The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-04 00:00:00

GWENNAPPE MINING COMPAQ'

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IIIANsroN-HousE.—Yesterday the LORD 314111 reCe.ollllto
Nugentmade at t thhee
lifioal
nl osli,,o'
from
e ILnoenati
et
itilefrs
Lordship's connection with the Gwennappe Mining C0e1A5.2
iiNonuostee,
Wardour Castle, near Salisbury Nny''' foceea'
cc Mr Lonn—Haying seen by the Papers that in P' bay-
ings before your Lordship, my name has been quoted as
lied
ing been attached to the prospectus of an Association:
the (fwennape Mining Company, as its Presitient; I f'aeatho•
I owe it to myself to state most distincly that I nev never re'
rized such use being made of my name; and that I „,ested
I was re 4 A
ceivetl or sold any interest in that Company.
by an agent to allow my name to be in the -directio,no,:ip
shares were offered to me. Upon inquiry, hoiveVer, I tna ,„ith
I saw reason for not wishing my name to be conneete„iyed,
that association. I told the agent so, and I never re
held, or sold a letter or share in it. ou at
" I ought to apologize to your Lordshi for troubling 1 of
the liherY.,,,
all on this subject; but I may,perhaps'
begging that your Lordship will do the justice to state t
on any occasion that may be offered.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord, •
" Your Lordship's obedient humble Servant', ,
NUGLSI.
iwnitfiontrathento 0
respect]
ally.

" To the Right Hop. the Lord Mayor." n wh°
His Lordship also received a letter from Mr. Johnson'
was mentioned in the prospectus, as the Assay-master tu
Company. It was as follows:-_‘ o 1823'
" Assay Office, 79, Hatton-garden, Nov. -, for
" M lons,—Allow me to return my most sincere th'inate
the very kind manner in which you noticed me at the
10
vestigation, respecting the Gwennappe Mining ComnaoY,:b life
such as to support a character for honesty and
" I trust that my conduct has been, and will be, throb/ fee/
honoun trade
it a duty I owe to myself, to state that my name has bee.n the
use of in this, as in several other Associations for work°. Ueing
ores of this country, without my consent previous to itse jot
made public; that I have never directly or indirectly re; in,
any remuneration for such appointments, and only in %eller,
stance been employed professionally as assayer; and, of sr
that I have since declined the insertion of my mine to in
plications. votetl
" I have thus far troubled you, trusting to your we e fsetS
candour and liberal principles in giving publicity to the'
should the investigation again come under your notice._
" I have the honour to be, with sincere respect, ,
" Yuur most devoted humble servant,
N. Jot •
in se,
We understand that it is the intention of Shareholder' ,04
veral Companies, the Directors of which have been Inpra
the humbug system, to bring their grievances before tlis't every
Mayor, who, it seems, advised the Managers, in alultieg O
instance, to get rid of the imputation of fool play by 133'
the
Thdeposits at °ace. liaee
e Shareholders in the Gwennappe Mining Comity all
it in comteniplation in the proceedings which they saY2'4l,
about to institut e against the Al anagers,to negative all ta,ceit the/
did assurances laid down in the prospectus, not one of win be re'
declare it is their belief can, in the most distant degree! 006
lied upon. They have claimed the Lord Mayor's
the
pod
statement made under the apparent sanction of the Noble is
mentioned as President, and the ten other Directors,syble„otaiii%
ment they add, is calculated to blind the public, and
beinVere
less than an accumulation of falsehoods, mixed LIP bon -'
there, with just so much truth as is likely
to set it 0 o 0
opinion of those who are willing to part with. their [nu"
the faith of respectable names. It is as follows he e° oat/
" The amazing resources and mineral fecundity
tot/aocl .
of Cornwall (unrivalled by those of an equal porn°
any part of the world) hitherto but partially explore iientioa
perfectly worked, are now by the aid of science, the al?Pning
of capital, and the spirit of commercial enterprise, bee
develope themselves, and the lapse of a few years wilt are
yet
shew that the vast riches of nature in that favoured spea_„,, are
but little known. The Directors of the present ColnP;1110 to
now about to call public attention to a situation
well
tiOn'inegt
all persons connected with mining in that county-- „t• pet"
which, worked as they have been by a small nurohietrire olost
sons, with very limited means, nevertheless Atlor?hoot el'
flattering prospects; and the Directors can state, wit.'nooll it;
of contradiction, that there is not any mine in Cs',.rst Prc
iD kte
which there exists A greater chance of realizing y 7
than the present, more especially when its situatlV. tliAt
centre of the richest mining ground ever yet wrougrtiot the
county is regarded. It is particularly worthy of notice
attnos;
lodes running through the Gwennappe Mines are lan° the
tion of the very same that exist in the Wheal (4,31. rae,
Wheal Unity, the Wheal Jewel, the Poldice and Tai,eathe wbo'i
Polroddon, the Great Consols, and the Wheal Damsel,
of which mines have been the best in the con%ear Pr%
of which have yielded more than a million sterling
to their proprietors. Upon the Wheal Unity are t" 4. To
engirt
of the present Company, and the present w0r11,.„-1 01'1;
Gwennappe Company's Sett, known as the Cath'i",e- 'coPPee/
r prises an extent from East to West of 345 fathoms for
and ti.:, and of 500 fathoms for tin only, and
there obutboinat
reasons to believe that hereafter the copper mayben ofs
over the whole extent. The mines are at an clea° J,
the greoia,
at yel
260,yards above the sea level, and by driving
alit, which can be brought into the present worittn,frosi 11
trifling expence, it being distant only 50 fath°nrimined foie
eastern boundary, the whole of the lodes will be noler
90 fathoms from the surface, and about 60 fathoms 001,er
present bottom of the lowest levels. " Thus the any titter
wrought the ages without the expence of steam 01 hoes of
-power for raising water ; but should the proprietors westo.4
deem it expedient to sink below this said edit mercy
steam power, the value of the property will, of course'l9
proportionately." gal/ 1111100
The statement, after some minute partictslosv ores •-tbe
lodes have been asready discovered, and the copper of
of
average these lodes are full 100 per cent. above. the "v- tbe
count.
Upoyn reading this statement, the Loup 1V10°111174114
promise it held out reminded him of an adventure vtf,"o7o totfr
its commencement discountenanced, but which tur,gurce 0,101
one of the most profitable he had ever heard Or. a grest;br
men joined in a coal mine speculation. They epTtwitxl,o.
of money in preparations for working; fact, U7.heigP::e
came nearly exhausted, and the poverty of two lie e
peUed them to relinquish the enterprise, and give uPAIIO ofit 0;0
of success to the third for a ery *mall sun: that st
diately after this took place} the proprietor found or
likely to profit by his bargain. He continued to,T.TioottrAt
last reached a vein of coal which repaid him for his dorT •
risk. His* partners were mere beggars and lie was fits
of 40,0001. a-year. .

