The Press.
London, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

ENGLISHGRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 9/3,3(1;
barley, 52,53; uat5,12,0:35; rye, 57; beans, 6,0b5; peas, 958
quarters.

BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from 91d to lOC of household ditto, 7,id to 9d per 41bs
loaf

TEA-1 here is only • moderate demand for all kinds
of tea, yet last week's prices are supported. Current
rates are as follows: Congou, 80 to 2s 6d; Ting
Yong and Oolong, 10d to is 10d; Souchong, Std to 26 Isd ;
Flowery Pekoe, is 4d to 4s; Caper, to —; Scented Caper,
Is 3d to is Ild; Orange Pekoe, to ; Scented Orange
l'ekoe, is 4d to 2s 6d ; Twankay, Ed to is 2d ; Hyson Skin, Sd to
Is 2d: Ilyson, is 2d to 46 ; Young Hyson, titil to 2s 6d;
Imperial, lid to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, tid to 36 6d; Assam, is 6d
to 46 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on
18,452,8211b5, against 11,387,37G1bs in 1855.
SUGAR—Considerable activity continues to prevail in the
demand for all kinds of raw sugar, and prices have further ad-
vanced ad to fully is per cwt. Barbadoes has realised 38s 6d to
446; Demerara, 89s to 455; Mauritius, 40s Gd to 44s 8d; Java,
416 to 445; liavannah, 406 Gd to 44s 6d •, Brazil, 3ss 6cl to
446 6d; Pernam, afloat, 25s 6d per cwt. The refined market
is firm, at fully last week's currency. Grocery lumps are selling
at 56s to 65s per cwt. Crushed is held for more money.
MOLASSES—The supply on offer is very moderate, and the
demand is steady, at 196 6d to 19s per cwt.
COFFEE—The transactionsin this article are wholly confined
to immediate wants. In the quotations uo change has taken place.
Java, 436 to 535. Sumatra, Padang, and Batavia kind, 416
to 486. Manilla, 446 to 48s. Mysore, 48s to 796 id.
Mocha, garbled, 70s to 86s ; ungarbled, fiGs to 625. Ceylon
native sorts, ordinary to good ordinary, 49a to 535; plantation
kinds, good ordinary, 52s to 546; tine to fine fine ordinary, 55s to
60s; middling to good middling, 615 to 80s. Jamaica, ordinary,
476 to 49s ; gooti to fine ordinary, 50s to 64s 6d ; low middling
to middling, s:s to 646 ; good to tine middling, 65s to 90s. Costa
Rica, ordinary to good ordinary, 465 to 525; tine ordinary, 54s to
586 6d; fine tine ordinary to colory, 57. 6d to G6S 61. St.
Domingo, 458 to 495. Haana and Cuba, ordinary to good ordi-
nary, 446 to 475; tine ordinary to middling, 46S to 606. Porto
Rico, 485 to 616. Rio, 40s to 575. La Guayra, good ordinary to
middling coloury, Stis to 695.
COCOA—Our market is very dull, at the late fall in value.
Red Trinidad, 4161 to 475; grey, 4os to 435; Grenada, 406 to
445; Bahia and Para, 376 to 40s per cwt.
RlCE—Owing to the immense stock on hand, and the
prospect of heavy arrivals for some time, most kinds of ricemove
off slowly, yet we have no sellers on lower terms. Bengal, lOs
to 146; Java, 11s to 12s 6d per cwt.
HEMP AM.) FLAX—Baltic hemp is somewhat firmer than
last week, and prices are well supported. Manilla qualities con-
tinue dull. The transactions in flax are limited, on former
terms.

