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This co PROSPECTUS.
mine nraPany is formed for the purchase and working a rich gold
a fr h 'rmige County, Virginia, in the United States, situate on
timbeid
red, estate of 439 acres of good land, well watered, fenced,
15 miners'
and under cultivatlon. A substat,tial dwelling-house and
loners' houses, with shops, st4'res, and other buildings neees-
Yl ; milling purposes, are on the property fit for occupation.
It Ised. ,state is situated close to the Orange Coanty Turnpike road.
, „ e ',tent only ninety-three miles from Washington, the capital
iin!la, United States, and twenty-three from Fredericksburg, on the
hannock, which is navigable for ships, and from which port
shipmentsgood
road from
can be made to England in fourteen days. There is a
The rout the estate to the shipping port.
climate of this part of Virginia is temperate, and perfectly
healthyn The country presents all the advantages arising from
rtia
item ent and settled population, ample means of intercommunica-
,.„l,3' steam and rail, and facilities for procuring labour.
fecZa purchase is in fee simple. The title to the property is per-
royailtts iag free, and clear from all incumbrances whatsoever, no
or dues being payable, except one twelfth to the present
Proprietors.
chZte Company having completed their arrangements for the pur-
-4,1;7 of this valuable estate, and having received all the necessary
their gal documents conferring title, which are in the possession of
437beilleso:lcitors, Messr., Tucker and Sons, Sun chambers, 61, Thread-
street, City, offer it to the public rs a secure and unquestion-
. basis for the profitable investment of capital.
0,4 e great saving to the Company, and •nost important advantage
th r the Australian and Californian Gold Mines, will acciue from
the facility of obtaining labour at low wages. Nevertheless, it will
auritteesUrY to send out a tew experienced miners from
no England,
here being but so few mines in the district, there is fear of
desertion.
'B4l Present lea one vein has been opened. the direction of which
habout northst and south-west. About four hundred yards
quZityiwNtst of this lode, and ti:,parently parallel to it, is a strong
abut • in, 20 feet in width, which can be traced on the surface ior
„„,_, a mile and a half through the property. There are also three
smaller veins, two to the north and one to the south, which are
crOPPing out in places. Between 50i and 600 tons of ore have
nu raised, and are now the property of the Company, ready for
reduction.
2 secured,
valuable services of Mr. Henwood, F.R.S., F.G.S.S have been
."-";ed, and he will proceed at once to the property. '1 his gentle-
thr 3 great practical experience cannot fail to be of the most essen-
... service to the Company, and he hopes that, by using due dlli-
,,ee, everything will be in full working order by the end of the
][resent Year. Mr. Henwood will select a staff fully competent to
e„
James
out the interests of the Company in conjunction with 'Z'Aiptain
been4eS Barrett, who has, upon that gentleman's recommendation,
appointed chief mining captain.
4,,nclillg the negotiations for the purchase, it was deemed
at limbic to Investigate in the most searching manner all the
po4st_en'enta made with regard to the property, and for this pur-
two gentlemen, interested in the purchase of the mine,
proceeded from London to: Virginia. On reaching the property
7 found, on a careful examination, that it fully bore out the
statementAga instructed
made, and Mr. Henwood, who accompanied them,
'4 instructed to take from the ore what he considered a fair
byonag e• This having been done, the ore was sealed up in iron-
u:"l, Packages, with his owa private seal, and transmitted direct to
Ws. Johnson and Matthey, of 79, Hatton-garden. These pack-
' - . t•fl were opened in the presence of several gentlemen. The entire
? the
(344 lbs.) was then crushed, and the following is a copy of
e assay

" Assay-office, 79, Hatton-garden.
v_id assayed,
_lie two packages of minerals delivered to us sealed, and opened
in the presence of several gentlemen, have been carefully crushed
and produced the following result of gold to the ton of
" cwt.

oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
No, I. Fi •
nely powdered mineral. ... 2 6 16'j
Grains which would not pass through 7 11 16
,_. the sieve ••.••••• • • ' ' '' • •
5 5 0
'''' 2 Finely powdered mineral... ... .... 0 17 12
Grains which would not pass through 1 6 12
A the sieve •• . •••••••••• • • • . • • • • 0 9 0
„,f,ex•sample of equal weight, taken from both packages, and wel
`4•L d together, produced :

oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Finely powdered mineral • • ...... 1 3 8
Grains which world not pass 3 10 0
through the seive ...• •26 16 }

