The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-06 00:00:00

The March Exchequer Bills were again better
to-day, closing 2s. to 3s. prem. India Bonds mark
235. to 279. prem.
Foreign Stocks were flat in the earlier part of the
day, especially Spanish, but generally closed with a
firmer appearance. The rise in Mexican is main-
tained. At the final close Mexican Bonds wore
quoted 26/ to 27. Spanish Deferred, 233 to '3 ; the
Certificates, 5/ to 6 per cent. Granada Active, 213
to 22 ; ditto Deferred, 93 to 10. Peruvian Four-and-
a-Half per Cent. Scrip, par to 1 prem.; ditto
Deferred Threes, 601 to 61/. Actual sales are thus
recorded :—Austrian Five per Cent. Bonds, 1852,
100. Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 100; ditto
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1832, 981 ex
div. ; Chilian Six per Cents., 101. Danish
Three per Cents., 1825, 86. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 63. Equador Bonds, 51. Granada De-
ferred, 91. Greek Bonds, (Blue), 8. Mexican Three
per Cents., 261, 27, 261. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half
per Cent. Scrip, par; ditto Deferred Three per
Cents., 61. Portuguese Four per Cents. for account,
15th June, 39.1. Itusiian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
103. Sardinian Five per Cents., 933, 94 ex div.
Spanish Old Three per Cents. 481; ditto New
Deferred Three per Cents., 231, 3, 3. Venezuela
three-and-a-Half per Cents., 371.
The discount houses to-day were quite glutted with
•7, and there is at present not the slightest die,-
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money,
position to follow the lead of the Bank . England.
This being the 4th of the month, an unusually large
number of bills fell due and were extremely
well met.

From the annexed return it will be seen that the
voluntary conversion of Consols and Reduced Threes
remains vlrtually suspended, nor does it appear that any
active resumption of the operation can be expected for
the present. The term allowed for the acceptance of
new stock in lieu of the South Sea and other small

annuities which arc about to be compulsorily con-
rerted or paid off, hes now expired, except as regards
the corporate stock of the South Sea Company,
amounting to 3,662,1/001, in respect of which the de-
cision of the Company may be postponed until the
beginning of July :

BANE OP ENGLAND, JUNI 4, 1853.
Amount of New Stocks Total amount
accepted this day. accepted.
£3 10s. per Cents... Nil. ,E 138,082 0 3
£2 10.. per Cents. .. 6,000 0 0 1,545,075 15 10
11:chequer Bonds .. Nil. 4,200 0 0

Total £10187,357 1G 1

The subjoined satisfactory communication has
been received from the committee of Mexican bond-
holders:

The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have received a
letter from Mr. Faleonnet, via the United States, dated
Mexico, May 4, being one day later than his last letter. He
reports an interview which, at his instance, Mr. Doyle has
had with the President, who assured him that the funds of
the bondholders at the custom-houses shall not be touched
in any wxy by the government, and that henceforth when
collected, they shall be shipped to the Bank of England, to
the joint order of the Chairman of the Committee of Bond-
holders and Colonel Pack>.

The imports of the precious metals this week have
been almost unprecedentedly large. Oar list includes:
80,000 ounces of gold, by the Sarah Sands from Aus-
tralia, besides 20,0001. in silver; 17,054 ounces by
the Northumberland, and 47,000 ounces by the
Blackwall, both from Port Philip ; 20,718 ounces by
the Windsor, 11,604 ounces by the Cheapside, 10,000
ounces by the Lydia, and 9,307 ounces by the Han-
nah, all from Sydney ; 162 Gums by the May Queen,
from Portland Bay ; 27,830 ounces by the Epami-
nondas, from South Australia; 1,166, 200 dole. by
La Plata, from the West Indies and Mexico, of which
428,300 dole. was in gold, and 737,900 dole. in silver;
613.450 dole. by the Asia, from New York; 80,0001,
by the Emperor in gold, and 40,0001. by the Lion,
I both from St. Petersburg; and 4,000 ounces of gold,
and 201. in silver, by the Forerunner, from Africa.
We may also take cognisance of 40,000/. in gold bul-
lion destined for London, and recovered front the wreck
of the Neptune on her voyage from St. Petersburg. The
Hermann has also brought over a considerable sum
from New York, but this is believed to have been
nearly all for Huvre. Summirising the imports of
the week, we arrive at the enormous sum of
1,450,0001. Of this amount nearly 900,0001. is from
Australia, whilst the ascertained imports of gold
amount to 1,150,0001. _

On the other hand, the shipments have not been
heavy. The Custom-house statement of the exports
of the precious metals direct from the port of London
during the week ending Thursdly last is as follows:
Gold coin : to Hamburg, 2,230 oz.; to Adelaide,
5,000 oz.; to Belgium, 325 oz.; to the Mauritius,
4,5001. Gold bars : to Boulogne, 400 oz. Gold
dust: to Hamburg, 27 ez. Silver coin: to Belgium,
85,000 or.; to Bombay, 104,000 oz.; to Hamburg,
23,000 oz. Silver bars : to Boulogne, 2.100 oz. This
shows a total of 7,982 ounc.-s, and 4,500!. in gold,
and 214,160 ounces .:1 silver, representing an aggre-
gate value of about 88,000!. sterling.
We also hear of the undermentioned shipments,
viz., by the Gibson Craig, for Port Phillip, 8,593.'.,
of which 4,3001. was in gold ; by the Gipsey Queen,
for Sydney, 7,000/. in silver; and by the Indus, for
Alexandria and the East, 196,3801., of which only
13,6781. was in gold. The total shipments from the
kingdom for the week, as far as they can be traced,
are consequently about 300,000!., and our statement
therefore shows a balance of some 1,150,0001. in
favour of impel ts. The movement in gold being of
primary importance, it may be as well to mention
that the shipments of this metal appear to be
34,0001. only against 1,130,000/. imported. It
is reedless to point out that these large
supplies of gold must have a sensible effect
upon the money marke. in the present absence of
any remarkable demand for the Continent or else-
where. The Californian gold imported usually finds
its way to France, owing to the profit attending the
extraction of the silver there, but of the late arrivals
iof Aust'alian gold, which is much purer than the
Californian, it is thought by competent authorities
four-fifths will be presented to the Bank of England
for purchase. In our statement we have abstained
from including any estimate of the amount of Aus-
tralian gold brought in by passengers, although the
imports in this way must be very considerable.
The Stratford, the first vessel chartered by go-