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London, England, 1852-12-18 00:00:00

BANKERS.

Messrs. Price, Marryat, awl Co., 8, King William-street, City.
Messrs. Cocks, Ettdclulph, add Co., 43, Charing-crows.

STOCKBROKER 3.
Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, 2, Reyal Exchange•buildings.

CONSULTING ISINING ENGINEER.

David T. Ansted, and F.G.S., Professor of Geology, King's
College.
SECILETARY.—George Jackson, Esq.
OFFICES.-3, Copthall-buildings, Bank.

This Company proposes to take possession (under a conveyance In
fee) of cne thousand acre§ of land upon the freehold estate of Alfred
Clapp, Esq., in the county of Mariposa, California, and to work, on
the cost book system, the geld mines thereon. Situated in the rich-
est part of that famous region, the Burns' Creek range of geld d..po-
site stands unrivalled In the land of unlimited-TM-ea:— Through the'
centre of this estate, consisting of upwards of 2,0:i0 acres, from south-
east to north-west, a ridge of hills, the great basis of which is the
gold-bearing quartz rock, discloses to the observer at intervals, veins
of rich ore cropping out at the hill sides in manliest splendour. From
the bed and banks of the clear stream called Burns' Creek, which
(in summer unfailing and In winter unfrozen), flows through the
estate at the base of these hills, it is known by miners of that locality
that nearly a million and a half sterling of flue gold has been ta,ten in
the last two years, and the placer gold diggings of that stream are as-
certained to be but the washings of ages from the masses of gold-bear-
ing quartz above. To blast these rocks, to sink shafts, pursue the hold-
certained to be but the washings of ages from the masses of gold-bear-
zontal veins, crush the rich ore by powerful steam engines, and ex-
tract and remit the gold is the great object of this Company. For
such purposes the most improved machinery. must be purchased,
transmitted, and fixed; skilful miners, quarrymen, and engineers
engaged; stores furnished lor their support, and dwellings erected
for their habitation. To command these things and success, large capi-
tal and skilful direction is required, and in theformattion of this Com-
pany, those leading objec s have will be attained. Situated in latitude
north about 57%, with the climate of Italy, and with the woods and
natural pastures ab unding in cattle, deer, and other large game, S
miles from the gold mines and quartz-crushing works of the Noveau
Monde Company, and between the Mercede and Mariposa Rivers,
steam-power has placed this splendid mining property within 6 weeks'
journey of London, and (excepting only about 25 miles not yet railed,
on the Isthmus of Panama), railways and first-class mail steamers
convey the traveller and treasure with the safety, punctuality, and
speed of the iron train, between London, San Francisco, and Stock-
ton, on the San Joaquin river, whence a good road runs through this
estate, 70 miles from Stockton, to the county town of Mariposa, 23
-miles distant. From tke Burns' Creek, one piece of pure gold waa,
taken, weighing 17 pounds, and was sold fur 750/. This fact II
vow hed by an eminent geologist, D Charles F. Spieker, of New'
York, who, in his report of a, survey, made in
,1850, on the spot,
wines thus :

"The most important feature in the geology of this district, how-
ever, which gives it such great value for mining purposes, 13 the ex-
istence here in the dtorit formation of such an astonishing number of
veins of quartz, tor nowhere in the auriferous districts of California

have I seen such quantities of quartz veins accumulated within au
area of such comparatively small extent. Nearly every one of the
hills and ridges above described contains the outcropping of a quartz
Hein sometimes of very large dimensions." And again, On my
examining them in reference to the proportion of gold they contained
in comparison with other veins which I 'had seen in California, I
found them to be of the best and richest kind wl.ich hat come under
my ob,ervatien there. One of these veins was distinguished by great

quantities of cellular quartz, which inclosed a very large aniOM-it of
native gold in small particles, presenting altogether some of the most
beautdul and richest specimens of that kind of auriferous quartz
found in daliforwa." --. (See Report.)
Average specimens of the gold quartz brought by the proprietor

. .
from the veins ti ansferred to this Company, have teen submitted to
smelting and assay at the Bank of England, and the grew- result is
shown in the following •

BULLION OFFICE CERTIFICATES.

