The Press.
London, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

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FRIDAY EYENIVG.
THE Bank of England return for the week ending
the 22nd inst., shows the following changes compared
with that for the week preceding:—

Decrease in Circulation £138,118
Increase in Public Deposits 132,741
Decrease in Other Deposits
I. crease in Government Securities
Decrease in Other Securities

Decrease in Bullion
Increase in Rest ....
Decrease in Reserve
Circulation, including Bank Post
Bills
Bullion iu Both Departments

This comparison is not favorable. Indeed, the
return, as a whole, is one of the most unsatisfactory
that has appeared in the present year. The Public
Deposits are increasing ; but, on the other hand, the
Government appear to have been borrowers to the
extent of half a million, probably with a view to ample
preparation for the April dividends. The diminution in
the Private Securities, which is owing partly to the
activity of trade, and partly to withdrawals on ac
count of the loan, is considerable. The falling off
in the stock of bullion is large, and is accounted for
by the transmission of 150,00 N. in sovereigns to the
East, which were sent within the week embraced in
the return. The bullion is now at a lower point than
it has been for some time ; but it will be increased
next week by the purchases made in the present.
The decrease in the Reserve is rather considerable.

A considerable demand for money has existed
during the week, not so much in connection with the
ordinary transactions of commerce as in consequence
of the payment, to-morrow, of twenty-five per cent.,
or 1,2500001., of the five million loan, and of thirty
per cent. upon the funding of Exchequer Bills. At
the same time there is a pressure, which is obviously
increasing upon Lombard-street and the Bank, in
preparation for the commercial bills falling duo this
day week. Some banks have given notice to their
customers for the repayment of advances upon secu-
rities, and this step may he taken as an indication
both of some extent of pressure and of a resolution
to keep a tight hand over any speculative tendency
which may be exhibited upon the conclusion of peace.
At present, however, the inconvenience is incidental
and temporary rather than normal and stationary ;
and the general tone of the market is satisfactory.
The rates in Lombard-street are nominally the same
its at the Bank, though cases have been of daily

occurrence in which good bills have been done under.
On the Stock Exchange, wnere the pressure of the
loan instalment is most felt, six per cent. was about
the average until to day, when it increased to seven
and a half and eight, and, in one or two cases, ten
per cent. was actually paid for loans on Consels
until Tuesday next.
After the payment of the loan instalment, due to-
morrow, only two more will remain to be liquidated ;
one payable on the 10th April of fifteen per cent. or
750,0001., and the other on the 25th also of fifteen
per cent. The remaining instalments on the Exche-
quer Bill funding are due the same days.
The specie imports during the week have com-
prised 338,1611. from Australia, and 119,870/. from
the United States, making a total of 458,034/. Small
amounts are also reported to have come in from the
Continent, but to what extent is not known. Be-
tween 70,0001. and 80,0001. of the Australian gold
has already gone into the Bank, and it is probable
that altogether 130,000/. may find its way thither ;
but as the demand from France continues heavy, it
is not unlikely that the whole of the balance will be
sent there. A large sum in coin has been despatched
to the East. Further arrivals of Australian gold are
almost daily expected, as the Blackwall, with
350,0001. on board, is overdt e, and the Brilliant,
which is to bring 61,704/, will be due in a few days.
Owing to this being Easter week, business on the
Stock Exchange has not been very animated, and
transactions have been comparatively few.
Consols, which closed last Saturday at 92} to I,
have been steady all the week. Yesterday they
closed, for the account, at the same quotations. The
lowest price of the week, which was only for the
briefest possible time, was 02j to I, and we have only
heard of one or two transactions at that price.
To-day, after some slight fluctuations, they closed
firm at 92i to I.
The Railway Market was flat until yesterday, when
some of the principal Stocks showtd a marked ten-
dency to advance. Among them may be included
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midlands, and South
Easterns. Business, on the whole, has been but
limited, caused partly by the absence of dealers, and
partly by the approach of the settlement. To-day
was carrying-over day, and the rates of continuation
ruled high. On Lancashire and Yorkshire they
were, in the early part of the day,* per cent, Midtand
7-I(tths to 9-16ths, and on London and North-
Nestern, g. Towards the close of business, how-
ever, they were a point lower.
Foreign Stocks have not shown much activity, but
they appear to oe gradually eliciting more inquiry.
Turkish Six per Cents. have rather declined since
Saturday, notwithstanding the coming dividend,
which falls due on the 10th April. The Guaranteed
Stock is stationary.

