The Press. — London, England, 1856-08-23 00:00:00

814 this season, even now amounts to an appreciable sum. The purchases'of the Bank of France, too, are less, and though the Credit Mobilier is in the market in order to send specie to Austria, on account of its railway en gagements in that empire, we do not anticipate that it is likely to indulge iu competitive purchases for any but the smallest necessary amounts. Even the Credit Muhllier, in its boldest speculative flights, must have regard to the relative price and purpose of its purchases; and we can not imagine that it will undertake the peril of engaging to buy gold at a premium hete, and to its own loss, in order to facilitate the resumption of cash payments in a eouutry so hampered with financial difficulties as Austria. We therefore look for a diminished demand shortly from France; and in the meanwhile it is a favorable symptom that, notwithstanding an unprecedented and irregular com petition, the Bank of England is able to maintain if not to increase her supplies of the precious metals, which are the basis of the trade and circulation of the country. English Securities have been steady. Last Friday, for ex ample, Consols closed at 93i to 4 for account, last night at the same, and to-day again at IN to 4. The lowest price has been 93i to 1, consequently the fluctuation has been upon the smallest possible scale, while the tendency, which is regulated exclusively by opinion in the absence of actual business, has been invariably upwards. To use a Stock- Exchange expression, " the Bears are out of town," while the Bulls see nothing in present circumstances to induce them to reverse their operations. There has been some money buying in the course of the week, especially yesterday ; but the purchases on account of the savings-lanks have not been renewed, consequently, whatever support the market has received, has come exclusively from the public. Foreign Securities have also exhibited much steadiness, and prices bn the whole are a shade higher than this day week, except in some of the South American and Spanish Stocks, which are regarded with rather less favour. Turkish and Russian are still the objects of the mass of transactions. Railway Shares were flat in the early part of the week, but subseqnently they have become firm, and in several instances a decided advance has been established. Among these are Great Northerna, South•Easterna, and Great Westerns. The latter have advanced fully 20s. since this day week, principally upon a bona-fide demand from the country—especially, it is said, from Liverpool and Man. chester. North-Eastern', Eastern Counties, and some others, are, on the other hand, lower, owing to circum• stances connected with the undertakings themselves, and principally referable to questions of dividend. But taken altogether, the Railway Market is higher aid firmer than this day week, and it has been tolerable active for the dull season of the year. In the course of the week the Com mittee of the Stock Exchange have resolved to omit the Riga and Danaburg Railway from quotation in the official list, on the ground that the terms held out in the prospectus of the undertaking were not in conformity with the [mpe• rial ukase granting the concession—in other words, that the Russian guarantee is only one for four per cent., as was stated in these columns some weeks ago, and not for five per cent. The effect of this resolution in the first in. stance was to depreciate the shares considerably, but they have since recovered, and they are now dealt iu at a