New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-23
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.


From TltIo7do- 7iues (Ciiy A1,'ieieJ. Hsr II.
TUESDAY EyfsING.-Thc quotation OF gold al Pan-
itabout at par and the short exchange Oh London j.
25.O7l T. 81 sterling On comparing these rates with
the English mint price Of 3l7IlO! ounce for stand
ard gold appear that gold Is nearly i-lOths y cent
dearer IN Pans than in London. -
BY advices from Hamburg the price Of gold is ABB
per mark, and the short exchange on London !, noun
nally about l3l per l. sterling. Standard gold al the
English Mint price i therefore about per cent dear
er in Hamburg than in London.
The course Of exchange at New.YoIk on London for
bills at 90 days sight is about 10 per cent which
when compared with the min, par between the two
countries, shows ta the exchange il in favor of En-
gland; and, afler making allowance for charges OF
transport and difference Of interest the present rate
leaves email profit on the importation OF gold from
the United States.
The English Funds opened this morning at furthe
improvement Of J. and subsequently experienced a
more considerable advance, which however was not
maintained. The first transactions in COnsos at
81 to Z, whence under the influence Of investments
on the part Of the public, and purchase of tloOOOO
stock account of the Court Of Chancery there was
steady rise until they touched e44 Several rea-za-
tons then effected and return took place to the
opening quotation Of 9IJ TO !, The fact of the gold
arrivals yesterday and to-day from Australia and New
York having amounted to nearly .cfO0O0 tended to
strengthen the market. There was still a complete
absence Of news. Bank Stock LEFT of at 2l6 TO go
Reduced and New Three per Cents 9Ol to & Indian
stock pa to 2iS; India Bonda 2Os. TO los. discount;
and Excbeguer Bllr, ISI to 23I premium. The new
India Loan ls al discount
There is still good demand for discount at the
Bank, and although the other banks and discount
houses have larger balances than they can employ,
is only in the instance of bills having not more than
about 20 days to that the terms in the open market
are below A. per cent. The expectations OF further
movement of the Bank of England to 5per cent, seem
for the moment to have subsided. II is understood
that on future occasions, when the Court al their
weekly meeting decide upon alteration, ii will be
held applicable to all bills sent in on that morning,
whether previously or subsequent to the notification
fair business a been transacted in foreign stocks,
and several descriptions show fresh Improvement
Mexican Sandman and Spanish were especially firm.
Turkish Six per Cents fiat in the afternoon, and
receded the old to 63 to g. and new So to 3D. Buenos
AYes Six per Cents were negotiated at 'os ana "a,
being also weaker; Mexican, for the account, l6l !,
and II; Peruvian FOur-and-a-lia per Cents for the
account, S2J; Uribanen Bonds, - and 76 Dollar
Bonds a. Russian Four-and-a. Hall per Cents, 20 and
90; Sardinan "A and75 Spanish 8l for the account,
38; Deferred, 26I, 26, aud Passive, - and g. Turk
sl Six per Cents, 1854, Co. for the account 60, J,
aud 64y; New Loan, Sc and j3; for the account 50;
Four per Gents, Guaranteed, 90; Austrian Five per
Cents not payable in London, 39a aud Dutch -Four
Per Cent Certificates, 81
French Rentcs were quoted this morning COZ. 7jc.,
showing another decline OF an eighth. The closing
prices failed to arrive.
In the foreign exchanges this afternoon the rates on
Holland were slightly higher. Other places were
about the same last post.
The Mermaid has arrived from Melbourne with
l3 419 ounces of gold worth about GJ,WO.
No gold was taken tfpm ttlt Ddilh loudN tlt Cpi-
tincnta demand being supplied for the present from
the recent American and Australian arrivals.
The Peninsula and Oriental steamer Ceyon, to sail
on Thursday, will take out Gl97 35S in siverfor Bonn
bav, including about f1J0,000 sent by the Govern
ment and $50 900 in gold for Malta. also on Govern
ment account.
The letters from Germany to-day mention a number
of mercantile failures i'll Vienna, Frankfort, Leipsic
Munich &c.
Agents of the French Government are actively en-
gagged in charterng golfers in the north at rate of
freight equivalent to about 81 per tun In London II
is said 35 per tun is offered for any quantity The
coal to be taken is to be delivered in port of the
Mediterranean not to be named until the time OF sail
ing and in some cases an indemnity Is gwen against
ali war risks. Ten steamers, each Of about 1000 tunS
burden are, it is said, likewise wanted for similar
purpose
Outward-bound merchant ships are experiencing in.
convenience from the loss Of their crews at Gravcsend
through the attraction of the Government bounty. The
naval authorities board the ships at that place, to
ascertain if any Of the men will volunteer and III some
instances vessels have been left without sufficient
number of hands to enable them to proceed
The following is from The Times (ciiy article, May
"The payment OF the E2000 900 Exchequer Bonds
issued in 1854 has been effected to-day. The market
is likewise influenced by the quetude which has char
acterzed the commencement of the long dreaded war
and the approach of the termination OF the elections
also assists in promoting tendcnCyto seadneSS Inc
new Indian Loan closed on Monday, May =, at = a !
discount The monthly settlement on the Pans Bourse
stated 10 nave nttn d'tulpHNHVu WIN mum 'N"'
difficulty than had been anticipated.
THE mercantile advices from Vienna state that the
suspension of Arnsten, Eskces * Co. l. likely TO
prove of n more uniavOrable character than had been
anicipated series of other failures have been an
nounced both at Vienna and in the provinses, and
is feared that for some time to come The number Will
be daily augmented
Accounts from the German Bourses state that many
of the Italian capitalists and spectators who were
active sellers of Austrian securities before the CON-
mencement of the war, have since come into the
market as buyers.
"The London Stock Exchange Committee have al
lowed till Wednesday, May II, for the final settlement
of all the balances payable IN connection with the re-
cent conso settlement.
THE London HerTh says:
Letters from the Continent speak of the depression
in business through the doubt and suspense consequent
upon the hostile movements IN Austria ana Sar1ina,
and the stoppaCe of many banking and financial nrms
by the Bank of Trieste is an event attributed to the
outbreak of the war.
Io<DoS PRoDUCE AND PROvI>IoN MARHETS, MAY
l0-Tca inactive. Sugar unchanged Coffee inactive; hlce
active Cocoa firm. Salpeer held above the value laAow
T. y c. on the spot, IS stock 1911 casks Ohs-Linseed
q ~ ,wt Rape 59q Cocoanqt 40 6d u q ewt spirits
Of fTrrsne Al IS SpirsBandy and grain Spirits are
held al very full prices Meals-Scotch Pig lion hm at 4sS
cash.
LIVERPOOL CoRN AND BRT ADSTUFFs MARREr, May
took place French Wheat and Flour freely offered snd
b sslcs were aec,cd decline OIL Cd y GENITAL on prices
nav he o1oed Sd I'd T. GENITAL lower Barley Beans and
Peas Yellow and Mixed Indian Corn quite
and had buyers appeared prices would have oTR & 90
bIoush, 2d6 I'd. 3 centsL
TIE LATEST PER VANDERBILT
The following is copy Of private message to our
AGENT at southampton, received from London on the