The Press. — London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

934 per cent., but that they have not fallen more. Indeed they have been at 93i sellers, but only for a short time, the rally being caused by the Bank having maintained the existing rates. It was not known generally until this morning that the Bank of France had yesterday advanced the rate of discount. In Paris it caused a fall of a half per cent.; and at the opening of the Stock Exchange this morning the first price of • Consols was exactly a half per cent. below the closing quotations of yesterday. Opening at 93i to I, a temporary reaction caused a rally of one eighth, but it was not maintained. and there was a gradual decline to 931 to I. At this stage a rally again set in, which was maintained, and the last official price was 93g to I. The decline, therefore, since yesterday is I, or 1 . 2 a. 61., and I I per cent., or 225. tid., since last Friday. The market, however, has not shown symptoms of any like panic. It closed steady, but not very firm. Exchequer Bills fur the greater part of the week have stood at a premium of 14s. to 175., but they are naw 15. lower. These securities continue firm and steady, and they may be regarded as an index to the reserves of the leading monetary establishments. . _ Railway Shares have undergone various fluctuations in the course'ot the week, the result of which, up to yesterday, was a rise in some stocks, compared with the quotations of last Friday. Continued good traffics, with the policy pursued by the Bank, were the causes of the improvement ; but today all this was altered by the same influence which depressed Consols. There was a general decline equal upon most stocks to one per cent. ; but the market looked rather firmer at the close. French Railway Sharea were heavy. This was " carrying-over day." The rates of con tinuation were, on the whole, moderate. The account is likely to prove very light. Foreign Securities are for the most part lower than last week. The two Turkish stocks have suffered most, but Russian are also down ; and generally there is not a healthy tone in this department. _ _ . Joint-stock Banks hi a ive improved, and they appear to be slowly regaining the confidence of the public as invest- ments, though dealings are still marked by great caution and discrimination. Ottomans and Bank of Egypt shares were greatly depressed up to yesterday, and then they took a turn for the better, principally through the influ ence of a friendly notice in the columns of a contemporary, suggesting some very reasonable points in estimating their real value. But to-day both descriptions receded, and Ottomans were again at nearly 2 dis. Bank of London were also lower. Miscellaneaus Shares are depressed, not so much in price as in business. Canada Land Shares, however, have had a fall. Crystal Palace are better. The frauds in the shares of this undertaking are extensive, but not so great as was apprehended. The shares in the Great Western of Canada Railway are firm. Intelligence has been received of the election, on the 11th inst., of the English directors, who are pledged to oppose the wild and ruinous policy of exten• sions and branches, as suggested by the late. Canadian directors. The dividend is to be at the rate of eight per cent. per annum. A call of 21. 10s. is to be paid on the new shares by the 31st of October, so as to participate in the dividend arising from the revenue earned during three months of the current half•vear. The provincial Trade reports are mostly favorable. So far as we can learn there is no over•prodnction in any branch of manufacture, and employment is general. The bills drawn by the East India Company upon their respective presidencies during the last fortnight amount to 38,15281. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 20th day of Sept., 185 G. 113/IIIE DEPAIRTMENT. NOtei Issued .... A 26,015,080 Government Debt £11,015,100 I Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin dt Bullion 11,540,080 Silver Bullion .... 526,015,080 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Promietors'Capltal9l4,ss3,ooo Government Sean. Rest Public Deposita... 