The Press.
London, England, 1856-05-10 00:00:00

MAY 10, 1856.

:V(tropalitan rjariats.

(Reported exclusively for "Tim Passe.")
cons EN:CHANGE—The receipts of hoine-grown wheat
s week, coastwise and by land ettrriage, have been limited,
sad the detnaud for most kinds has ruled steady, at en improve-
ment in the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. There
has been improved feeling in thu sale for foreign wheats, and
several large parcels have changed hands, chiefly for distilling
purpses. Floating cargoes have realised full quotation'.
(iwiw.: to increased supplies, and to the malting season being
nearly over, the barley trade has been depressed, at 18 to 28 per
quarter less money. Malt has moved off slowly, yet prices have
been supported. The supplies of oats have been extensive, and
the out trade has ruled heavy, at 6n to is perquarter less money.
In the value of beans and peas no change has taken place. The
dour trade has continued firm, on rather higher terms.
EsoLisit—Wheat, Essex and Kent red. tBa to 7;,5; white,
64s to Ns; Norfolk awl Lincoln red, bOs to 72a. Malting barley,
411.4 to 41s; grinding ditto, 33a to 33s ; distilling, 33s to Spa.
malt, 65s to 81s. Feed outs, 19a to 228; potato, 22s to 275.
Bye, 300 to 40s. Tick beans, 32s to 335; Harrow, 348 to 37s ;
pigeon, 37s to 41s. Grey peas, 31s to 338 ; maple, 37a to 30s;
white boilers, 40s to 438 per quarter. Town-wade flour, e3s to
Gss; country marks, 4fis to 51s; households, Sid to Um per

Flour.
ULO

ARRIVALS THIS WEER.
Wheat. Barley. Mutt. Oat..
Ena1i5h....1970 .. 420 .. 3230 .--
Yornign .. 6930 3320 .. 11;010 .. 1430 aka
1830 bla.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat,
7,42squarters, 70s bd ; barley. 1,123 quarters, 38s 3d ; oats, 2,406
quarters, 21a 8d ; rye, 45 quarters, 38s ; beano, 4e5 quarters,
Us 9,1: peas. 51 quartets, 38s 4d.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAG ES—Wheat, CCs Od; bar-
ley, 414 5d ; oats, 220 lid ; rye, 383 Ild ; beaus,4ls lid; pear,
395.
THF. SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, CBs 7d; barlel,
91; oats, 2.38 01 ; rye, 42e 101; beans, 41s 4d; posts,
38410.1.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 101,85 n:
barley, 30,242; oats, 15,611; rye, 139; beans, 5,208 ; peas, 387
quarters.
BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from 9id to 10d; of household ditto, 74d to 9d per 41bs
loaf . . . . .

TEA—A very moderate business is doing In our
market. Prices, however, are supported. The show of
samples is extensive. Cougou, Enid to 25 61; Ting
Yong and Oolong, 101 to is 10d; Souchoug, 9,id to 2s 6d;
flowery Pekoe, Is 4d to 45; Caper, to ; Scented Caper,
Is 3d to Is 11d; Orange Pekoe, to ; Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 4d to 2s 8d ; Twankay, 'd to Is 2d ; Hyson Skin, 8d to
Is 2d: Hyson, Is 2d to 48 ; Young Hyson, 61d to 2s 61;
Imperial, lid to is 4d; Gunpowder, eil to 38 Gd; Assam, is 6d
to 4s 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on
17,157,3ti01b5, againstl7,os7,l3slbs in 1855.
SUGAR—The transactions in raw sugar have slightly in-
creased, and iu some instances West India qualities have ad-
vanced Gd per cwt. liarbadoes has sold at 40e to 445; Bengal,
3es to 445; and Mauritius, 37s Gd to 45s per cwt. Floating car-
goes support late rates. Refined goods are in fair request, at
63sto 55a per cwt for grocery. The total clearances to the 3rd
inst. were 1,518,553 cwts. azahist 2,777.793 cwts iu 1.t55.

