The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-17 00:00:00

FRIDAY El/11111M.
The English funds opened with a steady appear-
ance this morning, being supported by the renewed
operations of the government broker, who took a
parcel of Consols at 1004, and in the other depart-
ments of the house much firmness prevailed ; railway
stocks continuing to exhibit a decidedly upward
tendency. Towards the middle of the day, however,
money stock was brought forward rather freely,
money being sensibly tighter in the Stock Exchange,
and this, in conjunction with the development of a
"bull" account, sent Consols down to 1001. At the
official close of the market the price had rallied to 1001
to for cash, and 1001 to / for the new account of the
12th August, but after the regular hours the cash
quotation was only 1001 to 1. The upward course
of the railway market at the same time experienced
a sensible check, and the general appearance of the
markets at the close was flat. The rate of continua-
tion on Consols was generally 1 to 3-16. On last
settling day the quotation for the 16th July was
100 j to 101 with the dividend, equal to 991 to
ax die., so that to-day's final qquotation shows a rise
of 1 per sent. The transactions meanwhile have
ranged between that price and 101 'idly., exhibiting
a total fluctuation of 14 per cent. The following is
the official report of business in this department :
Three per Cent. Consols, 1004, 4. 4,4, i; ditto, for
account, 12th August, 1004, , 4; Three per
Cent. Reduced, 1011, 4, 4. 'New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents., 1044, 4,4, 4, ; Now
Five per Cents., 126 ex div. Long Annuities,
1860, 6 15-16, j ; ditto, 30 years, 1859, 16 11-16;
ditto, 1860, 6 11-16. Bank Stock is again higher,
marking 2261 to 228.
Exchequer Bills, March, aro quoted 765. to 795.
prem. ; ditto June, 695. to 725. prem. ; India Bonds,
91a. to 945. prem. These prices show no change.
Foreign stocks remain well supported, especially
the dividend descriptions, including Russian, Danish,
Dutch, and Chilian. Buenos Ayrean Bonds reached
801. Mexican New Bonds receded to 254, but ral-
lied to 251. Transactions are thus marked :
Brazilian Old Five per Cent. Bonds, 102; ditto
New Five per Cents., 1829 and 1839, 101. Buenos
Ayres Six per Cents., 801, 794. Chilian Six per
Ceuta., 103; ditto Three per Cents., 721, 71. Danish
Five per Cents., 107. Dutch Two and-a-Half per
Ceuta., 634, 64 ; ditto Four per Cent. Certifs., 974,
LL4.French Three per Cent. finites, 71f. 50c.
,
25f. 45c.) Mexican New Three per
fa., 2.54, 1, 4. Peruvian Deferred Three per
Cents., 664. Portuguese Four per Cents., for ac-
count, 30th July, 381. Russian Five per Cents.,
119, 1 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1034„ 4,
ex div. Sardinian Five per Cents., 951, 4. Spa-
nish Passive Bonds, 61 ' • ditto Old Three per Cents.,
; ditto New Deferred Three per Cents., 221; ditto
Committee's Certif., 31 per cent.
Transactions are reported in Australasia Bank
shares at 56 and 35 ; Oriental Bank, 39 : Union of
Australia, 61; Royal Australian Banking and Gold
Importing, 1 prem.; Royal Mail Steam, 82, ; Ma-
dras Railway, 21 to 24 prem.; Crystal Palace, to
dis.
A good deal of curiosity is manifested by the
Mexican bondholders to learn the reason of Mr.
Brennan's return to England, as referred to by. us
yesterday. We understand that his object is miunly
to afford explanations as regards Mr. Falconnet's
arrangements for the transmission of the 2,500,000
dollars indemnity money, and the payment of that sum
to the bondholders. The committee, however, have
not published any communication on this subject. When
Mr. Brennan let Mexico everything was perfectly
quiet, and President Arista, in a message to the
Chambers just prior to the close of the session, had
eirtpeatn although
cial n theym p presented
rejectedtem they
the executive, such as lowering the duties and farm-
ing the Customs revenue, he would still endeavour
to carry on the government with the limited re-
sources at his command, such being, however, inade-
quate to the wants of the government. At the same
time, there was an impression that an extraordinary
session of the Chambers would be immediately con-
voked, and the differ, noes between the executive and
legislative powers be brought to an issue. It appears
that Mr. Brennan has no account of the produce of
the Custom-homes of the republic for the six months
ending the 30th June, as the returns could not be
made up in the different Custom-houses prior to his
departure from Mexico. We are enabled to state,
however, on the estimate of well-informed parties,
that the bondholders' proportion of the amount ac-
crued will be about 200,000 dollars short of the
750,000 dollars required for the payment of the
dividend. In the impoverished state of the Mexican
Treasury, it will probably be found that the govern-
ment will be unable to comply with the terms of the
convention, by making up the deficiency from other
sources, but Mr. Falconnet, now that he had satis-
factorily settled the indemnity claims, and other bu-
siness detailed in the last communication of the
committee, was about to enter into arrangements on
the subject, and it was hoped from the general con-
duct of Arista's government that the dividend now
due will be paid in September, in accordance with
the opinion expressed in a letter from a well-in-
formed Mexican merchant, which was published in
the E.rpres* of Tuesday.
Hamhurg.letters state that the grain crops look
most promising, and the weather appeared univer-
sally settled. The crop of beet root is described as
the finest ever known, and great benefit was
antici-
pated to accrue from the last ten days of great heat.
At Bremen there had been two small failures in the
corn trade, and a case of difficulty is also reported at
Antwerp.
The Comptoir is about to introduce the English
system of a clearing house into Paris. This will be
a great commercial improvement. At present the
commercial transactions of Paris, infinitely less than
those of London, require the employment of more
than double the amount of metallic currency to ba-
lance them.

