PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.)

&lewd. Monday. ruesday. Wednes. Thurs. Friday

3 per Cent Consols

Ditto for Account 5 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Long Annuities Annuities 1883 Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent Exchequer Bills, 21d, per diem Exchequer Bonds 1859 India Bonds, 4 per Cent shut 93, ex d. 931 94 93/ 931 931 931

— 184

218 — 218 shut — — Spin. 8 4

2 pm. 2 die.

Rs, LW ITS—

Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western Great Northern Great South. and West.lreland Great Western Hull and Selby Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancaster and Carlisle London, Brighton,& South Coast London and Blackwall London and North-Western London and South-Western.

Manchester, Sheflield,& Lincoln

Midland Midland GreatWestern (Ireland)

North British North-Eastern—Berwick North-Eastern—York Oxford, Wor& Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland South •Eastern and Dover Eastern of France East India Guaranteed Geelong and Melbourne Great Indian Peninsular Great Western of Canada Paris and Lyons

31,555—

Australian Brazilian Imperial Ditto St. John del Rey Cobre Copper Rhymney Iron

(Last Official Quotation

SHARES.

during the Week ending Friday Evening.) Bass—

Ii Australasian 63 British North American

38 City

91 Colonial 341 Commercial of London — Engl. ficotsh.& Australian Cold 84 London — London and County 691 London Ch,-td. link. of Australia 109 London Joint Stock 971 London and Westminster — National Bank 111 National Provincial 851 New South Wales 10 Oriental 107/ Provincial of Ireland 331 South Australia 821 Union of Australia — Union of London 39/ Unity 84 Western Bank of London

8291 D°cEasxst—and West India —

70 London St. Katherine 741 Victoria 321 Mascamszszons- 114/ Australian Agricultural 211 British American Land 221 Canada 24/ Crystal Palace 55 Electric Telegraph • General Screw Steam — General Steam II reel River Laud and Mineral 161 Peninsular and Oriental Steam 58 Royal Mail Steam — South Australian BULLION. Per oz.

Foreign Gold in Bars, Standard. £9 17 9 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 0 0 METALS. Per ton.

Copper, Brit. Cakes £126 0 0 .. 0 C 0 Iron, Welsh Bars.... 5 10 0 .. 8 15 0 Lead, British Pig .. 23 10 0 .. 24 0 0 Steel, Swedish }leg. 20 0 0 .. 21 0 0

GRAIN, Mark Lane, Dec. 19.

Wheat,R. O 0 to 0 Fine 0— 0 Red, New 58-60 Fine 60-64 White Old 0— 0 Fine 0-0 New 08-67 Fine 68 to 76 Foreign,R 66 — 72 White F 84-90 Rye 98-42 Barley 33 —38 Malting 41-46 Malt, Ord 68-73 WEEKLY AVERAGE.

For the Week ending Dec. 13.

Wheat 60s. ld. 1 Rye 42s. Id.

Barley 43 1 Beans 43 7 Oats 23 5 Peas 41 10 SIX-WEEKS AVERAGE.

Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales. Wheat .. . 62e. 84. Rye 40. 11d. Barley.... 43 1 Beans 45 6 Oats 23 3 Peas 43 1 FLOUR.

Town -made per sack 60s. to 63s. Seconds 55 — 58 Essex and Suffolk, on board ship 47 — 52 Norfolk and Stockton 43 — 44 American per barrel 28 — 40 Canadian 35 — 40 Bread, 714. to 914• thr 41b loaf. PROVISIONS.

Butter—Best Fresh, 16s. Od. per deg. Carlow, 5t. 168. to 5t. 18s. per cwt. Bacon, Irish per cwt. 640.— 661. Cheese, Cheshire, fine 72 — 80 Derby, pale 66 — 74 Hams, York 100 —104

Eggs, French, per 120, 78. Od to 108. ad.

