The Press.
London, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

Is 3d to Is 10d; Orange Pekoe, Is 2d to is 4d; Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 8d to 2s 41; Twankay, 9d to Is 3d ; Hyeon Skin, 8d to
Is 2d: Hyson, Is 4d to 48 ; Young Hyson, 10d to 2a 4d;
Imperial, is to is ild; Gunpowder, is to 3s 61; Assam, 4s Id
to lis id per lb.
SUGAR—Dealers continue to purnhase all kinds of raw
sugar with extreme caution, and a further decline of Hilly Is
per cwt has taken place in the quotations. West India has
changed hands at 488 to 528; Bengal, 418 to 565; Mauritius,
4ds to 578 ; Havannah, 47s to 538 ; Cuba Muscovado, 471 to
545; and Porto Rico, 52s to 55s Gd per cwt. Two cargoes of
white Havannah have sold for Russia, at Us per cwt. Refined
goods are heavy, at 638 lid to 664 t per cwt. Fine pieties have
realised 59s to 60s.
MOLASSES—The supply is very moderate, yet the demand
is very Inactive, at from 245 to .1..)78 ed per cwt.
COCOA—A further advance of Is per cwt has taken place in
the quotations. At public sale several parcels of Guayaquil
have been withdrawn at 130 s per cwt.
RlCE—Only a limited business is doing iu our market;
nevertheless, previous rates are supported. Fine white Bengal,
15s per cwt.
PIIOVISIONS—There is a steady inquiry for all kinds of
Irish butter, at a further improvement in value of is to 2s per
cwt. Both English and foreign qualities are quite as dear as
last week, with fair sapplies on offer. The bacon market is
rather heavy, and the quotations are Is to 2s per owt lower.
Hams and lard are steady. In other provisions very little is
doing.

C6170\--The demand is inactive, but we have no sellerr
on lower terms.

HEMP AND FLAX—Most kinds of hemp are slow in sale.
on former terms. Fortier there is very little inquiry. Jute and
Coir goods are firm.
INDlGO—Several parcels of Manilla have been taken in at
6d to 2s 3d per cwt.
SPIRITS—Rum is in very moderate request. Demerara
has sold at 2s 7d to 2s lid; pale and brown Leewards, 28 34:1 to
26 61 per gallon proof. No change in the value of brandy.
Corn spirit is 3d lower—the present quotation being lOs 3d per
gallon.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has changed bands at 70s 61
to 71s 6d cash. Manufactured parcels support previous rates.
Spflter, on the spot, is quoted 301 108 to 301 1.3 s per ton. Lead
is firm, at very full prices. Tin is rather cheaper. Banca has
sold at 1451 lee; Straits, 1431 Quicksilver, 2s 2d per lb.
WOOL—The public sales continue to be well attended by
buyers, and the biddings rule active, at lid to ltd per lb
above the previous series. Privately, English wool is rather
dearer.

HOPS—The plantations accounts are rather more favour-
able, and the duty is called 130,0001. Fine hops are firm,
at full prices; but inferior kinds rule dulL Mid and East Kent
pockets, 959 to 1'209; Weald of Kents, 808 to 90s ; Sussex, 709 to
825 per cwt.
POTATOES—The supplies continue extensive, and the de-
mand is steady, at from 3s to 6s per cwt.
OlLS—Linseed oil has sold slowly, at 385 3d to 385 Cd per
cwt, on the spot. About 200 tuns of olive have sold—Spanish
at 551; and Gallipoli, 571. Sperm is steady, at 881 to 901. Tur-
pentine is very dull. Spirits, 36s to 38. per cwt.
TALLOW—There is a steady business doing in this market,
and prices have an upward tendency. P. Y. C., on the spot,
62s to 63s—for the last three months, Cls per cwt.
COALS Hasting's Hartley, 17s 3d; Holywell, 16s;
West Felton, 15s 6d • Oosforth, 15s 9d; Eden Main, ids 9d;
Haswell, 18s 9d; Southl Hetton, 1.89 6d; and Stewart's, 185 6d
per ton.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of stock on
offer this week have been only moderate, and the trade
generally has ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s kd to
4e 941; mutton 2e likl to fps; lamb, 4e 10d to 6s 9d; veal, 3e 6d to
48 6d ; pork, 3e 84 to Is 81 per Nibs to sink the offal.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL—Each kind of meat
has sold to a fair extent, at full quotations. Beef, from 2s ed
to 48 2d; mutton, 2e 104 to 4s 63; lamb, 4s 4d to
be 6d; weal, 3s 63 to 4e 2d; pork, Se lid to 45 83 per Mbe by
the carnage.