, 1866-05-05
Local bonds arc very quiet We qnote:-

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"A convention Of representatives OF ali the Ma
tiona1 Ranks Of tie Sfa'e Of Indiana were m ees-
s1on on Wednesday, In indianapolis, but their ees
efou Wa eeersr The attendauts was quite IatCes
nearly all the banks IN the State sending dele
gate. The object WIS to form m association. but
lis noiuze and offsets are unkooHn.
lit Is sta,ed that neither the Oh City Bank nor
tns yenaugo Counts Bank will be zeoPeued for nu-
siuese.
Mr.. George Peabody. the Londoo-Ame1iean
banker, Is in New York city.
In New York the money market rcncalns easy It
SOS cent, the supply Of cspttal being lsssely in
e1cc.s OF the demand In the discount line thcrn
te very limited business doing, and frat class
commercial paper Is IN request At GOT q cent, whiie
exceptions IRE reported for short date at ST.
- Twenty dollar bills on the First ,iation3l Bank
Of Portland Conn, were in circulation in New
York few days since. There Is no such bank
The rebel pond holder in England have been
demonstrating with The Government relative 10 the
1ebsl debt. Secretary Seward. In Letter to the
Secretary OF the Treasury, sums up the whole mat
ter ~ follows:
ii am o, the opinion TINT neittez The natu.e OF
thste several Communications, nor the matters dis
cussed therein. nor the form in which they me-
therein tre,ed. nor 1he character Of tner authors,
a1 ot On 6nid $
We should think tho rebel bond-holdcrs In Eng
lnnd, and their agent. will conclude By and by that
their case Is not very hopeful o1e-
Tho n. I. 1forsd OF Inc I'd instant etates that
the news from Europe Of the .faiure Of Barned'b
Banking Company for oser S16c0o, Geo, owing TO
reckless discounts aud advances upon cotton, has
stopped Tie tate Of cotton bills and caused nc
tive demand Tor PRIME tankers' three and eixty
! days sight bills On Europe.
! In Boston, the money market showR increasing
eafc a superabundance Of 1oauabie fnuds preyail-
Ing at all the usual sources ot supp1s. Call 1o1ns
rule at 5GG per cent on the best coilatezals, A.
:toneh higher rates are charged on miscelIaneous
colIateTnls Of fEctuattrg value. The bank rate fer
dfeeonns I. still nomlnally %; $40 per cent, but
there is mure or less doing at lower rates On the
sreet there great scarcity Of desirable busius.s
paper. which continues N good request at reduced
rates. The best names, II offered. would be taken
as low as 6H q per cent, md gnod three or four
months paner Is In request at @ 9 per cent. The
much wanted, ftes tanging from ~ 10 II per cent
and upward, according to quality.
The Bank Of England returns for The weak end
lrR april 1sp1oye to be veIy uniavo:able and snch
10 indicate that further reduction In the rate
OF discount ean be looked for yet awhile. The bull
lion has diminished a much "a 93t500G, while the
aestrye OF notes 10 less BY E579 1856 The pr1vnte
deposits hare diminished :Eesi,21i- The public
deposits have dccreased 2l1,559. The olheE
eecutites, being bills discounted, &c. haye de-
ereased by E4G8,111 The rest has increased by
4
| augmentation Of &aa5a,4 no.
The Bank Of F1aucc returns toz tbs week end
] ING .Au.3I 19 show IN increase in the bullion Of
seq &C., an increase IN mercdnie bills discounted
OF Fssdoo0, IN increase In advances on public
secrf5tsies Of $4,000, IN Increase IN the notes Of
feea,C Goo, increase IN treasury deposits Of so-
COO. and IN increase IN the current Or pirate ae
connts Of !e22010o0. :: -.
The Rauk Of Frankfort has rai=ed It's rate of
discount from ~ 10 q cent. olnsrNise The vasue
OF money On the Continent ia not qrob1y changed.
The following are the latest quotations IN the lead
ing cities: Paris, 3.f, 3aQh; Amsterdam, SIS
! vieana, No5!f; Berlin- 6. 5h18; Frankfort. 4h@
s; Turin, s9A5z; Brussels, 484h; Madrid, y;
/ Hamburg, AZ; St. Petersburg, 55sG6.
On Saturday last. tie Treasurer Of State os
| Ohio. Nh. Warner net consultation with tho tnan-
ca, men, sold thirty thousand dollars OF the com
m the Treseur., which 1as ordered to ba sold by
ioutrcso,u,,on Of the Legislature at its recent ses
sion. Il brought premium oi ss9s per cent. A
lie amount remains to be disposed Of urder the
resoIu.lon. This coin was In the Treasury when
specie payments were suspended In 1860, where 1t
has remained stnce that t1me.
The total yal1e Of Imports at Boston for tha
weet ending april s7th was s7;0,saN against s4as
SO du11rg tha corresponding WEEK IN 1855. Total
kince January list. S15 $50. Ee amount per
Week, s6se, ,1to.
| The total yalus Of upcrs from Boston FIX the
/ week ending April 9Th. Including specie, was
sisa0o3, against S19a, - for the corresponding
| week IN 1865
The interest up.n the clezring House Certid-
| c,tes Of New Yo,k. WIN be redueet On the d1st Of
| NV ftura fyp q four per cent The Assistant
r:..nrers AT ne United Staten at Philadelphia and
| Ro@tou. and the designated depository ut Ba1u-
more b.vr been tas:ruc1ed By the Secretary Of The
TrraEnw to cea<e taking deposits on account OF
temporsry 1oan for Clearing House purposes, at drs