The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-03 00:00:00

1851. lint 1

IVIININ G INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
The cause alluded to in cur summary of last week (the
hogdays) yet contributes to limit the amount of business
dealings iu and out of the Mining Exchange; but there
is gill a considerable inquiry for and transactions in
shares of every class-indeed, the growth of this inte-
rest becomes every day more perceptible, assisted as it
is to so important an extent by the abundance of capital,
and the absence of any particular disturbing causes,
either political or domestic. The better organisation of
the business, generated by its increase, has gradually
established a degree of confidence in these securities,
and in dividend mines in particular, quite unknown to
former times. It is, therefore, not perhaps saying too
much to predict that, the status of favourable circum-
stances remaining undisturbed, there is to follow a large
augmentation of mining bueiness, which, we tetra, will
be tempered with the caution required to render it satis-
factory and profitable in its results. Speculative mines
have been dealt in, but not largely.
In the Metal Market copper fully maintains its po-
sition, ready sales and firm prices ; all arrivals frem
South America and elsewhere are eagerly sought for.
Lead remains stationary, without much doing. In Tin,
a further advance of 21. has talon place, the demand
exceeding the regular surlily, and scarcely any stack on
hand. Banes and Straits have gone cif freely at an ad-
vanced price, and the market has a very healthy appear-
ance. Plates are firm at the quotations.
In the Bullion Market-Mexican and South Ame-
rican dollars, buyers at 4s. 11*i. per ounce. Bar silver
containing gold, all gold above 5 grs, in the pound to
be paid for, ss. lid. per ounce standerd. Bar silver
evithout gold, 55. 01d. per ounce standard. Bar gold,
775. 93. per ounce standard.-Fine cake silver, ss. sid.
per ounce.
At Wheal Tremayne hi-monthly meeting, on Decem-
ber 31, the accounts showed-Balance from last account,
1061. Os. 31; received for carriage of ore, 351. 4s. 5d.;
copper cud tin ore sold (after dues), 3,533/. 16e. 9a.a.
3,6751. I'. 5d.-Labour cost for September, 1,2031. 2s.
10d.; October, 1,0061. 39. 11d.; merchants' bills,
8621.
9s. Bd.; showing profit, 6031. 5L Dividend, 519/.;
leaving balance in hand to next account, 911. ss.
At the two-monthly meeting cf adventurers in Wheal
Crebor, held en the 2LI inst., the accounts showed-Re-
ceipts: calls, 4,3831; copper ore, 326/, 13s. 5d.; loan,
1501.; other receipts 471. ss. 4d.------4,9061. 183 9.1..-Ex_
penditure: working coat, including materials, 3,5071. 154.
7d.; machinery, 4741.; purchaser of setts and materials,
431/. 16s. 6d.; office expenses, 1631. 155.; dues, 201. 16s.
10d; printing, &c., 591. 7s. 4d.; legal expensee, 641. 3s.
9d.; preliminary expenses, 771. 13s. 11d.; books and
stationary, 101. Os. 6d.; travelling, 251.; interest 5/. 13s.
7d.: leaving balance of 66/. 15s. 9d. The statement of
assets and liabilities showed a balance of 1,5871. 155. 9d.
assets over liabilities.

