The Press.
London, England, 1854-03-11 00:00:00

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—
Wheat, 2,411 quarters, 82e; barley, 2,416 quarters, 39s 10d;
oats, 5,901 quarters, 28e ; rye, 120 quarters, 48s Od ; beans, 907
quarters, 41s 4d; peas, 385 quarters, 525 4d.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 785 3d; bar-
ley, 37s 10d; oats, 275; rye, 47s 2d; beans, 455 101; peas,
46s sd.
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 80e 10d; barley,
408 43 ; oats, 275 ad ; rye, 49s 2d ; beans, 47s Id ; peas,
50s 7d.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 61,890;
barley, 68,579; oats, 21,253; rye, 210; beans, 1,309; peas, 1,650
quarters.
SEEDS—There is a goon business doing in linseed and
hempseed, at full prices. Fine qualities of clover seed are
steady; but inferior parcels command very little attention.
Cakes are quite as dear as last week. English, 101 55 to 111 58 ;
foreign, 101 to 111 lbs per ton.
TEA—There is rather more doing in this market, and common
sound Congou le worth Is Oid per lb. Up to Saturday last
duty was paid on 5,392,2471ba, against 6,372,3731bs in 1853.
SUGAR—The supplies of most kinds of sugar on offer are
very moderate ; nevertheless, the demand is very inactive ; and,
in some instances, the quotations have a downward tendency.
Good to fine yellow Mauritius, 35s 6d to 38s ; low to mid, 34s to
858; good to tine brown, 3:15 to 88e 6d ; brown Havannah, 845 6d
to 358 &I; yellow, 36s to 39s ; yellow Madras, 30s to 34e ; brown,
285 to 29s 6d ; mid to fine white Bengal, 3.1 e ad to 40s Ohl; brown,
80s 6d to 31s per cwt. Crushed commands extreme rates.
Refined goods are steady. Brown lumps, 44s 6d to 45e; and
low to tine grocery, 455 Gd to 4be per cwt. The total clearances
to the 4th inst. were 1,064,233 cwts, against 1,020,763 cwts last
year.
MOLASSES—The business doing is limited. St. Kitt's hes
sold at 185 6d to 19s ; Antigua and Dominica, 18s to 19s
per cwt.
COFFEE—Good ord native Ceylon has changed hands to
some extent, at from 475 to 468 per cwt. All plantation as well
as foreign qualities are quite as dear as last week.
COCOA—Our market is dull, and the quotations are barely
supported. Granada, 315 to 34s tld; Guayaquil, 345 &I to
638 dd ; Para, 298 to 29e 6d ; and Bahia, 27s to 27s ed per cwt.
CHICORY—The supply is still increasing, and prices are
barely supported. British root, 101 to Ill; powder, 171 to 201;
foreign root, 101 55 to 111 per ton.
SALTPETRE—BengaI is steady, at 858 61 to 3Gs 3d
per ton.
RlCE—There is more doing in this article. Bengal, 13a Gd
to 15s; Java, 145 to 18e per cwt. These quotations show a de-
cline of eld per cwt.
PROVISIONS—The market for all kinds of Irish butter is
very inactive; but we have no actual decline to notice in prices.
Fine English and foreign has advanced fully 2s per cwt. The
bacon market is somewhat tamer, at 68e to 60s for Waterford
sizeable. Lard is quite as dear as last week. Other kinds of
provisions are dull.
TALLOW—AII kinds are in good request, and dearer. P. Y.C.,
on the spot, has realised 645 to 648 6d ; for March and April,
64. 641; and fur May and June, 648 9d to 65s per cwt. Town
tallow, 62s 61 net cash. Several parcels have arrived from
France.
OlLS—Linseed oil is firm, at 34s on the spot, at which quota-
tion there are very few sellers. The price for June is 36e.
Common fish oils are steady. Tar is 2s dearer; turpentine as
cheaper. Spirits, 21165; in puncheons, 21 168; rough, 14s lid
per cwt.
COALS—Cart's Hartley, 21s; Tanfield Moor, 185 6d; Eden
Main, 215 8d; Bell, 21e; Belmont, 21e; Stewart's, 22s ad;
Heugh Hall, 208 64; South Kelloe, 20e Sid per ton.
HAY AND STRAW—Meadow hay, 21 lbs to 61 ss; clover hey,
81 15s to 61; and straw, 11 las to 21 3s per load.
WOOL—Since the close of the public sales the demand fur all
kinds of wool has ruled inactive. Low English qualities have a
downward tendency.
HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp is very firm, and con-
siderably dearer. Petersburg clean is worth 501 per ton. Flax,
is dearer. with a steady market.
COTTON—Scarcely any transactions have taken place in this
article, yet prices are supported.
POTATOES—The sale for most kinds is steady, and prices
are well supported. Kent and Essex Regents, 125 s to 165 e ;
other kinds, 100 s to 145 e per ton.
SMITHFIELD—Beasts, sheep, and pigs have sold slowly—
the former at a decline of 2d per Sibs. Calves have produced
very full prices. Beef, from 9s to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to ss;
lamb, 05 to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s to 55 bd ; pork, 8s 2d to 48 10d per
bib's to sink the offals.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL— The supplies having
been extensive, the general demand has ruled heavy, as
follows :—Beef, from Is 10d to 4s; mutton, 8s to 48 Gd;
veal, 45 to 55 4d; pork, 3s 4d to 45 10d per Albs by the
Carcase.