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1030 BANK OF An At:mount, pursuant to the Ai for the week ending on Saturtli ENGLANis. .ct 7th and Rth Victoria, cap. 32 lay, the 18th day of Oct., 18213. P•RTMENT. ISMIIC Dv Notes issued .... A 23,700,183 Government Debt A 11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,90 n Gold Coln it Bullion 9,2.31,185 Silver Bullion .... -- £23,706,185 A23,706,1+0 LINKING DI Proprletore'CapitalXl4,363, o oo Rest _ PIRTYZNT. Governmont Seem Public Depoeito*.. 4,040.390 Other Deposits .. 10,481,220 Seven Day & other rides (including Dead Weight An.) £11,103,296 Other Securities 19,054,088 Notes Gold & Silver Coin 529,297 Bills .. 985,112 433,233,021 453,238,021 • Including Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Savings Banks, and Dividend Accounts. FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent., M ITuesel. lied. 109 i 0, &Vase as: 70e1 90f 80e' f f.I f.i Fridny. 1001 Brazilian Danish Dtch. (Ez 12 Guil )2e Frenoh 3 Do. 44 Do. Bank Stock Mexican 3 Peruvian 4j Portuguese 4 Russian 5 Spanish 3 Turkish Acc.6 f cl f I .. f. l 1 1 21 e i 75 I — xd 103 ; 1071 41r; I 83j xd 89i xcli93 excl'9ol 89Lxd 1081 7 FOREIGN RAILWAYS Mond., Tuesday. Wednes. Thurs. Friday 8t 7; 6t 7 84 7 r Bf l 7 p 681 7 1 11 f p I f 1p 1 11 1 11 I 1 1p 1 f 1 p 1 4 1 tp 1 1p 1 22 ;22 , 224 21 211 2ll , 21 I 224 81; 2.3 4 ! 23t 4 231 1 4 4 P 7/ 8 4 P 7 4 8 4 P 74 8 4 1 ) 7 2 8 4 0,134 20 191 20 194 20 19t 20 8 37 4 4 37 :I t 1 1 8 87 11 81 91 8* 94 81 9/ Al 91 50 4 ; 49f 504 501 f .491 501 49 51 49 61 49 _6l ;49 51 Antw. & Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Pen. G. W.of Can.,Sh Lyons & Geneve Madras No.& Lge.(w.in ) Nrthrn.of Frnot Norw. Trnk. Pd. Paris & Lyons Paris & Orleans Paris & Rouen Thur. Frid. 8 92 4 54t 5} 10 7 16 7 23 5 80 2 9 92i 5# 113 5 64# 94# - lO5 P 7 6/ 7 102 3 76 / 48 60 3 i Zt 371 81 5 1 id 27 8 101 3 1 71 3 - 144 I 68s 9 1 1044 5 77 23 5 R&TLWAIS- Aberdeen Birtn.NVols.&Stour Bristol cad Exeter Caledonian Chester and Ifolynead Cork and Bandon .... Dubnn b Belfast June. East Anglian Eastern Unior. (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Sth. and Wst of Ire. Great Western Lancashire et Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, et S. Brkg. Lon., Brighton, tc. London and Illeckwell London end Nrth•West. Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western Oaf., Wrcstr., and %Vole Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South- Eastern and Duv South- Western South Wales Waterford & I.i meriok MISCELLANEOUS— Australian Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British Aus. Laud Peel River Land & :din. Scottish A ust. invest South Australian Land Van Diemen's Laud iS 31 j 3 55 116 7 n 2?1 7'e 8 191 149 . 51 ;:: 60 137 j $i }8 27 8 1101 3 171 73 114 i I 68 9 104 5 177 9 Vitrapolitan giarkets. (Reported exclusively , for "Taz Passs.") CORN EXCHANGE—The supplies of home-grown wheat on sale in our market this week have been only moderate, and mach out of condition. The demand for all kinds has ruled heavy—selected samples at about stationary prices —other qualities at a decline of from Is to 2s per quarter. Foreign wheat—theimports of which have been tolerably good—has changed hands slowly, on former terms. Floating cargoes have realised very full prices. There has baen much less activity in the barley trade, and in some instances tho quotations have ruled in favour of buyers. In the value of malt we have no change to notice—the