The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

Business in the foreign house was similarly limited.
The chief change was in Mexican Bonds, which fell
to 231. The revolutionary movements appear to be
extending, but it would seem as if the accounts given
by the American papers of the declaration of the
auxexation of Sonora to France were founded
upon some mistake. Perhaps the movement of some
petty marauding leader, with a few hundred ragged
followers, has been magnified, as on previous occa-
sions, into& political change of grave importance.
The mineral riche.; of Sonora are by many persons
believed to belittle inferior to thoseof the neighbour-
ing state of California, and her secession from the
federal union of Mexico would be equally a disaster
to that republic, and a rich acquisition to any state
which might be bald enough to attempt to extend its
power over her. In some of the newspaper accounts
it is stated that Tampico is in the hands of the in-
surgents, hut this piece of intelligence, which is of
importance to the bondholders, as this is
one of the ports from which they derive,
or ought to derive, • considerable portion
of their revenue, also requires confirmation. With
reference to the proposed resignation of the chair-
man and deputy-chairman of the committee, it is un-
derstood that u meeting of the bondhcldeis will be
convened for next month, when a statement of the
position of their affairs wit be laid before them. By
the constitution of the committee the resignsdion of
any of its members must be presented to the bond-
holders themselves. It is generally remarked that
the chairman and deputy-chairman appear to have
consulted more their owu ease than the interests of
the bondholders, or they certainly would not have
fixed upon the present moment for their
resignation, this being a crisis in the affairs
of Mexico which requires all the vigilance of an
united committee. However, anything is better than
a body divided against itself, and we hope, for the
sake of the bondholders, that before the meeting
takes place an united and respectable committee will
be ready to receive their suffrages.
In Peruvian Deferred Bonds there was a renewal
of operations, and the price showed an upward ten-
dency. Turkish scrip receded to par. The list of
bargains is thus reported:—Brazilian Old Five per
Cents., 1021; ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1832,
99, 981. Buenos Ayres Six per Cents., 74. Equador
Bonds, 51, 1. Granada Deferred, 121, 4. Mexican
Three per Cents., 231, f. Peruvian Deferred Three
per Cents., 641, 1, 031, 644. Sardiniau Five per
Cents., 931, 96. Spanish New Deferred Three per
Cents., 241; ditto Passive (Converted), 31 ; the Com-
mittee's Certifs., 44 per cent. Turkish scrip, 1
Prem., par.
Business in Australian securities was quieter to-
day, but there were again a good many transactions
in Australian Agricultural shares, which reached
283, and left off 273 to 280. This company are un-
dt rstood to have received advice, which lolly con-
firm the accounts previously to hand. The shares of
the Peel River Mining Company reached 16 to 17,
and left off 14 to 13 premium. The list of mis-
cellaneous share transaction, is thus reported :
Bank of Australasia, 831; Bank of British North
America, 63 ; Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
and China, 31, 1 ; English, Scottish, and Austra-
lian Chartered Bank, 51; London Chartered Bank of,
Australia, 5 ; London and Westminster Bank, 33 ;'
South Australian Banking Company, 48; Union
Bank of Australia, 731, 1, 74 ; Australian Agri-
cultural, 278, 272, 283, 279, 282, 273, 280,1
278 ; South Australian Land, 52, 60, 53, 63;
Van Diemen's Land, 21, 1 ; Crystal Palace, 41,
5 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 89, 91, 90 ex.
dir. ; Australian Ro3 al Mail Steam, 5. Our de-
tailed list of the prices of shares in new undertak-
ings is eubjoined ; Sexier. and Graissessse Railway
to 14 prem. ; Royal Swedish Railway, 4 to
dis ; French South Eastern Railway, 1 to 1 prem. ;
City Railway Terminus, 1 dis. to par ; Staines
and Woking Railway, per to 1 prem.; Hamilton
and Toronto Railway, tar to prem. ; Danish
Zealand Railway, 1 to 3 prem.; Great Western and
City Junction Railway, 1 dia. to par; Orleans and
Epernay Railway, par to Iprem.; Bank of Asia,
par to 1 prem.; Tvnemouth Docks and Railway,
par to .1 prem.; Brantford and Buffalo Railway
Bonds, 1 to 3 per cent. prem.; Hamilton and To-
ronto Railway Bonds, 3 to 4 per cent. prem. ; Ebro
Canal, If to 21 prem.; Isle of Wight Railway,
die. to par; Chiriqui Road, to .1 prem. ; Lake
Fucino Drainage, 1 to 1 prem. This was settling
day for the shares of the Royal Swedish Railway
Company, which were actually transacted as low as
1 din. 1' hie decline in the shares of an undertaking
which has a positive guarantee of 5 per cent. per
annum from the government of Sweden affords evi-
dence of the justice of our observations on the apathy
with which these new undertakings are re-
garded by the public ; but the decline in the present
instance was also partially attributable to weak
holders being driven into the market to realise, in-
stead of carrying over unsuccessful " bull" transac-
tions at a heavy charge. A charge of 1-32 per share
was in some cases paid for carrying over, being at
the rate of some 40 per cent. per annum.
The quantity of gold on its way to this country by
the screw steamer Australian is larger than reported
by some of the journals. She left Port Phillip, with
the mails for England and 130,000 ounces of gold, 11
days before the Marco Polo (which has amvcd at
Liverpool), and had arrived at Adelaide, whence she
was to sail with 65,000 ounces more of the precious
metal, so that we have here a total of 215,000 ounces,
worth 860,0001. The amount of gold brought in by
the Marco Polo is not exactly ascertained, but is
believed to be about 100,0001. Letters from Mel-
bourne further state that the Calpharnia, Captain
Nicholson, had cleared for London with 56,177
ounces of gold on freight, worth about 224,00 W.
The amount of the specie and bullion brought in by
the Peninsular and Oriental Cominny's steamer
Hadilington is 13,000/., of which 12,3004 is from
Australia and the rest from Malta.
Every grams, leaving for Hamburg now takes