The Press.
London, England, 1856-09-06 00:00:00

♦RRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
10: nen sh —4460 .. 110 .. 2900 .. 40 .. 690
Trish
Foreign.. 5370 .. 2190 .. 9730 .. 51270 Ms.
—aka.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat
4.343 quarters, Vs Ild ; barley 581 quarters, 45a 34 : oats, 9,00
quarters, 28s 04 ; rye, 7 quarters, 48s ; beans, 187 quarters,
35s llM; peas, 119 quarters, 40s 11d.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 70s 8d; bar-
ley, 45s Id ; oats, 27s ; rye, 448 Id ; beans, 45a 4d;
peas, 39a 111
THE SIX WF.EKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 73s 54; barley,
43s 9d; oats, 27a £d; rye, 40s iicl; beans, 45s 3d; peas,
ils 4d.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 65,735:
barley, 4,294; oats, 5,634; rye, 297; beans, 1,702; peas,9o4
Quarters

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I3RKAD—The prices of wheaten bread ir. the metropolis
are from Sid to 10d; of household ditto, 8d to Od per albs
oat

I EA—We continue to have a very dull market for all kinds of
tea; nevertheless, last week's prices are supported. The show of
samples is very extensive :—Congou, Rid to 2s 6d; ping
Yong and Oolong, 10d to Is 10d; Souchong, 9d to 2s 6d;
Flowery Pekoe, is 61 to 3s 61; Caper,-- to • Scented Caper,
le 11 to Is 194; Orange Pekoe, lid to is 2d : 'Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 4d to 24 6d ; Twankay, 8d to 1s 2d ; Hyson Skin, fid to
Is 2d: Hyson, 1s 21 to 3s 61 ; Young Hyson, 6vl to 2s 4d:
Imperial, lld to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, od to 3s 6d; Assam, is 14
to 4s 4d per lb.

SUGAR —There is no actual pressure of sugar upon the
market, yet the trade is heavy, and the quotations have fu.tber
alien way quite 6d per cwt. Barbadoes has realised 44s Ed to
Ps; Mauritius, 39s to 47s Benares, 414 Gil to 51s 6d
grainy, 47s to foris; and Porto Rico, 45s 6d to 47s ed per cwt.
Crushed sugars are mostly held on former terms. In refined
goads very little is doing, at from 64s 6d to 57s uil per cwt.
MOLASSES—Our market has become flat, and late rates are
barely supported. St. Kit:'s. 2•ts 6d ; Antigua, 23s to 23s 6d;
Cuba and Porto Rico, 2is to 22s Ed per cwt.
COFFEE—There has been a steady, though not to say brisk
demand fur plantation parcels, at full quotations. Several
kinds of native have realised 62a to 62s 6d per cwt. Foreign
coffees are firm.

COCOA—We have a good demand for most kinds, and prices
have an upward tendency. Red Trinidad. ;Ss to Ca 6d • grey, 56e
to 675; Guayaquil, 56s to Vs ; and Bahia and Para, 4ss to 50s
per cwt. _ _ _

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RICE—AII kinds are very dull in sale, and prices have
given way 3d per cwt. The stock in warehouse is nearly 46,0u0
tons.

PROVISIONS—Irish butter still moves off freely, on rather
higher terms. The best parcels of foreign are somewhat dearer,
with a good consumptive demand. English qualities are very
firm. Baena is less active ; but hams and lard are quite as dear
as last week.

COTTON—There is a steady demand for all kinds, at prices
quite equal to those previously reporte.l.
WOOL—English qualities are very firm, and quite as dear as
last week. In foreign and colonial wool very little is doing. The
imports this week are very moderate.
HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp moves off steadily, at
full quotations; but East India qualities command very little
attention. There is only a limited inquiry for its".
INDIGO—Our market has become somewh.it firmer, but we
have no improvement to notice in the quotations.
SlLK—Most kinds are in request, at very full prices.
SALTPF.TRE—More buyers are coming forward. and a
larger business is passing. In prices we have no change to
report.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at from 725 Gd to
73s 6d. In manufactured parcels about an average business is
doing. Sheets. single, in London, 1 1 25 61.1 to ill 9s ; hoops,
first quality, 101 We to 101 lls fid; and nail rods, 91 per ton.
Tin is in fair request. Banat, 12.15 Od; Straits, 123 s 6d. Tin
plates support late rates. Rpelter moves off freely. at 211 Cs
to 251 101 per ton on the spot. Copper and steel command
full quotations. Quicksilver is worth Is cid to Is 9,i per lb.
English zinc, 321 to 321 Ins per ton.
SPIRT IS—Most kinds of rum are in steady request, at very
full prices. Prow Leeward', Is 3d to 2s 4d ; East India,
2s 9d per gallon. Bran ly moves off steadily, but we have
n r change to notice in the quotations. Malt spirit, Ils per
cation proof.
HOPS—Picking is now pretty general, and the growth is a
very large one. Several parcels of new hops have realised 93s
to 130* per cwt.. Hops of last year's growth are dull, and con•
siderably lower.

POTATOES—The supplies are large, and the trade Is Missy,
at fmrn 70s to 65s per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil has sold at 88s 6d to 39s 6d per cwt.
All other oils support last week's prices. Turpentine is
steady—at 31s to 33s for 19irita, and Os to Os Od per cwt for

TALLOW—Our market is heavy, at drooping prices.
P.Y.C., on the spot, 52s : and for the last three months, 49s &I
per ewt. Over 3,000 casks havearrived this week.
COALS—Tanneld Moor, 15s 64; Stewart's, 19s 9d; Thorp,
19s; Riddell, 17s 9d; Eden Main, 18s 9d; Haswell, 19s 9d;
Hatton, 20s; Lambton, 194 3d; Hartlepool, 19. 62; Hough
Hall, les 3d; Kelloe, 19s 3d; Tees, les 62; Cassup, 19s

METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of beasts have
been on the increase, and all breeds have sold slowly, on some-
what easier terms. Sheep have supported former terms; but

The Best Food for Children, Invalids, and Others.
ROB IN SON'S PAT ENT BARLEY,
for making superior Barley-Water in Fifteen Minutes, has
not only obtained the Patrcnage of her Majesty and the Hoyal
Family, but tas become of general use to every class of the
community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an emi-
nently pure, nutritious, and light food for infants, children, and
invaiids. Much approved for making a delicious custard-pudding
and excellent for tnickening broths or soups.

ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS
for more than thirty years have been held in constant and
increasing public estimation as the purest farina) of the oat,
and as the best and most valuable preparation for making a pure
and delicate gruel, which forms a light and nutritious supper
for the aged, Is a popular cure for colds and influenza, is of
general u-,e in the sick-chamber, and, alternately with the Patent
Barley, is an excellent food tor infants and children.
Prepared only by the Patentees, RO B I N'sON, B E LIN lI,LE ,
slid CO., Purveyors to the Queen, 64, lied Lion-street, llolborn,
London. Sold by all respectable grocers, druggists, and others,
in town and country, in packets of Gd. and la., anti in family
canisters at 21., is., and 10s, each.