7,900,724 Dead Weight An.) /11,964.953 Other Deposits Seven Day & other Notes 6.225,895 Bills £2C,015,030 437,074,927 £57,074,927 • Including Exchequer, Commissioners of Notioual Debt, Savings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts. FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent. Mond .1 Tuesd. Wed. ,Thure. 5 162 ; I '64i 4 89f 40e Sts. 70e t C ; e I f. f. ' ' 221 1 414 - .107 e 8 108 1 102 101 1101 g 2 1 104 FOREIGN RAILWAYS Brazilian Danish Dtch. ( Fa 12 Guil: French Do. Do. Bank Stock 641 1 1 70f uoc f - f. 221 Mexican Peruvian Portuguese Russian .3 .44 .4 .6 Mpanish 3 Tukish Acc, 0 lifond. 4 1 i 2 , _ ip Antw. & Rttrdm. Belgian East. J. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Gt. Indian Pen G.W.ofean.,Sh Lyons & Geneva Madras Na. k Lge.( w.in ) Nrthrn.of Frnci Norw. Trnk.Prf. Paris it Lyons Paris it Orleans Paris A Rouen. 1- 21 i i z 3 10j- l ip 20k fil 9 94 9 9 10 52i 3 152 4 81 106 42 1 i Tuesday. Wednes. 7 117 1 24p p 22 22 f 21t 21f f 22f 4 23f . 4 10f 11p , 9 1 10: p 20t f 20 81 9 81 9 9qf f 1 38 f f 9 JO 1 9 10 2, 61 2 6 f 2 4 f I 62 4 Thurs. Friday 1t I 7 i 14 1 2ip 11 2p 22 i i 22 . 21i * 24 23e 4 234 4 9} 10Ip 9 10 p 20} 201 81 84 9 884 9 i 371 9 10 94 I 9 10 f;4 bli 21 50( 14 52 54 81 8 iih. THE PRESS. BRITIBH Ft OFFICI. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Hank Stock, 7 per Cent Oninium Rxch. Bills, did. India Bonds, ( at ikwAis— Aberdeen Wolv..t Stour Val Bristol mid Exeter Caledonian Chester and I lolynead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June.. East Anglian Eastern Union (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Bth. aqd Wst of Ire. Great Western Lancashire & Yot kehire Lon., Tilbury, & S. &kg. Lon., Brighton, &c London and Blackwell London and. Nrth-West o Midland Newmarket, Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Staffordshire North-Western 0 xf., Wrestr., and Woly. Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon .... South-Eastern and Doi , . South- Western South Wales Waterford & Limerick IMond. 9 11 '1•4 4 181 II 44 4 .11 lip * 4l 1144 1 15 61.1 MISCELLANEOUS — Australian Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace otFrance North British Aus.Laud Peel River Land it Min. Scottish Aust. Invest. South Australian Land Van Bienien'a Land 11534 41 iftg 13i 15; 6, p 24 26 80 2 9 931 4s 114 61 D I 105 78} 49 lil, 3t id 38 9 L} 94 108 10' 77 79' 14i 5} 704 1 lu4 79 81' 24 6 25 6 118 291 li 2ii I } li 35i 64: 15i 61 its 06 9 di 7i Ili et 2el 9 ,108 101 '77 79 14f bi 70 1 10.1 79 81 !24 125 8 418 20 111 2k 26 6 114 8 2 2 k ,14 118, 1 1351 6 6 i 1 11 2 I it } .34 61 15i 6; ND& Closing Prices. kL GITIOTATIONS. 110m4. Tuesd. Wed. ,Thurs. Friday 94 I 04 iO3i 4 931 1 941 1 941 4;93j 4. 94 931 lip IS 171114 17p 13 16p 1 13 16p .1 p 15 p —p , 17 p p SNARES. Timid. Wad. 111 w. I Frid. IS i 1 951 If 4 61 i I s lk Gil 93 4 55 15e Gi 26 6 114 8 2 1 - P 15} 6i 22 4 80 2 9 i 23 4 114 6 63i 4} 96 i 105 P 6 61 7 102 771 48 60 3 i 1 4 38 9 ell 7 d bi fd 2 1 1 iti 108 10 14i 5 70' 1 104 a 78 80 24 6 25 6 110 5 2 21 ?I 351 oi 115 i 0 1 1 1 I 351 6 151 6i littropeditan Varlets. (Reported esselusively f or "Tint Palm") CORN EXCHANGE—We have again to report the arrival of a very moderate supply of English wheat up to our market this week, coastwise and by land•carriage, and a large portion of it has proved somewhat out of condition. Selected samples have mostly realised full prices; but other kinds have given way 9s per quarter. Foreign wheat—the imports of which have been small for the time of year—has changed hands slowly, on former terms. Fine barley has realised previous currencies, but secondary parcels have given way is to 2s per quarter. Malt has sold slowly, on former terms. We have had a slight im provement in the oat trade, at very full prices. Both beans and peas have realised previous rates. The flour trade has ruled dull, and country qualities have had a downward tendency. ENGLISH—Wbeat, Essex and Kent red, 63s to 695; white, 64e to 76e; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 626 to 695. Malting barley, 39s to 466 ; grinding ditto, 32s to 376 ; distilling, 378 to 40e. Malt, 626 to 775. Feed oats, 26s to 28s; potato, 28s to 335. Rye, 426 to 44e. Tick beans, 36. to 38s; Harrow, 38s to 40s; pigeon, 40s to 44e. Grey peas, 37s to 39s ; maple, 40s to 41s. white boilers, 42s to 45s per quarter. Town-made flour, He to 608; country marks, 47e to 506; households, 56s to 58a per 2801bs. ♦RRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Fleur. English 1770 .. 