The Press.
London, England, 1857-01-10 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Smi) G. 20 .. 100 .. 81U .. 2510
Irish
Foreign —10630 .. 2740 .. 6410 .. 1070sta.
6980 bls.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat,
2,616 quarters, 63s ad ; bat ley. 1,919 quarters, 49.4.1: oats, 2,0117
final:tars, 265; rye, quarters, --; beans, 424 quarters,
395; peas, 217 quarters, 425.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 52. ; bar.
ley, 44s Rd ; oats, 29a 5d ; rye, 39s 2d ; beaus, 41s Id;
peas, 40. 9d.
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 60s 2d; barley,
44. Id; oats, 24s 9d; rye, 40s 41; beans, 49s ; peas,
41s Bd.

ENtifISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, i,5,7ai •
barley, 90,644 ; wits, 11,472; rye, 284; beans, 5,054; peas, 2,632
quarters.
BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread In the tnetropol is
are front Od to 92,1; of household ditto, lid to 84d per 41bn
lust

TEA—Our market is not quite so excited as last week,
yet common sound Congou has sole as high as 1 lid par lb.
Other qualities continue steady. Congou, llid to 2s Gd; Ning
Yong and Oolong, lid to 2s; Soueliong, 100 to 2s Gd;
Flowery Pe'oe, 2a to 45 6.1; Caper,-- to —; Scented Cape,.
Is to ls 101; Orange I'ekoe, Is to Is 4d; Scented Orange
Pekoe, Is 41 to 2s Gd ; Twankay, Gd to la 2d ; Ilyson Skin, Gd to
Is 2d: Hyson, is 61 to 311 Gd ; Young Upton, tid to 2e 4.1 ;
Imperial, lld to 2s 4d; Ounpowder, 10.1 to 3s 6.1; Assam. is 34
to 4s 4d per lb. The stock of tea in the United Kingdom is now
85,252,0001b5, against 09,014,0401bs at the coffeepot:ding period
last year.
SUGAR—The transactions in raw qualities this week have
not been extensive. Prices, however, have been fully le per
ewt above those ruling prior to th • holidays. Barbadoes lots
sold at 52a 4d to 31s; Demerara crystalised, 503 Gil to fols ;
Mauritius, 43s to Ms; Bengal, 44s to 655; Madras, 40s to
411 s Gd per cwt Floating cargoes of sugar are less active.
Penned goods move off steadily, at from Ws to 6111 6d per cwt.
The decrease iu the consumption of sugar last year was
382.306ewta.

MOLASSES—The supply is moderate, and the demand Is by
no means active, at last week's currency.
COFFEE—Plantation Ceylon has sold briskly, at an im•
provement in veins of le per cwt—pea berry having realised sle.
Good ord native has changed hands at :Asper cwt. Other kinds
of coffee have been tolerably firm.
COCOA—This article is again dearer—flue red Trinidad
having sold at 75s 6d; Guayaquil, 725; and St. Domingo, bas
per cwt. Last year the consumption fall off by 1,117,0761ba.
RICE—Low and middling qualities are in fair request, at full
quotations; but cleaned rice is very dull. In prices we have no
change to notice.
PROVISIONS—Irish butter is dull, and may be purchased on
easier terms. In English and foreign very little is doing.
The bacon market is heavy, at barely late rates. Hams, lard,
and other kinds of provisions command very little attention.
COTTON—The Liverpool market comes dearer; but no
actual advance has been paid here. The demand, however, is
steady.
WOOL—AII descriptions continue firm, and many holders
refuse to sell except on higher terms. The imports this week
have been 800 bales.

HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp is in fair request, at 371
to 971 10s per ton for Petersburg clean. Manilla qualities are
dull. We have no change to notice in flax. Jute has advanced
58 per ton, and Cut goods are firm.
SALTPETRE—Very little business is doing in any kind, and
prices are almost nominal.
tt PI Ras-itum is firm. with a fair mount of business doing
in it. Proof Leswards and East India, 2s :id to 2s Gil per
gallon. Brandy is active. Salesof Cognac, best brands of 1855,
12s to 2d; MO ditto, 12s 411 to 12s 84; older, 1244) to
13s 44; and low to middling. Ge Gil to 7s Gd per gallon. Gin, 17
underproof, 10s 43d; 42 ditto, 10s; raw spirit, lie 2d proof;
Oeneva, 98 to 4s per gallon.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at 738 6d and 74s cash.
Manufactured parcels support previous rates. No zhanga in
lead, copper, or steel. Spelter, on the spot, VI 10s to 231 15s
per ton. Tin is the turn dearer.
HOPS—No change has taken place in prices, and the demand
1. steady. Mid and East Kent pockets, 31 5. to 51 15s
Weald of Rents 91 5s to 41 144; Sussex. 313 s to 3118 s per cwt.
POTATOES—TheI supplies are on the increase, and the de-
mand is steady, at from 70s to 120 s per ton.
COALS—Taufield Moor, 148 9d; Riddell, 18s 3d; Heugh
Hall, 19s; Braddyll, 19s Gd • Hetton, 20s Gd; Lambton, 2os ;
Haswell, 20s Gd; Hartlepool, 204; Caradoc, 19s; Evenwood,
Hs 64 per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil, on the spot., has sold at 38s Gd to 39s
per cwt. Foreign refined rape is worth 511; brown, 511; Galli-
poli, 581 to 591. Turpentine is dull, and drooping. American
spirits, 465; English, 44s per cwt. Rough is held at 12s.
TALLOW—The demand is steady, nt very fill prices. P.V.C.,
on the spot, 58s 84 to 59a Gd per cwt. We have no sellers
tinder those prices for forward delivers.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE 'hie supplies of fat stock
on sale this week have been only moderate, yet the trade
generally has ruled inactive, at our quotations. Beef, from
38 Gd to Is 2d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 58 2d; veal, 4s 24 to 5s 64.1;
pork, 3s 10.1 to 5s 24 per Allis to sink the offal.
N KwoATE AND LEADENIf A I.l.—The trade generally has
ruled heavy, as follows:—lied, from ;'s 24 to 44 8d ; mutton,
3, Gd to 4884; veal, 3s 104 to ss; pork, 38 84 to Is 44 per
Sib. by the carcase.