The Press.
London, England, 1855-07-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 75s Ild ;
ley, 3is 9d; oats, 28s 81 ; rye, 45s Gd ; beaus, 463 Gd; peas,
43s ad.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 76. Id; barley,
33s 9d; oats, 2es 7d; rye, 43s 7d; beaus, 48s 3d; pear,
423 6d.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat, 84,791;
barley, 8,003; oats, 11,724; rye, 139; beans, 2,970; peas, 294
quarters.

BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are
from 10d to lOiti; of household, ditto, dd to 90 per albs
loaf.

TEA—Advices from China state that the total shipments of
tea during the season were 74,000,0001b5, against 74,600,0001bs
in the pre% ious year. Our market is very inactive, and prices
arc the turn in favour of Myers. Present rates are as follows :
Congou, Bid to 2s 6d; Aging Yong and Oolong, led to is 9il;
Scuchoug, Od to 2e 84; Flowery Pekoe, Is 4d to 3s Gd;
Caper, Is to Is 4d; Scented Caper, is 4d to Is 8d: Orange Pekoe,
Is 2d to Is 6d; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is 84 to 2s 9d;
Twankay, 7d to is Id ; Hyson Skin, 7d to Is 64; Hyson, Is Gd
to 3s 9d; Young Hyson, 94 to 3s ; Imperial, I. to 2s ed ;
Gunpowder, Is to is 6d; Assam, la 3d to 4s 4d per lb. Up to
Saturday last duty was paid on 23,837,7101b5, against 22,18 2,39 Jibs
in 104.

SUGAR—Nearly all kinds of raw sugar have met an improved
demand this week, at an advance in the q.lotatious of 6d per
cwt. Barbadoes has realised 34s 64 to 66s 6d; and Havannah,
afloat, 30s per cwt. There has been a fair sale for refined
goods, at full prices. Brown lumps. 46s 6d to 4"e; and low to
fine grocery, 47s 6d to 52s lid per cwt. The total clearances to
the 90th ultimo, were 3,473,477 cwts, against 9,164,019 cwts last
year.

MOLASSES—Our market is steady, and prices are well sup-
ported. Cuba is selling at 17s to 17s 8d ; Porto Rico, 173 to
186; and low to tine West India, 16s 8d to 18s 6d per cwt.
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COFFEE—There has been an improved sale for most kinds,
and the quotations have had an upward tendency. Native Cey-
lon has sold at 47s lid to 48s ad per cwt. Plantation, fine,
is quoted at 73e to 808; fine middling, 69s to 73s ;
good m ddling. 65s to 685 ; middling, 59s to 648 ' • tine ordinary
to middling, 555 to 58s; triage, 438 to 54e. Mocha, fine tc
finest, 78s to 905; garbled, GeB to 77s ; ungarbled, 588 to 658.
Costa Rica, middling to tine, 57s to 72s ; good and tine ordinary,
508 to 56r. Java, 47s to 558. Jamaica, good middling to fine,
648 to 86s.
COCOA—The demand for all descriptions is rather heavy,
and prices are barely supported. Granada has changed hands
at. 35e to 36e 6d; Para, 35e 6d to 375; and Bahia, 358 to 35s Gd
per ewt.
RICE—We have to report a slow sale for this article, yet no
change can be noticed in the quotations. Bengal has sold at
148 6d to 115 6d; and Bombay, Its 8d to 13s per cwt.
CHICORY—The inquiry is confined to small parcels, on
former terms.
SEEDS—Biack Sea linseed is in fair request, at 70s to 71s;
Petersburg, 85s to Gds; East India, 68s to 725; and East
India rape, 68s to 70s per quarter. Cakes command full quota-
tions.
HEMP AND FLAX Russian hemp has sold to • fair
extent, at 451 to 461 for Petersburg clean, 411 for outehot, and
421 for half-cleau. In the value of fiat no change has taken
place.
COTTON—AII kinds have met a slow sale, at barely last
week's quotations.
INDIGO—Over 10,000 chests will be offered at the next sales.
The demand is still very firm.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has moved off slowly, at 74s to
' 74s Gd. Manufactured parcels are dull. Spelter is a dull in-
quiry, at 231 10s to 231 15s per ton on the spot. The stock is
now 2,738 tons—being 500 tons more than last mouth. Tin and
tin plates are in request, and rather dearer.
SPIRITS—The business doing in rum is very moderate, but
we have no change to notice in the quotations. Proof
Leewards, 2s 5d to es 641; East India, 2s 4d to 25 4id per
gallon. Brandy moves off freely, and prices have an upward
tendency. Sales of Cognac, beet brands of 1851, have been made
at lOs Id to 10s 7d per gallon.
OlLS—Linseed oil has sold to a fair extent, at 40s Sd per
cwt on the spot. Rape is quoted at 56s 6d to 595; Gallipoli,
66s to 578; palm. 40s to 41s; cod, 451 los; pale southern, 511.
TALLOW—There is a fair average business doing in this
article for the time of year, and prices are firm. P. Y. C., on
the spot, 52s Gd to 528 9d and 53s ; and October to December,
53s 9d to 54s per cwt. Town tallow, 50a Gd nett cash.
HOPS —The accounts from the plantations being \ ery
favorable, out market is heavy, and prices are barely sup-
ported. The duty is called 220,0001 to 230,0001. About 400
bales of foreign hops have arrived this week. Mid and East Kent
pockets, 141 to 181 108; Weald of Kents, 13110 s to 181 ; Sussex,
121 to 131 10. per cwt.
WOOL—The public sales—at which 72,000 bales will be
offered—have commenced, and prices show an advance of ed to
Id per lb. English wools are firm, and rather dearer. About
2,000 hales of colonial wool have arrived this week.
COALS—Tanlield Moor, 14e 9d; Edqp Main, 19s 6d; Has-
well, 215; Plummer, 19s; Stewart's, Plitis; Cassop, 19a Gd;
Kelloe, 19a 9d per ton.
POTATOES—NearIy 700 tons of new potatoes have arrived
from the Continent and the Channel Islands. The supplies of
English are very moderate. The former are selling at 9s per
basket—the latter, 15s to 17s per cwt.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE—There has been an improved
demand for each kind of stock, and prices generally have been
on the advance. Beef has sold at from 3s 4d to 45 10d;
mutton, 38 4d to 58 ; lamb. 4s 8d to Gs 4d ; veal, 48 to 5s ;
pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per itlbs to sink the odals.
NEWGAI E AND LEADENHAI.L The trade has im-
proved, and the quotations have an upward tendency. Beef,
from is 2d to 45 4d ; mutton, 35 td to 4s Sd; lamb, 48 Sd to
88; veal, 38 8d to 4s 8d; pork, 35 4d to 48 4d per bibs by
the carcase.