PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.)

Bawd. Monday. Tuesday. Tredusa.

3 per Cent Consols

Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 3) per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent India Stock, 106 Exchequer Dille, 2d. and Riff. per diem

India Bonds, 41 per Cent

PORBIGN FUNDS.

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

Austrian 6 p. CL — Masao t husetts (Sterling). • .6 p.Ot ' .--

Belgian 4 76.11 Mexican .... ...,.. ..... ..6 - till Ditto 21 -

— Michigan 6 Brazilian 6 76 Mississippi (Sterling) 0 ••• --.

Buenos Ayres 6 23i New York (1868) ..... ....II - 91 Millen 6 - — Ohio . . 6 - 90 ex d.

Danish ............. . ,...8 - .--- Pennsylvania 4 - 70 Dutch (Ex. 12 Guilders) ...25 - 491 Peruvian 6 - 46

Ditto 4 - 711 Portuguese I - —

French 3 - — Ditto 8 26

Ditto 5 - -- Russian 6 - 102 Indiana (Sterling) 4 - --- Spanish 4 133

Illinois 6 - Ditto si 3 2s Maryland (Sterling) 4 - 70 Venezuela Active 18 Kentucky - 89* Ditto (Passive) Louisiana (Sterling) 6 - 85 Ditto !erred) .. • . 1

(Last Official Quotation

SHARES.

daring the Week ending Friday Evening.) SAXES-.

21i Australasian

39 British North American 114 Colonial Commercial of London — London and Westminster .794 London Joint Stock — National of Ireland _ National Provincial 60 Provincial of Ireland 3111 Union of Australia

4 Union of London

124 Mum- 86 Solana

lti Brazilian Imperial —

Ditto (St. John Del Rey)

24 Cobre Copper 401 Mascrimasour-

281 Australian Agricultural ..

ffi Canada

General Steam 117i Peninsular and Oriental Steam --- Royal Mail Steam 72* South Australian

RaILwarr

Caledonian Edinburgh and Glasgow Eastern Counties...

Great Northern Great North of England Great Western Hull and Selby

Lancashire and Yorkshire

Lancaster and-Carlisle London Brighton and South Coast London and Blackwell London and North-western Midland North British Northern and Eastern South-eastern and Dover South-western York, Newcastle, and Berwick York and North Midland Doc se-

East and West India

London St. Katherine

21 16i

231

3 12 15

29 67 ex d.

431 BULLION. Per oz. METALS. Per ton.

Foreign Gold in Bars, Standard ... E3 17 9 Copper, British Cakes £79 10 0 .. 0 0 Foreign GoldinColn, Portugal Pieces 0 0 0 Iron, British Ban.... 6 0 0 .. 6 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Lead, British Pig .... 16 0 5 .. 0 0

Silver In Bars, Standard , 0 4 Ili dteel,English 0 0 0 .. 0 0 BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 23d day of December 1848. ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

£25,184,795 Government Debt £11,015,160

Other Securities 2,954.900 Gold Coin and Bullion 13,676,486 Silver Bullion 607,909

£28.184.796

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' Capital £14,663,000 Government Securities, (in-

Rest 8,380.302 eluding Dead WeightAnnuity)A13,484.169 Public Deposits. 8„672,063 Other Securities

!0,814,516 Other Deposits 8,951,073 Notes 11,3e9a36

Seven Day and other Bills .... 967,455 Gold and Silver Cola 516,881

shut 851 sa d. Sbi Set

shut 38-40pm

S.

1

41-40 1114 :84 191 42-41 40 pm.

Thurs. Fridge.

661 •

3!

4048

40 4.2

0 0 0

Notes tuned £28,184,795

FLOUR- Town-made per each 46s. to 49..

Seconds 43 - 45 Essex and Suffolk. on board ship 38 - 41

Norfolk and Stockton 86 - 98

Bran per quarter 0 - 0 Pollard,line 0 - 0

Broad, 66d. to 8d. the 41b. teat

HOPS.

