New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-16

There are fftyfour banks in the city of New York.
We have taken the above thirteen as q comparison.
and they are the strongest Oldest and largest They
(the ftyfour) showed profits at the quarterly return
in September last of only 81 III or an average of
sl34,0O each. The foregoing is for the year 1858.
Last month, January, 1852 the following banks
declared dividends of three and half per cent only
Bank of Commerce, Bank of New York, Bank of
America, Bank of North America, Merchants Elk
Bank, Phoenix Bank, and several others. The
Chemical Bank paid per cent, the Broadway Bank
per cent, Seventh Ward Bank per cent? which,
with four or five Others are the only banks which
paid over four per cent. The average rate of div
dends for the six months, of twentyour banks, was
81 per cent? reducing the gross profits.
The English advices brought by the Asia, arrived
at New York, were received to-day. We append be-
low such advices as we have regarding them as be-
ing influenced by favorable views of the future par
tcularly the financial accounts. Our great staple is
operated on by the large increase at the ports in the
United States-the weak consgnees in Liverpool be-
ing influenced by the large expected arrivals in that
port There were some letters received to-day
brought by the kangaroo. The private dispatches
as received by the America, are having depressing
tendency on our market.
From the London Times January 22.]
The English funds to-day have been comparatively
free from fuctuation, and the generel feeling has
been rather favorable Consols opened at SO to an
improvement of an eighth, and closed at 955 to &c.
There were no accounts from the Paris Bourse dur
ing business hours. The public continue steadily to
make investments, and the Government broker again
bought 100000 consols for the savings banks The
supply of stock in the hands of the dealers is limited
and there is consequently no difference between the
prices for money and time oans are still offered
on Government securities at per cent. In the dis
count market, however, there was little increase of
demand. Bank stock left off at 226 to 22s.
n
cents. on the Paris Bouse this evening We're 69f Soc
for money, and G9f zoe. for the account showing
fractional Improvement
1t appears that negotiations are about to be com.
menced Immediately for an Austrian loan of about
f6,0O0,0O0 in the London market, Baron Brentano
who visited England on similar mission about six
years ago. having been dispatched hither for the
pose.
The return from the Bank of England, for the week
ending the 10Th January, gives the following results
when compared with the previous week.
RssF st
On the other side of the account:
G9yernmen 1 securities sle s9s 50 Unchanged.
Noes unempos 2o4a Decrease sssSS
The amount of notes in circulation is 1891 .ls5.
being decrease of fSs $50 and the stock of bullion
in both departments is fl9,ls6269, showing de-
crease OF t6,oSl when compared with the preceding
return.
LIVERPOOL, January Standardization is
still directed to the receipts of cotton at the ports of
the United States. If estimates of crop are to be
based upon receipts alone, the prospects of supply
are all that the most sanguine could desire, and
would seem to warrant the largest estimates Of the
season. Prices in the American market are, how
ever, well supported does there seem to be any
lack of confidence, but on the contrary, strong
opinion is expressed that ultimately the crop, large
as it promises to be, will not prove disproportioned
to the consumption of the world. The effect of large
receipts upon the market here is rather to depress ii
the fear of an accumulation of stock inducing i'm
porters to sell Immediately arrival keeping the
demand well supplied, and giving buyers an abund.
ant choice, at a decline of from l-I6d@bd. 70 rs
Upland cotton is the most depressed; and the new
crop is difficult of sale, even at the full decline just
quoted, on account of the lghtness of the staple.
and Orleans 65d. The Committee Of Brokers place
Fair Uplands l3-l6d., Mobile Lied, and Or
leans 5-l6d. Bazils and Egyptians, are freely
offered for sale at former prices. Surats show slight