The Press.
London, England, 1857-05-02 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. barley. Malt. Oats, Floe,.
Kngliah 3130 01190 .. .. 2119
Erieh
Foreign .. 3230 .. 17190 14040 .. eke.

9220b1;.
LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON Fatn Vl—Wheat,
4,677 q inners, Oda 1.11 ; barley, BSu quarters, 4Us 9d ; 0at5,1,719
quarters, 21s dd ; rye, quarters, —; beaus, 05) quarters,
37s 7d; peas. U 9 quarters,39s 7d.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 5352 d; bar.
ley, 433 id; oats, 22a 9d; rye, 35s 9d; beaus, 39a bd;
peas, 39s 3d.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVFMAGES—Wheat, 51s 4d; hurler,
45s 10d; oats, 23s dd; rye, 38s; beans, 3Js dd; peas, 395.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK— Wheat,
barley, 20,600; oats, 11,834; rye, dl; beaus, 5,2;;7; peas, 666
quartere.

BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolia
are scl to dad: of household ditto, ad to 71d per 41big kat.

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TEA—The public sales held this week have gone off slowly,
yet they have led to very little change iu the quotations. In the
private market only a limited business is passing. Advices
trout China state that the shipments of tea, compared with last
year, exhibited a decline or 1e,370,0001b5. Coulon, is id to
2s 4d ; Ning Yong and Oolong, Is 2d to 2e; Souehung. is t 1 to
26 Gd ; Flowery Pekoe, 2$ to 4s; Caper,— to —; Scented Caper,
Is Id to is Hid; Orange Pekoe, 15 2d to la 41; Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 4d to 2s 4d; Twaukay, 9d to is 3d ; Hysort Skin, ad to
Is 2d: Hyson, is 51 to 4s; Young Hyson, 10t1 to 2a 4d;
Imperial, is to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, 114 d to 3s Gd; Assam, la Id
to as 4d per lb.

SUGAR—Nearly all raw sugars have sold somewhat briskly,
at an impmvemeiit on last week's rates of from tid to Is per cwt.
West India parcels have realised its ed to tiOs; Miurnius,
to Ws ad; Bengal, ads to W. Ud; Madras, 4ds to 45s 6.1;
ilavannah, iSts to eloper cwt. There has been a firm inquiry
for refined goods, at Sea 6(1 to 5-ss per owl. Loaves have ad•
vanced to Zos per cwt.

MOLASSES—Our market is but moderately supplied,
and the demand is steady, at full prices7M., 92s GU to 2us
per cwt.

COFFEE—The amount of business doing in our market has
not been extensive, yet prices gemrally nave continued
Plantation Ceylon hest:mud buyers at ti,la to 9;is; and good ore
native, 623 per cwt.

COCOA—This article—the supply of which is still on the
iuerease—is very dull, and to effect sales lower rates must he
suhtultted to.

RlCE—we have no change to notice in prices, and the
demand is chiefly confined to small parcels. Bengal, itds to
Ids t,d per cwt. 't he stock is rather over 41,000 tour, against
about half that quantity lust year.
COTTON—Our market, though very moderately supplied, is
inactive. In prices, however, we have no change to notice.

HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp is dull, yet there are no
sellers of Petersburg clear. under 351 per tun. Melilla parcels
command exumnie rates. In flux very little is passing, and Jute
has fallen in value 1:oi to vs per ton.

WOOL—The public sales of colonial wool hare commenced
heavily, and pikes, compared with the previous auctions, show
a decline of Id to lid per lb. In the private market nothing is
doing, and the imports are limited.
SPIRITS—We have to notice a steady demand for all kinds
of ium, at last week's quotations. Pi oof Leewards, 2s :la;
proof East India, 2a bd ; proof Demerara, 3s Id per gallon.
The brandy market is tirio, and rice old parcels cannot be pur•
chased under tis 4d per gallon. Malt spirit is steady.

INDIGO—The demand is heavy, and prices are almost
nominal.

METALS—Scotch pig iron has changed hands slowly, at
76s cash. The shipments front Ulusgew 14;t week were
1 i,!lrea tons, against 11,1.;:i tons in the corresponding week last
year. Quicksilver is nominally quoted at Is :Id per lb. Tin is
very dull, and Straits has declined to 1421. Tin plates may be
had ou lower terms. Lead is quite as dear as last week. Spelter,
ou the spot, 2t41 I7s es/ to 281 par tou.
SALTPETRE—The market is quiet. A few hundred tons, to
arrive, have sold at 4:5 Cd to 42s per cwt.

SlLK—There is only a moderate business doing in this
article, yet the quotations are well supported.
HOPS—Fine parcels move off steadily, at full prices; but
inferior kinds are dull. Mid and East Kent pockets, II los
to 51 125 ; Weald of Kents, 31 Is to 31 ; Sussex, 3/ to
3112 s ; yearlings, 11 10s to 31 per cwt.
POTATOES.—The supplies Pre only moderate, and the
demand generally rules steady, at from 100 a to 1804 per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil has sold slowly, at 39s to 399 3d per cwt
on toe spot. Pale rape and tine palm are quite as dear a, last
week, but other oils are heavy. Turpentine is firm. Spirits,
405 to 41a ; rough, lOs t) 10a 3d per cwt.
TALLOW—In the early part of the week P. Y. C., on the
spot, sold at lea 3d per cwt. The price has since declined to
555 3d owing to the reopening of the Baltic navigation
COALS—Acorn Close, 16a 3d; Heugh Hall, 15s Od;
Latubton, 17s 8i1; Belmont, 15a 3d ; Eden Main, IGs 6d;
Stewart's, 18s ; Haswell,lBl ; Braddyll, 10s 6d ; Riddell, 15s 6d;
Kelloe, 16a Gd ; Caradoc, 18s ; Tees, Diaper ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE The supplies of fat stock
on offer this week hare been on the increase, and the trade
generally has ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, Iron
Is 4d to ss; mutton, 4s id to Gs; lamb, Is Gd to Ga 8d;
seal, 3s 6d to 5a Id; pork, .is 6 d to 4s 10d per 81b1 to sink
the offal.

NE\VGATF. AND LEADENHALL—Prices have given way,
with a dull sale. Beef, from:is to 4a IA; mutton, da 2d to 4s ed;
lamb, 5a 2d to t3s ; veil, 36 4d to 4s 8d; pork, 3s bd to Os per
bibs by the carcase.