The Press.
London, England, 1856-05-24 00:00:00

MAY 24, 1856.

NOLISK—Wheat, Essex and Kent red. Oa to 70s; white,
61. to 71s; Norfolk ant Lincoln red, b9s to 701. Malting barley,
3511(0 995; grinding ditto, 33s to 35s : distilling, 34s to 18s.
Valt, 83s to 81s. Feed oats, 19. to 225; potato, 22s to 275.
Eye, 35. to 408. Tick beans, 338 to 355; Harrow, 343 to 38s;
pigeon, 383 to 411. Grey peas, 34s to 95s ; maple. 371 to 388;
'bits boilers, 408 to 433 per quarter. Town-made Sour, ti3s to
655; country marks, 469 to bus; households, 55. to Ns per
284/lbs.
ARRIVALS THIS WEER.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oat.. Flour.
Eneliell .. 1930 3020 .. 20 .. 1490
Irish •••• •- 3050
foreign .. 9:00 .. 1690 5310 sks
8290 bls.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat,
4.546 cleaners. 69s 4d ; barley 916 quarters, 38s ; oats, 2,116
enviers, 21a I'd ; rye, quarters, ; beans, 503 quarters,
5Si 11; peas, 49 quarters, 36s 4d.

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IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 6Ss 9d; bar-
ley. 40s; oats, 23s 3d; rye, 41s 4d; beans, 41s id; peas,
39811 d.

THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, CAB 1(1: barley,
39s 104; oats, 23s 7d ; rye, 41s 104 ; beans, 41s Od ; peas,
38z Yd. •

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEF.K—Wheat,l26,236:
barley, 17,166; oats, 12,99; rye, 03; beans, 4,718; peas, 428
quarters.
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BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
re from 9ed to led; of household ditto, Ted to 9d per 4lbs
loaf
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TEA—Public sale* of tea held this week have been well at•
tended, and a Nil average quantity has changed hands, at previous
rates. Privately very little is uoing:— Congou, 8d to 2s fid;
:Sing Yong and Oolong, 10d to is 10d; Souchong, 91d to 2s ed ;
F.osery Pekoe, Is 44 to 3810 d; Caper,— to —•' Scented Caper,
Is 3d to is Ild; Orange Pekoe, to : Scented Orange
Pekoe, Is 4d to 2s 6d ; Twankay, 5d to is 2d ; Hyson Skin, 8d to
le 2d: Hyson, is 2d to 4s ; Young Hyson, 6id to 25 ed;
Imperial, lid to 2a 4d; Gunpowder, 8d to Is 6d; Assam, Is Gd
to 4s 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on
18,e76,8391ba, against 18,859,7261bs in 1855.
SUGAR—There is less activity in the demand for all raw
swam. In prices, however, very little change has taken place.
B rbadoes Las realised 38a to 455; Mauritius, Ses to 4fB 6d;
slid Bengal, 39s Gd to 46s per cwt. English crushed is dull, on
Griner terms. Refined goods move off slowly, at 93s Gd to
Ns 61 per cwt for grocery lumps.
MOLASSES—AIthough the supply is tolerably extensive, the
demand is steady, at from 19s to 22s per cwt.
COFFEE —We have to report a dull inquiry for all
kinds, and in some instances prices are in favour of buyers
Jim 43s to 58s. Sumatra, Padang, and Batavia kind, 41s'
to 48s. Manilla, 44s to Os. Mysore, 435 to 79s :id
Mocha, garbled. 705 to BGs ; ungarbled, 565 to 625. Ceylon
native sorts, ordinary to good ordinary, 49s to 515; plantation
kinds, good ordinary, 51s to 54s ; fine to fine fineordinary, Us to
Gibi; middling to good middling, Gla to 78s. Jamaica. ordinary,
46s to 495; good to fine ordinary, 50a to 5.3 s ; low middling
to middling, 55s to Gig ; good to fine middling. 65s to 90s. Costa
Rica, ordinary to good ordinary, 47a to 525; fine ordinary, Ida to
Stls Gd ; fine fine ordinary to colory, 97a to Gcs ed. St.
Domingo, 45s to 495. Haien& and Cuba, oreinary to good ordi-
nary, 44s to 475; tine ordinary to middling, 48s to 60s. Porto
Rico, Ole to els. Rio, Ins to 565. La Guayra, good ordinary to
middling coloury. 50s to 695.
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COCOA—There is still a fair inquiry for most descriptions,
and late rates are well supported. Fine red Trinidad, Rs to
575; grey, 48s to 535; and Granada, 43s to 50s per cwt.
RlCE—Owing to the unusually large stock, this article is
very dull, and prices ha.e a downward tendency. Good mid
white Bengal has sold at fis ed: and good, Ils to Ils 6d per cwt.
In cleaned qualities very little Is doing.
COTTON—Our market is still heavy, but we have no actual
decline to notice in prices.
HEMP AND FLAX—We have bad a slow inquiry for hemp,
at barely at last week's currency. In the value of Bak no change
has taken place. Jute and Coir goods move off steadily, at ex-
treme rates.