I hereby certify that four lbs. troy of quartz rock, from the estate
of Alfred Clapp, Esq., in Mariposa, California, placed in my hands by
Mr. Alfred Clapp and Mr. Henry W. Wood, for melting and assay-
ing, yielded 1 ounce and 9 pennyweights of gold ; • the assayer's r,-
port of -which is, worse than standard 2 car. I% grs., silver 391,4 dwt.
troy, value 51. Is. 3d.

The sum the ordinary
(Life Offices would give
him if he were unable
'to pay, or if he omitted
to pay his current
annual premium of
81. es. 3d. after he has
paid into their coffers
,249/.75.6d., and which
they have had the use
of at compoun
interest,t or in
the event of his death
one hour after such
. omission or inability
to pay.

• At the
end of
thirty
years vehen
the party
is fifty
years old,
hewill have
paid into
the office.

"STEWART PIXLEY,
For Haggard and Pixley, Sworn Brokers, 8, Copthall-court.
" 13th September, 1852."
"I certify that the lump of gold weighing 29 pennyweights, melted
from 4 lbs. of quartz rock, belonging to 41fred Clapp, Esq , has been
assayed, and the report thereon is, worse than standard 2 car. I% grs ,
silver 59% dwts. per lb. troy.

Annual

premium,
1.1 to assure'
500/.*

!018/.68.3d,

1249/.75.6d 5001.

little more
than 80/.
perhaps 901.

NOTHINg.

ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM.
Ifun able to pay, or not
desirous of paying or
omitting topay,thero-
Bey would still remain
of its rfmr., value,
522/.23.7d.ti1l death, if
20 years after, no fur-
ther payment beingrc-
quired. Ifhowever the
party, from any cause,
wished to cancel the
Policy, he could not
onlydraw out all helms
put in, vlz., 2251., but
20 //.10s Od 225/. 522/.257,1 287/. 2s. 9d. a certain bonus of 621.
2s. 9d. in the bargain,
which is more
than one-fourth of the
whole of his payments,
or he could either draw
out a part, 201. or 501.,
• diminishing the Policy
only by the assured
value of the sum so
drawn out at the age
when withdrawn. See
pagess and7in detailed
pamphlet, by
F. Q. P. Nelson, Esq.

* The rates here selected are those adopted lay the English and
Cambrian Office, and advertised in its distinctive features as low
rates of premium, and professedly for the lower and midd:ing classes.
In most offices, particularly the older ones, such as the Scottish
Equitable and the Globe, these rates would be much higher. In the
former of 101. 'is. 6d., with 10 shillings per cent. entrance fee, would
be the rate to insure 5001. at 20 years ofage. In the latter Si. 13s 4d.,
to insure the same sum. The higher the rate the more in favour of
the DEPOSIT system.
t Money laid out at compound interest DOUBLES ITSELF every four-
teen years.
On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person
under the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow-
ing advantages, viz., Ist. For a less sum, paid annually, he can assure
a larger sum in case of death than under the ordinary system.
2ndly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Policy he can receive
in this Company, by the above example, which applies to all ages,
THREE times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In the event
of inability or omission to pay,
his policy remains still his property,
of the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments
for any number of years ; whereas on the ordinary system, he gets
nothing. 4thly. Should he require to increase es decrease the
amount of his policy he can do so at pleasure. He can, at any time,
by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from 11 up to the
whole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After he
has withdrawn part one year he can, by a single payment, three
years, or any time afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even
its former amount ; and by this system he can at all times regulate
his annual savinss by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the
bargain of having a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the same as
in a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, that he gets inte-
rest for his money, and in case of death his family receive more than
the amount of his savings. In ordinary Life Offices t e can do no
such thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment
he ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any
fund to fly to for aid, all his hard-earned sayings become forfeited to
the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his
more fortunate co-assurers.
Such a system is too equitable and too striking to be. overlooked
and DEPOSIT assurance is the only system of assurance which can be
universally recognized and adopted when the principles are impar-
tially canvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. It
confers greater advantages than a b tik because it allows a fair rate
of Interest in ea:.r of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the
to the representatives of the Depositor in
hands of the CompanY
case of death, thus combining the
ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF
AN ASSURANCE COMPANY.
In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT
system are still more striking.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER TDB ORDINARY

