PRICES CURRENT.

170 65

107

44 341

425009,075 426,609,075 BANKINS DEPARTMENT.

ProprietoreCapital 414,553,000 Government Securities, (in.

Mast 3,6i8,679 eluding Dead WeightAnnuity)411,085067 Public Deposits* s 9,225,978 Other Securities 16079,060

Other Deposits 8,243003 Notes 7,786,180 Seven Day and other Bills .... 807,198 Gold and SUver.Coin 627,451 .- • £28,457,938 436,457,958

• recleaned:chequer, Sayings Banks, Commissioners of NationalDebt & Dividend Accts, BULLION. Per oz. METALS. Per ton. Foreign Gold in Bars, Standard .. La 17 9 Copper,British Cakes 498 0 0 .. 0 0 05 Foreign GoldinColn,PortugalPieces 0 0 0 Iron, British Bars .... 815 C .. 8 17 6 1

New Dollars 0 4 91 Lead, British Pig . ... 18 0 0 .. 18 5 0

Silver in Bars, Standard .. ., ..... 0 4 Ilk Steel,English 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0

GRAIN, Mark Lane, December 31.

s. s.

Wheat,R.New 52 to 5i Rye 42 to45 Maple 40 to42 Oats, Feed . 20 to2I

Fine 54-66 Barley 22-16 White..... 0— 0 Fine. 21 —21 Old 60-52 Malting... 30 —31 Boilers.... 42-45 Poland .. 24-25

White 54-56 Malt, Ord.... 61-66 Beans,Ticks. 32-35 Fins. 23-26

Fine 58-50 Fine. 57-5B Old 44-46 Potato .. 28-29 Super. New .. 68-62 Peas,liog ... 36-26 Harrow 36-38 Fine, 29-30 AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN.

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

Wheat 628. 94. 1 Rye 31s. 104. Wheat Os. Od. 1 Rye Os.0d.

Barley 31 1 1 Beans 43 2 Barley 0 0 I Beans 0 0 Oats.. 22 3 1 Peas 47 10 Oats 0 0 1 Peas 0 0 Weekly Averages for the Week ending December 25.

Wheat, 53s. Od.—Barley,31s. 34.—Oats, Ms. 3d —Rye, 318. Id.—Beans,408. 64.—Peas, IV. 5d.

FLOUR.

Town-made per sack des. to 51s.

Seconds 45 — 47 Essex and Suffolk.on board ship 42 — 45 Norfolk and Stockton 39 — 42 Bran per quarter 0 — 0 Pollard,thie 0 — 0

Bread, 75. to 8d. the 416. loaf.

PROVISIONS.

Butter—Best Fresh, 168. Od. per dos.

Carlow, V. 105. to V. 18s. per cwt. . Bacon, per cwt. 631.— 6ds, Cheese, Cheshire 54 — 70 Derby Plain . 60 — 66 Hams, York 60 —78 Eggs, French, per 120, Gs. 3d. to 9.. Od.

Beef .. 3 .8 to 4 2104 8 Mutton 3 6 — 4 0 — 4 8 Veal .. 3 4 — 4 4-6 0 Pork .. 3 10-4 8 — 5 0 Lamb. 0 0-0 0 — 0 0 HAY AND STRAW. (Per Load of 36 Trusses.)

CUNSZELAND. 867711716Ln. WHIT= Ilkrit...

Hay, Good 70s. to 74s KM to as. Os. CO OS.

Inferior 50 — 62 0 — 0 0 — 0

New... .. . ... .... 0 — 0 0 — 0 65 70 Clover 88 — 92 70 — 94 70 — 95 Wheat Straw 28 — 32 24 — 29 •••• ...... 22 — 24

BRITISH

FUNDS. (Closing Priem.)

&turd. Monday. Tuerday. Warner.

7hurs.

3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account.

