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COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS. For Sales of Stocks. se. see Fourth Page SATURDAY, P. M. The Market for the fancies is still downward, although at the Second Board there was a little reaction. Considerable amount of the fancies have been and are being taken in moderate parcels by people outside of he street speculations, and by-and-by this will have its effect on prices. The street speculators find it easier to sell short than to buy, and they are generally sellers from day to day. and only buy to make their deliveries. This answers while the present morbid state of feeling exists. but as there is DO money panic or pressure, and are low, like favorable news or an abatement of the prices War quarter, anything Eeglish from troubles, the would cause a sudden advance of prices and cousequent check to this kind of jobbing. In Bills there is very little doing. The rates are nominally 9091 for Sterling 5.25@5.22 France. There is no considerable demand for Sterling, and the tendency of rates is downward. The French steamer will take a small amount of silver. Freights remain quiet at 6d and 18d for Grain, and Flour: 1 and 3-16 for Cotton. The packets are fillup slowly. To France there is but little offering. Cotton is taken at to The exports last week were small reaching only $196,654 The arrivals were 46 and clearances 35. Of the exports there were To Great Britain-168,635 lbs. Cheese: 11,608 do Clo. ver Seed: 154 tierces Beef: 1,495 bolo Rosin : 18,000 M Staves: 5.891 bbis Flour: 380 do Apples 25,082 bushels Corn; 2,019 bble Meal 327,358 lbs Lard 30,271 gallons Spirits Turpentine; 1,770 bales Cotton : 100,247 lbs Hams: 1,670 do Wax: 521 do Butter ; 3,468 bbis Turpentine. To France-1457 bales Cotton ; 500 bbls Rosin. The amount of goods imported and entered at the Custom-House at this port, exclusive of those sent to the warehouse and the amount of duties paid during the week ending on the 221 inst. compared with the same period last year, were as follows: : 1847. Increase. Decrease. 1846. 119,040 16,395 $135,435 Free goods 807,408 127.189 680,219 Datiable goods 823.803 8.149 Total merchandise $815,654 73.881 53,371 20,153 Specie 189,738 232,390 42.652 Cash received The American Exchange Bank has declared a dividend of 31 per cent. for the last six months. The Bank of Cape Fear (N.C.) & dividend of 3 per cent. for the last six months. The receivers of the Citizens' Bank of Nantucket have announced a dividend of 25 per cent. of the capi. stock, payable to the stockholders. The amount entered at the Boston Custom-House, from the Cambria, is only $21,482 The receipts for the week ending Oct. 16 on the Old Colony Railroad were: Passengers $2,612 17; Freight $1,011 46-Total $3,623 63: Increase $1,157 88. The Directors of the Galena & Chicago Railroad acknowledge subscriptions to the amount of $250,000. When the subscriptions shall amount to $400,000, ope f rations will be commenced. The following is a comparative statement of the business on the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad for the month of September, 1845, 1846 and 1847