THE GALE OF WIND.

d ode
.r.,.
..V URTH ER PARTICULARS.-_-011
of the metropolis, gradually
afternoon, tike wind, which had blown fresh from ti ~te
the
west
became due west, and blew a most veered, and the ;A
ing became rather stormy, until midnight, TlVP__e o'7;
the remainder of the night, and partly Yestettil da of
ponied at the commencement by slight showers, the sou d
its continuance had scarcely veered two points.,nourto
west. The effects of this stiff gale around point
down of 'AO
London have been !. verely felt, in the blowing do eras ci`piet
walls, fences, chimnies, &c. ; and some of tnel:l3olo.beli
coaches that arrived yesterday morning say, tile,tp wind Oa
with such a boisterous night for some years. Ants cen,,,irsg
in this quarter blows without intermission durinF t'd w it
ance, and has 'been observed once or twice in-a nu% before el
with an awful and irresistible gust, carrying 9 the r'eil
with extraordinary violence ; consequently, ace ~es la
succession of the gusts, the damage done must be.,..,e 00 too
great. In the vicinity of Paddington, and for Osimor, AC&C,I
that neighbourhood, including Kilburn, Bais!,..park_i, e it
Ealing, Harrow, the suburbs of the Regen'Al•thegn:4l*
IP
and many places around that quarter, the effects - 090 1,/
is ascertained by our correspondent, have morello seoot.oos
whirlwind than the wind generally observed at„,the vJapttiolli
Sometimes at this season we have Jess violence. .i. „lot °stilt'
have in some of the villages been torn ,f, arid
violence stool
perfect hurries.; sell
away, and were lifted into the air with as much !lug liave,,oilil‘
smallest atom. The Regent's-park shrubberl;_ new u,.ble
.
to the 'number of from 40 to 50,
much torn and damaged, anti a great number of ; the iSoot
ings in that quarter have been unroofed, and even
ends of some blown down : several stacks aeo ocl ~ „v.
Kilburn have been blown down. The stacks of hatootl o',,,ed,
ton and Ealing h. h
- d b forebthe sll,l' 4Weerble
aye een scattere c 1,., the . •dere II
to describe
the injury done to private property
_,./ 00 of
effects of the westerly gale, would occupY a veryeceivek fed
portion. of our paper per;
but from the accounts.rn, that ;401
has been the damage in the vicinity of 140n0s, be ocAer,
great extent of time, trouble, and expenee, mufood, 'itio,v
to repair it. The gale occupied, as will be A all theosiclea
hours, during its visitation of the metropolis, and'id net!, 00
in the neiabotir„d iyu.,ipif
blew with close and unremitting violence; and w.S.i,,s'lster
until yesterday afternoon, when it changed t° r chiree-airol;
then blew very strong. In Holborn two stacks 040 sing
lies, t
blown into the street about the heads of the Pi castlidiie filli
but injured no person materially. A variety (.3',..ripg tool°,
numerous to mention, took place about town
of silfoor{,
--At eight o'clock yesterday -morning, Part ",,. inane plea
building, erecting at Mr. Ridley 's fl"r-cl°ll'enbsd! t; e
I slington , was thrown down, which the Iv orla „eskil ont ,
heir .. on ,tiii
dentially, left a few minutes before, to go to t
„„isestA of
the building being at a distant part of the Pre,":loinew
detached from any other, no further injury Was: wry.
impediment occasioned to the busipes§ Qt P ok

1)410E OF STOCKS Tim
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Soutit Bett ,Sto ... It.•••—• I

PRICEF FOR
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5 per col
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Y AT ONE 0-CLOCK..

Old Annuities
New Ditto
E. Bills 1000/. lid. 1 3 pm.
Ditto ... 500/. lid ... 1 3 pm.
Ditto Small lid 6 pa).
Ditto Advertised
Bank for Acct.
India for Acct.
Cons. for Acct.