, 1865-05-01

The ue1ket for gold here ruled dull and heavy.
The Gales at the first session Of the Stock Board
we're at 14s4@l47, and at The second session at
147a0147s, luf the transactions were unusually
itoht. and mostly to coyet short sales. On the
street the brokers paid 1a5@146. Silver was steady
atls3. -.
Government Bonds were qniet. On the Stock
Boart, Gales were made OF Flve-Twen.1ss at 1o5t
91.cs4, and OF Ten-FQrt1es at est. AT the Second
Board 1903 was bid for Flve-Twenties, with sellers
at 10s4; Ten.Forues we're offered at 81, with buy
era at So: aud Seven -Thir1es were offered at 99I,
with buyers at 9a3.
Cook County Scrip wasln good demand at $50
95K.
The c1carinss at the clearing House for the
week ending today amount to S6,953.57q, against
s6,14i.095 last week.
Al the banks In the city. the Board Of Trade
till "Wednesday next
The N. Z. Commercial Adetrtlssr eays that
the stock-brokers are nearly all on the bull''
eide, .pd that they think the rice In atocks hsd
not yet reached tho climax. Thesa opiaions, how
ever, teem to be based eolefy On the abundance Of
money which they expect will encourage specu-
latfon.
Another heavy failure has taken place in Eng
land. Charles Joyce & Co., East India me rchants,
LONDON, have suspended. Their liabilities
amount to E., 100000.
The following will show the exports. e1clu-
sive orspecie, from New York TO foreign por,s for
the week ending April 2+th, and since the begin
ming OF the year:
The following article On American affairs, Us
far as thcp relate to Commerce, ,tslranslatea from
the Paris 0pinton NdtlondIk Of April Z:
The approaching end Of the war In America has
given rise to gloomy instead OF hopeinl appschen-
g1 st1s IN an, as s aes 5 sss
business. as shown by. the recent balance sheets
Of the Bank Of Frsnce. This event would reopen
the greatestaud most profitable market In tha
world for our productions. It would restore acll-
vity 10 our workshops, cover the ocean With our
shipping, bring back Joy to The families Of tunu-
and restore The con1dence Of ship7ing mercdants.
How Is II, then, that such an event which We have
been looking for dnrfug four years. through Pc
fGd Ct % and s1 ri and Wh VII
to prosperity md good fortune, should oceaslon'
such an1istyf
We - eimly convinced ttat Upon the cessation
tduar factoiee, and that the price Of cotton will
70 up at once, however great IN anouut may be
expected from Amerlcs: There Will doubtless be
interests upon the first news Of peace. =
The a1x hundred and fourteen million Of francs
lying IDLE in the Bank Of France Will be reduced
10 eay three hun'red millions, and an immense
panic will be the result OF the Withdrawal Of the
difference, Still this would only prove that that
inactive amount Of capital had found employment;
that business. after having been long languld had
finally revived, and that commercial activity had
again cxpknded.
The announcement Of peace In America will
have the effect only to create sudden animation
std displacement Of idle capital. Peace In the
United States cannot but benefit iuste1d Of tnjur-
leg ii W bses t as RSsr as o
Atlantic; On the contrary, it will prove the har-
bigger Of prosperity. It will unfetter aud et,mu-
species q tndasi5y w De Like IN
Tho Increase OF the Nadonal Banks during
tho pstt eighteen months may be seen from the
following table.