The Press.
London, England, 1854-05-27 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oath. Flour.
English ~ 1430 .. 120 .. 2790 .. 840 .. 1660
Irish

Foreign .. 48850 .. 2550 .. 19010 .. 760 eke.
11670 ble.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—
Wheat, 1,362 quarters, 84s 8d ; barley, 297 quarters, 37s 1(1;
oats, 1,734 quarters, sos 2d ; rye, quarters, —; beans, 279
quarters, 47s ; peas, 25 quarters, 438 Ad.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 78s 2d; bar.
ley, 378 2d; oats, 294 4d ; rye, 48s 6d ; beans, 498 3d; peas,
476 2d.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, 79s 14; barley,
37. 14; oats, lids 6d; rye, 50s 6d; beaus, 47s 6d; peas,
44s Ild.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 54,981;
barley, 18,884; oats, 19,918; rye, 190 ; beans, 4,659; peas, 929
quarters.

SEEDS—Canary and linseed move off steadily, at full prices.
In other seeds very little is doing. Cakes are tolerably firm, on
former terms.
TEA—The public sales have been brought to a close. By
private contract only a limited business is doing, and common
sound Congou may be had at Hid per lb. The stock in the
United Kingdom is 70,409,0001b5, against 60,355,0001bs in 1853.
Up to Saturday last duty was paid on 17,175,5261b5, against
11,7913,2361b' in 1853.
SUGAR—On the whole an extensive business has been
transacted in our market this week, yet foreign parcels have
given way is per cwt. Fine yellow Barbadoes has changed
hands at 39s to 40s; low to good, 33s Od to 388 6d ; low to fine
brown St. Lucia, 328 6d to 345; refining kinds, 33s to 378; St.
Xitt's, 32s 6d; fine yellow Demerara, 379 to 40s dd ; good and
fine yellow Mauritius, 35s 6d to 988 ; grainy, 96s to 41s per cwt.
Refined goods have moved off readily—brown lumps at 478;
and grocery, 47s 6d to Ms per cwt. The total clearances to
the 20th instant were 2,369,606 cwt.'', against 2,261,316 cwts
last year.
MOLASSES—The sale for most kinds is steady, at full
prices. Low to tine West India, 15s fld to 18s; Cuba
and Porto Rico, les to 185; Bengal and Mauritius, 158 Od to 18s
per cwt.
COFFEE—Plantation kinds have sold slowly, at a decline of
from t3d to Is per cwt. Good ord native has changed hands at
from43s to 445, being easier terms.

COCOA—The demand is by no means active ; yet prices are
supported. Trinidad, 30s to 40s; Granada, 31s to 34a; Bahia,
Ws to 275; Para, 29s to 29s 61; and Guayaquil, 34s to Us per
cat

CHICORY—There is less business doing in this article, and
prices are barely supported. British root, 101 to Ill; powder,
Unto 201; foreign root, in bond, 101 ]Os to 11l per ton.
RICE—The transactions are very limited, at a decline in the
quotations of 3d per cwt.
SALTPETRE—The demand is trifling, although importerA
are sellers on lower terms. The nominal figures, on the spot
and to arrive, are 404 to 41s per cwt.
PROVISIONS—Irish butter—the supply of which is by no
means large—is dull, and 4s per cwt lower. Foreign parcels
have given way in value to the same extent. English are 2s
cheaper. There is a steady business doing in bacon, the value
of whichhas an upward tendency. Hams and barrel provisions
are quite as dear as last week.
TALLOW—Thc transactions in this article continue on a very
limited scale. P. Y. C.. on the spot, is selling at ills, and for
August delivery, 82s 6d to 638 per cwt. Town tallow, 34is 8d
net cash; rough fat, 8s &i per 81bs. The imports are very
moderate.
OlLS—This market is dull. Linseed is offering at 37s Rd to
Ms cash, with very few buyers. We have an improved inquiry
for turpentine. Spirits, 41s to 438; and rough, 10s 3d to 10s bd
per cwt.

COALS—llolywell. 18s ed; Tanfield Moor, 18e Gcl ; Stewart's.
19s; Hartlepool, 18s; South Kelloe, 18s; Whitworth, 17e 9d ;
Cowpen, 201 tid per ton.
WOOL—The public sales are still In progress. Colonial
parcels have changed hands this week at the spring prices.
Foreign qualities have partly sold on very low terms.
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HEMP AND FLAX—Hemp is very dull. and the nominal
quotation of Petersburg clean is 681 per ton. Flax is heavy, at
late figures. Jute has given way from 21to Si per ton.
COTTON—There is rather more firmness in the demand for
this article, on former terms.
SPIRITS—We have to report a dull sale for all kinds of rum,
the polices of which have a downward tendency. Proof Leeward.,
3s 34 to 3s bd ; East India, 3s 9d to 3s 4d per gallon. The
brandy market is heavy, at further depressed rates. Geneva and
corn spirits command Still quotations.
POTATOES—The season for old potatoes is now drawing to a
dose. New English are selling at from 225 to 21a ; foreign, 18s
per cwt.
SMITHFIELD—The beef trade has ruled brisk, on higher
terms. Otherwise, the demand has been less active than last
week. Beef, from 39 6d to 4e 104; mutton, as 61 to bs ; lamb,
bs 2d to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to Its 4d; pork, 3s to 4s 8d per sibs
to sink the offals.
NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL—The general demand
has ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 41; mutton,;
3s 4d to 4s 10d; lamb, 5s to 6s 4d; veal, 3s 10d to lie 2d
pork, 3s 41 to 4s 8d per 81ba by the encase.

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