pre. mium of about one and a half. Joint• Stock Banks remain without much alteration. Otto- man Snares, however, are depressed, having fallen to par, on account of a call of 51., payable certainly some time off, but more so on account of certain projects in agitation, which, if realised, must deteriorate its prospects at Con stantinople and in the Levant. To-day they slightly rallied. Miscellaneous Shares have been quiet and inactive. A decline of one•eighth has taken place in those of the Crystal Palace Company, mainly, we presume, from tem• pf.ntry causes. _ A new discount company will be announced to-morrow or in a day or two, the operations of which it is intended shall include some of the great shipping ports and manu facturing towns. The application of associated capital to the discount business upon the principle of limited liability undoubtedly promises considerable public advantage, not the least of which is the extension of competition for the reproductive employment of money. The Trade Reports of the week are again satisfactory. BANK OF ENGLAND. Au Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and sth Victoria, cap. 32 for the week ending on Saturday, the 16th day of August, 1866. - . . 11101011 I.IIPiaTMENT. Notes issued .... 446,979,730 ' tiovernment Debt £11,015,104. Other Securities .. 3359,900 Gold Coln & Bullion 11,601,730 Silver Bullion .... £96,279,730 ILNICIPIO IMPLATXXIIT. PropristoraCapitabi 14,553,000 Government Seen- Rest Public Depoeita* 4,c 6.4.21+4 Deadß eight An., 412 010.079 Other Deposita Seven Day I other Notes 6,200,560 Bills • Including Exchequer. Cc Savings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts. £26,27J,730 £84,131,727 £54,191.727 of National Debt, BRITISH FUNDS. Closing Prices. OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS. Mond. Tuesd. Wed. Thurs. ,Fritsay ---•— e per Cent.Consols llse 4 —•— 95 t 1 95 4 4 Ditto for Account 1 94 1 i i .9. 1 ...... $ per Cents Reduced i 914 961 el 25e ;Sit i 33e i 3 per Cents Long Annuities '3 1-16 SB-16 ' 4 Irld Bank Stook, 7 per Cent , 2181 217‘14 Me 1218 e titanium l Rich. Bills, /id. India Bonds, ( 1,0001.) I —p, p p 13 p THE PRESS. FO] Per Cent., REIM Mond 1011 f FUNDS. Mead. Wed. Brazilian b Danish 5 Utch. ( Ex 12 Gutl )2e French 3 Do. 4e Do. Bank Stock - I 61i i 141 b lie c 70:88e f c: f a CI I. Melican 3 Peruvian 46 Portuguese 4 Russian 5 Spanish 3 Turkish &mil f ci f c CI ;81i is Antw.& Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Pen G. W .of Can.,Sh Lyons tt Getters Madras Ng.* Lge.(w.in ) tirthm.ofFrno, . Norw. Truk. Prf. Paris a Lyons Paris * Orleans Paris a Rouen Iradki s i - LI 14 - 54 4 - 4; I 1031 1 1 103 h j I lolk 1081 RAILW•IO— di rm. W ol v. & Stour Val Bristol alid Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holynead Cork and Bandon Dubnu & Belfast June. East Anglian Eastern lin (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern fit. Bth. and W.t of Ire. Great Western Lancashire & Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, & S. Brkg. Lon., Brighton, de London and Blackwall London and Nrth-West. Newmarket. Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western Oxf., Wrcstr., and Wyly Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Dov. South- Western 'ouch Wales Waterford & Limerick .- I SHARES. 3/ond. Triad. Wed.! 27ifts. ;28 8 1 26 8 18 8 — 8j 91 81 91 81 9181 91 94 8 194 8 194 G 95 97 584 7118 j 74.64 74661 74 17 07 417 4 .17 4 12 IB'l2 4 12 14 It 14 3 5 3 41)S 5p 3 5,? 184 7 118 j 7, 164 7 4 114 7# 25 2 :25 27 23 7 25 27 83 5 ;83 5 83 5 . 