The Press. — London, England, 1855-11-24 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 24, 1855. Ft4topolitan : 1 i olats. (Reportederausively for "TEEP aims.") CORN-EXCHANGE Although the receipts of English wheat during the present week have been very moderate, we have had a dull sale for all kinds, and in some instances prices have had a downward tendency, say. from is to 2s per quarter. in foreign wheat so little business has been doing that the quotations have ruled nominal. Floating cargoes, however, have produced rather more money. The barley trade has ruled brisk, at au improvement In value of from le to 9s per quarter; whilst malt has met a firm demand, at very full currencies. Gate have changed hands to a fair bilnut, on former terms. 13eans have risen Is per quarter. Peas and flour have realised previous rates; •but the demand for those articles has been less active. booListi—wheat, Essex and Kent white, 70s to 955; red, 64s to 918; Norfolk aud.Lineoln red, 63s to 89s. Malting barley, 42s to 485 ; grinding ditto, 39s to 425; eistilling, 408 to 448. Malt, 64s to 82s. Feed oats, 26s to 328; potato, 275 to 345. Rye, bOs to 525. Tick beans, 42s to 475; pigeon, 49s to BTs. Grey peas, 438 to 468 ; maple, 42s to 48s; white boilers, bOs to 56s per quarter. Towu.inade dour, 75s to 775; country marks, 613 to 65s per 2801bs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Oats. flour. 770 .. 136 u Wheat. Barley. Malt. English —.2140 .. 3800 .. 2170 .. Irish Foreign • • .. 2 5330 .. C 440 aka. bls. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 5,479 quarters, 80s lld ; barley, 2,205 quarters, 42s 01; oats, 7,510 quarters, 27s ld ; rye, 20 quarters, 53s 4d ; beaus, 514 quarters, 49s 11d; peas, 412 quarters, Ws. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 808101; bar ley, 89s Ild ; oats, Ids ; rye, 84s 101 ; beans, b2s ; peas, bOs 4d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 788 Ild; barley, 395; oats, 26a 3d; rye, Us; beaus, 60s Ild ; peas, 49. 11d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST \VEEK—Wheat, 126,465; barley, 93,931; 0at5, ; 19,029 ; rye, 280; beans, 5,496; peas, 2,651 quarters. TEA The demand has fallen off cansiderably, and prices are drooping. The following are current rates:— Congou, bid to 2s 6d; ping Yong and Oolong, lld to le 9d ; Scuchong, 9d to 2s 8d ; Flowery Pekoe, is 4d to is 6d ; Caper, le to Is 4d; Scented Caper, is 44 to is Od : Orange Pekoe, Is 2d to Is 6d; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is 94 to 28 94; Twankay, 7d to Is 3d ; Ilyson Skin, 71 to is ed ; Hyson, is 64 to 3e 9d; Young Hyson, ldd to 3s; Imperial, le to 2s 84; Gunpowder, is to 38 6d; Assam, 18 yd to 45 44 per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 42,301,9451ba, against 490345,29(as in 1854. SUGAR—Although the supply of raw sugar on offer is still limited, we have had a dull inquiry for all kinds this week, and prices have ruled from is 6d to Se beneath the highest point of the market. Refined goods are heavy, and lower to purchase. The total clearances to the 17th inst. were 6,357,668 owts, against 6,27n.019 cwte in 1851. MOLASSES—The demand is less active, and the supply is very small. Foreign, 28s 641 to 30s ; and low to fine West India, 29s to 30s per owt. COFFEE—AII plantation kinds have moved off freely, at very full prices, Native qualities have changed hands to some extent, at 55s ed per cwt. Foreign coffee is quite as dear as last week. COCOA—There hi still an active inquiry for this article, and prices continue to advance. Grey Trinidad is worth 558 to GO.; red, 59s to 63. ; Granada, 54. to 595; Guayaquil, 50s to 52s ; and Bahia, 47s 8d to 49s per cwt. RlCE—Nearly 20,000 tons have sold this week—partly to arrive—at fully the late advance in the luotatious. Fine Bengal is now selling at 18e to lea 6d per cwt. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid to llkd; of household ditto, 9d to lOid per albs loaf. SEEDS—We have a good business doing in linseed, at full prices. Clover and most other seeds support last week's quotations. No change in the value of cakes. INiEIIOO—The demand is active, and the quotations have further improved Id to 4d per lb. COTTON—The transactions have been trifling, but we have no actual change to notice in the quotations. HEMP AND FDAX—Theie articles—the supply of which is very moderate—are steady, but not dearer. Jute has sold briskly, at 5s per ton more money. Coir goods command previ ous rates. 'WOOL—The public sales have been brought to a close. Privately the trade is heavy. About 800 bales have arrived this week. --- METALS—Scotch pig iron has been tolerably steady, at 768 to 76e 6d. Manufactured qualities command former terms. Tin is in fair request, at 125 s for Hance, and 1225 to 1238 for Straits. Tin plates realise ♦ery full prices. Spelter is dull, at 231 10s to 231 158 per ton on the spot. SPIRITS—AII kinds of rum move off steadily. In some in stances last week's prices have been execeded. There is very little doing in brandy, but we have no sellers on lower terms. Malt spirit, lie ; Geneva, 38 to 4s per gallon. HOPS—The old duty having been declared at nearly 398.6351., and as the show of samples hi large, the demand is heavy, at barely last week's prices. Mid and East Kent pockets, 808 to 120.; Weald of Rents, 7us to 958; SLIBBBX, 65s to 908 per cwt. POTATOES—The supplies are good, but the cargoes from Scotland arrive much out of condition. A full average business is doing at from 70s to 1: be per ton. TALLOW—As over 4,000 casks have arrived this week, our market has become heavy, at drooping prices. P. Y. C., on the spot, has sold at 718 per cwt. Town tallow is very scarce, and is quoted at 71s net cash. OI LS—Linseed oil is dull, at 44a per cwt on the spot. Pale rape has realised 625; brown, Ns Gd; palm, 40s to 51s; and coooa-nut, 50s to 51s Gaper owt. Turpentine is steady, at d7s Gd to 40s for spirits, and lls 6d to 12s for rough. COALS—Holywell, 198 3d; Tantleld Moor, 178 9d; Eden Main, 21s 3d; Belmont, 20e 9d; Latubton, 21s 9d; Stewart's, 928 6d; (Aesop, 218 Gd; South Kelloe, 21s; Tees, 228 3d per ton. METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of fat stock have been but moderate. Generally speaking the trade has ruled steady, but we have to report a decline in the value of veal from 4d to fid per 81bs. Beef, from 3s tid to be ; mutton, be 4d to 15s; teal, 38 Cs to 4s td; pork, 3s 10d to 5s per bibs to sink the offal. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL—Each kind of meat has been in good supply, and fair request, as follows:—Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 6d ; mutton, 38 2d to 48 Gd; veal, 356 d to 45 std; pork, 381gt1 to 611 4d per 61b1 by the carcase. THE PRESS. BET.LASTS—on the 19th instant, at Windermere, the wife of Colonel llellasis, Bombay army, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ROBERTS—YELVERTON—On the 17th instant, at Harrow on•the•Hill, the Rev. W. Ponder Roberts, M.A., to Mary Eli zabeth, daughter of the lion. W. H. Yelverton, of Whitland Abbey, Cartuarthenshire, STEUART—u•URADY—Ou the 20th instant, at St. George's, Hanover-square, James Henry Augustus titouart, Esq., to the Hou. Kathleen Eleanor Henrietta O'Grady. DEATHS. BOROUGH —On the 13th instant, at Sebastopol, of River, Lieut. Richard Borough, sou of Sir Edward Borough, Bert., of Dublin, aged 17. BROWN—On the 16th instant, in l'all-mall, General Sir John Brown, K.C.H., aged 81. COPFLANI)-4)u the 19th Instant, at Brighton, Thomas Cope land, Esq., one of the Surgeons Extraordinary to her Majesty. GOULD—On the 15th instant, at Hawkshead, Harts, Harriet, widow of the late Admiral Sir Dayldge Gould, G.C.8., aged BR. LOWRIE—On the 18th instant, at Lincoln, Major Charles Lowrie, aged 70. MARKHAM—On the 21st instant, at Limner's Hotel, Lleut. General Frederick Markham, aged 50. NICOLAS—On the lath instant, in Montagu-place, Grace Mar garet, daughter of the late Sir Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G. OSBORNE—On the 17th instant, at Pinner, Lady Harriet Osboine aged 72. PEACH EY--On the 15th instant, from wounds received on the Nth of September, at the assault on the Redan, Lieut. Henry Peachey, 3rd Regt. (the Buffs), aged Xl. