Subjoined is a comparison of Thursday's closing prices of the

leading Foreign Securities with the latest quotations of Friday week :—

Friday, March 13. Thursday, March 24 • .. 231

Do. Coupons .. .. .. .. .. 11 Spanish Passive

Do. Cert .. .. .. .. .. 3 ificates 13 46 Passive1

as

13 Mexican . .. .. .. .. .. 45

Turkish 8 per Cents., 1864.. .. .. .. 93 931 „ 1862.. .. .. .. 71 711 „ Consoides.. .. .. .. .. 61 54

:On Thursday and on Friday week the leading British Railways closed at the following quotations :—

Friday, March 18. Thursday, March 24.

Caledonian Great Eastern ..

Great Northern ..

Great Western.. .. Lancashire and Yorkshire London and Brighton .. London and North-Western London and South-Western London, Chatham, and Dover Midland North-Eastern, Berwick Do. York .. West Midland, Oxford . 119 471 1271 661 109 104 1081

• •

119 417i 127 40 109 104 108 98 4$ 98 43 101 27

as to

391