The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-09 00:00:00

The operations in foreign stock. were again ex-
tremely few, but though the market is generally fiat,
there is no change in prices to be noticed. Brazilian
scrip closed firm at 3 prem. Bargains are masked
as follows:—Belgian Fouraud-a-Half per Cents.,
95j, 96. Brazilian Four-and... Half per Cent. Scrip,
2f, 2!, 3 prem. Danish Three per Cent., 1825, 82.
Mexican New Three per Ceets., 2, ,I. Peruvian
Actives, for account, 17th August, 101, j ; ditto De-
ferred Three per Cents., 60. Sardinian Five per
Cents., 95!, 95. Spanish Old Three per Cents., for
account, 481; ditto New Deterred Three per Cents.,
22, 21i.
Prices of shares in the new joint-stock associations
stand as follows : Madras Railway, 2 to 2; prem.;
Ebro Canal, to 1 prem. ; Crystal Palace, par to k
prem.; Chiriqui Road Company, 3-16 prem.
The directors of the Midland Railway have de-
cided upon recommending a dividend at the rate of
3 per cent. per annum, as we stated would be the
case in the Erprets of the 23rd ult. The Great
Western dividend will bo at the rate of 4 per cent.
ter annum. _

The Mexican bondholders aro looking with much
interest to the result of the approaching interview
between the deputation from the committee and the
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, as it is expected that
an important influence will be thus exercised on the
future conduct of their affairs. 'the strong point of
their case, and one which will doubtless be forcibly
urged by the deputation, consists in the fact that the
convention under which the last conversion took place
assigned special revenues to the bondholders, and it
was expressly stipulated that if those revenues were
insufficient to meet the dividends punctually, the de-
ficiency should be made up from other sources. In
view of the non-fulfilment of these stipulations by
the government of Mexico, it is anticipated
Lord Malmesbury will accord to the bond-
holders a degree of support that will
materially improve the position of the cre-
ditors. We hear the bondholders refer to the bold
tone adopted by the French minister in Mexico on
the question of the free export of the indemnity
money in terms of satisfaction, and it is urged that
the British chargé d'affaires in the Mexican capital
ought similarly to be instructed to render every
available aid in securing the undoubted rights of the
English creditors. The committee, however, ought
not to confine their action to the expression of their
grievances in Downing street. They ought also to
draw up a strong protest against the want of punc-
tuality in the payment of the dividend, and place it
in the hands of Col. Facio. Another step that
might be most usefully adopted would be to place
themselves in communication with the holders of
Mexican bonds in Amsterdam and Paris, and by a
statement of grievances induce them to urge those
governments to unite in the remonstrances of our
minister.

There is no change in the rates of money this week,
though the demand for accommodation has slightly
increased. It appears, however, to be chiefly to
meet agricultural requirements at this season, as the
demand for the prosecution of joint-stock enterprise
is restricted.

Tenders are solicited for a British Guiana Five per
Cent. loan, under the imperial guarantee, to the
amount of 100,0004 in Five per Cent. bonds. Ten-
ders will be received till the 14th inst.

Ono of the smaller undertakings that have lately
come forward, is the Shale Manure and Naphtha
Company, with a nominal capital of 50,0001. With
this association is amalgamated the business and in-
terest of the Bituminous Shale Company. The aseo-
elation is established under favourable auspices, for
the extension of operations in the production of
manures, naphtha, jet varnish, paint, mineral spirit,
machine oil, and asphaltum.
There is a rather extraordinary application to our
market this week, a loan for three-quarters of a mil-
lion sterling having been brought out for the repub-
lic of St. Domingo. With a view to overcoming the
natural repugnance of our capitalists, after past ex-
perience, to lend their money to a state with the
antecedents and position of St. Domingo, the terms
of the loan have been adjusted so as to suit, it is pre-
sumed, the feeling of the market, and we thus find
that the subscription price is 73 for a 5 per cent.
stock. It is stated that 1 per cent. per annum on
the amount of the loan shall be applied as a sinking
fund to the purchase and cruicelment of the bonds,
and it is further stipulated that such part as remains
unpaid at the end of 30 years shall be paid off
in London at par. This is of course supposing that
the Dominican republic will have the requisite funds
at its disposal, but no other guarantee is offered than
" the general revenue of the Republic." To increase
the confidence of subscribers, the first year's interest
and sinking fund are to be "retained by the agents,
for the benefit of the subscribers, out of the proceeds
of the loan," a provision, to our mind, not by any
moans suggestive of the confidence sought to be
inspired. It is stated in the prospectus that the
Republic is now at peace with its former opponents,
the Haytians' but we doubt if the advices from the
island will folly bear out the assertion, and the
expressed tendencies of "his Imperial Highness the
Emperor Soulouque" are decidedly in the direction
of territorial aggrandisement.
The specie movement this week has been ex-
tremely important. The imports of the precious
metals have been larger than for many months past,
comprising the following arrivals--by the Thames,
from the West Indies and Mexico, 3,331,496 dollars,
or 666,3001. sterling, of which 2,880,042 were in
silver, and 451,434 dollars gold; by the Canada,
from New York, 300,000 dollars; by the Atlantic,
284,000 dollars; and by the Patrick Henry liner,
100,000 dollars in American gold—both from the
same port ; by the Madrid, Peninsular and Oriental
steamer, 7201., from Gibraltar, Lisbon, and Oporto;
by the Stebocheath, from Port Phillip, 65,000 ounces
of gold; by the St. George, from Sydney, 13,329
ounces; and by the Daphne, 500,000 dollars, from
the Pacific coast. The total value of these imports
may be stated at about 1,220,0001.---an extraordinary
import for one week.

The exports hale also been on a largo scale, but
are far lo is than the imports. Tim shipments direct
from London for the week ending Thursday last,
according to the custom-house returns, were as follows:
—Silver coin : to Hamburg, 6,000 ounces ; to I'urt
Phillip, 119 ounces. Silver bars :to Hamburg,
53,000 ounces; to Boulogne, 2,060 ounces. Gold
coin : to Port Philip and Adelaide, 45 2681. ; to
Sydney, 14.9144/. ; to the Mauritius and Ceylon,
3,7101. Gold dust : to Rotterdam, 130 ounces. This