The Press.
London, England, 1857-11-28 00:00:00

♦RRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oat • . Flour.
Fngllsh 1220 .. 250 970 .. 180 .. 1190
Irish — 4110
Foreign .. 8090 .. 8510 .. 21180 -. 5350 eke.

1010 brls.
IMPERI kL WEEKLY AVERAGES—Wheat, 3153.1; bar-
ley, 39s 10d; oats, 24s id ; rye, Rds 2d; beans,l43s 9d ; peas,
43s 3d.

THIS SIX WF.F.KS' AVF.RAGY4—Wheat.,S3iGd: barley,
42, 23; oats, 25s 3d; rye, 35a 11d; beans, 43s 23 ; peas,
las 3d.

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLI) LAST WEEK Wheat. 94,0.8
barley, 89,594; oat., 11,687; rye, 63; beans, 4,434; peas,
1,749 utartera.

BREAD—The priers of wheaten bread in the metropolis
are from 7d to dd; of household ditto, 51d to 60 per albs
loaf

TEA—Public sales have been held this week, at which very
few transactions have taken place, on rather lower terms. Pri-
vately. easier rates have been accepted for various kinds. Congou,
111 to :is 6d; Sing Yong and Oolong, Is 3,1 to 3s; Souchong. Is 34
to ls 6d; Flowery Pekoe, 2s &Ito ls ; Caper, —; Scented Caper,
Is 3d to ls 10,1; Orange Pekoe, Is 24 to Is 44 ; Scented Orange
Pekoe, Is 84 to ts 44 ; Twankay, Oti to Is 34 ; Hyson Skin, 8d to
la 2d: Hyson, Is 21 to 4s; Young 'lvan, 104 to 2s Id;
Imperial, le to ts 3d; Gunpowder, Is to 3s 6d; Assam, 4s Id
to 6s Id ner lb.
SUGAR—Fine raw sugars have mostly sold at last week's
quotations ; but low and damp parcels have moved off slowly,
at a decline in the quotations of from 64 to Is per cwt. The
following are current rates:—West India Muscovado—Jamaica,
fine, 446 to 46s ; good, 42 to 43 ; middling. 40s 64 to els Gd ;
good brown, 38s 6d to 40s ; ordinary brown, Vs to 38s. Deme-
rara, Trinidad. tke.—fine, 43. (tot to 455; good, 41s 64 to 435;
middling, 38. to 415; good brown, 36a to 375; ordinary brown,
3is6d to 35. 6d; crystallised, 43a to 51s. lisrbadoes, 36. to
45s 64. Antigua, Z''.ss to 445. Mauritius—erystallisad, 464 to
60s; yellow, 36s to 455; brown, 30s W &,s 6d. Bengal—Cossi-
pore (white), 53s to Us; grainy yellow, 45s to 49a 64. Benares
—good and tine white, 49, to 50s; middling and low ditto, 46s
to 461; yellow, 43s to 455: Gurpatta Date, 33s to 435. Khaur,
280 61 to 30s. Madras—tine, 42s to 49s 6d; yellow and brown,
lifle to 33a Penang—white and grey, 44s to 49s ; yellow and
brown. 29s to 435. Java, Ms to 565. Havana—good and line
white (in bond), 44s to 455; middling and low ditto, 41s to 43s
per cwt. Refined goods are a slow inquiry, at from 55s to 584
per cwt.
MOLASSES—The transactions continue limited, and prices
range from Ids to 20s per cwt.
COFFEE—.Nearly all kinds have moved off slowly. In the
quotations however, we have very little change to notice. Ina-
porters are somewhat Arm in their demands.
COCOA—A few parcel of red Trinidad have sold at 66. to
96s per cwt.
RICE—The demand is limited in the extreme, and prices
show a tendency to give way. Mid white Bengal, 63 6d; Bel-
lam. 7s 6d per ewt.
PROVISIONS—Fine parcels of Irish butter are in moderate
request, at full prices, but inferior qualities rule dull. Foreign
butter is heavy, on rather lower terms, and the value of English
is with difficulty supported. Bacon, hams, and lard command
very little attention.
COTTON—We have no sales to report; consequently, prices
are nominal.

HEMP AND FLAX—Petersburg clean hemp is slow in sale,
at 301. per ton. Manilla parcels—usual qualities—are offering
at 291 to 301 Flax is very dull, at barely late rates.
INDlGO—Nearly all kinds are lower to purchase, and the
demand is heaves•.
SlLK—Nothing is doing in any kinJ. To effect tales, a con-
aiderable reduction in price must be submitted to.
WOOL—The public sales are still progressing heavily, at
a decline of from 2d to 3d per lb. although large quantities of
wool continue to be withdrawn by the importers.
SALTPETRE—Most kinds are heavy, and English refined
may be purchased at Sea per cwt.
METALS—Scotch pig iron has fallen to 52s cash. Spelter,
on the spot, is offered at 371 10s. Tin is drooping in price, and
tin plates continue to give way.
SPIRITS—Rum is still heavy. Proof Lewards, 2s Id; East
India. fle per gallon. We have no change to notice in the value
of brandy ; but corn spirit has fallen 24. or to 10s 2d per gallon.
HOPS—The show of samples Is good, yet the demand Is
steady. at full prices. New mid and La•t Kent pockets, 7th to
1201; Weald of Kent ditto, als to 645; and Sussex, 56s to 70s
per ewt.
POTATOES—OnIy moderate supplies are on offer. The de-
mand is still inactive, at from 31 to 71 per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil has sold slowly, at 29s per cwt, on the
spot. In other oils next to nothing is doing. Spirits
of turpentine are selling at 31a to 325; rough 8s to da 6d per
cwt.

TALLOW—The transactions are limited. P. T. C., on the
spot, 4tis 6d ; and fur all the year 49s per cwt. The supply of
town tallow has rather increased.

COALS-I%oam, 168; Acorn Close, 168 6d: Plummer, 17.;
Whitworth 16s; Cassop,l3a ; Heugh hall, les r•ti; Frainwell.
gate. lAs Ad ani Eelloe, 16s 6d per ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of fat stock on
offer this week have been only moderate; nevertheless, the
trade generally has ruled heavy, on lower terms. Beef, from 98
to 48 Ad; mutton, 3s to 5s 2d: veal, 3. bd to 45 10d ; pork, ds to
bs 114 pee Sibs to sulk the offal.