The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-09 00:00:00

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRITAT—Wheat
3,131 quarters, 79s ; barley 38 quarters, 42e 11d: oats, 1,455
quarters, 24s 7d ; rye, quarters, —; bean a, 277 gunners,
42s ad; peas. 5 quarters, 48a.

IMPERIAL AVERAGES—Whear,77s 10d: bar-
ley, 42e 7d ; oats, 27s 9d ; rye, Os 4d ; beans, 4r,a 7d;
Peas, Os Bd.

THR SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat,7Is 7d; barley,
39s Ild; oats, gds ; rye, 48s 9d; beans, 4,18 9d; peas, 13,
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 81,072:
barley, 1,858; oats, 5,380; rye, 06; beans, 2,483; peas, 629
quarters. _

BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from 9d to 10d; of household ditto, 71d to 80 per 41b.
loaf

TEA—The public sales held ibis week have passed off slowly.
In prices, however, very little change has taken place. In the
private market very little is doing, on former terms. Common
sound Congou is selling at did to 9d per lb.
SUGARS—The stocks of sugarare by no means large, yet the
demand has fallen off this week, and prices are with difficulty
supported. Barbadoes has realised 44s to 4ms Gd; Bengal,
4ts to 49; Benares, 48s to 59s per cwt. Several parcels of
slaved Manilla have changed hands at cos per cwt. In English
crushed very little is doing. Retitled goods—Lila show of
which is tolerably extensive—are st liing slowly, at from 564 to
Ma per cwt.

ItfOLASSF.F—This shies continues in good request, ant
prices are well supported. St liitfe. 21s ; Antigua, 23a to
Gd; Cuba and Porto Rico, 2.s to 22s 61 per cwt. The
supply on niter iv but moderate.

CUPFEE—Pliu,u►tion Ceylon has sold steadily, nt 59s 6d to
G. Gd per cwt. Good on! native is worth 61s tki. Foreign
coffees rule about stationary.
COCOA—There is a steady inquiry for all kinds, and late
rates are well supported. Red Trinidad has realised Z.6s to
599 Gd ; Granada, 496 to b3s ; Bahia and Para, 444 to 460; and
Guayaquil, 539 to 546 per cwt.
RlCE—Great heaviness prevails in the demand for this
article, and prices have given way Gd per owt. Good white
Bengal has sold at 106 Gd to lls per cwt.
PROVISIONS—We have to report a dull sale for all descrip.
tious of butter, and prices have a downward tendency. There is
a fair inquiry for bacon, at full quotations. Hams and lard sup.
port last week's quotations.
COTTON—More business has been transacted in our market
this week. and prices have ruled firm. Surat, 4ld to bid; and
Madras, 41d to fid perl b.
. _

IhOOLLThe pitblic sales continue to be well attended by
buyers. Fine wools move off steadily, at full quotations; but
inferior kinds are dull. Privately the demand is heavy. The
imports this week are under 2 010 bales.
HEMP AND FLAX—Petersburg clean hemp is in request
—new at 331 10s, and old 341 10s per ton. Manilla qualities
support late rates. There is very little doing in flax, but we
have no sellers on lower terms.

INDIGO—Our market is very dull, but we have no actual
change to notice in the quotations.
SALTPETRE—The amount of business doing in this article
is limited, and prices are a shade lower than last week.
METALS Scotch pig iron has sold at 73s to 73s 13d.
Welsh a ready inquiry, at 85s to 90s. Rails, at the works,
71 17s tid to 81; Staffordshire bars, 151 to 101 to 1015 s per ton.
Tin is steady. Banes, 120. to 129 s 6d; Straits, 124 s to
128 s 6d; British, 129. to 130 s; and refined, 135 s to 136 s per
ton. Tin plates move off slowly. T.C. coke, 30s to 30a 6d;
I.X ditto, 38s to 36s rid per box. Lead is dull. 13ritish
23110 s to 231 15s ; Spanish, 221 to 231 per ton. English zinc is
quoted st 301; and Spelter, on the spot, 241 to 241 Os per ton.
Swedish steel, 191 10. to 201 for faggot.
POTATOES—The supplies are large, and a fair business is
doing, at very low prices—viz., 21 15s to 41 per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil, on the spot, has declined to 37s and
37s 64 per cwt. Most other oils are not so firm as last week.
In turpentine very little is doing. Spirits, 30s to 31s tikl ;
rough, is 9d to 9s.

ALLOW—Our market has been steady. P.Y.C., on the
spot, has sold at 528 to b3s per cwt. For the last three months,
the quotation is 50s. Town tallow, 511 net cash.
COALS—KeHoe, 17s 9d; Whitworth, 168 Gd; Gosforth,
Ids 3d; Belmont, 16e 9d; Haswell, 19s; South Hinton.
Is. 6d; Heugh Hall, 17s; Tees, 18s 9d ; Lambton, les 3d
f er ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE In the early part of the
week the trade generally ruled heavy, at drooping prices. On
Friday however, there was rather more firmness in the demand,
asfollows:—Beet, from Ss to 4s 3d; mutton, 1.8 SO to bs 2d;
lamb, 4s 8d to 6s; veal. 3s 4tl to 4s 84; pork, 4s 25 to 4s lid
per Albs to sink the offal.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL —These markets have
been heavy, on lower terms. Beef. from 2s 104 to 4$ 2d ;
mutton.3B 4d to 4s 8d; lamb, 48 4d to Is 61; veal, 3s 2d
to 4s 8d ; pork, Ss nd to 4s 6d per sibs by the cortave