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. A. WIGAN. Monday and Tuesday, PLOT AND PASSION. Characters by Messrs. White, Emery, F. Robson, Franks, O. Vining, Leslie Cooper; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Bromley. After which, an Am phibious Piece of Extravagance, entitled CATCHING A MERMAID. Titus Tiara, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude ,with A BLIGHTED BEING. Susan Spanker, Miss Tertian. Wednesday and Thursday, POOR PiLLICODDY (tirst time this season). THE JEALOUS WIFE. Mr. Oakly, Mr. A. Wigan; Major Oakly, Mr. Emery ; Lord Trinket, Mr. G. Yining ; Mrs. Oakly, Mrs. Stirling. Friday, POOR PILLICODDY, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP, and CATCHING A MERMAID. Saturday, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL and CATCHING A MERMAID. boom open at Seven; Performance to commence at Half•past Stalls, 65.; Upper Box Stalls, 4s. ; Boxes, 45.; Pit, Ss.; Gal lery, Is. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE B-{ - - 11 ; LAST WEEK BUT 1 WO.—Revisloo of Programme for Monday next, Nov. 26, being the Sbth Representation of the extraordinarily successful Spectacle of MAGIC and bIYSTERY by Professor ANDERSON. Those who have not been, should hasten at once. Professor Anderson begs to announce his 100th Repre-entation on Tuesday, December 11th, on which occasion the Wizard will have the pleasure of producing something more astonishing than he has yet accomplished. Doors open each evening at Ilan-past Seven; commence at Eight. Private Boxes, 11. lls. 6d. and 11. Is. ; can be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal Libraries. Stalls, es. Drees Circle. Ss. Upper Boxes, 2s. Pit, Is. Gallery, 6ii. The Box office is open daily from Eleven till Five, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, Jun. Grand Fashionable Morning Per formance on Saturday, December Ist, at Two o'clock : doors open at Half.past One. Professor ANDERSON begs respectfully to announce the positive termination of his Magical Performances in consequence of the great preparations for his Spectacle and Pantomime at Covent-garden Theatre. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT TWO OF JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. M . " The Fall of Sebastopol," and Mine. GASSIER every night. Promenade, Is., Drees Circle, 23. bd. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE will take place on Monday, December 17. EXHIBITION of CRIMEAN PHOTO LA GRAPHS, 6, PALL-MALL EAST.—Evening Exhibition from Seven tiliTen, and from Ten till Five daily. Admission, Oue Shilling.—ln foggy weather the Gallery is brilliantly lighted with gas. DR. KAHN'S GRAND ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Consieting of upwards of One Thousand Highly Interesting Models, representing every part of the Human Frame in Health and Disease, also the Various Races of Men, &o. Open (for Gentlemen Only) daily from Ten till . fen. Leo tures varying every day in the week are delivered by DR. SEXTON at Twelve, Two, Four, and llalf•past Seven. Admis sion Is. 4, COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE. MAGNIFICENT FLOUNCED SILK 11111 ROBES.—SEWELL and CO., COMPTON-HOUSE. A Mot FLOUNCED SILK Ross, 21. les. 6d., made or unmade. BEAUTIFUL GRENADINE EVENING DRESS, 4. guineas, in all colours. The ordinary price in Paris, Mt. VELVET CLOAK, and ItLvsstusLE CLOTH CLOAK, 2,3 i, and 5 guineas. INDIA SHAWL—the square Delhi, worked in gold. These Shawls are less than half-price, and are recommended to the consideration of Ladies. 