The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-26 00:00:00

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoac.

The business in gold mining snares to-day is chiefly
in connection with the settlement of the account,
very few new operations having been entered into.
Waller shares have fallen to 2 prem. Great Nugget
Vein have been sold as low as 3 prem. Other shares
are steady.
The shares of the Australian Land Companies are
dull, except the Scottish Auociations, which are
rather better.

The shares of the Nova Scotia Copper Mine Com-
pany are quoted 21 to 21 prem.

I Closing Burema
No. ! 4A,r, I MUM. 1P.1.31 urea. I ' d 0,..
i !yesterday., to.day.
--- --- --'
10•,3 le. .
; liesa peis all I 1 Ipm I
80,090 1 Anglo Anetralian Gold .o per Ipm
190, 4". lio Anglo Calitasaan
Ifil.flr 49 Mardralaolm 2 1 141
30,60.1 33 Awi
14,991 I Artmliantrallan Cordillera
par 171 pin 1
100,000 1 ' Aostrallas Protheild ! all 1 Ipm !
31,100. 1 Les Maria I all i 1 pm! 14
/.. 2..0:: 1 Orltish Aim:alias Cole all 4 i Pm' li
:WO 30 MOM Iron I IL% 1 9
10,008 IS Brasdl.hop (40.a:3Lp t 144 4 11
6,000 ;i0 DmOocarn aadColaba I all 21 21
11,800 20 Do. M. John lial Rt. 12 29 30 1
110,00/4 1 Carom'. Creek i p.r i Vol
12,001 49 10oMa Copper .......... all 41 4 1 474
100,1.00 1 lOolowal gold
. fliplaso l4
810,090 fit. 9apper Moors of Fog, all 60 70
6,000 ill Do. Pref. 71 percent. all 7) Ili 7017
romps 6 Patina aatratia..f.m.i.e, all 1 I at. 4 7.1
100,0.4 1 Gnat Nuirpt Vele ... di a 3/ pm 31 3
1
2a,, u 0 SO . ,nerd
72,r00 ~Irand Duchy of Dada all pa i Ms.
11.011 Great P01imA3.......
100,06: Lake Wining. .....
,000 Warty all
3090,0911 LanSanSiCaliken. Goki' 4I is
1 Claire ensiling C.... all 1 1 di. , 4
100,,n0 i Marinelli'..
20,0011 1 91alm.n118th.driatriew 9 01 7
306,000 New Granada - ....
900,00., Nam= Maths all 11 pa' 71
isr,ow PertllMM. .... 1 11 Mimi 21
60,1.00 Gaels Mask. all prie pm
10,00 r IA Limey Iron .. all 21 23
New - ... .... 13
1.090 00 Inds& de Cab 5......... 14 61 71
30,000 1 %Mk Anatrallas........ 0:1 pail taii
6,000 Ili !Tim Croft
43,174 4.3.607a1ted Melissa ..
70,000 1 Waller
100,900 1 West Granada an 1 1„
109,860 1 Wear Mariposa, all i IPm 1,6,100. 1 Table ....
i
all 'Ill" .

The following are this tlay'e males for the account :
Australian, 6i ; Cobre Copper, 42 ; Colonial gold, ;4;'•
General. 16; Great Nugget Veit (lamed at 11 pm.), .511,
Port Philip, 21.