Joint-stock Bank Shares have been almost en-
tirely neglected; on the whole they are firm at last
week's quotations, but London and County have
given way, having been done at 31i. Mr. Luard,
the manager of this bank, has resigned, and he has
been provisionally succeeded by Mr. M'Kewan, the
deputy-manager. It is expressly stated that this
change has no reference to the recent death of Mr.
Sadleir, whose securities, deposited with the hank,
have, upon examination, been found perfectly re-
gular. The settlement in Ottoman Bank Shares
took place to day. The transactions did not prove
to have been very numerous. They are now at 4 to
The Foreign Exchanges are favorable. At Ham-
burg the rate of discount has declined to 5i per cent.,
but as silver is likely to be sent thence to this
country, where it is now worth ss. id. per ounce, it is
expected to be shortly advanced to six per cent.
The British American Land Company have de-
clared a dividend of five per cent. per annum.
The country Trade Reports of the week, notwith-
standing the interruption to business caused by the
holidays, are on the whole favorable. Manufactur-
ing production, especially in the north, is increasing,
yet there is at present no accumulation of stocks.

BRITISH FU

per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account
per Cents Reduced
3 per Cents
Long Annuities
Hank Stock, 7 per Cent

Omnium
Etch. 13111 a, 24d. per die:
India Bonds, (1,0001.)
FO:
Per Cent.

IDS.
Qi

194

BrutHui - --
I-
Danish 5
Moll. (Ex 12 Guil )2i
Freuoh 3

Do. 4i
Do. Bank Stock
%I.tican S
l•eruvian 44
Portuguese 4
Russian 5
Spanish 3
Turkish tAcc 6

- Closing Prices.
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BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and sitii Victoria, cap, 33
for the week ending on Saturday, the 22nd day of March, 1856.

MARCH 29, 1856.

MOLASSES—We have a moderate demand for this article,
and West India may be quoted at 18s to lss Gd per cwt.
COFFEE—The business doing in this media is wholly con•
fined to pres,nt wants, yet last week's quotations are supported.
Java, 43e to 535. Sumatra, Padang, and Batavia kind, 41s
to Oa. Manilla, 445 to 485. Mysore, 43s to 79s
voena, garbled. 708 to 81is ; ungarbled, 665 to 628. Ceylon
'native sorts, ordinary to good ordinary, 498 to 525; plantation
kinds good ordinary, 529 545; fine to fine fineordinary, 558 to
, .to
60s; middling to good middling, tils to 811 s. Jamaica, ordinary,
47a to 4')a; good to tine ordinary, 50s to 54s 6d; low middling
to middling, 66s to 605; good to tine middling, 658 to 90s. Costa
Rica, ordinary to good ordinary, 485 to 625; fine ordinary, 548 to
66a 6d; fine fine ordinary to calory, 57a 6cl to 688 6d. St.
Domingo, 465 to 498. Havana and Cuba, ordinary to good ordi-
nary, 448 to 475; tine ordinary to middling, 48s to 60s. Porto
Rico, 488 to 61s. Rio, 405 to 575. La Guayra, good ordinary to
middling coloury. 506 to 695.
COCOA—For all kinds we have a slow sale, and prices are in
favour of bu)ers. Red Trinidad, 42s to 475; grey, 40s to 438 ;
Grenada, 40e to 445; Bahia and Para, 378 to 40s per cwt.
RlCE—Several parcels of cleaned have sold on continental
amount. In other qualities very little is doing, at barely
stationary paces. Bengal. 10s to 148 ; Arrucan, 9s ,Gd to 108 ;
Rangoon, lls to 13s; Madras,loe 6d ; and Java, 11s Gd to 12a 6d
per cwt.
HEMP AND FLAX—Hemp is still very dull in sale, and
late rates are barely supported. Flax moves off slowly, at last
week's currency.
COTTON—Our market is fiat, but we have no sllers on lower
terms. Surat, 4d to 52; Bengal, 30 to 4,0; Madras, aid to 411
per lb.
WJOL—About 4,000 bales of foreign and colonial wool have
arrived this week. II) private contract all kinds—especially
English—continue in good request, at very full prices.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has mat a dull market, at (Os
down to 668 per ton. Manufactured parcels are dull. Rails
and common bars, 81 to 8! Ss : sheets, single, in London, HI to
1:16x; hoops, first quality, 11l to 111 be ; and nail rods, 91 lOs
to 9115 s per ton. Tin is in limited request. Hance, 1295 to
129 s 6d; Straits, /278 to 124 ; British, 129 s to 130 s; and
refined, 1330 to 1355. Tin plates support last week's currency.
Lead is less active, yet British pig cannot be purchased under
261 108 to 271; Spanish, 251 to 251 Itle; milled sheet, 271
to 971 10a per ton. Quicksilver. ls Bed to Is 9d tier lb.
Spelter, 231 7s 6d to 231 ltis per ton on, the spot. Zinc is
firm, at 30110 s to 311 per ton.
EVIRITS—Rum moves off slowly, with a largo supply on
offer. Proof Leewards, 2s to 2s 2d; East India, is 10d
to is lld per gallon. Brandy supports former terms, with a
moderate demand. Gin, 17 underproof, is selling at 9s 10d;
22 ditto, 98 4d; raw spirit, proof, 10s 7d; Geneva, 2s 10d to
Ss 9d per gallon.
INDIGO—This article is very firm, at extreme quotations.
HOPS—Nearly 200 bales of foreign hops have arrived this
week. Fine new English support former terms; but the trade
g merally is heavy, Mid and East Kent pockets, 41 108 to
61 10s; Weald of Kents, 31 to 51; Susan, 21 168 to 41 105
per cwt.
POTATOES—The supplies continue large for the time of
year, and the trade is heavy, at from 35s to $55 per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil, on the spot, is worth 34s 6d per cwt.
Most other oils are a slow sale. Turpentine is tolerably firm.
Spirits, 32s to 3 is 6d; rough, 911 10d to 10s per cwt.
TALLOW—About 2,000 casks have come to hand. The busi-
ness doing is limited. P.Y.C., on the spot, 47s to 478 61
per cwt.
COALS—Riddell, 156; Lambton, 17s; South Helton, 17s;
Stewart's 178 6d ; Caradoc, les; Hartlepool, 178 3d ; Heugh
Hall, 15a; South Kelloe, 16s 32; Tees. 17s 6d per ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE There has been a good
demand for beasts, at an advance in the quotations of from 2d
to 4d per 81bs. Sheep have sold briskly, at 4d to 6d per 81bs ad-
vance. The lamb trade has ruled heavy, at is per Albs decline.
Calves have been rather drooping, with a slow sale. Pigs un-
altered. Beet has sold at from 38 4d to 48 lOci ; mutton, 3s 8d
to 5s 4d ; lamb, 65 to l's; veal, 4a lttd to 6s ; pork, Is Gd to
ts 10d per 81bs to sink the offal.
NEWGATE AND LRADENHALL Each kind of meat
has sold steadily, as follows :—Beef, from 38 to 45 4d ;
mutton,36 2d to 4s 6d; lamb. 58 6d to 6s 6d; veal, 3s 10d
to Gs; pork, 38 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase.

