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OFFIC 8 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities • Hank Stock, 7 per Cent Umnium . Mon. Bills, 2ld. per diem India Bonds, (1,0001.).... An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32 for the week ending on Saturday, the 2nd day of June, 1835. _ ISSUE DEPARTMENT. WOWS'S/110d .... 431,083,176 tioverninent Debt 011,015,100 Other Securities .. 2,984,900 Gold Coin it Bullion 17,083,185 Silver Bullion .... -- ProprietorieCapitalLl4,s3ll,9oo Government Beau- Best Public Deposits' 5,211,168 Dead Weight Au.) 212,677,816 Other Deposits seven Day t other Notes 11,342,970 Bill■ -- £37,145,871 * Including Exchsqiier; Savings Banks, Commisaidnari of National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent. Monti Tuesd. Wed. Brazilian b 99 100/ 11 100 Danish 5 1021 Dtch. ( F.x 12 uil )21 French 3 Do. 4l Do. Bank - Closing 1 rOTATION. Tuead. Wed. —92 i 91 xd 91 i 91 i'9ll 4 911 ixd 91 i 91 i i 91 t ti9l# 92 92 i 994 i5l 2049* 92i i 316-18' 3i 34 915.18 113-16 2084 210 209410 310 18 5 23 4 1 a iP -- -- P 22 18 -- -- P 21 5 -- 22 2S 22 BANK OF ENGLAND. £31,063,17b I BANKING DKPARTNINT. NY 3 Oe C c Thurs.' Friday . Thurs. 100& 611 69111 f Mexican Peruvian Portuguese .3 .4e .4 .5 fipauish Turkish (Ace.) Aritw. & Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish Ewa Indian Gt. Indian Pen. G. W.ofCan.,Bll Lyons & Geneva Madras Na.& Lge.(w.in) Nrthrn.ofternce. Norw. Trnk.l'rf. Paris & Lyons Paris & Orleans Paris tt Rouen RiILWAYO-• 191,083,176 Z 47,10,871 ..3 1 — 3Bl ..6 182 4 1 821 482 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. i Mond. Tuesday. H'ednes. Thurs. 8! 9 84 9 81 181 95 2 id 21 Id 24 Id 21 id id 4 idi id i id 241 bi 244 bi 244 bit/ 244 bj 4.4 Pi fpi b X 31 64 2 224 4 221 3i 22g 31 6 4 7 r 04 7 4p 6 4 7p Si 7 P I lip 1 4p 1 ipl ip i 864 6i 4 6 7 364 44 38 i ..16i 4 } 271 Si 51 64 8919 8 9 8 271 8p127 8 9 4 8 p 274 8 p 29 i 48 50'47 9 47 9 47 9 .42 4 1 42 4 .43 4 42 SHARES. Mond.iTuesd. 25 7 126 7 Aberdeen Birin. %Vol v. A 8 tour Val. Bristol and. Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holynead Cork and Bandon Dublin h Belfast June. East Anglian Eastern llnior.(11) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Sth. and Wet of Ire Great Western Lancashire& Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, &Sthend Lon.,Brightou,Bc London and Blackwell London and Nrth-West. Midland Newmarket, Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire 8 * 64 bi 1L C 12i 92 ti ;t - - llf 21 104 4 7 ;0 f 8 4 4 1 741 bf' 1 li a 31 9 li 1 51 3 191 ; 1 4-1-1 1 Bli Wed. 24 6 6 i I dl4 t.s!t le e 116 7 24 6 T) 9 12i v 24 31 98 148 68 3 82_ 4 iii ill 102 4 7i 8 103141 74i Sl' '4 2 Al 2 lii I. i l 61 7 28 30d li 2 1 60 2 He 2j 4 4 i'l tlj 7 .4 3U 811 2} 4! jd di 48 30 North-Western Oxf., Wrostr., and Woly Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Dov South. Western South Wales Waterford & Llmeriok M ISCILLLANEOUS- Australian Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British Aus. Laud . Peel River Land & Min. Scottish Aust. Invest.' South Australian Land Van Diemen's Land 131 4 881 4 i ' d 44 2/4 4 28 5 oat 131 4 zt4 4 51 1 2d1 9i 33 5 1 119 211 3 1 il 33 b 119 21 3! S 1 31 2 d ii fd di 7 28 30 13& 4i 634 4 4 .2de 62 119 211 3: i ••••• 1 $4 +s' 284 9 1 1 :4 3j 2 394 91 15i 4 3 , 41 Ve i 13,1 4 It 138 i 1 19t '3 5 119 21 34 P f I 44 3A If It' 3i 9 131 / nittropolitatt rcarittts. 82 i Friday, 9 2 21 jii j jd 211 5} 231 f 1 p 1 P 61 7k 6 3 62 37 $ 29 1 iP 47 9 42 4 Frid. 24 5 8 i f e 9. 