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PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices) 3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account

3 Per Cents Reduced

New 3 per Cents

Long Annuities

Annuities 1885 Rank Stock, 8 per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent Exchequer BBL, 21d. per diem

Exchequer Bonds 1869

India Bonds, 81 per Cent &Word. Monday. Tesoley. Wedroes Thurs.

Friday.

shut

881ex d. net 871 871 571

87;

881 88 88 871 871 871 89 88 881 889 87 871 — —

a

31 --. 16.1 —. — 16 181 205 shut 204

205

6 dia. 10 7 7 5 5 — 971 -- 971 97 —

9 dia.

FOREIGN FUNDS.

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

Austrian 5 p. Ct Belgian 41 - — 921 French 41 p. Ct.

Mexican

to

Ditto - — Peruvian 41 -

29 Brazilian

991 Portuguese 3 - 51ex 4.

Buenos Ayres a -

64 Russian 5 - 97 Chilian 6

-

Sardinian 6 - 811

Danish a

Spanish a -

381 ex d .

Ditto 3 -

83

Ditto New Deferred 3 - all ex d.

Dutch (Ex. 12 Guilders) -21 - 831 ex d • Ditto Passive 7 Ditto 4 94

Turkish et -

Praia 3 — Venezuela 41 -

SHARES.

(Last Official Quotation duri ng the Week ending Friday Evening.) RAILWAYS- Bonze-

Bristol and Exeter 79 Australasian 901 Caledonian 64 British North American

Chester and Holyhead

City

43

Eastern Counties

Colonial

Edinburgh and Glasgow

50

t Commercial of London 31 Glasgow and South-Western ...

Engl. Scotsh. & Australian Chid

161

Great Northern 871 London

67

Great South. and West. Ireland. 103 London and County

Great Western 52 LondonChartd. link. of Australia

16+

Hull and Selby 104 London Joint Stock

Lancashire and Yorkshire 7611 London and Westminster 48 Lancaster and Carlisle

National of Ireland

London, Brighton,& South Coast 031 National Provincial

London and Blackwell

New South Wales

London and North-Western.... 94 Oriental 372 London and South-Western .... 85 Provincial of Ireland

Manchester, Sheflield,& Lincoln. 231 Royal British

Midland 631 South Australia

Midland Great Western (Ireland)

Union of Australis 74 North British 291 Union of London

North-Eastern-Berwick 871

DOCKS-

North-Eastern-York

4i

East and West India 120 Oxford, Wor. & Wolverhampton

London

Scottish Central 102 St. Katherine

Scottish Midland

Victoria 191 South-Eastern and Dover Eastern of France 55 34

31:semlAszovs-

Australian Agricultural

27

East India Guaranteed 21

British American Land

Great Indian Peninsular

Canada

124 ex d.

Great Western of Canada 24

Crystal Palace

Paris and Orleans

Electric Telegraph 21 Mores-

General Screw Steam 151 Ague Fria

General Steam 27 Brazilian Imperial 2 Peel River Land and Mineral .. 2 Ditto St. John del Rey

Peninsular and Oriental Steam

631

Cobra Copper 87 Royal Mail Steam 77 Ehymney Iron

South Australian 35 ex d.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 29th day of Dec. 1855.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued 224,664,465 Government Debt 211,015,100

Other Securities 3,459,900

Gold Coin and Bullion 10,189,465

Silver Bullion

224,681,465

224,864,425

BAN BIRO DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' Capital Rest 214,563,000 3,235,328 Government Securities (inclu- ding Dead Weight Annuity). £10,415,292 Public Deposits' 6,843,932 Other Securities 19,777,860 Other Deposits 12,322,512 Notes 6,963,850 Seven Days and other Bills. .. 802,908 Gold and Silver Coin 830,878

236,797,880

08,797,680

• Including Exchequer, Saving-Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, & Dividend Accts.

BULLION. Per oz. METALS. Per

ton.

Foreign Gold in Bars, Standard. £3 17 9 Copper, Brit. Cakes 2116 0 0 .. 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 6 01 Iron, Welsh Bars.... 9 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Silver in Bare, Standard 0 6 11 Lead, British Pig ... 28 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Fine Cake Silver 0 0 0 Steel, Swedish Keg.. 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales.

Wheat .... 80.. 5d. Rye Ms. Id.

Barley .... 41 1 Beans 51 5 Oats 27 11 Peas 50 3 PROVISIONS.

Butter-Best Fresh, 18s. ed. per doz. Carlow, 51. S.. to M. 12s. per cwt.

