PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH FUND S. (Closing Prices.) &turd. Monday Tuesday. Whams. Thurs.

shut — — — — Sex d. 931 934 94 24 931 96NI 941 931 931 filit 931 961 91 91 91 — 91 207 206 — 201 208 shut — — — 12 pm. 12 11 11 12 — — 13 pm. — FOREIGN FUNDS.

(Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Thursday Evening.) Alabama (Sterling) Op. Ct. — Massachusetts(literling)...6 p.Ct.

Austrian a - — Mexican .... ... ..... .. -

Belgian Ditto 42! - - hi

931 Micgan a -

Mississippi (Sterling) 6 - Brazilian 6 - 871 Neapolitan 6

Buenos Ayres 6 - 43 New York (1868) • - • • • - • -5 Chili= a — Ohio a

Danish -- Pennsylvania 6 Dutch (Ex. 120ullders) ...24 - 601 Peruvian .... ..... . . a DIsto 4 934 Portuguese 6 French 3 - — Ditto 3 Ditto 5 - Russian 5 Indiana (Sterling) 6 Spanish 6 Illinois 6 - — Ditto .. . • ... .. ...... 3

Kentucky (Passive) Ditto (i.a ve)

Louisiana (Sterling) 5 75 Ditto (Deferred) . . Maryland (Sterling) 6 Venezuela Active

(Lest Official Quotation during the Week ending Thursday Evening.) SE AR E S.

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RAILITITS

77 Australasian Edinburgh and Glasgow 231 British North American Eastern Counties 238 Colonial Great North of England 126 Commercial of London Great Western. 1064 London and Westminster Hull and Selby London Joint Stock Lancaster and Carlisle 59 National of Ireland London Brighton and South COSS! 91 National Prosincial London and Blackwell 91 Provincial of Ireland London and Greenwich 191 Union of Australia London and North-western 11 Union of London London and York

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Manchester and Birmingham 108 Bolanos Manchester and Leeds 128 Braellian Imperial Midland — Ditto (St. John Del Rey) Newcastle and Carlisle 361 Cobre Copper North British 40 MzscaLLANzove- South-eastern and Dover 624 Australian Agricultural South-western 161 Canada York and North Midland General Steam Dotes- — Peninsular and Oriental Steam • East and West India — Royal Mail Steam London 994 South Australian Bt. Katherine BULLION. Per oz. METALS. Per ton. Pereign Gold in Bars, Standard ... £3 17 9 Copper, British Cakes £88 10 0.. 0 0 t Foreign Goldin Coln,PortugalPleces 0 0 0 Iron, British Bars- . II 15 4 .. 10 0 I Nev Dollars 0 4 101 Lead, British Pig .... 1810 0.. 0 0 0 Silver In Bars, Standard. 0 6 01 Steel, English 0 0 0 .. 0 0 I AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN.

Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales. For the present Week. Wheat .. Ws. kid. I Rye ... ... 42.. kid. Wheat . .... is. Od. I Rye 2s.1114 Barley . ... 43 1 Beans .... .. 43 I Barley. 2 0 Beans 2 14 Oat... ... 26 3 Peas 66 9 Oats 1 6 Peas 2 0 Weekly Averages for the Week ending Dec. 19. Wheat, 59..103.-Barley,42.• 11/1.-Oats, 26s.3d.-11.ye, Ws. Id.-Beans,44.11d.-Peu,48s. NC HOPS. POTATOES.

Kent Pockets 80s. to 931. York Reds per ton 140s. to M.

Choice ditto 100 - 130 Scotch Reds. 0 - 0

SIIIASDI Pockets 73 - 93 Devons 0 I

Fineditto Il2 - 147 Kent and Esse: Whites 0 I HAY AND STRAW. Per Load of 36 Trusses.)

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Hay, Good 70.. to 76s 43s. to 73c. Os. to Om

inferior . ...... .... 95 - 63 o 0 .0 o . New 0 - 0 15 -7* Clover. . 90 - 96 66 - 96 0-6

Wheat Straw .... ...... 31 - 24 . .. ..... 25 - 32 .... . 20 - 20.

FLOUlt. PROVISIONS Town-made per sack 60s. to 63s. Butter-Best Presh,16s. Od per dos.

Norfolk and Stockton II - 64 Seconds 67 - GO Essex and Suffolk•on board ship St - 67 Cheese, Cheshire 82 - 741 Bacon, Irish.. ...... per cwt. 60..- 624. Carlow, 11. las. to 41. 16s. per ewe.

Derby Plain. 60 66 Bran per quarter 0 0 Hams, York . 60 - 74 Pollard, fine. .... 0 - 0 Eggs, French, per 120. 12s. Si. to 16s. Od. Bread, Sd. to 90. the 41b. loaf.

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

NDROITS AND IDADINNALL.• Balrarisz.o.• Raub or CAFTLI AT a. 4. a. d. s. d. a. d. a. d. s. 4. Clumsiness.

Beef... 2 10 W 3 4 to 4 3 6 to 4 0 to 4 8 Mutton 6 - 4 0 - 4 6 4 4 - 4 10 - 4 Beast.. WS 1,382 Friday. Monday.

Sheep. 220 18,230 Veal... 3 4 - 4 0 - 4 6 . 4 0 - 4 6 - 11 0 Calves. $ IL Pork .. 3 4 - 4 0 - 4 8 . 4 0 - 4 - 4 10 Pigs. . SO III Lamb.. 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 • To sink the offal, per Illtu.

Linseed Oil 1 8 6

Rape 011 per etrt..t1 las. ed.

Linseed OD-Cake per 1000 0 0 0 Coals, Hettou 22s. fld. Refined 1160 Candles, per dozen, fw 6d. to es. Si.

Tees es. 04. Moulds (64. per doz. discount) 7s. el. OILS, COALS, CANDLES. Tea. Bohr., fine per lb. Oe. 2s2 to 05. 94.

Coffee, fine tin bond) per cwt. Oa. te 1294.01 Sugar, Muscovado, per cwt. 32/ Sed. West India Molasses. .. 21. 04. to 23.. Olt Good Ordinary ..... 27s. 00 46.. Corigoa, fine 1 I -2 Souchong, fine 1 3 -I • In Bond-Duty 2s 14. par1b. GROCERIES.

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Wheat.R.New 62 to 64 Fine 64-66 Old 69-62 White 62 -64 Fine 64)- 68 Super. New 65-79 GRAIN. Mark Lane, Dec. 4.

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Maple 49 to60 White 50 -32 Boilers 52-54 Beans, Ticks 40-42 Old. 44 -48 Harrow 44-48 Oats, Peed. 27 to 29 Fine 18-IS Poland.. 29-30 Fine. 30-IL Potato . 31 - 32 Fine. 31-34 a.

Rye 44 to50 Barley 86-IT Malting 38-44 Malt, Ord 00-70 Fine. 72 -76 Pew, Hog 47-49 3 per CentConsols ...........

Ditto for Account per Cents Reduced 3* per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent.

India Stock, 10* Exchequer Bills, lid. per diem India Bonds, 3 per Cent

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