... ) W]3DNaSDAY EVD~N}N}. The markect for British mining stock~s to-day has . bcen quiet. Although there is a f'air gcneral business doin g, the fall il3 copper and tin EeemS to have checkied purchases. Tfhere is no doubt this reduction will have a sensible effect on. the value of some of the high-priced shares wvhich have lately experienced so remarlkable a rise. Tho followving sales have-been ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC DURING THE PAST WEE K. (iron lie? (lpVtt's lllailwry Jo urnal.) Miltes op~uene. Name of taimoily. Ito ipt~. 18-52. 1853. 18,52. 1853. - ~ BRITaSH. - - 72 72 Aberdeen ?? 1,426 1,549 37.4 37.5 Beltast and Ballymneno ?? 602 719 I17 17' liellfest and County Down .. 182 2311 33 33 B~irkenhicad, Lane., & Cheshire 1,431 - 264 261 Blackburn ?? 816 796 85L 854 I~ristol and Exeter ?? 3 ...

... SHARB LiST-YIsEsmDAv. ORDINARY. SHRE1,S AND, STOOitE. 0allwaya. Paid. cliosing Prices, Basinese Done. Ahardeen 10 219%, 30% 2034 30 Ai.s., Not.. lbos., & E. J1. ?? 0% 0% Sirisa., Wei., &; 8tour Vt. [3.14 R4 1 0 Y Birke., Lan., andChes.Jre. 28 7y2 6 dlig Do., Chester and Birk.,, £90 anti £25 Con. 27 1/ .22 Ditto, £2 0 .. ?? 18% 3%a .2y, dk BrIAetIl and ?? tOO 103 1135 104 Y4 Caledonian ?? 0 ...

... MVONRY MARKET AND CITY NEZJV. r . TUESuDAY.| PICEv OF GOLD.-By the advices received to-day' from Paris, the price of. Gold appears to be 0.40 per cent. dearer than. in London, the quotation being at par, and the exchange at abort 25.05. Hamburg letters of the 8th'iinst. quote the price' there at 429, and the exchange: at short 13.5k, which makes the price of. Gold 0.80 per cent. dearer than in ...

... I (From the lfar-.Laia B2rpress.) By the most recent advices from the north of Europe we learn that there had been no return of frost, but there was still, much ice, and it would, it was estimated, require another week of mild weather to set the uavigation free. The continued dull accoutats from hence had reuderedi holders of wheat rather anxious to real:se, and thle tendency of prices had ...

... M LL?li .Y AlA 2 KhT. Wsnx~rsoiy Evxcsxe. The Erglish fards- wvere inactive to-day, but im- proved at 4 o'clocki. The current price wvas 1O(' to ' or money, and 100: to w for the 12th M~ay but in. thc afternoonl anl i:itluenutial purchase for account earrlixd thec price to 1004 to .7, at wshich it closed steadili . Tb ls. uttlr mint of thle account in th~is mar- hti-;e ViS to (1a cx or eluded, ...

... CO'MM:ERCIAL AND MAXRKETS.| - nfn T1TTnf as CAT'DT;r 13 : - PRO0DUCE MARKRET. : 3 - , *MINCINGlt-LANE, AvRIa 13. .SeoGit.-The miarliet has been quiet to-day. 220i hhdls.'I Of W'yest India sold in tbe private con tract market. Refined 'quoted firm at yesterday's prices.. There lies not been a public sale tdy. of 1 Celo sod 'i u CO3.PE 3.-10l0 caskcso ?? 'spirit in public sile, at about ...

... 3NAT1OIOAL 1IWH16 LAND COMdPA&y.- YTln FOLLOWIG SnRES WERE, DRAWN Al-RIL 2: .47,023, t2177, 24,840, 3.485, 34,099,, 21,607, 29,111, 44,887, 6,429, 30,778, 81,i96, 86,064, 27,680, 22,595, 48,560, 40,971, 41,688, 14,079, 45,258, 21.206,30,499, 6,177, 40,913 14,626, 2,418, .8,a74, 19,8S9, 38,732, 42636, 47,511, 89,933, 48,662,24,898.43,7A, 39,876, 49,67S; 19,711, 19,712, 22,724, 28,686j 258,04,29 ...

... From thei LONDON GAZETTEZ-Friday, A4pil 8. BANKRUPTS. GEOs0RGE IRELAND, Old Church-street, Paddingtoa, brick- layer, to surrender April'21 at 12,' and May 19 at 1, at Basinghall-street. Sol.,-Spicer, Chancery-lane; off. assig., Bell, Colemau-street-buildings. JoSaP1r Srssow SAMUEL, Hatton-garden, 'watch manufac- turer, April 21 at 2, and May 26 at 12, at' Basinghall- street. Sol., Teague, ...

... X3NEY AND COMRCE. I [xOx OUR OWW CORRESPONDENT.] CITY, SAMURDAY.-Every one has been taken by sur- prise at the announcement of the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer that a conversion of part of the public debt is contemplated. The option is to be given to the holders of South Sea Stock and annuities with the Three per Cents. of 1726 and 1751, to convert into a new 84 or 2 per cent. stock, or into ...

... ?? A R.E: ?? : ,I, ?? .it& ISAE. LIT -i i.-. .i .. ; . L . . , 7,, ,.scrD ,E t@ : ?? railway market -vas decidbdlfyhevy 'to-day, the late ,Itdvanceb3 having~:roul fior3wdad a. sup- ply'of Etock. The announcemento6flthe' resolutions that -havI be a thed Rail'w-ay Amialgam tion'.Committeahasa]so had ann unfavourable effect. Oie::r s olution is that' no railway'-bill, involving amalgamation, ...

... -4- BIRMINGH1AM, Arnol 9. There has been little, if any, abatement during the lresqnt week in the general activity of the various trades of the town and neighbourhood which has prevailed dniing the last twelve or eighteen months. Being the last week of tbg ironmasters' [quarter,as is usual at such a periodand more especially whep some degree o uncertainty Is felt' with regard' to future prices ...