The Press.
London, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

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FRIDAY EVKNTNO.
TnE Bank of England return for the week ending
the Ist instant, shows the following changes corn.
pared with that for the week preceding:—

Increase in Circulation
Deerease in Public Deposits
Decrease in Other Deposits
Decrease in Government Securities
Increase in Other Securities..
Increase in Bullion 24,258
Increase in Rest 309,7U6
Decrease in Reserve
Circulation, including Bank Post
Bills

Bailie; iu Both Departments
The present return does not contrast favorably
with that fur the preceding week. The addition to
the circulation is not sufficient to produce any mate-
rial effect. The decrease in the Public Deposits,
when considered in relation to the sums received on
account of the loan, shows that the Government ex-
penditure is going on at a prodigious rate, and that
it is apparently impossible to maintain an average
balance under existing circumstances. The diminu-
tion in the Private Deposits is partia:ly owing to
withdrawals on account of the Court of Chancery,
and one or two public bodies, while the reduction in
the amount of Government Securities indicates that
sales of Stock have been going on. The increase in
Private Securities denotes the pressure for discounts
and loans last week. The addition to the Rest is un-
usually large. The decrease in the Reserve, caused
by advances, is considerable. The capacity of the
Bank to afford auoininotlation to commerce by
means of its reserve is now less than it has been in
any week since the 26th of January.
Money has been in active demand throughout the
week, owing to the payment of the second instalment
of the deposit upon the loan, and to the falling due
of commercial acceptances on the 4th. The Discount
Market has therefore had to sustain considerable
pressure, whilst the demands upon the Bank have
been heavier than usual. Slarcely any paper has
been done under the minimum rates fixed in October ;
whilst in some instances enormously high terms have
been exacted. But, on the whole, the demand which
still continues has been well met, and the supply is
equal to any probable emergency. On the Stock
Exchange the market has presented no particular•
features since Monday; and the rates, for short
loans, have averaged five per cent. To-day they
were higher, in consequence of the settlement in
Consols, as much as six per cent being required.
An instalment of 251. per met. of the new loan, or
1,250,000/., and one of 201. per cent. upon the funding of
Exchequer Bills, are due next Thursday. Similar
instalments ate further due on the 29th inst. We
are not likely to have an easier• money market so
long as these amounts press upon it.
The imper,s of specie during the week amount
to 680,0001., and the exports to 511,3031. The bulk
of the exports has gone to India; and the Bank o:
England has taken 120,0001. TI e remainder has
been bought on account of the Bank of France, and
a premium paid upon the purchase.
Consols have, on the whole, been comparatively
steady since our last, though pricts have occasion-
ally fluctuated. On Saturday they closed fur the
Account at 91i to 1, but on Monday they advanced
to 914 to 1. On one occasion they even touched 92.
The next day they receded to 914 to 4; on Wednesday
they were almost stationary ; and yesterday they de
dined to 911 to 1. The fall in the early part of the
week arose from the fact that a statement in a semi-
official organ, to the effect that preliminaries of peace
had been signed, not haying the real importance as •

SATURDAY,

signed to it in the first instance; also to the firm
tone of the speech of the Emperor of the Franch ;
and, further, to the state of the Money Market causing
a pressure of sales.
To-day the market has been flat, with a drooping
tendency. Consols opened at 913 to;, and declined to
911 to 1, finally closing at 91f
as
to 1. No news arrived
the day to support prices, and business was
dull, dealers being engaged in preparing for the
sddtiuetitlilng ement. The rates of Contango are high : as
much as i was paid for carrying over Stock to-day
until the April account, being at the rate of 01 per
cent.

The present Account terminates on Tuesday. The
next is fixed for the 10th April : and transactions hare
been entered into for that date at 921 to }, and Oil
to 02. The settlement in Consol scrip t.ok place
to-day. The Account proved rather heavy than
otherwise.