91 63j 4 141 Si 9 1 ISi 61 24 6 77 8 19i 4 93 OS 100 68 Ilf 21 103 4 7i 8 1631 4 741 1} 2 GO 2 d 31 2 G 4 4 6 t fa 28 30 I3e 4} 82} 3 84 5 28} a 1 23 5 33 5 119 21 3 1 1 1 2i Si lj 2 as 9 L 3 (Reported exclusively for "THE PRisa." ) CORN-F.XCHANGE —The receipts of English wheat up to our market this week, coastwise and by land carriage, have been again moderate, and the show of samples has been small. Holders have been very firm In their demands, and in the few sales effected is per quarter more money has been obtained; ruled deco- Foreign wheat—the im xl—bas met a dull Inquiry, place in the quotations. more money. The barley The inquiry for malt has There has been a slow sale ay 6d per quarter. Beans quarter less money. Peas has ruled firm. 't white, 77s to 90s; red, to 78s. Malting barley, lIIM but the trade has ruled decidedly flat. Fo ports of which have been tolerably good-1 et scarcely any chanr l has taken pia( , a cpgrpi lt,a vir n held for more halt ebndfluilal flit/. t late rates. Th • .e.• . .... . iv . immediate wants. There - • •• . p .Ive have\ given way 6d .-it 1r . 4555 t, at la ip 2e per guar 7, ,: 4 , Tbelllciktr trade has I and Kent w iV i, ts " ''. k %.. And cola red, 69e t t , 4/5 3 S . ''''' - ,E, ua ciVd SM. - 4 k AL Q 1 THE PRESS. 32s to 36e; grinding ditto, 30s to 32e; distilling, 30s to 335. Malt, ins to 725. Feed oats, 26s to 28s; potato, 276 to 30s. Rye, 4011 to 445. Tick beans, 39s to 445; pigeon, 42s to 465. Grey peas, 36s to 39s ; maple, 99s to 41s; white boilers, 40s to 46s per quarter. Town-made flour, Os to 70s; country marks, 60. to 62a per 2801 be. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. E nglish ....1510 .. 350 .. 850 .. 240 .. 1450 Irish Foreign.. 19080 .. 4090 .. .. 19990 .. 8300 eke. 150 bls. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 3,978 quarters, 79s 7d ; barley, 1,284 quarters, 33s sd; oats. 2,697, quarters, 2ds id ; r3e, quarters, —; beans, 326 quarters. 42s 2d; peas, 5 quarters, 47s 2d.. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 778 7d; ley, 33s 2d; oats, 2tis 2d ; rye, 44s 7d ; beans, 46s 4d; peas, 42s 3d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 73s 7d; barley, 32s 2d; oats, 27s ld; rye, 42s ; beans, 43s 8d; peas, 40s dd. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat,loB,923; barley, 14,938; oats, 11,698; rye, 600; beans, 4,580; peas, 369 quarters. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to 104 d; of household, ditto, did to 94d per 41bs loaf TEA—The public sales held this week have gone off heavily, and prices have been with difficulty supported. The private market is very inactive, and prices rule as follows : Congou, 81d to 2s 6d; Icing Yong and Oolong, 104 to Is 9d; licuchong, 9d to 2s 8d; Flowery Pekoe, is 4d to 3s 6d; Caper, is to is 4d; Scented Caper, is 4d to is 8d : Orange Pekoe, Is 2d to Is 6d; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is 8d to 2s 911; Twankay, 7d to Is 2d ; Hyson Skin, 74 to is 6.1; Hyson, is bd to 3s 9d; Young Hyson, 94 to 3s; Imperial, is to 2s 8d; Gunpowder, is to 3s 6d ; Assam, Is 3d to 4s 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 20,766,4241b5, against 1d,983,6841ba in 1854. SUGAR—The supplies of sugar having been in excess of the wants of the dealers, only a limited business has been trans acted, and the quotations have given way Gd to is per cwt. Floating cargoes have met a slow sale, and refined goods are less active, at from 47e 6d to 53s per cwt. The total ciearances to the 2nd instant were 3,025,823 cwts, against 2,059,494 cwts last year. MOLASSES—Our market is steady. Prices range from Ids Gd to 17s 6d per cwt. . . . COFIE —Great inactivity prevails in the demand, and the quotations have, in some instances, given way Is per cwt. Good ord native is worth 470 to 47s 6d. Plantation, fine, 730 to 808; fine middling, 69 to 735; good m ddling. 