Bacon, Irish per cwt. 61s. - 82a. Cheese, Cheshire 74 - 80 Derby 66 - 71 Hams, York 94 -182 Eggs, French, per 120, 70. 6d to 100. Od.

HAY AND STRAW. Per Load of 36 Tresses.)

CUMBERLAND. SMITJIVIELD. Wurrzellartt.

Hay, Good Inferior

1200. to 130a 118,. to 1205. k 90 - 115 86 - 96 - et

r . to 1205.

80 - 100 0 - 0 0 - 0

New

128 - 135 130 - 135 126 - lid Clover so 34 24 - 28 24 - 26 Wheat Straw

GRAIN, Mark Lane, Jan. 4.

Wheat,R. O Oto 0

Fine 0- 0

Red, New 72-77 Fine 79- 0 White Old 0- 0 Fine 0- 0 New 76 - 85 Fine 86 to 0 Foreign,R 75-81 White F 88-93 Rye 62-54 Barley 34 -36 Malting 39 -41 Malt, Ord 74-78 5. s.

Fine 80 to82 Peas, Hog 42- 0 Maple 45-47 White 51 -83 Blue 54-58 Beans, Ticks 44-46 Harrow 52-54

s. s.

Indian Corn. 40to 45 Oats, Feed.. 25-26 Fine .... 26-28 Poland ... 28-29 Fine .... 29 -30 Potato.... 32 - 33 Fine .... 83-34 BUTCHERS' MEAT.

Nzwearx AND L.ADSZEB1L6.

Carne-n.axer.•

BRAD OF CATTLE

AT mg

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. CATTLE-n•

ET.

Beef .. 3 2 to 4 0 to 4 4 .... 3 6 to 4 10 to 6 2 Monday. Friday.

Mutton 3 0 - 3 8 - 4 0 .... 4 0 - 4 10 - 5 2 Beasts.. 2,991 987 Veal... 3 4 - 4 0 - 4 8 .... 4 8 - 6 2 - 5 8 Sheep -18,000 5,000 Pork 4 4 - 4 8 - 5 0 .... 4 2 - 4 8 - 6 0 Calves.. 67 112 Lamb . 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .... 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 Pigs ... 860 125 ' To sink the offal, per 81b. WOOL. 600. to 95s. Down Tegs per lb. I4d. to 15141. 70 - 112 Wethers 12 .- 14

56 90 Leicester Fleeces 131 - 0 0 - 0 Combing lo - 121

HOPS.

Kent Pockets Choice ditto Sussex ditto Farnham ditto WEEKLY AVERAGE. For the Week ending Dec. 29.

Wheat 77s. 2d. Rye 541. Ild, Barley 39 4 Beans 49 0 Oats 26 11 Peas 47 6 FLOUR.

Town-made per sack 70s. to 75s.

Seconds 65 - 68 Essex and Suffolk, on board ship 57 - 20 Norfolk and Stockton 55 - 66 American per barrel 39 - 44 Canadian 39 - 44 Bread, 81d. to lid. the 41b loaf.

GROCERIES.

Tea, Souchong, tine, per lb. la Od. to 2.. 6d.

Congou, fine 1 7 - 2 6

Pekoe, flowery 1 9 -4 0

In bond-Duty la. fid. per lb. Coffee, fine tin bond) cwt. 64s. Od. to 81Ia Od. Good Ordinary 600. Od. to 51s. Od. Cocoa, Trinidad (in bond) 51s. Od. to 54s. Od.

Rice, Carolina 32a. Od. to 40s. Od.

Sugar, Muscovado Oa. Od.

West India Molasses . 22a. Od. to 23r. Od. POTATOES.

Kent and Essex Itegents ton 85s. to 90a.

.. Shawl 80 - 0

York Regents 100 -110

Scotch „ 95 90 MISCELLANEOUS.

Jennies Ruin.- per gal. 6.. 2d. to 64. 941. Bandy 9 - 10 6 Cotton, N. Orleans.per lb 0 1 - 0 8 Saltpetre, Ref....per cwt 38 - 39 0 Guano, Peruvian.per ton 210 - 0 0 Tallow, P. Y. C...per cwt 88 - 0 0 Town 67 - 0 0 Rape OR, Pale 80 - 61 0

Brown 57 - 0 0

Linseed Oil 44 - 0 9 Cocoa-nut 011 46 - 47 0 Palm Oil 44 -48 0

Linseed Oil-cake, per ton 265 - 0 0

Coals, Iletton 21 - 0 0 Tees 31 - 0 0