PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.)

Satard. Kotula,. Tawdry. Frahm

per Cent Consols Ditto for Account .

3 per Cents Reduced Si per Cents Long Annuities Bank Rtock,9 per Cent India Stock, 10/ Exchequer Bills, 3d. per diem India Bonds, 41 per Cent FOREIGN FUNDS.

(Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.)

Austrian oit. Ct. -- Masaschuseris(Sterllsg)...S p.OL

Brazilian 5 70 Mississippi (Sterling) I Belgian Ditto 2 Michigan 6 - Buenos Ayres 6 — — New York (MID ..... • ...5 — Chidden s — Ohio . e - Danish 3 — — Pennsylvania 5 -- Dutch (Ex. 13 Guilders) ...21 — 36 Peruvian .... ....... 8 — 591 Portuguese..........S - — Ditto I — — Russian 6 —

28 Spanish .6 —

31 Ditto .... . . 3 — — Ditto (Patsise) 78 Ditto (Deferred) 70 Venezuela Active .

SHARES.

(Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.)

RAILWAYS—.

Caledonian ...... . 26 Edinburgh and Glasgow Eastern Counties 371 131 4 Great Northern Great North of England 219 881 Great Western . . 96/ Hull and Selby Lancashire and Yorkshire 83 431 Lancaster and Carlisle 391

London Brighton and South Coast 41

Loudon. and Blackwell 126 London and North-western 96 Midland . 201 North British 49 Northern and Eastern 23 South-eastern and Dover

244.t

South-western York, Newcastle, and Berwick elk

York and North Midland HOCKS—

East and West India .

London St. Katherine.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act Its and 8th Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 25th day of March 1848.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

£28,636,3220 Government Debt

Notes issued Other Securities

Gold Coln and Bullion

Silver Bullion £30,335,320

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' Capital £14,533,000 GoVennnent Securities, (In- Rest 3,991,884 closlibg Dead WeightAimuity)E11,688,041

Public Deposits' 7,432,556 • Mar Securities . , 12,837,662

Other Deposits 9,333,628 T *tote " 10,953,245 Seven Day and other Bills .... 904,36t Gold and Silver Coin 760,474 ) £36,239,422 .06,529,422 • Including Exchequer, Savings Bank', Combat/481°13er' of NalionaiDebt & Dividend Accts .

AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN.

Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales. For the present Week.

Wheat bar. 6d. I Rye . . 30a led. Wheat is. Od. I Rye Or. 6d.

Barley .....30 9 f Beans .......38 9 Barley .... 2 6 Beans 2 6 Oats .. ... 20 6 I Peas 45 5 Oats 2 6 I Peas 2 6 Weekly Averages for the Week ending March 35.

Wheat, 51s. 4d.—Barley,303. 1 td.—Oats,20s. Id —Rye, 30s.44.--kleans , &U. 5d. —Peas, 38r. Yd.

PROVISIONS.

Butter—Bent Fresh, 14,. Od. per dos. Carlow, Si. 10s. to 41. 16s. per cwt.

Bacon, Irish per OWL 84s.— BSI,

Cheese, Cheshire 54 — 76 Derby Plain 60 — 66

Rams, York 60 — 70

Eggs, French, per 120, 6s. 3d. to lis. ed.

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

NEWOLTE AND Lasinerwsza..• a d. s. d. s. d. Snivernme.• HEAD OF CATTLE AT a. d. s. d. s. d. SMITUFIELD.

3 4 to 3 10 to 4 2 ..... 3 8 to 4 3 to 4 6

Friday. Monday.

Mutton 4

2 — 4

a — 4 le

4 6-6 0-5 b Beasts. 873 3,387 Veal .. 4 0— 4 0— 4 10 4 2— 4 8— 6 1 Sheep. 3,430 15,650 Pork .. 4 0— 4 8— 5 2 4 0— 4 6 6 0 Calves. 233 134 Lamb . 6 0 — 7 0 — 0 0 6 6 — 6 8 — 7 0 Pigs.-. 370 ..... 369 HOPS. POTATOES.