33 5 91 j 191 9j 119 t 98 e;47j 84 971 31 1 371 81 :17 Oill7 9 117 9;117 9 (41 I 644 844 5.01 981 I 983 • 1,981 1984 1) -- P I -- 10847410847111084741106474 7 1 7 7 4 6 4 7 2 1074 8 1074 11074 11074 8 84 j 84 i jB4 4 'lB4 M ISCILLANEOUB - Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British Aus. Laud Peel River Land & Scottish Aust. Invest. South Australian Land Van Diemen's Land 32 4 :52 4 31 0-3. id' 37 8 '361 741 ei 4 d 4 , 1 7 31 S 31 3 108 10 108 10 77 79 77 79 is 616 74i 5.74 j I luSe7ilo6i7 83'81 83 27 2 197 9 381274 i 196 9[ 2 '26 27 1 126 9 4 I i ti 64 ill 1 I 16 17 135 E 111 16 1. !SS 4 IS! a 3 4 _ 0,41 id 1361 1361 74 41 4 1 4 1 id r3 l l $3:l 33 106 la!loa to /77 79 1 77 79 13 615 t 76 1 75 i 106174 1064.1 91 8391 3 27 2 27 19 26 726 7 124 9 194 8 $ 11 -- -- fTI il i 4l 1 Is It 261 41 861 61 16 IT 16 Friday. Ui 83. 3 ..... 1031 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS Aloud. Tuesday. Widnes. Thurs. Frides h 7; 81 ,7h 81 7h 81 17j 81 7; 811 If 41 11 2 If 2 If 2 If 1 21 2t iP 1 2 1 tP. 2 i p 24 P 22; 3 1 2th bk 122' 3' 22; 31 22; Si :211 21 21 4 1 21; 214 2/ 21i 2$ 21h 21 25$ 25 ' 5 1 !25 1 25 I 111 2ip 111 2pi 2g p 111 2ip 111 121 p 21 121 *1 421 it t 21 9g9g 2gl) ; 9 1 .42 42 • 42 g 42 I 42 i di 9 Oi l 9g. 8g ig 8g 9 I 8g 9g 681 28i Sei I 68i 48 7 6 7 66 56 8 7 557 811 01 6 37 17 171 12 14 3 b p 161 71 25 7 83 3 9 1 27f 9/ 117 9 95S 9 98E 9 1061 p 7/ is 1075 84 8 L 3 4 3 4 ii $s 71 6i 7 4/ 4id 31 33 108 10 lb 6 76 6 106 i 10 3 71 el 27 9 28 27 128 9 11 2 21 1 34 61 18 17 llittropolitan fiarhtts. (Reported e xclustrelvf or "Tax Pima.") CORN EXCHANOE—Very limited surplies of English wheat have been on sale in our market this week. Owing to the prevailing wet weather, the demand for all kinds his ruled active, at an advance in the quotations of 4s to Ss per quarter. There has been a better feeling in the sale for foreign wheats, and fine parcels have realised 2s to Is per quarter more money. Floating cargoes of grain have sold to some extent, at enhanced currencies. New barley has moved off freely, at high rates ; and old parcels have commanded quite as much as last week. The sale for malt has been slow, but we have no change to notice in its value. Oats have ruled steady, but not dearer. Both beans and peas have commanded extreme rates. The flour trade has continued firm, and country marks have been held for higher prices. A large quantity of American flour is on sale. EXOLlSit—Wheat, Essex and Rent red. 61s to 70s; white, 69s to fl0s; Norfolk an.l Lincoln red, 64s to 71s. Malting barley, 40s to 455; grinding ditto, 36s to 39s distilling, 39s to 425. Malt, 620 to 775. Feed oats, 24s to 275; potato, 25s to Us. Rye, 40s to 425. Tick beans. 36s to 38s; Harrow, 3ms to 40s; pigeon, 40s to 445. Grey peas, 37s to 39s ; maple, 40s to 425. white boilers, 43. to 46e per quarter. Town-made dour. els to 645; country marks, 4es to 50s; households, 52. to Sts per 2801bs. ARRIVALS TB!! WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Enellsh 111.0 .. eu .. 3920 .. .. 380 Irish .. SO .. .. 970 .. Foreign.. 156t0 6d3) 48 7 910 1120 big. 390 skr. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—ViIe6i, 3,158 quarters, 72s 74 ; barley, 43 quarters, 436; oats. 1,837 quarters, 28s ; rye, 81 quarters. 426 ed ; beans, 331 quarters, 40. sd: peas. 138 quarters, 39. 94. IMPERIAL MEEKLY AVERAGE3—Wbeat, 71s; bar. ley, 43s Sd ; oats, 26s 3d ; rye, 446 34 ; beans, 442 4d; peas, 395. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wbeat,7SI 4d: barley, 41s 73; oats, 265 63; rye, 48s 31; beaus, 455 51; peas, 12i 8.1. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 44,0t'2; barley, 2,3t15; oats, 7,018; rye, 132; beans, 2,296; peaa,4l2 quarters. SATURDAY, BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 10d; of household ditto, 714 to 81d per sibs loaf TEA—The supply on offer is extensile, and nearly all kinds ate dull in sale, at barely stationary prices. Current rates are as follows :—Congon, Rid to 25 6d; Sing Yong and Oolong, 104 to is 10d; Souchong, 9d to 2s 6d; Flowery Pekoe, is bd to 35 6d; Caper,— to —; Scented Caper, la Id to Is 104; Orange Pekoe, lid to Is 2tl; Scented Orange Pekoe, is 4d to 2s 6d ; Twankay, 61 to is 2d ; Hyson Skin, Cd to le 2d: Hyson, is 2d to 3s 6d ; Young Hyson, 6rd to 2s 4d; Imperial, lid to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, 8d to 35 641; Assam, Is Id to 45 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 29,982,1621ba, against 32,324,6341bs in 1866. SUGAR—The supplies of raw sugar on offer are but mode. rate. Fine qualities have changed hands to a fair extent, at, in some instances, an advance in the quotations of &I per cwt. Inferior and damp parcels have sold on former terms. West India has realised 44s to 50s; Mauritius, 374 to 4tis ; Benares, 46.641 to 495; Madras. 38s to 45s per cwt. Floating cargoes have commanded extreme rates. It fined goo.is are steady, at 655 6d to :Ms per cwt. The total clearances to the 16th inst. were 2,313,575 seta, against 3,171,936 cwts in 1865. MOLASSES—This article—the sup;:ly of which is butmotle rate—is in good request, at full quotations. St. KW's. 2 . is 6d Antigua, 235 to 23s 6d; Cuba and Purtu Rico, 2ts to 22s 6d per cwt. COFFEE—Plantation kinds hale moved off freely, at full cu r rencies. Nati v e qualities are firm, at 61s 6d to 534 per cwt. Foreign coffees suppoit last week's prices. COCOA—The transactions are limit - ed, and the quotations are barely supports 1. Trinidad, 15sto sss • Granada, 62s to :ins; Bahia and Pars, 475 to 48s; and Guayaquil, 535 to his per cwt. RlCE—Owing t) the activity in the corn trade, our market has become very firm, and in some instances prices have advanced 3d to sd per cwt. The stock in warehouse is still very extensive. PROVISIONS—We hays an improved inquiry for most kinds of Irish butter, at an improvement in value.of is per cwt. Foreign qualities are brisk, and 45 dearer. English has ad• vanced to the same extent. The bacon market is iairly supplied, and the trade rules firm, at 28 per cwt more money. Other kinds of provisions are firm. COTTON—The demand has fallen off, and late rates are barely maintained. Surat, 44t1 to 54d; Bengal, 34d to 44d; and Aladras, 4ici to 54d perlb. WOOL—The public sales are just drawing to a close. An immense quantity of wool has been disposed of, and the fall in the quotations throughout the series haSnot been more than ld per lb. English wool is firm. The Imports from abroad this week are under 1,500 bales. HEMP AND FLAX—There is a good consumptive demand forall kinds of hemp, and prices generally are well supported. The flax market is dull, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. INDIGO—Our market is heavy, yet there are no sellers di lower terms. SILK —We have to notice a slight improvement in the demand for 1111 kinds of silk, at fully late rates, which are se follows:—Bengal, Surdah, 27s to 295; Cossimbuzar, 156 to 245; Gonatea, Lis to dts; Jungypore, 165 to 335; Com mercolly,l6a to 275; xi urripaul, 12s rid to Its od ; Radnagore, 12. to 255; Bauleah, Ils cr 15s; Mundelghaut, 13s to 17s. China, Tsatlee, middling and inferior, :a 6d to 23s 6,1; ditto superior and second quality, 2ts 6,1 to 2its 6,11; Yuun fa, 13s to 22e; Taysaam, 17s to 21s 6d; long-reeled, 17s to ltls ; Canton, 1:s to los per lb. SALTPETRE—Fine qualities have sold steadily, at 33s to 113 s 8d per cwt. The stock is very moderate. POTATOES—Large supplies continue to reach us, and a steady business is doing at from 21 15s to 41 4s per ton. OlLS—Linseed oil has sold to a fair extent, et 32s to tns per cwt on the spot. Most other oils have realised previous rates. 