Bent Pockets Ms. to 6S..

Choice ditto 63 120 Sussex Pockets 44 68

Fine ditto 60 - 180 OILS, COALS, CANDLES. Rape 011 per cwt. Al 154. 6d. Refined 1 16 6 Linseed OU 1 3 0 Linseed 011-Cake per 1000 0 0 0

Candles, per dozen, 6s Od. to lis. 6d.

Moulds (6d.per doz discount) 7s. Od.

Coals, Hutton 0.. Od. Tees 113o. 95.

PROVISIONS.

Butter-BestFrerh, les. per dos. Carlow, E. 104. to 41. Os. per cwt.

Bacon, Irish per cwt. 62s. - Us, Cheese, Cheshire..............94 - 416 Derby Plain . 60 -- Of

Hams, York 84 ■31 Eggs, French, per 120, 6s. 64. to 9s. Of.

POTATOES.

York Regents per ton.100s. to 140s.

Scotch Reds 80 -100

Devon. 0 - 0

Kent and Essex Whites 100 - 0 GROCERIES.

Tea. Bohea. line, ....per lb. Os. Id. to Os. 5d,

Congou, One 1 8 - 1 10 I:loud:mug, fine 1 3 - 3 4

• In Bond-Duty Ss. 14. per lb. Coffee, One (in bond) per cwt. Si. to 100s. Good Ordinary 25s 04. tons.

Sugar, Mumovado, per cwt 22s. 344.

West India Molasses 14s. Od. to lis. £36,423,893 £36,423,893

• Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of NationalDebt sit Dividend Accts.

GRAIN, Mark Lane, December 29.

AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. DUTY ON FOREIGN CORN.

Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales. For Ohs present Week.

Wheat 49s. 74. I Rye . . 30s. Od Wheat 8. OS. Rye 2e.O4,

I Barley 32 3 Beans 35 0 Barley 2 0 Beans 2 0

Oats .. .... 19 6 ) Peas 39 6 Oats 3 0 I Pass 2 0

Weekly Averages for the Week ending December 22.

Wheat, 47s. 64.-Barley,81s. 4d.-Oata, ISs. 44 -Rye,29s. 1 4.-Beans. IS.. 7d--Fe44.37a.10d. Rye 24 to25

Barley 21 -23

Malting. • • 22 -35 Malt, Ord 62 -54

Fine 66 - 58

Peas, Hog 33-35 Maple 361687

White 29-30 Boilers -33 Beans,Ticka 24 - 26 Old 31-33 Harrow 10-32

0. r.

Wheat, IL New 40 to 42 Fine 44-46 Old 42 -44

White 44-46 Fine 48 -60

Super.New 60-64

Oats, Feed . 17 to 18

Fine. 18 -19 Poland .. 19 -20 Fine. 20 -21 Potato .. 23 -94 Fine . 24,-25

BUTCHERS' MEAT

Ni1V01.111 AND LLDIAZALL.• 811121171.11LD.• S. d. s. d. t. d. r. d. v. d. a. Beef .. 3 0 to 3 4 to 3 10 ..... 210 to 4 0 to 4 Mutton 3 0 - 3 6 - 4 2 8 4 4 4 - 0

Veal... 3 0 - 4 0 - 4 6 3 6-4 0 - 4 Pork .. 4 0 - 4 8 - 6 4 4 6-4 8 - 6 Lamb. 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0

Pigs... 100

• To sink the offal, per 8 lb

MILD or Ciseern ea"

Serrariesa.

}Masts. 968 iftra

Calves. 160 sheep . 4,920 6,600 80 Friday.

HAY AND STRAW. (Per Load of 36 Trusses) OURLSIRLAND. Samurai, Wairsonarat. Hay, Good 72s. to 76s. 70s. to 78s. 60.. to Mb. Inferior 46 - 63 46 - 118 0 - 0 New . . .... 0 0 0 ..... 0 0- 0

Clover 90 96 92 - 94 40 - 100 Wheat Straw 28 - 82 16 - 28