" W. D. HAGGARD,
Chief Clerk, Bullion. office, Ralik of Englan I.
13th September, 1852."

" Sold for Alfred Clapp, Esq , Californian gold extracted from 4 lbs.
quartz rock, I oz. 9 dwts. worse 2 car. 1% gra., silver 39% dwts.,
20 dwts. allowed for refining, 19►4 dwts. per lb.
1 oz. 5 dwts. 22 grs. standard, at 771.91. per 0z... £5 0 9

- _-
LIFE ASSURANCE FIRANCH.
To those who prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to
5,000/. on every known principle thereof.
Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and such as have been
rejected by other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti-
cular disease.
Loans from 50/. and upwards granted on every kind of security,
real or personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower
Annuities of every description granted on very favourable terms.
Non-forfeiture of a Porcy—ln case of inability to pay the currant
premiums, the Directors will either purchase the Policy at a fair
market value, or give a new one in lien thereof, less 5 per cent., inte-
rest corrAsponding in amount to the whole of the previous payments
which have been made.
Detailed prospectuses with tables in further illustration of the De-
posit system, and any further information may be obtained on appli-
cation to the Agents in the country, or to
CHARLES W. lIEVAN, Resident Secretary.

N. B.—Agents Wanted in all parts of the World.

2 dwts. ailyer, at 60s. %d......

Crushing and melting.. .. .. ..... ... £0 5 0
Assay.• • • • •

•£5 1 3

0 9 •

"HAGGARD and PIXLEY.
"London, Sept. 13, 1852."

£4 12 3

By these certificates it is seen that frotn 48 ounces of the quartz
rock, when melted, crushed, and washed, one ounce and nine-penny-
weights of gold, value 51. Is. 3d. sterling, was obtained, and this under
the immediate sanction of Mr. Haggard, and peronal inspection of
Mr. rialey and Mr. Wood, at the smelting works In Wood-street,
employed by the Bank of England. At this rate of yield, one ton of
the quartz rock would produce gold value 3,4001. and upwards; but
assuming that, instead of this result (viz , 1/. bs. 31ad. per lb.) an
average of only Is. per pound troy was produced, as thirty tons per
day can be readily separated, crushed, and washed at these mines,
and the yield of gold would be, at that rate, 1361. per ton, which,
multiplied by thirty, gives 4,0801 as the result of each day's work-
ing, being 24,4801. per week of six days, above 100,000/. per calendar
month would be the gross produce.
Estimating, therefore, the average yield of gold from these hills,
rocks, and places as only Gd. to the p ;mad weight of quartz, an in-
come of six hundred thousand pounds per annum will he afforded—
enough, after allowing amply for all expenses, to repay the capital
five times in one year's actual working.
A late authentic paper (republished in the " Times" of Sept. 14) from
Hussey and Co.'s Circular, of San Francisco, July 30, 1852, shows
the gross produce of Californian gold, from the official reports, to be
in the first six months, 1852, to the Ist July, 33,849,774 dollars, or
about seven million. sterling,' and this when the development of
the rock gold is but commencing.
It is not the desire of the Directors upon srch data to excite
exalted hopes of delusive profits, but they feel the highest confidence
that this undertaking, vigorously and honestly conducted, must
quickly produce enormous returns to the shareholders in the Albion
Gold Mines. The Directors have entered into a contract with the
proprietors of the Burns' Ranche Estate, which entitles the Company
to enter immediately upon possession of one thousand acres, free of
royalty or reservation, on which four opening have already been
made in the gold-bearing veins, and splendid 'specimens extracted.
The terms of this purchase are most liberal en the part of the pro-
prietor, who, excepting a very small proportion, takes t o whole
consideration of a third interest (chiefly in shares), to be delivered at
periods subsequent to possession and working by the Company. No
director or subscriber to this Company will be liable beyond the
amount of his shares subscribed for.
The title to this property is undisputed, and possession held conti-
nually by the resident agents of the proprietor occupying the estate
from February, 1851, to the present time. (See Report.)
Specimens of the quartz rock may be seen at the chutes of the Com-
pany, as taken front the vein by the proprietor, which Is in-
exhaustible; and it is a remarkable characteristic of the vast wealth
05 this estate, that the gold-tlearin.r veins, though but three feet wide
near the surface, run through the whole property, anti in depth are
richer In descending and without any known termination.