65s to 6.95; middling, 59a to 64a ; tine ordinary to middling, 55s to 58s• triage, 43. to 545. Mocha, fine u finest, 78s to 90s; garbled, Cots to 77s ; ungarbled, 56s to 65a. Costa Rica, middling to fine, 57s to 72s ; good and fine ordinary, 508 to 565. Java, 47. to 355. Jamaica, good middling to fine, d4s to 86s. COCOA—The demand is steady, but the business doing is very moderate. Good to tine red Trinidad, 458 to 47s ; Bahia, 36e to 36s 6d; Para, 37s to 38s per cwt. RICE—The transactions in this article are not large ; never theless, last week's prices are well supported. About 8,000 bags Bengal have sold at 138 ed to 15e per cwt. CHICORY—SaIes progress slowly, but we have no decline to notice in value. SEEDS—Linseed and cakes move off steadily, at full prices. In other articles very little is doing. HEMP AND FLAX—The hemp market continues dull, at for Petersburg clean. In flax very few transactions have taken place. Jute and Coir goods are tolerably firm. COTTON—The demand has slackened, yet prices are very firm. Sales amount to about 3,500 bales. The supply here is limited. INDlGO—Although from 14,000 to 15,000 chests will be offered at the next sales, importers are very firm, and prices are well supported. TALLOW—Our market is flat. P. Y. C., on the spot. is quoted at 513 to 525; and for October to December, 5,38 to 545 per cwt. The week's imports are about 1,000 casks. OlLS—Linseed oil is brisk, at 39s per cwt on the spot., and 41s for forward delivery. Pale rape is worth 561 to 561 Ms ; cocoa -nut, 42s to 435; sperm, 1321 to 1341; pale southern, 471 to 471 10s; cod, 461 to 461 his. Turpentine is less active. METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at :55. Tin and tin plates are in good request, at extreme rates. There is a good business doing in lead, at full prices. Speller, on the spot, 221 Is to 221 104 per ton. SPIRITS—There is a fair demand for rum, and proof Leeward!' may be quoted at Is 3d to 2s 4d; East India, 2s Id to 2s 3d per gallon. Brandy is in good request, and rather dearer. Geneva, 2s Od to Is 6d per gallon. HOPS—Sussex qualities are in request, and rather dearer. All other kinds command very full prices. Mid and Fest Kent pockets, 141 to 201; Weald ofKenta, 131 108 to 151 101; Sussex, 111 to 131 per cwt. POTATOES—The supplies are seasonably good, and the de demand is inactive, at from 90s to 150 s per ton. COALS—Holywell, 17s; Eden Main, 20s; Stewart's, 21s; Caradoc, 20s; Haugh Hall, 19s dd ; Tees, 21s; Kelloe, 21s per ton. SMITHFIELD—In the early part of the week great excite. went was observed in this market, and a considerable rise took place in the quotations. On F'riday, however, the trade was dull, at a material decline in prices. Reef has sold at from S. 4d to Is; mutton, Is 6d to Is 4d; lamb, Is 6d to 7s 4d; veal, Is 4d to Is 4d; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Nibs to sink the offals. NEWCiAI E AND LEADENITALL The general demand has been steady, as follows:—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s fid mutton, as f.d to Ss; lamb, bs 44 to 7s; veal, as ad to be ; pork, as 2d to 4■ 4d per alhs by the carcase. BIRTHS. ARUNDEL AND SURREY—On the let instant, in Carlton terrace, the Countess of Anindel and Surrey, of a son. COMPT ON—On the bth instant, the Lady Win. Compton, of A Kiln. WIORA3I—On the 3rd instant, at Southampton, the wife of Archdeacon Wigram, of a daughter, stillborn. NLASCRIAGES. DENNIS—ELLIOT—On the 2nd instant, at St. Martin's-In-the- Fields, Colonel J. L. Dennis, Atth