44, 45, 46, Old Compton-street; 46, 47, Frith-street. GAS EXPLOSIONS PREVENTED by using the Tubes and Fittings manufactured by JOHN RUSSELL and Co.. whose goods are all well tested and warranted. The FIRST PRIZE of the Paris Great Exhibition was awarded to them for GAS TUBES and FITTINGS, and TUBES for MARINE and LOCOMOTIVE BOILERS. J. RUSSELL and Co. are the Original Manufacturers, and at present the holders of the Patents for Tubes. Warehouse, 69, Upper Thames. street, London . ;;Manufactory, the Old Tube Works, Church-hill, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS WONDERFUL REMEDIES for the CURE of ULCERS. —Mrs. Yates, grocer, of Clifton, near Eccles, suffered severely for some time from an ulcer in the neck and, with a fruitless perseverance in the use of various remedies, she felt convinced nothing whatever would heal it. However, by the recommen dation of Mr. Heap, druggist, of Openshaw, she commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and these invaluable medi cines very speedily cured her, not only healing the wound, but restoring her to a perfect state of health. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, Sew York ;by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Ouidioy, bourns; and U. Hoods, Malta. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- Toe Directors hereby give notice that they will receive MONEY ou LOAN, to pay off Debentures falling due, and are prepared to accept Ter:ders for the sumo for a period of Three Five, or Seven Years, at Five per Cent per Annum. Applies• lion may be 111640 to the undersigned. By order of the Directors, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington Station, Sad November, 1855. IIEAFNESS.—The only medal awarded at J J the Great Exhibition of 1801 (for Acoustic Instruments) was to KC. HEIN, fur hie new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS for theDEAF. They are made of different power, to suit az • Veins and every degree of Deafness. To be nri% ' my of the sole inventor and maker, F. C. iteiu,loB, %opposits Exeter-hall, where the instrument can bo numerous teatimoMals aeon, amongst wally one from the Right lion. Bir John Patteson, one of her Majesty's Privy Councillors. FORD'S EUREKA SII IRTS.—"The Eureka ' is the most unique and the only perfect fitting shirt made.' Obsereer.—hest quality, six for second quality, six for Sle. If winilied ready fur use, 2e. extra. tlAu ruin :—Ford's Eureka kthirts are stamped, " 3:4, Poultry, lAinduu," without which none are genuine. Catalogues, with particulars,postfree.—RiC HARD FORD, 38, POULTRY, London. The Best Food for Children, Invalids, and Others. 11 Of for I N S g OsuNpe ri ' Bor BarPleAy- r‘4.r,,EtarNinli'lft•BenAldßinuLtesE not only obtained the Patronage of her Majesty and the Royal Family, but has become of general use to every class of the community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as en rizel• neatly pure, nutritious, and light food fur infants, children, and invalids. Much approved for making a delicious custard-pudding , sad excellent for thickening broths or soups. ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS for more than thirty years have been held in constant and increasing public estimation as the purest Wino of the oat, and as the best and most•valuable preparation for making a pure and delicate gruel, which forms a light and nutritious supper for the aged, is a popular cure for colds and influenza, ts of general use iu the sick-chamber, and, alternately with the Patent Barley, is an excellent food for infants and children. Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLVILLE, and CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 61, Red Ltuu-strest, Holborn, London. Sold by all respectable grocers, druggists, and others, in town and country, in packets of 6d. and is., and lu family canisters at 25., is., and 10s. each. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OIL. TEIVrIBIONIAL trom I.)tc. LETIEZBY Professor of Chemistry and fusioology in the Method College of the London Hospital, Medical Officer cf Health to the City of London, Ac. Sc. etc. " 1 have frequently had occasion to analyse the Cod Liver Oil which is sold at your establishment. I mean that variety which is prepared for Medicinal use in the Loffoden Isles, liorwas,and sent into commerce with the sanction of Dr. nu dolma, of the Hague. " In all cases I have found it possessing the same set of pro perties, among which the presence of chulaic compounds and of iodine lu a state of organic combination are the most remark- able : in fact, the Oil corresponds iu all its characters with that named ' Hulls brunet and described as the best variety iu the masterly treatise of DR. DE Josoli. "IT hi t I BELIEVE, UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS DESCRIPTION OP OIL HAS GREAT THERAPEUTICAL POWER ; AND, PROM MY INVESTIGATIONS, I HAYS NO DOUBT OP ITS BEIEII • PURE AND UNADULTERATED ARTICLE. " College Laboratory, London Hospital, Sept. 24, 1855." Sold oNLY in bottles, capsuled and labelled with Dr. de Jongb's SigIIattIrO,WITHOUT WHICH NONE ARS GENUIN byA NSA It, IlAlt• FORD, and CO., 77, iiTRAND, London, Dr. de Jongh'F. tole Con signees; and by moat respectable Chemists in town and country. Half-pinta (10 ounces), 2e. ed.; Pints (20 ounoes),4e. 9d. Quarts (40 ounces), 9s. IMPERIAL MEANDRE FENDERS, STOVES, and FIRE IRONS. Buyers of the above are requested, before finally deciding, to visit WILLIAM S. BURTON'S SHOW-ROOMS. They contain such en assortment of Fenders, Stoves, Ranges, Fire Irons, and General Ironmongery, as cannot be approached elsewhere, either for variety, novelty, beauty of design, or exqui siteness of workmanship. Bright Stoves, with bronzed orna ments and two SAS of bare, 21. 14s. to M. lOs. ; ditto, with ormolu ornaments and two sets of bars, Si. 10s. to 121. 125.• Bronzed Fenders complete, with standards, from 7s. to 81. ; Steel Fenders from 21. lbs. to 61. ; ditto, with rich ormolu ornaments,from 21.155.t0 :1. 75.; Fire-irons, from Is. 9d. the set, to 41. 4s. Sylvester and all other Patent Stoves, with radiating hearth-plates. Al which he is enabled to sell at these very reduced charges, Firstly—From the frequency and extent of his purchases ; and Secondly—From those purchases being made exclusively for ca4i. CIAS CHANDELIERS AND BRACKETS. ki The increased and increasing use of Gas in Private Houses has Indus,' WILLIAM S. BURTON to collect from the va rious manufacturers in Metal and Glass all that is new and choke to Brackets, Pendants, and Chandeliers, adapted to offices, pair sages, and dwelling-rooms, as well as to have some designed ex pressly for hits; these are ON SHOW over his SIXTEEN LARGE ROOMS, and present, for novelty, variety, and uric taste, an unequalled assortment. They are marked in figures, at prices proportionate with those aud mo whi st remarkabl ch have tended to make his Establishment the largest e in the kingdom—viz., from 12s. lid. (two light) to IGI. Is.. LM APS of all SORTS and PATTERNS.— WM. S. BURTON invites attention to his season's SHOW of LAMPS. It embraces the MODERATF.UR, (the best Pari sian specimens of which have been caref ull y culled), ARGAND, SOLAR, CAMPIIINE, PALMER'S MAGNUM, and other LAMPS for candles ; and eomp ri %es au assoruncnt which, considered either as to extent, price or pattern, is perfectly un rivalled. Pure Colzn Oil, ss. 6d. per gallon. Palmer's Candles, 10d. and lOid, per lb. Patent Camphine, 4s. per gallon. The alterations and additions to these very extensi F. ve pre mises (already by far the largest In urope),which have occupied the whole year, are now nearly co mpleted ; they are of such a c h a racter that the entire of EIGHT HOUSES is now devoted to the display of the most magnificent stock of GENERAL HOUSE IRONMONGERY (including Cutlery, Nickel Silver, Plated and Japanned Wares, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, and Bedding), arranged in SIXTEEN LARGE SHOW-ROOMS, so as to afford to parties furnishing facilities in the selection of goods that cannot be hoped for elsewhere. Catalogues, with Engravings, sent (per post) free. No. 39, OXFORD-STREETIA, 9, and 3, IiEWIIAN STREET; and 4, o,Bnd 6, PERICIIi-PLACE. 1 =