E XTRACT FROM THE AFFIDAVIT OF JOSEPH Tavox.
.‘ My residence is at present in tire State of California; I am tem-
porarily in the city of New York, but expect to teturn to Calfornia.
have been a resident of California from eighteen months to two
years, and ant well acquainted with Californi ft, 11 with all parts of
it, with the mining districts and all other districts, probably as much
acquainted as any other man whose 18icial duties did n.,t requite
loin to travel through the country more extensively than myself. I
have bent in the southern mines ; I know that the richest among the
quartz velns are in the south( m mines. I know Burns' Eatiche by
reputation, and leave been upon it,.and it is generally acknowledged
to be exceedingly rich. I have seen specimens tal..-en from it which
are exceedingly rich. It is situate about 7u tildes south-east of
Stockton, between the Mercede and lteripo.a riv, rm. The road
leading to it is the main road leading to Mariposa. It is in Mat iposa
County, Heave machinery is carried over this road into all parts of
II :tripes e Ceamty " (Signed) JOSEPH TRYON.
Sworn before me this Silt (Si3ned) JOHN W. NELSON,
day of Mare 1852. A
New York, ]March 10, 1852.
I have been acquainted with Mr Joseph Tyo.i for some years past,
and from my acquaintance with and my lenowiedge of ins
stsnding in this e•ty, can say that he is a gentleman of the highest
respectability, and airy statements made by hint ve ould be eWitled to
the fullest confidence and credit.

(Sigma)
It. J. THORNE, Pres. Protection Fire Insurance Co.,
58, Wall street.
JOSE HI WALKER, President Mercantile Mutua:
Insurance Company, G 3, Wall street.
J. M. BROWN, Firm of Brown, Brothers, and Co.
59, Wall-street.

Richmond Hill, Nov. 3, 1852.
We have no doubt in oar offices of the signature, "Jas. M. blrown,"
beini; that of one of our junior partners.
(Sighed) WILLIAM BROWN, M.F. for South Lan-
cashire, Firm—Brown, Shipley, and Co.,
Liverpool. Americsrf Merchants.
Applications for shares may be made in the usual form to the
Secretary, at the Company's Offices, or through the brokers..

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR suAuEs.
To the Directors of the _Albion Gold Mining Company.
Centlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of one pound
sterling each in the above undert Ikieg, the whole of which, or any
less number that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to accept,
and when required, to pay the amount thereon, and subscribe the
cost book of the Company.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name• . • • ..... • • • •
Reference.... •• .. ....... •. •• • •
•••• • • •

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THE BURMESE WAR.