810 .. 2060 ._ 70 .. 1010 Irish Foreign.. 13930 .. 10510 :.. .. 6030 .. 6650b1e. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 6,531 quarters, 676 6d ; barley, 5,222 quarters, 46s ad ; 0at5,1,979 quarters, 274 3d ; rye, lOU quarters, 4is 4d ; beaus, 156 quarters, 44a 4d; pea.. 2u9 quarters, 47s Id. IMPERI AL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 644 51; bar ley, 416 lad ; oats, 27s 24 ; owe, 44s lad ; beans, 464 3d; peas, 416 9d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 69s 7d; barley, 466 6d; oats, 26.11 d; rye, 43s Ild; beans, 454 3d; peas, 3d. ENZILISH GRAIN SOLD LAMT WEEK—Wheat, 106,553; barley, 22,430; oats, 7,926; rye, 519; beaus, 1,868; peas,6o9 q natter% . BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 94d; of household ditto, 8d to Bid per 41bs loaf. TEA—Our market continues to be extliknsively supplied, and the demand generally in in a sluggish state. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. Congou, 8141. to 2s 6d; Ning Yong and Oolong, 10t1 to ls 10d; Souchong, 9d to 2. ; Flowery Pekoe, 1. 5,1 to 3s 6d; Caper,— to • Scented Caper. le Id to Is 104; Orange Pekoe, Ilti to is 2d ; ' Scented Orange Pekoe, is 44 to 2. 6tl; Twankay, 04 to 2d ; Hyson Skin, 6tl to Is 2d: Hyson, is 2d to 86 Od ; Young Hyson, bid to 2s 44; Imperial, lid to 2. 4d; Gunpowder, ad to 3. 6d; Assam, 1. 14 to 4s Id per Ib. SUGAR—There has been a steady, though not to say brisk, inquiry toe all raw sugars, at fully last week's advance in the quotations. Barbados. has sold at 41s to 48. 64 ; Mauritius 39. to 465; Bengal 38s to 52s ; oommon Madras, 38. to 41s ; and Porto Rico, 43s 6d to 47s 64 per cwt. The relined market I. steady, at extreme rates—viz., 55. to 53. per cwt. In crushed sugars about an average business i 4 passing. MOLASSKS—The supply continues small, and the demand is steady, on former terms. Antigua, 23s to 23. 6tl; Cuba and Porto Rico, 21s to 22s per cwt. COFFEE—Mostof the stock here is in second hands, and the demand generall is steady, at very full prices. Good ord native Ceylou is worth o3s to 53s 6d per cwt. COCOA—This article is much wanted, and the quantity on offer is limited. Grey Trinidad, 56. to 556; Guayaquil, bee to 60r per cwt. RICE—The stock is now about 45,000 tons—and some exten sive purchase. have been made this week at very full prices. —eke. SATURDAY, They have, however, been chiefly confined to low qII flities Bengal, lOs to 13s ; Madras, 88 to lOs per cwt. PROVISIONS—Irish butter is in moderate supply and fair request, at about stationary prices. Foreign qualities are fluctuating. English butter is held at fully late rates. For bacon we have a moderate demand, at last week's currency Hams mad lard continue firm. co nos—This article has become in improved request, at full quotations. Surat has realised 4%d to 50; Bengal, 4d to 4id; and Madras. 4W to aid per lb. WOOL—The imports of wool this week are about 1,400 bales, chiefly from Sydney. English qualities are in request, at fully late rates; but foreign and colonial wools are rather dull. HEMP AND FLAX—Most kinds of Russian hemp are steady, at 331 per ton for new clean. In Manilla parcels very little is doing. Flax is still inactive, but not cheaper. INDIGO—This article is firm. For auction on the 15th of October, 14,767 chests are declared. FRUIT—New fruit is in request. Valencia raisins have sold at 545; Muscatels, 80. to Ms; and tine Patraa currants• 75s to 7.s per cwt. SILK—Our market continues very buoyant, at fully the late advance. Italian, 33s to 42s ; ditto thrown, 385 to 455; East India, 145 6d to 33e; China, Tsaltee, 222 Ed to 26s Gd; and Taystuun, 19s to 225 per lb. METALS—Scotch