The Press.
London, England, 1856-05-03 00:00:00

rttropolitan Tilathtts.

(Reported exclusivelyfor "Tax Passe.")

CORN EXCHANGE—For the time of year, about average
supplies of English wheat, in fair condition, have come to hand
this week, coastwise and by lend carriage. Selected samples
have sold steadily, at an improvement in the quotations of Is
per quarter. Must other kinds have reeliied previous rates,
with only a limited inquiry. New foreign wheats have been In-
quirt d for. and the currencies have had an upward tendency.
Old samples changed hands slowly, on former termi. Floating
cargoes have commanded very little ati.ention. The barley trade
has continued steady, at full prices: whilst the supplies have
been very small. There has been a steady sale for malt, at fully
the late improvement in value. Oats, beans, and peas, have
commanded extreme rates, but without much activity in the cl.:-
mend. There has been a steady sale for flour, and Norfolk
qualities have ruled the turn higher.
ENGLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent red. 54. to 70s; white,
61s to 755: Norfolk and Lincoln red, Sts to 71s. Malting barley,
40a to 45s ; grinding ditto, 33s to 35s distilling, 35s to 395.
Malt, 65s to 81s. Feed oats, 21. to 235; potato, 23s to 28s.
Rye, 44s to 455. Tick beans, 32s to 35a: Harrow, 34s to 575;
pigeon, 37. to 41s. Grey peas, 54. to 35s ; maple, 37s to 39a;
white boilers, 40s to es per quad ter. Town-made flour, 53s to
655: country marks, 46s to 50s; households, 35. to Us per
2801bs.

ARTMAT. S 'THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
K nclish 1710 .. .. 1020 .. 740
Irish .... 9CIIO

Foreign 2160 12170 .. 3620sks
6610 bls.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIO AT—Whent,
5.26'7 qtmrters, 83s 6d; barley 731 quarters. 39s 8d : oats. 7,0 i 4
quarters,2ls Ild ; rye, 83 quarters, 38s lld ; beans, 272 quarters,
40s 2d: peas. 54 quarters. 375 10d.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVE RAG ES—Wbeatill7s Ild ; bar-
ley, 39a Ild ; oats, 23a 4d ; rye, 40s 3d ; beans, 41s 4d; pear,
39s 2d.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 68s Rd; barley,
3Rs Rd: oats, 23s 72 ; rye, 43s 721 beans, 41a 2d; peas,
38- Ild.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLDILAST WEEK—Wheat, 97,938;
barley, 37,921; oats, 11,267; rye, 32; beans, Z.,868; peas, 705
narters
BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from 94d to 102; of household ditto, 742 to 92 per 41bs
loaf
TEA—Public sales of China and Assam qualities have taken
place this week ; but the transactions were very limited, at pre-
vious quotations. Privately, most kinds move off slowly, at last
week's prices, or as follows:—Congou, Bjd to 2s 6d; Icing
Yong and Oolong, 10d to is 10d; Souchong, 9¢d to 2s 6d ;
Flowery Pekoe, is 4d to 45: Caper, to —; Scented Caper,
Is 3d to is 11d; Orange Pekoe, to ; •Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 4d to 2s 6d ; Twsnkay, M to Is 2d ;Hyson Skin, Rd to
Is 2d: Hyson, is 22 to 4s ; Young Hyson, 6id to 2s 62;
Imperial, lid to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, Rd to 3s Cd; Assam, Is 62
to 4s 4d per lb.
SUGAR—The amount of business doing in raw sugars this
week has been very moderate; yet, from several importers
having withdrawn large supplies from public sale, prices have
been supported. Barbadoes has sold at 38s to 445; Bengal, ads
to 44s 6d ; Madras, 32s 6d to 40s; Mauritius, 38s to 495: Bahia,
395 to 45s per cwt. Crushed and floating cargoes realise pre-
vious rates. There is only ain Aerate demand for reined goods.
Brown lumps are quoted at 525; and grocery, tods to 365
per cwt.
MOLASSES—The supply is moderately good, and most kinds
are steady. The finest qualities are held at 20s 6d ; but the
current rates are 18s 62 to 19s dd per cwt.
COFFEE—Mocha continues steady, and late rates are sup-
ported. In other kinds of coffee very little is doing, as under :
Java, 43s to 535. Sumatra, Padang, and Batavia kind, 41a
to 48s. Manilla, 445 to 455. Mysore, 43s to 79s id
Mocha, garbled. 70s to B,:s ; ungarbled, 56s to 625. Ceylon
native sorts, ordinary to good ordivary. 495 to 525; plantation
kinds, good ordinary, 52s to 545; fine to fine fineordinary, 54s to
60s ; middling to good middliLg, 61s to 7t,s. Jamaica, ordinary,
47a to 495; good to fine ordinary, 50s to 54a; low middling
to middling, 55s to 64s ; good to tine middling, 65s to 905. Costa
Rica, ordinary to good ordinary, 4ms to 52a: fine ordinary, 53s to
568 Cd ; fine line ordinary to colory, 575 to C-s 62. St.
Domingo. 455 to 495. Flacons and Cuba, ordinary to good ordi.
nary. 44s to 475; tine ordinary to middling, 4Ss to 60s. Porto
Rico, 48s to 61s. Rio, 4ns to 565. La Guayra, good ordinary to
middling coloury. St's to 695.
COCOA—Fine red Trinidad is now worth 49s per cwt, with a
steady demand. Grey is selling at 37s to 42s ; Granada, 35s to
4515; St. Vincenes,3sB to 37a; Bahia and Para, 3tts LO 3'Ja; and
Guayaquil, 44s per cwt.
RICE—Our market is very extensively supplied with nearly
all kinds of rice. The demand is Inactive, at about last week's
quotations.
COTTON—The demand has slackened, yet the late improve-
ment in prices is well supported. Surat is selling at I ito kid;
Madras. 412 to 4td per lb.
WOOL—Owing to the approaching public sales, the demand
for nearly all kinds of wool is inactive, and late rates are almost
nominal. The imports this week are under 4,000 bales.
HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp continues steady, at
about previous qintations. Petersburg clean, 311 10s to 321101;
ontshot, 291 to 301: and half-clean, 271 to 281 per ton. East
India qualities are dull. In flax very little is doing, at barely
previous currencies.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at 75s cash. Most
manufactured parcels support tormer terias ; but the business
doing in them is very moderate. Sr.oets, single, in London,
11l 5s to 1117 s 62 ; hoops, first quality, 101 I:%s to 111: and nail
rods, 91 103 toe! 15s per ton. Tin moves off freely—Banca at
136 s 6d to 1375; Straits. 13is to 135 s : firitish, 133 s to '.345;
and refined, 137 s to 13se per ton. Tin plates are steady.
I.C. coke, 31a to 315 6d; ~X. ditto, 36s 6d to 375; I.C.
charcoal, 36a 641 to 37s ; and IX. ditto. 422 to 43s per box.
Lead is dull in sale, at barely late rate >. Copper is quiet.
English tile an leake,l26l; Russian,l2ol; and South American,
1101 to 1111 per ton. English zinc, 301 to 311 les per ton.
Spelter,oti the spot, 231172 Cd per ton.