demand is tolerably healthy. The arrival of oats has been seasonably good, and the oat trade has ruled In avy, at barely late rates. Ro , h beans and peas, in cluding flour, have sold at full currencies. Eso r LisH—Wheat, Essex and Kent red, 59. to 708; white, 601 to 775; Norfolk and Lincoln red, :48 to 708. Malting barley, 42. to 49a; grinding ditto, 33s to 378: distilling, 408 to 42.. Malt, 62s to 775. Feed oats, 26s to 28s; potato, 28s to 338. Rye, 438 to 445. Tick beans, 40s to 435; Harrow, 40. to Os; pigeon, 448 to 411 s. Grey peas, 40. to 43a ; maple, 42s to 4').; white boilers, 43s to 48. per quarter. Town•made flour, LBB to 60s: country marks, 478 to 4•ls ; household., 368 to tehl per 2tiOlbs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 3240 .. 2790 .. 1240 90 .. 2300 Irish Noralgu.. 14360 .. 1510 .. .. 22620 .. 1450b1a. 30 ski FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE Tuesdny, October 21. BANKRUPTS.—GEORGE KNIGHT, licensed victualler —Ttiostss NASH, Leather.lane, Holborn, carpenter—JosErw ARON JOSEPH, Bishoogate•street•within, mining agent—JOSEPH CORBEN CooxE, Princes•street, Soho, carver and gilder— RICHARD BELL, Gracec hurch • street, contractor owArtn MEACHER DAVIS, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, licensed victualler—HonEar WREFORD, Exeter. attorney—ALEXANDER SMITH PARKER, Plymouth, draper—J °semi REDFEARN. Thor' hill, Yorkshire. manufacturer-404N BOURNE and Tilos' Ar: RuwsoN, klacclei•tield. silk manufacturers—MlCHAEL HUNTS,. BROWN and CHARLES STONLET, Bishopswearmouth, builders. SCOTCH SEQUESTHATIONS.—G, SMITH, Glasgow, watch, maker—A. P. BLED, Glasgow, power-loom cloth manufacturer. {Get SOo SHARES. 3lond..7'uesd. Wed. • 11 3 16 7 8 81 1 91 S 1 541 5 1 ;18 7 91 3 55 116 7 132 - 2i), 1 79 81 1 . a; ei '3l 2 .119 5 13.11 4 44 t 4 p 104 5, Ult !7(1 tl :45 7 Jt id, 36 7 6 Ob. 6 25 7 ' 1113 5 71 3 67 9 j 102 3' j 77 9 j 143 7 31 id 3i Ut 4t 25 i 103 ;1 3 lit f 67 8 lolpi , 77 9 ' 123 b, 140 8: , 3 4 id' 1 ,1 361 7el 6 '2B 7 I 101 31 73 'l4l fl 1 67 1 8 1! 'lO3 4 :77 9 THE PRESS. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRI D A.Y—Wheat, 3,729 quarters, 70s 10d ; barley, 2,360 quarters, 46s 9d : oats, 4,*02 quarters, 23s 2d : rye, —quarters,--; beans, 474 quarters, 41. 73 peas, 269 quarters, 40s bd. IMPERIAL. WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 656 9d ; bar ley, 44s ; oats, 26s 8d ; rye, 40, ld ; beaus, 46s Id ; peas, 445. Tli I.: SIX WEI.: KS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 65s 73: barley, 44s 4d; outs, 263 43; rye, 42s 6d; beaus, 4bs ; peas, E 24 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 137,288: barley, 63,852 ; oats, 13,561; rye, 619; beans, 6,890; peas ,L 893 quarters. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 91d; of household ditto, 7jd to 84d per albs Mat TEA—The public sales have passed off slowly. but without leading to any quotable change in prices. Privately, two cargoes of the new crop have been distributed to the trade. Present rates are as follows :—Congou, 4,1 to 2s 6d; ling Yong and Oolong, 104 to Is 104; Souchong, 94 to 2s ; Flowery Pekoe, is 5.1 to 38 61; Caper, to —; Scented Caper. le Id to Is 10d; Orange Pekoe, lid to is 2d ; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is 44 to 28 6d ; Twankay, Gd to Is 2d ; Hyson Skin, Gd to Is 2d: Hyson, is 2d to 3a 6d ; Young Hyson, GO to 2s 4tl; Imperial, lld to 2a 4d; Gunpowder, ed to 3s 6d; Assam, 18 ld to 4s 44 per lb. tip to Saturday last duty was