The Press.
London, England, 1855-08-18 00:00:00

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Ittmolitan rtarluts.

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CORN-EXCHANGE Very moderate supplies of English
wheat have arrived up to our market this week, coastwise and
by land carriage; yet the demand for all kinds has ruled heavy
and prices have given way from Is to 2s per quarter, without
clearances being effected. Foreign wheat—the imports of
which have been small—has commanded scarcely any attention,
and, in many instances, the carrencies have been almost
nominal. Floating cargoes off the coast have been very dull.
Fine malting barley has sold to a fair extent, at full prices; but
grinding and distilling sorts have commanded only a limited
amount of attention. Malt has continued dull, but no change
has taken place in its value. Good sound oats have realised
previous rates. Damp parcels have beau somewhat neglected.
Beans have sold at late rates. A few samples of new grey and
white peas have been on the market in very middling condition.
Flour has changed hands slowly, on former terms.

Ettousl4—Wheat, Essex and Kent white, 71s to 31s; red,
66s to 74a; Norfolk and Lincoln red, fies to 745. Malting barley,
Ms to Ms ; grinding ditto, 2ss to 325; distilling, 30s to 325.
Malt, 65s to 725. Feed oats, 26s to 28s; potato, 27s to 30s.
Rye, 40. to 435. Tick beans, 39s to 435; pigeon, 41s to 435.
Grey peas, 36. to 395; maple, 39s to 41s; white boilers, 40s to
46s per quarter. Town-made dour, Os to 70s; country marks,
60s to lias per 2801bs.

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ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English 2120 1140 .. 3930 .. 300 .. 1340
Irish
Foreign .. 10880 .. 7980 38730 .. 330 she.
bla.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat,
5,132 quarter., 7ds 104 ; barley, 310 quarters, 33s ; oats,
2,784 quarters, 43e Id ; rye, 45 quarters, 43s Id ; beans, 141
quarters, 48s 104; peas, 50 quarters, 47s 7d.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AV ERAG ES—Wheat, 77s 7d; bar•
ley, 34e 84; oats, 29s Id ; rye, 47e 21 ; beaus, 47s 34; peas,
43e Id.
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 76. 7d; barley,
34e 8d; oats, 2€.1 9d; rye, 45a 34; beans, 46s 64 ; peas,
42. 4d.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat,134,584;
barley, 5,546; oats, 8,827; rye, 96; beans, 2,200; peas, 189
quarters.
BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are
from 10d to 1044; of household, ditto, did to 944 per 41bs
loaf.
TEA—The public sales held this week have gone or steadily,
and the quotations have been well supported, as follows:
Congou, 84d to 2s 6d; Ning.Yong and Oolong, 104 to le 9d;
Bouchoug, 9d to 2s 8d; Flowery Pekoe, is 4d to 35 6d;
Caper, is to 1. 44; Scented Caper, 1.4 d to 15 8d: Orange Pekoe,
1s 24 to is 6d; Scented Orange Pekoe, 15 84 to 25 94 ;
Twankay, 74 to ls 3d ; Hyson Skin, 7d to le 64 ; Hyson, is 64
to Us 94; Young Ii son, 9d to 3s; Imperial, 1s to 2s 8d;
Gunpowder, le to 3s 6d; Assam, is 9d to 4s 44 per lb. Up to
Saturday last duty was paid on 31,635,1391 be, against 27,300,5991b5
in 1851.
SUGAR—Our market has been very firm this week, both as
regards demand and value. Barbadoes has realised 355 641 to
38. 6d; cry atalltsed Demerara, 375 6d to 415 6d; Mauritius, 315
to 41s 6d; Portu Rico, 36s tid to 40a; and Havannah, 375 6d to
40s per cwt. Floating cargoes have sold on former terms. The
refined market is firm, at from 47s to 52s per cwt. The total
clearances to the 11th instant were 4,511,583 cwts, against

