The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-11 00:00:00

The highest money price during the period em-
braced in the account being 100, and the lowest 991,
it follows that the extreme fluctuation is per cent.,
being much smaller than usual. Tho fluctuation of
the preceding half dozen accounts is shown below :
Account coding Nov. 12, 1881, 1 per cent.
Dee. 11, 1861, 2
It
Jan. 16, 1862, 1
1,9
Feb. 10, 1852, 1 „
March 11,1852, i PP
Aprl 13, 1832, 2 ,
Exchequer Bills were steadier to-day at '6Bs. t 0,715.
prem. for the March Bills, and 625. to 655. prem. for
the June issue. India Bonds were sold at 81s. prem.
In the foreign stock market business was mainly
confined to Mexican bonds, which were extremely
heavy. The old bonds were sold as low as 321, and
the new Threes at 231, being a fall of about 21 per
cent. since Friday ; and at this reduction the market
still wears a discouraging appearance. The depre-
ciation is partly owing to the smallness of the remit-
tances on dividend account, but still more to the ac-
counts of the d;sorganised state of the country, po-
litically, socially, or financially considered, which
come in full confirmation of those previously pub-
lished by us. Venezuelan bonds were also a great
deal weaker to-day, and the Actives fell to 47, in
consequence of the communication from the
committee 'published below. There were no trans-
in Chilian stocks to-d' :..4
..„.".u.ng the 130- linidgo"ldel7l7ey."L:ares:
poet that an official agent may shortly be expected
in London, who will endeavour to raise a loan of
1,400,0001. for railway. purposes. In view of the
high credit at present enjoyed by Chili, and the ease
of the money market here, should a reasonable secu-
rity and favourable terms bo offered, it is by no
means improbable the loan would be readily taken
up. It is manifest that the restoration of her credit
in Europe has for many years been an important
point with the government of this state ; and the
result of the regularity with which the dividends
have been met, combined with the steady operation
of the sinking fund, is seen in the comparatively
high figure at which the stock is supported. To-
day's business list is as follows :—Austrian Five
per Cent. Bonds, 761 (exchange fixed at 10 fl. per
£). Buenos Ayres Six per Cents., 79. Danish
Five per Cents, 1011, , t. Dutch Four per
Cent. Certificates, 921, 4. French Four-and-a-
Half per Cent. Relates, 99f. 30c. (exchange, 23f.
60c.). Mexican Bonds, for account, 14th May,
331, 321, 1. 4,1; ditto, New Converted Three
per Cents., 261, 231, 264, 251, a, 4. Peruvian
Actives, 103, 1021. Russian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 1031. Spanish New Deferred Three per
Cents., 214, 21, 1. Venezuela Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. for account, 481, 47.
This will be rather a busy week in the Stock
Exchange, as, in addition to the settling in Consols,
the close of the account in the share andloreign stock
markets, fixed for Friday next, will give occasion to
a good deal of movement. It is also probable that,
after the temporary lull in these markets, a larger
amount of speculative transactions will be entered
into, so soon as the feeling of uneasiness prevalent
respecting the military celebration at Paris shall
have passed off.
The Venezuelan bondholders are interested in the
following:

DIRT.

Committee of Spanish-American Bondholders, 8,
Broad-street-buildings, May 10, 1852.
The above committee have received a letter from their
agent, Mr. Lord, dated La Ouayra, April 10,1852, of which
the following is an extract:
I now beg lease to enclose, for the information of the
committee, a copy of the report of the special commission
that was presented to the Chamber on the 26th ult. On
the 30th, after a warm debate, the project of decree that
accompanied the report was admitted to discussion but I
regret to have to state that it has not yet passed a Art read-
ing ; for three days has it occupied, almost exclusively, the
attention of the Chamber, whilst on the fifth a motion for
deferring its further consideration for four days was carried,
the prelude I fear to still greater delay. The fact is that,
strange as it must appear to the committee, the opposition
to the agreement, both in and out of congress, bas much
increased within the last week. The ordinary session of
congress (90 days) will expire on the 25th inst.; by the
packet of the 26th, therefore, I may have it in my power to
convey to the committee the probable result."
The report mentioned in the above extract strongly te-
commends the sanctioning by congress of the agreement
which Mr. Lord concluded with the executive power on the
12th of September last.
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A good deal of excitement has been produced
among parties interested in the oil trade, by the in-
telligence just received from Newfoundland, of the
loss of between 60 and 60 sealing vessels in the
north-east gales, between the bth and 12th of April.
Some 90 men are reported to have perished, and up-
wards of a thousand shipwrecked sealers are stated
to have sought shelter at various points about Pin-
chard's Island and Bonavista Bay. Immediately on
receipt of the distressing intelligence, the local go-
vernment, acting upon an address from the House of
Assembly, authorised the despatching of five vessels,
three from St. John's, and two from Conception Bay,
with provisions for the shipwrecked crows. This
news LI calculated to have considerable influence on
the market for this description of oiL
The exchange at Paris on London is looking up
again. On Saturday the quotation for short was 25.45.
Hamburg letters of Friday report little change in
the stock market, though a fair business was doing.
Quotations are thus reported:--Sardinian Five per
Cents., 924 to 4. Russian-English Five per Cents.,
110 4; ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 99t.
Danish Three per Cents. (English), 1825, 76?, to 4;
ditto, Five per Cents., 994. Spanish New Deferred
Three per Cents., 204 to Z. United States Six per
Cents., 107. Massachusetts Five per Cents., sterling
bonds, 1025. Maryland Five per Cents., 874.
Mexican New Three per Cents., 26t.