The Railway Market has been firm, but there
was a decline in some Stocks yesterday of from
ss. to 10s. per share. Most 01 the leading lines,
however, keep up, there having been a fair
demand fur investment. Still the amount of busi-
ness is far from considerable. To-day the market
underwent no particular change, firmness being
its prevailing feature.
The result of the poll for the election of directors
to the Eastern Counties Railway Company will not
be declared until to morrow (Saturday).
Joint-stock Bank Shares have been inquired for.
London and County have been sold at 37. The new
undertakings remain at about the same quotations as
last week. Among several other projects, there is
one for a Bank of Wales, the direction of which is to
be at Wrexham, with a capital of 100,0001.
Foreign Securities are steady. Turkish Six per
Cents. are exceedingly well supported : they have
improved H. since last Saturday. The Guaranteed
Stock is j better.
The transfer books at the Bank of England for
the Three rer Cents. Reduced, the new 'three per
Cent Annuities, the Long Annuities, and the Annui•
ties ending 1859, are now closed in preparation for
the April dividends.
The French Three per Cents opened this morning
at 721. 90c., and closed at 72f. 80c., showing a fall
upon the closing price of last night which was
73f. 10c., of more than per cent. Since this day
week the decline has amounted to 1 per cent. Theirs
is great pressure fur money in Paris, owing to speru•
lame transactions on the Bourse, and it is possible

that the decline may have partially arisen from this
cause. But, whatever it may be, the market in that
capital is in a highly sensitive state, and considerable
fluctuations may be expected during the whole
course of the conferences now being held there. The
monthly return of the Bank of France, which will be
issued next. Friday, will show that a considerable
sum has been expended in premiums upon the pur-
chase of gold; and the metallic reserve will, in all
probability, be less than that reported in the last
return. _

A 1 urktsh Gas Company, with a capital of 100,000!.,
in 11. shares, the object of which is to light Con-
stantinople and other towns in the Ottoman empire,
is announced ; also a Bituminous Fuel Company,
with a capital of 50,000/., in 10/. shares. A pro-
spectus has been issued of a Liverpool and Awtra•
Tian Navigation Company, with a capital of 400,t000/.,
in 1001. shares. This company is already partially
formed, and in possession of two large ships, with
capital of 205,0001.
*The comparative exchanges show that gold is
dearer in London than is Paris and Hamburg
but that it is not profitable yet to bring it trom the
United States.
The country trade reports are, upon the whole,
satisfactory. A great production is going on in many
branches of manufacture ; but complaints of small
profits and unremunerative prices are made on all
sides.

The subscribers to the Unity Bank have completed
the requisite payment of fifty per cant. on its capital
of 310,0001.; and it is stated that immediately on the
receipt of its charter from the Board of Trade, which
is expected in the course of the present month, the
bank will commence operations.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuaut to the Act 7th and MI Victoria, car. ,*2
for the wee:. eudiug un Saturday, the Ist day of March, Ir,,L

ISKUE DIEPAEMIENT.
Notes issued .... t25,428,330' Goverument Debt f11,015,F0
lOther Securities .. 3.442.900
Gold Coin .t 9,93.2:10
Silver Bullion .•••
/24,428.29

114.413430
11•NKINO DKPARTIIMIT.
Proprietors'Capitsl/14,5h.i,u00 iioverument Seeu•
.lest
Public Deposit/O 1.1,N1 043 i Dead Weight An. 111.151 (CI
Other Deposita
S:iven Day it other Notes 5.031.115
Bills
437,081,193 137,0ei,vs
• Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, C onunissioners
styli al Debt, and Dividend Accounts.

Iluropolitan Varlitts.

(Reportede xclusively for "Tim Plazas.")

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CORN EXCHANGE—The receipts of English wheat up to
our market this week, coastwise and by land carriage, have
been very moderate, yet the demand for all kinds has ruled ex.
ceedingly heavy, at a decline in the quotations of trom Gs to 33
per quarter, with effecting clearances. Foreign wheat—the im-
ports of which have been by a° means extensive—has been
freely offered at from 4s to ...tt per quarter less money. Fine
barley has sold to a fair extent, at Is per quarter advance;
grinding and distilling parcels have realised previous quotations.
In malt, very little doing, at barely previous rates. The oat
trade has ruled heavy, at is to 2s per quarter less money. Both
beans and peas have met a dull inquiry, and the currencies have
given way is to 23 per quarter. The flour trade has been in a
depressed state, at 4s per sack less money.
GNOLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent red. 55s to 7('e; white,
58e to 725; Norfolk and Lincoln red, sis to 675. Malting barley,
3an to 41s ; grinding ditto, 29s to 31s: istilling, 33s to 15s.
_Mali, 841 to 753. Feed oats, 22s to 233; potato, 23s to 28s.
Rye, 44s to 475. Tick beans, 32a to 3:,5; Harrow, 35s to 3:11;
pigeon, 37s to 41s. Grey peas, 34s to 351 ; maple. 37s to 38s;
white boilers, 40a to 49a per quarter. Town-made flour, dls to
635; country marks, 47s to 51s; households, 58s to Ws per
2801bs.

