The Press. — London, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

new ballet in which she appears, is called El Gambusino, or the Mexican Gold Seeker, and is supposed to relate an incident in a love affair be tween Enrique (Perez) the gold-digger, and Paquita (Perea Nana) his betrothed. This story is slight, but it is nevertheless a considerable aid to the ballet, which is attractive and very successful. The ecenerv, painted by Mr. Callcott, is extremely beautiful. The house was well filled, and Perea Nena received enthusiastically. PRINCESS . S.—The revival of Faust and Margue rite, and a new farce of the slightest material, A Prince for an Hour, constituted the Easter pieces at this theatre. The strength of the farce lies in the acting of Mr. Harley, who, in the extravagantly ludicrous part he has to sustain, carries the audience completely with him. Henry the Eighth is to be re vived for four final representations, when another Shaluspearian drama will supply its place, and in point of upholstery and "effect," exceed all the previuva Shaksperian efforts of Mr. Kean and his costumier. tmustments, Kt. HER MAJESTY, it is stated, has offered to head a subscription to rebuild Covent Garden Theatre, with a eiontriumion of 1,0001. Whether the theatre will be rebuilt or not, is quite undecided at present. Mr. Gye, with the opera company, has not yet signed the terms for the Lyceum, and Mr. Lumley, with his ballet, tt is c 'ruin, will open Her Majesty's Theatre in the third week in April. Hence we are certain of an opera and a ballet, but whether at separate houses, or in one uni ed whole, is not yet decided. THE different panoramas and exhibitions have been crowded during the week. Burford with his views of Sebastopol, the Polytechnic, Wild's Globe, and the Turkish Exhibition, have all attracted attention. The Panopticon has resorted to some thing less scientific than usual, and given some excellent musical performances upon the great organ, and with the Spanish minstrels. On Monday next the performance of The Creation is promised, with Miss Ransford, Mr. Cooper. Mr. Lswler, as solo singers, with a strong choral body besides. • DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM has undergone a complete rearran;ement. The collection is also enriched with several new models, among which is one of the Venus of Michael Angelo, and others in connec tion with lithotrity, stratismus, ftioneg gOarket anb ditg FRIDAY EYENIVG. THE Bank of England return for the week ending the 22nd inst., shows the following changes compared with that for the week preceding:— Decrease in Circulation £138,118 Increase in Public Deposits 132,741 Decrease in Other Deposits I. crease in Government Securities Decrease in Other Securities Decrease in Bullion Increase in Rest .... Decrease in Reserve Circulation, including Bank Post Bills Bullion iu Both Departments This comparison is not favorable. Indeed, the return, as a whole, is one of the most unsatisfactory that has appeared in the present year. The Public Deposits are increasing ; but, on the other hand, the Government appear to have been borrowers to the extent of half a million, probably with a view to ample preparation for the April dividends. The diminution in the Private Securities, which is owing partly to the activity of trade, and partly to withdrawals on ac count of the loan, is considerable. The falling off in the stock of bullion is large, and is accounted for by the transmission of 150,00 N. in sovereigns to the East, which were sent within the week embraced in the return. The bullion is now at a lower point than it has been for some time ; but it will be increased next week by the purchases made in the present. The decrease in the Reserve is rather considerable. A considerable demand for money has existed during the week, not so much in connection with the ordinary transactions of commerce as in consequence of the payment, to-morrow, of twenty-five per cent., or 1,2500001., of the five million loan, and of thirty per cent. upon the funding of Exchequer Bills. At the same time there is a pressure, which is obviously increasing upon Lombard-street and the Bank, in preparation for the commercial bills falling duo this day week. Some banks have given notice to their customers for the repayment of advances upon secu rities, and this step may he taken as an indication both of some extent of pressure and of a resolution to keep a tight hand over any speculative tendency which may be exhibited upon the conclusion of peace. At present, however, the inconvenience is incidental and temporary rather than normal and stationary ; and the general tone of the market is satisfactory. The rates in Lombard-street are nominally the same its at the Bank, though cases have been of daily occurrence in which good bills have been done under. On the Stock Exchange, wnere the pressure of the loan instalment is most felt, six per cent. was about the average until to day, when it increased to seven and a half and eight, and, in one or two cases, ten per cent. was actually