At the United Mines bi-monthly meeting, held at
Tavistock, December 23, the accounts showed-October,
cost 350/. 95.; November, 228/. ss. 10d.-=5781. 14s. 10d.
Less balance due to adventurers last account, 408/. 16s.
6d.; making balance, 1691. 18s. 41; to which add other
liabilities, 9371. 35.: leaving a debtor balance to the
mine, 1,1071. Is. 4d. A call of 11. per share was made.
At a meeting of adventurers in the Weston Lead
Mines, on the 23d December, the financial statement
showed-Received on account of calls to 23d October,
6131. 55.; by ditto to date, 701. 105....6831. l&s. Cash
paid on account of costs to 23d October, 553/.; mine
costs to date, 951. 12s. 5d.; general expenses to ditto,
13/, 65.: leaving balance now in hand 21/.65. 7d.
At Cook's Kitchen Mine bimonthly meeting, on the
24th Dec amber, the accounts showed-Labour cost
Sep-
tember, 603/. 7s. 2d.; October, 622/..63. 6d.; merchants
bills, 3371. 14s. 6d.; two months' water rent, 301. 195.;
dues, 42/. Os. 2d.=1,636475. 4d. By copper ore sold.
126/. 108.; tin ore, 1,260/. Bs. 3d.; sundry receipts, 41.
155.: showing 2441. 13s. 7d. loss; to which add balance
last account, 991. 155.; leaves balance against the mine.
3441. Bs. 7d.
The Mining Company of Ireland's usual half-yearly
meeting was held in Dublin on Thursday, when the
secretary read the report and statement of accounts, by
en
avwxeht4:hi
recidhnn cieaetd nsadpionLpf euptaghrreaeonds that
mpaerinceteimi
: prospective
e result of the workings was
a profit of 1,4291. 6s. 4d,, exclusive of 1,951/. Bs. 2d.,
improvements
that,
n were
r e the at
t theppresent
decidedlyel in nt eac
im-
proved, generallyne s , and
especially at the Knockmahon Mines, where a
fair profit was now being realised.
At Bryntail Mine quarterly meeting, on the 30th
Dec., the accounts showed-Balance from last ace ount,
1101. Bs. 4d.; ores sold (less dues), 1,185/. 7s. 9d.=
1,2951. 16s. ld.-Labour cost, Sept., 2211.195. 9d.; Oct.,
217/. 17s. 5d.; Nov., 2291. 13s. 10d.; merchants' bills,
771. 103. 7d.; carriage of ores, 1261.53.: leaving balance
to next account, 4221. 9s. 6d.; from which has to be de-
ducted the cost of crasher, estimated at 1502.; therefore
no dividend was declared.
At Korth Tamar Consols general meeting, held last
week, the accouuts showed a balance in favour of the
adventurers of 2901.35. id.
At Yeoland Consols Mine meeting, on the 29th Dec.,
it was resolved to forfeit the shares of several persons in
arrear, unless their calls were paid within ten days.
At Penralt Mine meeting, on the 30th Dec., the ac-
counts showed-Call, 1,0001.-Labour costs for one year
to end Nov., 3131. 153. 5d.; merchants' bills, 961. Bs. 3d.:
leaves balance to next account, 89/. 16s. 4d.
At Wheal Lemon meeting, on Dec. 26, the accounts
showed - Balance last account, 605/. 15s. 4d.;
August labour cost, 178/. 14s. 3d, September, 1111.
2s, ld.; October, 1051. 17s. 9d.; November, 93/.
ls. 11d.; merchanta'• bills, 634/. 3i... 2d.; new 60-inch
cylinder steam-engine, 1,6751=3,4041. 14s. 6d. Less
call in Sept., 1,0001.: leaving balance to next account,
2,404/. 143. 6d. A call of 2/. 103. per share was made to
discharge the same.
At West Wheal Jewel special general meeting, on
Tuesday, the resolution passed on the Bth Dec., for the
dissolution of the company, was unanimously confirmed.
At niece Albert Mine special general meeting, on
the 30th Dec., the reports of Captains Davies and Car-
thew were highly satisfactory, and it was resolved that
the sett be consolidated with that of the adjoining
ground, under the title of nine() Albert Conso;s; and
that to raise the capital for the machinery necessary to
work the same effectually, 1,024 new shares, of 21. each,
be issued in tour equal instalments of 10s. each.
During the week transactions haVe taken place in
Alfred Consuls, West Providence, West Camden, Devon
Great Consols, West Cemborne Consols, Merllyn, South
Tamar, Wheal Venton, North Tamar, Great Bryn,
Galt-Maen, St. Aubyn and Grylk, Trevelyar, War-
lege,any-, West Polgooth, Wicklow Copper, Wheal Robins,
Trewane, anti Mining Company
trawactious have taken place in
oCciaollbiatirtrtee
iradUct.ii
iiiottge dos ib
St.alaViriedhseal
Thc Californian gold in:awl; share market has been
cowparatirtly neglected this week,
soli
li.tttllie last two
John del Rey.
or three days prices have shown
most e wainiesis,
andsli g htthl yeL, reratesdu
tdfo.priTealhreieulinamhlsmr q;e4soitonautivoenasuarlieinosatitsa:feo:lelsso'wbls6e:e-tno
Agua net a Golden alountaie
_ e p‘aivrestto Mariposa,remi
•
has
42eenexcited by the consignment
7t
Avei
.6
Maria,pd
remis ot unn33t -;
;16A
nt b°l:4 -31-6661. frel io iunn, t to prem iu .
of
arilcifbonren2isa,npiackureidfereus
valued at
iuttufahht
the quartz,
zs:t
it
estimate.
tsnen. i
during the week on the
premises
a
Davie 2, Gmechurch-etreet. The
quartz,
cuatecrhi
thi
niz e snwiinsdo:Ofaie:roef seca:sibsavor_crbt
oi
oodt
nue :vs:
ceeowaf
por-
tions rote of per ton, whilst,
gworefoauptlebdcuublklei
peculiar
thoughtaffords
This
anis that
excellent
consign-
ment O O i
oPfoperrpotthroteilusinity for learning what, description of machinery
is bast Lulled for the effectual and most economical
lifornian
ex-
traction of the precious metal, and may give some idea
of the degree of success that Inv eventually attend Ca-
- being
quartz mining. Although greater eco-
nomy will, doubtless, be effected in the future transmis-
tton of gold quart to this couutiy, the result of the ex-
periments now going on may also serve to decide the
question as to whether tha gold ought to be extracted in
Cidifotnia, or in England, where the mechanical and aci-
tutt flu means are so much greater.

