The Press.
London, England, 1855-12-15 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. moor.
3730 .. SOO iBlO
Irish 28,183

Foreign .. 9990 71120 ...1060

15,46 -1)-11.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat,
4,614 quarters, Ws 4d ; barley, 2,954 quarters, 49s 7d; eats,
1,V,7 quarters, 26. tid ; rye, d quarters, 674 ad ; beaus, 608
quarters, 4908 d; peas, 466 quarters, 61s ad.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 83s Id , bap
ley, 42s 6d ; oats, 28a td ; rye, Ws ad ; beaus, 52s 3d ; pear,
6Ja Jd.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 81e 4d; barley,
40e Sd; oats, 2f... 4d; rye, b2s 7d; beaus, 52e; pees, bl, ad.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAMT WEEK—Wheat, 114.853;
barley, 150:4143; oats, 17,211/1; rye, 31)1; beaus, S,OLb; peas, 2,058
quarters.

TEA—The public sales held this week have gone off slowly,
but without leading to any change in the quotations.
Privately, a steady business is doing, ea follows :—Cougon,
lied to 2s 6d; Sing Yung and Oolong, 11.1 to is lid!
Scuchong, 9d to 2e 8d; I.7owery Pekoe, is 41 to as Gd;
Caper, is to ls 4d; Scented Caper, is 4d to is id : Orange Pekoe,
Is 2d to Is 641; Scented Orange Pekoe, is 9d to 2s 941
Twaukay, 7d to Is ad ; Hyson bkw, 7d to is ; Hysou, 1s 6.1
to as lid; Young ilyson, 1041 to 3s; Imperial, is to 2s od;
Gunpowder, is tu 3s tid; Assam, is 3d to 4s 4d per lb. Up to
Sanirday last duty with paid on 45,22t1,7991b5, againstl2,2d7,slslbs
in le al.

SUGAR—Although dealers generally are short of stock, a
very limited business has been triuniacted in raw sugar this
week, at a decline in prices from the highest pointuf the market
of from its to lits per cwt. In relined goods, the supply of
which has materially increased, so few sales have taken place
that the quotations are nominal.

MOLAS,ES—The trade is heavy, and prices are drooping.
Present rates vary trot, 26s 6d to 2:4 Gd per cwt.

COFFEE Plantation kinds have sold to a fair extent, and
in some instances the quotations have had an upward tendency.
Good ord native Ceylon has realised biti to Goa per cwt. Mocha
has gone rather lower.
COCOA—lmporters are very firm, and a moderate business is
doing, at last week's currency. The supply utleriug is limited.
RICE—We have to report a slow sale for all kinds, un rather
lower terms. The best Bengal It selling at from I7s to lea
per cwt.

BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from lld to Ilid; of household ditto, led to 11.i4d per 41bs
loaf.

SEEDS—Trefoil and the beet clover, including linseed, move
off steadily, at full quotations. Cakes command the late itu-
rovetnents hi value, the best English linseed qualities being
worth 141 lOs per ton.

INDIGO—The demand is rather inactive, yet prices continue
to be well supported.
corroN—Uur market is very firm, at extreme quotations.
HFIMP AND FLAX—The business duing in hemp is but
moderate, yet Petersburg clean is held at 4.31 to 4sl per ton.
The flax market is dull.

WOOL—Fine English wools have been tolerably firm at full
quotations, but other qualities are a slow sale. Fvreign and
colonial wools are very dull. About OW bales Lava arrived
this week.

METALS—Scotch pig iron has realised 78s. Manufactured
qualities are steady, but not dearer. Spelter, on the spot, has
changed hands at 231 13s per ton. Copper, steel, and tiu con-
tinue very firm.

SPIRITS—Rum is tolerably firm, at 3s Id to 3a 3d per gallon
for Proof Leewarda, and 2s lid to 3s for East ludia. Brandy,
Geneva, and corn bpirits are quite as dear as last week.

HOPS—Fine new hops move off steadily, at full quotations;
but other kinds are dull. About :SU bales of foreign Lave come
in. Mid and East Kent pockets, 70s to l2us; Weald of Hants,
tibs to Ufrs ; Susan, ties to 2Us per cwt.

POTATOES—The arrivals are large, and the demand is tole-
rably steady, at from 65s to lbOs per tun.

TALLOW—P. Y. C., on the spot, has realised Os Gd to 69e,
down to 08s, per cwt. The market Is steady.
OILS—Our market generally is heavy. Linseed oil has sold
at 42s per cwt on the spot. Other oils are rather drooping. Titr
pentlne (spirits) 33s Gd to ra od per cwt..

COALS—Cheater Main, 19s 3d ; 'fanfield Moor, 178 6d;
Wylsm,lBa 3d; Lainbtou, 22s 61; lieugh Hall, 21s 3d; Tees,
; Walker Primrose, 17s 3d per ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of beasts have
been moderate, and the demand for all kinds has ruled steady.
In some instances prices have had au upward tendency. lieef
from 3s &I to 55 4d; mutton, 3s 4d to Is; veal, 4s to 58 4d;
pork, Ja 101 to Is per albs to J iuk the offal.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL—The supplies of meat
have been extensive, and a full average business has been trans-
acted, as follows:—Beef, from :)s 4d to 48 ed; mutton, So 2d
to 4s Gd; real, 38 84.1 to 62 ; pork, Ss 104 to be 44 per bibs by the
airwire.