PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH F

3 per Cent Consols

Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced

New 3 per Cents.

Long Annuities Bank Stock, 8 per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent Exchequer Bills, 211. per diem India Bonds, 4 per Cent -- U N D S. &tined. (Closing Monday — 904 901 Ssi 89/ —

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129 7 — Prices.)

Tuesday --

90j

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904

2094

231 9 —

Wednes —

90/

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COS 3/

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Thurs. Friday.

1,14.

89

821

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229 8 pm. -.-.

90/

901

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901 31

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239 15

— 914

al 901

4

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FOREIGN FUNDS.

(Last Official Quotation during tl e Week ending Friday Evening.) Austrian 5 p. Ct.

Belgian -

Ditto 91

Brazilian 5 Buenos Ayres 6 - Chilian 6 - Danish 5 - Ditto 3 Dutch (Es. 12 Guilders) 21 - Ditto 4 - French 3 - Ditto 41 - Massachusetts (Sterling) 5 - -- 91i 9a/ 511 1011 631 93 93I. 621e.

Mexican 3p. Ct.

New York 6 Peruvian 41 Portuguese 5 - Ditto 3 -

Russian 6 -

Ditto 44

Sardinian Spanish 3 - Ditto New Deferred Ditto 'Passive) Turkish 6

Venezuela 41 -

211 391

ss

'891 881 87 181

773/

29 SHARES.

(Last Official Quotation during t se Week ending Friday Evening.)

Rail:U.1'4-

BAN LP-

E44M and Exeter

97 Australasian 821 Caledonian

en British North American

65 Edinburgh and Glasgow ...... — Colonial

Eastern Counties 111 Commercial of London

1811.

20 Great Northern 92 London Chartd. Bn k. of Australia 21/ Great South. and West. Ireland 90 London Joint Stock. 28 Great Western 67/ London and Westminster 431 Hull and Selby 1081 National of Ireland

Lancashire and Yorkshire 79 National Provincial

Lancaster and Carlisle 721 Oriental 40/ London, Brighton, & South Coast. 101 Provincial of Ireland

London and Blacks-all 7/ Union of Australia 73 London and North-Western 1001 Union of London

London and South-Western 821

MIMED-

Midland .; l 1 Agua Fria

Midland Great Western (Ireland) — Brazilian Imperial

North British

30

Ditto (St. John del Rey) 31/ North-Eastern-Berwick 741 Cobre Copper 67 North-Eastern-York 50 NM ELIAS DoCS-

Oxford, Woe. & Wolverhampton 28 i

Australian Agriculturist

321 Scottish Central

Canada 119 South Eastern and Dover 602 Crystal Palace 31

DOCKS-

East and West India 110

General Steam

Peel River Land and Mineral

a

London 1001 Peninsular and Oriental Steam.. 61

St. Katherine ..

81 Royal Mail Steam 731 Victoria 17 South Australian 381

BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and 8th Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 19th day of May 1855. ISSUE DEPASTMEN T.

£29,902,550 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 15,902,530 Silver Bullion £23,902,550 BARRING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' Capital £14,553,000 Rest 3,170,300 Public Deposits. 3,358,272 Other Deposits 12,230,771 Seven Day and other Bills 991,720 £31,304,063 £34,304,063

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

BULLION. Per oz. METALS. Per ton.

Foreign Gold in Bars. Standard £3 17 9 Copper, Brit.Cakes.C126 0 0 .. 0 0 0 Foreign Gold in Coln, Portugal Pcs 0 0 0 Iron, Welsh Bars .... C 12 6 .. 8 15 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Lead, British Pig. ... 22 10 0 .. 23 5 0

Silver in Bars, Standard 0 5

11 Steel, Swedish Keg.. 18 0 0 .. 18 10 0 GRAIN, Mark Lane, May 25.

Wheat, R.N. 74 to 78 Rye 431o45

a. r.