Regt., to Jane Amy, relict of the late Lieut. John Elliot. GORDON—BOLTON—On the 25th ult., at Constantinople, E. C. A. Gordon, Esq., Captain Royal Engineers, to Augusta, daughter of Cclonel Bolton. Royal Engineers. JOHNSTON—COLLIER—On the 6th instant, at St. George's, Hanover•square, Captain Frederick Erskine Johnston, R.N., to iClementina Frances, daughter of Rear• Admiral Henry T. B. Collier. NORBURY—O'GRADY—On the 2nd instant, at Hampton. court Palace, Thomas Coningeby Norbury, Esq., Captain of the Carabineers. to the Hon. Gertrude O'Grady, daughter of the late Viscount Guillamore. SATURDAY, DEATHS. ARNOED.-011 the sth ult., in Sebastopol (of wounds received in the trenches), Captain Win. Trail Arnold, of the 4th (King's Own) Regt. CHAMPNES—On the Ist instant, at Feltham,i4lddleses, the Rev. Charles Champnes, Mwor Canon of St. George's Chapel, -••• • - . Windsor, aged 72. _ FERGUSON—On the 9rd instant, at Edinburgh, Rear-Admiral John Macpherson Ferguson. GAISFORD—On the 2nd instant, at the Deanery, the Very Her. Thomas Oaisford, Dean of Christ Church, aged 75. HILLYAR—On the 31st ult., at Tor-house, Torpoint, Cornwall, Julia Frances, daughter of the late Rear-Admiral Sir James Hillyar, K.C.8., aged 91. MACBEAN—On the 24th . ult., at Fulham, General Sir Win. Dfacbean. K.C.8., aged 74. MITCHELL—On the Ist instant, at Wokingham, Lady Har. riet Mitchell, daughter of Henry, fifth Duke of Beaufort. RUSH—On the 4th instant, at Chelsea, the Rev. John Rush, LL.B., aged 86. SEYMOUR—On the 3rd instant, in Portland place, Lady Robt. ' Seymour, aged H. SNOW—On the 16th of April, at Wichita, Mrs. Snow, relict of Colonel Snow, C. 8., Madras Ariny. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, MR. ALFRED WIGAN. On Monday and during the Week the performances will com mence with PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery, G. Vining; Misses Marston, E. Ormonde, and Bromley. After which the new Comedy, in Three Acts, called STILL WATERS RUN DEEP; in which Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Miss Maskell, and Mrs. A. Wigan will appear. To conclude with THE GARRICK FEVER. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery, Danvers, White, Rivers ; Mrs. Fitzallan, Miss Stephen, and Miss Ternan. Doors open at Seven; Performance to commence at halt put Stalls, be.; Upper Box Stalla,4s.: Boxes,4s. Pit, 25.; Gallery, la. MR. ALFRED WIGAN begs respectfully jll. to announce that his BENEFIT will take place on WEDNESDAY, 20th of June, when the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL will be performed. Joseph Surface, Mr. Alfred Wigan ; Charles Surface. Mr. G. Vining ; Sir Peter, Mr. Emery; Sir Oliver, Mr. F. Vining, and Moses, Mr. F. Robson ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Alfred Wigan ; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Stirling (her first appearance this season). With other EN- TERTAINMENTS. VRENCH PLAYS.—St. James's Theatre.— " Mons. LEVASSOR'S PERFORMANCES DES SOIREES ET MATINEES, RECREATIVES, ET COMIQUES.— Arrangements :—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings ; Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday afternoons. The Entertain ment will commence in the evening It half-past eight, and in the afternoon at half-past three. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 2s.—Stalls and Private Boxes may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 83, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. MLLE. JENNY NEY, Mme. Rudersdorff, Miss Amy Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor Belletti, M. Sainton, Mr. Alfred Mellon, and Mr. Benedict, will appear at Miss DOLBY'S and Mr. LINDSAY SLOPER'S ANNUAL GRAND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT at ST.MARTIN'S-HALL, on Wednesday Evening next, June I3.