pig iron has been in fair request, at 71s 6d to 725. Most manufactured parcels are inactive. Rails, at the works, 71 155 to n 17s 6d; sheets, single, in London, ill; hoops, 101 to 101 105; and nail rods, 91 2s fid to 91 58 per ton. Copper and steel produce full quotations. English zinc is worth 331 lUs per ton. Lead and tin, as well as tin plates, command extreme rates. I.C. coke, 31s Etti ; I.X. ditto, 37s Gd to 38s; LC charcoal, 37s Od ; and I.X.ditto, 43s per cwt. SALTPETRE—Thera is less activity in the demand for this article, yet the best parcels cannot be purcha s ed under 33. Ed per cwt. SPIRITS,—The transactions in rum this week have been but moderate. Proof Leewards, 25 343; East India, 2s 3d per gallon. Brandy is firm, but not dearer. Sales of Cognac, best brands of 1855, 10s 23 to 105 4d; 1851 ditto, 105 63 to les 8d; older, 10s 7d to Ils Gd: and low to middling, 5s to 7s per gallon. Malt spirit 10s 103 per gallon. HOPS—The supply of new hops is very extensive, and the demand is steady, at full prices. Mid and East Kent pockets, 75s to 100 s; Weald of Kent, 654 to 84s; Sussex, 63s to ttOs per cwt. Duty, 245,0001. Old hops are offering at very low prices. POTATOES—Selected samples are selling at 845 to 9)s; other kinds, 705 to 805 per ton. The supplies continue ex tensive. COALS—Tanfield Moor, 15s 31 ; Holywell, 17s Rd; Gosforth, 17e; Eden Main, 188 ; KeHoe, 18s 3d ; Haswell, 198; Tees, 19s; Hatton, llis; Belmont, 17a 9d; Caradoc, 18s; Heugh Hall, 17s 6d per ton. OlLS—Linseed oil has sold at 42a down to 41a 8d to 42s per cwt on the spot. Other oils are steady. No change in the value of turpentine. TALLOW—Our market is steady, and P. Y. C., on the spot, is worth lie 6d to 52s per cwt. For forward delivery very little is doing. Over 40,000 casks are now on passage from Russia. METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of beasts have been tolerably good, and about an average business has been transacted in them, at late rates. Inferior sheep have sold lower; but prime breeds have commanded full prices. Calves have changed hands slowly, at 2d per 81bs less money; but the value of pigs has had an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s to 45 10d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 53 2d; veal, 3s Ad to 4a 8d; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 1011 per Albs to sink the offal. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL— Each kind of meat has sold steadily, as follows:—Beef, from 2s led to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; veal, 3a 4d to 4s 2d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s per Albs h• the carcase. BIRTHS. GAGE—On the llth instant, at Corfu, the wife of Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. Edward Gage, R.A., of a daughter. GAISFORD—On the 20th instant, at Galway, the wife of Lieut.- Colonel Gaisford, of a son. HAMILTON—On the 23rd instant, in Eaton square, Lady Claud Hamilton, of a SOD. MERCER—On the 21st instant, at Worcester, the wife of Lieut.- Colonel Mercer, H.C.S., of a (laughter. SHAKESPEAR—On the 15th instant, at Corfu, the wife of Major Shakespear, Royal Artillery, of a daughter. WALTER—On the 16th instant, at Dinnington-hall, Yorkshire, the wife of Captain Welter, of a daughter. WINCHESTER—On the 17th instant, the Marchioness of Win chester, of a daughter, stillborn. MARRIAGES. DISRAELI—CAVE—On the 24th instant, at Westburyon•Trym' James Disraeli, Esq., youngest son of the late .1. Disraeli, Esq., of Bradenham•house, Bucks, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Cave, Esq., of Brentry, Gloucestershire. M'ARTHUR—TILSTON—On the 10th instant, at Ellesmere, Salop, John M'Art'nur, Esq., of Woolwich Dockyard, to Eliza beth, daughter of John Tilston Esq., of Ellesmere. MAISWARING—MELVILL—On the 23rd instant, at Pad dington, Captain Sweedland Mainwaring, of the Madras Army, to Mary Augusta. daughter of Philip Melvill, Esq., of Cla r•ndbn•pplace, Hyde•park•gardena. PEW—MACPHERSON—On the 20th instant, Captain Pete, to Emily Caroline, widow of Colonel Macpherson. DEATHS. 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