cwt. qrs. lbs.
Weight of ore in No. 1 package •• • ...... 1 2 2
Ditto ditto No. 2 package.. ••• • • .... ... I 2 0
(Signed) " JOHNSON and MATTHEY."
2 Thus it will he seen that on taking the average of 4 oz. 9 dwt.
tharis• to the ton, and the price of gold at 31. 16s. per ounce, the
pr u,...ce amounts to nearly 171. per ton, and in order that some
."dy be formed of the probable returns, it may not be
sadered irrelevent to edam to the St. John del Ray Mini
yi'mPany, which at present pays a eliN:dend of 251. per cent. upon a
(‘.r!ld of 1/. 10s. of gold per ton, and according to their last Report
"Times" of 4th June), raised no lrs than 82,642 tons in the
""I eliding 31st December, 1852, and 79,810 tons in the year 18
Ds_ he Directors, however, Sllbmit the follewhlg calculation, showing
iratturos which they confidently anticipate will be realised : ane,
eeinTng , they wish it to be distinctly borne in multi that the cal-
o abased not upon the highest assay of 7oz. I ldwts. 16grs.,
lewev.en the average of 4oz. 9dwts. 2grs.; but they have taken the
ou,n.ti a May yiz., loz. 6dwts. 12grs , the price of gold 3/. I6s. per
tillit'e• tithea e quantity to be reduced at 50 tons per
ar,..WaY produce of 300 days at 50 tons wit. be 15,000 tons; and
deducting 11. per ton for expenses, the amount realised will be
awards or 60,0001. per annum.
The further corroboration of this calculation it has been deemed
' hem to take equal quantities indiscriminately from each of the
;aliasesll3., of crushed ore (N o. 1 and No. 2), and forward em to Dr.
kg', Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Claudet for additional examinations.
ined are the results of the various tests, which the Directors
se
Or 41'4 as the fullest possible contirmatory evidence of the richness
ores as already tested by Messrs. Johnson and Matthey
72say of two materials marked No. 1 ard No. 2, sent the
June 3,
secretesY of the Chancellorsv,ille F•eehold Gold Mining Company,
3, 1853 :
geidlC°. 1. One ton of this material contains 46% ounces of metallic
333 E ounces of metallic silver.
Bela °' 2' One ton of this materiel contains 41 ounces of Metallic
also 4% ounces of metallic silver.
(Signed) " JOHN RYAN, M.D.,
Maryland House, Stratford."

" City School of Chemistry and Assay Office,
1, Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street, May 23, 1853.
This is to certify that I have examined a sample marked Ico. 1,
sent by the Chaueel'orsville Freehold Gold Mining Company, and
..41 it coutainS—

SILVER.

Oz. Dwt. Gr. Oz. Dwt. Gr.
In metallic grains on 9 5 0 2 10 0
Iletal from ore ••••• • • .. 2 15 12 0 19 4

12 0 12 3 9 4
(Signed)
" JOHN MITCHELL, F.C.S."
is: This is to ceiLify that I haye examined a sample marked No. 2,
Z'lt by the chancelorsyllie Freehold Gold Mining Company, and
"4d it contr'ns—

SILVER,

Oz.llwt.Gr.
In metallic grains on sieve•• • • • • • • 2 19 15 0 16 8
Metal from ore •• • • • • • • '• • • 2 18
19
0 19 14

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No. VIII., price Sixpence, of "TIDE PRESS," the new
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L.ETTRES d'un ANGLAIS au L 0 TIMES" sur
AA LOUIS NAPOLEON L'EMPIRE et la COUP D'ETAT.
Translated from English by permission of the Author, with Notes,
by the Editors of the " Courrler de l'Europe."
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By order of the Board.
G. BUTLER, Secretary.

CONTRACTS for TEA,TOBACCO,MUSTARD,
PEPPER, and SUGAR.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 17 June, 1853.
The Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
cf the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
Notice, that on Thursday, the 7th July next, at Ono o'Clock, they
will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victurtrng
Stores at Gosport and Pi ,nouth, the undenaentioned Articles,
viz.:—

To be delivered at When to be dAlverml.
Gosport. Plymouth.
lbs. lbs.
Tea, Congott.... 15,000 10,000 'One-half of each in six weeks,
Tons. Tons. and the remainder !Tt four
Tobacco 15 10 weeks a:Zerwards, or ear-
Mustard in Flour 4 2 lier if preferred by the patty
Pepper, whole Black— 2 tenderin,.
Sugar 40
The Tea, Tobacco, Pepper, and Sugar to be exempted from the
Customs Duties.
No Tender will be received for a less quantity of Teat than 2,000
lbs., of Tobacco than Tons, of Mustard and Pepper han 1 Ton
each, and of Sugar than 10 Tons.
Samples of the Tea (not less than 2 lbs., from the bonded ware-
house), and of the Tobacco, Mustari, Pepper and Sugar (not less
than 2 lbs. of each), must be produced by the parties Tendering.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted,
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con-
tracts have been decided.
The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the Victualling Yards
at Gosport and Plymouth, at the office of Commander Bevis, at
Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at Bristol. No
Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor
any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for klm, duly
authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for
and must also be delivered at Somerset•place, and those for Tea and
Sugar must be accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible
person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in
the sum of 201. ,per cent. on the value, for the due performance of
each of the Contracts.

CONTRACTS FOR PEAS, OATS, AND SUGAR.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and
Transport Services,
Somerset-place, 18th June, 1853.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY,
the 28th July next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and
delivering into Her Majesty's Victualling Store at Deptford the
undermentioned at tides, viz. :
Qrs. Half of each to be delivered in
Peas .... -.300 six weeks, and the remainder
month afterwards, or

Oats, for making Oatmeal ...300 in a _
, Tons. earlier if preferred by the
Sugar .. •• • • ..... ...... —lOO J party tendering.
The Sugar to be exempted from the Customs Duties.
No Tender will be received for a less quantity of Peas and Oats
than 100 Quarters of each, and of Sugar than 20 Tons.
Samples of the Peas and Oats (not less than 2 quarts of each), and
of the sugar (not less than 21bs.), must be produced by the parties
tendering, otherwise the Tender will not be noticed.
The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, maybe seen at the said olive, at the office of Com-
mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at
Bristol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him
duly authorised in writing.
Every tender must be a idressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender fur
and must also be delivered at Somerset-Place, and those for Sugar
must be accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of
201. per es nt. on the value, for the due oetibrmance of the contract.

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six days (see Lancet " of 6th Nov., 1852, an extract from which
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