The Press.
London, England, 1857-12-12 00:00:00

THE PRE S S, DECEMBER 12, 1857.

may, perhaps, be fatal to their chances of escaping
perusal.
"London Lyrics" (18) are written by so good-
natured a man that he reads even his own writings,
as we learn from the present volume. This fact at
once disarms criticism. Ho does as he would be
done by. Peace to his pen !
" Poems of Oisin" (19 . Of this bard we can say
nothing, for the best of all reasons—that we know
nothing.

De La Rue's Red Letter Calendar and Pocket Book
for 1858. Edited by Norman Pogson, First
Assistant at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford.

WE cannot express too highly our admiration of this
little bijou of business. We never knew the utile
and the duke to be combined in greater perfection.
For mercantile memoranda, social anecdotes, fashion.
able appointments, or foolish assignations—for the
"city man," "the club man," "the literary man," or
the " fast man," it will prove equally serviceable.

amounts to 9,440,8641., or 1,371,3751. more than the
stock in the Bank of England according to the re-
turn of this evening. The discounts are now
20,459,0121., or 3,082,6821. less than last month ; and
only 9,043/. has been paid in premiums upon the
purchase of gold and silver. The note circulation
is 21.292,1501.
Consols have obtained a considerable rise in the
course of the week. Last Friday they left off at 911
to 4 with the dividend. Yesterday they closed at 91g
to f without the dividend. This is equivalent to an
advance of 11 per cent. Today they closed steady
at 91i to I.
Foreign Securities have been dull. Turkish have
further advanced about one.half per cent.
The Railway Share Market has not materially
changed since our last.
Banking Shares have rather declined during the
week.
The Provincial Trade Reports are still very un-
favourable.

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in each case to have depended simply on the character of
what was brought before them. Success, even in this
wicked world, is very generally with those who deserve it.
Captain Blakely accuses me "of making an unwar-
rantable attack upon him." 1 made no attack upon him,
but upon the misstatements of THE PRESS, with which
he has by implication identified himself; nor was there any
" threat of revenge" contained in my expression of a sin-
cere desire to be spared the necessity of discussing the
originality or merits of his investigations or patent inven-
tions. He has, however, obliged me partially to do so.
confess with the less hesitation when I find that state-
ments made to him in the freedom anti confidence of
after-dinner conversation of one gentleman with another
(however slight their acquaintance) have been abused by
publication in your pages. I have had no " friendly or
other correspondence with Captain Blakely on the subject
of our respective priorities." I offered by note to give him
the dates which my letter in yours of the 14th instant contains,
and should have done so had not your paragraphs and his
obvious connection with them appeared ere I could do so.
I have two notes only from him. Were Ito treat these as he
has done my conversation, they would not improve his
case.—l am, sir, yours obediently,
ROLERT MALLET.
11, Bridge-street, Westminster, Nov. 27, 15.)7.

littropolitn fftarkts.

(Reportedesclusivelyfor "Ms Pages.")

CORN EXCHANGE—The arrivals of English wh eat up to
our market thi. week have been limited; yet the demand for all
kinds has ruled heavy, and prices have given way 2s to 3s per
quarter. Foreign wheat—the show of which has cantinned
rather extensive—has moved off slowly, at 2s per quarter less
money. Fine malting barley has sold at previous rates ; but
grinding and distilling sorts have fallen is to 2s per quarter.
We have no actual change to notice in the value of malt. Oats
continue to arrive freely, and the oat trade has been very in-
active, at thl to is per quarter less money. Both beans and
peas have been in moderate supply. and sluggish request, at a
fall of from is to 2s per quarter. English flour has sold slowly,
at previous rates; but American qualities have given wry is per
barrel, although the supply is limited.
Enomsit—Wheat. Kasex and Kent red. 42s to 199; white,
43s to 555; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 40s to 48s. Malting barley,
3is to 41s; grinding ditto, 23s to 28s : distilling, 29s to 321.
Malt, 55s to 675. Feed oats, 10s to 225; potato, 23s to 20s.
Rye, 309 to 355. Tick beans, 35s to 375: Harrow, 353 to 375;
pigeon, 42s to 435. Grey peas, 396 to 41s; maple. 409 to 425;
white boilers, 40s to 449 per quarter. Town-made flour. 45s to
475; country marks, 35s to 379; households, 36s to 39s per
2801bs.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Finer.
Englieh 1610 2090 .. 2740 .. 420 ... 2ao
Irish .. 1200
Foreign —15210 .. 16530 18270 .. 1420 eke.
14034) brls.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 43s 3d, bar.
ley, 35s ad; oats, 23s Od; rye, 32s 9.1; beans, 41s 23 ; peas,
4044.
THE SIX WEEKS' AVE RAGES—Whea9, sls 3d: barley,
39s Id; oats, 24s 7d; rye, 34s 11d; beans, 43s 10d; pens,
429 Ild.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat 84,921 ;
barley, 36,411; oats, 8,139; rye, 2G; beans, 4,630; peas,
2,813 quarters.
BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread In the metropolis
are from 7d to 8d; of household ditto, Sid to bed per 41bs
loaf.
TEA—For all kinds we have to report a heavy demand compared
with last week, and prices have a dcwnward tendency. Congo'',
11 to 26641; Ning Yong and Oolong, is 3d to 2s; soucliong, is 3d
to 28 RI; Flowery Pekoe, 2s 3d to 48 ; Caper, —; Scented Caper,
Is 3d to is led; Orange Pekoe, is Id to la 4d; Scented Orange
Pekoe, Is Ad to 28 441; Twankay, 941 to Is 3d ; Hyson Skin, Ad to
Is 24: Hyson, Is 2,1 to 4s ; Young Hyson, 10d to 2s id;
Imperial, Is to 2s 31; Gunpowder, 1s to 3s 6d; Assam, 4s OAI
to es Od per lb.
Stock of Tea in the United Kingdom.
December Ist, 14156 December Ist, 1457
London 66,748,0'5) lbs 57,317,000 lbs
Liverpool
All other Ports estimated at 8,700.000 7,600,000