The Press.
London, England, 1857-12-26 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English —.1910 .. 2560 .. 3230 .. 590 ... 2830
Irish

Foreign —10590 680 910 1270 brill.
1460 sit.
IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 40s 3d; bar.
ley, 374 Od; oats, 22a 8d; rye, 35s 7il ; beans, eos 3d; peas,
40s Ad.

THE. SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Whom., 49a lid; barley,
38a Cd; oats, 23s 8d; rye, 34s 48; beans, 42a ; yeas,
lls 7d.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat 101,379:
barley, 98,863; oats, 9,234; rye, 97; beans, 4,397; peas,
1,795 quarters.

BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from 7d to dd; of household ditto, 51d to dad per albs
loaf.

TEA—The public sales held this week have gone off
steadily, at full prices. Privately, the demand is in.
active, yet the quotations are supported. Congou, to
2s Gd; Ning Yong and Oolong, is 3ii to 2s; houcnong, 1s 3d
to 2s tid ; Flowery Pekoe,2s 3d to 4s; Caper, —; Scented Caper,
is 3d to is 10d; Orange Pekoe, is 11 to la 4d; Scented Orange
Pekoe, is 84 to 2s 4d; Twankay, 9d to is 3d ; Hysou Skin, 8d to
Is 2d: liyson, is 24 to 4s; Young Hysou, 10d to 2e Id;
Imperial, is to 2s 9d; Gunpowder, is to as eal; Assam, 45 Od
to es Od per lb.
SUGAR—Most raw qualities have sold to a fair extent, at very
full to a slight advance in the quotations. Barbadoes has
changed banes at Ses to 38s; low to good yellow Mauritius, 37
to 40s; good mid to good yellow Madras, 428 to 455; superior
yellow, 47s ed to 48s ; and Porto Rico, 36s 6d to 3ss 6d per cwt.
Refined goods have sold freely, and tine pieces hove advanced
6d to leper cwt. Dried goods are quoted at 66s ed to 6cs.

MOLASSES—The transactions in all kinds have been very
limited, and prices have ranged from .6s to lets per cwt.

COFFEE—Plantation kinds have sold to a fair extent, on
former terms. In other qualities, very little has been passing,
at previous quotations.
COCOA—Fine Trinidad has found buyers at 88s 6d to 96a 1;d
per cwt; but the demand is very inactive.

RICE—A few parcels of cleaned Java have sold at 133 to 13s
6d; pinky Madras, at be: Rangoon, at 7e 6d; and White Bengal,
at 9s per cwt—being former rates.
PROVISIONS—We have a slow sale for all kinds of Irish
butter, and prices are barely supported Foreign qualitiesmove
off slowly, on former terms. In English, very little is doing.
There is a alight improvement in the inquiry for bacon, at full
quotations. Hams and lard are firm, and quite as dear as last
week.

COTTON—The demand has slightly improved, and prices are
a shade higher.
HEMP AND FLAX—Saltio and Manilla hemp supports
former terms, but the demand for it Is by no means active.
Flax is very dull, and the quotations are nominal.
INDlGO—Prices are rather drooping, with a heavy inquiry.
SILK—We have nothing new to report in this market. The
ales are confined to a few parcels of Italian.
WOOL—The trade continues in • most depressed state, and
prices have a downward tendency.
SALTPETRE—Good and fine qualities aro in request, at full
prices. Otherwise, the trade is heavy.
META LS—Sootch pig iron has moved off slowly, at •18s to 49s
cash. English tin has further declined 61 per ton. In tin
plates very little is doing. Spatter, on the epot, 211 to 231 lUs
per ton. An other metals are dull.
SPIRITS—Rum still moves off slowly, at Is per gallon for
proof East India, and 2s 2d for proof Leewards. The brandy
market is heavy, and prices are rather easier. In corn spirit
very little is doing.

HOPS—Good and fine new hops support last week's prices,
but inferior qualities are dull. New mid and East Kent pockets,
41 4s to el 2e• New Weald of Kent ditto, 21 188 to 41; and New
Sussex. 21 14s to 31 15e per owl.

POTATOES—The supplies continue limited, yet the demand
is heavy, at from 31 to 71 per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil is somewhat firmer, at 23s 3d per cwt, on
the spot. Foreign refined rape has sold at 401 to 451. Olive
oils are dull, at 511 to 521 fur Gallipoli, and 431 for Magadore.
Spirits of turpentine, 321 ed to 33s 6d per ewt.

TALLOW—P. Y. C., on the spot, has sold steadily, at filla to
53. 841—for March, Us per cwt.

COALS--Holywell, 15e Gd; Walker Primrose, 13s; Gibson,
Itls Gd; Goaforth, 16a 3d; Eden Main, 18s; Braddyll's Helton,
18s Od; Haswell, 198 6d ; Hetton, 19s 6d; South Hatton, 19s 6d;
Stewarts, 19a 8d; and Tees, 19e Gd per ton.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE—Owing to the holidays, the
supplies of fat stock on Gala, this week, have been very limited,
yet the trade generally has ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef,
from Ja 4d to 4a sd; mutton, 3e 2d to ta 4d; veal, Ls 104 to 6a;
pork, 4. to Sa Id per dlba to sink the offal.

NEWGATE AND LEADE,NHALL.—An extensive busi-
ness has been transacted in each kind of moat, at f ill quota-
tions. Beef, horn 34 to 4 dd; mutton, as to 411 811; veal,
is 84 to 4s Cd; pork, 3. dd W Se 4d per dlb■ toy the mean.