The Press.
London, England, 1855-07-21 00:00:00

Tfatropolitan Fluids.

(Reportedexolusively for "Tits PRINS." )
CORN•EXCHANGE Since our last report rery limited
supplies of English wheat nave come to hand. coastwise and by
land carriage. For all kinds the demand has ruled steady, at
an advance in the quotations of from is to 28 per quarter.
There has been an improved inquiry for foreign wheat, the
value of which has improved Is to 2s per quarter, and really
fine parcels have commanded even a further rise. Floating
carguea have changed hands freely, at very full price's. Grinding

JUIN 21, 1855.

barley lias sold steadily—other kinds slowly, ou former terms
The malt trade has been devoid of animation, yet no actual'
change can be noticed in prices. Good sound oats have sold at
full quotations; but damp parcels have given way G 1 per quar-
ter. Beans and peas have realised previous rates. Flour has
moved off freely, and Norfolk qualities have produced rather
more money.

ESOLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent white, 75s to 136 e; red,
69e to 78a ; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 682 to 76e. Malting barley,
89. to 862; grinding ditto, SUs to $2B; distilling, 30s to 335.
Malt, 63■ to 722. Feed oats, 262 to 289; potato, 272 to 30a.
11ye, 406 to 445. Tick beans, 39e to 435; pigeon, 41s to 45e.
Grey peas, She to 891; maple, 39s to 41e; white boilers, alis to
46e per quarter. Town-made flour, 65s to 70e; country marks,
62s to 61s per 2801 be.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
EnOlsh .. 530 2SO
_l9O .. 420

Irieh
Foreign .. 12020 .. 5950 .. .. 15470 .. 15680 eke.

-- DN.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 75s Ild ; 17:r:
ley, 34e 7d; oats, 28s 8d ; rye, 44e 8d ; beans, 45s lid; peas,
4:18 4d.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 76s 6d; barley,
84s 8d; oats, 2es 9d; rye, 45s 7d; beans, 46s Gd ; peas,
42 7d.

i:NGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat, 85.355:
barley, 6,204; oats, 9,193; rye, 117; beans, 2,590; peas, 239
quarters.
BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are
from 104 to 1044; of household, ditto, d 44 to 94d per 4lbs
loaf.

TEA —We continne to have a very inactive demand
for nearly all kinds of tea, and last week's quotations
are barely supported. The following are current rates:—
Congou, Bid to 25 6d; Ning Yong and Oolong, 10d to ls 9d;
Scuchong, 9d to 2s 8d; Flowery Pekoe, is 4d to 3s 6d;
Caper, is to ls 4d; Scented Caper, is 4d to is 841 : Orange Pekoe,
le 2d to is 6d; Scented Orange Pekoe, is 84 to 2s Od ;
T rrankay, 7d to Is 4d ; Hyson Skiu, 7d to la 64 ; Hyson, is 8d
to 3. 9d; Young Hylton, 9d to 35; Imperial, is to 2. 8d;
Gunpowder, Is to 85 8d; Assam, le 3d to 4. 4d per lb. Up to
Saturday last duty was paid on 25,539,5191b5, against 23,907,u941be
In lOC
SUGAR—There has been a good consumptive demand for,
raw sugars, the prices of which have had an upward tendency.
Barbados. has realised 34s to 395; Jamaica, :34s &I to 39s 6d
Mauritius, 33s 64 to 395; Benarea 38s lid to 40s 641; Porto Rico
359 to Bss 841 ; Cuba, 34s 6d to 36s ed per cwt.. Retitled goods
move off freely—brown lumps. at 475; and low to line grocery,
47s rAI to ,3s per cwt. The total clearances to the 14th
Instant were 3,7o4,2Blcwts,against 3,882,286 cwts last year.

MOLASSES—NearIy 900 puns. of West India hi've found
buyers this week, at full pricer—viz., from 17s 6d to 18s 6d
per cwt.
COFFEF—Most plantation kinds have realised full quota.
Lions, with a fair consumptive demand. Other coffees
have sold at fhlly previous rates. Plantation, fins,
is quoted at 73s to 80s; fine middling, 69s to 735;
good m ddltng, 65s to 68s; middling, 59s to 64s ' • fine ordinary
to middling, 55e to Ws; triage, 43s to 545. Mocha, fine tc
finest, 78s to 90s; garbled, 68s to 77s ; ungarbled, 56s to 655.
Costa Rica, middlior, to fine, 57s to 72s ; good and tine ordinary,
Ns to 565. Java, 47s to 555. Jamaica, good middling to fins,
•;sts to 86s.

