The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-24 00:00:00

PARIS BOURSE.

: For Asnowt.
Milk Nov. 21. Pot
N 1
oway. Opealag EUgiew. Lower'. Clodig.
per Orate. 156 33 1 11 so 14 se 56 25 se SO
per Oents I9I 73 91 13 91 70 91 33 91 70
per Oents. New Lout. ... ... ...
or Ceow.
Iper Cents • 81 25

3 par Cents. I Si 33
5 per Cents 9l 73
3 per Cents. New Loutl ...
4 per Cents.
16 per Cents •8123 1 ... . ...
Exchange ort Loudon: staked. 22 10 ; 90 dilYl. 21 92.
Belgian, 5. 1810
Do. 1, 1842
Do. 16
Do. 26 .. —.. .. ... 1 Trearorry Bonds
Piedmont S p.C1.... 80 95 .- I Hank Shares
PARIS, Nov. W.—Versailles (right bank), 245; ditto,
(left bank) 012 50; Park and Orleans, 871 50 ; Paris sad Rouen. 380;
nallell and Harm 212 50; Marseilles and Avignon. 211 2t . Stras-
bourg and Bale. 152 30 ; Centre,4l2 SO; Boulogne awl AIIIIIIIN 285;
Orleans and Hoedown 380; Northern. 470; Paris and Strasbourg,
370; Tours and Nantes:, 242 50 ; Montereau and 'Troyes, 93 73 ; St.
Germain, 410.

MINES.

(Prom the Doily News.)

SATURDAY EVENING.

A fair amount of business has been transacted this
week in British dividend shares, and a rise of neatly
21. per share has taken place in Alfred Consols. An
inquiry also has been kept up for East Daren, West
Providence, West Wheal Towan, South Tamar, Bed-
ford United, Venton, and a few others, at prices,
however, not tempting enough to induce sellers.
The Californian gold mining shares were again
somewhat flat at the beginning of the week, but
during the last few days symptoms of improvement
have manifested themselves, and the market closes
with an upward tendency for several descriptions at
the following rates of premium :—Agua Frias, 14 to
I prem.; Nouveau Monde, to 1; Golden Moun-
tain, to ; Ave Maria, par to ; West Mariposa,

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Whatever degree of caution may be induced by the
uncertainty existing in some particular cases relative
to the leases, or mode of organisation of any parti
cllar company, there appears little doubt that Cali-
fornian gold mining will attract more attention, and
a larger amount of English capital, than has yet
been accorded to it. Tho chief precautionary mea-
sure that we would press upon our readers is to
scrutinise severely the perBonitel of the management
of any company to whom they propose entrusting
their capital, as it is perfectly plain that the character
and position of the managers is the main safeguard
of the shareholders against deception. In connexion
with Anglo-Californian enterprise, some amount of
home capital has already been jeopardised, and suffi-
cient warning has, therefore, been given to place faith
only where such is merited.
The application of capital and machinery to the
extraction of gold from the quartz rock appears
likely to be very extensively tried in other quarters
besides California. During the week no less than
fifteen or sixteen companies have been spoken of as
proposing to commence operations in the gold re-
gions of Australia, but an effectual check to inordi-
nate speculation has been given by an understanding
to which the brokers have lately arrived. The most
respectable members of the Stock Exchange, we
understand, have come to the determination of re-
fusing to act for any company that has not previously
obtained an actual grant of land in the proposed
seat of operations.
The following is the latest list of quotations :
Alfred Consols, 14, 141 • Bedford United, 7, 71, ;
South Tamar, 2, 21 ; Merllyn, 371, 4 ; Vcnton, 6. 63 ;
Tremayne, ; West Providence, 98, 100; Trevelyan,
23, 3; Kirkcudbright, 4, 41 ; Black Craig, 41; Bo-
tallack, 215; Condurrow, 105; South Tolgus, 150;
'frehane, 15; Tregardock, 5, 7 ; Treviskoy, 205 ;
Mary Ann, 49 ; Trelawney, 37 ; Tregordan, 12.
Foreign hares: Australian, 3, 1 ; St. John del
Rey, 20, 1 ; Cohn:, 33, 4 ; United Mexican, 2, I.
A statement having been published to the effect
that reports were abroad of the intention of the
West Mariposa Company to wind up their affairs,
we have received a communication from the com-

pany informing us that " so far from entertaining a
thought of dissolving the company, the committee of
management are determined to carry on the opera-
tions for which it was formed with the utmost
vigour."