MOLASSESMost kinds are in fair request. Prices range
from 19s to 21s per cwt.. The supply on offer is tolerably
Cd
OFFEE Great inactivity prevails in the demand
for all kinds, and prices are the turn in favour of buyers.
Java, 43s to 535. Sumatra, Padang, and Batavia kind, 41s
to 4ss. Manilla, 44s to 4ms. Mysore, 43s to 79s Scl
Roche, garbled, TOs to ties ; tingarbled, 56. to 625. Ceylon
native sorts, ordinary to good ordinary, 49s to 51s; plantation
kinds, good ordinary, 51. to 54a; tine to tine tine ordinary, 64s to
61ii; middling to good iniddlir.g, Os to 78s. Jamaica, ordinary,
46a to 49s ; good to tine ordinary, 50s to 545; low middling
to middling, 65s to good to fine middling, 65s to 90s. Costa
Rica, ordinary to good ordinary, 4ss to 625; tine ordinary, 53. to
66s 611; tine tine ordinary to colory, 67s to bra 6d. St.
Domingo, 45s to 495. Hslana and Cuba, orc'inary to good ordi.
nary, 44s to 475; tine ordinary to middling, 46s to 60s. Porto
Rico, Os to 61s. Rio, 40s to Ws. La Guayra, good ordinary to
middling colony, 50s to 695.

COCOA—Our market is steady, as follows :—Red Trinidad,
41. to 495; grey, 3,3 s 6d to 41. 6d ; Granada, 34s to 449 641; St.
Vineent's,3ss to 375; Bahia and Para, 37a to 39.; and Guaya-
quil,.44! per cwt. _ .

RICELThe stock is about 23,000 tons. Nearly 800 tons
Bengal have sold this week at lle to 12s Cd per cwt.
COTTON—Although the tlenouid has faden off, we have no
change to notice in prices. Surat, 4d to bid; Aladras, •id to 41
per Ib.

HEMP AND FLAX—Most kinds of hemp move off steadily,
at full quotations; but flax is dull, on termer terms. Jute and
GO goods are steady.
METALS—The iron market is rather flat. Scotch pig iron
lies sold at 75s down to 745. Rails, tactile works, al 7s Gd en
t 1 los ; common bars, 81 58 to el 7s Gd 4 Itheeta.. ningle,lll
London, Hi 5s to 1117 s ttd ; and nail rods, 111 108 to N Us per
ton. Tin is less aotive--Itiutea at l‘llis to 1388; tkraits. 13is
to t3Ss : British, 133 s to 131 s; cud refitted, 138 s to 1408 per
ton. Tin plates 'are very tirnt. I.C. coke, 318 to 31s ;
lA. ditto, 378 to ills old per box. Is lead only a limited busi-
ness is doing. Zino, 301111 s to 311; Svelter, on the spot, 23115 s
per ton

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SPIRITS--Rum is still tolerably firm, and prices are well
supported. Proof Leewards, 23 to 2s 3d; Fast India, 2s to
2s 24 per gallon. No change in the value of brandy. Gin, 17
underproof, 10s; 22 ditto, 9s td; raw spirit, 104 tad proof;
Geneva, 2a Uki to /is od per gallon.
INDIGO—For the next soles 9,600 chests aro declared.
Spanish qualities aro dull.
HOPS—There is still a fair demand for most kinds, as
follows:—blid and East Kent pockets, 31 5s to fd Weald
of Rents, 81to bl ss; Stissia, 2119 s to 4! 15s per cwt.
POTATOES--1 he supplies are large, and the demand is
heavy, at 35s to tills per Lou.
OlLS—Linseed oil has ItlOled off slowly, at 30s to 30s
per cwt on the spot. Pale Tape, 191: brown ditto, 4GI; Ceylon
cocoa-nut, 341 to 381 Ins; Cochin, 391 to 391 Am; groaud nut,
361 to 371. Turpentine continues inactive.
TALLOW—P.Y.C., on the spot. has changed hands slowly, at
45a to 45a Gd per OWL Town tallow, 46s net cash. The imports
this week are about GOO casks.
COALS—Hasting's ilartley, 17s k 1; Walker Primrose, 7.45;
Riddell, las; Tl.liuont, Its 3d; Braddyll's, Ida 9d; Haswell,
lea; Russell's Hilton, 17s ; Smith Macon, 1/6 6d; Caradoc,
173; Cassop, 17s; ibutlenool. 17s od per ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLK The supplies of stock on
/Imlay were good, and a full average businass was transacted,
at full quotations. On Friday, however, the trade was heavy, at
drooping currencies, or as follows:—Beet has sold at from
23 2d to 43 8d; mutton, Fis 8d to ba 4d ; lamb, Gs 6d to
65
th Oil; e offal veal,.
di 2d to as. ; pork, is 44 to 416 lid per 8114 to
Wok