The prospectus of a new Peruvian Four-and-a-
Half per C, of. loan for 2,600,0001. sterling was issued
this afternoon by Messrs. C. J. Hambro and Son.
As the new Four-and-Half per Cent. Stock is issued
at 83 per cent., and has the security of the revenue
arising from the half of the profits on the guano
exported to Great Britain, there can be little doubt
the loan will be taken up with avidity. Many
weeks back we drew attention in the Express
to the negotiations in progress for this conversion of
the old Six per Cent. Stock of Peru. It would appear
that the Dekrred stockholders have no claim to any
part of this now issue, an arrangement which may
probably lead to some dissatisfaction on their part.
Messrs. Irving, Ebsworth, and Holmes, have ad-
vertised the payment of the half-yearly dividend due
the Ist March on the Five per Cent. Sterling Bonds
of the State of Georgia. The dividends falling due
the Ist March on the Canada Debentures, negotiated
through Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., arc also
advertised for payment.
The bill of the Upper India Railway Company
the standing orders committee last night,
Laiiirgd supported by Sir Herbert Maddock, and
Messrs. It. Stephenson and Samuel Laing, and leave
to bring in the bill being moved for by tho Hon.
John Elliott, late Postmaster General in Bengal, and
late Secretary of the Board of Control. '!he bill of
the Baroda Railway Company has been withdrawn.
Under the title of the " Arctic Company," cn asso-
ciation has just been formed for carrying on whale
and other fisheries, and for mining and colonising
a tract of land under a grant from the crown on
Northumberland Inlet, or Hogarth Sound, in Davis
Straits, discovered by Captain Penny, the Arctic
navigator, where, it is stated, the whales hunted
from the other fishing grounds find refuge. Captain
Penny himself is appointed the general superinten-
dent of the company, and is to take his
departure for the scene of his labours in
Juno next, all the preliminary arrangements having
already been completed. Besides working the pri-
vileges conceded by the royal grant, which arc con-
fined to the inlet and its adjacent shores, the com-
pany propose to engage in the Nova Zembla fisheries,
commencing with two new screw steamers of 500
tone each. This is a perfectly novel and very in-
e e,"llication of the sert7.
we
alth of the shores of the inlet is stated by the
promoters to be very great, especially in plambsgo
(black lead). A royal charter has been applied for,
and has been referred by her Majesty to the Board
of Trade. The capital is fixed at 200,0001., in 101.
shares, with a deposit of 21. 10s. per share, which,
the directors state, will be returned in full, in the
event of a charter not being obtained. One-third of
the capital has already been subscribed for, cilia',
in Scotland, where many of the firms engaged in the
whale fishery have accorded their support to the pro-
ject. In Peterhead alone, we are informed, nearly
4,000 shares have been taken.

At Vienna yesterday (Thursday), the Five per
Cent. Meta Hies were quoted 931, and the exchange
on London had risen to 10,56.

Preparations for the settlement of the account in
the railway market have commenced. Stock ap-
pears to be rather more plentiful than at the last
settlement, and, with one or two exceptions, moderate
eontangos prevailed all day. Lancashire and York-
shire Stock commanded k to 1 contango • London and
North Western, , to 3-16 ; Midland, to 1; Ber-
wick', 1-32 to 3 32 ; Oxford and Worcester, 3-32 to
5-32; North British, "even" to 1-32 contango;
1 Rost Lancashire, 1-32 to 3-32; York and North
Midland, 1-16 to 3.32; Leeds Northern, 1-32 to 3-32;
North Staffords, "even" to 1-32 contango. Hovers
and Caledonians wore well supplied, especially the
former. The latter ruled at 1-32 to 3-32 contango.l
Great Westerns were more wanted, changing from'
k contango, to borrowers "even" this afternoon.
London and South Western and Great Northerns
were also "oven." French shares were likewise
rather less scarce than last settling, with the excep-
tion of Lyons, which commanded k "backwardation.
Strasbourgs ruled at 1.32 contango.
The Australian Land Company's shares were in
demand in tl,c morning, North British Australasian
reachit. 21 prem., but there was a slight reaction
toward: the elcse. Australian Agricultural left off
250 to 255; ditto, ex. Peel River, 110 to 115. The
shares of the new Australian banks were generally
supported at yesterday's advance, and Bank of Aus-
tralasia and Union Bank of Australia were both
, higher. There were transactions in the shares of
the Oriental Bank Corporation, at 501; East and
West India Docks, 1681; London Docks, 129; Bri-
tish American Land, 51); General Steam Naviga-
tion, 31 •, North of Europe Steam (51. paid), 41, ;
Royal Mail Steam, 83; Beziers and Graissessac
Railway shares aro quoted 3.16 to 5-16 prem.;
Royal Swedish Railway, # to 1 dis. ; French South
Eastern Railway, par to 1 prem.; Chartered Bank
of Asia, k to k die.
The negotiations in foreign Bills of Exchange to-
day were, on the average, at rather lower rates than
last post, particularly for Paris, for which there was
a demand at 25.71, at short. There seemed to be a
fair supply of bills on Hamburg, which, however,
were readily taken at 13.7 k to Bills on Italian
places were again in great request, especially Genoa
and Leghorn. Frankfort ruled at 120!, money.

There is a slight improvement in the tone 7 f the market
to-day, prices, however, are the tame as yesterday. The
soap trade are nearly at a stand-;till, on account of the un-
certainty of the remission of the soap duty. This decided
one way or the other, the. demand will improve imme-
diately. Priccs remain nominally the same as yesterday.
Town Tallow is quoted 445. nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on
the :spot, 435. to 445. 65. ; March and April, 445. sellers;
October to December (new),44l.
MARKET AVERAGES.—Town Tallow, 455. 91. ; Fat by
ditto, 2s. 51d.; Yellow Russian, 465. Od. ; melted Stuff,
345. Cd.; rough ditto, .2s. 05. ; Tallow Graves, 14s. ; good
Dregs, eis.