The Press. — London, England, 1856-05-03 00:00:00

l‘fo 3, 1856 . In the market for Foreign Securities not much business to b ee n done. Turkish Six per Cents. have improved, after ra ther a considerable fall , and Mexican are also better. Joint•stock Bank Shares are lower. London and County hare been dealt in at 33i. London and Paris, 3i to 24 dis. Alliance Bank, to dis. National Discount Company, to i dis• .• A sucestion has been published for the winding up of the London and Paris Bank, on the ground that only 4 . 40•) eat of the ti.im shares have been subscribed ; that there will be a difficulty in obtaining payment of the call o f 401. per share, and that no shares have been taken u p in Paris. A »ply has been published on the part of the directors stating that the charter will be obtained as s ,„, n as possible, anti deferring explanations until that period. /The rnity Bank commenced business yesterday at the chief office in New Cannon-street, and at the branch in New Coventry•street. The London and Eastern Banking Corporation have open 4 a branch in Mark-lane. The financial statement of the Chancellor of the Ex che iner will be made on Monday, the 19th inst. BANK OF ENGLAND. AT Account, invariant to the Act 7th and Rtb Victoria, ear. 22 for the week ending on Saturday, the 2Gth day of April, 1856. TRAMS DICP&11111NNT. i Notes issued .... A 2.1,556,875 Government Debt V 1,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,0n0 Gold Coin k Bullion 9,0.4.675 Silver Bullion .... --• £23,556,67:. 123.556,U73 NANKING DI Proprietore'Capttalt l4 . ss3 . (oo , Rest Pohl deposit-' 4.008 Mt Other Deposits 11,036,793 Seven Day S other 6 Rills Government Seen- rities (including Dead WeightAn.i (MVO OM Other Securities .. 15 97:‘,1,13 Notes 3 63245, Gold & Silver Coin 641.455 £33,619,182 153,619,182 of National Debt, ' • Inehrlinz Exchequer. Commission( Suing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts. BRITISH FUNDS.— Closing Pikes. :OFFICIAL QUOTATION. Mond. Mead. Wei. 77turi. Fri Iny. 1371 2 921 ; 92i 92; it 93/ r 2; 914 0/ 90Z 19111 514 9: 1 91; 4,91! 3i 3 91 3 ; 3 2 91 1 2 91Z .31 211/ 211 2 211 2 2114 01 1 1 84 4 d: 51 35 d 6d i 3 89d ' d d I per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities SEA Stock, 7 per Cent Onnnum I:v:11. Bills. 2id.,June , India Bonds, (1,000 I.) FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Mond. Tuesday. Wednes 1 Thurs. 1 Friday &Mts.& Rttrlm. Si f 84 I 8 I i g# I Belgian East. J.. :1 14 2f id 2 }di .21 fil Dutch Rhenish 1 tp 1 op 11 i P . 11 fp East Indian—. 23 I 221 3i 221 lti 23 Gt. Indian Pen. 211 2i 211 2t 211 2i 1 u . '. 211 2i G.W.ofCan.,Sh. 251 6 23f GI '2..1 t 1 ci 262 I Lyons & Geneve p . p P. *I - P Madras Na.kLr.(w.ln ) I fl V t' 7 4 '1 7 i Srthrn.ofFrnet. 41t 1 411 2 42i 3 C 43 i 4 Norw.Trek.Prfl 8 9 I 9 2 ! 8 9 ig 8 9 Paris 9 Lyons s6f 4 561 I 3 6 1 7 4 57 4 f Paris & Orleans 14 6 154 6' 55 7 U 7 Pais & Rouen — I i SHARES. Ft tiLVAI erdeen Vow?. nesd. Wed 251 di ni d 35i 6 Aii 9Ai 9Ai 91 AN 941 AA 90 NA 901 511 91 591 60t661 141 51,15 6 132 62 al -- 16 7 16 7 16 7 23 5 SS 6 23 15 76 8 '76 8 76 8 1 92 4 02 i 91 10, 93 4 ;94 5'941 sj l 102 4 102 4102 41 602 1,6e1 I:d2 2 67 i e i dd -- I -- 1 -- I 101 3 101 3,102 9; 7; 6; 711 G; 711 91i190 100 1004 V 791 3 721 31.731 41 53 553 5 d3i Id 33 4 33i 41 21s*?. Eirn.Wolv. R St our Bristol cid Exeter Caledonian - SR 90 59i 60 14 Gi Chester and Tiolynead Cork and Bandon Pilbiln 1 Belfast Juno East. Anglian Eastern llniot(B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Sth. and Wit of Ire Great Western Lancashire t Yorkshire ion., Tilbury, & Sthend