The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-17 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the 11th inst.
that
The weekly Council of Ministers was held 00
day at La Granja, under the presidency of the Quee°,;et
A commission of engineers had been sent to in`l3-,,
the works of the Aranjuez and Tembleque Rails if
which was to be immediately opened to public traffic'
the result of the inspection was satisfactory. 7401
The Three per Cents. were done at 43i ; the
Three per Cents. at 23 7-16 ; the Debt of the First 1,18
at 101 ; and that of the Second at 51.

GREAT NUGGET VEIN COMP q.

Advices from the Great Nugget Vein Company (1%.°01••
South Wales) have been received to the 31st of 11.1n5' or
warding a resume of their general proceedings, the ofr
titulars of which are already known, and also a °Pit of
notes received from Mr. Spence, the Superintendel2;be
the Colonial Gold Company, by whom the vein iSr01:1
worked, dated, from the spot, on the 30th of API.' ap it
the 14th of May. From these, which are subjoin the
tho
appears that Mr. Spence is steadily proceeding vt-it-oa
erection of the machinery to enable him to crush to
wash 100 tons of rock and earth per day, accordicgtbst
the agreement between the two companies, and Are
meanwhile the Chinese labourers in his service
employed to wash some of the alluvial deposits inc`tlis
in the Nugget Company's claim, monthly reports °e orth
results of which the secretary promises shall henc
be sent to London with regularity 1553•
" Louisa Creek, April 30, „ress:
"I found on my arrival here a letter from you, e" and
big a desire for some information as to our prose?
eat I.°
proceedings. I believe I have been a little neg''et and'
respect, but my frequent absences and constel'f ger
ous occupation have interfered with my intention °orlon°
ing your board acquainted with the results of our
operations. • 01
you allude to certain extravagant reports co pa
in Sydney as to the anticipated produce of the 'Part °rig;
alluvium. I to assure you that they have o,°,a the
mated with me, cand wish it to be distinctly undere!'°;. refer
I never authorise any statement whatever, he, vini;ppeere
once to the returns from these claims, ,t but what lace
ploee
in my correspondence with you. Parties visiting cosnce
may be so charmed with a specimen, or the oPilroistt
of a lucky prospecting pan, as to forget the vinc`, witic°
of such things, and the enormous expense, ob°ll;ovoftb
there is no doubt whatever. That your shares eover ,„
a handsome premiums I really believe, for, wil,asniusb
the issue of the undertaking to my compolaY, wit"
inevitably be in the receipt of a large atnot.ln t calls()
little or no deduction. I do not see any sufaele!irie i°
at present to regret the step I have taken, In' it,
mind the many considerations that urged me wii7-'0 are
sides the probable richness of your claims. a crab
°
making good progress. The Chinese work well, an ,st niay
me to reduce the average cost of labour to voi_hieeff
Probably be remunerative. Allarge:portion of the no:,
is on the ground, tLe foundations are PrePToo eilsr
stone for the building is excavated, and ill each es
growing rapidly into shape • all other work,roceo,
the erection of workshops and habitations and Or'ra on'
&c., is beginning to make an appearance. the rid to
tinuinc the level north and south along :_,(l sappg.
breaking out the lode so as to accumulate a r?l',,,
of quartz. To the north it is less promise be
11''
hoped ;to the south it equals my expectationss.. ov.rii
I shall be able shortly, from observation_orh
the
other places, to arrive at some definite rulesfw's
of auriferous quartz. We have been doing. s,, no. seal°,
with the alluvium this month, and, notwiths_t
_nc"01101,e_ool
very bad weather, and a little eccentricity of the
110 os.
r
the deposits, the produce since the 4th is abort mac:.
six whole and two half licenses. The boles p,.. aro, to
of the stuff rejected will yet pay to 1;""
chinery." 1863'
Want is correct in assuming that there is quartz, with
11
" Yours dated the 6th" lonoluyisraeaCcrheeeckl Creek,
e tYo
yield 4 oz. to the ton, for I proved it this
Iviheaek
t 7
portioo
not
tons ; but then it is selected, and compose
oonWetet
the vein we call the leader.' I have mow _sp astbe
men upon the ground for all mechanical purposes number
rol,
large troop of Chinese for ordinary works
_nood pve.
just about 100, all told. We have not got
_l-I,o",:pers.o to
duce o e alluvium lately, because ,
se'entireff
rtihneg
runl y
eft onwardhdienpsot es
iatd;
expect we s
well this month. ourselvlieta do
pretty
sotfillcolnfining

I" I remain,
" EDWARD J. SVENCE,
'
" Superintendent Colonial Gold C00P614

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