paid on 88,105,3961b5, against 38,981,7531bs in 1653. SUGAR—A very ..xtensive business has been passing in all raw sugars, the prices of which have further advanced Is to ls Gd per cwt. Barbadoes has realised 46s to fils ed ; Mauritius, 38s to 555; Bengal, 4as to 525; Siam, 49s to 525; and Manilla, ■float, Ea 6.1 per cwt. Refined goods are brisk, at Ms to 62s per cwi, for grocery lumps. The total clearances to the 18th instant were 5,247,634 cwts, against 5,644,105 cwts In 1855. MOLASSES—Our market is very firm, and prices have ad- vanced Gd per owt. British plantation, 21s Gd to 23n Gd ; foreign, 21a to 22s Ga per cwt. COFFEE—There has been a slow sale for all kinds; never theless, previous rates are supported. Native Ceylon, 521 6ci to 53s 6d percwt. COCOA—The supply is very limited, and the 'demand is steady, at extreme rates. Granada, Ns to We; Trinidad, b9s to 69a; Para, 510 to 638 per cwt. RlCE—Nearly all kinds have met a dull inquiry, and the qu stations have ruled in favour of buyers. 13engal,10s to 13s 6d; Cargo, 8 9d to 10s per cwt. The stock is 3d,000 tons more than last year. PROVISIONS—The amount of business doing In Irish butter is by no means extensive ; nevertheless, prices are firmly supported. Foreign qualities command very full currencies. English butter is active, and dearer. The best weekly Dorset cannot be purchased under 118 a to 120 s per cwt. Prime bacon is in fair request; but other kinds are dull. Hams have further advanced 4sper cwt. COTTON—Rather large quantities have found buyers, at an advance in the quotations of id per lb. The supply here is limited. WOOL—About 35,000 bales have time to nand since our last report. As public sales of about 60,000 bales will be corn menced on the 6th proximo, the demand by private contract is heavy, and the quotations are almost nominal. HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp c 'minims firm, and the late advance in the quotations is su:Torted. Manilla qualified are steady. No change in the value of flax. INDIGO—The biddings at the public sales have become less active, and the opening prices are not supported. Large quan- tities have, consequently, been withdrawn by the importers. FRUIT—New Valencia raisins are selling at 52s to 535; Muscatels, 75s to 110 s; sultanas, 85s to Rds; currants, 7:111 to 768 ; end Turkey tags, 4sa to 70s per cwt. SILK—AII kinds a..e heavy. The fall in prices from the highest point of the market is about 38 per lb. METALS—Scotch pig iron has been in moderate request, at Gds to (9s cash. Manufactured parcels continue dull. Spotter, on the spot, 271 15s; English zinc, 3:d per ton. 'fin and tin plates move off steadily, at full quotations. SALTPETRE—Prices have further advanced leper cwt, with an inactive demand. SPIRITS—‘I : ;Iave had a fair average business doing in rum, at 2. 3d to 2. 4d for proof Leeward., and 2. 20 to 2s 31d for East India. The brandy market is steady. Ail/It-spirit, 105 10d proof ; Geneva, 3s to 4. per gallon. HOPS—The supplies of now hops are extensive. Fine sam ples move off steadily, at full prices; but other kinds are dull. Duty, 250,0001. Mil and East Kent pockets. 