1 urpentine has sold slowly. Spirits, 30s to 31s 61; rough, 9s to 9s 3d per cwt. TALLOW—Great firmness has prevailed in the demand. P.Y.C., on the spot, has realised 536 6d to 53s 9d; August and September, 53s 3d; October and September, Sla to his per cwt. COALS Tanfield Moor, 14s Cd ; Cassop. 176 9d; Brsddyll, 176 9d; Kelloe, 18s; Hatton, 19s; Eden Mein, 17s 9d; Lambton, les 6d; .Gosforth, 16e M; Tees, 19s; stewart's, 19s per ton. METROPOLITAN CATTLE Fair average supplies of beasts have been on sale this week. The beef trade. however, has ruled steady, at an improvement in the quotations of ed per 3lbs. Sheep, lambs, calves, and pigs nave been In fair bupply, and moderate request, at full prices. Beet, hrom 3s Id to Ss; mutton, 3s sd to 5s 9d; lamb, 4s lid to Gs; Neal, 3s 8.1 to 4s 101; pork, da 2d to Is eld per 81bs to sink the offal. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL —The trade generally has ruled steady, as follows:—Beef, from 26 10d to 4s bd; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; lamb, 44 4d to Ss 6d; veal, 9s 4d to is dd ; pork, 9s 6rl to 46 Cki per tdbia b• the carcase• FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE Tuesday, August ID. BANKRUPTS.—Joszott Wo.sox, High-street, Kingston& painter and decorator—Witumo FIELD, Princes-street, Storey's gate, Westminster, printer—Jost x Drri, Strand, stationer — ANDREW L►URIE, St. John-street Rood, baker JOSEPH BARNSLEY, Old-hill, Rowley Regis, Stafford, publican and gas tube manufacturer—Joax JORNSON, late of Willenhall, now of Stafford. chemist and druggist—Eras ROBERTS, Bigin-colliery, Llanelly, coal miner— !AXES Tat:scow, Aberystwitb. Cardigan, watchmaker and Jeweller—RlCHAßD ECCLES and Jona "NuriEu. Bottoms-hall Mill, Tottington Lower-end, Lancaster, cotton spinners WILLIAM JASPER CarPaa, Newcastle-upor. - Tyne , commission agent. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—W. and G. TELTPR, St. Enoch's-wynd, Glasgow, wine and spirit merchants-6E ol ms FERRIE (nf Blairiummock), Glasgow, underwriter—DONALD STEWART (decea- ed), Lochee, quarry master— Tnomos Mum, Candleriggs-street, Glasgow, glass and china merchant. Friday, August 22. BANKRUPTS.—EDWARD Coox, Hellesdon, Norwich, miller —FREDERICK BURT MACDONALD, Bridgwater, corn dealer — JAMES HAWKINS, Woolvtieh,corn dealer—MAßY AfiN APLETREE, Stow-on•the-Wold, Gloucester—WALTEß ROBERT JOHNsox, Adelaide-chambers, Gracechurch-street, merchant—CHALLES EDWARD DAVIS, Upper Thames-au-cc; City, wholemtle grocer-- WILLIAM SREPPARD JONES,Tredegar, Monmouthshire, grocer` ALFRED Evss, Judd-place west, New-road, corn dealer—JAues BLENEAIOI. Tetney, Lincolnshire, grocer—ALFRED SIDNEY SMITH, Staffordshire, ironfuuuder--Flifinfiatcx N lO' Nay, Brighton, printer—SastAn BARLOW, Macclesfield, licensed victualler—Rosaar Eworr, Blyth, Northumberland, draper— FILANCIS LEWIS and HENRY GARDNIR, WrlalnlOll, Somerset. shire, manufacturers—SAstrzt. Btaccscitx and EDWIN BLACK Nisi. Liu a Gomersal, Yorkshire, cloth merchants. SCOTCH SEQUESTHATIONS.—Wu.i.iii Low,F.diaburibi moinuitant (dimmed). Frld.