INDIGO—The quarterly sales have been brought to a close,
and prices show a decline of from 3d to 6d per lb. Out of 7,115
chests declared, only 3,473 were disposed of.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at 766 to 76. 6d.
In manufactured parcels only a moderate business is doing.
Rails, at the works, 81 7. rid to 81 106 ; common bars, 81 3.
to 61 7s ad ; sheets, single, in London, 111 5. to 111 7. the ;
hoops, 101 10s to 111; and nail rods, 91 10s to 91 15a per ton.
Tin is in aeti7erequest—Banca at 139 s to 140 s; Straits, 136 s
to 1375; British, 134 s to 1335; and refined, 139. to 140 s. Tin
plates are active. I.C. mike, 31s to 31s 6d; I.X. ditto, 37s to
371 6d: I.C. charcoal. 36. fid to 37s per box. Lead is firm.
English pig, 261 10. to 271; Spanish, 251 to 251 10s ; and milled
sheet. 261 15a tit 271 per ton. Quicksilver. Is Btd to Is 9d per lb.
English zinc, 31L Spelter, 23113 s to 241 per ton.
SPIRITS—The stock of rum is good, yet the demand is
steady, atrial prices. Proof Leeward., Is Id to 2s 2d; East
India, 2s to Is Id; and foreign, proof to 10 per cent. over,
Is lid to 2. 3d per gallon. There is a better inquiry for brandy.
and the quotations have an upward tendency. Sales of
Cognac, be4t brands of 1855, 105 3d to 10s 341 ; 1:•51. 10s 6d to
10a ofd; older, 10a 7d to 11. 6d ; and low to middling, 9. 4d to
10.3 d per gallon. Gin, 17 underproof, 10s; 22 ditto. 9s 6d;
raw spirit, proof, 10s fid; Geneva, 2s 10d to 3a 8d per gallon.
HOPS—Fine hops are in fair request, at full quotations;
but inferior kinds command very little attention. Mid and
East Kent pockets, 31 5s to 61 6s; Weald of Kents, 31 to
51 ss: Susan, 21 16e to 41 155 per cwt. About 200 bales of
foreign hops have come fresh to band.
WOOL—The public sales are still going off briskly, at an ad-
vance in the quotations of from lid to 24d per lb. The private
market is very tirm. About 3,500 bales of wool have come in
tits week.