Choice ditto Kent Pockets 80 — 103 Scotch Reds 60s. to 78s. York Reds per ton. Or. to Or.

120

68 — 72 Deems 0 — 0 Sussex Pockets 0 — 0 Kent and Bases Whites 130 — 130 Fine ditto HAY AND STRAW. (Per Load of 36 Trusses.)

CONSIELAND. SMITHFIELD. Wurnicsarlr .

Hay, Good 72s. to 78s 75s. to Os. Os. to Os. Inferior 55 — 83 0 — 0 0 — 0 New... ..... .... 0 — o 0 — 0 60 — 75 Clover 90 — 95 73 — 95 80 — 9S

Wheat Straw 28 — 93 22 — 26 .... ...... 23 — 26

Rape 011 per cwt. 41 15s. Od.

Linseed 011 1 4 9 Linseed Oil-Cake per 1000 0 0 0 Refined 1 17 0 Candles. per dozen, 5s 6d. to 6s. Od.

Moulds (6d. per doz discount) 7s. 6d. OILS, COALS, CANDLES. Tea, Robes, fine, ....per lb. Os. Id. to Os. 3d.

Coffee, fine (in bond) per cwt. 70,. to 124s. Good Ordinary 36s. to 39,.

Commit, One 1 3 — 1 8 Sosehong, line I 3 — 2 6

• In Bond—Duty 2s Id. per lb. GROCERIES.

Sugar, Muscovado, per cwt 24,. 21d.

Coals, Reston 16s. 6d. West India Molasses ....155. Od. to 19,. 61.

Tees. 16, 61. ' . BULLION. Per oz.

Foreign Gold in Bars, Standard .. Ea 17 9 Foreign GoldinCoin, Portugal Pieces 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in liars, Standard .. .. ..... 0 0 0 METALS. Per ton.

Copper,liritirth Cakes £8810 0 .. 0 0 0

Iron, British Bars 8 0 6 .. a 5 0

Lead, British Plg 17 15 0 .. 0 0 0 Steel, English 0 .0 0 .. 0 0 e GRAIN, Mark Lane, March 31. : Wheat,R.New46 to48 Fine 48-55 Old 48-48 White 50-32 Pine 62 —54 Super. New 53 — 66 Rye 40 to 44 Barley 24-33 Malting 92 — 33 Malt, Ord 56-38 Fine 53-60 Peas,llog 33-34 Maple 35 toll White 34-3e Bolters 36 —37 Beans,Tieks 30-31

Old 37.-98

Harrow 33 —36 Oats, Feed . 17 to l8 Fine. 18-19 Poland . 22 —23 Fine . 33-24 Potato .. 24 —35 Fine . 25 —26 Ditto 4 — French 3 — Ditto

a —

Indiana (Sterling)

S —

Illinois

6 —

Kentucky — Louisiana (Sterling) ..... ,..5 — Maryland (Sterling)

a

1101 as 831 831 abut shut shut shut shut 32 pm.

BANES—

Australasian British North American Colonial Commercial of London London and Westminster London Joint Stock National of Ireland National Provincial .

Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of London

Minn—

Balsam Brazilian Imperial

Ditto (St. John Del Hey)

Cehre Copper HUICILLAM woe- Anstaalian Agricultural Canada General Steam Peninsular and Oriental Steam Royal Mail Steam South Australian 831 83

831 8411

34 34

811 as

83 Thom

811

81; 30 Friday.

Sit 61i 35

11 pr.

13/

811 es 221 se 141 76 11

21

41 . el

131

231

28 23 and.

54 £11,015,100 2,984.900 .12,738,430 1,817,890 £28,536,320 FLOUR.

Tan-made per sack 46s.

Seconds 43 Essex and Suffolk.on board ship 41 Norfolk and Stockton 39 Bran per quarter 0

Pollard, fine...... 0 Bread, bid. to 8d. the 41b. loaf.

to 49s.

43 — 43 41 — 0 — 0 • To sink the offal, per 8 lb.