The market for foreign exchanges again exhibited
a rather downward tendency this afternoon, owing
to a very small supply of bills. Paris, Amsterdam,
and Frankfort were negotiated at lower quotation.
than last post. Bill on Italy were likewise in de-
mand at a depressed rate. For paper on Spain and
Portugal the turn was equally in favour of sellers.
Vienna and Trieste formed an exception, bills being
very much offered, and purchasers unwilling
, to make
a bid. The quotation for Vienna is 12. t. to 6, and
foe Trieste, 12.4 to 8 ; but even higher rates were
submitted to in several cases. The priees negotiated
are as follows :

Mao. Pikes segollolod.
From To
aliiiirelsoi pu S Short 119.19) M..... lit 0 sty.
011io
Willerdsm
no linos
ivaillstiraio.o..m.twom4 Alms ~ ~ 13mc.. 91 red. lames. %PA.
pa £lO „ 1200. ikr. .. lila. Olr.
Vona For S „ 121. Var. ... 110. Mu.
Trials „ „ 14p. OR,. ... 120. lar.
___ ._

Aatworp
LW_
„ 23h. 474 e. ... . 30e.
Wards
Ghent Mfr. 47 ie. ... Mtr. 306.
Purls 7, still Mfr. He. . IMT. 30e.
Ditt0........... ,, 8 Month@ Mfr. 4k. .. Mfr. 470.,

n
Havre ..... „ „ 2374. 43e. .. 1314.50 i.
Bogdan& , Mfr. 234. ... 1614. 604
Lyons
14 , 1314. 45e. ... 3844. Mi.
Ilsnadimi. le 2514. 41e. ... 1312.9441.
04044
Legbara
7494191 pat Ant „ 41 penes .. 911 pow
Palms pm mass „ 1144 peace ... 134/ pone
Mambo .
Madrid per Allat „ 491 492 pass
eedle „ „ 491 Now ... 491 pare
Melees " „ 49, pence ... 491 4940,
Gibraltar „ „ 492 pesos ... 491 owe
Seville
Rereelema. „ „ 49 peace ... pine
1211bos
U.S.. per .Bred „ 54 penee .. 1151 paw
Oporto n ~ 53 prnoe
IL Peteroba7 per rabbi „_ 174 canoe
.... 471 99•44

Tho prioe of gold yesterday at Paris was about 4
per millo prem. (new tariff rate), which, at the Eng-
lish mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per oz. for standard
gold, gives an exchange of 23.27 ; and the ex-
change at Paris on London at short being 26.30, it
follows that gold is about 0.119 per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris.