PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH FUNDS

8aturd.

(Closing Motaday. Prices) Tuesday.

Wednes. Thum Friday,

3 per Cent Consols

929 93 93 93 93 929 Ditto for Account 929 929 921 939 931 93 3 per Cents Reduced 911 919 919 919 912 91/ New a per Cents 911 929 2 921

911 Long Annuities 31 --

9399

21

831831

Annuities 1885

17 179 179 179 14 Bank Stock, 9 per Cent 2101 2119 2109 2101 211 211 India Stock, 101 per Cent

227 229 — -- — Exchequer Bills, lid. per diem

par par 2 pm. 2 — Exchequer Bonds 1859

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981 — — 981 India Bonds, 39 per Cent

5 dia. 3 7 — 5

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FOREIGN FUNDS.

(Last Official @notation during the Week ending Friday Evening.)

Austrian 5 p. Ct. 619

French 41 I, ct.

Belgian 49 — 95 Mexican 3 - 229 Ditto 29 — — Peruvian 41 -

Brazilian a — 100 Portuguese 3 -

Buenos Ayres 6 — —

Randall a --

103 Chilies. 8 — 1041

Sardinian 5 —

94) Danish 5 — 1019 Spanish 9 - 439 Ditto 3 — —

Ditto New Deterred 3 -

24

Dutch (Ex. 12 Guilders) ..29 — 639 Ditto Passive

Ditto 4 — 941

'Turkish 6 -

9,1 French 3 — — Venezuela 41 — 209 SHARES.

(Last Official Quotation

pcorwArs-

during the Week ending Friday Evening.)

BANKS-

Bristol and Exeter 87 Australasian 93 Caledonian 591 British North American 661 Chester and Holyhead 152 City 649 Eastern Counties 91 Colonial

Edinburgh and Glasgow — Commercial of London

Glasgow and South-Western ... —

Engl. Scotch. & Australian Chid.

181 Great Northern 94 London 84 Great South. and West. Ireland. — London and County 331 Great Western 602 LondonChartd. link. of Australia 181 Hull and Selby — London Joint Stock 319 Lancashire and Yorkshire 881 London and Westminster 47 Lancaster and Carlisle — National Bank

London,Brighton,& South Coast 1019 National Provincial 751 London and Blaekwall

7

New South Wales 421 London and North-Western.... 1001 Oriental 421 London and South-Western....

Manchester, Shellield,& Lincoln Midland

29481

741 Provincial of Ireland Royal British South Australia

56

Midland GreatWeatern (Ireland) — Union of Australia 70 North British 341 Union of London 171 North-Eastern—Berwick 77

Docks-

North-Eastern—York 551 East and West India 1211 Oxford, Woe. & Wolverhampton Scottish Central 269 — London St. Katherine 1011 82 Scottish Midland 77 Victoria 20 South-Eastern and Dover Eastern of France 701 421- Maseru. m roe s- Australian Agricultural

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East India Guaranteed 23 British American Land

Great Indian Peninsular 221 Canada 140 Great Western of Canada 209 Crystal Palace 21

Paris and Lyons

572 Electric Telegraph 96

Mlxrs-

General Screw Steam 169 Australian li General Steam 27 Brazilian Imperial 39 Peel River Land and Mineral ..

62st

Ditto St. John del Rey 26 Peninsular and Oriental Steam.

Cobre Copper 64 Royal Mail Steam 78 Rhymney Iron 229 South Australian 37

BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 3d day of May 1856. laser. DEFAXTIIENT.

Notes issued £23,656,440 Government Debt £11,015,100

Other Securities 3,459,900

Gold Coin and Bullion 9,181,440

SUrer Bullion

—

423,856,440

£23,658,440

BANKING DETSKTXZNT.

Proprietors' Capital £14,653,000 Government Securities (inclu- Rest - 3,207,670 • ding Dead Weight Annuity). £13,753,083 Public Deposits* 3,871,799 Other Securities 15,446,26G Other Deposits 10,808,090 Notes 8,430,673 Seven Days and other Bills... 819,105 Gold and Silver Coin 625,440 133,257,664. £33,267,664 • Including Exchequer, Saving-Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, & Dividend Accts.

BULLION.- ' Per oz.

METALS. Per ton.

Foreign Gold in Bari, Standard. £3 17 9 Copper, Brit. Cakes 4126 Iron, Welsh Bars.... 9 0 0 ..

5 0 .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Mexican Dollars 0 5 09 Lead, British Pig ... 27 5 0 .. 0 0 0 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 5 it Steel, Swedish Keg.. 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 GRAIN, Mark Lane, May 9.