paid for loans on Consels until Tuesday next. After the payment of the loan instalment, due to morrow, only two more will remain to be liquidated ; one payable on the 10th April of fifteen per cent. or 750,0001., and the other on the 25th also of fifteen per cent. The remaining instalments on the Exche quer Bill funding are due the same days. The specie imports during the week have com prised 338,1611. from Australia, and 119,870/. from the United States, making a total of 458,034/. Small amounts are also reported to have come in from the Continent, but to what extent is not known. Be tween 70,0001. and 80,0001. of the Australian gold has already gone into the Bank, and it is probable that altogether 130,000/. may find its way thither ; but as the demand from France continues heavy, it is not unlikely that the whole of the balance will be sent there. A large sum in coin has been despatched to the East. Further arrivals of Australian gold are almost daily expected, as the Blackwall, with 350,0001. on board, is overdt e, and the Brilliant, which is to bring 61,704/, will be due in a few days. Owing to this being Easter week, business on the Stock Exchange has not been very animated, and transactions have been comparatively few. Consols, which closed last Saturday at 92} to I, have been steady all the week. Yesterday they closed, for the account, at the same quotations. The lowest price of the week, which was only for the briefest possible time, was 02j to I, and we have only heard of one or two transactions at that price. To-day, after some slight fluctuations, they closed firm at 92i to I. The Railway Market was flat until yesterday, when some of the principal Stocks showtd a marked ten dency to advance. Among them may be included Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midlands, and South Easterns. Business, on the whole, has been but limited, caused partly by the absence of dealers, and partly by the approach of the settlement. To-day was carrying-over day, and the rates of continuation ruled high. On Lancashire and Yorkshire they were, in the early part of the day,* per cent, Midtand 7-I(tths to 9-16ths, and on London and North- Nestern, g. Towards the close of business, how ever, they were a point lower. Foreign Stocks have not shown much activity, but they appear to oe gradually eliciting more inquiry. Turkish Six per Cents. have rather declined since Saturday, notwithstanding the coming dividend, which falls due on the 10th April. The Guaranteed Stock is stationary. Joint-stock Bank Shares have been almost en tirely neglected; on the whole they are firm at last week's quotations, but London and County have g iven way, having been done at 31i. Mr. Luard, the manager of this bank, has resigned, and he has been provisionally succeeded by Mr. M'Kewan, the deputy-manager. It is expressly stated that this change has no reference to the recent death of Mr. Sadleir, whose securities, deposited with the hank, have, upon examination, been found perfectly re gular. The settlement in Ottoman Bank Shares took place to day. The transactions did not prove to have been very numerous. They are now at 4 to The Foreign Exchanges are favorable. At Ham burg the rate of discount has declined to 5i per cent., but as silver is likely to be sent thence to this country, where it is now worth ss. id. per ounce, it is expected to be shortly advanced to six per cent. The British American Land Company have de clared a dividend of five per cent. per annum. The country Trade Reports of the week, notwith standing the interruption to business caused by the holidays, are on the whole favorable. Manufactur ing production, especially in the north, is increasing, yet there is at present no accumulation of stocks. BRITISH FU per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Hank Stock, 7 per Cent Omnium Etch. 13111 a, 24d. per die: India Bonds, (1,0001.) FO: Per Cent. IDS. Qi 1 94 BrutHui - -- I - Danish 5 Moll. (Ex 12 Guil )2i Freuoh 3 Do. 4i Do. Bank Stock %I.tican S l•eruvian 44 Portuguese 4 Russian 5 Spanish 3 Turkish tAcc 6 - Closing Prices. 'OTATION. Tuesd. Wed. Thurs.lFriday. 92i l)2} 1192, 11923/4 921 '?2,1 11 1 921 92i I —' -- 1 --- -- 2p ,2 4p l 6 2pl l , 10d, —d ' 'UNDS. 2pl .1 111 REIGN Mond. Ts 101 14:o] ” e j. - ,7 1 f cia - dt —r. t'. 1 = 2°l 1 104zdi -- ;ET 13 F/1 Thurs.l 1 101 i 72( SOcl ,04: ;72!'40(1 1 1;94: Friday. 101 reimil 1 441 I 4 " 17e 1 9T* i 98i BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and sitii Victoria, cap, 33 for the week ending on Saturday, the 22nd day of March, 1856. THE PRESS. egad. Wed. It 11 SATURDAY, ISSUE DEPIATIIENT Notes issued .... 424,221,823 Government Debt 411,016,100 Other Securities .. 3,46900 Gold Coin & Bullion 9,740,823 Silver Bullion .... A 24,221,825 124,221,325 BANEINO DiPARTIMIT. Proprietors'Capitalll4,s49,ooo Government Been- Bes t Public Deposits* 5,638,065 Dead WeightAn4i / 11 1,951,006 Other Deposits Saves) Day B other Notes Bills /86,838,931 • Including Exch,qUer, Sa:Logs Banks, C , Clonal Debt, liandpividenti Accounts IltiLw•Te— Aberdeen Birui. Wolv.