—Tickets, Fifteen Shil lings, Half a Guinea, Five Shillings, and Half-a-Crown each. OREMORNE-GARDENS.-ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.—The FIRST MEETING for the season is appointed to take place on THURSDAY NEXT, June 14th, on which occasion upwards of Sixty Gold and Silver Medals will be awarded to the Successful Competitors ; and in order to give greater éclat to this brilliant meeting the whole resources of the establishment will be put into requisition, so as to render it every way worthy of the distin• guished patronage which is being increasingly awarded to this popular fashionable property. MARTIN'S 16tht. w PH be l th ' RE e s T S D.—m(B that tUhelsteD.AthYlim, e and wonderful PICTURES can be seen at the HALL of COMMERCE. In order to prevent inconvenience, Messrs. LEGOATT, HAY WARD, and LF:OGATT have made fresh arrangements, by means of which the many thousand persons who visit the Exhi bition may all have the opportunity of fully inspecting these un rivalled works of art. HALL OF COMMERCE, 52, THREAD NEEDLE-STREET. Admission 6d. each person. OXFORDSHIRE.—To be LET, Furnished, V that distinguished Mansion, called TUSMORE HOUSE, near Bicester, with extensive Stabling,t,Coach-houses, and Offices, also Pleasure Grounds, Gardens, and large Pond, well stocked with dish, and about Twelve Acres of Grass Land, with the right of sporting over several thousand acres. The Mansion is six miles from Bicester and four from Brack ley, at each of which places is a railway station, and is well adapted for the residence of any nobleman or gentleman attached to field sports, for the enjoyment of which the estate and localities afford the most abundant facilities. There ari two packs of hounds in the im mediate vicinity. About thirty acres more land may be had if required.—For further particulars apply at the office of Messrs. Tooke, Hallowes, and Price, 39, Bedford row, London. THE BEST SHOW OF IRON BEDSTEADS in the KINGDOM is WILLIAM S. BURTON'S. He has TWO VERY LARGE ROOMS, devoted to the EXCLUSIVE SHOW of Iron and Brass Bedsteads and Children's Cots, with appropriate Bedding and Mattresses. Common Iron Bedsteads, from 165.; Portable Folding Bedsteads, from 12s. 6d.; Patent Iron Bedsteads, fitted with dovetail joints and patent sacking, from 17s. 6d.; and Cots from 20s each. Handsome Ornamental Iron and Brass Bedsteads, in great variety, from 21. 18s. 6d. to 151. 16.. BATHS AND TOILETTE WARE. WILLIAM S. BURTON has ONE LARGE SHOW-ROOM devoted exclusively to the DISPLAY of BATHS and TOILETTE. WARE. 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 establish ment the most distinguished in this country. Portable Showers, is. fid. ; Pillar Showers, Si. to 31.; Nursery,l3s. to 325.; Sponging, 15s. to 825.; Hip, 14s. to 815. 641- A large assortment of Gas, Furnace, Hot and Cold Plunge, Vapour, and Camp Shower Baths. Toilette Ware in great variety, from 15s. 6d. to 455. the Set of Three. WILLIAM 8. BURTON has SIXTEEN LARGE 8110 W ROOMS devoted to the show of GENERAL FURNISHING IRONMONGERY (including Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated and Japanned Wares, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, and Bedding), so arranged and classified that purchasers may easily and at coca make their selections. Catalogues, with Engravings, gent (per post) free. The money returned for every article not approved of. 39. OXFORO•STHEET (corner of Newman-street), Nos. 1, It nd 3, NEWMAN•STREET, and 4 and 6, PERRY'S•PLACE.