Wheat,R. O. Oto 0 Fine 72 to 0 Fine 75 to 80 Indian Corn. 36 to 40 Fine 0— 0 Foreign,R. 67-76 Peas, Hog... 30 —38 Oats, Feed.. 20-21 Red, New. 69 —64 White F. 87 — 89 Maple .... 39-40 Fine .... 22 —23 Fine 66— 0 Rye 50 — 52 White .... 42-43 Poland 24 — 25 White Old 0— 0 Barley 35 — 97 Blue 40-48 Fine .... 25-28 Fine 0— 0 Malting .. 41 —42 Beans, Ticks 38 — 38 Potato.... 29 —30 New 63-65 Malt, Ord... 72-74 Harrow... 42 —44 Fine 80 —32 AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales.

Wheat .... 68s. 7d. Rye 42.. 104

Barley .... 39 3 Beans 41 4 Oats 23 6 Peas 38 10 WEEKLY AVERAGE. For the Week ending May 3.

Wheat 66s. 6d. Rye 386 Ild.

Barley 40 5 Beans 41 II

Oats 21 9 DM 39 tO

FLOUR.

Town-made per sack 62s. to 68s.

Seconds 58 61 Essex and Suffolk, on board ship 53 — 54 Norfolk and Stockton 48 — 49 American per barrel 33 — 39 Canadian Bread, 71d. to 10d. the 41b. loaf.

PROVISIONS.

Butter—Beat Fresh, 146 Od. per doz. Carlow, 01. Os. to 01. Or. per cwt.

Bacon, Irish per cwt. 68a. — 746 Cheese, Cheshire, floe 80 — Si Derby, pale 68 — 72 Hams, York 80 — 90 Eggs, French, per 120, 4s. 6d to 51. 9d.

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

NEWGATE AND LEADENNALL.• s. d. a. d. a. d.

CATTLZ.NAKIET..

a. d. a. d. a. d. }DUB or CATTLE AT THI1 CATTLL-MAKILIT.

Beef... 2 10 to 3 8 to 4 2 .... 2 10 to 4 4 to 4 8 Monday. Friday.

Mutton 4 0— 4 8— 5 0 .... 4 8 — 5 4 — 5 10 Beasts.. 4,185 1,881 Veal... 4 0 — 4 8 — 5 4 .... 4 10 — 6 0 — 5 6 Sheep. 23,170 7,030 Pork .. 4 0 — 4 8 — 5 4 .... 4 0 — 4 6 — 4 10 Calves.. 91 219 Lamb. 5 8 — 6 0 — 6 8 .... 5 8-6 0-6 8 rigs 320 255 • To sink the offal, per 8 lb.

HOPS. - Kent Pockets 00s. to 103s. Down Tegs Choice ditto 63 — 126 Wethers Sussex ditto 56 — 95 Leicester Fleeces Farnham ditto 0 — 0 Combing HAY AND STRAW. (Per Load of 38 Trusses.) Counzaarno. Snrrarleco.

Hay, Good 110s. to 128s 1126 to 115s

Inferior 90 112 80 — DO New 80 100 0 — 0 Clover 120 128 123 — 130 Wheat Straw 30 — 34 24 — 28 WOOL.

per lb. 164. to 161 17Pf.

15 — 14 -- 16 12 -- 161 WNITECNAPiL. 1008. to 110.. 75 — 84 0 — 0 110 — 120 28 — 0 GROCERIES.

Tea, Souchong, fine, per lb. la. Dd. to 2s. 64. Congou, line 1 6 — 2 3

Pckoe, flowery 1 9 — 4 0

In bond—Duty 16 9d. per lb.

Coffee, fine (in bond) cwt. 64s. Od. to 861. Dd. Good Ordinary bes. Od. to 516 Od. Cocoa, Trinidad (in bond) 421. OIL to 50s. 04.

Rice, Carolina Os. Od. to Os. Od. Sugar, Muscovado 27s. 52d. . West India Molasses.... 19s. 0.1 to 216 Od. POTATOES.

Kent and Essex Regents ton 605. to 70s.

PP Shama 0 0

York Regents 65 85 Scotch „ 53 60 MISCELLANEOUS.

Jamaica Rum.... per gal 4s. 8d. 00 56 04. Brandy 9 3 — 1 Cotton, N. Orleasmper lb 0 41 - Saltpetre, Ref....per cwt 38 6 — 3 Guano, Peruvian .per ton 220 0 -

Tallow, P.Y.0

Town C...per cwt. 46 0 —

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{8 6 — Rape 011, Pale 48 0 — Brown 46 0 — Linseed Oil......... 30 6 — 3 Cocoa-nut Oil

4 0 — 4 Palm 011 339 0 — 4

Linseed.011-eake, per ton 190 0 —200 Coals, Helton 18 0 —

Tees o 0 —