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

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the 11th inst. ,t
The weekly Council of Ministers was held on
day at La Granja, under the presidency of the Quern' t
A. commission of engineers had been sent to insr;
the works of the Aranjuez and Tembleque Rairlf
which was to be immediately opened to public tram°,
the result of the inspection was satisfactory. 74,0/
The Three per Cents. were done at 44; the
Three per Cents. at 23 7-16 ; the Debt of the First Cl
at 10i ; and that of the Second at 51.

GREAT NUGGET VEIN COMPAN

Advices from the Great Nugget Vein Company (4.„e;.
South Wales) have been received to the 31st of May'
warding a resume of their general proceedings, the
titulars of which are already known, and also a copY of
notes received from Mr. Spence, the Superintends° be
the Colonial Gold Company, by whom the vein isit°ol
worked, dated, from the spot, on the 30th of April d, tt,
the 14th of May. From these, which are subjeieeb the
appears that Mr. Spence is steadily proceeding Wi.ht
erection of the machinery to enable him to crus' te.
wash 100 tons of rock and earth per day, accordi%oli
the agreement between the two companies, neel ar
meanwhile the Chinese labourers in his servie;de.
1
employed to wash some of the alluvial deposits ienf th
in the Nugget Company's claim, monthly reports :efort P
results of which the secretary promises shall hen
be sent to London with regularity :
" Louisa Creek, April 30, eirpre' s
"I found on my arrival here a letter from you, et, au
iug a desire for some information as to our presP;? cot
proceedings. I believe I have been a little nePl_gt i"
this respect, but my frequent absences and conste'!_f iceelro
ous occupation have interfered with my intention °_,ariel
ing your board acquainted with the results of our
operations. • 001
ir
" You allude to certain extravagant reportsuartii,
csrty an,,
in Sydney as to the anticipated produce of the 00t,
alluvium. I beg to assure you that theyubnadveers%cirettlier:c;
nated with me, and wish it to be distinctly
I never authorise any statement whatever, brlti:;,ppes4;„
ence to the returns from these claims, but wnethe p10:1
in my correspondence with you. Parties visitipEneare;
may be so charmed with a specimen, or the D'n'erta.tel
of a lucky prospecting pan, as to forget thestonti't
;1
of such things, and the enormous expense, soy/W.l'e
there is no doubt whatever. That your sharettltaver
a handsome premium I really believe, for, wvaursre?„.4
the issue of the undertaking to my coil:11-03'Y' 'nut,
inevitably be in the receipt of a large 9•11fi,-3-nt
sa
little or no deduction. I do not see any sw'bearing,,,,
at present to regret the step I have taken,_ toWe it, i".O
mind the many considerations that urged Ine
sides the probable richness of your claim
and en* P 4
making good progress. The Chinese work well,
ghat in_s;,
me to reduce the average cost of labour '!'";) oaehinv's
probably be remunerative. Allarge.portion of tllsong, is
is on the ground, tl.• foundations are
_Prt'o boiler 09
stone for the building is excavated, en" aueb_Ao,
growing rapidly into shape- all other w"cccleerslico'
the erection of workshops and habitations an /
bare
&c., is beginning to make an apPearce the 1 ~19,
tinuin2, the level north and south tpe, „ood sury.
breaking out the lode so as to accumulate fq*sia tb,
of quartz. To the north it is less pz.7• be itte
hoped to the south it equals my
I shall be able shortly, from observa_les for the nil.ttie
other places, to arrive at some definite rill
some
of auriferous quartz. We have been.cds,'_iniag
with the alluvium this month, and, notwi h
the eenre:faf
very bad weather, and a little buteccentricity 110
the deposits, the produce since the 4thand Duo'
six whole and two half licenses. The ta±linA4;:ed bi
of the stuff rejected will yet pay to bu
eXpectattionnos
a 43.
lr
chiuery." 14
ate-d°''Y't 1111-
Want is correct in assuming that there c 5178,1, vn,t,o,
Yours dated the 6th( LonoluyisraeaCcrheeedik:lnrtz thi! vs,
yield 4 oz. to the ton, for I proved it life, tha,t e,aton!
tens ; but then it is selected, and.ssevreep:o°,w. got 00133;oa
the vein we call the leader.' la
got sue. 'poses to
men upon the ground for all 333dIei
just about 100, all told.
ebecause we g%tirelitty
large troop of Chinese for o
duce out of the alluvium lately,
ourselvesiie do pre
ringly onward, instead of confining
ill I expect we shall
tho run of the deposit ; shill
well this month. •n 1.:e"
1"i remain, 11.1 ave not got 0-00 a P/:, •
" EDWA BD J.
cnharyical purp_riosees,onibe,
Superintendent Colonial Gold Collltb