The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-15 00:00:00

TEE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC
JUNCTION COMPANY.
Navigation through the Isthmus of Darien without Locks.
Notice is Hereby Given, that the Directors will proceed to an
Allotment of Shares on Tll UnS DAY, the 17Ih instant.
J. ROBERTS BLACK, Secretary.
36, Moorgate-street, Bth March, 1853.

EA T WESTERN RAILWAY.-
WARWICK RACES.
N.GTICE IS BEREBT GIVEN, that the EXPRESS TRAINS
ketween Paddington and Birmingham will STOP at WARWICK, on
the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th March, for the convenience of Passen-
gers attending the Races.
The Trains leave Paddington for Warwick at 6.15 a.m., Third
Class ; 7.40 a.m., 9.45 a.m., Express; 11.15, Third Class ; 2.0 p.m.,
.4;50:11.m.. Express.
Paddington Station,March 10, 1853.

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LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslnw-house, Fulham-
road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during
the week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock," " Carillonneur," and
"Amine" Waltzes, the " Chami'agne "Le cirque" Quad-
rille ; "La Debardeuse," " Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas.—
Admission, Is. Doors open at Half•past Eight; dancing to com-
mence at Nine o'clock, and to terminate at Half-past Eleven.

NOTICE.
TO INVENTORS, ARTISTq, AND OTHERS.
THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION is now CLOSED until EASTER MONDAY, for the
purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW ROOMS for a 2110T0-
GRAPHIc SCH &c., &c.
MODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to the Vie'.
tors, WORKS of ART, &c., will be RECEIVED for EXHIBITION,
free of expense to the Depositors, until the 21st of MARCH.

SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELE-
GRAPH COMP ANI ES INSTA o. TAN OUS COMM U.
ICATI ON with PARIS.—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 wil:
be
transmitted 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-
lars of which can be obtained on application at the offices.
No Message that is unintelligible can be transmitted fo 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 C mpanies reserve to themselves the
right 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.
30, Cornhill, London, March 14, 1853.

THE CEYLON LAND AND MINING
COMPANY.
I_, This Company is formed for the purchase of land development of
the mineral resources of the Island of Ce lon. "
• The fact that Ceylon abounds with mineral wealth has been now
ascertained beyond any doubt.
The Directors desire to draw attention to the following, taken
from " Copies of extracts of correspondence between her Majesty's
Government and parties in Ceylon, vide Blue Book, page 15, printed
by order of the House of Commons, 21st July, 1847 :"--" Persons
the best informed entertain little doubt that the vast mineral re-
sources of the country hitherto undeveloped, but which are known
extensively to abound, will eventually present no inconsiderable
feature in the export trade of the country."
EXTRACT TAKEN FROM REPORTS OF SIR I. E. TENNANT, LATE
COLONIAL SECRETARY OF CEYLON. _ I

"Ceylon is rich in minerals. Metallic products comparatively
unnoticed in the interior."
• EXTRACT FROM REPORT BY DR. TIRE.

" Upon the analytical examination of certain samples of sulphuret
of copper and of copper pyrites from Ceylon; placed in my hands by
lir. Galbraith, as imported for The Ceylon Land and Mining Com-
pany,' I find that these specimens are exceedingly rich, and vary in
composition. Some of them, like that marked No. 22, from Ceylon,
contain nearly two-thirds (sixty-six per cent.) of copper for one-
third of sulphur.
(Signed) "ANDREW URN, M.D., F.R.S., Analytical Chemist.
" 25, Keppel-street, March 1, 1853."
EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF MESIRS. WHITE AND DU MAURIER.
" We beg to state that the specimen submitted to us by Mr. Gal-
braith, as imported by ' The Ceylon Land and Mining Company,' is of
the sulphuret, and yields 72 percent.
"The minor copper ores contain 26 and 38 per cent.
(Signed) " WHITE AND DU MAURIER.
"5, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, Feb. 26, 1853."
The Directors do not deem it necessary in this advertisement to
offer other equally important extracts from reports and other docu-
ments in their possession, but they may be inspected on application at
the Offices of the Company.
The originals of the above, as also maps of the island, with sped •
mens of the ores, can be seen and prospectuses had, and applications
for Shares made to S. Woods, jun., Esq., Broker to the company,
No. 3, N ewraan's-court, Cornhill, or at the temporary Offices of the
Company, 23, New Broad-street.

THE FEATHER RIVER LAND and GOLD
31INI1 G COMPANY, Nevada District, California.
Established in France as a Societe en Comrnandite, 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 150,000 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.
Seventy-five thousand of the above shares will be issued at once, of
Which twenty-live 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
the Board of Supervision, or sooner, should a general meeting of the
shareholders so determine—no payment beyond a deposit of live per
cent. upon the first moiety of the purchase money to be made to the
vendors until the property be thus approved.

