The Press.
London, England, 1856-04-26 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat,
4,728 quarters,6oe 5d ; barley, 1,198 quarters, 38s 7d ; oats, 2,700
quarters, 21s M ; rye, quarters, ; beaus, 308 quarters,
36s 3d: peas. 296 quarters, 395.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, (9s; bar-
ley, 39s 2d ; oats, 238 7d ; rye, 44s 7d ; beaus, 41s 9d; peas,
37s 4d.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, CBs 8d; barley,
38s Id; oats, 23s ed ; rye, 44s Id ; beans, 41s Id ; peas,
39e ld.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat,lll,3B4:
barley, 30,354; oats, 12,281; rye, 84; beans, 0,968; peas, 798
quarters.
BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from 94d to 10d; of household ditto, 74d to 9d per 41bs
loaf

TEA—Several parcels of green have been purchased on
speculation, at very full prices; but other kinds continue slow
in sale, at late rates. The market generally, is well sup.
ported, as follows: Congou, el to 2s 6d; Ning
Yong and Oolong, 10d to is 10d; bouchong, °id to 2s ed ;
Mowery Pekoe, Is 4d to 4s; Caper, to —; Scented Caper,
Is 3d to is Ild; Orange Pekoe, to ; Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 4d to 2s Gd ; Twankay, 8d to is 2d ; Hyson Skin, 8d to
Is 2d: Hyson, Is 2d to 4s ; Young Hyson, 60 to 2s 6d;
Imperial, ild to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, 8d to 3s 6d; Asssm, is Gd
to 45 4d per lb.
SUGAR—Since our last report the demand for all raw sugar
has been rather active, and an extensive business has been
transacted, at an improvement in value of fully 61 per cwt.
Crushed and refined goods are steady—the latter at 52e Gd to
65s per cwt for grocery.
MOLASSES—The supply continues small, and the demand is
steady, at from 18s 6d to 19s 61 per cwt.

COFFEE—There is a fair demand for Mocha, at fully last
week's quotations. Most other kinds of coffee are selling
slowly, on former terms. The present rates are as follows:
Java, 43s to 5314. Sumatra, Padang, and Batavia kind, 41s
to 48s. Manilla, 448 to 48s. Mysore, 438 to 79s
Mocha, garbled, 708 to 868 ; ungarbled, 5Gs to 625. Ceylon
native sorts, ordinary to good ordinary, 49a to 528; plantation
kinds, good ordinary, 528 to 545; fine to fine fine ordinary, 54s to
60i ; middling to good middling, Gla to 78s. Jamaica, ordinary,
478 to 498; good to fine ordinary, 50s to 545; low middling
to middling, 55s to 64s ; good to fine middling, 658 to 90s. Costa
Rica, ordinary to good ordinary, 46s to 52a; line ordinary, 538 to
56s Gd ; fine flue ordinary to colony, 578 to GBs 6d. St.
Domingo, 458 to 498. Havana and Cuba, ordinary to good ordi-
nary, 448 to 475; tine ordinary to middling, 48s to 608. Porto
Rico, 488 to 61s. Rio, 40s to 568. La Ouayra, good ordinary to
middling coloury, 50s to 698.

COCOA—This article is in full average supply, and sluggish
request, as follows: Red Trinidad, 42s to 465; grey, 37s to
42s ; Granada, 39s to 40s; St. Vincent's, 318 to 375; Bahia and
Para, 36s to 365; and Guayaquil, 43e to 44s per cwt.
RICE—The stock is now over 20,009 tons, against under
4,000 tons last year. Fine qualities move off steadily, at lull
prices: but inferior parcels are very dull, and rather lower to
purchase.

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COTTON—Great firmness prevails in the demand, and prices
have an upward tendency. The quantity hero is very small.
WOOL—Although o'er 40,000 bales will be brought to public
sale next month, we continue to have a steady demand for all
kinds of wool, at very full prices. This week's imports are under
100 bales.

HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp is steady, at 321 per ton
for clean; but East India kinds command very little attention.
Flat is dull, yet importers are tolerably firm.

METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold to a fair extent, at 75s
cash. Rails, at the works, are quoted ai 81 Is to 81 7a 6d :
common bars, 81 25 6d to ss; Staffordshire, 91 10s to 101;
sheets, single, in London, Ill; and nail rods, 91 IGs per ton.
Tin is still active--Banca at 136 s 6d to 137 s ; Straits, 133 s
to 435. ; British, 133 s to 1345; and refined, 197 s to 138 s.
Tin platys are active. I.C. coke, 81s to 31s &l; LX. ditto,
36s 6(1 to 37s ; I.C. charcoal, 38s 63 to 37s ; and I.X. ditto. 42s
to 45s per box. Lead is very firm. British pig, 261 103 to 27':
Spanish, 251 to 251 .0s per ton. Quicksilver, Is 543 to is 9d
per lb. English zinc, 901 to 311 Ds per ton. Spelter, on the
spot, 231 15s to 231 17s 6d per ton.

SPIRITS—There is a moderate demand for rum, at
late rates. Proof Leewards, 2s to 2s 2d; East India, is lid to
2s Id per gallon. Brandy is Belling slowly, on former terms.
Gin, 17 underproof, 9s Ild; 22 ditto, 98 bd; raw spirit, lOs 8d;
Geneva, 2s 1041 to Is sd per gallon.
INDIGO—The best Spanish qualities command former
terms; but inferior kinds are dull, and rather lower. East
India are steady.

HOPS—Middling and fine hops are in request, at very full
prices; but inferior kinds command only a limited attention.
Mid and East Kent pockets, 41 to 61; Weald of Kents, 31 to
41 16s ; Sussex, Si to 41 15s per cwt. About 120 bales of foreign
hops have arrived this week,

POTATOES—For the time of year the supplies are large, and
the demand is steady, at 40s to 95s per ton.

OlLS—Linseed oil, on the spot, is heavy, at 29s Gd to 30s
per cwt. For forward delivery very little is doing. Other oils
are dull. Turpentine is heavy, at 32s 641 to 34s fur spirits, and
9s to As 6d per cwt for rough.

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TALLOW—P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted at 47e to 47s 3d ;
and for the last three months, 46s 6d to 46e 9d per owt.
COALS—Wylam, 15e 6d ; Gosfortb, 15e; Eden Main,lBs 6d ;
Haswell, 18s 9d ; Hatton, 18e ; Lambton, 17a ; Stewart's, 181;
Tees, 18s per ton.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE Taken collectively, the
supplies of fat stock on sale this week have been very moderate,
and the trade generally has ruled active, as follows :
Beef has sold at from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; mutton, 4s to
5s 8d ; lamb, 6s to 2d; veal, 4s 21 to as bd ; pork, d■ Od to
4s 8d per bibs to sink the offal.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL The demand has
been steady, and the quotations have had an upward tendency.
Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d; mutton, 8s 6d to 4s 8d; lamb,
611 2d to 6a 4d; veal, 3s 10d to 5s ; pork, 3s 9d to 4e 8d per Albs
by the carcase.