The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-27 00:00:00

MINES.

TUISDAY ETINING.

Very little business has been done to-day in the
market for British mining stocks, which continue
devoid of demand.

The Californian gold mining shares continue in
demand, especially Agua Fri., which were at one
time buyers at 2 prem., and closed 1 to 2 prem.l
The meeting of the Colonial Gold Company today
bad no effect upon the price of the shares, which
stand at lt to It prem. The proceedings were
viewed with satisfaction. Great Nugget Vein were
flatter, and Quartz Rock shares rather better. At 4
o'clock Nouveau Monde were quoted 1 to j prem.;
British Australian, 3.16 to M 6 prem.; Anglo-Cali-
fornian, 9-16 to 11-16 prem.; Peel River fell to 44
to 4I prem., but closed 44 to prem. The
fall was in connexion with the settling, the
contango ruling at 1-32 to 3-32. We un-
derstand the company have received no official
accounts by the late arrivals, but some points of in-
terest are to be gleaned from private letters, and from
parties who have recently arrived from Australia.
One gentleman who has just come over, after visiting
all the gold fields of Australia, making his last ex-
ploration on the estate of the Peel River Company,
speaks in the highest terms of the auriferous capabi-
ties of the property. It appears that, according to
his report, all intruders have been kept off the land,
the company's officials having granted licensee only
for the river workings, of which a great number of
persons had availed themselves. It is anticipated
that the next accounts will bring official intelligence
of the company's managers, in combination with the
government, having adopted measures for permitting
a more free winking of the property by individuals
a plan which would yield a large profit to the

company.
Nova Scotia copper shires were further depressed
to-day, marking as low as ; die., and closing ;to
The non-official closing quotations are : —Aus-
tralasian Coal, / dis. to par; New South Wales
Coal, 1 dia. to par ; Port Hunter and Moreton Bay
Coal, k dis. to a prem. •, Mount Carbon Coal, par
to 1. prem. ; London and Liverpool Australian Gold
Mining and Streaming, par to k prem.; Mel-
bourne Gold, 1 to 1 per share ' • Australian Mutual,
Mdia. to par ; AustralianConsole,dis. to par
onarch Gold, a die. to par; Chartered Australian
Land and Mining, 7: a per share; Worthing (new
shares), Ito k dia.; Lewis Hill Range, to 1 dia. ;
New South Wales Gold, ; to dia.; Gar-
nett and Moseley, to a prem.; Golden Mountain,
I to a per share ; La Peruvienne, 3 dis. to a prem.;
Lake Superior Copper, k dia. to M prem. ; Cey-
lon Land and Mining, k dia. to par ; Brucuta
Gold, par to / prem.; Feather River Land
and Gold, par to 4 prem. ; Gladbach Zinc,
;to 11 prem. Pontgibaud Silver Lead, par to
I prem. ; Chalanches Silver, 1 to ; prem. ; Cologne
Lftd, a dia. to k prem.; New Linares, par to 1 prem.;
South Devon Consols, par to 1 prem. ;
Tro-
gurtha, to ;prem.; Mize° Head, 1 dis. to k prem.;
Carberry West, k dim. to oprem. ; Connemara,
par to a prem. ; Glenaulin, di,. to par
Sulphate of Barytes, 1, / per share ; Irish
Consols, par to prem.; Perron Wheal Alfred,
kto prem. ; L'Aigle d'Or, a dia. to par ;
Adelaide Laud and Gold, 1 to 1 dis. ; Portland Iron,
par to 1 prem. ; Knockatrellane Copper, / dis. to k
palm.; Metcalfe Mining Company of Jamaica, 15
to 16 prem.; Jamaica Copper, 4; to 51 prem.;
Port Royal and St. Andrew's Copper, 21 to / prem. ;
Oberahot; 1 to 11 prem.; Brazilian Diamond and
Gold, par to 1 prem.; Britannia Gold, 3to I per
share; Poltimore, din. to 4 prem.; Kenmare, to
prem. ; British and Colonial Smelting and Reduc-
tion, to 1 prem. ; Great }feints United Tin, par to
prem. ; Respryn Copper, 3 to 1 prem.; Suo Kier
(of Jamaica), 23 to „ prem.; Parkwyti and Carwa.l-
- Tin, 1 to 1 prem.; Burns' Creek Gold, 1 dis.
to pae ; South Cork Copper, I dis. to 1 prem.;
Albion Gold, ; dia. to par; Aubin Coal and Iron, 1
to 2 prem.; Liguanca, 1; to 21 prem.
The Copiapo Mining Company have received ad-
vices from Copiapo, dated March 2. The copper
mines are improving, particularly at Checo, which is
producing some ore of from 36 to 40 per cent. At the