The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-21
EUROPE.
FURTHER BY THE CANADA.
GREAT RRTTAJN

GREAT BRITAIN.
Some OF the verdicts in the coroners inquests on
the bodies from the wreck of the Pomona. censure
the navigation which took the ship so much out OF
her course, and condemn the portion Of the crew
wicn WI deserted the passengers, and took possession
OF boat, and call for an admiralty innuiry into
the facts of the case i'
On the 9th, says the Daily Ne,cs' City Article.
the iunds advanced, closing with more tirmness
. ellan has oeen SHOWN Tor some days. The settle
ment was completed with only one triAnG failnre
The stock Exchange may be said to have fairly
emerged from the panic. In the discount denarf
ment of the Bank of England on Friday the bust
ness was OF an ordinary character, the pressure
having subsided. In the open market the demand
is very active, and only the best bills having a
month to run are taken at 4 y per cent; for two
months the terms are D, and for three months 81
per cent. Gold continues to be withdrawn and pur-
chased for the Continent. The fall in the CONT
mental exchanges is checked
The payment on the Indian loan was PROMPTLY
met, notwithstanding the heavy discount quoted
for the loan. Out of nearly million due on Fri
day, the default was only f24, ,000
The Times City Article of last evening saws:
''The stock market has been comparatively steady
to-day, and although speculative securities of all
kinds remain without recovery, there has been a
better tone in every department of business In
vestments continue to be made by the public, and
at one moment 9OA was paid for stock. The money
market was without excitement. There was a ten
dency to reaction in the Corn market on Friday
and sales of Wheat could not have been pressed
Lord, Berthy & Co., of London, in the Aus
tralian trade, have suspended Their liabilities are
fl00,000
The fluctuations on the Paris Bourse had been
about one per cent, which closed quiet on Friday
at 6Sf SOC. for three per cents.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Dates from Montevideo to April 2, and Rio de
Janeiro April 8, have reached England.
Freights had slightly declined. Coffee at Rio
was quoted GI50O@7OO0 reis for superior, $500 for
hrsts, and 4lOOO@5N0OO for seconds. A sudden de-
mand for Hides tor the United States had set in,
and the marketw was nearly cleared Imports were
dull.
RUSSIA.
The official Journal of st. Petersburg contains
the following: "We authorized to declare in the
most positive manner that there exists no treaty of
alliance offensive defensive between Russia and
any other power whatever. At a moment when all
Europe Is making maritime military arrange
ments on large scale, the Emperor was obliged to
provide by means of political prudence for any
emergencies His majesty retains in the present
Juncture entire liberty of action, and we need hard
ly add he is animated only by the sentiment of pre-
serving the dignity of his crown and the interests
OF the country.
PRUSSIA.
In the Chamber of Deputies, the Foreign Mimi
ter has made statement of political affairs He
said that Prussia was, without deviation, pursuing
the object of watching over the safety of GERMANY
and looking to the security of national interests
and the maintenance of power in Europe; and, with
these objects, the army had been placed ready to
march.
The Finance Minister then made temporary ad-
diton for year of four million thalers to the in
come tax, the class tax and the taxes on meal and
corn-the addition to be further increased bv twen-
tyve per cent. in case the mobilization of the army
becomes necessary.
The bank of Prussia has raised its rate of dis
count to five per cent