BOARD OF SUPERVISION.
In Paris—Monsieur Drouiliard, Hanker and Director of the Lyons
and Mediterranean Railway.
Pt Monsieur Monternault, Director of the Paris and Orleans
Railway Company.
In London—John Bagshaw, Esq.
R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq.
P H. W. Schneider, Esq.
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99 John Stewart, Esq.
It Charles Trueman, Esq.
99 Capt. Leicester Vernon, R.E.
GERANT IN Peals—Mons. Ennemond Bagarye
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 Bank.
BANS...Ens IN Peats.—Messrs. P. Gil and Co.
SOLIC MORS.
Messrs. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouso-yard.
SECRETARY.—Mr. William Bray.
GlnCeS.—ln London :-64, Old Broad-street ; in Paris, 79, Rue
Richelieu.

This Company has been enabled to secure, in the celebrated Ne-•
vada 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 ex, ent, 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 River, which is a tributary of the Great Sacramento
River, 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
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,lBs2, 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
south-west corner ofthe Table Mountain. Quicksilver has bean 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
River 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 geerally two or three miles. By reference to
to the map you haven all the principal points laid down of quartz
rock, rich diggings, &c."
Further important details will be found in the accompanying
document and map of the property; and other particulars of an in-
teresting nature respecting this extensive territory may be inspected
at the office of the Company.
Mr. Gray states in his Reportithat specimens of the quartz veins
were taken by him from the estate. These Mr. Larkin forwarded to
London for analy sis, and the result of that analysis, as given in the
appendix, shows that with careful management a large return for the
capital invested may be reasonably expected from the Company's
mining 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; end it is intended to expend
the same chiefly in erecting ex.ensive central mills for grinding the
auriferous quartz on the property, and for reducing and extracting
the gold from its matrices, whether saints. earths, or quartz, in the
most complete, perfect, and economical manner; and also in en-
couraging farmers to settle upon the property, whose rents would he
commensurate with its value and location, and who would in no
Way interfere with the extraction of its mineral riches.
The venders have agreed to sell the property at a price one-half of
Which is included in the present capital, and the remaining half
is to be paid when the capital is increased to £500,000, and when
dividends to the amount of 20 per cent. have been aid to the
Shareholders as before mentioned. The entire price to be
thus paid in mottles is probably not one-hundredth part 01 the mere
value of the gold to be extracted from the lands, independently of
their fitness and eligibility for cultivation ; anti the company have
been met with the greatest fairness by the vendors, who do not seek
to be paid for the estate,lexcept a 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, 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 101.
The Company may find it desirable that a town shall be 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
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.
An organised system of granting leases of mines on the estate Is
also in contemplation, which will yield Itarge returns to this Com-
pany; and the Board of Supervision desire to call the attention of
other individuals and companies contemplating the purchase of farm-
ing lands, alluvial diggings, cr quartz mining 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 fall capabilities will, for many years, annually yield as
dividend—what may reasonably be expected from all succes.ful gold
companies—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 full at the time of allot •
ment, and all deposits applicable to the purchase-money received
from shares sold will beheld in like manner as the shares wouldhave
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-
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 Stockbrokers.

APPENDIX.
EXTRACT OF ♦ LETTER F&OM NICHOLAS GRAY. U.S., Surveyor to the

lion. T. 0. Leaxix. Dated Hamilton, June Ilth, 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 bear future examination. I saw much richer specimens.
" This was dug out of a hole about 1 miles from Pocenix
kn own ps the Bloomingdale ledge or lead."
It is stated by Mr. Larkin's agent in this country that the box was
sent unopened from San Francisco to London, and assayed by John-
son 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 (rushed together ve y ffne, giving grains of gold. which would
not pass through the sieve, equal to z. 10 chit. of fine gold to the
ton of 20 cwt. The fine t owder produced, by assay, gold equal to
110 z. 10 dwts. of fine bold to the ton of 20 cwt.
OZ. dwt. "JOHNSON and MATTHEY."
8 10
11 10

20 oat the present price of fine gold—viz., 84s. 7 d. per oz.—
gives a value of about 84/. to the ton of 20 cwt.
• It is intenOed that the machinery to be erected by the Feather
River Company shall be capable of crushing and reducing the same
(1, uantity at least of gold ore per annum as is minded and crushed by
t"9,e celebrated St. Juan del Rey Company of Brazil. viz., about
,000 tons per annum. The average produce of gold per ton, cob- dby that company, as per their published reports above a value
of it. ts. per ton, of ore only as contrasted with the extraor-
dinary 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
such larger than the 20 per cent. di dead anticipated by the direc-
rs.