PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.)

Raised. Monday. Tuesday. Wedges Thurs. Friday.

I per Cent Consols

951 93 95 951 951 Ditto for Account 14 951 951 951 95 954 3 per Cents Reduced 921 951 951 951 951 931 New 3 per Cents 96 951 96 851

961

Long Annuities

31 — 3,1

sq

Annuities 1883

/8&

1

Hank Stock, 9 per Cent -- 2181 2181 2181 318

India Stock, 101 per Cent

288

Exchequer Bills, 21d. per diem 12 pm. 10 10 11 13 14 Exchequer Bonds 1859

ladia Bonds, 4 per Cent

— 14 16

FORBIGN FUNDS. .

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

Austrian 5 p.Ct — French 41 P. et •

Belgian 44 — — Mexican Ditto 24 -- — Peruvian 41 - Brazilian 5 — 1011 Portuguese 3 -

Buenos Ayres 6 — 83 Russian 6 - Milian 6 — — Sardinian a - Danish 5 — — Spanish 3 -

Ditto 2 — 86 Ditto New Deferred 3 - Dutch (Ex. 12 Guilders) ..111 — 641 Ditto Passive Ditto 4 -- 98 Turkish 6 - French 3 - — Venezuela 41 — SHARES.

(Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.) 95f.

221

83

1121 92 441 244 64 1531 321

RAILWAYS—

Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western Great Northern Great South. and West. Ireland Great Western Hull and Selby Lancashire and Yorkshire

Lancaster and Carlisle

London, Bri,ghton,51 South Coast London and Blackwell London and North-Western

London and South-Western

Manchester, Sheffield,& 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

Mines-

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

BI.1.11LS-

Awitralasian

British North American

City Colonial Commercial of London Engl. Scotch. & Australian Chtd London London and County LondonChartd. Bak. of Australia London Joint Stock London and Westminster National Bank National Provincial New South Wales Oriental Provincial of Ireland Royal British South Australia Union of Australia Union of London Western Bank of London

DOCKS—

East and West India London St. Katherine Victoria MISCELLANEOUS—.

Australian Agricultural British American Laud Canada Crystal Palace Electric Telegraph General Screw Steam General Steam Peel River Land and Mineral Peninsular and Oriental Steam Royal Mall Steam South Australian 951

671

601 931 118 65/ 981 76 1061 71 ex d. 1071 1061 ex a. 341 841 37 841 601 31 78 751 371 23 231 211 51 61 211 60 26 103 CS 72 22 311 17/ 70 34 ex d. 22} 32 49 40

551 ex d. 3M ex 41.

661 474 127

so

201 261

128 11 951 ex d. 121

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BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, rap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 16th day of Aug. 1556. ISSUE DEPALTMENT.

Notes issued £26,279,730 I Government Debt. £11,015,100 Other Securities 3.459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 11,804,730 Silver Bullion /26,279,720 mamma DEPARTMENT. /26,279,730 /14,333,000 Government Securities (inclu- ding Dead Weight Annuity) £12 010 078 Other Securities 15,270,195 Notes 6,200,500 Gold and Silver Coln 650,894 /31,131,727 £34,131,727 • Including Exchequer, Saying-Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, & Dividend Accts. Proprietors' Capital Rest 3,458,600

Public Decants* 4,668,218

Other Deposits 10,560,407 Seven Days and other Bills 891,412 BULLION. Per cm.

Foreign Gold in Bars, Standard. /.3 17 9 Mexican Delius 0 0 0

Silver in Bars. Standard 0 0 0

METALS. Per ton.

Copper, Brit. Cakes £107 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Iron, Welsh Bars.... 8 15 0 .. 0 0 0 Lead, British Pig ... 23 10 0 .. 0 0 0 Steel, Swedish Keg.. 0 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Wheat,R. O Oto 0 Fine 0— 0 Red, New 61-66 Fine 68-72 White Old 71-74 Fine 78-82 New 70-74 GRAIN, Mark Lane, Aug. 22.

r.' a. I a s.

Fine 73 to 78 Peas, Rog— 39-40 Maple 44 — 43 White ... 43-46 Blue 47-49 Beaus, Ticks 40-41 Harrow 42-44 S. S.