Lon., Brighton, do London and Blackwall London and Nrth-West Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrtbrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North• Western Oaf.. Wrestr., and %Voir , Scottish Central ... Scottish Midland . South Devon .... S outh• Eastern and Dor. South. Western South Wales Waterford & Limerick M ISCELLAN£O CS- A astralian Agricultural Canada Cry,tal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British Aus. Laud Peel River Land & Scottish Amu. Invest South Australian Land Van Diann's Land 16} 7; 23 5 76 92 19 0 5 1 102 4 ta 4 874 8} 101 103 10( ef I 7 7111 4 4 1 1. 2 p A 6i - '' l 26 7 103 5 7 75 7 _ t(l3 5 26 7 103 5 175 7 114 4 p si} Si 171 3 14 b r 3 5 3 i ti 34; 5t 81 id 20 28 103 5 :3 7 14 5 704 14 941 54 71 3 6}704 70i 1 1 93i 41 5; 5 71 3 n - 3 30 2 140 5 3 t i i 24 3 1, 1 37 9 i 6 138 30:r 36 30 2 iio 1 - li6o 2i 30 31? 11 1 11 1 4i 3i12; 3i i n 3 1 1 i 37 } 9 1 37 937 i ib 613 6:15 6 Mond.. l'er Cent. Brazilian 6 Danish 5 Dtch. (Fa 12 unil ;24 French 3 N FUNDS. Tuesd. Wed. 63 I raj ,73: 75e 74: 10c1 93:50; 93:75e' L 24i 22/ 1041 . 1 4ag 261 6961 if Do. 4i Do. Rank Stoek Mexican 3 Peruvian 44 Portuguese 4 Russian 3 Spanish Turkish tee 6 THE PRESS. - f.. 21f e xld 1 l rttropolitan Tilathtts. (Reported exclusivelyfor "Tax Passe.") CORN EXCHANGE—For the time of year, about average supplies of English wheat, in fair condition, have come to hand this week, coastwise and by lend carriage. Selected samples have sold steadily, at an improvement in the quotations of Is per quarter. Must other kinds have reeliied previous rates, with only a limited inquiry. New foreign wheats have been In quirt d for. and the currencies have had an upward tendency. Old samples changed hands slowly, on former termi. Floating cargoes have commanded very little ati.ention. The barley trade has continued steady, at full prices: whilst the supplies have been very small. There has been a steady sale for malt, at fully the late improvement in value. Oats, beans, and peas, have commanded extreme rates, but without much activity in the cl.:- mend. There has been a steady sale for flour, and Norfolk qualities have ruled the turn higher. ENGLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent red. 54. to 70s; white, 61s to 755: Norfolk and Lincoln red, Sts to 71s. Malting barley, 40a to 45s ; grinding ditto, 33s to 35s distilling, 35s to 395. Malt, 65s to 81s. Feed oats, 21. to 235; potato, 23s to 28s. Rye, 44s to 455. Tick beans, 32s to 35a: Harrow, 34s to 575; pigeon, 37. to 41s. Grey peas, 54. to 35s ; maple, 37s to 39a; white boilers, 40s to es per quad ter. Town-made flour, 53s to 655: country marks, 46s to 50s; households, 35. to Us per 2801bs. ARTMAT. S 'THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. K nclish 1710 .. .. 1020 .. 740 Irish .... 9CIIO Foreign 2160 12170 .. 3620sks 6610 bls. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIO AT—Whent, 5.26'7 qtmrters, 83s 6d; barley 731 quarters. 39s 8d : oats. 7,0 i 4 quarters,2ls Ild ; rye, 83 quarters, 38s lld ; beans, 272 quarters, 40s 2d: peas. 54 quarters. 375 10d. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVE RAG ES—Wbeatill7s Ild ; bar- ley, 39a Ild ; oats, 23a 4d ; rye, 40s 3d ; beans, 41s 4d; pear, 39s 2d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 68s Rd; barley, 3Rs Rd: oats, 23s 72 ; rye, 43s 721 beans, 41a 2d; peas, 38- Ild. