The Press.
London, England, 1857-01-17 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oat.. Flour.
Kng1iah....2610 .. 4080 .. 3990 .. 830 .. 2170

Irish
Foreign —WM .. 119 A 12410 eke.
2700 bla.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRlDkY—Wheat,
2,626 quarters, 64e ; barley, 2,71 Z. quarters, 48s 6,1 ; oats, 2,056
quarters, 2334 d ; rye, quarters, —; beaus, 1,035 quarters ,
38s 8d; peas, 300 quarters, 403 Bd.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, sds 10d ; bar-
ley, 44s id; oats, 23s ; rye, 3:13 5.1; beaus, 41s 7d;
peas, 33s Od.

TIIE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 598 8d; barley,
44e ; oats, 244 ld; rye, 39. 91; beaus, 428 8d; peas,
40e 9d.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEE' K—Wheat , 92,519;
barley, 88,087 ; oats, 12,904 ; rye, 128; beaux, 4,930 ; peas , 2,117
quarters.

BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from 9d to 91d: of household ditto, lid to 8,11 per 4lba
loaf•

TEA—Both at public sale and by private contract an
increased business has been transacted this week, and
prices have shown a tendency to advance, although tho market
is extensively supplied. Congou, Hid to 2s 61; Ning
Yong and Oolong, lid to 2a; Souchong, 100 to f.,s 6d;
Flowery Pekoe, 2s to 4s 6d; Caper,— to —; Scented Caper.
Is to is Ind; Orange Pekoe, Is to is 4d ; Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 4d to 24 6d ; Twankay, 6d to is 2d ; Hyson Skin, Cd to
is 2d: Hyson, is 6d to 3s Od ; Young Hyson, 8d to 2s 4d;
Imperial, lld to 24 4d; Gunpowder, 10d to 38 Zd; Assam, is 3d
to 4s 4d per lb.

SUGAR—Owing to the absence of speculation, all raw
sugars have sold slowly, at a decline of 6d to Is per cwt. West
India has changed hands at 4/is to s:s; Mauritius, 47a to
sta tld; Bengal, 48a to 55a; Penang, 428 to 50e; China, 47.
to 51s; and ilavannali, 50s to Ws per cwt. Refined goods have
sold slowly, at 61s to 6;ti per cwt. The total clearances of sugar
to the 10th twat were 104,567 cwts.

MOLASSES—The supply is very limited, yet the demand i■
inactive, at about last week's currency.

COFFEF.--Good ord native Ceylon has advauced to :;fis per
cwt, with au improved demand. All other coircea are firm, and
quite as deur as last week.

COCOA—Fine red Trinidad cannot be purchased under 755
per cwt; but the demand ie limited. Granada ie worth 675
to 70s ; Bahia and Paru, 63s to 61s; and Guayaquil, 725
per cwt.

RlCE—Rather large quantities have been passed for sale this
week, and prices have given way ;id per cwt. The etock is over
44,000 tons.

PROVISIONi—There is only a moderate demand for all
kinds of provisions, yet prier-4 rule about stationary. The
baron market is steady. and fine Irish is rather dearer. In
other provisions very liulo is doing, atbmely late rates.
COTTON—About 9,000 bales: have aol Ma slight reduction
in value.

001.—Over 3,000 bales have attired this week. chiefly
from our colonies. The market generally is steady, at full quota-
tions.

HEMP AND FLAX—We have no change to notice in the
value of either hemp or flax. and the demand is rather limited.
Jute and Coir goods are firm.

SALTPFTE Prices are rather droopiug, with a heavy
market. lienggr, to arrive, has sold at arcs per ewt.