70. to 105 s; Weald of Kent, 60s to 84s; Sussex, 60s to 70s ; Farnham' and country ditto, 70s to hISs per cwt. POTATOES—The supplies are moderate, and the demand is steady, at from 7Us to 105 s per ton. OlLS—Linseed oil has sold to some extent, at from 40s to 40s lid per cwt on the spot. In common fish oils very little is doing. Turpentine is steady. Spirits, 3is to 335; rough, 9. to 52 3d per cwt. TALLOW—The shipments from SL Petersburg amount to 100,000 casks. Our market, however, is very tiro), and prices are on the advance. P.Y.C., on the spot, 55s 6I to 5 , 1 s per cwt. Town tallow, 55s 6d net cash. The imports continue liberal. COALS—Tenfield Moor, 16s; Riddell, 17s 61; Pensher, 168: Gosforth. 17s cd; Haswell, 19s sd; lieugh Hall, 18s; Hetton, 19s 6d; Lambton, 19a; Whitworth, 17a ; Eden, lels Gd; Tees, lOs 6d per ton. METROPOLITAN CATTLF.—The supplies of fat stock on sale this week have been very moderate ; nevertheless, the trade generally has ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Bti ; mutton, Ps 6d to Sc; veal, 3s ed to 5a 2d; pork, dm 8:1 to fts 2d per Sibs to sink the offal. NEWGATE AND I.F.ADENHALL The trade generally has been heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 2s Gd to 4a lid: mutton, 3a to 4s td ; veal, 3s 4d to 4a 8d ; pork, Os 8J to 5s tid per Nibs b+ the carcase. Friday, October 24. - • BANKRUPTS.—The }lova. BRITISH Btxx, South Sea House, Threadneedle-street.—CHAtums AUGUSTUS TowsaY Ileuleyupou.Thames, vine merchant-111mi. R►W, Tyson' I treet, Kingsland•road, iron dealer—Titowss RALEY, ham, grocer—GEORGE HENRY SELLERS, Westbourne park-road- Paddington, merchant—JOHN VERNON, Low Walker, Northum berlang, iron ship builder—WALTEß LODGE, Fennay-bridge, near Huddersfield, cloth manufacturer--JusEen FRANCIS KING, Belle Vue Witte, Seven Siaters-road, Holloway, butlder— OCTAV • IUS KING and ALFRED KING, Dullingham, Carnbr:dge, corn merchants —Titouss SPEEDING, Sunderland, ropo manufac• turer. SATURDAY, BIRTHS. BURT—On the 21at ult., at St. Rites, the wife of the Hon. A. P Burt, AttorneyOeueral, of a daughter. DENT—On the lAth instant, in Thurloe•aquare, Lady Beaujolois Dent, of a daughter. LURGAN—Ou the :Ist instant, at Brighton, Laly Lurgan, of a NOII. MALING—On the 10th instant, at Bayswater, the wife of Lieut.- Colonel C. S. billing, Bengal Army, of a daughter. MOODY—On the 18th instant, at Edinburgh, Lieut.•Colouel Moody, R.E., of a son. REYNA RDSON—On the 20th instant. in Lower Seymour. street, the wife of Colonel Birch Reynardson, C. 8., late Ore• nadier Guards, of a daughter. SYNGE—On the 4th ult., at Government House, Nassau, Ba hamas, the wife of Millington Henry Synge, Esq., Captain Royal Engineers, of a daughter. BOYS—TRUSCOTT—un the 15th instant, at Worth, Kent Henry Boys, Commander lt.N., to Margaret Henderson, Truscott, niece of the late Rear• Admiral Henderson. PEA RSE—GUINNESS—On the 14th instant, in Dublin, Robt. Charles Thomas Pearce, Esq., to Edith Frances Sheridan, daughter of Richard Samuel Guinness, Esq., M.P. for Barn staple, North Devon. STANNUS—FITZGEHALD—On the 16th instant, at Paris, Walter Trevor Stimlus, Esq., son of the Dean of Ross, to the Hon. Catherine Geraldine Vesey Fitzgerald, daughter of Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey. DEATHS. CARLISLE—On the 20th instant, Annabel's, daughter of the late Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S., of Laugham•place. HASSAI.L—On the 19th instant, at Richmond, Mary Ann, wife of Richard Hassell, M.D. HOLM—On the 21th ult., at Highgate, J. D. H olm , Esq., a most disuuguished phrenologist, aged dl. OAK ELEY—Ou the 17th instant, at Oakeley, Salop, Lieut.