The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-03-21

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The foreign news at hand by the Asia is Of the same
conflicting and perpexng character The details Of the
position of things the Continent do the
peetation OF peaceful solution of the difficulty though
the buoyancy IN the English and French funds would
seem to show that the agitation of the public mind had
somewhat abated.
leading Liverpool house writes by the Asia as fol
lows
Politics still dragging on in an unsatisfactory way
peaceful professions are beed by continuation of
sivc warike ornaments and the good faith of
cerned strongly suspected. Great apprehension exists
on the Continent; and business there, well here,
suffers accordingly. If an immediate outbreak should
BE- averted, disrust would still continue and conf
dence could only be restored if there general dis
armament
The March p from the Bank of England
gives the following results when compared with the pre-.
vious statement:
Public deposs.......GS3 315 o65 Increase e3o5 2s1
Other deposits. l3,955O63 Decrease &C., 109
Rest. .......:... 3,647 $50 Increase. 345 365
On the other side of the account:
Government securities. .910 ,l47 Unchanged.
Other securities....... l6,7S2 $780, Increase 22
Notes unempioyed... 1885 06S. Increase. 72s
The amount notes in circulation is COG 25 being
an increase OF S3I17O and the stock of bullion in both
departments is e19lS46 632 showing decrease of s767
SIG, when compared with the preceding return.
TRADE OF MANCHESTER, March 5th.-Thc transactions
in goods have been to moderate extent prices are not
only firmly maintained, but even higher for
immediate deliveries Yarns have had an active ncui
ry but the business is restricted by the want of ready
stock and by the further enhanced demands the spin
ners To-days overland advices from Bombay report
quiet market for cotton goods In reference to the East
India trade Messrs Du Fay Co. observe in their
ent Monthly Report he large trade with the East Indies
and China has prevented the decline in prices which
would otherwise have taken place from falling in
the European demand The active our market is
to be attributed to the extensive export goods to those
countries We fear that this things must lead in
the end to overstockng particularly holds out tenn
taons to fresh parties embark this branch This
opinion begins to be more generally entertained.
The English Board of Trade lust been is
sued and regarded favorable The Liverpool Time
of March 5th says:
THE Board of Trade returns the month of January
prad
the impression that should designs tending to political
conagraon be checked present wear NAV vet be
OF extraordinary commercial prosperity The
exports last month 60 593 i23 being or
per cent, more than in January last year-when though
the value of money has fallen to per cent mercantile
affairs in state Of collapse-and f5S5 3ls or nearly
6per cent more than in January 1857 OF the increase
of S23 shown by the comparison with 1855 cotton
goods alone figure for f966 COS and half of this in
crease is in the Indian trade the British East Indies
having taken FL 065 39 of cotons against $3.50 72 in
the corresponding month OF last year and 235 in
1851 symptoms of revival in the American trade
remarked with satisfaction. The principal figures are
given in another column. The exports ailway IRON,
are now distinctly classified in the Board of Trade returns
as the importance of this branch of commerce demands
LONDON MONEY MARKET.-The English funds On
the "a instant, after some slight fluctuations with
comparative firmness, at an advance of per On
the Sd there considerable steadness and the mar
ket closed at the quotations on the day pre-
vious. - ~
On the 4th the market slightly rmer and consols
closed at 30 Ede5$ for money and account
The money market had been tn nro-
vide for TIE wants of the 4th of March.
AMERICAN SEcURIIIEs.-Messrs. D. Bell, Son & Co.
report as follows:
The market for American Securities during the past
week has been quiet and transactions have not been