation to its amount, but to the'period of the year. The public balances at INE THE PRESS. this time ought to be large and increasing, whereas they are moderate and diminishing. They are less by a million and a quarter than they were at the corresponding period last year. This result can only be explained by the effects of the war. The stock of bullion shows a large decrease when we re member that the Bank received about 300,0001. from the late Australian arrivals, which are brought into this account. The Reserve is kept up, and to that extent the Bank's power to accommodate trade is increased; but on the whole this return will disk". ment the anticipations of those who expected one of a favorable nature. BRITISH FUNDS.— Closing Prices. OFFICIAL QUOTATION. ,Mond..Tuesd. Wed. tl per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account I per Cents Reduced 1 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent ! Oinuium Kxch. Bills, 2q i. per diem ludas Bonds, (1,004/I.) 89i 110} 891 87 89 81,a8i 86 dbq i' B9 l I eSj g 1 01 210 214 Elea a 26 2 7 t,l ed BANK OF ENGLAND. Thurs. Friday. shutB9l 88i 88i xd 88i 8814 88 9 89. 9 91 —21 u 7 3 7 S d —d S d An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Gap. 82 for the week euding on Saturday, the 4th day of Dec., 1865. ISRUt P£PkitTMENT. Notes issued .... £24,433,525 Government Debt 211,015,100 Other Securities .. 2,981,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 10,439,525 Silver Bullion .... -- 121,439,525 1 BANKING UNPARTMENT. £94,433,623 Proprietors'Capitsl/14,553,000 Government Seen. hest Public Deposits• 4,413,2:il Dead Weight An.) 110,.64.3`6 Other 'Deposits Seven Day I clines Notes 5,759,185 Bills £34,804,88 8 £34,804,963 • Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of NationaiDebt, and Dividend Accounts. FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Ceut. Mond..Tuesd., Wed. Brazilian b 100 1 Daniell Thurs. 98f 191_ Dtch. (Ex 12 Gull ): French Do. Do. Dank Stock Mexican Peruvian Portuguese 16: } 1 EsN.4bei 6$ Cif 75e Ulf 70c I E itussiiin 5 Spanish 3 Dirkish Scrip Acc 4 antw. & Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Ot. Indian Pen G. W.of C an.,S h Lyons it Geneva Madras Na. k Lge.(w.in ) Nrthrn.orlFrne,. Norw. Trnk.Prf. Paris it Lyons Paris & Orleans Paris t Rouen V 65c 98 I la— ?Oi id 'GS: 11 ,91: 91 Friday. d 06 1 /1 31 d i 1 7 11. , 3 24 d! '1 GO 204 1 5 I ,•s3f ai 7 p 44 54 31 4 8 74 4 4 4 i 61 5/43 Thur. t 2 3 7} 8 79 81 b4i I 11 2 RA I LIPAILI Abe;Len - NVolv.dt Stour Val. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holynead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June. East Anglian Eastern tliiior.(B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Ct. Bth. and Wet of Ire. Great Western Lancashire & Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, &Stheud Lon., Brighton, &c London and lilackwall London and Nrth•West. Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen' Norfolk Nrthrn. Countlea Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western Oxf., Wrcstr., and Wolv Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Dot. South. Western South Wales Waterford 4 Limerick M ItiCELLANEOUS- Canada u Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of et ant e tiOnli British Anil. I.lllld eel River Laud /6 !aka. Scottish Aust. Invest South Australian Land Van Diemen's Land .. LWAYS Wednes. 8 8 2i d , 1 0: d' 20& 18 4 31i 84 44i 43 5 Aloud. 3 201 2; d t id A d :tt 2O i 5 5 231 t 4A 234 f 4 4 76 7 In Di p 1d 9A 1 4f 54 4t 54 35 i ;55 i .di 161 7t 46 A rs A 44 6 44 6 SHARES. Mond. Mead. frt. 84 224 74 8 74 8 7U 81 79 81 554 61544 t 11 2 ill 2 9.i ti . 