The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-01 00:00:00

THE DOURO SILVER-LEAD MINING
001LI'A.NY (Linatid).
• Incorporated ender " The Companies Act, lad."
Capita, LlOO,OOO, fa 10,000 Shares of LlO each, of which 3,000
Shores have been Wren by the Vendor of the antral Properties.
Depndl upon application Al. sod. upon allotment Ll 10a. per
Share
Calls not to nosed LI Ifis. per share : and three mouths to
elapse between each call.
It 1,4 pet intended to call up mere than LS upon each share.
The fton ci the prgintirry prior to the allotment of
the Mew are by the Vendor.
No promotion moon payable by the Company.
ninlintned
JOSEPH SPENCIR JUDO; Esq., Dtrector of the Eastern Ben-
= Company, eithalergardens, ensington-Park—
Smabor Pico. Auto. Anal° de Ostyak°, Landed Proprietor,
desrloe.Alte Dam
George J. von Dadaism. Fat. (Mears. von Dadeisten and
Nortit). East Indheaveme.
Claim Dashers* hWeabsonseetreet, Ilyde.park.
fiVikees Cledfrey In. Waal the Inn of Smith. Woodhouse,
sod Co., Oporto), itmlenedown.amoset, Heusingtoa-park.
Milian T. Yakloe.
J. Dawes Madam. aso. MoLagth, and Coy.W.
Oporto.
D. B. alder. deq, Berliley-place.Coonsuptequar,
SW", George Mst., Tf, Gravenoretreth Ureevenor-square.
analroaa
William Lanes, Tag., ILI.Act. led, ThroStoortou'lifool.
J. George Win, Esq., Ifocleatou-square.
Marna—TM OW Book. Theognierionarlet
Sotantona —Meant Haan and Whining
6IOCe Bs , kOid Jenfr•
Hirsi: and itherath, Threadneedle-
Panierate Ven tsILL—Mr. Sanwa Bann.
Tentriorary *dote—rio. OW Jewry, B.C.
Title Company d lortnalierths porches% and alleanol work
leg, gagenglartiagrall= of Adorigo and Portals
doe a the elavtgetailwasiz
Douro, lo rsea gam disbud ban
'rigle prance the maw of aim and direct sate: car
ge for the Deaden of the mines to England, and to all the
continental markets.
Thee g
snag unaptlyupwards of 1,000 fathoms in length
and SOO in width, and an held in perpetuity, under royal grants
or concessions from the crown. The royalty dues are one
the produce, aod dude the goverment charge upon
the prodth sod the land taxes.
The mines contain massive and almost unlimited deposits of
silver-lead ores of the richest qualities. They ere situated oa the
slope of a monntala which rises eamediately from the Douro to
a height of 1,400 feet and a ths lodes descend to the river, they
prowl tunerpasaentecilttles for the extraction and shipment of
the ore.
Prom the elevation of the ground the mines can be worked by
levels open to the surface, and thus any machinery for pumping'
the water or midair Um ore is rendered nansceseary. Tramways
can he laid in the levels fur conveying the ore to the bank of the
Douro.
In conformity with the mining laws of Portugal, the setts were
examined and reported upon by the edictal Impector of Mines
sad upon his 'sty favourable report, which was subsesuently
confirmed by that of one of the tint mining engineers in Oporto, '1
the royal grants wen obtained.
The proprietor Wtracted Captain Kitto of Falmouth, who
was recommended to him by the highest mining authorities In
London, to Inspect and fully report upon the mina The panic*
eutertained by him of the vast mineral resources of the nuns is
expressed In an elaborate report, in whiob there is the emphatic
statement that he had "never, during thirty years' eapericuce
in lead mines, seen or known a mineral property equal to these
setts, either in the extent of the tortes or their productive cha-
raer, so near the surface—the facilities for working them -
and for transporting the ore by water without any land carriage
to England ." to which he adds, that " these mizes oder an op-
partway of very rare occurrence for the profitable investraeut
of capital, with the mislay of early, large, and long.conanued
returns.twin lf report was minutely investigated by Mr. J. A.
PhCilli well-known miring engineer, whose favourable
opinion is stated in his reporL
Of the three parallel lodes already discovered, the man or
champion lode la from S to 4 feet in thickness. the pled from
which has been estimated at five tons of ore per fathom. This ore
is a due ens, containing 74 per cent. of silver lead.
Thera also, a remarkable cross-course discovered by Captain
ditto, four hate
of
width, which intersects the lodes. and con-
tains phosphate of lead and sutras, yielding, per cent of lead
and SO ounces of silver to the ton. As this croascourie meets
the main or champion lode at an oblique angle, the sinking of
shaft to a short depth, and driving level& into it, will at oace lay
open en imam, moron ore.
By driving a succession of levels, at convenient intervals, down
to the margin of the been extent of mineral deposits will
be developed which cannot exhausted for geoerations.
The price of galena ore is Zoglead, of a quality equal to that
of the present mines, varies from Ll 3 to £l3 per ton: and, athe Company's ore can be delivered at a lea co.t than se, after
defraying all winkles thaws, trannit. Ac., the very low net
profit of a't per too may be relied upon.
• provisional agreement has been entered into with the
vendor for the purchse of the grants tor £30,000, of which
one-half is to be paid Incn ab, and the residue in po
which L 6 only will be credited as paid up lie thusundertakes
a liability upon Ids Mena equal to the full amount el his money
payment.
The Directors refrain from stating the large profits which they
confidently anticipate will be derived from the working of the
ml sec
bar n
erg
of them may be foamed trona the result
of the operatdoas proposed by Captain ditto. which will render
accessible upwards- iiifone hundred and two thousand fathom. of
backs, or ore ground, on the champion lode alone, above the
level of the Douro.
A large number of the shares have been privately subscribed.
Preepectuass, with forms of application for the remaining
shares, may be obtaloed at the bookers, brokers, solicitors,
and at the temporary cam as the Company.
The reports, plans, sections, estimate., and specimens of the
ore, with the memorandum end articles of aseociatiou, may be
inspected at the temporary offices of the Company.
If no allotment be made, the deposit will be forthwith re-
turned without any deduction.

