The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-05

The demand for foreign exchange has been active
particularly for sterling bills. Drawers are firm at
our quotations. There is good supply of bills on
the market. We quote bills on London at 81 10
per cent premium; on Paris, ST. 49, Of. III; Am
sterdam, Ala 4la; Bremen, 79a S0 Hamburg,
36s 36l The Baltic will not take out q large
amount Of specie.
The importations into this port for the week end
ing February 4th, inclusive, have been as annexed
Butter-377 kegs. Beer-o64 casks. Coal-e2O TONS
Gocoa-4S7 bags. Cheese-l50 Cement-4 barrels
IoaeeI7os7 bags Dyes-lo bales, 10 ceroons cochi-
neal bales ID ceroons indigo $500 bags sumac; 2OS
casks madden. Dyewoods424 500 pounds "a tons log
wood 25 TONS 1876 pieces fustc 20 tons caInwood
pieces Is tons Brazwood Drugs426 casks 10 tierces
soda ash Is boxes mama; 10 bales sarsapara 10
bergamot 81 boxes 23 bales ialap 100 casks
cream tartar 1857 cases licorice paste Quarter casks
do cantars brmsone 16 dyi diy 500 bundles
hcorce root; 10 cases gum IL ammonia % casks
antimony; 800 boxes chemicals Dry Goods-s,4 All pack
SIT boxes lemons; 81 boxe, tomatoes; 200 pumpkins
ll boxes 2o6 kegs 81 barrels, 1850 half boxes 4o57
102 trails SO kegs almonds; IS cron 81 barrels Is
baskets chestnus 1872 cases 1927 gs 100 bags
rels, $50 kegs do; o. quintas cod; $40 barrels do
'Gresse-ls1 pipes. Hides-S3, 623 and COW, $3.50
Skins Horns-si a. Moneyos4 hosshead 17s tierc ss
barrel. Hats-1o bales Hair-s6 ceroons, IL bales:
udIes lis barrels iee bags iron-e5cs bars SEQ tons
railroad iron 50, 9sS bars, 6,ose bundles 22oe rolls
sheet 400 bundles hoop, 172 tons pig IS do scrap
Lumber 200 hackmatack knees 60 600 aths. Leather
% packages Iead-2,759 pigs. Mats-5oo bales, 2Ol
b,es mating. Metal-4o cases $40 bundles sheathng,
200 bundles galvanized. Marble-o27 blocks Molasses
ait hogsheads, % terces, % barrels Oi-l64 casks
palm OIL casks almond casks cod 46 casks rapeseed
2es casks linseed, S75 boxes olive Palm leaf-2do
e0nches Paint50 casks, n tierces ochre. Rattans-
1000 bundles. Rags-466 bales. Segars-93 cases.
soap-s8 boxes. salt-3,7sl sacks, So modins. Seed
$40 bags nseed go do. canary. Shel10 barrels mo.
turtle. SuCar-Z,SSO
res so half do Spelter-7o1 plates Spices 600 mats
cassia, "a casks nutmegs. Steel-1,3lO bundles 307
Sprits-166 pipes gin, 20 asks brandy whis-
ley Tea-Ss 4so packages n IN slrbs, 1906 o6
boxes. Wool-640 bales Wine-5831 baskets cham
payne 100 q SKIS 1T quarters. Window glass
S51 cases. Wood-72 pieces, las logs mahogany. 1861
logs rosewood, 81 pieces cedar, LOIS bundles willow
Znc-169 casks.
The New York Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany has declared semiannual dividend of ten dol
lars, and extra dividend of five dollars per share
the Bank of the Republic, four per cent; the Bank
Of the State of Missouri, five per cent, free of til
State tax of one quarter Of one per cent.
bill to repeal the general banking law Of Illinoi.
has passed the Senate of that State.
The loss by fire in Boston, on the I'd inst, falls
upon the following Offices :-Firemen's Boston
$4,000; New England Mutual, Boston, $4,000
Long Pond Mutual Boston, SIS 900; Etna, Hartford
SIS 900; Protection, Hartford, IS 900; Western Mas
sachusetts Pittsfeld, S. 000 and IS 900 or $40 OO(
ut the Firemen's Insurance Office, New York.
The annexed statement exhibits the quotations il
this market for the principal public securities at the
respective periods named-