COCOA—The inquiry is far from active ; nevertheless, the
currencies of last week are supported.
CHICORY—Our market is rather dull, but we have no change
to notice in prices.
SEEDS—Linseed is firm, at 73s to 75s for Black Sea, 53s to
655 for Archangel, 72s to 74s for Italian, 70s to 74s for Egyptian,
and 73s to 75s for East India. The imports to this date are
183,179 quarters, against 100,127 quarters last year. East India
rape is worth Gds to 70s per quarter. Cakes are quite as dear as
lest week.
HEMP AND FLAX Baltic hemp contiuuea in fair re-
quest, at full prices—Petersburg clean being quoted at 451 to
♦sllos per ton. East Indian qualities are a slow sale. In the
v►lue of flax, Jute, and Coir goods, we have no change to
notice.
COTTON—The demand is exceedingly inactive, and late rates
are barely supported.
WOOL—The public sales are progressing steadily, and prices
show an average advance of ld peril). English wool is steady,
at extreme quotations. This week's imports of foreign and
colonial are about 4;000 bales.
INDIGO—The sales continue to be well attended, and Kurpah
qualities are 3d to 4d per lb higher.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has ruled heavy, at 79s 6d.
Manufactured parcels command former terms. In spelter very
little is doing, and we have sellers at 231 per ton on the spot.
Tin and tin plates command fully the late advance. Most other
metals are steady.
SPlRlTS—Another Government contract for 50,000 gallons
of rum has been announced. Tee market is steady, and prices
are freely supported. The inquiry for brandy is rather active,
at extreme rates. Malt spirit has realised lOs 10d per gallon.
OlLS—There has been an active sale for linseed oil, at 44s
per cwt on the spot, and 45s for forward delivery. Other oils
support former terms. Turpentine is dull, at ds for rough, and
31s 6d to 32s 6d fur spirits.
TALLOW—We have to report an improving market as to
price. P.Y.C., on the spot, has changed hands at sis ; and for
delivery in December, Me per cwt. Town tallow, 52s nett cash.
About 11,000 casks have arrived this week.
HOPS—Our market is very dull, owing the favorable ac-
counts from the plantations, and prices are barely supported.
Duty, 250,0001. Nearly 800 bales have come to hand from the
United States. Mid and East Kent pockets are selling at
141 to 181; Weald of Kent., 111 to 131 ; Sussex, 101 10e to 11l
per cwt.
COALS—Belmont, 19e 9d : Eden Main, 201; Haswell,2ls 6d;
Lan.bton, 21s; Stewart's, 215 641; Caradoc, 20s 9d; Haugh
Hall, 19e 3d; Adelaide Tees, 21s per ton.
POTATOES—NearIy 20,000 baskets of foreign potatoes have
arrived this week, and the supply of English is on the increase.
The demand is steady. English are selling at 7s to Os per cwt;
foreign, fle 6d to 45 per cwt.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE The supplies of each kind
of stock have been moderate, and the general demand has ruled
steady, at an advance of vd per 81bs. Beef, from 3s 6d to 6a;
mutton, Se dd to 5s 2d ; lamb, 4s 10d to 65 2d ; veal, 4. 2d
to 5e 24 ; pork, 3s 6dl to 4s 6d per Albs to sink the offals.
NF.WOAI E AND LEApENHAI.L The trade has ruled
steady, and prices have had an upward tendency. Beef, from
3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, Ss 4d to 45 10d; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d;
veal, es 10d to ss; pork, es 81 to 4s ed per albs by the
carcase.

BIRTHS.
MALLET—Ou the 15th instant, at Bath, the wife of Hugh
Mallet, Esq., law of the 4th Light Dragoons, of a son.
WOROAN—On the 16th instant, at Brighton, the wife of Capt.
Wozan, Bombay Artillery, of a son.
WYN E-EDWAR n the 14th instant, at Brondytfryn, near
Denbigh, the wife of John Copper Wynne-Edwards, Esq., of
ion.

FINDLAY—DOUGLAS--On the 16th instant, at Edinburgh,
Thomas Dunlop Findlay, Esq., to Hamilton, daughter of the
late Lieut.-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B.
MACAN—LONG—On the 17th instant, at Southill, Bedford-
shire, Turner Arthur Macau, Esq., of Cariff, Armagh, to Flo-
rence Louisa Jane, daughter of Henry Lewes Long, Esq., of
Hampton-lodge, Surrey.
WILSON—TODD—On the 17th 'natio:lt at St George's, Hano-
ver-square, W. H. Wilson, Esq., late Captain 99th Regt., to
Jane Marian Rutherford,daughter of the late John Todd, Esq.,
of Halnaby.hall, Yorkshire.
DEATHS.

BENNETT—On the 18th ult, killed before Sebastopol, Lieut.
Valentine Bennett, 39rd Regt., aged 26.
CAULFEILD—On the 19th ult., before Sebastopol, of wounds,
Captain Caulfeild, 44th Regt., aged 26.
CUBITT—On the 14th instant, at Andover, Eliza, daughter of
Wm. Cubitt, Esg., M.P.
FITZPATRICK—On the 26th tilt., before Sebastopol, Thomas
Mapleson Fitzpatrick, Ensign of the 30th Regt., aged 26.
LEWIS—On the 4th instant, in King-street, St James's, Major
Lewis. of Llauayron, Cardiganshire, aged at.
MARSH—On the 24th ult., killed before Sebastopol, Hans Ste-
phenson St. Vincent Marsh, Lieut. and Adjutant, 89rd Duke
of Wallin; ton's Regt., aged 21.
ROBINSON—On the 16th ult, killed at Sebastopol, Captain
John Robinson, of the 94th Regt., aged 29.