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London, England, 1853-03-21 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 16th March, 1853.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do Hereby Give Notice,
That a Proprietor of East India Stock has given notice that, at the
Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held
at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d
instant, he will submit a motion—

That it is expedient. at the Annual Election of Directors, that
the Court of Directors withhold their support (,y advertise-
ment) from the Directors who have gone out by rotation.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

THE CEYLON LAND AND MINING
COMPANY.
NOTICE is Timmy GIVEN, That no further APPLICATIONS for
SHARES in this Company will be received after TUESDAY, the 22d
day of March instant, except in country cases, which wilt be received
inclusive of WEDNESDAY, the 23d inst.
Dated this 18th day of March, 1853,
By order

W. GALBRAITH, Secretary.

SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELE-
GRAPH COMPANIES. INSTANTANEOUS COMMU-
NICATION 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 will 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 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
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.

NOTICE.
TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHERS.
THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION is now CLOSED until EASTER MONDAY, for the
purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW ROOMS for a PHOTO-
GRAPHIC SCHOOL, &c., &c.
YODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to the Visi-
tors, WORKS of ART, &c., are RECEIVED for EXHIBITION,
free of expense to the Depositors.

LA.IIRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-
road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during
the week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock," " Rose," and' "Amine
Waltzes, the "Napoleon" Galop, "Le Cirque" Quadrille; "La
Valerie," "Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas.— Admission, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Eight; to commence at Nine o'clock, and
terminate at Half-past Eleven.

TR H.l 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, 150,0001., 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-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
the Board of Supervision, or sooner, should a general meeting of the
shareholders so determine—no payment beyond a deposit of five 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.
InParis —Monsieur Brouillard, Ranker and Director of the Lyons
and Mediterranean Railway.
Monsieur Monternault, Director of the Paris and Orleans
Railway Company.
In London—John Bagshaw, Esq..
„ It. Hartley Kennedy, Esq.
H. W. tichneider, Esq.
„ John Stewart, Esq.
Charles Trueman, Esq.
„ Capt. Leicester Vernon, R.E.
GERANT IN PAsts— Mons. Ennemond Bagary.
BROKERS.
Messrs. G. Burnaud & Co.' Cornhill.
•
• Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, Old Broad-Street.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co.
The London and Westminster Bank.
BANKERS IN PARls.—Messrs. P. Gil and Co.
SOLICITORS.
• Mears. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouse-yard.
• SECRETARY.—Mr. William Bray.
Ofdeee.Eln 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. O. Larkin. Esq., reported upon, as after mentioned, to contain
21,600 acres in extent, and to possess extensive gold-bearing quartz
%/reins 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, I 852, 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 gaily to
' the summit of the highest mountain on the land, in the soil as in the
quarts rock. Some indications of iron are to be observed at the
south-west corner of the Table Mountain. Quicksilver has been 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 Father
River is about 24 miles, taking its meanders, and I believe thee
gold-
beartng quartz reek is to be found all along the bank of that stream,
• and extending back generally two or three miles. By reference to
' to the map you have all the principal points laid down of quarts
. . Milt, 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 Way be inspected
at the office of the Company.
Mr. Gray states in his Reports that specimens of the quartz veins
were taken by him from the estate. These Mr. Larkin forwarded to
Loepnednoallore anal} and the result of that analysis, as given in the
s
capital
invested may
that with careful managsment a large return for the
ed 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 extensive central mills for grinding the
auriferous quartz on the property, and for reducing and extracting
the gold from its matrices, whether sands. earths, or quartz, in the
plete, perfect, and economical manner ; and also in en-
Most corn
couraging farmers to settle upon the property. whose rents would be
commensurate with its vane and location, and who would In no
Way interfere with the extraction tofeits mineralt ricphes.
property a a rice one-half of
The venders have agreed to sell the
Which is included in the present eap
it
is to be paid when the capital isincreased to £500,000, and when
dividends to the amount 'of 20 per cent. have been paid to the
Shareholders as before mentioned. The entire price to be
• thus paid in mottles is probably not one-hundredth part of the mere
value of the gold to be extracted from the lands, independently of
their fitness and eligibility for cultivation ;
vend and the cempan
not save
• been met with the greatest fairness by the ors, who do
to be paid for the estate, except a deposit of 5 per cent on one moiety
ef 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 prospectut. 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 rest-
dents, ,• the particular lands to be set apart for this city, looking at the
it 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 large 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, or quartz mining locations, to their vast
tracts of territory. The Board will be prepared to make sales and
Rant leases of portions of the Feather River Estate.
The Board of t-upervislon 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
dividend—what may reasonably be expected from all succes ful gold
companies—at least 20 per cent. on the entire capital Uesides
bonuses. The Investment in the shares must, therefore, be equal to
• thavoffered 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-
' 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-
went, and all deposits applicable to the purchase money received
from shares sold will be held 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-
, 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 er Stockbrokers.