ARRIVALS Tins WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
E nglish ....2_610 .. 2:•ou .. 2190 .. 210 . • 1580
Foreign . • 6280 ..
.. .. 1050 .. 80 acts.

_ 850 bls.
LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY— 4
Wheat,
2.9751 arters.72s 44; barley, 4.821 quarters, 35, Sd ; oats, 9,19.
uarters.24s 9,1 : rye, 14 quarters, 26s 54 ; beans,4l6 quarters,
3As lid: peas. 201 quarters, 39s 10d.
INIPERT AL WEEKLY AVFIRAGES—WbeaL 119 s 7d; bar-
leS. Us 6d; oats, 23s 9d ; rye, 47. 2d ; beans, 41s bd; peas,
391 M.

SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 72s 9d; barley,
375: oats, 24s 3d; rye, 50s, 4d; Deans, 49s Id; peas,
414 ed.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER—Wheat, 112,949;
barley, 82,392; oats, 12,607; rye, 154; beans, 6,453 ; peas, 1,66 d
quarters

13READ—The prices of wheaten bread in tho metropolis
are from 9d to 90; of household ditto, lid to did per albs
loaf

TEA—The demand for all kinds still rules heavy, and to
force sales lower rates must be submitted to. Present
rate, are as follows: Congou, aid to 2s 6d; sing
Yong and Oolong, 1041 to is 1041; souchong. to 2s 6d;
Flowery Pekoe, Is 4d to 4s; Caper, to —; Scented Caper,
Is 3d to 1s Ild; Orange Pekoe, to ; Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 7d to 2. 6d ; Twankay, f.,tl to Is 2d ; Hyson Skin, ad to
is 241: Hylton, 1, id to 4a ; Young Hyson, did to 2s Gd;
Imperial, lid to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, 8d to 3s ttd; Assam, 1s 6d
to 4s 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on
10,342,7571b5, against 7,559,7611 b, last year.
SUGAR—The demanu has continued tirm for all raw quali-
ties, and in some instances the quotations have risen Gd per
cwt. About 20,000 bags Mauritius have changed hands at from
Sets to 455: and several large parcels of foreign have found
buyers. Crushed has moved off steadily, chiefly for export to
the Continent, at from 32s to 33s per cwt. Refined goods have
been in request, at frOs to 52s per cwt for grocery lumps. The
total clearance, to Saturday last was only 162,357 cwts,
against 1„182,321 cwts in 1855.

MOLASSES—Most descriptions are in fair request, at full
prices.
ttiFFEE—Our market is unusually inactive, and in some
instances the quotations are nominal. Good ord native Ceylon
has changed hands at 50s per cwt.
. . .

