The Press.
London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

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6,942 quarters, 28s id ; rye, 14 quarters, 52s ; beaus, 54
quarters, 485 2d; peas, 75 quarters, 4.5 s 4d.
IMP ERI AL WEEKLY AVERAti ES—Wheat, i7s 8d ; bar.
ley, 35s 9d; oats, 28s 8d ; rye, 475 8d ; beaus,49s id; peas,
425 11d.

71';117 :SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 75s 2d; barley,
348 lld; oats, 263 61; rye, 44s 3d ; beans, 473 Gd; peas,
41, 4d. _ -

ENI,I.ISFI GRAIN SOLD LAST WE EK—Wheat,l24,slo;
barley, 7,224 ; oats, 6,909 ; rye, 718; beans, 2,677 ; peas, 626
quarters.
BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are
from liki to Ild ; of household, ditto, aid to 94t1 per 4lhs
loaf.

TEA—The demand fur nearly all kinds is tolerably active. In
prices we have no change to report. the following are current
rates :—Congou, Sid to 28 8d; icing Yong and Oolong, 10d to
Is bil ; Scuchong, 9d to 2s 8d ; Flowery Pekoe, le 411 to 38 6d ;
Caper, Is to is 4d; Scented Caper, is 4d to Is $d : Orange Pekoe,
Is 2d to is 6d; Scented Orange Pekoe, Is 8d to 2a 9d;
Twaukay, 7d to is 3d ; Hyson Skin, 7d to is 6,1; Hyson, Is lid
to as 9d; Young Hyson, 9d to 3s; Imperial, is to 26 rd;
Gunpowder, Is to as 6d; Assam, is 3d to 48 4d per lb. Up to
Saturday last duty was paid on 35,764,2521b5, against 32,455,671 lbs
last year.
SUGAR—Since our last report there has been a good demand
for all raw sugars, and prices have further improved Gd per
cwt. Low to tine brown Mauritius has realised 415 Gd to 138;
low to good yellow, 44s to 46s 6.1; crystallised, 46s Gd to 488;
Porto Rico, 426 6d to 47s 6d; Cuba, 438 Gd to 475 ; Havanna'',
448 ti 4es per cwt. Relined goods are brisk, at 515 to Ns per
act. The stook is now 37,000 tons less than last year.
COFFEE—We have no change to notice in the value of
any kind, and the demand is by no means brisk. Good
ord native Ceylon has sold at 51s per cwt. Plantation,
fine, 718 to 525; fine middling, 678 to 74s ; good
m ddliug, 658 to 68s; middling, brie to 648 ; fine ordinary
to middling, 558 to 58s; triage, 456 to 046. Mocha, tine to
finest, 786 to 908; garbled, 658 to 775 ; ungarbled, 66s to 665.
Costa Rica, middling to fine, 576 to 725 ; good and tine ordinary,
1506 to 565. Java, 453 to 455. Jamaica, good middling to tine,
84s to $7B.
MOLASSES—AII kinds continue in good request, and to ad-
vance in price, owing to the limited supply in the markets.
Foreign qualities are worth 2111 to 22s 6d; and West India, 218
to 2.s per cwt.
COCOA—There is a firm demand formost kinds, at our quota-
tions. Grey Trinidad, 44s to 465; red, 466 to 52s ; Granada, 415
to 485; Guayaquil, 454 to 45s Gd; and Bahia, 41s to 425
per cwt.
RICE—Au extensive demand has sprung up for this article,
and about 8,000 tons have sold—chiefly fur arrival—at very full
prices.
SEEDS—Canary seed has advanced 45 per quarter, with a
brisk demand. Most other heeds, including cakes, are quite as
dear as last week.

COTTON—Owing to the rise in the rates of discount, our
market has ruled heavy this week, and the quotations are almost
nominal. Surat, Sid to 50; Bengal, 3id to 4d; Madras, aid to
aid per lb.
HEMP AND FLAX Petersburg clean hemp is quoted
at 411 per ton. Bunn is selling slowly, at 151 to 2ul. The flax
market is steady, on former terms. New Zealand, 221 to 2ul
Dutch and Flemish, 501 to 651 per ton.
WOOL—The imports this week are 2 400 bales. English
wool is firm, and quite as dear as last week; but other kinds—
owing, in some measure, to the near approach of the public
sales—are very dull.
METALS Scotch pig iron has realised 80s per ton cash.
Manufactured parcels are tolerably active. Hoops, first quality,
101 15s to 111; and nail rods, 101 58 to 101 108 per ton. Tin is
dull, and lower to purchase. Bence, 125 s Gd to 1265; Straits,
128 e to 1245. In tin plates very little is doing. I.C. coke,
211 s Gd to 295; I.C. charcoal, 845 to 34s tki per box. There is a
laige business doing in lead, at 241 153 to 251 58 for British pig.
Copper is still quoted at 1261 per ton. Spelter, on the spot,
231 15s per ton. British zinc, 301.
SPIRITS—The market for rum is active, and prices are im-
proving. Proof Leewards, 28 44 to 2a sd; East India, 2s 3Ad to
28 4d per gallon. Brandy commands very full prices. Malt
spirit has advanced to lOs 104 cash. Gin, 22 per cent. under-
proof, 90104; and 17 ditto, 108 4d per gallon.
HOPS—We continue to receive large supplies of new hops
in excellent condition, and a steady business is doing in them,
at from 41 to Cl Os per cwt. The duty is still called 300,0001.
POTATO ES—The arrivals are but moderate, and the demand
is firm, at from 45s to 905 per ton.
COALS—Wylam, 19s 64; Heaton, 20s ed ; Eden Main 21s Gd;
Haswell, 22s 3d; Lumley, 21s ; Hetton, 21s 3d; South
Hetton, 22s 3d; Stewart 1;24 ad per tun.
TALLOW—Advices from St. Petersburg state that 35,904
casks of tallow have been forwarded, against 42,103 in 1354.
Our market is firm, at full prices—P. Y. C., on the spot, being
worth 5Ss per cwt. About LOU casks have arrived this week.
OlLS—Linseed oil has sold to a moderate extent, at 44a per
cwt on the spot. Sperm is quoted at 1171 to 1191 per tun.
Turpentine is firm, at full prices—viz., 33s to 34s per cwt for
spirits, and foi to Ms 6d for rough.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of fat stock
having fallen off, the trade has improved, and prices have had
an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 104; mutton, 35 Gd
to bs 2d ; veal, 4s to 55 44 ; pork, 3s dd to 45 84 per elbs to

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NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL—The trade has ruled
steady, as follows :—Beef from 3s 2d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 44
to 4s lid ; veal, 4s to be ; pork, 3s bd to bs per nlbs by the