The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-25 00:00:00

BUENOS AYRES DEBT.

CominrtteeciElpani;itinse7;a:tßondholden,
8, Broad-street•buildings, May 24, 1853.
The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders have
been favoured with the following communication from
Mears. Baring, Brothers, and Co., on the subject of the
Buenos Ayrean Debt, the publication of which was delayed
for a couple of days, in consequence of the chairman's un-
avoidable absence from town :

" Loudon, May 20, 1853.
" Sir,—We beg leave to acquaint you, for the informa-
tion of the holders of Buenos Ayres bonds, that Major Fer-
dinand White, who proceeded to Buenos Apra last year at
our request, in the hope of making arrangements for the
payment of the English loan, has returned to this country ;
and we regret to add, that, in the unsettled state of affairs
in Buenos Ayres, it hu been impossible for Major White
to obtain any settlement of the claims of the English
bondholders. It may be satisfactory to the parties inte-
rested to know, that in Major White's commtuncationsiwith
those in authority at Buenos Ayres, they have always re-
cognised the importance of an early settlement of the Eng-
lish loan ; and he has received from all parties an assurance
of their desire to make such arrangements as might be sa-
tisfactory to the bondholders, as soon as the state of affairs
should enable them to do so. We need hardly add, that,
i until peace and tranquillity can be restored, it is not rea-
sonable to expect the settlement of these claims ; but if
affain are re-established on a satisfactory basis, there is
reason to believe that the resources of Buenos Ayres would
soon be sufficient to meet all such engagements.—We have
the honour to be, tic.,
(Signed) " BARING, BROTREAB, and Co.
" David Robertson, Esq., Chairman of the
" Committee of Buenos Ayres Bondholders."
The undersigned cannot allow the opportunity to pass,
in sending the above for publication, without expressing in
the name of the committee and his own, the high sense
which they entertain of the interest and trouble taken,
and of the espense incurred bylMessrs. Baring, Brothers,
and Co. on behalf of the bondholders, and of the earnest
desire and determination of that eminent house to continuo
their efforts until they procure, when practicable, • settle-
ment of these just clams, and for which they are truly en-
titled to the thanks, the regard, and the continued confi-
dence of the bondholders. And, moreover, it is the firm
persuasion of the committee that but for the constant
changes of government, and consequest unoertainty which
has prevailed daring the last twelve months at Buenos

Ayres, in political as well as in all other matters, the recent
mission of Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., through
Major White, would have been crowned with success. The
committee have only further to add their belief, that, when
peace and a settled and permanent government are happily
established at Buenos Ayres, one of the first acts, and one
so much and so unanimously desired by men of all parties
throughout the Argentine Republic, will bo the arrange-
ment of this debt, and that under the auspices and through
the medium of Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co.

DAVID ROBERTSON, ChSirMlll.

Australian Land shares were dull, and rather flat.
North British Australasian closed, sellers, at prem.
ex new. British American Land left off 71 to 71.
Australian Bank shares were quite neglected. Shares
of the London and Westminster Bank have been
done at 36; Union Bank of London, 184.'; London
Docks, 129; Victoria Docks (41. pd.), 71, ; General
Steam Navigation, 31; Peninsular and Oriental
Steam shares were again depressed, being offered at
one period of the day at 79. Grand Trunk Railway
of Canada closed 1 to 1 prem. ; Grand Central of
France, 2 to 23 prem.; Melbourne Docks and
Railway, par to kprem.
By the submarine and European telegraph intel-
ligence was received this afternoon that the French
senate, in its sitting of this day, had adopted the
bill for the establishment of the Mediterranean Elec-
tric Telegraph Company by 202 votes against 1.
The share certificates of the Berlin Waterworks
Company are advertised as deliverable from Satur-
day next.
In the market for foreign exchange to-day there
11 was no striking variation from the rates of last post,
but the market preserves its firmness. The supply
of bills on Hamburg and Amsterdam was fully equal
to the limited request. Three months paper on Paris
was more offered, but short bills on that market were
unchanged in value. Vienna and Trieste were in
rather more request at 11.50 to 11.52.
Canada Five per Cent. Bonds are marked in the
official list of this evening 102/; ditto Six per Cent.,
1161 to 1171 ; ditto Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Six
per Cent., 107.
Insurance shares this week have been quiet
at about former prices. The present quotations
are subjoined: Albion, 90; Alliance Marine, 50;
Atlas, 22; Argus Life, 241; British Commer-
cial, 7 ; Church of England, 31 ; Clerical, Medical,
and General, 201; County, 121; Crown, 171;
Eagle, 71; Equity and Law Life, 51 ; English and
Scotch Law Life, 31 ; European Life, 20/ ; Family
Endowment, 4 ; General, 5;; Globe, 1501; Guar-
dian, 611; Imperial Life 193; Indemnity Marine,
601; Law Fire, 41; Law Life, 50 ; Legal and
General Life, 54 ; London Fire 30 ex div. and bonus ;
London Ship, 30 ex div. and bOnus;Marine,26; Medi-
cal, Invalid, and General, 3; Minerva,6 ; Monarch,ll;
National Loan Fund, 23; National Provincial, 11;
New Equitable, lb 11 ; Palladium Life, 31 ; Pelican,
45; Professional Life, par; Provident Life, 41;
Rock Life, 84 ex div.; Royal Exchange, 236;
Sun Life, 65; Union, 220; United Kingdom,
5; Universal Life, 451; Victoria Life, 51. The
Equitable Reversionary Society's shares are quoted
1161 ex div. Reversionary Interest Society, 106.
Of canal shares the latest Stock Exchange quota-
tionsare subjoined :—Ashton and Oldham, 135, 140;
Brecknock and Abergavenny, 821 • Birmingham
(guaranteed 4 per cent. by the London and North
Western Railway), 1i:51; Derby, 63 ; Ellesmere and
Chester, 343; Grand Junction, 68; Grand Union,
121; Leeds and Liverpool, 550; Leicester,'.66; Lei-
cester and Northampton, 441; Loughborough, 510 ;
Macclesfield, 50; Peak Forest, 70 ; Regents, 18;
Stafford and Worcester, 405; Stourbndge, 290;
Severn and Wye Canal and Railway, 24; Warwick
and Birmingham, 40; Warwick and Napton, 28;
Wilts and Berk., 7 ex div..

