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Paddington Station, 1616. March, 1853.

CIONTRAC' r for TELEGRAPHIC INSTRU-
MENTS.-13 RITISEI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHCOMPANY.
---The Directors oe the above Company are prepared to receive
TENDERS for thr 3 MANUFACTURE of INSTRUMENTS under
the Patents of the Company, in Sets of not less than Fifty Insuli-
n:lents.
Specifications -may be seen (and copied at the expense pf the par-
ties tendering), and pattern instruments may be inspected on appli-
cation at Ur.: Central Offices of the Company, Ro> al Exchange,
London, bet,va m the hours of. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily.
By Order.
GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary,
Central Mt lon, 29f, Royal Exchange,
Lon don, March, 1853.

QIJI3IVIARINE AND EUROPEAN TELF,
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the Rat e of CHARGES between London and the Continent, particu-
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as if sent separately. These Companies reserve to themselves the
right of r efusing all those Dispatches which, in their opinion, are
"inking ible or contain more than one Message.
• By order of the Directors,
- G. L. PARROTT, Secretary.
80, ( !ornhlll, London, March 14, 1853:

THIE FEATHER RIVER LAND and GOLD
XINING COMP ANY, Nevada District, California.
Established in France as a Societe en Commandite, by which the
responsibility of Shareholders is expressly limited to the amount
of theit subscriptions.
For th e purchase of a valuable freehold auriferous landed estate,
21,600 at Its in extent.
Capital, 300.,0001., in 150,000 Shares of 21. each.
To be ncreased to 5,00,0001. so soon as dividends to the amount of
rifenty P sr cent. have been paid on the present capital, which is an-
elPated from the first twelve months' actual operations.
fievent ,_five thousand of the skive shares will be issued at once, of
Which talent 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
then"Lacif Supervision. or sooner, sligirta getieral meeting of the
ihareholdei is so determine—no payment beyond a depssit of five per
sent. upon the first moiety of the purchase money to be made to the
Vendors tin til the property be thus approved.

BOARD OF SUPERVISION.
111 Paris--; Monsieur Drouillard, Hanker and Director of the Lyons
and Mediterranean Railway.
Monsieur Monteraault, Director of the Paris and Orleans
Railway Company.
In London—John Bagst, aw. Esq.
R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq.
R. W. Schneider, Esq.
111 John Stewart, Esq.
Charles Trueman, Esq.
Cspt. Leicester Vernon, R.F.
GI ANT iN ream Mons. Ennemond Bagary.

BROKERS.
Messrs. G. Rumaud & Co., Cornhill.
Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, Old Broad-street.

BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co.
The London and Westminster Bank.
BANE= IN PAsts.—Messrs. P. Gil and Co.

- SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouse-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-
'viola District, California, the right to purchase the large property of
'Thos.
0. Larkin, Esq., reported upon, as after mentioned, to contain
21,600 acres in extent, and to possess extensive gold-bearing quartz
'veins 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 ldiver, which is a tributary of the Great Sacramento
/fiver, and to be at a distance of about 195 miles by water communi-
!adore from San Francisco. The Sacramento is at all times itaviga-
h!et for steamers ; and it is stated that, during a greater portion of
lee year, yes eels 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
ltldged of by the following extract from the report of the Surveyor,
Slcholas Gray, Esq.., who, in September, 1852, surveyed it as an officer
Ander orders from the "United States Government. . fter giving a
detailed description of each lot, he sums up his report as follows :
" I class the whole estate, containing 21,656 70-100 acres, as mi-
neral 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 of•the Table Mountain. Quicksilver has bean dis-
eovered 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 Berne mountain.' The whole front of the estate on Feather
River is about 24. miles, taking its meanders, and I believe the gold-
bearing quarts re ich is to be found all along the bank of that stream,
and extending br ask generally two or three miles. By reference to
to the map you. have all the principal points laid down of quartz
rock, rich diggln.gs, Ste." -
Further imp(' Ttlnt details will be found in the accompanying
document and n sap of the property; and other particulars of an in-
teresting natter, respecting this extensive territory may be inspected
at the office of I the Company.
Mr. Gray sta tea in his Reports that specimens of the quartz veins
trere taken by .him from the estate. These Mr. Larkin forwarded to
London for an ,ab sire and the result of that analysis, as given in the
appendix, shows that with careful management a large return for the
capital inveslred may be reasonably expected from the Company's
operations.
The working capital of 100,000/., leaving the remainder fcr pur-
chase mono y, will, it is anticipated, be amply sufficient to . conduct
all the operations of the Company; .nd it is intended to expend
the Paine chiefly in erecting extensive central Mills for grinding the
a uriferoua qi tartz on the property, and for reducing and extracting
gold fro, n its matrices, whether sands, earths, or quartz, in the
meet complete,
n perfect, and economical manner; and' also in en-
rounag.,3nfararrners to settle upon the property, whose rents would be
way
nuirt,r.eale with its value and location, and who would In no
The Yell ley the extraction of its mineral riches.
which is inciZedvetnag,yed to sell the property at a price one-half of
is icnard.etaasl.ecndo I,hseoorgomop,aairndnindtgowhht;nlef
to, be pad when the
she 57g.
dfride.s& to the amount of 20 per cent. have been
Shareholders as before mentioned. The entire price to be
thus paid in monies is probably not one-hundredth part cd the mere
-value of the gold to be extracted from the lands, independently of
-their fitness sal eligibility for cultivaloa ; and the company have
• been fret with the greatest fairness by the vendors, who do not seek
to be paid for the estate, except a deposit of 5 per cent on one moiety
of the purchase money, until an English sat veyor, nominated by the
Board of Supervision, shall have examined the estate, reported upon
its and declared it to be in a. cordance with the prospectus. The
Price per acre on the portion of purchase-money payable out of the
Present capital is less than 0/.
The Company may find it desirable that a town shall be erected ,
Mar 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
Well known rapidity with which American cities are created an.l
Peopled, may pro.bably, in a few years, realise prices sufficient to re-
Anstoreto ars Sterreholdere the entire purchase money.
organised system of granting leases of mines on the estate Is
also in contemplation, which will yield large returns to this Com-
14°Y; and the Board of Supervision desire to call, the attention of
other individuals and companies contemplating the purchase of fermi
Ing lands, alluvial diggings, cr quartz misting lations, to their vas
traces of territory. The Board will be prepared to make sales and
• leant 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
Veil to its full capabilities will, for many years, annually yield as
dividend—what may reasonably be expected from all succes ful gold
,companies—at least r 0 per cent. on the entire capital besides
°onuses. 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 corn-
113', under which all its affairs will be regulated. The deposit will
be 21. per share, thus paying up the shares in full at the time of allot-
Ment, and all deposits applicable to the purchase money received
*Gm sharer sold will beheld in like manner as the shares would have
been if not sold—viz., until the surveyor's report has been received,
. quiet possession given, and a good title exhibited, and a proper con-
e Yance 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 Stockbrokers.

APENDIX.
EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM NICHOLAS GRAY. U.S., Surveyor to the

Hon. T. 0. LARKIN. Dated Hamilton, June 11th, 1852.
" With 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 tear future examination. I saw much richer specimens.
" This was dug out of a hole about 1% miles from Pocenix Mill
known as the Bloomingdale ledge Or lead."
It is stated by Mr. Larkin's agent in this country that the box wm
sent unopened from San Francisco to London, and assayed by John-
sob 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
toff of 20 cwt. The fine powder produced, by assay, gold equal to
110 z. 10 dwta. of fine gold to the ton of 20 cwt.
dwt. "JOHNSON and Marrnai."
8 10,
11 10
20 oat the present price of fine gold—viz., 84s. 7Ud. per ez.—
Rives a value of about 841. to the tou 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 as is minded and crushed by
the celebrated St. Juan 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 1/. lis. per ton, of ore only as contrasted with the above extraor-
dinary produce of 841. per ton. An average produce per ton of ore
of one-tenth only of this Sum—say 8/. per ton—must yield profits
much larger than the 20 per cent. dividend anticipated by the direc-
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