3 per Cents Reduced 31 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India Stock, 104 Exchequer Bills, 3d. per diem India Bonds, 41 per Cent shot $611 exd 851 eel shut 12 pm. 851 851 See 81 188 11

851 Be544

81 1874 12 1 pm. 861 654 661 81 1864 9 1 515. 851 651 861

18871

12 SIIARES.

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

RsItwars— Bsaas-

Caledonian 361 Australasian

Edinburgh and Glasgow 43 British North American

Eastern Counties 161 Colonial Great Northern 41 Commercial of London Great North of England 226 Lennon and Westminster Great Western 94 London Joint Stock Hull and Selby 99 National of Ireland Lancashire and Yorkshire — National Provincial ... ....... ..

Lancaster and Carlisle Si Provincial of Ireland London Brighton and South Coast 42 Union of Australia London and BLIck wall 41 'Union of London London and North-western 118 idume- Midland 109 Balsam North British 241 Brazilian Imperial Northern and Eastern — Ditto (St. John Del Rey) South-eastern and Dover 291 Cobre Copper

South-western 62 MISCELLANEOUS—.

York, Newcastle, and Berwick 331 Australian Agricultural

York and North Midland 724 Canada

Dom.— General Steam

East and West India — Peninsular and Oriental Steam.

London — Royal Mall Steam St. Katherine — South Australian

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234 584 ex d BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, rap. 32, for the week ending on Friday, the 24th day of December 1847. ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

425,609,075 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 10062,731 Silver Bullion 1,346,944

Notes issued

HOP&

Kent Pockets 821. to 958.

Choice ditto 95 — 105 Sussex Pockets 78 — 90 FMe ditto 0 — 0 POTATOES.

York Reds per ton. Ca. to Or,

Scotch Reds 120 — 0 Devons 0 — 0

Kent and Essex Whites 110 —120

FOREIGN FUNDS.

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

Austrian 6 p, Ct. — Massachusetts (Sterling)...6 p.Ct.

Belgian 421 — — 88} Mexican 6

Ditto — Michigan 6 —

Brazilian 5 — 804 Mississippi (Sterling) 6 —

Buenos Ayres 6 — — New York (1858) ..... ....6 — Chili/in 6 — 88 Ohio a —

Danish 3 — — Pennsylvania 6 Dutch (Ex. 12 Gaildem) —21 — 55 Peruvian s

Ditto 4 — IA Portuguese 5 — French ' 3 — 762 76e. Ditto 3 —

Ditto 5 — Russian 5 —

Indiana (Sterling) 5 — — Spanish 5 —

Illinois 6 — — Ditto 11 — Kentucky — — Ditto (Passive) Louisiana (Sterling) 5 — Ditto (Deferred) Maryland (Sterling) a — — Venezuela Active BUTCHERS' MEAT.

Nawasil AND LII&DESSILALL.• MITI171EL11.. HELD 07 CLTTLI A. s. d. a. d. a. d. • a. r. d. 8. 4. SNITHMILD.

$ to 4 6 to 5 0 Friday. Monday. 1 4 — 4 8 — 6 4 Beasts. 1,105 2,937 4 —5 0 — 6 6 Sheep. 3,310 13,840 4 —4 6 — .5 2 Calves. 116 30 0 —O 0 — 0 0 Pigs... 220 210 • To sink the offal, per 8 lb.

OILS, COALS, CANDLES.

Rape Oil per cwt. 41 17s. 6d.

Beamed 118 6 Linseed 011 1 3 6 Linseed 011-Cake per 1000 0 0 0 Candles, per dozen, 6s Od. to 68. Od. Moulds (6d. per doz discount) 75. Od. Coals, Hetton Os. Od. Tees. 0.. Od. GROCERIES.

Tea, Bohea, fine, ....per lb. es. 2d. to Or. 44. Honaou, One 1 3 — 1 6

Souchong, One 1 3 — 2 4

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In Bond—Duty 2s. 14. per lb. Coffee, line (in bond) per cwt. 70$. to 124s. ed.

Good Ordinary 365. to 39s. Sugar, Muscovado, per cwt... 218. 75. West India Molasses ....15s. Od. to 18s. 64.