POTATOES-1 he supplies are seasonably extensive, and
the trade is heavy, at 35s to 90s per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil, on the spot, is in good request, at 821.
AU other oils area dull inquiry. In turpentine very little is
doing. Bpi, its at ::0, to 32. 6ci; and rough, As 63 to 9. per cwt.
TALLOW—P Y.C., on the spot. has changed hands at 458 94
to 465; and for the last three mlnths. 45s 64 per cwt. Town
tall 'w, 46. net cash. Imports, 2,3400 casks.
COALS—Holywell, 164 9d; Tanfield Moor, 14s; Wylam,
les 64; Hilda. 15s rid; Riddell, 16s; Eden Main, 171 ; Lamb-
tm. 176 3d; Russian's, 181; Caradoe, 17s 6d; Heugh Hall, 17s;
Hello., 17s 3d; Tees, 18s: Evenwood, 15s 94:1 ptr ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE—On Monday very moderate
supplies of stock were on sale in our market, and the trade
gene ally ruled brisk, and prices advanced 2d to ad per Blbs.
Ou Friday, however, the arrivals of stock were large, and the
general demand was heavy, at 2d to 4d per Sibs leas money, or
as follows:—Beet from 3s to 4s Cd; mutton, 3s Etd to
5s Cd ; lamb, Cs 2d to Cs 2d; veal. 3. 10d to is 4d; pork,
38 4,1 to 4s 83 per 81ba to sink the offal.
XEWGATE AND LEADENHALL— About an average
businea has been transacted at our quotations. Beef, from
fis M to 4s; mutton, 3s Ito 4. 4d; lamb, 4s ftd to
5s 8d; veal, 3s 8d to ls 10d; pork,l3s 2d to 4a 8d per Sibs
by the carcase.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuuday, May 2O

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.-JOHN DAVIRS, Shrewsbury,
printer and bookseller.
BANKRUPTS—HENRY STUART and RICHARD KzgriErr,
Cork-street. Burlington-gardens, Middlesex, taiIors—CHARLES
EaswELL, Saffron Waldon, Essex, builder—ANGEL EMMANUEL
DIUDICI, St MIU"S•OZe, City, merchant— ROBERT SAMUEL
LUNDIE, Long-acre, Middlesex, wood engraver—BENJAMlN
HAWTHORN, Lisle-street, Leicester square, Middlesex, shoe
mercer—JOHN HOWARD BLAcicw-ELL and GEORGE RENNET,
Smethwick, Stafford. ironmasters—JOHN DAYIES, Shrewsbury,
printer and bookseller —JosEra JOHNSON, York. furniture
broker—GEoaGE BINNS, Birstall, York, cloth
manufacturer—CHAßLES Baansuaw, the Seven Oaks, Man-
chester, licensed victualler.
SCOTCH SEQU ESTE A TTO NS.—GEOROE DOWDEN CFrommt,
Glasgow, merchant—ALEL Mar.vitt.s, Glasgow, commission
agent—THos. EASTON, Denny, Stirling, innkeeper—Ai-4H MAL-
COLM and Jona TURNBULL, Glasgow, engineers—Hoiucs FEN-
wick, Dundee, underwriter.

Friday, May 90.
BANKRUPTS.— EDWARD VORGAN, Hastings, provision
merchant—JOHN SQUIRE TWKEN, Ware Westmill, Herts. miller
—Joan HOPKINSON. Nottingham, grocer—GEoßGE WILLIS,
Northwich, clock maker.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JAMES Krick, Port-Enss-
gow, merchant—Jon AVLson, Wick, merchant—WlLuan
WRIGHT, Glasgow, painter —ltosaitr Scosia, Glasgow, ac•
countant—DaNiaL hUGazooa and Co., Glasgow, calioc. printers.

CAVENDISH—On the 19th instant, at Cheshain-place, the
Hon. Mrs. Richard Cavendish, of a daughter.
COL E—On the 17th instant. in Eaton.place, the wife of Lieut.
Colonel A. Lowry Cole, C. 8., 17th Regt, of a daughter.
MUNRO—On the 17th instant, at Stoke Bishop, the wife of
Lieut.-Colonel Munro, 39th NO., of a son.
NOEL—On the 13th instant, at Exton-park, Rutland, the Hon.
Mrs. Henry Noel. of a son.
VIVIAN— On the lbth instant, at Glynn, Cornwall, Lady Vivian,
of a son.

FORBES—DAWSON—On the 15th instant, at Higham, Suffolk
Captain Thomas George Forbes, R.N., to Elizabeth, widow of
the late Lieut. Alexander Clotworthy Dawson, R.K.
WALKER—GLAD WIN—On the Bth instant, at Brampton, John
Walker, Esq., of Chesterfield, to Mary Ann, widow of the late
Colonel Gladwin.