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MONEY MARKET. Saturday, March 16-3 P. M. The stock market to-day was very fluctuating. Some descriptions fell off, while others advanced three and four per cent. Harlem improved 5 per cent; Farmers' Loan, 11; Long Island declined 1/2 per cent; New Jersey, 1, Norwich and Worcester, 11; Pennsylvania 5's, 2; Ohio S's, 3; Kentucky 6's, d; Indiana, 1; Canton, 1}. There were no sales of Western Railroad at either board. The sales were not very extensive. Harlem continues to advance very rapidly. The rise in about four weeks has reached about one hundred and twenty-five per cent, hav. ng advanced from forty-two to sixty-four per cent The Lufayette Bank of Cincinnati is not embraced in he recent act of the Ohio Legislature, which re chartered the Wooster, and other banks of that State. That bill required that the assent of all the stockholders should be filed with the auditor of the State by the 1st of March, which was impossible, as the stock is owned principally at the east, and in Europe. The consequence is, the bank has to decline business. It can receive no deposits, other than specie, not being allowed after the 1st inst. to pay out any thing but specie, or her own notes, which latter must be registered by the State auditor. The revenue from imports has increased very much in England. The receipts at the Liverpool Custom House for the month of January, 1844, exceeds by £42,000 those for the corresponding month last year. The bills of the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, are at par in Cleveland, Ohio. The receivers are paying in full all bills presented for dividends, with interest to the 1st of March. A resolution has been submitted to the city council of Baltimore, which states that the public interest and honor will be advanced by an extra session of the Legislature.It further states, that the decline of the stocks of the State, seems to indicate a want of confidence in the public faith, which should not exist at all, and more particularly at this early period after the adjournment of the Legislature The Icity of Baltimore is particularly interested in the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The defeat of the bill in the Legislature, has disappointed many citizens of that city, and great efforts are made to have the whole thing reconsidered. The decline in the quotations of the State stock. is caused by individuals interested in creating an excitement, that will lead to the accomplishment of their ends. I The charter for the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company has passed the Massachusetts Legislature, also i a charter authorising the building of the Massachusetts and Vermont Railroad through Fitchburg. i The Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company have e declared a dividend of two dollars on each share of the h original stock, including the distribution stock-being a I part of the nett profits for the last six months-payable on and after the 25th inst. t The bill for the sale of the main line of the Pennsylvania improvements, extending from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, 5 passed the committee of the whole in the Senate on Thursday. It provides for the sale of the works at auction, and p fixes the price at $20,000,000. The bill for the sale of the Delaware Division fixes the price for that work at $2,500,I 000. I I At a meeting of the Canal Commissioners, it was re, solved, that the canals of this State be opened for naviga tion on the 18th of April next. I The receipts of specie at New Orleans, on the 7th inst., amounted to $120,100, of which $100,000 came from New York, per ship Ocmulgee. Counterfeit tens on the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank : of South Carolina are in circulation. They only differ from the genuine in color, and a certain stiffness in the signatures. States -