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REVIEW OF THE WEEK . Friday Evening . The recent explanations in Parliament on the question of peace or war , caused , at the commencement of the week , some revival of inquiries in those markets that are more immediately affected by the state of affairs on the Continent ; but the more hopeful feeling has subsided without resulting in any extension of business worthy of remark . Trade , therefore , moves but slowly onward , retaining , at the same time , the same indications of stability that have characterised it for some time past . The home demand for nearly all the primary articles of consumption * although not active , is quite as good as could be expected , seeing that it represents the bare requirements of the immediate period ; and except from the Continent of Europe , the accounts from abroad are Jar from unsatisfactory or unpromising * in a commercial point of view . ¦ , . Corn . — The condition of the English wheat at
Mark-Lane having somewhat improved , prices have become less irregular , and purchases are made with less reserve ; but trade is still dull , and the improvement , if any , is merely in tone . Quotations remain about the same as in the preceding week . Foreign imports have been limited , and very confidently held , but buyers have been equally scarce . The more approved grades of flour have been rather more saleable without change in value . The supplies of this article at the railway stores are large , and until they are moderate , littlej if any , improvement m the market can be expected . Choice malting Parley is scarce and firm . Scotch samples met a fair demand at prior quotations . ... Sweet grinding qualities from Odessa and the Danube are purchased in moderate quantity . No change whatever has occurred in . malt . Beans are in some cases rather cheaper , but choice qualities bring former terms . English oats are scarce , Scotch and foreign in moderate supply . The demand is not ovfir goodj but prices tolerably firm . ¦ ... ¦ ¦' ¦ Arrivals .
English . Foreign . Wheat ( quarters ) ............ v 6 , 85 ? .. 6 ** Barley . . ............ 5 , 650 ., 2 , 912 Malt „ ............. 24 , 432 ... — Oats " , 11 , 589 . : .. 12 , 287 Beans ,, ........... 1 , 685 .. . ... ' 5 Peas „ 276 .. 50 Flour ( barrels ) — ¦ . W o „ ( sacks ) ..... . ' ¦ ; ...... 16 , 959 .. 3 , 793 London Average ^ . s . d . Wlieat ( quarters ) ,......... 2 , 055 .. 44 7 Barley „ .......... 1 , 107 .. 33 11 Oats " ............. 1643 .. 25 1 Beans „ ............. 278 . ; 39 4 Peas ,, ¦ ... ¦ " 241 - 88 10
, Seeds . —Tlie arrivals of linseed this week are 14 ^ , 200 qrs ., which have met a steady demand at 55 s . for Bombay , and 51 s . to 53 s . for Calcutta . A cargo of 4 , 500 qrs . Marianojplefnow at Fahnotith has teen sold at 52 s , 9 d ., delivered UK . For fine sound rape there is a good inquiry . Calcutta brings 50 s . to 51 s . per qr . ; Bombay Guzerat is worth 62 s . on the spot , and further considerable sales for arrival have been made at Qls . ; Ferozepore and Scinde quoted at 40 s . to 56 s . as to quality ; Sesame , Teel . and Gingelly are neglected—brown and black , 44 s . to 50 s ., and white , 52 s . to 57 s . Poppy sells at 50 s . ; Niger , 36 s . Gd .. to 37 s , Gd . per qr . Cotton seed , 51 . to j 5 Z , 10 s , per ton , Red clover seed is more freely offered , and secondary sorts are ckeaper , whilst choice white has realised the high price , of 90 s . to 100 s .: trefoil is rather
dearer . Oil . Cake of every description is firmly held , but the business doing is very limited . Hops . —For all choice qualities the demand continues active , and prices are still tending upwards . Inferior samples flnd a steady sale at quite late rates . Xavi 3 Stock ; , — : Th"e supplies ' nt market this week have been limited , and on Monday higher prices were obtained for the best breeds of sheep , and quotations were firm for all other descriptions of stock . On Thursday the trade was dull , but prieds were generally sustained . The following were the numbers on oilbr and the current quotations :- * -
Monday . Beasts . Sheep , Calves . Pigs . 8 , 595 16 . 450 103 420 4 s . 4 d . to 4 s . l 0 d . 48 . 4 ( 1 , toCs . 4 s . 4 d . toGs . 3 s . 4 d . to 4 a . 2 d . 860 5 , 050 180 ¦ 200 4 s . 4 d . to 4 s . l 0 d . ' 4 s . 4 d . to 6 s . 4 s 4 d . toOs . 0 s . 4 d . to 4 s . 2 d . PnovieiowB . — 'The dead moat markets have been , moderately supplied , and trade about steady . Beef , 3 s . to 4 s , 5 d . ' ; mutton . 3 a . 4 d . to 4 s . Od , ; veal , 4 b , to 4 s . 8 d . ; pork , 3 s , 4 d . to 4 s . 8 d . per stono by the qarcaee . JHay anjd Stuaw ore dull of sale . Meadow hay , 60 s . to 00 s . ; clover , 75 s . to 100 s . ; straw , 24 s . to 29 s . por load .
