The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

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REAT• • WESTERN RAILWAY.
- NOTICE Is HEREBT GIVEN, That on GOOD FRIDAY the
Trains will ran as on Sandays. with the addition of the Day Mall,
Till Paddington to Bristol, at 10.15 a.m.,; and from Bristol to Pad-
`ungtOn at 8.35 a.m., calling at the usual stations.
' Return Tickets issued on Thursday, the 24th March, and on Good
PrlclaY, will be available for the return journey on either of those
days, or on the 26th, 27th, or 28th inst.
For further particulars see handbills, which may be Obtained at
14°BtatIons, or at any of the offices of the Company.
raddington Station, 16111 March, 1853.

CONTRACT for TELEGRAPHIC INSTRU-
Na MENTS.—BRITISH ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Z-Tne Directors of the above Company are prepared to receive
TENDERS for the MANUFACTURE of INSTRUMENTS under
the Patents of the Company, in Sets of not less than Fifty Instru-
bunts.
SPecifications may be seen (and copied at the expense of the par-
ties tendering') and pattern instruments may be inspected on app
aation at the Central Offices of the Company, al Exchange,
London, between the hours of 1.1 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily.
By Order. _ .

GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary.
Central Station, 291, Royal Exchange,
London, March, 1853.

SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELE-
GRAPH COMPANIES INSTANTANEOUS COMMU-
-IKICATION with PARIS.—REDUCTION of TARIFF.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Wires of these
'oltlpanies have been connected with the Telegraph of the French
vernment ; and on and after this date, MESSAGES will be
it
ansmitted instantaneously between London and Paris, thus avoid-
ing the delays that have hitherto- occurred at Calais.
Notice is a so given, that a REDUCTION has been made in
the Rate of CHARGES between London and the Continent, particu-
'Us of which can be obtained on application at the offices.
No Message that is unintelligible can be transmitted to the Con-
tinent in consequence of the regulations of the French Government.
All Dispatches containing more than one Message will be charged
as if sent separately. These Companies reserve to themselves the
light of refusing all those Dispatches which, in their opinion, are
Unintelligible or contain more than one Message.
By order of the Directors,
G. L. PARROTT, Secretary.
80, Cornhlll, London, March 14, 1853.

THE FEATHER RIVER LAND and GOLD
MINING COMPANY, Nevada District, California.
Established in France as a Societe en Commandite, by which the
responsibility 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, 300,0001., 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' rtetsal operations.
Seventy-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 thesproperty has
been inspected and reported upon by a surveyor, and approved of by
the Board of Supervision, or sooner, should a general meeting of the
shareholders so determine—no payment beyond a deposit of five per
sent. upon the first moiety of the purchase money to be made to the
vendors until the property be thus approved.
BOARD OF SUPERVISION.
10 Paris—Monsieur Dronilard, Banker and Director of the Lyons
and Mediterranean Railway.
Monsieur Monteraault, Director of the Paris and Orleans
Railway Company.
In London—John Bagshaw, Esq.
R. Hartley Yennely, Esq.
„ R. W. Schneider, Esq.
John Stewart, Esq.
Charles Truman Fsq.
Capt. Leicester Vernon, R.E.
GIRANT IN PARIS—Mons. Ennemond Bagary.
BROKERS.
Messrs. G. Rurnaud & Co.. Cornhill.
Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, Old Broad-street.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co.
The London and Westminster Beak.
BANKERS IN PARlS.—Messrs. P. Gil and CO.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouse•yard.
SECRETARY.7Mr. William Bray.
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Offices.—ln Loudon :-64, Old Broad-street ; in Paris, 79, Rae