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLDILAST WEEK—Wheat, 97,938; barley, 37,921; oats, 11,267; rye, 32; beans, Z.,868; peas, 705 narters BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 94d to 102; of household ditto, 742 to 92 per 41bs loaf TEA—Public sales of China and Assam qualities have taken place this week ; but the transactions were very limited, at pre vious quotations. Privately, most kinds move off slowly, at last week's prices, or as follows:—Congou, Bjd to 2s 6d; Icing Yong and Oolong, 10d to is 10d; Souchong, 9¢d to 2s 6d ; Flowery Pekoe, is 4d to 45: Caper, to —; Scented Caper, Is 3d to is 11d; Orange Pekoe, to ; •Scented Orange Pekoe, is 4d to 2s 6d ; Twsnkay, M to Is 2d ;Hyson Skin, Rd to Is 2d: Hyson, is 22 to 4s ; Young Hyson, 6id to 2s 62; Imperial, lid to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, Rd to 3s Cd; Assam, Is 62 to 4s 4d per lb. SUGAR—The amount of business doing in raw sugars this week has been very moderate; yet, from several importers having withdrawn large supplies from public sale, prices have been supported. Barbadoes has sold at 38s to 445; Bengal, ads to 44s 6d ; Madras, 32s 6d to 40s; Mauritius, 38s to 495: Bahia, 395 to 45s per cwt. Crushed and floating cargoes realise pre vious rates. There is only ain Aerate demand for reined goods. Brown lumps are quoted at 525; and grocery, tods to 365 per cwt. MOLASSES—The supply is moderately good, and most kinds are steady. The finest qualities are held at 20s 6d ; but the current rates are 18s 62 to 19s dd per cwt. COFFEE—Mocha continues steady, and late rates are sup ported. In other kinds of coffee very little is doing, as under : Java, 43s to 535. Sumatra, Padang, and Batavia kind, 41a to 48s. Manilla, 445 to 455. Mysore, 43s to 79s id Mocha, garbled. 70s to B , :s ; ungarbled, 56s to 625. Ceylon native sorts, ordinary to good ordivary. 495 to 525; plantation kinds, good ordinary, 52s to 545; fine to fine fineordinary, 54s to 60s ; middling to good middliLg, 61s to 7t , s. Jamaica, ordinary, 47a to 495; good to fine ordinary, 50s to 54a; low middling to middling, 55s to 64s ; good to tine middling, 65s to 905. Costa Rica, ordinary to good ordinary, 4ms to 52a: fine ordinary, 53s to 568 Cd ; fine line ordinary to colory, 57 5 to C-s 62. St. Domingo. 455 to 495. Flacons and Cuba, ordinary to good ordi. nary. 44s to 475; tine ordinary to middling, 4Ss to 60s. Porto Rico, 48s to 61s. Rio, 4ns to 565. La Guayra, good ordinary to middling coloury. St's to 695. COCOA—Fine red Trinidad is now worth 49s per cwt, with a steady demand. Grey is selling at 37s to 42s ; Granada, 35s to 4515; St. Vincenes,3sB to 37a; Bahia and Para, 3tts LO 3'Ja; and Guayaquil, 44s per cwt. RICE—Our market is very extensively supplied with nearly all kinds of rice. The demand is Inactive, at about last week's quotations. COTTON—The demand has slackened, yet the late improve ment in prices is well supported. Surat is selling at I ito kid; Madras. 412 to 4td per lb. WOOL—Owing to the approaching public sales, the demand for nearly all kinds of wool is inactive, and late rates are almost nominal. The imports this week are under 4,000 bales. HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp continues steady, at about previous qintations. Petersburg clean, 311 10s to 321101; ontshot, 291 to 301: and half-clean, 271 to 281 per ton. East India qualities are dull. In flax very little is doing, at barely previous currencies. METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at 75s cash. Most manufactured parcels support tormer terias ; but the business doing in them is very moderate. Sr.oets, single, in London, 11l 5s to 1117 s 62 ; hoops, first quality, 101 I:%s to 111: and nail rods, 91 103 toe! 15s per ton. Tin moves off freely—Banca at 136 s 6d to 1375; Straits. 