Su « A u !—rThe variations Jn prices continue very Inconsltforablo , but the mnrkot Incks nnimation . Good refining qualities command very full prices . West India sugars , of which tlw qunntity available Is very small , are firm In value , anil JBurbndoos Is again Od . to Is . dearer . Vino strong foreign Muecovadocs nro also dearer , On . tho other hand , low brown descriptions remain without improvement ; nnd white Benares must be mooted fully Od . cheaper . Floating cargoes have not engaged much attention , but tho inquiry within , the last day or two hna been slightly bettor . Several arrivals have taken place , but there is no apparent disposition to hurry them on the market ; nnd stocks , although approximating more nearly to those of
last year than they recently did , have not materially increased . The transactions have included Barbadoes , low and superior yellow , at 40 s . 6 d . to 47 s . Gd . ; Mauritius from 88 s . 6 d . to 39 s . ; yellow , 39 s . 6 d . to 44 s . ; grainy , 43 s . 6 d . to 48 . ; Bengal grainy , 45 s . to 47 s . 6 d i ; Benares , 43 s . Gd . to 45 s . Gd . j grainy Madras , 42 s . 47 s . ; soft brown ditto , 33 si 6 d . to 36 s . i Cosaipore , 46 s . to 45 s . 6 d . ; Cuba Muscpyadoes , low to fine yellow , 40 s . to 46 s . 6 d . ; Clayed Cuba , brown , 38 s . 6 d . to 40 s . ; yellow , 40 s . 6 d . to 44 s . 6 d . ; floretts ; 46 s . ; white , 51 s . ; Siain brown / 318 . Gd . ; white 43 s . to 47 s . per ewt . A floating earero of Pernambuco , sold for Bristol at 24 s . Gd . per
cwt . ; and one for the Continent at 23 s . ; Refined goods were purchased in limited quantity only , but quotations are steady . Brown samples 52 s . 6 d . per ewt . Coffee . — Supplies are brought forward sparing ly ^ and although arrivals are now taking place , full , and in some instances stiffer , prices are exacted , the demand being moderately good . Plantation Ceylon sells at 68 s .. Gd . to 77 s . 6 d . for middling to good middling , , and 80 si to 82 s . for fine marks ; superior bold picked Native Ceylon being 56 s . to 56 s . 6 d . ; good ordinary , 50 s . to 51 s . The Continental ad vibes continue favourable . There were no shipments for England during the last mail from Ceylon . _ . . . ¦ . , and
Tea . — The China advices of short shipments , firm prices have imparted additional strength to this market . Common Congous have realised Is . Ifd ,, which is i per lb . advance . Public sales of 21 , 000 pkgs . passed off with fair spirit , at very full prices for all but some parcels of scented teas ( oftered " with all faults " ) , which sold rather cheaply . At the close to-day the market was firm , but quiet . . ¦ ¦ Cocoa is cheaper , with a limited demand , the supplies having increased . Rice is firmly held , but the dealings are quite of a retail character . Moulmein sells at 8 s ., Hangoon at 7 s . 9 d ., and Ballam . 8 s . ; but to-day some low Bassein and Rangoon were taken in at public sale at 6 s . Gd . per cwt . j there being an apparent disinclination to bid .