-Col. Oakeley, 50th ttegt. PEARCE—On the 19th instant, at Cheltenham, John Church Pearce Church, son of ',taut: Colonel Church Pearce, aged 18. PERCY—On the 20th instant, at Scotsbridge, Herta, Vice• Admiral the Hon. Joaceline Percy, C. 13. piDIATING and REFLECTING STOVE. IL WILLIAM S BURTON'S New Register Stove combines completely the well known principles ot both Stephens's and Sylvester's celebrated patent stoves, while it has others equally valuable which are peculiarly its own, and for whioh a patent has been granted. Its reflecting and radiating powers are per fect, it is very simple and cannot be put out ot order, consumes but little fuel, is most cleanly and cheerful in use, while its general appearance, no fender being needed, is most imposing. Prices, complete, black or bronzed, from q. 10s.; bright, 141..i5. and upwards. One may be seen in action in his Silt/W.l'OOW% which contain such au sssortment of tenders, stoves, ranges, fire-irons, and general ironmongery as cannot be approached elsewhere, either for variety, novelty, beauty of design, or ex quisiteness of workmanship. Bright stoves. with bronzed ornaments and two sets of bars, 41. 14s. to VI. 13s. ; ditto, with ormolu ornaments and two sets of bars, 51. ss. to 221. Bronzed fenders, with standards, 7s. to 51. 125.. steel fenders, 21. 15s. to 1:1.; (lilt°, with rich ormolu ornaments, 21. 15s. to 18i. Fire. irons from Is. 9d. the set to 41. 4s. PEDSTEADS, BEDDING, and FURNI .I) I'UItE.—ILL.:ANI S. BURfON'S Stock on show of Iron and Brass Bedsteads and Children's Cots stands unrivalled either for extent, beauty of design, or moderateness of prices. He also supplies Bedding and Lied Hangings of guaranteed quality and workmanship. Portable Folding Bedsteads, from 12a.; Patent Iron Bed steads, tilted with dovetail joints and patent sacking. from 15s. ; and Cots, from 21.15. each. Handsome Ornamental Iron and Brass Bedsteads, in great variety, from 12 dd. to 113 15s. A Half-Tester Patent Iron Bedstead, three feet wide, with Bedding, &c., complete-- Bedstead tl 4 6 Chintz furniture 0 14 0 Paillasse, wool uisttress, bolster, and pillow A pair of cotton sheets, three 'olankets, and a coloured counterpane Xll4 6 A double bedstead. same S 6 3 0 If without Half-Tester and Furniture— Single bed, complete 3 13 9 Double bed, complete LAMPS it MODERATEUR, from Os. to a 6p. 'WILLIAM S. BURTON has collected from the different makers here and in France a variety that defies competition. As many imported from France are inferior in the works, William S. Burton selects at Paris from the best makers only, and he can guarantee each lamp he sells as perfect in all its parts. His Stock comprises also an extensive assortment of SOLAR, CAMPHINE, PALMER'S, and all other LAMPS. Pure Colza Oil, 4s. dd. per gallon. Palmer's Candles, 9d. per lb. Patent Camphine, 45. per gallon. Thelate additions to these extensivepremises (already by far the largest in Europe) are of such a character that the entireof EIGHI HOUSES is devoted to thedisplay of the most magnili cent stock of GENERAL HOUSE I RONNIONGERY (Including Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated Goods, Baths, Brushes, Turnery, Lamps, Gaseliers, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, Bedding, and Bedhangings), so arranged in Sixteen Large Show-rooms as to afford to parties furaishing facilities in the selection of goods that cannot be hoped for elsewhere. Illustrated Catalogues sent (per post) free. No. 19, OXFORD•STRE ;1. lA, 2, and 3, N FAVMAN. STREET; 4,6, sod 6, PERKY'S-PLACE. hstablisbed 1820. f 4 1 a 34 t4l 23 5, 2 cif ( ;34 6 14} si, 23 !23 I 14 la I 1 3 * 31 6 ,16 6 I ,li 2 !i l 144 6 iIS 6 li 2 a 31 6