RICE:-Owing to the hetiviness in the corn trade, rice is ne-
glected, and may be purchased at a decline of 6d to 9d
per cwt.
HEMP AND FLAX—We continue to have a most inactive
sale for all kinds of hemp, at barely last week's decline in the
quotations. The flax market is heavy ; but we have no change
to notice in prices.
WOOL—The public sales of colonial wool—at which over
40,000 bales have been disposed of—have been brought to a
close, at fully the opening prices. The private market is still
very firm.
COTTON—The supply of cotton here is limited, and we have
a ateady sale for all kinds, at extreme rates.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has changed hands at 67a 6d
to 6-4. Most manufactured parcels are tolerably firm. Rails,
61 5. to 8110 s; common bars, 81 to 81 5.: Staffordshire, 101 108
to 101 15s per ton. Tin moves off steadily—Banca, Ins 6d
to 1301; Straits, 1288 to 1295; British. 1298 to 130 s; refined,
1348 to 1355. Tin plates command fully late rates. I.C. coke,
30s to 31s; LX. ditto, 36s 6d to 378 per box. Lead is still active.
Bt kali pig, 261 lOs to 271; Spanish, 251 to 2M lib; and
milled sheet, 271 to 271 lOs per ton. Speller, ou the spot,
21110 s per ton. English zinc, 301 lOs to 311; zinc powder, 301
per ton.
SPIRITS—The sale for ruin has been heavy, although
another Government contract for 100,000 gallons is now out.
Proof Leeward., 2s Id to 2s 2d; East India, 28 per gallon.
The brandy market is in a most inactive state, and the quota-
tions are not supported. Gin, 17 underproof, 98 10d ; 22 ditto,
9s ; raw spirit, lOs sd; Geneva, 28 9d to 8s Bcl per gallon.
HOPS—Our market is well supplied with all kinds of new
hops, in which only a limited business is doing. as follows :
Mid and East Kent pockets, 41 lus to G 1 10s; Weald of Rents,
31 to 51; SUItB3X, 21 16s tool iOs per cwt.
POTATOES—The supplies are very large, and the demand
is heavy, at from 358 to 908 per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil has changed hands at 358 to 34s Gd per
cwt on the spot. Brown rape is quoted at 48s 6d to 495; pale,
528 ; palm, 378 to 40s; cocoa-nut, 368 to 378.
TA LLOW—P.T.C.. on the spot. has moved off slowly, at:3BB6d
to 578 Gd per cwt. For the last three months there are sellers
at 518 Gd. Town tallow, 518 id per cwt net cash.
COALS—Lambton, 17s; Russell's Hetton, 16s; Stewart's,
17s Gd ; Kelloe, 16s 6d; Tees, 178 Gd ; Wylam, 148 6d; Gosforth,
14. 9d ; Hilda, 148 3d per ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of fat stock on
sale this week have been seasonably good, and the trade gene-
rally has ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beet sold at from 38
to 48 6d ; mutton, 3. 2d to 48 10d ; lamb, 68 6d to 78; veal, 48
to 58 641 ; pork, 3s6ci to 4s 104 per 81bs to sink the offal.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL Each kind of meat
has sold slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton,
2. 108 to 4s 4d; veal, 3. 81 to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s to 4a 104
per Blbs by the carcase.

ADDINGTON—On the 4th instant, at 1.7 p Ottery, Devon, the
wife of the Hon. W. W. Addington, of a daughter.
BONHAM—On the 28th ult., at Brighton, Mrs. Bonham, widow

of the late Colonel Bonham, of a son.
FAGAN—On the 22nd ult., at Beaumaris, the wife of Lieut.-
Colonel C. G. Fagan, of a eon.
FANSHAWE—On the 19th ult., at Mullingar, the wife of Major
Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe, of a son.
HUNTER—On the 29th ult., at Ramsgate, the wife of Lieut.-
Colonel Hunter, of a son.
MAIDSTONE—On the 2rd instant. in Audley-square, Lady
Constance Maidstone, of a daughter.
MACLEAN E—On the 23rd ult., at Rath, the wife of Lieut.-
Colonel Charles Moray Macleane, of a daughter.
MAXWELL—On the 20th ult., at Wiesbaden, the wife of Lieut.-
Colonel C. F Maxwell, of a eon.
SYMONDS—On the 23rd ult., at Broomy-hill, Hereford, the wife
of James Frederick Symonds, Esq., of a son.
PAGET—On the :at instant, in Grosvenor-place, Lady Alfred
Paget, of a daughter.

BLABELAGES.
HERRICK—BIGGS—On the 21st ult., st Jersey, Captain Ben-
jamin Rol:idleld Herrick, R.M. Light Infantry, to Caroline,
dauahter of the late Captain Henry Biggs,6oth Royal Rides.
LEAHT—FAGAN— On the 23rd ult., et Cork. Daniel F. I.eahy,
Esq., J.P., to Mary, daughter of Wm. Trani Fagan,Esq., M.P.
of Cork oity.
LEITH—CHAPMAN—On the let instant, at Brighton, Sir
George Hector Leith, Bart., to Ella Maria, daughter of David
Barclay Chapm.n, Esq., of Roebampton, Surrey.
SMITH—TUPPER—On the 3rd instant, at iluernsey, George
Smith, Esq.,79th Highlanders, to Wilhelmina Maria, daughter
of the late Captain W. Le M. Tupper, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
DEATHS.

ANDERSON—On the 29th alt., in Harley-street, Sir James E.

