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London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

n_II,I3AT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Nol 3CE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That on GOOD FRIDAY the
;rrains Wil I nut as on Sundays, with the addition of the Day Mail,
from_ P,sdaington to Bristol, at 10.15 a.m., ; and from Bristol to Pad.
eingtva at 8.35 a.m., calling at the usual stations.
arn Tickets issued on Thursday, the 24th March, and on Good
j___'fidzki, will be, available for the return journey on either of those
'7B, or on the 26th, 27th, or 28th inst.
For flirther particulars see handbills, which may be obtained at
the Stations, or at any of the offices of the Company.
Paddington Station, 16111. March, 1853.

VONTRACT for TELEGRAPHIC INSTRU-
MENTS.—BRITIS Et ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
--The Directors of the above Company are prepared to receive
'ENDERS for the MINUFACTURF. of INSTRUMENTS under
the Patents of the Company, in Sets of not less than Fifty Insti
leuts,

SPecifie.ations may be seen (am', copied at the expense of the par.
IleS tendering) and pattern intexamet.ts may be inspected app'l.
eaUon at the Central Office', of the Company, Ro3 al Exchange,
Zondon, between the hours 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily.
By, Order. _ _ . _

GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary,
Central Station, 29i, 'Royal Exchange,
London, March, IM.

SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELE-
GRAPH COAIP ES INSTAN TAN I, OUS COMM U-
AICATION with PAR.LB.—REDUCTION of TARIFF.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Wires of these
Companies have been connected with the telegraph of the French
Government; and on and after this date, MESSAGES wili be
transinitted instant aneously between London and Paris, thus avoid-
lag the delays teat have hitherto occurred at Calais.
Notice is a so given, that A REDUCTION has been made in
the Rate of CIURGES between Londen and the Continent, particu-
aars of which can be obtained on application at the offices.
No Message that is unintelligible can be transmitted to the Con-
41,11ent in cenacquence of the regulations of the French Government.
—.All Dispatches containing more than one Message w4ll be charged
as it' sent separately. These C anpanies reserve to themselves the
right of refusing all those Dispatches which, in their opinion, are
1111111telligible or contain more than one Message.
By order of the Directors,
G. L. PARROTT, Secretary.
30, Cornhlll, London, March 14, 1853.

THE FEATHER RIVER LAND and GOLD
MLNING COMPANY, Nevada District, California.
astablished in France as a Societe en Commandite, by which the
res.onsibility of Shareholders is expressly limited to the amount
of their subscriptions.
For the purchase of a valuable freehold auriferous landed estate,
21,600 acres in extent.
Capital, 300,000/, in 160,000 Shares of 21. each.
To be increased to 500,0001. so soon as dividends to the amount of
twenty per cent. have been paid on the present capital, which is an-
tiCipated from the first twelve months' actual operations.
Neventy-five thousand of the above shares will be issued at once, of
Which twenty-five thousand have been subscribed for in New York ;
And the remainder are reserved to be issued when the property has
been Inspected and reported upon by a surveyor, and approved of by
" "wird of Supervision, orsooner, a general meeting of the
•.areholders so determine—no payment beyond a deposit of five per
eent- upon the first moiety of the purchase money to be made to the
Vendors until the property be thus approved.
BOARD OP .
In Paris—Monsieur Drouil ard, RankerSUPERVISION and Director of the Lyons
and Mediterranean Railway.
Monsieur Monternault, Director of the Paris and Orleans
Railway Company.
In London—John Bagshaw, Esq.
R. Hartley Kenne iy, Esq.
Y. W. t.chneider, Esq.
Pt John Stewart, Esq.
19 Charles Trueman, Fsq.
Capt. Leicester Vernon, R.E.
GERANT IN Peals—Mons. Ennemond Bagary.

BROKERS.
Messrs. G. nurnaud & Co.. Cornhill.
Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, Old Broad•street.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co.
The London and Westminster Bank.
BANKERS IN PARlS.—Messrs. P. Gil and Co.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhonse•yard.
SECRETARY.—Mr. William Bray.
_ .

Offices.—ln London :-64, Old Broad-street ; -in Paris, 79, Rue

Richelieu.