ADDERLEY—On the 25th instant, in lowndes-square, the
Hon. Mrs. Adderley, of a son.
BEAUFORT—On the 26th instant, at Badminton, the Duchess
of Beaufort, of a daughter.
DE CRESPUINY —On the 21st instant, at Wickham place,
Lady Champion de Crespigny, of a daughter.
KENNEDY—On the •i3rd instant, at Clifton-place, Hyde park,
Lady Augusta Kennedy, of a son.
KERR—On the 22nd instant, in Susse:•gardens, Hyde-park,
Lady Frederic Kerr, of a daughter.
LON DESBOROUG ii—On the 2tth instant, at Grimstnn, near
Tadcaster, Yorkshire, the Right Hon. Lady Loudesborough,
of a eon.

MARRIAGES.
DUNDAS—HOPE- -On the 25th instant, at Edinburgh. Adam
D. Dundas, eon of James Lundas, Esq., of Dondai, to Char-
lotte Maria, daughter of the late Rear. Admiral Chas. Hope.
ROBERTS--ELLIOT—On the Bth of Jauu.ay. at St. George's
Cathedral, Madras, Lieutenant Herbert champion Roberts,
N. 1., Aide-de Camp to the Right Hon. Lord Harris, to Maria
Louisa, daughter of William Elliot, Esq., Civil and Sessions
Judge of Cuddapah.
WHICHCOTE —MONTGOMERY —On the 25th instant, at
All Soul'a Church, Langham place, Sir Thomas Whichcote,
Bart., of Aawarby, Lincolnshire. to Isabella Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of the late Sir Heu.ry C. Montgomery, Hart.
WIGRAM—H A RHERTON —On the 24th instant, at St. John's
Church, Cambridge-square, William Knox Wigram, Esq., to
the Hon. Nary Pomeroy, daughter of Viscount Harberton.
WILLIAMS —DOWKER—On the 28th of January, ai Oomea-
Nielgherries, Henry Ernest Thesiger Williams, Esq.,
Lieutenant and Adjutant :ird Maras European Regt.,
Ellen Henrietta, daughter of Major-General Duwker, Madras
Army.

DEATHS.
BURNKIT—On the 20th instant. at Edinburgh, Sir Alexander
Burnett, Bart., of Leya, Kincardineshire.. aged 6t.
LUSH INGTON—On the 25th instant, at Norton court, the Hon.
Mrs. Lushington, wife of the Right Hon. S. R. Lushingtou,
aged 76.
NELD—On the 2lth instant, In Grosvenor•equare, Joseph
Neeld, Esq., M.P., of Grittleton-house, Wilts.
PARKER—Go the 21st instant, at Government-house, Devon-
port. Sir Hyde Psrker, Bart, aged 71.
POTTINGER—On the 18th instant', at Valletta, Malts, Lieut.-
General the Right lion. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., G.C.B.
aged 67.
REEVES—On the 22nd instant, at Clapham, John Reeves, Esq.,
FILS., L.S., and Z.S., aged 82.
TAll —On the 25th instant, at Carlisle, Catharine Anna,
daughter of the very Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, Dean of
Carlisle, aged 10—the fourth sister by scarlet fever within

THE PRESS.

MUSICAL UNlON.—'Tuesday next,
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