(From the Times.)
BOMBAY, Nov. 17.
The termination of the Burmese war still seems as far
off as ever. "Since our last dispatch," says the Cal-
cutta Englishman, "we have no further acquisitions in
Burmah to report, but our correspondence will show the
state and expectation of the army there, and the general
disappointment felt at the needless inactivity which has
characterised the whole campaign." It has, however,
now become evident that the Indian Government have
no intention of terminating the campaign at Prome.
250 elephants have been dispatched from Calcutta over-
land to Promo through the Aenr, ' pass under the charge
of Captain Baugh. They have been furnished by the
Calcutta Arsenal with cradles for carrying the guns and
apparatus of the batteries over ground where it may be
inconvenient to drag them. The Aeng pass is at pre-
sent held by a small Burmese force, but troops have
been dispatched from Arracan to clear them away.
The arrangements are certainly indicative of an advance
if not to Ava, at least beyond where river navigation is
available. The season during which the Irrawaddy is
navigable by large steamerois now over. On the 10th
of October the river at Promo began to fall so suddenly
and to such an extent that it is currently reported that
the larger steamers now there will be imprisoned for
eight months, or until the next rainy season. We have,
however, about five steamers in the Burmese water of
less draught than the old Diana, and, consequently,
able to navigate the Irrawaddy at all seasons of the
year ; an equal number of the same description
.might
possibly lad obtained from the Gauges ; those at present
available, with a few flats in tow, could take up a force
that would possibly suffice for a dart at Ava .; but .such
an expedition would be diametrically opposed to the
Fabian tactics of General Godwin. The elephants
<creeting---frem-cyttentra can- scarce y reac i tome for
two months to come. General Godwin is again on his
way up the-river to Prome, with the second division of
his force. Reinforcements. for Burmah are being daily
dispatched from Calcutta and Madras. A regiment of
irregular cavalry was among the last departures from
the former presidency. It was not at first intended to
send any cavalry ; one of the newly raised Sikh irregu-
lai- regiments that volunteered for Burmah now awaits
embarcation. It is commanded by Major Armstrong,
and has excited much interest and admiration at Cal-
cutta. The Englishman says, ." We have seen the
regiment both on and off parade, and a finer body of
men can hardly be wished for ; they are tall, strapping
fellows, with the. limbs of Europeans. The Governer-
General, who evinces a warm interest in all that con-
cerns the army of Burmah, has visited the Sikhs in their
quarters, and has gained their hearts by offering them
his good wishes, and expressing his sense of their con-
duct and bearing." They are as accustomed to the use
of spirituous liquors as the Europeans themselves, and
have accordingly preferred a request to Government to
have grog served out to them while on foreign service,
in proportions equal to thou granted to Europeans, on
the grounds that the sale of spirituous liquor being for-
bidden in camp, they will be no longer able to supply
themselves in the Bazaat Their request has been
granted. They are said to be very wbll inclined to fra-
ternise with the European soldiery, but to look down on
the Hindoo Sepoy as an altogether inferior animal. The
detention of so many of our steamers in the Burmese
waters occasions very great inconvenience to the Boin-
b4 Government, and to the community generally, as
regards the arrangements for the conveyance of the
Overland Mails to Suez. Commodore Lambert say he
cannot spare a single steamer, and, if this is really the
case, some temporary arrangements must be made for
the transmission of the Bombay mail by hired steamers.
The Bombay steam flotilla is now principally used for
the conveyance of troops and stores between Rangoon
and Calcutta and Madras.
General Godwin 's voluminous dispatches regarding the
capture of Prome have met with well-deserved ridicule
throughout India. The fighting appears to have been
much exaggerated. An officer engaged at Prome writes
to the Chronicle immediately after its capture as fol-
lows :
" Here we are all safe at Prome, and, thank good-
ness, we have had no more alarms lately at night, as we
had for the first few nights after we took the place ;. and
a nice take it was. I wonder what kind of dispatch the
General wiil make out of this affair, as, except the fast
day we came here, and were in the steamers, and just
after the 80th landed, there was not a shot fired. We
kept walking on—walking on the next morning, every
now and then asking where are the Burmese, and ex-
pecting them to open fire on us every moment ; but no,
Ni-e quietly walked up into their principal pagoda, and
then the halt was sounded, as the General determined