Commercial and Money Matters.
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The sales at the Board were to considerable ex-
tent, and the tendency was upward There was
disposition TO buy evinced, which has been absent
for some days.


There is but limited demand for Exchanges, bur
the market is very firm. The rate for Sterling is
81 a9!, but the sales at the higher rate are few.
leading house is asking 92 Francs are 5 so 5 27s.
The money market continues abupdantlv sup
Piled, and bank officers are in the street for good
paper at a per cent Money bids fair to be even
more plenty than before the late temporary turn OF
the screws, unless Exchange should 90 shove the
specie point and frighten the banks. Should hold
ers OF Cotton continue to pile ii up on this side Ex-
change may possibly rise shade higher, but the
demand would then probably be met BY the banks
and houses IN good credit drawing in advance obe
reimbursed at lower rates, for Exchange must de-
cline when Cotton goes forward freely.


= The following gentlemen were recently elected
trustees OF the Merchants Exchange Co. An at
temptls being made to come to some arrangement
with the bond-holders. The property will remain
with the stockholders but the matter does not look
very promising. The income of the building is
larger than 1t was, and should business continue to
improve may be made pay expenses and interest
on the debt, which it does not now do Mr.. Pearson
and MIR. Mccormick are indeatigable in their atten-
ton 10 the interests of the stockholders and do all
in ther power to make the property yield the largest