CONSIGNMENTS of PLANTS
e from Holland, Surrey, and
Middlesx.
MR. J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION,
at his Great Rooms, 38, liagetreet. Covent-garden, TO-
ltirtßOW, Dec. 2, st half.
a.
prmisely,• tint-rate assortment
of errarttrained, standard, half-staudard. dsarf, mud pyramid
CHERRY, pear. plum peach, and apricot PRICES . standard,
haliMasdard. dear, sad weeping mess . raspberry canes, grape
class, currant trees, pyrunid variegated hoili s, rhododendrons,
Amerkin arbor vita. Portugal and common laurels, cryptommis
Japonica, pions crab's, Irish and common yews.
Melllngtoola
mgantaa, and a variety of other ormassental and hardy shrubs.
view the morning of sale, and catalogues had.
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WITH the GARDENERS' CHRONICLE and
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE of the 9th and lath De-
cember, the week. beta• and alter the CATTLE snow, will be
published a SUPPLEMENT containing MU particulars ot the
STOCK and turtzsms at treader.AUALTA HALL.
ISLINGTON. Order of any Nee
on receipt of air stampa
Wellingt
Office for Advertleentents, on-street, strand, W.U.

pIINOH'S ALMANACK FOR 1866.

pUNCR'S ALMANAC K, price 3d•

PUNCH'S A LMANACK, on the Bth.

DOCTOR MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS.
TItM ca the Next CHRISTMAS MEMBER of ALL 1111
YEAR ROUN.
.
Malaita'4treet, Strand. W.C.

The Japanese Ambasaadors, having terminated
the mission which took them to Frame, will proceed in •
few days to England, where they intend passing a short
time before returning to their own country.
AIITHENTIoITY OF THE PASTON LETTERS.—The
authenticity of these famous letters, recently impugned II
Mr. Hermes Merivale, has nowt n established beyo all
reasonable doubt by the produ at the meetieg oaths
Society of Antiquaries last evening of the original MSS.,
recently discovered br Mr. Philip Frere. Earl Stanhope,
the president, clamm
aed the chair, and the attendance of
fellows was unusually largo, numberf strangers being o
also present., including Mr. Motivate and Mr. Frere.
Mr. Bruce read • most elaborate and able paper on the
internal evidence they presented, concluding by expressing
his firm opinion that the documents under exhibition
were genuine. Mr. Frere, the owner of the MSS., ex-
pressed his willingness to allow them to remain for
• time in the library with a view to their being inspected
by a committee to be appointed for that purpose, and by
such other gentleman es might take an interest in the sub-
ject. Mr. Hermann Merivale then delivered some brief
remarks, in the course of which he congratulated the so.
ciety and the country at large on the result of the doubts
he had raised a short time ago. The appearance of the
originals of the fifth volume from custody beyond all sus-
pinion virtually ended the controversy. Of coarse, the
documents would be subjected to further examination, but
no one could doubt the geoniaeness of the whole of the pub-
lished letters after the authenticity of the MSS. now so sin-
gularly brought to light had been established. All the
doubts he kW Tint forward would then vaniah into air. In
condo/ion he might mention that he had recently saner-
tabled that several Poston letters had been discovered in
the Bodleise Library at Oaf -rd, nod it apeso tbat
they had found their way there from the session of the
late Mr. Francis Dover.—Times.
ClialtlTAßl.6 Brqussrs.—Charitable bequests are
left by the following testators—namely. Augustus Shah-
spear Oliver Meru, Seq., of Hill.street, Berkeley-square,
5001. Ito the Society fro the Prevention of Cruelty to
Aninsals.—Miss Mary Wheels* Gareett, of Hardwick',
Tomeham, Devon, has bequeathed to the four foliowing
institutions, the Middlesex Hospital, Cancer Hospital, Con-
sumption Hospital, Brampton, smiths Idiot.' Asylum, each
1001. ; and to the Horne Missioe, the Society ter the Pre-
ventioa of Cruelty to Animals, and the Temporary Home
for Lost and Starving Dogs, each 30L—Mr. James Breed,
farmer, of Sarrettinee, Rickasansworth, Herts, has left
numerous small bequests for religious purposes, chiefly
among the baptists :—Surgeons' Csnr, Baptist Foreign
Minikes, Home Minion. County Tows s Mimicry, Building
Fund, Harrow Chapel, Cheeks Chapel, to each 501; the
chapels at Rickmansworth, Sarratt-greise, and Chipperfield,
such 9 guineas. sod a like sum to the Baptist Trees
Society anal the Society for Promoting Christianity emosgst
the Jews ; to the British and Foreign Bible Society, Rescue
Society, London, end the Orphan Working Sohool, each 50/.
The insides of his property be devoid to charitable
purpose", and to snob society or inetitutien as the executors
may think proper, four yews after the testa rat's death.—
Plug rated London Nene.