Richelieu,

This Company has beea enabled to secure, in the celebrated Ne-
'P,.ada District, California, the right to purchase the large property of
Thos. 0. Larkin, Esq., reported upon, as after mentioned, to contain
!1,600 acres in extent, and to possess extensive gold-bearing quartz
nins and auriferous deposits, and gold washings, and to be well
lwapted for agricultural purposes.
the Feapther River, which is a tributary of the Great Sacramento
giver, and to be at a distance of about 195 miles by water communi-
cation from San Francisco. The Sacramento is at all times naviga-
ble for steamers ; and it is stated that, during a greater portion of
,* Year, vessels can navigate the Feather River up to the property.
tie
estate is freehold, and the vendors guarantee an indisputable
Idle, 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, 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
both-west corner ofthe Table Mountain. Quicksilver has bean die-
rvered in the same vicinity, and I have been informed by men of
..eracity that a few diamonds have also been dug from the slope of
Vl:ie same mountain. The whole front of the estate on Feather
giver is about 24 miles, taking its meanders, and I believe the gold-
bearing quarts rack is to be found all along the bank of that stream,
'.lllll extending back generally two or three miles. By reference to
to the map you have all the principal points laid down of quartz
rock, rich diggings, &c."
Further important details will be found in the accompanying
._"°llment and map of the property; and other particulars of an in-
'eresting nature respecting this extensive territory may be inspected
at the office of the Company.
kr. Gray states to his Reports that specimens of the quartz veins
London
taken by him from the estate. These Mr. Larkin forwarded to
'London for analysis, and the result of that analysis, as given in the
'lipendix. shows that with careful management a large return for the
t.Pital invested may be reasonably expected front the Company's
Vining operations.
The working capital of 100,0001., leaving the remainder for pur-
chase money, will, It is anticipated, be amply sufficient to conduct
the operations of the Company; end it is intended to expend
`ll° same chiefly in erecting eV. ensive central mills for grinding the
suit', rous quartz on the property, and for reducing and extracting
m"1 gold from its matrices, whether sands, earths, or quartz, in the
ost complete, perfect, and economical manner; and also in en-
COuraging farmers to settle upon the property, whose-rents would be
!iurnmensurate with its valve and location, and who would in no
way interfere with the extraction of its mineral riches.
which
venders have agreed to sell the property at a price one-half of
io
ei included li, the present capital, and the remaining half
Pa+d when arklendi 10 the n the capital is increased to £500,000, and when
amount
efore of 20 per cent. have been paid to the
Shareholders
thus paid in mottles is nrobinabelnytiror one-hundredth
'faille of the gold to be extracted from the lands, independently of
their fitness and eligibility
for cultiva, los ; and the company have
been met 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 sot veyor, nominated by the
guard of Supervision, shall have examined the estate, reported 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 10/.
The Company may find it desirable that a town shall be erected
!ear the junction of the Feather River with the north fork of that
fer ; and as great facilities and advantages will b e offered to resi-
-"its, the particular lands to be set apart for this city, looking at the
Well known rapidity with which American cities are created and
Peopled, may probably, in a few years, realise prices sufficient to re-
Store to the Shareholders the entire purchase money.
AU organised system of granting leases of mines on the estate is
also in contemplation, which will yield large returns to this Corn-
knY; and the Board of Supervision desire to call the attention of
other individuals and companies contemplating the purchase of
44g lands. alluvial diggings, or quartz mixing locations, to their vast
-
farm-
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
'go:Mend—what may reasonably be expected from all succes.ful gold
bonuses.
least 10 per cent. on the entire capital besides
Zatlses. The investment in the shares must, therefore, be equal to
hat offered by any other company, either in Australia or California.
The Board of Supervision will have the power of carrying out the
;ontract with the vendors. and of settling the statutes of the corn-
le°l3r, under which all its affairs will be regulated. The deposit will
b
21 per share, thus paying up the shares in full at the time of allot-
Zent, and all deposits applicable -to the purchase money received
etn shares sold will beheld in like manner as the shares would have
been if slot sold—viz., until the surveyor's report has been received,
riot possession given, and a good title exhibited, and a proper con-
veyance executed.
%Applications for shares to be addressed to the Secretary', and to
Brokers of the Company; and no application can receive atten-
-11 unless references be given to Bankers or Stcakbrokers.

APPENDIX.
—..sACT OP A LETTER FROM NICHOLAS GRAY. U.S., StirMOP to the
lion. T. 0. LARKIN. Dated Hamilton, June 11th, 1852.
,2 With this you will receive a small box of specimens of gold-
jating quartz. The specimens here sent are not selected specimens,
use I wished to inform you corrretly, or Is ithin the truth, so as
ear thture examination. I saw much richer specimens.
1,.." This was dug out of a hole about 1% miles from Pocenix Mill
''''ewn as the Bloomingdale ledge or lead."
It is stated by Mr. Larkin's agent in this country that the box was
lent unopened from San Fraicisco to London, and assayed by John-
te and Matthey, and that in the specimens no gold was visible to
e naked eye. The report of Messrs. Johnson and Matthey is as
rOllOWs

" 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
Pass through the sieve, eual to Soz. 10 dwt. eStne gld to he
V 2 of 20 cwt. The line powder produced, by assay, gold o
equalt to
'lox. 10 dwts. of fine gold to the ton of 20 cwt.
ce- dwt, ".Tonssox and MATTEIS'S."
8 to
li 10

20 oat the present price of fine gold—viz., 84s. nicl. per oz.—
i' fr,,ves 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
thantity at least of gold ore per annum as is minded and crushed by
he celebrated St. Juin del Rey Company of Brazil. viz., about
'O,OOO 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. 11 s. per ton, of ore only as contrasted with the above extraor-
-41417 produce of 841. per ton. An average produce per ton of ore
,` one-tenth only of this sum—say 8/. per ton—must yield profits
C 4401 larger than the 20 per cent. dividend anticipated by the direc-
rs.

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