8 a 8a 10,i 4 77 40 1 i } d 29 80 St &I 44 51 d 28i 9 1 1 82 +, . 4i Ai 22 4 100 2 Tridaps I7} 8 3 24d 1 (04d 2( 1 5 231 44 6 7 p 184 35 44 1 4 } C 4 7 ) 45 43 5 Frit!. 22 a 71 8 79 81 t 11 2 Sk 40 11 2 17 9 8168 i i 9e r 8 9 102 4 601 1 701 7* 24 6 6 33j 4 e4 t 4 11 d 2 b Bi 9.1 4/ 5} 22 4 100 2 72 4 11 2 56i 7i 85 6 31} 1 28 30 140 5 2i 1 36 a 164 6} ixde d 36 8 4j SATURDAY rttropolitan Vatlitts. f for "Tax Paseo.") CORN EXCHANGE—The arrivals of English wheat up to our market this week, coastwise and by laud carriage, have been ou the increase, and the show of samples has been tolerably good. The trade has ruled heavy in the extreme, at a decline in the quotations of from 3s to 48 per quarter. In foreign wheat, the imports of which are moderate, so few sales have taken place that prices have ruled almost nominal. Floating cargoes have been offered on lower terms. The barley trade has con tiuued dull, at a fall in value of 2s per quarter, and the same decline has been submitted to ku the price of malt. New oats have given way 8d to is per quarter; but old samples have realised previous rates. Both beans and peas have met a dull inquiry at is to 2s less money. The flour trade has been heavy at a tall in the quotations of 28 per sack. The top price of English is 76s per 260 lbs. ENGLISH—Wheat, Eseex and Kent white, 65s to 935; red, 60r to 89s; Norfolk 11,11.1 Ltncohi red, 6or to eels. Malting barley, 3er to 40d ; grinding ditto, 36s to 39r; ..istilliug, 38d w 4Us. Malt, Gs to 82r. Feed oats, 27s to 28s; potato, 28s to 355. Rye, 5Us to CAB. Tiok bean., 40s to 40s; pigeon, 47d to 355. Grey peas, 42r to 45r ; maple, 42s to 46r; white bollard, sod to 340 per (pouter. Turn-wade flour, 73d to 765; country marks, 57s to tils per 2801bs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. moor. 3730 .. SOO iBlO Irish 28,183 Foreign .. 9990 71120 ...1060 15,46 -1)-11. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 4,614 quarters, Ws 4d ; barley, 2,954 quarters, 49s 7d; eats, 1,V,7 quarters, 26. tid ; rye, d quarters, 674 ad ; beaus, 608 quarters, 4908 d; peas, 466 quarters, 61s ad. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 83s Id , bap ley, 42s 6d ; oats, 28a td ; rye, Ws ad ; beaus, 52s 3d ; pear, 6Ja Jd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 81e 4d; barley, 40e Sd; oats, 2f... 4d; rye, b2s 7d; beaus, 52e; pees, bl, ad. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAMT WEEK—Wheat, 114.853; barley, 150:4143; oats, 17,211/1; rye, 31)1; beaus, S,OLb; peas, 2,058 quarters. TEA—The public sales held this week have gone off slowly, but without leading to any change in the quotations. Privately, a steady business is doing, ea follows :—Cougon, lied to 2s 6d; Sing Yung and Oolong, 11.1 to is lid! Scuchong, 9d to 2e 8d; I.7owery Pekoe, is 41 to as Gd; Caper, is to ls 4d; Scented Caper, is 4d to is id : Orange Pekoe, Is 2d to Is 641; Scented Orange Pekoe, is 9d to 2s 941 Twaukay, 7d to Is ad ; Hyson bkw, 7d to is ; Hysou, 1s 6.1 to as lid; Young ilyson, 1041 to 3s; Imperial, is to 2s od; Gunpowder, is tu 3s tid; Assam, is 3d to 4s 4d per lb. Up to Sanirday last duty with paid on 45,22t1,7991b5, againstl2,2d7,slslbs in le al. SUGAR—Although dealers generally are short of stock, a very limited business has been triuniacted in raw sugar this week, at a decline in prices from the highest pointuf the market of from its to lits per cwt. In relined goods, the supply of which has materially increased, so