PRICES CURRENT.

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Sassed. Monday Tuesday. Warw.

3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account Spur Cents Reduced New Spur Cents Annuities 1880 Annuities 1885 Bank Stock, 10 per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent Exchequer Bills, lid. per diem Exchequer Bonds, 6001 India Bonds 4 per Cent FOREIGN FUNDS (Last OfilcialCleotation during the Week ending Friday Evening.) Austrian 6 .Ct 48 French 4iP•Ct.

Belgian 44— 98 Mexican $ —

Ditto 21— — Peruvian 41 — Brazilian s — 994 Portuguese 1853 3 — Buenos Ayres s — 561 Russian a — Chili= 6 — 102 Sardinian 6 Danish 6 — 1011 Spanish 3 — Ditto $ — — Ditto New Deferred $ —

Dutch (Ex. 12 Guilders) .21 — 661 Ditto Passive Ditto 4 — 1001 Turkish ... . 4 French 3 — • — Venezuela $

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

BANKS—

Bristol and Exeter HO Australasian Caledonian 981 British North American Chester and Holyhead 53 City Emitern Counties 64 Colonial Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western Great Northern — Commercial or London — Engl. Scotsh.& Australian Chtd 1101 London 1111 London and County Great South. and West. Ireland

741 London Chrtd. Bnk. of Australia

Great Western 1201 London Joint Stock Lancashire and Yorkshire 2091 London and Westminster Lancaster and Carlisle 118 Nations' Bank London, Brighton,& South Coast 61 National Provincial London and Blackwell 102 New South Wales London and North-Western 961 Oriental London and South-Western Manchester, Sheffield,& Lincoln 53 Ottoman 1351 Provincial of Ireland Midland — South Australia Midland Great Western (Ireland) 65 Union of Australia North British l051 Union of London North-Eastern—Berwick 95 Unity North-Eastern—York Oxford, Won & Wolverhampton — Deena- 1141 East and West India Scottish Central — London Scottish Midland 871 St. Katherine South -Eastern and Dover — Victoria Eastern of France East Indian 101 Miscrsssurocs- — Australian Agricultural Geelong and Melbourne 23 British American Land Grand Trunk of Canada Great Indian Peninsular 981 Canada 11 Crystal Palace Ore,- t Western of Canada Electric Telegraph Paris and Lyons General Steam 1 London Discount.. AUSII.11111 National Discount Brazilian Imperial 271 Peninsular and Oriental Steam Ditto St. John del Rey 43 Royal Mall Steam Cobre Copper South Australian lithymney Iron BANK OF ENGLAND.

La Account, pursuant to the 7th and 8th Victoria, rap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday the 26th day of Dec. MM.

MOE DEPARTMENT.

Note. issued T•13 568,575 Government Debt £11,018,100

Other Securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion 10,839,853 Silver Bullion 1,462,722 £26,168,271 £16,265,575 BANKING D AAAAA ENT.

Proprietors 'Capital Rest 3,194,421 Other Deposits 11,972,295 Seven Days and other Bills 610,189 Public Deposits* 7,361,936 E14,653,000 Government Securftlee(incin - Other Securities 20,522,372 Notes 8,924,075 Gold ant Silver Coin 704,644 ding Dead Weight Annuity) £9,640,273 137,691,264 £37,691,264 • Including Exchequer,Saving-Banks,Commissioners of National Debt, and MY, Acct.

BULLION. Per on. METALS.

Per ton.

Foreign Gold in Bars, Stsndard, M 17 9 I Copper, Brit. Cakes £102 10 0 .. SO 0 0 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Iron, Welsh Bars.— 4 Lead, British Pig ... 24 6 10 0.. 7 0 .. 25 0 6 0 0 Silver in Bars. Standard 0 6 11 Steel, Swedish Keg.. 17 5 0 . 17 10 0 GRAIN, Mark lane, Dec. 28

I. 411. I S. I.

Wheat,R. O. 63 to 62 , Fine 50 to 68 Fine 72 to 76 B. A.

Indian Corn. 41 to 42 Fine 62-65 1 Foreign,R. 66-65 Peas, Hog... 38-40 Oats, Peed.. 0-0 Red, New. 40-48 1 White F. 70-74 Maple .... 28-40 Fine .... 0— 0 Fine 49-33 Rye 85-42 White..,. 38-44 Poland 0— 0 White Old 60-63 . Barley 82-36 Blue 0 0 Pine..,. 0— 0 Fine 64 — 67 Malting .. 40-44 Beans, Ticks 38-46 Potato.... 28-32 New 42-50 Malt, Ord... 67-72 I Harrow... 50-28 Pine.,.. 33 — 34

WEEKLY AVERAGE.

SIX-WEEKS AVERAGE.

For the Week ending Dec. 22.

Per Qr. (Imperial) of England and Wales.

Wheat 58s. 84. 'Rye 36s. 64 Wheat .... 595. 84. Rye as, an Barley 41 0 Beans 51 1 Barley .... 40 6 Beans 50 1 I Oats 23 11 Peas 44 6 Oats 24 0 Peas 42 2 FLOUR. PROVISIONS.

Town-made per sack 57s. to 605. Butter—Best Fresh, 17s. Od. dos.

Seconds 48 — 62 Carlow, M. Os. to 01. Os. per cwt.

Essex and Suffolk, on boardship 48 —48 Bacon. Irish per cwt. 68. — 70a Norfolk and Stockton 42 — 45 Cheese, Cheshire, fine 76 —. 61 American per barrel 30 — 33 Derby, pale 70 — 76 Canadian 30 — 33

Hams, York 76 —52

Bread. 74. to 9d. the 41b. loaf.

Eggs, French, per 120,5. ad. to Si.

M.

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

NIDE AT AND LEAD/NEALE.. CATTLE. DARNER.' HEAP OP CATTLE AT 21111

a. d. a. d a. d.

6. d. . d. a. d. CATTLE-MARKET.

Beef... 2 10 to 3 4 to 3 10 .... 4 4 to 4 8 to 5 0 Monday. Thundly

Mutton 3 0-2 5-4 3 .... sto— 5 2 — 5 6

Beasta.. 6,730 1,279 Veal... 3 8 — 4 1-4 8 .... 4 4 — 4 8 — 4 10 Sheep. 23,950 3,800 Pork .. 3 8 — 4 0 — 5 0 .... 4 8 — 5 0 — 5 4 Calves., 263 330 Lamb . 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 .... 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 Pigs 600 170 HOPS. WOOL.

Weald of Kent Pockets I20s. to 3605.

Mid and East Kent ditto 160 440 Sussex ditto 120 — 210 Farnham ditto Leicester Fleeces 18 — 20 Combing Skins It — 19 Down Tem per lb. 20,1. to 214. Half-bred Welber' 181 — 19 HAY AND STRAW. Per Load of 36 Trusses.1 Sairanats. WHITECE ATEA. OVIIINIELANDA

Hay, Good 76. to 60. 100. to 110s Iles. 1. 120.. Inferior 60 60 so — 65 70 — 106 New 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — •

Glover 93 — 110 110 — 120 129 — lee Wkeat Straw 33 — 26 30 — 30 MP — 44 shut 921 92f 921 shut 234 shut 2 dis. 2 dis.

10 dis. -- 931 92i 93 16 233 5 27turs.

93 92/ 92Z 5 Pride!,.

In 921 felt 233 2 211

tiff 111 111

721 65 151 $s 261 64 471 19 30

251

61 103 30 112 331 95 23 73 471 34 • 8 To sink the offal, per lb.