The Press.
London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

£21,84095

PAITIMNT.
Goveruineut Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight Au.) 19,929,197
Other Securities .. 1ti,204,123

•
Notes 6,464,706
Gold et Silver Coin 619,150

A5G.210,175
• Including Exchequer, Savings flanks. CI
National Debt, and Dividend Aceounts.

A 30,210,13
looloners of

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Per Cent. Mond. Meld. Wed. Thurs. Friday.
Brazilian b
Danish 5 --
Dtch. (Rx 12 Ouil )21 , —64 j
French 3 64f 40c r] 64f 3 64f 90c
Do. 41 91! 74c "" 91:85c C ..-
Do. Bank Stock —f. Q f. f.
Mexican 3 191 :.1 :91 j
Peruvian 4I 0 15
Portuguese 4
Russian 5 °
Spanish 3 40
Turkish Scrip Aco. 4 3.1 , i i 3 d

n'throplitan Parkes.

(Reportedeoclutively for "Tnz Plum.")

CORN EXCHANGE—Since our last report very moderate
supplies of English wheat have appeared on sale. The demand,
however, for all kinds has been very inactive, and previous
rates have been with difficulty supported. Foreign wheat—the
imports of which have continued small—has ruled heavy in the
extreme, at nominal currencies. In floating cargoes scarcely
any business has been transacted. Fine malting barley has
realised previous rates ; but grinding and distilling sorts have
continued dull in sale. Malt has supported former terms; but
the trade has ruled heavy. The supplies of oats have been
tolerably good. On the whole, a fun average business has been
doing, on former terms. Beaus have sold heavily, at 2s per
quarter less money, owing to a pressure of foreign. Peas and
flour have been very dull, at barely stationary prices.

Exousit—Wbeat, Essex and Kent white, 84s to 93e; red,
808 to 4s; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 59a to 88s. Malting barley,
38a to 40a ; grinding ditto, 36s to 89s; distilling, 38s to 40s.
Malt, 85s to 82s. Feed oats, 27s to 28e; potato, 28s to 95..
Rye, liOs to 345. Tick beaus, 40s to 445; pigeon, 48s to 545.
Grey peas, 42s to 44e ; maple, 42. to 4G.; white boilers, 50s to
54a per quarter. Town-made flour, 73s to 755; country marks,
57s to dls per 2801bs.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English ....1870 .. 920 .. 710 .. 130 480
Irish .... 2200 ..
Foreign .. 8120 .. 1 1530 .. 7990 sks.
14200 bls.
LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIO 4.Y—Wheat,
1.376 quarters, 82s 5d ; barley, 1,986 quarters, 40e 11d; oats,
461 quarters, 25s 3d ; rye, quarters, ; beans, 1,890
quarters, 46s Id; peas, 815 quarters, 50s 9d.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 78s ; bar-
ley, 40e 4d ; oats, 27a Id ; rye, 54s 61 ; beaus, 10s 81; peas,
48s Ild.
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 81s; barley,
41a 21; oats, 28s ld; rye, Ms 84; beaus, las Ild; yeas,
50s Bd.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 109,115;
barley, 130,121; oats, 26,52 e; rye,l9l; beans, 5,213; peas, 2,787
quarters.
TEA—The business doing in most kinds of tea has been but
moderate, owing to the holidays. Prices, however, are
supported. The private rates are as follows :—Congou,
9id to 2s 7d; Ning Tong and Oolong, lid to is 9d;
Scuchong, 9d to 2s 8d; Flowery Pekoe, is 4il to is 6d;
Caper, is to is 4d; Scented Caper, is 4d to Is 5d : Orange Pekoe,
is 2d to is 8d; Scented Orange Pekoe, is 9d to 2s 9d
Twankay, 7d to is 9d ; Hyson Skin, 7d to is 6,1; Hyson, is 84
to is 9d; Young Hyson, 10d to Is; Imperial, is tots ed;
Gunpowder, is to Ss fhl; Assam, is 9d to 4s 44 per lb.
SUGAR—As this market will remain closed till the 3rd of
January, scarcely a transaction has taken place in it this week.
Prices are, therefore, nominal ; but we shall, no doubt, shortly
have an improved demand, as the stocks in the hands of the
grocers are now small. The imports have been trifling ; bnt
the quantity of refined goods to come forward is unusually
large.
MOLASSES—The demand is exceedingly heavy, and it is
difficult to sell the best West India at 24s per cwt.
COFFEE—A few transactions in good ord native Ceylon
have been reported at fas to 52 per cwt. In other kinds of
coffee scarcely any business is doing, at about stationary

prices.
COCOA—AII kinds are very slow in sale, and the turn in
favour of buyers. Grey Trinidad is quoted at 52s to 55s ; red,
56s to 60s; Grenada, 505 to 575; Bahia and Para, 50s to 52s ; and
Guayaquil, 5311 to 545 per evrt.
RlCE—Both for present and forward delivery the demand is
heavy, and the quotations are barely supported.
BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from lld to Hid ; of household ditto, 91 to 10td per 41b5
lost.
SEEDS—Linseed is heavy, at last week's decline. Black
Seo, 76a to 7iks ; Calcutta, 768 w cUs per quarter. All other
seeds are very dull. Cakes are selling slowly, at late rates.
INDIGO—East Undies is firm, but not dearer. In Spanish

'try little is doing.
COTTON—The transactions have been trifling, but we have
no change to notice in prices.
HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp moves off slowly, at from
431 to 431 lOs per ton for Petersburg clean. Flax moves off
steadily, at full prices. Jute and coir goods rule about stationary.
WOOL—The transactions are limited in the extreme. In
prices we have no change to report.
METALS—Sootoh pig iron has sold slowly, on former terms.
Manufactured iron is dull, and somewhat easier. Tin is thin.
Bence, 129 s 64 to 130.; Straits, 127 s to 128 e; British, 127 s to
129 e; and relined, 129.184 to 190 s. Tin plates are active. I. C.
coke, 290 to 29s 64 ; I. X. ditto, 34e 6cl to 355; I. C. charcoal, 34s
to 35. and 1. X. ditto,4os to 41e per box. Lead moves off
slowly; . British pig ao 251 to 254 los; and Spanish, 231 lOs to
241 per ton. Shot, 171; and white, 2sl to 801. Quicksilver,
Is 9ed to is 10d per lb. Spelter, on the spot, 281 12s 6d per ton.
English zinc, 311 to 321.
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