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The steamer having left, there is but little inquiry for For eign Exchange. The rate for Sterling is 8 a St for first rate bills 7 a 73 for Southern: Francs, 5 30 a 5 281. Domestic Exchanges are rater dull. Alacama and New. Orleans have an appearance of improving. We quote: Philadelphia 7a7t; Baltimore 3) a 31; Virginia 9} a 10; Charles ton 12; Savannah 2) a 3; Mobile 14 a 14); New-Orleans 71; Cincinnati 13 a 14. Money is decidedly easier, and A No. 1 paper has been negotiated to-day at 7 per cent per annum. Dadley S. Gregory at Jersey City, E. D. B. Ogden of Paterson, and S. P. Britton of Elizabethtown have been appointed Receivers of the Morris Canal and Banking Compa. ny by Governor Pennington. The State Bank at Camden had a run upon it on Saturday, but was able to maintain herself. She deposited a large amonnt of valuable assets in one of the united banks in Phliadelphia, and yesterday the notes of the Bank were received in deposite in Philadelphia. In consequence of the excitable state of public opinion in Philadelphia, it is not difficult to get up a run on any bank. The Moyamensing and Penn Township Banks have been run upon to a considerable extent, but have, thus far, sustained themselves. A meeting of the directors of the several Philadelphia Banks was held yesterday, at which the Bank of Pennsylvania proposed to give security in bills payable and the additional sarety of an individual of known wealth, for the purpose of having the injunction raised and paying the interest on the State Debt. No decision was had on this proposal. Undoubtedly, after all the exertions made by the officers of the State in sustain its credit, to-day has passed away without the payment of the dividends, and Pennsylvania has thus been dishonored by the treachery of the Bank of Pennsylvania. The Bank, it is said, has used one half the amount provided for the payment of the interest, for its own purposes. Its capital was 2,500,000, of which 1,500,000 is owned by the State. Several of the banks refused to receive deposits on Monday. Pennsylvania Fives offered at 50, only 46 bid. Pennsylvania bank notes 20 to 25 per cent discount. Girard 30 per cent discount: United States Bank notes 45 a 50. Governor Porter had left Philadelphia for Harrisburg. The Chesapeake Bank of Baltimore had outlived the excitement, and confidence in its solvency had been restored. MARYLAND BANKS.-The Baltimore Patriot of Saturday evening has the following from Annapolis, under date of January 28: The committee of the Senate, to whom was referred the question of the currency together with the bill from the House in relation to resumption, will not report before the latter end of next week. They will report n new bill requiring our banks to resume on a day named. and in the meantime to resume if either Pennsylvania or Virginia resume before the day fixed for our banks. The day to be named for the resumption of our banks will give a liberal time for all interest concerned to prepare, and will be satisfactory to the discreet of all sides. OHIO BANKS-1842-A statement showing the proportion of specie on hand to the circulation of the banks of Ohio, as reported to the Committee on Banks and the Currency of the House of Representatives, during the present session of the