THE LAND OF BLACKBERRIES.
Talk not of the luscious land of vines; sing not the
praises of blue heavens and rivers which flow through
vintage-banks; of Rhines, and Moselles, and Mimes,
and Danubes; forget that there are regions of towering
palms, and fruitful bananas, and golden prairies reaching
to the sea—lands all fragrant with magnolia blossoms,
and jungles where the richest fruits rot, untouched, upon
the mould; sigh not for Grecian vales and isles of Paphos;
nor pine for the rose-gardens of Cashmere, nor for the
.scented bowers where the bulbul sings. . Black-
berries! rich, juicy, cool, and gushing, which, in the days
of boyhood, lured us with their jetty lusciousness, and
made us forget old Horace and the Pons Asinorum, and
in exchange for the Eton Grammar and the pickled
birch, gave us a larger life in the green woods, made our
young hearts beat with hopeful enthusiasm, and filled us
with the first taste of hfe's poetry. ho but would
love the simple fruits which recalled the memories of
orchard-robbing, school-mischief, April fools, holiday
rambles, and frantic dogs with kettles or crackers at
their tails? Blackberries—ah! away we go, the sun-
shine is still blinking among the trees, and although the
air grows chill, autumn is still ruddy, and the hedges
are yet fruitful. There is Epping Forest, whither we
wont from Stepney at eight years of age Blackberrying.'
We knew almost every dell, and cover, and tangled'
copse, and from any path could lead you:direct to the
richest garden of blackberries. We knew the haunts
of
We dreamt there among the
liornsey, and Finchley, and Old Ford, lorg before we
blackberries.
ritirwhich neither
were twelve years of age; and many a dream of Robin
Hood and Will Scarlet hare
fern, after having sated ourselves—after the fashion of
and bock education, we had the nobler J-Tuhsetri Justice e Greedy—withwas ltyeys a thech blackest c kaebsot
about
tf
tattered clothes, nor lacerated hands, nor angry looks at
home, nor harsh words at school, could ever dispel; and
to ccmp;:nsate for all the sorrows and trials of school
go into the thick wood,
drudgery
educa-
tion to be gained in the la.nd of Blackberries; . .
vferothmemtb?es3ro!aarndof acwitaiyawaend the tramp of then, far
from the soul 'a prison-house, into the free air of bosky
dells, where ragworts and haretells tremble, and the
fruits.—Eliza brambles bang their clouds of f • •za Cod 9
s

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BOTANICAL SOCIETY or LONDON.—The usual
monthly meeting of this society was held last evening, at
the seciety!s room, 20, Bedford-street, Strand ; Mr. J. E.
Gray, ER.S., president, in the chair. - Mr. G.E. Dennes, the
secretary, announced that many thousands of specimens of
British plants had been received since the last meeting, and
would be distributed to the members next month. The Pre-
sident nominated J. Mier, Esq., F.E.S., and A. lienfrey's
Esq., F.L.S., vice-presidents. A paper was read from Mr.
Batter- ." On three scies of Hieracium act described in the
third edition of the 'London Catalogue cf British Plants,'
Published for the society." The paper led to some discussion.
TELEGRAPH LETWEEN DUBLIN AND CORs—The
erection of the telegraph between these points is understood
Ito be contracted for at the rate of 2001, per mile.

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