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