SPIRITS—Ruin is in good request. Proof Leewards, 2e 6d
to 2e 7d; East India, 2a bd to 2e Gd per gallon. MI kinds
of brandy move off freely. Sales of Cognac, beet brands of Mb,
128 41 to 128 6d; 1850 ditto, 12e F d to 13s; older, 13s to
148 ; and low to middling. Gs 4d to 78 Gd per gallon. British-
made spirit, lie 2d ; Geneva, 3, to 48 per gallon.
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METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at 738 and 73s ra cash.
Speller, on the epot, 281 7s Gd to 291 per ton. Tin is firm.
Banes, 114 a to 1455; Straits, 113 to 114 s. Tin plates and all
other metals command full prices.
HOPS—There is a fair demand for most kinds, on former
terms. Mid and East Kent pockets, 81 5s to 51 12s;
Weald of Kenta, 31 5s to 4111 s; Sussex, 313 s to 3118 s; yearlings,
11 10s to 815 s per cwt.
POTATOES—The supplies are moderately extensive, and
about an average business is doing, at from 75s to 120 s per too.
COALS—Hetigh Hall, 19s; Eden Main, 19s 3d; Wharncliffe,
18s 6d; Haswell, 20s Gd; Pensher, 19s; Stewart's, 20s 04.1;
Evenwood, IGs Gd; Kelloe, 19s Gd; ‘N hitworth, 17s; Tees,
20s Gd per too.

OlLS—Linseed oil has been firm, at SR 15s to Mit Rape
is steady, at 54110 s for foreign refined. and 511 103 for brown.
Olive is rather dearer. Gallipoli. 01 to 611; Spanish and
Sicily, 59!: Trieste, 571 to 1331; Mogadore, 561 to 571; and
Levant, 551 to 561. Other oils support late rates. Turpentine
moves off slowly—English spiritist 443; American ditto, 43s fid
to 465; and rough, 12s per cwt.

TALLOW—About 54) casks have arrived this week, and our
market is very firm. P.Y.C., on the spot, 60s to COs Gd and for
forward delivery ens per cwt.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE The supplies of stock
on sale this week have been rather I mited, and the trade
generally has ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to
Ss 2d ; mutton, 3s led to Ls 4.1; veal, 4s to be Ad ; pork, ds Ad
to 5s 2d per Albs to sink the offal.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL—Eath kind of meat has
changed hands steadily. at our quotations. Beef, from Ps to
4. ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d; veal, 38 81 to 4s 10d; pork,
8s 3ci to 5s 4d per elbs by the carcase.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
Tuesday, January 13.

BA N KRU PTS.—Joseeir Ha awn., Portswood , Southampton ,
licensed victualler—JAMES HENRY SMITH ,23s Oxford-street, and
54, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, corset maker and milliner—
JOSEPH WHITEstoE, 27, Davies-street. Berkeley-square, watch
and clock manufacturer—ROßEßT HENRY BOLLIN, King's Lynn,
Norfolk, carriage builier—EDMUND GODDARD, 103, London-
wall, provision deaIer—RICHARD CARPENTER, Museum-tavern,
Museum-street, Bloomsbury—GEOßGE DAVEY, 93, Murray-
street, New North-road, plumber, painter, and glazier—GEono•
FEARIII, 4 and b, Lambeth-walk, Surrey, draper—HENßY OSBORN,
Old Trinity-house, Water-lane, City, wine and spirit merchant—
WILLIAM T. GRAVENOR, Birmingham, hatter and milliner—
SAMUEL BAYLEY, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, grazier and cattle
deaIer—RICHARD Davis, the elder, Westbromwi ch, Stafford shire ,
coal master. &C.—ALFRED HENRY HARROLD, FTOUIe, Seiwood,
. Somersetshire, chemist and druggist—Tiromss HENRY TRIPHEY,
Perranporth, Cornwall, woollen draper and grocer—RAMSDEN
RAwseLEY,Copley, Halifax, builder and shopkeeper—KNOWLTON
WILSON, Sheffield. surgeon and apothecary—JOHN UNWIN, Sea-
combe, Cheshire, baker and provision dealer—JAMES GRIFFIN,
Liverpool, poulterer and game dealer.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—GEosom LANvffAM, Inch-
tura, Perthshire, saddler—B. W. Dons and Co., Glasgow. mer-
chants—J. and J. W. VINT, Union place, Edinburgh, merchants
and commission agents—Tnomks NEss, Leith, blacksmith—.
Abzxksnza LAW, Glasgow, coal merchant.