Anderson, M.D.
BEDFORD--Ou the 2nd instant, at Pendrea, near Penzance,
John Sargent Bedford, son of the late Captain John Bedford,
R.N.. aged 59.
COVENTRY—On the 24th December last, at sea, on his passage
home, Lient...Colonel Frederick Coventry, of the Cth Bengal

Licht Cavalry.
LAWSON—on the 29th nit., Captain Henry Lawson, of Kentish-
town, aged Bi.
RANK EN--On the 24th ult., at Sebastopol, killed by en acci-
dental explosion, Major George Ranken, Royal Engineers,
aged 27.
WETHERED--On the 24th ult., at St. John's-wood, Thomas
Wethezed, Esq., Deputy Commissary General.

FENDERS, STOVES, and FIRE IRONS.
Buyers of the above are requested, before finally deciding,
to visit WILLIAM S. BURTON'S SHOW-ROOMS. They
contain such an assortment of Fenders, Stoves, Ranges,
Fire Irons, and General Ironmongery, as cannot be approached
elsewhere, either for variety, novelty, beauty of design, or exqui-
siteness of workmanship. Bright Stoves, with bronzed orna-
menu and two sets of bars, 21. 14s. to M. 10s. ; ditto, with ormolu
ornaments and two sets of bars, 51. 10s. to 121. 125.; Bronzed
Fanciers oomplete, with standards, from 7s. to 31. ; Steel Fenders
from 21. lbs. to 61.; ditto, with rich ormolu ornanieuts,from 21.155.t0
71. 75.; Fire-irons, from Is. 9d. the set, to 41. 4s. Sylvester and
all other Patent Stoves, with radiating hearth-plates. All
which he is enabled to sell at these very reduced charges,
Firstly—From the frequency and extent of his purchases ; and
Secondly—From those purchases being made ezclusiv ely for
cash.

THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE FOR
L SILVER—The Real NICKEL SILVER, introduced twenty
years ago by WILLIAM S. BURTON, when plated by the patent
process of Messrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comparison
the very best article next to sterling silver that can be employed
as such, either usefully or ornamentally, as by no possible test
can it be disunguished from real silver.
Tbresd or
Fiddle Brunswick King's
Pattern. Pattern. Pattern.
Tea Spoons. per dozen lBs. .. 265. .. 32e.
Dessert Forks „
Dessert Spoons „
Table Forks „
Table Spoons „
fea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate
prices. All kinds of replacing done by the patent process.
CHEMICALLY PURE NICKEL NOT PLATED.
Fiddle. Thread. King's
Table Spoons and Forks, full size, per
dozen
Dessert ditto and ditto
Tea ditto

LAMPS of all SORTS and PATTERNS.—
WM. S. BURTON invites attention to his season's SHOW
of LAMPS. It embraces the MODERATF.O ft, (the best Pari-
sian specimens of which Lave been carefully culled), ARGAND,
SOLAR, CAMPHINE, PALMER'S MAGNUM. and other
LAMPS for candles; and comprises an assortment which,
considered either as to extent, price or pattern, is perfectly Un-
rivalled.
Pure Colza Oil. Ss. per gallon.
Palmer's Candles, 9d and lid. per lb.
Patent Camphine, 4s. per gallon.
(lASELIERS in GLASS and METAL
kJ!! The increased and increasing use of Gas in Private Houses
bas induced WILLIAM S. BURTON to collect from the various
manufacturers in metal and glass all that is new and choice in
Brackets, Pendants, and Chandeliers, adapted to offices, pas-
sages, and .iwelling-rooms, as well as to have some designed ex-
pressly for him; these are ON SHOW over his SIXTEEN
LARGE ROOMS. and present, for novelty, variety, and purity bf
taste, an unequalled assortment. They are marked in plain
figures, at prices proportionate with those which have tended
to make his Establishment the largest and most remarkable
in the kingdom—viz., from lis. 6d. (two light) to 161. 16s.

The alterations and additions to these extensive premises (al-
ready by far the largest in Europe), which occupied the whole of
lest tear, are of such • character that the entire of EIGHT
HOUSES is devoted to the display of the most magnificent stock
of GENERAL 110 USE IRONMONGERY (including Cutlery,
Nickel Silver, Plated Goods, Baths, Brushes and Turnery,
Lamps and Gaseliers, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, and Bedding),
so arranged in Sixteen Large Show-rooms as to afford to parties
furnishing facilities in the selection of goods that cannot be
hoped for elsewhere.
Illustrated Catalogues sent (per post) free.
No. 39, OXFORD-STREET; 1. la, 2, and 3, NEWMAN-
STREET; and 4,5, and 6, PERRY'S-PLACE. Established 1820.