Indian Corn. Sato 35 Oats, Feed.. 22-23 Fine .... 23-25 Poland ... 27 — 28 Fine .... 28-29 Potato.... 31 —33 Fine.... 32-33

Fine 75 to 80 Foreign,R 66— 76

White F 80 —92

Rye 49 —52 Barley 38-40 Malting 46 —49 Malt, Ord 72-74 AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN. Per (Sr. (Imperial) of England and Wales.

Wheat .... 73s. 4d. i Rye 48s. 3d.

Barley Beans 45 3 Oats 26 6 Peas 42 8 WEEKLY AVERAGE. For the Weds ending Aug. 16.

Wheat 71s. Od. Rye 44.. 3d.

Barley 43 7 Beans 44 4 Oats 26 3 Peas 39 0 FLOUR.

Town -made per sack 6i3. to 676 Seconds 67 — 60 Essex and Suffolk, on board ship 52 — 35 Norfolk and Stockton 61 — 52 American per barrel 34 — 42 Canadian 35 — 42 Bread, 71d. to 10d. the 41b loaf. PROVISIONS.

Butter—Best Fresh, 143 ad. per doz. Carlow, 31. 4s. to 51. 65. per cwt.

Bacon, Irish per cwt. 785. — 806

Cheese, Cheshire, flue 72 — 76

Derby,e 64 — 88 Hams, York BO — 90 Eggs, French, per 120, 5s. 3d to 7..

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

NEWDATE AND LEADENHALL.` CATTLE. X MST..

s. d. a. d. s. el. s. cl. a. d. e. d.

Beef... 3 0 to 3 8 to 4 2 .... 3 10 to 4 6 to 4 10

Mutton 3 8 — 4 4-4 .... 4 0 — 4 10 — 5 2 Veal... 3 0 — 3 8 — 4 6 .... 3 8 — 4 4 — 5 0 Pork .. 4 0— 4 8— 5 0 .... 4 2— 4 8— 5 0 Lamb. 4 6 — 6 0 — 5 4 .... 4 8-5 4 — 6 10

• To sink the offal, per 8 lb. BEAD or CATTLE AT TIli CATTLE-EMMET. Monday. Friday.

Beasts.. 3,938 1,563 Sheep. 26,630 9,690 Calves.. 230 610 Pigs ... 350 330 Kent Pockets

Choice ditto

Sussex ditto Farnham ditto HOPS. WOOL.

Os. to Os. Down Tetra per lb. 16d. to 174d.

O — 0 Wethers 0 — 0 O — 0 Leicester Fleeces 13 — 16 O 0 Combing 10 — 151 HAY AND STRAW. Per Load of 36 Trusses.) CI, ESSILAND. SEITHEIZ17...

Hay, Good 110r. to 115s. 80s. to 953

Inferior 90 — 100 60 — 70 New 60 — 90 60 — 83 Clover 115 — 120 100 — 126 Wheat Straw 32 36 28 — 32 WE MEC 11•PIL Sur. to 112s. 0 — 0 72 — 86 106 — 126 24 — 30 GROCERIES.

Tea, Souchong, fine, per lb. L. 9d. to 2a. 3d. Coogan, flue 1 6 — 2 2 Pekoe, flowery I 9 — 3 6 In bond—Duty Is. 9d. per lb.

Coffee, tine fin bond) cert. 64s. ed. to 883. Od.

Good Ordinary 62s. Cd. to 546 Od. Cocoa, Trinidad (in bond) 56a. Off. to 396 Od. Rice, Carolina 305. Od. to 363. Od. Sugar, Muscovado 31s. 61d. West India Molasses . 213. Od. to 23s. Off. POTATOES.

Rent and Essex Regents. ton Os. to Os.

Shaws 0 0 York Regents 0 0 Scotch „ 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS.

Jamaica Rum.... per gal. O. 8d. to 50. Od.

Brandy 9 3 — 10 Cotton, N. Orleans.per lb 0 41 — 0 Saltpetre, Ref....per cwt 25 6 — 36 Guano, Peruvian .per ton 220 0 — 0 Tallow, P. Y. C...per cwt 54 0 — 0 Town 55 9 — 0 Rape Oil, Pale 64 0 — 0 Brown .... 51 0 — 51 Linseed OH 38 0 — 38 Cocoa-nut Oil Palm 46 0 - 48 alm O 44 0 — 44 Linseed 011-cake, per ton .195 0 — 0 Coals, Hetton

19 0 — 0 Tees 119 0 — 0