Shares in bridge associations command the follow-
ing prices :—Hungerford, 12 ; Vauxhall, 241.
Prices of Gas and Coke Companies' shares range
as follows :—British Provincial, 23; Brighton, 16 ;
City of London, 130; Coatinental (Third Capital),
671 ; Great Central, 141 ; Imperial, B'7; Independent,
46; London Parliamentary Preference, 244 ; Phoenix,
281, 28 ; Ratcliff, 70; United General, 204 ex div. ;
Westminster Chartered, 40.
Waterworks stocks are thus quoted :—East Lon-
don, 1251 ; Grand Junction, 721; Kent, 841; South-
wark and. Vauxhall, 88; West Middlesex, 114.
Other miscellaneous shares are thus quoted in
the official list :—Assam Tea, 101; Auction Mart, 35;
Australian Trust, 30; Electric Telegraph (A shares.
201. paid), 22; Hudson's Bay stock, 224; Hunger.
ford, 471; Price's Patent Candle Company, 281, 281.
Annexed are the latest reports from continental
bourses, as received by Mr. Renter's telegraphic ex-
press :—Amaterdam, Monday : Dutch Four per
Cents., 95 13 16 ; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
64 13-16 ; Spanish Deterred Three per Cents.,
231; the Old Three per Cents. Foreign, 481; the
Coupons, 0 5-16 ; Mexican New, 26; Portuguese
New, 371 ex coupons ; Austrian Five per Cent. Me-
tallies, 84. Peruvian New, 86. Vienna, Monday :
Five per Cent. Metallic', 9411 exchange on London,
10.40; Bank shares, 1,446.

LONDON COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-MAT 21.

Tide. Prices as negotiated this day
Dills and 11. Money.
Anwterdara pat abort 112. 16140. ... Ile. letv.
Ditto - 110. 101 etc.
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Brunets
Hazily, and Allow, 11
„ 13mc4111sak1. 13mas. Sew&
Rt. Petersburg pa rats 374 moos ... 371 penos
Paris per X 1112Yrt 23tr. 03e. ... 2Str. 10c.
Ditto
Illsreeilles - „ 231 r. 27 e. ~.. 2510. 3214.
Frankfort-oaths-Main 'pie £lO „ 12015. ... 120111. kr•
Timms (effective) --per X ;, 1011. slkr.. ... 10ii. 53kr.
Trieste
Madrid per dole,'. Sol peace ... 501 pence
Cadiz w .1, 50 peace ... 601 pent*
Bilbao
Watseka. .• w 49 Kt= ... 491 penes
Malang ... et 99 60 pesos .„ 301pso0e
Genus ...... „ 50 penes ... 501 pesos
Gibraltar •,, „ 50 penes ... 50 pesos
Leghorn
Genoa
NAVIN per dacat „ 411 pence ... 411 penes
Palermo per mace „ 1211 stenos .., 121 pesos
Mead=
Lisbon per milrer9o days data peace .. 57 ~...
Oporto 631 penes •
... 53 sews
Now York ........ iiidaysaiikt 411 penes ... MI paws