Sax-tpetre . —Since the receipt of the Calcutta letters ^ advising lower prices and increased engagements , the market has been flat , and to sell in quantity lower prices would have to be taken . Holders do not , however , press sales , and quotations are , therefore , nominally unaltered . Spiges continuein steady request for export . Cloves are $ d . dearer ; fair . Zanzibar selling at . 3 | d . to ' 3 gd . ; nutmegs arid mace bring late rates : Pepper is firm in Value . Cassia lignea has declined 3 s . per cwt . ; for second pile , 90 s . ; and for first , 94 s ., having been accepted . '• . : ' "¦ . '¦¦
Hemp , &c . —Russian hemp is quoted SOL 5 s . to 30 J . 10 s ., which is dearer , the market being affected chiefly by , the high price of flax . Manila hemp is more inquired for . Jute sells , steadily at late rates . Common to very fine , 15 / . to 24 ? . Cotton .- —The demand has improved , partly from the more hopeful view taken of politics in the early part of the week , and partly from the favorable accounts from Calcutta subsequently . The markets are also strengthened by the more moderate arrivals at Liverpool , where , as well as in London , a better business has been concluded , at rather stififer prices . " Wool . —At the colonial sales now in progress the competition is somewhat better , and prices may now be quoted gd . to Id . higher than at the commencement . Dyes . — With larger supplies on offer , cochineal has declined Id , per lb ., and the market is dull at the reduction . Indigo is firm , but inactive . Lac dyes are rather more saleable , on former terms . Siiellac is again dearer . Garnet sold at 83 s ., nnd
D . C . orange at 87 s , per cwt . Metals . —The market looked rather more promising at the beginning of the week ; but the result shows continued inactivity in most departments . Scotch pig iron closed to-day at 50 s . 3 d . to . 50 s . Gd . In the United States the price is much above the rates current here , and some talk of a probable reaction . For' 3 anca tin 1322 . and for Straits 131 Z . nro still paid . Load is firmly held . Spelter is still depressed , and' to-day 21 Z . 7 s . Od . wns accepted on the spot . Copper , although inactive , is firm , ana a good opinion is generally entertained of the prospective oi the market . Tobacco . —The monthly circulars of the various firms report a quiet market , with steady prices , and refer to the probability of a short make of strips . Leather . —TIio trade , according to Messrs . Sfcreatfeild , Lawrence , nnd Mortmore ' s circulars , continues moderately active , and , prices firm , with supplies by no means in excess oi the demand .- '
Ojls . —Linseed is offered at 29 s . 9 d ,, but there are few . buyers over 29 s . 0 d . Wane Is still in limited request at 41 s ., for brown , and 44 s . Gd . to 40 s . for forojgn refined . Tho demand for Olive runs principally on the lower qualities , and , Mogadore oil Is sola to a fair extent at 432 .: Spanish Is quoted at 471 . to 48 J . ; Gnllipoll , 482 . 10 s . to iQl . Business hus been done in cargoes , now shipping or nfipat , at 47 / ,, cost freight and insurance to tlio Baltic . Coqou nut 1 b firmly held , but is quiet ; Coehhi , 42 J . 10 s . to 48 / . 10 s . ; Coylon , 41 / . Fine Lagos I alm is purchasable nt 48 Z . 10 h . to 44 / ,, several arrivals having taken plqco . Sperm oil hns aUvunced to 100 / . i ' or Colonial . Palo Seal and Cod aro now in second hands , 37 / . demanded for the former nml 04 / i , paid for the lattur . Wualiwins are nominally unnltorotl .
Tuni » j o ) NTiNK . —Thorohnvo been no arrival of rough , Us . to lle . Od . the nearest price . Spirit mu \ n Uourei-, 44 s , 0 a . paid for American . Tallows . — -Very little business hns been transacted during tlje week . The demand hna been unusually small for this time of yonr , and our nmtkot has boon drooping
inconsequence . The price at St . Petersburg is still too high to encourage sales for the autumn , for which there has been a little inquiry at 52 s . The market closes flat ; at 52 s . 3 d . spot ; 52 s . to 52 s . 3 d . April-June ; and 52 s . 3 d . and 52 s . October , December . The public sales yesterday went off very sluggishly . Australian beef 51 s . ; Odessa at 51 s . 9 d . to 52 s . 3 d . St . Petersburg letters to 12 ^ 24 > ultimo , state , market flat , with rather more inclination to sell ; 500 casks done ; 168 10 down , Augxist , for Ukraine ; , 170 demanded Kay-June . Town tallows , 53 s . 6 d . ; rough fats , 2 s . 9 Ad melted stuff , 40 s . '
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday ; , March 1 . BANKRUPTS . Samuel Hinder , Jun . Salisbury , auctioneer . Charles Wooltorion , West Smithfield , City , ironmonger . . Ciiakles Henry Joseph , Strand , licensed victualler John Webb , Reading , butcher . John James Messer , Upper King-street , Commercialroad East , optician . Henry Eaton Woodruff , Nottingham , lace manufacturer . Thomas Swift , Sheffield , grocer . Edward Hoyj . es , Coningsby , Lincolnshire , grocer . John Winstanley , Charles Houghtos , and George Raper Harvey , Liverpool , comb manufacturers .
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . John Neil , Glasgow , spirit dealer . Saul Solomon Asher , Edinburgh , fruit merchant . Jai ^ es Bulloch , Kirkintilloch , gi-ocer . i 3 avid Ree , Dundee , grocer . Sir John Malcolm , Bart ., Balbedie and Grange , Fifeshire . Samuel Henderson , Hplmfield , Kirkintillbcby bleacher- : BANKRUPTS . .
Friday , March 4 . WiLLiAJt Ivery Hays , Freeman ' s-court , Cheapside , printer . George "Womersley , Derby , hatter . George Bullock Portus , Liverpool , apothecarj--. WiLLiAM Fowler , Bradford , grocer . Joseph RedshAw , Bermondsey , leather dresser . Francis Polkard , East Bergholt , Suffolk ,, builder . James . David Joses , Fleet-street , eating-house keeper . . ' ¦ George Francis Cooke , Wouldhanij Chelsea , Uma merchant . . . Richard Williams , Dudley , Worcestershire , shoe manufacturer . . James Hubbard Skeeleb , Liverpool , boot and shoe dealer . . Thomas Groav , Berwick-upon-Tweed ,, painter .
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIOxVS . James Baikd , Glasgow , merchant . William M ^ WillIam , Cairn , Wigtownshire , farmer John Kino , Gardross , Dumbartonshire , innkeeper .
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British Trade with Sardinia . — nearly twenty years ago , the number of British vessels annually arriving at Genoa from British dominions could . not be reckoned at more than 100 to 120 , most of them of small tonnage . Steamers now arrivo from London and Liverpool with considerable regularity , generally about two or tln-qe a-month , each steamer bringing from 800 to 1 , 000 tons of merchandise , at very high freights . The import from' Great Britain of iron ( wrought and pig ) and coals and coke has greatly increased of late years , especially since so many railways have been made in Piedmont , / lie figures given above present several noteworthy points .
They show , in the first place , a greatly i" ™«* substitution of steam for sailing power iri the iinusii merchant service—as far , at least , as tho pore o > . Genoa is concerned . In 1854 tho toimago of eamng vessels coming to that port was nearly H , 000 tons larger than in 1858 ; but in 1858 tho tounnge ottjie steamers that arrived there was 10 , 050 tons mow than * n 1854 ; One , alsp observes tho tendency totno employment of largo steamers , the 64 of J . 808 oowb morotlwa 2 i times the tonnage of the 28 of 1854 . The increase in the trade in British bottoms ^ twoej British ports and Genoa ia sliown to havo been stemiy nnri onnnlrlftTfihio durill £ f the lllSt fiVO Veai'S . 4 . U »? J >
it amounted to qi , l 24 tons , and in 1858 to ov , wh showing an increase of 8 , 700 tons in } o \ ii }^ Tho high figure of 08 , 500 tons , to . which tho t ° nW jumped in 1855 , is doubtless to bo attributed to tlio war , that being the year in which tlio bnrduiIna troops wont to tho Qrimoa . Tho incrcnsc . in tho number and tonnage of Sardimun vossols m » J u 1 % from British ports has also boon very eonsidornuic w Ja Bank of ^ uuKKY .-It is stated that tho atolutjj fprthe proposed bank aro . now ^ or cons derjitw nt Oonstantinople , and that tho undortakjng > most probably bo brought boforo tho public » about a mont ) I or two . No doubt ¦ aPX ™"* , ° ff , with regard to the required capital of Ji , ^ >}' being immediately subsoribocl . Ono halt > a to ' taken nt Oonstnntinoplo , and the app lications tncrw h « vo fnr oxcoe'ded that amount .
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HOME , COLONIAL , & FOREIGN PRQRIJCE MAKERS .
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316 THE LEADER . [ Ko . 467 , Marcii 5 , 1859 .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1859, page 316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2284/page/28/
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