New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-04
THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.
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CRESCENT OFFICE, No 70 Camp street., (

'"h''A' Monday Evening, March 8. )
The letters by the Asia from Liverpool of the 9th u were
received yesterday The commercial accounts e u
very favorable character, yet good deal depending on te
future hinges on question Of peace oar IN Europe ire
continued decline breads causes the nblc 1ees to lean
towards cotton the only drawback against speculative
movement in tn article IS the continued dearneas Of money
Perhaps we'll that this restraint should intepoe at this
serving does preserve healthy condition Of
commercial affairs controlled by those mmuale laws supply
and demhnd. l'Ey-'
There is nothing before in the Of additional infoa
ton TO induce change views from the estateof
TO 900 bales will be the maximum Of the crop
The Mississippi packets bringing only from
to oncr of the quantity brought in December and there
hut very little the various chipping depots Nss
sppi river wMenpby the middle of the present month
the quantity received from Red, Ouacta and
will be pretty definitely ascertancd that cotton
will all bein market out Of those rivers by that time some
thing like accuracy will be reached of the quantity years
cotton that laid over and which stress has been mani
tested in every brokers' Office throughout the cosedeacy
The financial market opens under good supply Of capital
long dated paper placed to-day per cent establishing
decline, Good rules from 81 to grade from
81 to TO- The favorable from NewYok an increas
ing supply of money seems to have influence through
various qualifications Of trade that city, partc.
arly with the West though the New York cannot be
have any this section yet when
there, capitalists take that for their
There activity in Exchange to-day than at the close
Saturday, occoncd by concession the part drawers
Sight drafts New York sold at Il Il discount some
Of the banks holding at u hut selling very moderately Three
days sight sold at III twenty days sight sixty days
14 to and ~ discount The inside for bankers bills
On Boston and Philadelphia ~ The demand for sterling
is fair clear bills sold at 81 We quote the range
the market from to s} though for small Banks
which drawing London ask ST. 1t may, however, be
deemed rate Buyers for will not give
81. Bills Of adng drafts without change from
Saturdays rates-say II to * with favorte "a In
Francs did not hear Of SALE The range continues
5.271s to 5.232l.
We did learn of sale Of Stocks to-day.
fuller advces brought by the Asia Liyerpoo
The money article of the Times of the 9Th ult, gays
There little change notice in the aspect of the money
marketable demand for accommodation being brisk both
Bank Of England and at the discount houses in Lombard
The unchanged and only good bills have been taken
The acceptances due the 4 instant unusually heavy,
appear well The imports of gold
to @ 600 but nearly the whole amount has been purchased
for export.
The return the Bank England the week ending the
ID of February gives the following results when compared
with the previous week:
Public deposits g 49, Increase s5ls GSS
Rest 3,40GS2 Increase. 49, $50
On tile other side of the account: .
Government securities. s2 092 263 Decrease e5 9
Other securities. s,2I6 Increase ,466 al
Notes unemployed S, All Increase Ole
The Of in circulation is $40 2O,6O, being
of 165 and the stock of bullion in both departments
05,72 showing increase Of &3597G7 when compared
| with the preceding return.
of the Of Great Britain for the tile ls
December, 1866 have just been published. Income
10 SOB and expenditure to G8 1888, leaving def
cheney the of millions pounds sterling
The London after going various items
rnced that another loan of twenty millions pounds
must be Immediately raised to meet current liabilities
To-day consos have been steady, buyers 9 but closet
quietly as follows ConSols Account 9lI to u do Money
9l4 to q; Three and Quarter per cent 92}z TO r.