The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-15 00:00:00

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rit, GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
the 52f 1853, (in connexion with the Royal Dublin Society) to open
1,1,14,(,.1aY of MAY, 1853.
85 Committee are at present engaged in considering the very
tae3,71,3 applications for space already forwarded, upon wblCh
pellibleurPese 10 communicate their decision with as little delay as

By order of the General Committee.
C. P. RONEY, SeeretarY.

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B,T GRANADA or VERAGIJAS GOLD
The c,.... and SILVER MINING COMPANY.
risd- QkULEEPLOLDERS are informed that the SCRIP will be
ody_for delivery, in exchange for the Banker's Receipts, at the
tkilitt:f the Company, between the hours of 11 and 4 o'clock, on
( r MONDAY, the 20th instant.
By Order of the Directors.
11, IT W. M. L. WEBB, Secretary......_____ew Broad-street, December 11, 1852.

C°RITWALL RAlLWAY.—Contract for the
over ~• construction of the intended Bridge for the Cornwall Railway
be,.'e River Tamar at Saliash, and of a portion of the Railway
altash and I,evonport,
„*llll IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors of the Corn-
hwaY Company will receive TENDERS for the following
Contracte'son the Cornwall Railway, viz :
of the,. No. I.—Comprising the construction of the Foundations
Priab,2,iver Piers. and of the and Piers of thz tialtash Bridge, col:n-
-ee-lit bout 12,000 cubic yards of masonry.
(ti:iract No. 2.—Come it the construction of the River Piers
Itridyht their f. undations), and the superstructure of the Saitash
W light requiring about 1.860 tons of boiler plate iron, 800 tons of
Mort iron, l,voo tons of ea‘t iron, 830 cube yards of masonry,
Cabe yards of brickwork, and 14,000 cube feet of timber.
tlia'Ke Contract.—Comprising the construction of the portion of
Zewswail Railway between Saltash and Stoke, a distance of about
brawir;
g and Specifications may be seen, and any further infor- 01
Westf obtained at the office of the Engineer, No. 18, Duke-street,
the 'telnster. The Tenders are to be addressed to the Directors of
XntiTrnwall Railway Company, and delivered at the office of the
liren,leer, No. 18, Duke-street. Westminster, before 12 o'clock on
the 22d December next.
°ONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
The
Right Hon. Sir T. FRAYKLA.ND LEWIS, Bart., M.P.,
Chairman.
Ad 'I FREDERICK STEPHENSON', Esq., Depnty-Chairman.
l'hlantages—The Lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System
t Year` whole of the Profits divided among the Assured every Fifth
sum. of 274,300/. was added to Policies at the last Division,
~iu'shroduced an average Bonus of 623i1. per Cent. on the PrTe-
Paid.
:,4aber of Policies in force on Ist January, 1852, 5,950.
.fie:° Assurance Fund exceeds 1,200,00 W. Income 200,0001. per
1„71
granted on such Policies as are purchasable by the Society.
(lit —lce in the Militia or Yeomanry Corps w R not affect the vali-
Y. °I Pol• • k„.._ items.
"r Particulars apply to
6, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary.
Bridge-street, Blackfriars.

SPECIAL NOTICE.
SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Accumulated Capital now upwards of £2,500,000.
Annual Revenue upwards of £320,000.
Year -`1 Inconvenience having been experienced at the close of the
IninitB4s) Preeding the (delayingtig into the Affairs of this
talon, from Parties to make their Proposals until
gaeuin few days before the end of December, it is twofoldtag'ted that those who are desirous of securing the advan-
tool of admlssioh during the pre-ent Septennial period, will have the
Paii_nees to lodge their Proposals at their earliest convenience, Any
hz thus effected, it will be observed, is entitled to rank. foria,tull
rip" bonus at the approaching Allocation of Profits, and future
f...eitions to such Policy fall to be deaarcd on the Sum Assured, in-
" Med Year's Bonus.
WHOLETILE PROFITS BELONG TO THE ASSURED.
EXAMPLE OF BONUS ADDITIONS.
erected In any of the Years from 1815 to 1819 inclusive, on its be-
11;suing a Claim this year, would receive 2,0621 14s. Ild., being
"re than double the original sum assured.
JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
WM. LI YDESAY, Secretary.
Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square, November, 1852.
'4ondoa Office, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings.
HUGH SI'KEAN, Agent.

