The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-18 00:00:00

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TUESDAY 'lmmo.
Very little business has been done to-clay in Bri-
tish mining stocks, and in the absence of demand
there prevails • general feeling of depression. Almost
the only exception is Alfred Consols, which continue
firm at 19 to 1.
Business in the gold alining share market is vir-
tually almost suspended, there being a total absence
of speculative inquiry, but prices remain steady, and
this afternoon the market was rather firmer, especi-
ally for Great Nuggets. Peel River closed fiat. At
four o'clock Colonial Gold were quoted at 1 13.16 to
1 15-16 prem.; Great Nugget, 2to 21 prem.; Port
Phillip, par toe prem. ; British Australian, 1-16 to
3-16 prem.; Nouveau Monde, 1 7.16 to 1 9-16 prem.;
Anglo-Californian, to # prem,; Ague Fria, 1 11-16
to 1 13-16 prem.
The shares of the old Australian Copper Company
were flat. Linares were also weaker. Nova Scotia
Copper shares showed an improving tendency at the
close. Shares of the Portland Iron Company are
officially marked k to 1 prem.
The non-olficialclosing quotations are :—New South
Wales Coal, 1 dis. to / pm.; Port Hunter and Moreton
Bay Coal, par to 1 prem.; Mount Carbon Coal, par
to pm.; London and Liverpool Australian Gold
Mining and Streaming, fto prem.; Melbourne
Gold, k to 4 per share ; Australian Mutual, 1 dia.
to par ; Australian Consols, 1 dis. to par; Monarch
Gold, 3-16th to 1-16th dis. ; Chartered Australian
Land and Mining, to a per eh. ; Worthing (newshs.),
to die. ; Lewis Hill Range, Ito 1 dia. ; New '
South Wales Gold,' to 2 per share ; Golden Mountain,
to ,1 per share ; Lake Superior Copper, 1 die. to par ;1
Ceylon Land and Mining, r die. to par; Feather
River Land and Gold, par to 1 prem. ; Gladbach Zinc,
1 to 1 prem. ; Pontgibaud Silver Lead, par to
1 prem. ; Chalanches Silver, par to 1 pm. ; Cologne
Lead, 1 die. to par ; New Linares, a. topm.;
Tregurtlia, Ito 1 prem. ; Carberry West, k dis. to
PA; Connemara, par to # prem. ; Olenaulin,
ia. to par ; Sulphate of Barytes, Ito per share ;
'igle d'Or, dis. to par ; Adelaide Land and
Gold, 1 to 3 dia. ; Metcalfe Mining Company of Ja-
maica, 121 to 121 pm. ; Obernhof,l to 1 pm.; Britan-
nia Doll, 4 to a per share ; Poltimore, par to 1 pm.;
Kenmore, to prem. ; British and Colonial Smelt-
ing and Reduction, kto 1 prem. ; Respryn Copper,
par to 1 prem. ; Sue River (of Jamaica), 11 to 11
prem.; Parkwin and Carwalsick Tin, par to prem.;
Trevose Silver Lead, 1 to 2 prem.; Perron Wheal
Alfred, 1 to 1 prem. ; Garnett and Moseley, 11 to
11 prem. ; Ardennes of Belgium, par to 1 prem. ;
Jamaica Copper, 41 to 51 prem. ; Port Royal (of
Jamaica), 11 to prem.; Liguanca (of Jamaica), #to
1 prem.; dizen Head, par to 1 prem.; Irish Con-
sole, par to 1 prem.; South Cork Copper, 1 die. to
prem.; Knoelcatrellane Copper, die. to par;
South ])evon Consols, 1 dis. to par; East Indian
Iron, Ss. to 10a. per share; Australasian Coal, .1 to
3 ; Lackamor Copper, 1 to 1 prem.; Aubin Coal
and Iron, 3 to 1r prem.

THIS DAY.—Two o'Ccocs.
The gold mining share market is dull to-day, and
prices show a drooping tendency. Colonial Gold
Shares arc quoted 1 to 11 prem ; and Great Nug-
gets, I to 2 prem.
Peel River Shares have receded to 31 to 4 prem.,
and Australian Agriculturals are also lower. North
British Australasian Shares are quoted to prem.

valent in the city, the usual monthly re-
mittance of 5,000 dole. has come duly forward on
dividend account. • Mexican Bonds have stood firm
at 27 to' the demand for the Dutch market con-
tinuing. Peruvian Bonds were hteadv and Spanish
dull. Swedish Scrip does not rally, being sold at 2
die. It is observed that, were it not for the injudi-
cious arrangement of allowing scrip holders no dis-
count for paying up all the instalments at once, this
stock would ere now have been bought up for the con-
tinent, and placed in a more favourable position as
regards price. At Hamburkr loans on the same basis
are firmly held at much higher prices than those
current here for this issue. The coupon-sheets are
now advertised as ready. At four o'clock Spanish
Deferred Threes were quoted 231 to 241; the Certifs.,
61 to 64 per cent. • Peruvian Deferred, 60 to 66;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Scrip, 3 to
31 premium. Bargains are thus recorded:—
Austrian Old Five per Cent. Bonds, 87f, 88, 871 ex
div. (exchange fixed at 1011. per pound). Brazilian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1852, 101; ditto Five
per Ceutz., 1829 and 1839, 1031. Buenos Ayres Six
per Cents., 66. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
651; ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 961, 96, 1.
Ecuador Bonds, 6. Greek Bonds (Red), 101. Meat-
can Three per Cents., 271, 27. Russian Five per
Cents., 1192. Spanish Old Three per Cents., for
account, 31ef May, 481; ditto New Deferred Three
per Cents., 24; ditto for account, 241; the Commit-
tee's Certificates, 61 per cent. Swedish Four per
Cent. Provincial Mortgage Loan, 12, 2 dis. Vene-
zuela Three.and-a-Halt per Cents., 37, 381.
Annexed is the statement of the progress of the
voluntary conversion of Consols and Reduced Threes:
Amounts of New Stocks Total amount
accepted this day. accepted.
£3 10s. per Cents... £111,827 14 11 £75,536 2 11
£2 10s. per Cents... 26,278 10 4 1,246,936 4 4
Exchequer Bonds 4,200 0 0

Total v 1,323,672 7 3
The acceptances of new stock in lieu of South Sea
stock, which is to bo compulsorily converted, are
shown in the subjoined statement issued from the
South Sea House, being in continuation of the
figures supplied in our paper of this morning :