This Company has been enabled to secure, in the celebrated Ne-
'Ude District, California, the right to purchase the large property of
' Thos. 0. Larkin. Esq., reported upon, as after mentioned, to contain
31,600 acres in extent, and to possess extensive gold-bearing quartz
/reins and auriferous deposits, and gold washings, and to be well
adapted for agricultural purposes.
The property is described as being situated on the west bank of
the Feather River, which is a tributary of the Great Sacramento
/giver, and to be at a disc ance of about i 95 miles by water commie-
cation from San Francisco. The Sacramento is at all times naviga-
ble for steamers ; and it is stated that, during a greater portion of
the year, vessels can navigate the Feather River up to the property.
The estate is freehold, and the vendors guarantee an indisputable
title, free from incumbrances.
The mineral importance and value of the property will be best
.judged of by the following extract from the report of the Surveyor,
Nicholas Gray, Esq., who, in September, 1852, surveyed it as an officer
Under orders from the United States Government. fter giving a
detailed description of each lot, ho sums up his report as follows :-
4' I class the whole estate, containing 21,656 70-100 acres, as mi-
sieral land. Gold is found from the bottom of the smallest gully to
the summit of the highest mountain on the land, in the soil as in the
quartz rock. Some indications of iron are to be observed at the
south-west corner ofthe Table Mountain. Quicksilver has been dis-
covered in the same vicinity, and I have been informed by men of
veracity that a few diamonds have also been dug from the slope of
the same mountain. The whole front of the estate on Feather
itiver is about 24 miles, taking its meanders, and I believe the gold-
bearing quartz rock is to be found all along the bank of that stream,
and extending back generally two or three miles. By reference to
to the mar you have all the principal points laid down of quartz
reek, rich diggings, &c."
A Further important details will be found in the accompanying
.'octunent and map of the property; and other particulars of an in-
teresting nature respecting this extensive territoi7 may be inspected
at the office of the Company.
Mr. Gray states is his Reports that specimens of the quartz veins
**ere taken by him from the estate. These Mr. Larkin forwarded to
London for anal) sis, and the result of that analysis, as given in the
aPPendix, shows that with careful manag2ment a large return for the
capital invested may be reasonably expected from the Company's
t» fining operations.
The working capital of 100,0001., leaving the remainder for pur-
chase money, will, it is anticipated, be amply sufficient to conduct
all the operations of the Company; t• nd it is intended to expend
the same chiefly in erecting ex' ensive central mills for grinding the
auriferous quartt on the property, and for reducing and extracting
the gold from its matrices, whether sands, earths, or quartz, in the
'most complete, perfect, and economical manner; and also in en-
araging farmers to settle upon the property, whose rents would he
commensurate with its value and location, and who would in no way
Tbinreze interfere with the extraction of its mineral riches.
Whig Is agreed to sell the property at a price one-half of
is to be pad uded in the present capital, and the remaining half
when
the capital is increased to £500,000, and when
dividends to the amount
of 20 cerit. have been paid to the
Shareholders as before mention:rd. The entire price to be.
thus paid in moities is probably not one-hundredth part of the mere
value of the gold to be extracted from the lands, independently of
their fitness and eligibility for cultiva•loll ; and the company have
been met with the greatest fairness by the vendors, who do not seek
to be paid for the estate, ex?eptva deposit of 5 per cent on one moiety
of the purchase money, until an English surveyor, nominated by the
Board of supervision, shall have examined the estate, resorted upon
It, and declared it to be in accordance with the prospectus. The
Price per acre on the portion of purchase-money payable out of the
Present capital is less than .01.
The Company may find it it esirable that a town shall bo erected
near the junction of the Feather River with the north fork of that
river ; and as great facilities and advantages will be offered to resi-
dents, the particular lands to be set apart for this city, looking at the
Nvell known rapidity with which' American cities are created an I
'Peopled, may probably, in a few years, realise prices sufficient to re-
store to the Sharehwlder, the entire purchase money.
An organised system of granting leases of mines on the estate is
also in contemplation, which will yield large returns to this Com-
pany; and the Board of Supervision desire to call the attent!on of
other individuals and companies contemplating the purchase of farm-
ing lands, alluvial diggings, cr quartz milting locations, to their vast
tracts of territory. The Board will be prepared to make sales and
grant leases of portions of the Feather River Estate.
The Board of supervision believe that they indulge in no exagge-
ration when expressing their conviction that the estate fairly put to
Work to its full capabilities will, for many years, annually yield as
dividend—what may reasonably be expected from all succes ful gold
c°2nPanies—at least 20 per cent. on the entire capital besides
bonuses. The Investment in the shares must, therefore, be equal to
that offered by any other company, either in Australia or California.
The Board of Supervision will have the power of carrying out the
contract with the vendors. and of settling the statutes of the com-
pany, under which all its affairs will be regulated. The deposit will
be 21. per share, thus paying up the shares in lull at the time of allot-
rnent, and all deposits applicable to the purchase money received
from shares sold will be held in like manner as the shares would have
been if not sold—viz., until the surveyor's report has been received,
(inlet possession given, and a good title exhibited, and a proper con-
veyance executed.
Applications for shares to be addressed to the Secretary, and to
the Brokers of the Company; and no application can receive atten-
tion unless references be given to Bankers or Stcokbrokers.

APPENDIX.
ErisAar OP ♦ LETTER FROM NICHOLAS GRAY. U.S., Surveyor to the
Hon. T. 0. ',Altura Dated Hamilton, June 11th, 1852.
" "Pirkh this you will receive a small box of specimens of gold-
bearing quartz. The specimens here sent are not selected specimens,
because I wished to inform you corrretly, or within the truth, so as
to bear future examination. I saw much richer specimens.
" This was dug out of a hole about I 4 miles from Poo3nlx Mill
known as the Bloomingdale ledge or lead."
It is stated by Mr. Larkin's agent in this country that the box wag
Sent unopened from San Francisco to London, and assayed by John-
lon and Matthey. and that in the specimens no gold was visible to
the naked eye. The report of Messrs. Johnson and Matthey is as
follows

" Assay-office, 79, Hatton-garden, London,
August 25, 1852.
"The box of gold quartz had half of each piece taken off, and the
Whole crushed together very fine, giving grains of gold, which would
not Pass through the sieve, equal to Soz. 10 dwt. of fine gold to the
ton of 20 cwt. The fine powder produced, by assay, gold equal to
lloz. 10 dwta. of fine gold to the ton of 20 cwt.
05. dirt. " JoHNOoi Lid Minim"
8 10
11 10

20 oat the present price of fine gold—viz., 84s. 7Ud. per oz.—
Rives a value of about 841. to the ton of 20 cwt.
It is intended that the machinery to be erected by the Feather
River Company shall be capable of crushing and reducing the same
quantity at least of gold ore per annum ate is minded and crushed by
the celebrated St. Ju in del Rey Company of Brazil. viz., about
60,000 tons per annum. The average produce of gold per ton, ob-
tained by that company, as per their published reports, gives a value
of 11. lls. per ton, of ore only as contrasted with the above extraor-
utnarY produce of 841. per ton. An average produce per ton of ore
of one-tenth only of this sum—say 81. per ton—must yield profits
InUch larger than the 20 per cent. dividend anticipated by the direc-
t rs.

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