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4,289,71 b cwts last year.
MOLASSES—SeveraI parcels of Antigua have realised 18s to
18s 6d; and Nevis, 181 per cwt. The supply in the market is

very moderate.
COFFEE The demand for most kinds has fallen off,

and a fivr qualities have sold at 6d to Is per cwt less
money. The following are current rates:—Plantation, line,
has sold at 71s to 82s; tine middling, 67s to 74s ;
good m ddling, Mato 68s; middling, 58. to 64s ; fine ordinary
to middling, 55s to Ms; triage, 45a to 545. Mocha, fine tc
finest, 78s to 90s; garbled, 68s to 77. ; ungarbled, tais to 665.
Costa Rica, middling to fine, 57s to 72s ; good and tine ordinary,
50a to 565. Java, 4es to Um. Jamaica, good middling to tine,
64s to 87s. _

COCOA—AII kinds have sold to a moderate extent, at full
currencies. Grey Trinidad, 39s to 42s ; red, 42s 6d to 475;
Granada, 36s to 41s 62; Para, 36s 62 to 375; and Bania, 888 to
35s 6d per cwt.
SEEDS Nsw rapeseed has moved off steadily, at full
quotations—viz., 401 to 421 per last. Most other seeds are in
request, but nut dearer. Linseed cakes command very little
attention.

HEMP AND FLAX We have a steady, but by no means
active, sale for hemp, at full prices. The stock is still mode-
rately good. Flax sells slowly, yet the quotations are well sup-
ported. Jute and Coir goods are very firm.
COTTON—Our market has been rather active, at an improve-
ment in the quotations of id per lb.
WOOL—Since the close of the public sales a very heavy
inquiry has been experienced for all kinds of wool, and, to effect
large sales, lower rates must be submitted to. About 2,200
bales of colonial wool have arrived this week.
RICE—The demand for all kinds has been confined to imme-
diate wants, on former terms. About 4,000 bags Bengal have
sold at 14e Od to 1511 6d per cwt.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold largely, and the price
has advanced to 79s to 60s. Manufactured parcels have
realised previous rates. Hoops, firet quality, 101 to 10110 s;
nail rods, 101 to 101 15s per ton. Tin is less active. Bence,
Las to 122 s Od ; Straits, 1206 to 121 s. Tin plates are dull.
I. C. coke, 28s; I. X. ditto, 33s to 33s ed per box. Lead is
tolerably firm, at 221 to 231 for British pig, and 231 lOs to 241 per
ton for sheet. Spelter moves off slowly, with sales, on the spot.,
at 221 7e 6,1 to 22110 s and 231 per ton.
oPIRITS—The rum market has been very fiat. Proof
Leeward', 2s 3d to 2s 4d; East India, 2s 2d to 2s 3d per gallon.
In brandy only a limited business is doing. Sales of Cognac,
best brands of 1851, 101 5d to 10s 7d ; 1850 ditto, 103 6d to 10s 83
per gallon. Geneva is quoted at 2s 103 to Is 8d; malt-spirit,
proof, 108 lOd per gallon.
TALLOW—The demand has ruled steady, at 55s 3d to 55s ad
per cwt for P.Y.C., on the spot. Town tallow is 54s net cash.
About 400 casks have arrived.
OlLS—Linseed oil has moved off slowly, at 421 Ms to 421 15s
on the spot. In the value of other oils no material change has
taken place. Turpentine is dull, and the quotations are barely
supported.
HOPS—A fair average business is doing in hops of last
year's growth at from 71 to 111 per cwt. Very favorable reports
continue to reach us from the plantations,. end the duty Is
called 270,0001 to 280,0001. The imports of foreign hops appear
to have ceased.
COALS—Riddell, 18s; Haswell, 21s; Hetton,•2ls ; Lambton,
9063 d; Stdien], 20e; Plummer, 205; Stewart's, Ills ; Kelloe,
110 s 3d per ton.
PO I'ATO ES—The supplies are large, and a steady business is
doing at from 3s to 4s 63 per cwt.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE —ln the early part of the
Week thil beef trade ruled brisk, at an advance of 2d per Blbs ;