COTTON—Most kinds are very firm in price; but the busi-
ness doing is very moderate. The stock here is trilling.
Surat, 41 to sd; Bengal, Sid to 4ld; Madras, 31d to 4jd per lb.
WOOL—The present week's imports are 1,500 bales, chiefly
from our colonies. Both for home use and export there is a
steady demand for all kinds, at very full prices.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at i,86 to 68s 6d per
ton. Manulactured parcels are by no means active. Rails, at
the works, 81 to 81 ds : sheets, single, iu London, 111 to
111 55; hoops, first quality, 111 to 11l ba ; and nail rods, 91 IGs
to 9115 s per ton. Tin is firm—Banca at 130 s 6d to 131 s;
Straits, 129 a to 129 s tid ; British, 129 s to 1303; and refined,
1346 to 1358. Tin plates are steady. I.C. coke, 30s 6d to 31s;
I.X. ditto, 36s 6d to 375; I.C. charcoal, 36s to 36s 6tl ; and 1.X.,
426 to 42s 6d per box. Lead is brisk. British pig, 261 106 to
271; Spanish, 251 to 251 106 per ton. Red lead, 271 His; and
white, 291 to 311 per ton. English zinc is worth 301 10a to 311
per ton. Spelter, 231 bs to 291 106 per ton on the spot.
SPIRITS—We have a moderate demand for rum, and prices
are well supported. Proof Leewards, 2s Id to 2s 3d ; East
India, Is lld to 25 per gallon. No change in the value of
brandy. Gin, 17 underproof, 9s 10d; 22 ditto, 98 4d; raw
spirit, 10s 7d; Geneva, export sort, 2s 10d to Se; and home
trade kinds, 3s 4d to 3s dd per gallon.
INDIGO—Great firmness prevails in the demand for most
kinds, at fully the late improvement in :slue.
HOPS—Fine qualities continue steady, at late rates, but
other kinds—the supply of which is extensive—are a slow sale.
About 160 bales have come to hand from the Continent.
Mid and East Kent pockets, 41 los to 61 10s; Weald of
Kents, 91 to 51; Sussex, 21 166 to 41 106 per cwt.
POTATOES—The supplies are less extensive than of late,
and the demand has become heavy, at from 35s to 90s per ton.
OlLS—Although a Government contract for 30,000 gallons of
linseed oil is out, the business doing in that article is but
moderate, at 336 6d to 34s per cwt on the spot. Other oils are
dull. No change in the value of turpentine.
TALLOW—P.Y.C., on the spot, has been steady, at 476 to
476 : and for the last three months, 473 9d per cwt. Town
tallow, 45s 6d net cash.
COALS—Tanfield Moor Butes, 14s : Eden Main, 16s 31 ;
Belmont, 1.3 s 6d; Haswell, 17. 9d; South Helton, 176 3d;
Stewart's, 176 64 ; Whitworth, 16e per ton.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE The supplies of beasts on
sale this week have been seasonably good, and the demand for
all kinds has ruled heavy, at a decline in the quotations of 2d
per bibs. Sheep have been in good supply and in active request,
on easier terms. Lambs have moved off heavily. In calves and
pigs very little has been doing. Beet has sold at from 98 241
to 4s tad ; mutton, 39 4d to 59 2d ; lamb, 6s to Zs ; veal, 4s kd
to Ss 10d ; pork, de 2d to 4s 8d per Bibs to sink the offal.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL These markets have
been seasonably well stpplied, and the trade generally has
ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 39 to 49 4d ; mutton,
3s to 49 id; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; veal, 4s to 58 2d; pork,
3s to 49 /1/41 per Bibs by the carcase.

BERKELEY—On the 2nd instant, at Overbnry-court, Worces-
tershire, the Lady Catherine Berkeley, of a sou.
MUNSTER—On the 29th ult., at Rutland-gate, the Countess
of Munster, of a son.
PERRY—On the 31st ult , in Eaton-place, Lady Perry, of a son.
RICE—On the 28th ult., at Eaton-place South, the Hon. Mrs.
Charles Spring Rice, of a son.
WALkOND—On the 29th ult.. at Bradfield, Devonshire, the
Hon. Mrs. R alrond, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
DUNDAS--KNATCH BU LL—On the 29tb ult., at St.. George's,
Hanover-square, Charles Stirling Dundas. Esq., son of Mr. and
Lady Mary Dundas, of Dundee Castle, to Mary Louisa,
daughter of Sir Norton Knatchbull.
HOBART—CARR—On the 27th ult, at Bath, the Hon. Fred.
John Hobart, son of the Right Hon. and Rev. the Earl of
Buckinghamshire, to Catherine Annesley, daughter of the
Right Rev. Bishop Carr.
MONSON—MONCKTON—On the 25th ult., at Harworth, the
Rev. Thomas John Monson. son of the late Hun. and Rev.
Thomas Monson, to the Hon. Caroline Isabella Monckton,
daughter of the late Viscount Galway.