Maple. ... 39 to 41 Oats, Feed.. 26 to 27 Fine 81- 0 Barley 31 - 33 Whits ... 44 -46 Fine .. 28-29 Old 0- 0 Malting .. 38- 0 Boilers ... 50-60 Poland ... 29 -30 White 0- 0 Malt, Ord... 85-66 Beans, Ticks 40 -42 Fine .. 31- 32

Fine 75-6

Fine 68- 0 Old 0- 0 Potato ... 30- 31 Super. N.. 85-87 Peas, Hog.. 28 - 40 Indian Corn 47 -50 Fine .. 32 -34 AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN.

WEEKLY AVERAGE.

Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales.

For the Week ending May 19.

Wheat.... 70.. M. Bye 40s. 5d. Wheat 76s. Id. Rye 44s. 3d.

Barley .... 31 7 Beans I 42 3 Barley 32 6 Beans 1 44 6 Oats 26 4 Peas 39 5 I Oats 27 9 Peas 43 4 FLOUR. PROVISIONS.

Town-made per sack 858. to 73s.

Butter-Best Fresh, 148.0d. per doz.

Seconds 60 - 65 Carlow, 0/. Os. to 01.0,. per cwt.

Essex and Suffolk, on board ship 0 - 0

Bacon, Irish per cwt. 681. to 72s.

Norfolk and Stockton 53 - 53 Cheese, Cheshire 56 - 0 American per barrel 39 - 45 Derby, Plain 60 - 66 ' Canadian 19 - 45 Hams, York 0 - 0 Bread, 711. to 1011. the 41b. loaf.

Eggs, French, per 120, Os. Od. c9 06.0d.

NEMO

s.

ATE AND

d. s.

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

.EADENIIALL.• SMITHFIELD..

s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d.

HEAD OP CATTLE SMITHFIELD. AT Beef... 2 10 to 3

to 4

0 .... 3

4 to 4 4 to 4

8 Friday. Monday.

Mutton 3

4 - 4 -4 6 .... 4 4-5 0-5 4 Beasts. 1,025 4,290 Veal .. 3 0 - 4 -4 6 .... 4 4-4 8 - 6 2 Sheep . 7,630 21,770 Pork .. 3 4-4 -4 8 .... 4 0 - 4 2 - 4 4 Calves.. 43S 120 Lamb.. 5 0 - 3 -6 0 .... 5

e-8

4 - 7

0 Pigs ..-. 433 440

• To sink the offal, per 81b.

• - • WOOL. Down & half-bred Hogs per lb. 111d.to I2(d.

Wcther and Ewe 11 - 12

Leicester Hogget and "Welber 101 - 12 Skin Combing 10 -111 HAY AND STRAW. Per Load of 36 Trusses.)

CUMBERLAND. SMITHFIELD. WHETECHAPEL.

110s. to.1208. 98s. to 1008 95s. to 1108. 63 - 98 60 - 70 40 - 80

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0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 120 - 130 118 - 120 120 - 130 32 34 26 - 32 25 - 28 GROCERIES.

Tea, Sonehong, floe, per lb: Is. 2d. to 21. Ed. Congeal, fine 1 0 - 2 4 Pekoe, flowery 1 6 -3 6

In Bond-Duty 5.. 6d, per lb. C,Iree, fine (in bond) cwt. 65s. Od. to 908. 01. Good Ordinary 49.. - 51s. M. Sugar, Muscovado, per cwt. 22,. 241.

West India Molasses 17s. Od. to 178.

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• Notes issued £29,902,550 _ Government Securities (inclu- ding Dead Weight Annuity) £10,823,132 Other Securities 12,455,155 Notes 10,280,610 Gold and Silver Coin 745,166 HOPS.

Kent Pockets 250s. to 2808.

Choice ditto 0 - 0 Sussex ditto 210 - 230

Farnham ditto 0 - 0

Hay, Good Inferior New Clover Wheat Straw OILS, COALS, CANDLES. Rape Oil per cwt. £2 14 0 Refined 2 16 0 Linseed Oil 1 17 6

Linseed Oil Cake per 1000 15 0 0 Candles per dozen Os. (Si. to Oa. Pd.

Mout a, per dozen Os. Od. to Os. Od. Coals, Helton 20s. Od. Tees 208. Od.