COMMERCIAL AND MA.REETE.
MARK LANE.-THIS DAY.
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This being the Derby day at Eraom, our market wu very
thinly attended, and the amount of business transacted
was limited ; the transactions, however, which took place
in all articles were at rates fully equal to those of Monday
last.
11111tITAL8 INTO LONDON FROM MAT 23rd to MAT 33:13.
Qrs. SWUM. Ileotah. hick Yoricau.
I 116 I 6170
Barley 9OO •••• 6430
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Otte 330 3010 7140
Malt
flour. 070 sacks a;ci

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-THIS DAY.
Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report that the Hop mar-
ket is firm at late prices.

MINCING-LANE.—THIS DAY.
To-day, as customary, has been nearly a close holiday, as
there have not been any public sales, and the private mar-
kets are nearly deserted, and prices of all articles must be
considered the same as yesterday.

TALLOW MAItKET.—THIS DAY.
The market today is firm, at the annexed quotations :
Town Tallow, 465. 6d. nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the
spot, 471. to 475. 31. ; April and May,, 475. to 475. 3d.; Oct.
to Dec. (new), 475. 9d. to 48s.

COAL MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Walls End Riddell, 16s. ; Walls End Haswell, 17s. 9d. ;
Walls End Hatton, 17a. 61. ; Walla End Lambton, 17s. ;
Walls End Stewart's, as. 6d.; Walls End Tees, 17.. 61.
Ships at market, 205.

(IT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, 10.30 A.m.
Wind E.S.E., moderate, and fine.
Arrived.—Alexandria, from Rio Grande.
Off the Port.—North Star, from Alexandria.
DEAL, WEDNESDAY, 10.30 A.M.
Wind E.N.E.,fresh, and fine.
Arrived and assed.—Gotwypiu
for London, in tow.
Sailed for the river.—Pactolus, from Barbadoes;
Tropic, from Barbadoes.

