The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-30 00:00:00

• LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
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A•RurYLL``.llo9lls rcat Windmill-street,
L3l. St. James'st
Lessee: Charles Emele • Lauriinf, • OnSlow House, Brottpton-road,
Licensed pursuant-to Act of Parilament,•2sth of Ring Cgo•mge
• Ass Rmspettett for.the,Winter SeaSoff:
During the recess the Rooms have been entirely Re-decorated, by
(1 S. Bryer, regardless of cost.
Laurent's Matchless Band every evening. Principal Cornet-S-
Piston, M. Boulcourt.
Admission—ONE SHILLING.

Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at
Mina end; terminate at Half-past Eleven. x•
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BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.
The highest medical authorities recommend Brandy and water
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wines, &c. _ _ _

Sold throughout the Kingdom, by respectable wine and spirit mer-
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two gallons and upwards, at 16s. per gallon, pale or coloured.
J. T. BETTS and CO.,
French Brandy Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street.

4, Leadenhall-street, London.

DINNEFOftD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA
Has been for many years sanctioned by the most eminent
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ACIDITIES, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT, AND
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particulary during Pregnancy ; and it prevents the food of infants
from turning sour during digestion. Combined with the

ACIDULATED LEMON SYRUP,

It forms an Effervescing Aperient Draught, which is highly agreeable
and efficacious. _

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172, New Bond-street, London, and sold by all respectable Chemists
throughout the Empire.

VOLES'S ALGA MARINA.
A Concentrated Essence of the Sea-weed, is an invaluable
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Weakness, Contractions, Scrofulous Swellings, Re.
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" 11, Great Cumberland-street, August 10, 1848."

" Grange-road, Bermondsey, Feb, 20, 1851.

"I cannot refrain from informing you of the benefit I have re-
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" THOMAS DENNIS."

Sold in bottles, 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and I is. each, by T. heating, St.
Paul's Churchyard ; and by all Chemists. A Pamphlet, which
should be read by every one, gratis, or by post for 4 stamps, as
above.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT INDIA PENINSULA RAILWAY.
Yesterday the sixth half-yearly general meeting of
,he proprietors of this railway was held at their offices,

SOW Broad-street; Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the chairman

of the directors, in the chair.

The report, which has already appeared, having been

The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be adopted,
expressed his satisfaction at once more finding himself

presiding at their meetings. Lie would call their atten-
tion to the statement of the accounts. They would find
that they had up to the time at which the accounts were

made up a sum of 485,1851. capital paid into the East
India Company's treasury, and for which they were re-

eriving interest, and there was but a small balance
therefore at that time left batween the actual sum paid

in and tho total amount of capita!, which was 500,0001.

That small difference, however, arose entirely from the
absence of specific reports of the last payments in India
which had been received, ha believed, at a subsequent

date. He might therefore now announce to them, as
mentioned in the report, that the entire capital of 500,000/
required for the execution of the first portion of the
line had been paid into the East India Company's treat

sury, and was now available for their purposes, and
this company was now receiving the interest which had
been guaranteed upon it. But he thought there were
more satisfactory features in these accounts than even
that which he had particularized. They would observe
that up to the time the accounts were made out, the
expenses amounted to only 193,5211., leaving no less
than 291,000/. in hand for the prosecution of the works

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of the company. He thought that might be taken as a
very favourable state of affairs, considering how long they
had been engaged in their undertaking. Bat even this
was not as satisfactory as the statement which he had
yet to make to them, for it was now satisfactorily ascer-
tained that although 500,000/ was the capital required
originally for the completion of this line, the contracts
proved that they would be able, without any doubt, not
merely to construct the line, but to provide the neces-
sary plant for working it for a sum loss by one-fifth
below the capital. He believed Mr. Nicholson (the
secretary) would confirm him when he stated that they
had now a certain prospect, arising from the actual com-
pletion of contracts and a perfect knowledge of the ex
penses to which they should be put, that they should
put the railway in a working state for 400,000/, leaving
100,0001 of their capital applicable for any other pur-
pose, though this included a branch and a double line,
which he believed was four or five miles in length, which
was of course an additional expense. He would now
proceed to the other main feature of the report and of
their undertaking in general, namely, the great question
as to the prolongation of the line, because although they
were all aware that they were greatly interested in the
limited portion on which they were now employed,
which was in the first instance to solve the great pro-
blem as to the introduction of railway enterprise into 1
the Indian territories ; nevertheless the undertaking
would be a very incomplete and insufficient one it they
could not look with some confidence to its extension to
other districts. In the first place, then, they had not
only the prospect of having the line opened soon within
the island of Bombay, but the additional contracts to
oarry it on had been actually made and the work con-
siderably advanced. He had, moreover, to state that
he believed there was little doubt, from the information
received from the engineer, that the portion up to
Canna would be actually open and in operation—that
was to say, in the main island, in February next.
With regard to the Malsejghaut, Mr. Barclay satisfied
himself that it was liable to very serious objections.
First of all it would be very eepensive. There would
be four or five miles of tunnelling, and gradients of 1 in
40 for, he believed, 13 miles, and, in consequence, Mr.
Barclay stated that the works could not be executed
under 10 years, and the totid expense would be alarm-
ing. Mr. Barclay then proceeded to examine the others,
and be found that of the three passes the most favour-
able was the Tulghaut, and it was also the most favour-
able in a commercial point of view, as it would bring
them into the heart of the country. He found that the
gradients and the nature of the work were unexpectedly
favourable. He ascertained that the line could be made
with no more tunnelling than about 900 yards, and that
the worst gradient in the whole line was 1 in 37 for
only six miles and a half. Now, when it was recollected
that in this country they run trains daily on the Bristol
and Birmingham line on an incline of precisely that
gradient, though not for such a distance, it appeared to
him that that was no insuperable obstacle. The other
gradients were more easy. Then there were very few
viaducts of any consequence, only 176 yards, and the
result of his calculations were, founding them upon con-
tracts already entered into, and upon the experience he
had gained during his residence in India as superinten-
dent of the company's works, that this line might be
made for a sum not exceeding 10,000/. a mile. t Well,
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