13is to 135 s : firitish, 133 s to '.345; and refined, 137 s to 13se per ton. Tin plates are steady. I.C. coke, 31a to 315 6d; ~ X. ditto , 36 s 6 d to 37 5; I . C . charcoal, 36a 641 to 37s ; and IX. ditto. 422 to 43s per box. Lead is dull in sale, at barely late rate >. Copper is quiet. English tile an leake,l26l; Russian,l2ol; and South American, 1101 to 1111 per ton. English zinc, 301 to 311 les per ton. Spelter,oti the spot, 231172 Cd per ton. ?Wei. .97i 67 01 I, - 96: 7: 429 SPIRITS There is only a moderate demand for rum, yet prices are well supported. Proof Leewards, 2s Id to 2s 3d; East India, 2s to 29 2d per gallon. In brandy only a limited busi ness is doing. Sales of Cognac, best brands of 1855, lOs Id to lOs 4d; 1850, ditto, lOs fal to lOs 7d; older, 10s led to Ila 8d per gallon. Raw spirit, lOs Ad proof; Geneva, 2a 101 to 3s 8d per pXon. I..,,AL.o—This article is inactive, but we have no change to notice in prices. 110P)—The demand, generally, is Improving, and prices have an upward tendency. The imports this week from the Contlnen; are only 50 bales. Mid and East Kent pockets, 41 is to Cl Cs Wcnld of Rents, 3112 s to 51 5s ; &teen, 31 3e to 41 15s per cwt. POTATOES—I he supplies continue large for the time of year. and the demand is inactive, at 40s to 95s per ton. OlLS—Linseed oil, on the spot. is worth 30s per cwt In other oils very little is doing. Turpentine moves off alowl3 spirits. at :10s to 325; and rough, 9s to 9s 3d per cwt. TALLOW—The tran-actions in this article are limited, and prices are rather lower. P.Y.C., on the spot, has sold at 47$ down to 45s per cwt. Town tallow is worth 489 net cash. COALS—Haswcai, 17s ad ; Hetton, 175 ed : Sonth Hetton 17s: Stewart's, 17s Ad; Hartlepool, 17s 3d; Heugh Hall, 18s; South Kelloe, 16s ed per ton. METROPOLITAN CATTLE The supplies of beasts on sale this week have been tolerably good, Loth as to number and quality. Most breeds have sold slowly, at drooping currencies. In the value of sheep no change has taken place; but lambs have fallen 2d to 4d per Albs. Calves and pigs have ruled about stationary. Beet has sold et from 3s 24 to 48 Cl;, mutton, 4s to 5s 8d ; lamb, Gs 8d to 8s Ad; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 841; pork, *is 44 to 4s 8d per Bibs to sink the offal. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL There has been a moderate demand for each kind of meat, as follows: Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; mutton, 35 44 to 4a 8d; lamb, be 2cl to 6s: veal, 3a 10d to Is ; pork, 3s 21 to 4s Ad per Alba by the carcase. GORDON—On the 16th ult., at Scutari, the wife of Major Gordon, Royal Engineers, of a daughter. GREENWOOD—On the 26th ult.., at Brookwood-park, Hants the wife of Colonel Wm. Greenwood, of a daughter. PACIE—On the 26th ult , at Cork, the wife of Lieut.-Colons Arthur Pack, of a daughter. WATSON-0o th- - - 2 , An ult., the wife of Sir Charles Watutt, Bart., of a daughter. Wit—SON-0o t,,..:14.11 nit., in Eaton-terrsee, the wife of Lieut.o. Colonel Charles Townshend Alison. of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BITLE—ABERCROM BY—On the 29th tilt, at Stirling, the Hon. George Frederick Boyle. son of the late Earl of Glasgow, to the Hon. Montagu Abercromby, daughter of the late Lord Abereromby. CAM PBELL —BETHUNE—On the 29th ult., at St. James's Church. Paddington, John T. Campbell, Esq., to Anne Katha rine Lindesay, daughter of the late Major-General Sir Hemp Bethune, Bait GOULBURN—TOWER—On the 2Clh ult., at St. Georges Church, Hanover-square, Col. Goulburn, Grenadier Guards, to Maria Louisa, daughter of the late Rev. Win. Tower, of How Hatch, Essex. KEY—M`NEILL—On