NVS. WOODIN'S SOIREES
• COMIQUES, or CARPET BAG and SKETCH-BOOK.
EVERY
CROWDED Housas AND TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS !
EVENING at Eight o'Clock, at the THEATRE ROYAL,
ADELAIDE-STREET WEST, STRAND.
an entirely Novel and Original Vocal and Visual Instruct°, Gro-
Zutuoli Comico, Pictorio, Music°, Eccentrissimi, Characteristic°,
E
IN TWO COMIC SECTIONS.

PART FIRST COMPRISES
kral " Beginnings."—Full-length Portrait, Martha
la, "M.—Illustration, Carpet Bag.—lialf-length Portrait, Major
nister.—Vocal Illustration, "A Visit to the Great Metropolis.'
--Irrull-length Portrait, Sir Benjamin Bungle.—Half-length Po, trait
Sampson Rasty.—Full-length Portrait, Mr. Oliver 01,18071 e
t (with a Vocal Illustration of " Bygone Days ").—Full-length Por-
alt, Ben Blnuacle.—Miniature Portrait, Mrs. Muddles (from
Manchester.) '

SECOND.
?tlll_-length Portrait, SandiePAßT
M`Whittle.—Full-length Portrait, A
lyell-known Personage.—lllustration, Carpet nag.—Fall-length
.yertrait, A Yankee Clipper.—Vocal Illustration, " Metropolitan
tielodies."—Full-length Portrait, Mr. Cavil.-111ustration, Carpet
g--Full-length Portraits, Mr. and Mrs. Lapsus Linger.—Vocal
Illustration " Pleasures of a Pic-nic Party."—lllustration, Sketch-
_ (Daylight and Moonllght).—Finale. " The Lions of London."
with several Pictorial Illustrations, tarnished by "The Sketch-
In book ~
th •
e course of the Evening Mr. C. COL3fAU will perform a variety
of grand Piano Solos.
is.; Reserved Seats, 28.; Dress Stalls, 35.; Private Boxes.
One Guinea.

THE PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY COM-
1, PAN-Ir.—Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each.—
--oesit, 21. 2s. per Share.
14.,under
~, the approval and interest of the following, amengst other
T:uowners and gentlemen ed In the counties of Surrey,
The
and Sussex.
Ile Earl of Whiterton, Shillinglee Park, Sussex.
viscount Monck. M.P., Portsmouth.
The Mayor of Portsmouth.
John Deverell, Esq., Peubrook Park.
Sir Henry John Leeke, West Leigh.
William J. Evelyn, Esq., M P. for West Surrey.
Sir William G. IL Jolliffe, Bart., M.P.
The Mayor of Petersfield.
*John Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P.
ilt. H. Waddington, Esq., Langrish.
ear-Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, Little Green, StreeX.
_ Hon. J. J. Carnegie, Fair Oak, Petersfleld.
Major Mundy, Ilellybank.
Colonel Hugimin, Nnrstead.
...Joseph Martineau, Esq., Basing Park.
The Rev. William Legge.
Colonel Charles Wyndham. Rogatc Lodge.
gir Charles Taylor, Bart., Hollycomb.
Sir Archibald Koppel Macdonald, Bart., Woolmer Lodge.
Thomas Butler, Esq., DOwnlands.
Dimmers.
....Charles Henry Blake, Esq., 15, Devonshire-place,
~...414i0r Butler, Liphook. -
'illiam Eldridge Butler, Esq., Le Court, near Petersfield.
11.
Bonham Carter, Esq., 6, Whitehall, and Peterstield.
The Hon. Thomas William Gage, Westuurl', near Petersfield.
lelder King, 1.1 zq., Burnett.
Henry Lacy, Esq., Petersfield, Banker.
.../loss D. Mangles. Esq., M.P.. Woodbridge, Guildford.
nerijamin Mew, Esq., Newport, Isle of Wight, brewer.
Francis Mowatt, Esq , Trotton House, Peterstield ; and Donn-
shire-place, London.
Thomas Ellis Owen, Esq., Dover Court, Southsea.
Edward John Scott, Esq., Portsmouth.
,John Stewart, Esq , Director of the London and Westminster
ank.
Admiral Sir James Stirling, Belmont, Havant.
ENGINEERS.—Messrs. Locke and Errington.

BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank, London.
Messrs. Grant, Oilman, and Long, Portsmouth.
'the London and County Bank, Petersfield.
The West Surrey Bank, Guildford and Godalming.
Soucrroas.—Messrs. Roy, London.
Szearrear.—Alexander E. Lloyd, Esq., pro tern.
OFFICES.-37, Great George-street, Westminster.
PROSPECTUS.
It is intended to construct a Railway between Godalming and
want, 32 miles in length, to afford a more direct and a cheaper
..tommunication between London and Portsmouth, as well as Railway
`coonamodation generally to the large extent of unopened country
rough which it will pass.
The deposit of plans and sections, and all other necessary steps,
have been taken with a view to an application for an Act of, Incor-
yoration during the present Session of Parliament.
The line will commence at the end of the GodalminT Branch of
11e South-Western Railway, and will pass the towns of Godalming,
.1 aslemero, and Petersfield, and generally following the route of the
-Direct Portsmouth Railway as sanctioned by Parliament in 1846, to
Ilavant, it will there unite with the Coast Line of the Brighton Corn-
Pany, and the Fareham Extension Line of the South-Western Com-
pany, proceed thence directly to the town and harbour of Ports-
tuouth.
The landowners and others locally interested in the district have
concurred in promoting this measure, and have, to the extent of
nearly three-fourths of the length of the line, signede agreem inents
eralfor
the sale of their land at its mere agriculturalnd sev
Instances have agreed to take the company's shares in pay
Go meat.
dalming,
The connexion with the South-Eastern Railway, near
will secure to the proposed line the advantage of a second entrance
Into and exit from London, the one to the west end, and the other
to the heart of the City, establishing by the same means also a
direct communication, and with a great s lying in distance, between
the metropolis, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness,
ort Reigate, and the
the
booth-eastern-eastern Line generally, and Guildford, Psmouth and
tile of Wight, as well es with all the intervening country.
The lino will effect all the objects contemplated by the Direct
/lortamoutith Act of 1846, but at the reduced cost of 400,0001. now,
instead of 1,500,0001. then required.
It has been also further greatly improved by a late survey made
under the directions of Messrs. Locke and Errington, by which it
'WIII not only be materially shortened, but three out of the four most
serious and highly objectionable tunnels in the former plans have
been entirely got rid of in the present, and the fourth, near Peters-
field, seduced to one-third its length.
To avoid all risk and uncertainty, however, on these essential
Points, the promoters have entered into a provisional contract with
Perfectly responsible parties. for the completion of the entire line
from God:dining to Havant, for the extremely moderate sum of
372,0001., or 12,0001. per mile, including the cost of land, rails, sta.
lions, and all other necessaries, excepting only the locomotive plant;
ands,
further, tho same parties have come under a formal and binding
engagement to take a lease, if required, of the line when completed,
for the first five year's. at a net minimum rental of 4 per cent. per
annum, with one-half of the profits beyond that amOuut.
Parliament having already, in 1846, sanctioned this line now pro-
Posed to be constructed, Its promoters eannot believe that any se-
rious or effeetive opposition can be again offered to it.
To sum up, it may be safely asserted that the undertaking holds
Out advantages to subscribers and the public generally that have
rarely yet been offered by any other railway project, viz. :
It will afford the most direct, and by far the cheapest route be-
tween Loudon and Portsmouth end the Isle of Wight, being the shorter
by twenty-two miles than either oft
he two existing lines, and being
contracted fer at 12,0001. a mile, in lieu of about four times that a-
mount expended on the Brighton and South-Western line will have,
through the South-eastern, from Godalming, a double entrance into
London ; from which it follows, almost as a matter of course, that it
will command the entire traffic of the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth.
On terms that, while highly remunerative to its proprietary, must
make competition on the part of its rivals hopeless, if not impossi-
ble, Further, the whole cost of the entire works and mateand i
fixed
has
been undertaken. by respectable contractors, for a spec
sum ; thus freeing the calculations and estimates of the engineers
from all doubt and uncertainty. And, finally, the Shareholders will
have the power of accepting rnot, at their option, the offer of a
lease of the line when complc led, for five years, at a minimum rate
of 4 per cent. interest on their capital, with half the profits beyond.
Below are given the particulars of the lengths of the different
Lines, together with the existing population and traffic, referred to.
London to Portsmouth by Brighton Railway . . . 95 miles
OD by South-Western
by proposed Godalming and Ha-
vent line •

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10 IP by South-Eastern via Giodalmlng . 0.
Capital expended on South Western Railway
~ on Brighton and South Coast . . 7,200,000
:: ~ to be expended on proposed single lino
from Godalming to Havant .