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

NEWGATE AND LEADENEALL.• CATTLE- NAHNET.•

s. d. 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef... 3 2 to 3 10 to 4 4 .... S 510451022 Mutton 3 6 — 4 0 — 4 6 .... 4 4 — 5 0 — 5 4 Veal... 4 0 — 4 4 — 4 10 .... 4 4 — 5 0 — 5 4 Pork,. 4 0 — 5 0 — 5 4 .... 4 4 — 5 0 — 5 2 Lamb. 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 .... 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0

• To sink the offal, per 8 lb. HEAD OF CATTLE AT TEE CATTLL-MAIMET. Monday. Friday. Beasts.. 6,748 1,284 Sheep ..16,090 5,510 Calves.. 172 305 Pigs 320 140 HOPS.

Weald of Kent Pocketa 56s. to 76s. Mid and East Kent ditto 70 — 103 Sussex ditto 56 — 75 Farnham ditto 0 — 0 WOOL.

Down Vega

Half-bred Wethers per lb. 174., to 1714.

15 — 151 15 — 16 Leicester Fleeces 11 — 16 Combing Skins Hay, Good Inferior New Clover Wheat Straw HAY AND STRAW. Per Load 0( 35 Trusses.) SDITHFIELD. WHTTECHAPEL. CONDEALAND. 68s. to 72: 75s. to 80s. 861. to 92r. 50 — 60 60 — 65 so — 80 0 — 0 0 0 0 — 0 70 — 100 90 — 105 103 — 110 24 — 28 25 — 25 30 — 34 GROCERIES.

Tea, Sonehong, line, per lb. lc 9d. to 2s. 34.

Congo°, fine 1 7 — 2 3 Pekoe, flowery 2 6 —4 0 In bond—Duty ls. 94. per lb. Coffee, fine (in bond) cwt. 64e. Od. to 86s. Od. Good Ordinary 520. 04. to 54s. Od. Cocoa, Trinidad (in bond) 70s. Od. to 78c 081. Rice, London dr. Carolina GA Od. to Os. Od. Sugar, Muscovado, average... 37.. Old. West India Molasses 238. Od. to 261.04. POTATOES.

Kent and Essex Regents..ton.105s. to 120s.

)10 Shaws 90 -.-100

York Regents 110 —12$ • Scotch „ 95 —105

MISCELLANEOUS. Jamaica Rum ... . per gal. lis.10/1. tO 85.

Brandy, Best Brands 10 9 — 11 Cotton, N. Orleans.per lb 0 44— 0 Saltpetre, Ref... per cwt 54 6 — 55 Guano, Peruvian. per ton 240 0 —260 Tallow P. Y. C... per cwt. 58 3 — 0 Town 60 3 — 0 Rape Oil, Efiglish refined DI 0 Brown 51 0

Linseed 011 87 -11 Cocoa-nut Oil 49 0

Palm Oil 46.0

Linseed 011-cake, per ton 200 0

Coals, Hetton 19 6 Tees 0'S —03 — 61 --37 — 51 0 —210 -- 0 — .1

4.

971 :334 931 931 93 93 91 94 18 18 18 — 2171 , 2171 — .....- --

7 a 2

' 98/ — 2 pm.. • 2 FOREIGN FUNDS.

(Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.) Austrian a p. Ct. — French 41 p.Ct . Belgian 41 — 98 Mexican 3 — Ditto 21 — — Peruvian 44 — Brazilian 3 — 1001 Portuguese 3 — Buenoa Ayres 6 — — Russian 5 — Chili= 6 — 103 Sardinian 3 -- Danish 5 — 103 Spanish 3 — Ditto 3 — 83 Ditto New Deferred 9 -- Dutch (Ex. 12 Guilders) .21 — 631 Ditto Passive Ditto 4 -- 97 Turkish . 6 -- French 3 — 67f. 40c. Veneauela 41 —

as

691 as 285 171 31 ao 44 491

-as

37 67 271 41 441 195 231 128

9421

61 681 ex d.

88

86/ Fine 76 to 78 Peas, Hog 37-40 Maple 42 — 44 White 38-40 Blue 50-96 Beans, Ticks 96 — 40 Harrow 40-42 Indian Corn. 36 to 38 Oats, Feed.. 22-25 Fine.... 23-27 Poland ... 27-29 Fine 29-30 Potato.... 31-32 Fine .... 32-33 97.f. 39c. 211 775 431 1061 89 42f 241 954