the 28th ult., at Gouville, Jersey, Captain Astley Cooper Key, R.N., C. 8., to Charlotte Lavinia, daughter of Edmund A. M'Neill, Esq.. of Cushenden, county Antrim. POWER—PANMURE—On the 2Gth ult., at Fulham, Bonamy Mansell Power, Esq., to Elizabeth Lady Panmure. STEWART—MAXWELL—On the 24th ult, at Monreith, Robt. Hatborn Johnston Stewart, Esq., to Anne Murray, daughter of Sir Wm. Maxwell. But THOMAS—WALTERS—On the 20th of February, at Outwit mind. on the Neilgherry Hills, Madras, D 3 the Rev. G. H. Evans, Henry Sullivan Thomas, Esq., H.F.T.C.M.C.S., to Julia Ellen, second daughter of the Rev. N. Walters, Vicar of All Saints' and Rector of St. Peter's, Stamford. WOOD—FALK EN E R —On the 29th ult., at Marylebone Church, Joseph Wood, son of Joseph Carter Wood, Esq., of Mantel). park. Surrey, to Edith Mary, daughter of Lient-Colonel Fattener. DEATHS. ASHMORE—On the 30th ult.. in Inverness-terrace, Hyde-park , Thomas Ashmore, Eeq., aged 72. BLACKETT—On the 25th ult., iu France, John Fenwick Bur goyne Blackett, late M.P. for Newcastle-on-Tyne. CREW E—On the 27th ult., at Loakes-hill, near High Wycombe, the Hon. Mrs. Crewe. DYMOKE—On the 26th ult., in Norfolk-street, Park-lane, Amelia Alice Jane, relict of the late Hon. and Bev. John Dytuoke, aged 89. FOX--Ou the .6th ult., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Richard Max well Fox, Esq., E.P. for Longford, age] 40. WHARNCLIFFE—On the 23rd ult., in Lower Grosvenor-street, Caroline Elizabeth Mary, Dowager Lady Wharnclitre, widow of the first Lord Wharncliffe, a .ed 78. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, acknowledged for the last thirty years to be the most effec tual remedy protured for restoring the hair and promoting the growth of whiskers and moustaches, has received recently meat distinguished patronage from the Ladies for the feature it pos. sesses in not soiling the most delicate head Ire., or bonnet. For children it is invaluable, forming the basis of a besutifnl bead of hair. In bottles. 38.6 d.. 65., and 111. Wholesale and retail, 13, Wellington-street North .Strand. BEDSTEADS, BATHS, AND LAMPS. WILLIAM S. BURTON has SIX LARGE SHOW ROOMS devoted exclusively to the Separate Display of Lamps, Baths, and Metallic Bedsteads. The stock of each is at once the largest, newest, and most varied ever submitted to the public. and marked at prices proportionate with those that have tended to make his establishment the most distinguished in this country. 121 Os each l Bedsteads from Gd to Shower-baths from Lamps (Moderitteur) from (All other kinds at the same tate ) Pare Colza Oil ls 8d per gallon TEA URNS, of LONDON MAKE ONLY.— The largest Assortment of London made TEA URNS in the world (including all the recent novelties, many of which are re gistered) is on SALE at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S, from 30s to W. The alterations and additions to these extensive premises (al ready by far the largest in Europe). which occupied the whole et last sear, are of such a character that the entire of EIGHT HOUSES is devoted to thedisplay of themost magnificent stock of GENERAL HOUSE IRONMONGERY (including Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated Goods, Baths. Brushes and Turnery, Lamps and Gaseliers, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, and Bedding) so arranged in Sixteen Large Show-rooms as to &Surd to porta furnishing facilities in the selection of goofs that cannot be hoped for elsewhere. Illustrated Catalogues sent (per post) tree. No. 39, OXFORD-STREET; 1, Is, 2, and 3, NEWMAI STREET; and 4,5, and 6, PERRPS-PLACE.EstabliaLe4 IWO 033 3