The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-23 00:00:00

(Reported e xclustrelvf or "Tax Pima.")

CORN EXCHANOE—Very limited surplies of English
wheat have been on sale in our market this week. Owing to
the prevailing wet weather, the demand for all kinds his ruled
active, at an advance in the quotations of 4s to Ss per quarter.
There has been a better feeling in the sale for foreign wheats,
and fine parcels have realised 2s to Is per quarter more money.
Floating cargoes of grain have sold to some extent, at enhanced
currencies. New barley has moved off freely, at high rates ;
and old parcels have commanded quite as much as last week.
The sale for malt has been slow, but we have no change to
notice in its value. Oats have ruled steady, but not dearer.
Both beans and peas have commanded extreme rates. The
flour trade has continued firm, and country marks have
been held for higher prices. A large quantity of American flour
is on sale.

EXOLlSit—Wheat, Essex and Rent red. 61s to 70s; white,
69s to fl0s; Norfolk an.l Lincoln red, 64s to 71s. Malting barley,
40s to 455; grinding ditto, 36s to 39s distilling, 39s to 425.
Malt, 620 to 775. Feed oats, 24s to 275; potato, 25s to Us.
Rye, 40s to 425. Tick beans. 36s to 38s; Harrow, 3ms to 40s;
pigeon, 40s to 445. Grey peas, 37s to 39s ; maple, 40s to 425.
white boilers, 43. to 46e per quarter. Town-made dour. els to
645; country marks, 4es to 50s; households, 52. to Sts per
2801bs.

ARRIVALS TB!! WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Enellsh 111.0 .. eu .. 3920 .. .. 380
Irish .. SO .. .. 970 ..

Foreign.. 156t0 6d3) 487910 1120 big.

390 skr.

LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—ViIe6i,
3,158 quarters, 72s 74 ; barley, 43 quarters, 436; oats. 1,837
quarters, 28s ; rye, 81 quarters. 426 ed ; beans, 331 quarters,
40. sd: peas. 138 quarters, 39. 94.
IMPERIAL MEEKLY AVERAGE3—Wbeat, 71s; bar.
ley, 43s Sd ; oats, 26s 3d ; rye, 446 34 ; beans, 442 4d;
peas, 395.

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wbeat,7SI 4d: barley,
41s 73; oats, 265 63; rye, 48s 31; beaus, 455 51; peas,
12i 8.1.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK—Wheat, 44,0t'2;
barley, 2,3t15; oats, 7,018; rye, 132; beans, 2,296; peaa,4l2
quarters.

SATURDAY,

BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from 9d to 10d; of household ditto, 714 to 81d per sibs
loaf

TEA—The supply on offer is extensile, and nearly all
kinds ate dull in sale, at barely stationary prices. Current
rates are as follows :—Congon, Rid to 25 6d; Sing
Yong and Oolong, 104 to is 10d; Souchong, 9d to 2s 6d;
Flowery Pekoe, is bd to 35 6d; Caper,— to —; Scented Caper,
la Id to Is 104; Orange Pekoe, lid to Is 2tl; Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 4d to 2s 6d ; Twankay, 61 to is 2d ; Hyson Skin, Cd to
le 2d: Hyson, is 2d to 3s 6d ; Young Hyson, 6rd to 2s 4d;
Imperial, lid to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, 8d to 35 641; Assam, Is Id
to 45 4d per lb. Up to Saturday last duty was paid on
29,982,1621ba, against 32,324,6341bs in 1866.
SUGAR—The supplies of raw sugar on offer are but mode.
rate. Fine qualities have changed hands to a fair extent, at, in
some instances, an advance in the quotations of &I per cwt.
Inferior and damp parcels have sold on former terms. West
India has realised 44s to 50s; Mauritius, 374 to 4tis ; Benares,
46.641 to 495; Madras. 38s to 45s per cwt. Floating cargoes
have commanded extreme rates. It fined goo.is are steady, at
655 6d to :Ms per cwt. The total clearances to the 16th inst.
were 2,313,575 seta, against 3,171,936 cwts in 1865.
MOLASSES—This article—the sup;:ly of which is butmotle-
rate—is in good request, at full quotations. St. KW's. 2.is 6d
Antigua, 235 to 23s 6d; Cuba and Purtu Rico, 2ts to 22s 6d
per cwt.
COFFEE—Plantation kinds hale moved off freely, at full
currencies. Native qualities are firm, at 61s 6d to 534 per cwt.
Foreign coffees suppoit last week's prices.
COCOA—The transactions are limit-ed, and the quotations are
barely supports 1. Trinidad, 15sto sss • Granada, 62s to :ins;
Bahia and Pars, 475 to 48s; and Guayaquil, 535 to his
per cwt.
RlCE—Owing t) the activity in the corn trade, our market
has become very firm, and in some instances prices have
advanced 3d to sd per cwt. The stock in warehouse is still very
extensive.

