New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-05

81: I s;
In Exchange there is but t,lo doing. Sterling oasl
Francs 5l6l a5l3a
For Freghts the market il unsettled, and engagements
small To Liverpool we heerd Of Grain ut Od but
could not authenticate H. To London COO bis 1urpeotine
81 60 tuns of Oil Cake lOI 100 tcs Lard 4o To Glss
gov 200 bbls Flour 49, To Elavre We hear Of hing
From Havana to Cowes and market an eogagemeu' VS.
made at f4O chatter for south side Cuba 81 for No
lases and JGc Tor Sugar another at sec another to south
side at SIS for Lumber
The receipts at the Sub Treasury were siel,i. PAID
s452oO Balance 1920 The following sales Of Stocks
were made at auction by Simeon Draper:
500 and Washington R. lt mort int aided H.
& hss% EHtescn sS5cs o, sSeI. 1 int .ia.d 49,
400 cSuusa, pgns .ud Ipda9 9s t. int .dd:5 ~
Zoo Csssso and MDP :? mort mort int nt sa5d
Ics .ssns, AIl snf tic Dock 60 s.
II shares Thiidsv Railroad Co 60
Gs.dd Sy s sPs GGInn' RAILROAD
70 shares Williamson rsh City Sire Insurance Co. !,
l5sbsres Mechsnics and Tiad,r8 Insurance Co, 81.
A. II Muller Co weekly auction sale Of Stocks will
hke place at the Merchants Exchange to at l2l
O'Clock.
The steamer to morrow hes as yet only 100000 in gold
engaged.
There is more ease IN the Money market today although
the demand is still very active The Bank Statement
received ,rabe the street The decrease in loans
much less than was generally anticipated This has
been doy very heavy paymeDs and there IS general
belief that the market will after today be esser Cali
loans y rs.cass paper ga 10 y cent, gener
ally at the higher Some Of the
filing up again and some gold is coming from the West
exchange New York being very This scarcity
has kept back rmttances which must be az hand in
god If exchange cannot be had.
The aggregate imports of January February end March
s47 49, against s5o3367l in the months in
1883 showing deere Of S3l0o000 The exports for
the time s2l73l,G94. against sl4,353e2s The
exports OF merchandise show increase of g. oi75l1
The Mechanics Bank elected the following Board of ID
roct.rs today: Shepherd Knapp, Robert Kelly, A. c.
Kingsland, T C. Cbardavoyne Richard Irwin, Linus w.
Stevens Francis Hall c. II Sand Oliver B. Tweedy, John
Bullaid. Jr William Chamberlain, p A. Hargous, f. w
Edmonds
The Baltic brings advces of tighter Money market in
London spo impending advance in the Of interest
by the Bank Consols under the continued shipments Of
gold to France and the advces from St Petersburg had
declined about = cent closing at seq The Cotton
ket heavy and Breads,ufTs sill declining We annex
extracts from the London papers
Money to-day was in very active demand and tight at
8 & cent end upward.
The demand for gold for remittance TO the Continent
again active to day and ell the gold offering the
market rapidly absorbed We do not hear however of
any fresh heavy Withdrawals of the precious meta from the
Bank 10 day perhaps owing to The disposition the part
of buyers wait nh the $500 coo brought in by the sgd
ney becomes deliverable which will probably take place
Wednesday There is impression that the elux of
gold is likely to continue for 81 me time 10 come
Another paper says:
The final quotations from the Paris Bourse this evening
showed further fsll of nearly cent The letters de
scribe slight Improvement in the rate of exchange on
gold from this side will now in great degree be checked
The amount taken from the Bank of England again
about $4,000.
From Hamburg the quotation of the rate OF exchange
shows alteration, but the tendency unsatisfactory
bills being in demand The rate Of discount which had
been for some time as low as = cent has been raised
to2,.
The ST. Petersburg letters are to the 18th of March, at
which date the rate OF exchange had declined % and
the Bank bad diminished the proportion Of gold given in
exchange for notes, pay ing only fourth in that metal
and three fourths in silver to all those who spilled for
specie.
Ekin Sons very old and respectable mercantile firm
chiefly engaged with the West Indies and Australia Their
liabilities 4l40000 and the disaster the resul;
olarge adv to correspondents in Demersra Jamaica
&c and not Of any Losses in their Australian business
The accounts of the state of trade in the manufacturing
during the past week contain nothing of import
aDce. The Manchester market has been very fiat the
home and foreign demand BEN alike inactive. AZ Biz.
min CHAM however trade conuues without the slightest
check snd nothing but the feeling of caution on the
nencement OF prevents further immediate rise in
all descT tons Of iron goods From Notting cham the
port shows ha, the rally Of last week has not been sap
ported. owing chiefly the absence Of foreign orders
The purchases for the United States unusually limited
but the stocks hand low in that country and
the importing houses at New Ok are believed 10 have
held back under the mistaken impression tina; the
would cause large consigpments 20 be sen, over at
crce, there is probability of good demand at later
period In the WOODEN districts business has rather in
crsssed but the Irish linen markets have been heavy
The London Stock maIketw as much agi.aed this morn
ing Tuesday. 2ls and after several fluctuations Con
sos which opened at s9s 1901. declined gradually
cent towards the closing when they feceded at sci
for money and s9 sol for the April account, but within
tie last half hour of business the Improvement in the
Foreign Exchanges and the increased freedom expert
enced during the day in the money market led TO hrmer
tone and general anticipation OF better state of things
Exchequer Bills declined to sass. prem Indian Bonds
per 10 Is. prem.
sian five cents closed at s5i sS ditto four and half
cents, &c. The nominal premium the French loan
is declining fast and there less disposition manifested to
touch here, owing to the uncertainty of obtaining any
allotment even AFTER the deposit of much larger amount
OF money than may be necessary for the quantity granted
We noticed q few weeks since the formation OF the
Clinton County Coal Company Of Pennsylvania under
charter granted by that State The Company have very
extensive bumnous coal fields The coal said to be Of
the best quality equal to Pittsburgh gas purposes
Some Of the coal from the out crop has been thoroughly
tested by OF the Gas Companies Of this City and found
yield nearly much gas and more coke than the EGG
sh coal from Newcastle. The Company have perfected
their organization e5oooOo, shsrss 500 each
railroad of nine miles down to the West Branch
SusQuehspns Canal to be built We would call the a..
tenhon Of capitalists TO the advertisement of the Con
vertble Coupon Bonds Of this Company in cur
coumns