& Stour Vali Bristol a:td Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holynead Cork and Bandon Dublln & Belfast June. East Anglian Eastern thaw . . (B) Eust Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern (3 t. sth. and Wet of Ire. Great Western Lancashire & Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, &Stlieud Lon., Brighton, &c London and Blackwell London and Nrth-West. Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union Nor th British North Staffordshire North-Western Uxt., Wrcstr., and Wolv. Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon .... South- Eastern and Doi/. South• Western south Wales Waterford & Limerick SHARES. Mond. Toted. Wed. , Thur. 261 7 261 7.261 7364 7 8} 8 4 iSi 41 94) 8 , 4 90 nn 96:58 ...10 61 4 ;601 If6ol 60i 1 14 5 1131 44E14 404 15 14i 5 23 5 73 5 i 9 t 93i 4: ;04 6, 62i 3i f i d4g . —d 'lib to; 1 23 bxd in 3 ;Oe FL& PS; 4 404 U, U 9 3i, .84 ixdi AIIbCELLANEOI:IB— Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of ft &nee .;Orth British Aim Laud Feel River Laud & Scottish Aust. Invest. south Australian Lan" Van Dienien's Land ..f 100 1! 77 1001 1 71* 24. 149 51' Is 2 3 6 sid 104 6, 76 7 13 4 U 98 4 66 70, 254 13i 1t:1 21 81 2} f. 4 6 1 :414 :P ° 1 1 , 1 100 2, '5l xcli d 31 3! Stai '26 7 I 104 !75 7 13 4 68 0 93 4 ,G 8 44 4 14u 6 4 I s ~ d 14i 4 24 8 78 b 14, 91e Ai 3 184 ~100 I', 100 4 ; 49 5: !31i 9 !ift 126 7 I • 104 75 1 13 4 69 70, 91 4 iss 69; - 15 6 35 401 78 5 34i 4, !4to 1 3i id Id bit' 15 C 4j 4 104 62 3 851 100 101 7i 7 100 t 49 91 St t 4 331 it ei 6 It I '36 6 141 26 7 104 76 7 13 4 69170; Iw3 4 1 (RS 10 26 27 104 6 7$ 7 13 4 70 1 93 4 68 9 254 G 140 2f 3 123 e Be 113 ft 42 4 ;) 25! 6 13$ 42 21 3 2t t 1$ I 98 7 { # 4 4 it t lit ail niuropolitan Ircarktts. 141 11 (Reported exclusively for "TitsP aces.") CORN EXCHANGE—AIthough the present week's receipts of English wheat have been very moderate, we have had a doll sale for all kinds, at a decline in the quctatious of from 4s to 55 per quarter. Increased supplies of foreign wheat having come to hand, that article has moved off heavily, at a fall in value of fully 2s per quarter. In floating cargoes only a limited business has been transacted. There has been less inquiry for barley, at barely late rates; malt, howet er. has continued tolerably firm. The oat trade has been inactive, but without leading to any change in value. Both beans and peas have met a dull inquiry, at barely late rates. The flour trade has ruled heavy, and country marks have given way 2a to 38 per sack. e:NoListr—Wheat, Easex and Kent red. 538 to 725; white, 608 to 7511; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 58s to 70s. Malting barley, 39s to 4211; grinding ditto, Si. to 33s ; distilling, 338 to 36e. Malt, 638 to 78s. Feed oats, 228 to 235; potato, 23s to 28s. Rye, 44s to 475. Tick beans, 828 to 3511; Harrow, 35s to Szai; pigeon, 37a to 41s. Grey peas, 34a to 358 ; maple. 378 to 3;.49; white boilers, 40s to 43s per quarter. Town•made flour, 638 to 655; country marks, 48s to sis ; households, 56. to 588 per 2801 ha. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Harley. Malt. Oats. F lour. Endish —.2440 .. 3490 .. 6b70 .. 1010 .. 2620 Irish 4110 .. Foreign 23340 .. 9SO 13030 ..11174Psbtss. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRITAY—Whe at, 2,661 qoarters,72s lid; barley, 1,227 quarters, 37s Gd ; oats, 2,750 quarters, 21s 3d ; rye, quarters, ; beans, 445 quarters, 35s Gel; peas, 148 quarters, 40s sd. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, G7s 53; bar ley, 37. 2d; oats, 28s 2d ; rye, 43$ 5d ; beans , 4Us 73; peas' 39s bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat , 69a 3d; barley, 3Gs 3d; oats, 23* 7d ; rye, 4Gs; beans, 41s 4d; Peas, 40. Id. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 77,41; 1,4111 barley, 67,730; oats, 20,364; rye,lBo; beans , 3,515 ; p eas, quarters BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 93 to 90; of household ditto, 7 4 3 to per 4lbit loaf TEA—Several vessels having come in with full cargoes' & considerable addition has been made to the stock. Our market Present generally is heavy, at last week's quotations. rates are as follows: Congou, 81d to ta d to ping Yong and Oolong, MI to Is 103; Souchong, 94d to 2s ed ; Flowery Pekoe, ls 4d to 4s; Caper, -- to —; Scented (-Ve r y Is 3d to Is 11d; Orange Pekoe, to ; Scente d °range Pekoe, Is 4d to 2s 6d ; Twaukay, to Is 2d; Hylton Ski n. 81 1 Is 2d: Hyson, is 2d to 4s ; Young Hyson , 61d to 8 11 cur Imperial, lid to 21 4d; Gunpowder, tid to 3s 6d; Assa m, i s 6a to 4s 4d per lb. SUGAR—There has been an improved demand for ne arl y all raw sugars, at an advance in the quotations of from tid to is per cwt. Refined goods are firm, and quite as dear as last weeL (0. Barbadoes has sold at. from 37s lid to 43a Gd; Idatir"i ns, 4" sle; 44a Gd; Bengal, VA to 42e .Al; Natalia, 3a. to 4us; an d Vern buco, 37s to 3tte per cwt. Grocery lumps are worth 32$ to O s and British crushed has produced 53s per wt. 36,5$ ~934_ Frid. ak26l 27 r4B 9" 601 a 14 15