PROVISIONS—We hays an improved inquiry for most kinds
of Irish butter, at an improvement in value.of is per cwt.
Foreign qualities are brisk, and 45 dearer. English has ad•
vanced to the same extent. The bacon market is iairly supplied,
and the trade rules firm, at 28 per cwt more money. Other
kinds of provisions are firm.
COTTON—The demand has fallen off, and late rates are barely
maintained. Surat, 44t1 to 54d; Bengal, 34d to 44d; and Aladras,
4ici to 54d perlb.
WOOL—The public sales are just drawing to a close. An
immense quantity of wool has been disposed of, and the fall in
the quotations throughout the series haSnot been more than ld
per lb. English wool is firm. The Imports from abroad this
week are under 1,500 bales.

HEMP AND FLAX—There is a good consumptive demand
forall kinds of hemp, and prices generally are well supported.
The flax market is dull, but we have no change to notice in the
quotations.
INDIGO—Our market is heavy, yet there are no sellers di
lower terms.

SILK —We have to notice a slight improvement in
the demand for 1111 kinds of silk, at fully late rates, which
are se follows:—Bengal, Surdah, 27s to 295; Cossimbuzar,
156 to 245; Gonatea, Lis to dts; Jungypore, 165 to 335; Com-
mercolly,l6a to 275; xi urripaul, 12s rid to Its od ; Radnagore,
12. to 255; Bauleah, Ils cr 15s; Mundelghaut, 13s to 17s.
China, Tsatlee, middling and inferior, :a 6d to 23s 6,1; ditto
superior and second quality, 2ts 6,1 to 2its 6,11; Yuun fa, 13s to
22e; Taysaam, 17s to 21s 6d; long-reeled, 17s to ltls ; Canton,
1:s to los per lb.
SALTPETRE—Fine qualities have sold steadily, at 33s to
113 s 8d per cwt. The stock is very moderate.
POTATOES—Large supplies continue to reach us, and a
steady business is doing at from 21 15s to 41 4s per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil has sold to a fair extent, et 32s to tns
per cwt on the spot. Most other oils have realised previous
rates. 1 urpentine has sold slowly. Spirits, 30s to 31s 61;
rough, 9s to 9s 3d per cwt.
TALLOW—Great firmness has prevailed in the demand.
P.Y.C., on the spot, has realised 536 6d to 53s 9d; August
and September, 53s 3d; October and September, Sla to his
per cwt.

COALS Tanfield Moor, 14s Cd ; Cassop. 176 9d; Brsddyll,
176 9d; Kelloe, 18s; Hatton, 19s; Eden Mein, 17s 9d;
Lambton, les 6d; .Gosforth, 16e M; Tees, 19s; stewart's, 19s
per ton.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE Fair average supplies of
beasts have been on sale this week. The beef trade. however,
has ruled steady, at an improvement in the quotations of ed
per 3lbs. Sheep, lambs, calves, and pigs nave been In fair
bupply, and moderate request, at full prices. Beet, hrom 3s Id
to Ss; mutton, 3s sd to 5s 9d; lamb, 4s lid to Gs;
Neal, 3s 8.1 to 4s 101; pork, da 2d to Is eld per 81bs to sink
the offal.

NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL —The trade generally
has ruled steady, as follows:—Beef, from 26 10d to 4s bd;
mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; lamb, 44 4d to Ss 6d; veal, 9s 4d
to is dd ; pork, 9s 6rl to 46 Cki per tdbia b• the carcase•

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
Tuesday, August ID.

BANKRUPTS.—Joszott Wo.sox, High-street, Kingston&
painter and decorator—Witumo FIELD, Princes-street, Storey's-
gate, Westminster, printer—Jost x Drri, Strand, stationer—
ANDREW L►URIE, St. John-street Rood, baker JOSEPH
BARNSLEY, Old-hill, Rowley Regis, Stafford, publican and gas-
tube manufacturer—Joax JORNSON, late of Willenhall, now of
Stafford. chemist and druggist—Eras ROBERTS, Bigin-colliery,
Llanelly, coal miner— !AXES Tat:scow, Aberystwitb. Cardigan,
watchmaker and Jeweller—RlCHAßD ECCLES and Jona "NuriEu.
Bottoms-hall Mill, Tottington Lower-end, Lancaster, cotton
spinners WILLIAM JASPER CarPaa, Newcastle-upor.-Tyne,
commission agent.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—W. and G. TELTPR, St.
Enoch's-wynd, Glasgow, wine and spirit merchants-6Eolms
FERRIE (nf Blairiummock), Glasgow, underwriter—DONALD
STEWART (decea- ed), Lochee, quarry master— Tnomos Mum,
Candleriggs-street, Glasgow, glass and china merchant.

