Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN EXCHANGES,

Amsterdam Short . 11 ... 151- to 11 ...
Ditto Three Months:. .11 ... 17 ... 11 ... 18
Rotterdam
11 17 ... 11 ... 18
Antwerp
If 25 ... 32. 25
Brussels ..
Ilamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort
Vienna
Trieste
Petersbur
Madrid

2 ::;25 37
6 ... 13 6
25 ... 15

.Short.!!.

Three Mouths... 25 ..
364 ... 25 37
25 ... 32a ... 25 ... 37
- ... 118
11 5 11 ... 10
11 ... 5 ... 11 ... 10

No movement of importance. has occurred with
regard to the value of money, and the supply is
every day becoming more abundant. The fact is
especially recognised in the discount market, in
which business has lately greatly diminished
through - the restriction of transactions and the
small prospect there is of recovery. The discount
companieS and the private firms have now each
afternoon large sums over, and the joint-stock
and.private banks seems to be placed in a similar
position. Through this redundancy loans can be
obtained on the most moderate terms ; and at the
Stock Exchange there .is an equally limited
inquiry for accommodation, animation having
almost wholly disappeared.
It is announced that the Stock Exchange Com-
mittee have appointed Thursday next as the
settling day in Austrian Script, but it is not to be
quoted in the official list. At the same time it has
also been intimated that the stock cannot be
bought in against any of the parties who have
dealt in it. From this proceeding it may be
inferred that the contractors have declined to
state what amount of the loan has actually been
subscribed, and that consequently there is hardly
any hope of a good bona fide business. The
quotation was very dull yesterday afternoon, and
at the close it was marked 11- to 1- discount.
It seems to be understood that some of the
members of the Stock Exchange who represent a
considerable interest in the debt of Venezuela
have had a further interview with the minister,
and it is stated that he has promised additional
modifications in the terms, wmch were to be com-
municated this day. -The value of both' the
Active and , Deferred Stock slightly improved
when this circumstance transpired, and it is yet
hoped that a satisfactory arrangement may -be ,
arrived at. It will be much to the credit of the -
Venezuelan Government if this question is adjusted
without further delay.

About £428,600 in Australian gold is known to

Fie 'still at sea. The Red Jacket has been out 83
ditYs, with £168,400 ; the Morning Light 70 days
With X 54,800-; the Tornado; 69 days, with
£116,600 ; and" the Anglesea, 67 days, with
£98,800. e . -

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The Calcutta exchange presentS no striking
alteration; but, the China exchanges have sustained
the important decline of 3 to 4' per cent. This,
movement will probably reduce the future ship-
ments of silver from this side.
The gloom in the Stock Exchane is deepening. The
warlike alarms incessantly raised- on the Continent,
countenanced as they are by the well authenticated
accounts of universal armaments, are evidently sinking
more deeply into the public mind. The Funds have
fallen -1 per cent., and in nearly every other department
of the Stock. Exchange decided depression prevailed.
English, French, and Lombardo-Venetian Railway
Shares present a general fall. In nearly every instance
the closing quotations were the worst ot the day. The
supply of money is still far in excess of the demand.
First-class Bills were discounted to-day at 2 to 2,4 per
cent., and in exceptional instances even a fraction lower.
About £14,000 in gold was sent into the Bank. At
Paris, to-day, the Three per Cent. Rentes showed a fresh
fall of Fto per cent. At Frankfort, Vienna, and
Amsterdam, on Saturday, a fresh fall of to 11 per cent.
took place ;in the Austrian .Funds. The Calcuttai Ex-
change presents no striking alteration but the China
Exchanges have sustained the important decline of 3 to
4 per cent. , This movement will probably reduce the
future shipments of silver from this side.—Daily Hews
City Article Monday Evening.

The signs of apprehension in the Stock Exchange con-
tinue every day to become more manifest, and the English
Fads have closed this afteraeoa with great heaviness, at
a further decline of :I per cent. The increase of distrust
to-day was chiefly attributable to the visit of Lord Cowley to
London, coupled with the warlike preparations on the
Continent. The Continental Exchanges, especially from
Holland, Hamburgh, and Paris, present a firm appear-
ance. The various purchases in London of saltpetre and
other articles of produce connected with the requirements
of war have assisted in producing the tendency. The
telegram from India and China to-day reports a fall in
the rates of Exchange, which will tend to lesson our
exports of silver. The decline has been equal to 1 per
cent. at Calcutta, more than, 2+ per cent. at Hong Bong,
and 2 per cent. at Shanghai. The new Austrian loan
has fallen to 14 ta 1-41, discount. Thursday is appointed
settling day, but the stock is not to be quoted. in the
official list, owing to the subscription having been in-
complete.—TimesCity Article, Monday Evening.
The Chieftain has arrived from China, with 742,000
lbs. of tea.