from Moulmein,

LETTERS TO PRUSSIA.—GENERAL POST-OFPICE,
MAY, 1853. Information has been received from
the Prussian Post-office, that, according to the regula-
tions of the German Customs Union, all letters ex-
ceeding the weight of 50 grammes, received from the United
Kingdom, which contain any enclosures, other than paper,
are liable to Customs' duties, and are consequently delivered
over by the Posloffice to the Custom-house. As, under
these circumstances, letters not sent in conformity with the
prescribed forms are subject to detention, as well as to a fur-
ther charge beyond the postage, it is necessary to announce
to the public the regulations above referred to, and to point
out that any letters forwarded in the mail to Prussia, which
exceed in weight 50 grammes (about an °awe and a half),
and contain any enclosure, other than paper, are liable, on
their arrival at the Prussian frontier, to be stopped and
sent to the Custom-house for delivery as freight.
A STRANGE AFFAIR was on Saturday submitted to
the civil tribunal. The facts of it were these :—M. Danloux-
Dumeinilt a retired notary, living is the Rue de Londres,
received in 1831 the visit of an elderly female, rather
meanly dressed, who, after having asked his name and
stated that hers was Millie. Baslin, said that she was charged
to present him with a smell parcel. She then produced
some papers, wrapped up in a sheet of the Petites AfficAes,
and opening them, showed that they contained sixty-two
bank notes of 1,000. francs each. H. Daniels: asked where
the money came from, who sent it, why it was brought to
him, and a number of other questions, but the only reply
the female gave was, "It is yours, you may safely take it!"
and when he hesitated she threatened to throw the notes
out of the window. At length, as he was just about to
leave on a journey with his family, he propeaed that he
should see her on his return. Sue consented, and taking
up the parcel, said, You see there is written on it, " This
belongs to M. Danloux•Dumesnil, ex notary." If
I die before your return, send to my residence, 10,
Rue de Sartine, and the parcel will be given to you! " On
his return he went to the address indicated, and found to his
surprise that his strange visitor occupied a vc ry mean lodging.
She again pressed him to accept the 62,000 fr., and he, on
his part, required an explanation why they were offered to
him. "Ifit be a restitution," said he, " though Ido not
remember having been defrauded of 62,000 fr., I will not
ask you for a complete confidence, but will be satisfied if
you can find any &honourable person to assure me that I
may honourably accept the sum you offer. Do you know
any rotary or advocate who could give me such an assur-
ance ? " None." " Have you a contester ? Do you
know the cure of your pariah, or any priest ? " "No—l go
to mass on Sundays, but do not confess. I have no confi-
dence in priests. M. Denim': went away without
accepting the money, and resolved, from the mystery
which hung over the affair, to occupy himself
no more about it. Nothing further occurred un-
til last mouth, when a gentleman dressed in black
waited on him, and in very cautious terms reminded him
of the present which Mdlle. Baslin had wished to make
him. Although the visitor seemed anxious to say little,
and find out as much as he could what M. Danloux thought
of the affair, he let out that Mdlle. Bailin was dead, and
that M. Chatelain, a notary, was charged to wind up her
affairs. M. Danloux went to M. Chatelain, and learnt from
him that Mdlie. Bailin had left a fortune of about 000,000
francs' and a parcel bearing the inscription above men-
tioned, with the 62,000 fr. in it. M. Minions now thought
that he might reasonably take the money, and he demanded
it. But the heirs of the deceased, one of whom was the
gentleman who had waited on him, refused to pay it, on
the ground that he could prove that he heel no claim to it
He therefore applied to the tribunal, to order that the
money should be given to hint. The heirs, on their part.
demanded that it shorld be declared to belong to them, as
part of the property of Mdlle. Basil's. The tribunal,
before giving judgment, authorised M. Danloux to produce
formal proofs of the facts alleged by him.— Galignani.
SINGULAR APPLICATION TO A MAGISTRATE.—At
the Rochester police-court, on Thursday last, the following
singular application was made to Mr. Trail, the sitting
magistrate, by a man near GO years of age, named Card,
and working as &journeyman gardener to Mr. Thompson,
of Blackheath-hill. It appeared from the applicant's
statement that 22 years ago he left this neighbourhood as a
soldier for India, and had recently been discharged on a
pension. During the time he was away, his wife regularly
wrote to hint ; but on returning home, after so long an ab-
sence, he found that she was married to another man
two years after his departure; and under these cir-
cumstances he wished the worthy magistrate's advice
as to whether he could not marry again ? The
answer to this was of course in the negative, Mr. Trail
adding, that although hie wife bad committed bigamy it
was no justification for hint to do• so also. Finding himself
in this dilemma he wished to be further enlightened upon
the subject, and very innocently inquired if the magistrate
thought "they would give him much" (meaning punish-
ment) if he were to do so, upon which he was informed
that he might be transported for a short time, Mr. Trail
adding that he did not think there was much of a chance
for him in his preseat position of keeping a wife, unless,
indeed, he was looking after the "male chance." The
old man smiled, and, taking up his plat, declared that he
did not much like to chance it, and then left the court.—
Rothester Gazette.

SCOTCH COLLEGE IN SPAIN.—A vessel sailed
from Greenock on Monday for Santander with fourteen
lads, on their way to the Scotch College, which has existed
since the time of our Reformation, in the ancient but now
decayed city of Valladolid, in the interior of Spain. The
young men, one of whom belongs to Greenock, and the
others to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ake., are under the charge
of a priest. The superior and professors in this college
are all Scotchmen, and the lads are intended to be
trained u priests of the church of Rome.—Greenock Ad-
vertiser.

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THE PATENT LAW AMENDMENT Act —Yesterday
a return showed that 28,0001. is required to meet the ex-
penses for the current year of the Patent Law Amendment
Act. This is not a charge on the public funds, inasmuch as
the receipt of stamp duties, formerly fees to meet the ex-
penses of the Patent-office, is estimated at upwards of
76,0001. a year.
ELECTION Exrv.NsEs.—As mentioned in the Daily
News a few days back, there is a bill in the House of Com-
mons to diminish the expense of elections for members to
serve in parliament. It appears that at the last general
elections the fees and expenses charged on the candidates
amounted to 48,9771.16,.111., of which sum 46,0291. 16s. W.
was paid by the candidates.
TILE CLERGY RESERVES IN CANADA.—The act (16
Viet., cap. 21) which was so much discussed in parliament
on clergy reserves, has been printed. rower is now given
to the legislature of Canada to atter the appropriation of
the clergy reserves and the proceeds thereof, and to make
such other provisions as shall seem fit. The legislature
is, however, not authorised to interfere with existing in-
terests.
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.--The Bishop of London
has postponed the consecration of the chapel of this in-
stitution.
SAyrrws BANKS.—A deputation respecting the
Savings Banks, consisting of Sir Alexander J. Spearman,
Mr. Todd Pratt, Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Herbert,
H.P.,Mr. Sotheron, M.P., Mr. Bramston, M.P., and
Mr. lindley, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residcncgds
Downing-street. •
Total FOR REfORM BILL ANNIVERSARY.—E 44
borough its own monger. Punch.