Friday, August 22.
BANKRUPTS.—EDWARD Coox, Hellesdon, Norwich, miller
—FREDERICK BURT MACDONALD, Bridgwater, corn dealer—
JAMES HAWKINS, Woolvtieh,corn dealer—MAßY AfiN APLETREE,
Stow-on•the-Wold, Gloucester—WALTEß ROBERT JOHNsox,
Adelaide-chambers, Gracechurch-street, merchant—CHALLES
EDWARD DAVIS, Upper Thames-au-cc; City, wholemtle grocer--
WILLIAM SREPPARD JONES,Tredegar, Monmouthshire, grocer`
ALFRED Evss, Judd-place west, New-road, corn dealer—JAues
BLENEAIOI. Tetney, Lincolnshire, grocer—ALFRED SIDNEY
SMITH, Staffordshire, ironfuuuder--Flifinfiatcx N lO'
Nay, Brighton, printer—SastAn BARLOW, Macclesfield, licensed
victualler—Rosaar Eworr, Blyth, Northumberland, draper—
FILANCIS LEWIS and HENRY GARDNIR, WrlalnlOll, Somerset.
shire, manufacturers—SAstrzt. Btaccscitx and EDWIN BLACK
Nisi. Liu a Gomersal, Yorkshire, cloth merchants.
SCOTCH SEQUESTHATIONS.—Wu.i.iii Low,F.diaburibi
moinuitant (dimmed).

AUGUST 23, 1856.

BIRTHS.

BRAND--0c the leth instant. at Glynde, Sussex, the Hon .
Mrs. Brand, of a daughter.
JERVIS—On the lbth instant, at Princes-gate, the Hun. Mrs.
Edward Je, ♦is, of a daughter.
]IAKTIN—On the 20th instant, in Berkeley-square, the wife of
John Martin, Esq.. M.P., of a daughter.
MATS E—On the bth instant, in Chestcr•squaro, Lady Mayne,

of • son.
METHUEN—On the 10th instant, at the Rectory, Slaugham,
Susses, the Hon. Mrs. St. John Paul Methuen, of a daughter.
NORTHLAND—On the 14th instant, at Guernsey, Viscountess
Northland, of a son.

Pii-RE—On the Sea instant, in Cavendish-square, Lady Ca-
therine Petra, of a son ; and uu the 4th, at Thorudon, Lady
Petre, of a daughter.
BEBRitrliT—Ou the 19th instant, at Beachwood, Lady fiebright,

of a son.
SWALE—On the Ist instant, at St. Germains en i.aye, the wife
of the Rev. H. J. Swale, of ingtield, Settle, Yorkshire, of &WU.
TALBOT—On the 9th instant, at Withingtou Rectory, Glouces-
tershire, the Hon. Mrs. Gustavus Talbot, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
ALEXANDER,—.HAVII.AND—On the ItAl instant, at Ply.
mouth, Thomas Alexander, Esq., C.H., Inspector-General of
Hospitals, to Mary Alice. daugnter of the Hon. Thos. Heath
Hay'laud, late et lonial Secretary of Prince Edit/aid Island.
ALLEYNE—COLEBKOOKE—on the 19th instant, at Hatchet,
Bouxinie Alleyne, Esq., sou of Sir Reynold A. Alleyne,

to Charlotte Agnes Eunna, daughter of Major-Oeneral Sir
Win Colebrooka, C. 8., Royal Artillery.
COLEMAN—SMITH—On the 21st of April last, at the parish
cburoh of Islington, by the father of the bride, Hugh Owen,.
dish Coleman, Req., 8.A., Oxon, and of Lincoln's Inn, to
Mary Ann, second daughter of the Rev. J. Smith, Islington.
_ ._........

L.ILSCELI.gS-11lLESZOu the Slst ult., at Abbott Leigh, the
Non. and Rev. James W. Lascelles, fourth son of the Earl of

Herewood, to Emma Clara, daughiar of William Mlles, Esq.
M.P., of Leigh-court, Somerseishire.
MUFFATT—.NIOHRISON—Ou the 6th instant, at Basildon,
Church, ileorge Moffatt, Esq., 11. P., Eaton-square, to Lucy,
daughter of James Morrison, E.q., of Basildou-park, Berks.
OGILVT—FERMOR—On the 7th instant. at Easton Neston,
Lieut.-Colonel Ogilvy, of the 2nd Life Guards, to Lady Hen-
rietta Fermor, daughter of the lute Earl of Pomfret.
RAT tisoaNE—DAVY—On the 4th instant, at the Cathedral,

Bangor, Richard Rathborne, Esq., scu of the late Captain
Itattiborue, to Maria, daughter of Captain Davy, late H.E.I C.
WILLER—PRINOLE—Ou the gm iusteac, at Marylebone
Church, Major James W. S. Waller, Knight of the Royal
Guelphic Order, to Mary Georgtana, daughter of the late
Gene-al Sir Wm. Henry Pringle, G.C.B.
WARDEN—FARRe.LL--On the eth instant, at Trinity Church,
• Paddington, Captain R ibert Warden, llith Regt. Bombay
Army, to Catherine Matilda Hart, daughter of Major-General.
Farrell, Bombay Army.
WESTROPP—WIi I f EHEAD—On the 31st ult., at Marylebcme
Church, John Westropp, Esq., of Limerick, to Charlotte
Louisa, daughter of the late Lieut.-Geueral Sir Thomas
Whitehead, K.C./3