few sales have taken place that the quotations are nominal. MOLAS,ES—The trade is heavy, and prices are drooping. Present rates vary trot, 26s 6d to 2:4 Gd per cwt. COFFEE Plantation kinds have sold to a fair extent, and in some instances the quotations have had an upward tendency. Good ord native Ceylon has realised biti to Goa per cwt. Mocha has gone rather lower. COCOA—lmporters are very firm, and a moderate business is doing, at last week's currency. The supply utleriug is limited. RICE—We have to report a slow sale for all kinds, un rather lower terms. The best Bengal It selling at from I7s to lea per cwt. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lld to Ilid; of household ditto, led to 11.i4d per 41bs loaf. SEEDS—Trefoil and the beet clover, including linseed, move off steadily, at full quotations. Cakes command the late itu rovetnents hi value, the best English linseed qualities being worth 141 lOs per ton. INDIGO—The demand is rather inactive, yet prices continue to be well supported. corroN—Uur market is very firm, at extreme quotations. HFIMP AND FLAX—The business duing in hemp is but moderate, yet Petersburg clean is held at 4.31 to 4sl per ton. The flax market is dull. WOOL—Fine English wools have been tolerably firm at full quotations, but other qualities are a slow sale. Fvreign and colonial wools are very dull. About OW bales Lava arrived this week. METALS—Scotch pig iron has realised 78s. Manufactured qualities are steady, but not dearer. Spelter, on the spot, has changed hands at 231 13s per ton. Copper, steel, and tiu con tinue very firm. SPIRITS—Rum is tolerably firm, at 3s Id to 3a 3d per gallon for Proof Leewarda, and 2s lid to 3s for East ludia. Brandy, Geneva, and corn bpirits are quite as dear as last week. HOPS—Fine new hops move off steadily, at full quotations; but other kinds are dull. About :SU bales of foreign Lave come in. Mid and East Kent pockets, 70s to l2us; Weald of Hants, tibs to Ufrs ; Susan, ties to 2Us per cwt. POTATOES—The arrivals are large, and the demand is tole rably steady, at from 65s to lbOs per tun. TALLOW—P. Y. C., on the spot, has realised Os Gd to 69e, down to 08s, per cwt. The market Is steady. OILS—Our market generally is heavy. Linseed oil has sold at 42s per cwt on the spot. Other oils are rather drooping. Titr pentlne (spirits) 33s Gd to ra od per cwt.. COALS—Cheater Main, 19s 3d ; 'fanfield Moor, 178 6d; Wylsm,lBa 3d; Lainbtou, 22s 61; lieugh Hall, 21s 3d; Tees, ; Walker Primrose, 17s 3d per ton. METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of beasts have been moderate, and the demand for all kinds has ruled steady. In some instances prices have had au upward tendency. lieef from 3s &I to 55 4d; mutton, 3s 4d to Is; veal, 4s to 58 4d; pork, Ja 101 to Is per albs to J iuk the offal. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL—The supplies of meat have been extensive, and a full average business has been trans acted, as follows:—Beef, from :)s 4d to 48 ed; mutton, So 2d to 4s Gd; real, 38 84.1 to 62 ; pork, Ss 104 to be 44 per bibs by the airwire. 54 4a.;1 11 2 17 94 6 t 3 l A 94 0 64 0 II :* 144 6 100 2 72 4 11 2 d6j 7 j 31 . 4 11 1 142 1 2 t I L t • 35 7 L 6 7 .7 88i 31 I d: 8 :02 4 ZO l t 7: I 129 31 , 13 , 1 4t bi 22 4 {lOO 9 72 4 11 2 S 6 47 S 1 E 7 31 4 28 9 142 7 I 1 113 1 . 6 ,16 7 r Wed. 2i 3 7j 8 79 81 1 )4} 11 2 54 444 11 2 17 9 8i 9 1 .171 84 102 4 5 Sid 17 - 9 t ifie gi i 8 102 41 301 li 77 i boi 7 94 e 6 ti I} 12 5 4 t 22 100 72 4 ll 2 %7 8 851 61 31j 72 4 11 2 S 7 8 31 611 ♦7 149 7 27 8 1.12 7 2 t 1