The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

DENM ARK.

The plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers have
been furnished with full powers for the purpose of
holding a conference in London for the final settle-
ment of the Danish territorial arid succession ques-
tions. The preliminaries of this protracted and
complicated negotiation having been all but settled,
the plenipotentiaries will have little more to do than
to exchange full powers and sign the protocol, the
basis of which will be—first, the integrity of the
Danish Monarchy guaranteed to remain as it was
previous to the Holstein rebellion ; and secondly,
in order to secure this integrity, the settlement
of the succession to the Danish Crown, in
the event of the KING and his uncle
Prince FERDINAND dying without male issue,
upon Prince CHRISTIAN, of Schleswig-Hol-
stein Sonderburg Gliicksburg, his heirs and suc-
cessors, to the exclusion of all other pretenders.
Prince CHRISTIAN is second son and fifth child of
Duke CHARLES, and is married to a daughter of
Landgrave WILLIAM of Hesse Cassel (brother to
the Duchess of Cambridge), whose wife is a daughter
of FREDERICK VI. of Denmark. He has eight chil-
dren, of whom four are sons. His Highness is in his
34th year. Prince FREDERICK of Hesse has re-
nounced and :made over his stipulated rights to his
sister, wife of Prince CHRISTIAN, and she to her hus-
band ; and renouncements of all claims, with ultimate
reserves in case of issue failing, have been made
by the Emperor of Rums as head of the
Gottorp:line; by the Grand Duke of OLDENBURG ; by
the House of Nassau ; and, in short, by all agnates.
The pretensions of the Duke AnGUSTENBUEG and
of the Prince of NOER, who, with their families,
have been excluded from the amnesty, and
banished from the Danish territory, are completely
ignored. The protocol of the Conference, to which
Swede* will be a party, being signed, the inte-
grity of Denmark's territory will henceforth rest
under the immediate and solemn guarantees of the
five Great Powers, and will thus be placed beyond
the reach of further assaults. Infinite waste of blood
and treasure, and infinite injustice to Denmark,
might have een spared, had the Great Powers been
enabled, or had they been willing to meet the exigen-
cies of the case with similar decision and equity three
years past.

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.
WEST CORNWALL.
A special general meeting of the proprietors of this
railway was held at the company's offices, 38,
Throgmorton-street, yesterday, Mr. H. 0. Wills in
the chair, for the purpose of considering, and, if ap-
proved of, adopting a resolution for borrowing on
mortgage or bonds of the company a sum not
exceeding 114,6801., in accordance with the powers
and provisions of the Act of Incorporation. The
advertisement convening the meeting having been
read, _ _ _

The CHAIRMAN said that it had been thought
desirable to complete the line to Truro with as little
delay as possible; and, looking at the heavy amount
of calls which would be necessary from the share-
holders if the whole of the contracts were paid in
cash, the directors, prior to the commencement of the
works, bad made an arrangement with the contractor
to pay him a moiety of the two first contracts in
debentures, and to pay the third contract entirely in
debentures, at five per cent., making altogether the
sum of 76,6801. And, in addition to this amount, the
company was authorised by the Amendment Act to
issue further debentures for 38,0001, to pay off the
existing liabilities of the company, including the
mortgage debt due to the Phcenix Insurance-office,
making an aggregate of 114,6801. He begged,
be
borrowed on mortgage or bonds of the company.
Mr. Ilaitaisots seconded the motion.
A PROPRIETOR inquired at what rate of interest the
directors proposed to borrow the money.
The CHAIRMAN—We have
on the contractor's debenturest,reed for five per cent.
The PROPRIETOR—DO
you intend to borrow the
ibmainder at the same rate
The Caaiamaat—We hope not.
A PROPRIETOR—Have you fixed upon your maxi-
?
mum •
The CHAIRMAN—We have not done that, but we
shall endeavour to get the money upon more advan-
tageouse terms. The money market is in a most fa-
vourable state now.
The PRoFEIETOR—WouId it not be desirable that
the money wanted should be raised by calls ?
• The CHAIRMAN—We are pledged by our report
not to make any more calls than we have done for the
, year 1852.
Another PROPRIETOR asked whether there was any
• possibility of the loan being paid off?
'Mr. Louts Viocras (a director) replied that there
Was. He thought that the loan ought not to be made
for an indefinite period. The calls which might be
made on the shares would be amply sufficient, if re-
quired, to pay off the whole of the mortgage.
nom which
to another question as to the extent of the
which the directors proposed to borrow,
The Ceautuati explained that they wished to take
.Powers to borrow a large sum • but they hoped that
:they would not require the whole of the amount. A. n
estimate had bee
• of the company, n prepared showing the real position
he wouvirjeladanid with the permission of the meet-
ing,They wanted for Mr. Eidson s
contract the sum ()et.
stations and extr'esl°6‘c°°°l" with 20,000/. more for
engineering, 20:0n.,,0r land, 35,000/.; for law,
131,000/. They but utt°./d, making together a total of
tor, 28,200/. in cash, ani3d142341r. itidson, the contrac-
and they had yet to pay h:°°°l' already in bonds ;
in bona:lda a balance of 20,8001.
in cash and 35000/.
unnr debentures, which
culated on having to pay
Would make up the total amohim, :izt,halt they had cal-
-1-G
they
T hadhe a
they had paid in cash for land 29
5,5001. still to pay for land. They
also pay
for law and engineering 20,000/. makading
altogether
t
the 181,0001. above stated.
The motion was then put from the chair and carried
unanimously.
Mr. KENNARD then moved, and Mr. L. VIGUREI
lic.s.ended, a formal resolution in pursuance of the fore-
ring, authorising and instructing the directors to
any:ru'r bondsa
t fto an amount not exceeding 114,680/, at
interest not beyond five per cent. per an-
AU
A • allied unanimously•
thanks and thee proceedings
was then passed to the Chairman,
terminated.

'READING,
Yesterday late GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE.
rnoon
meeting of the prom.; ~l'o adjourned special general
at the London tweer"nra of this company was held
purpose of submitting t,, tlshoPsgate - street, for the
amalgamating the Readin eto the draft of a Bill for
'Guildford, and .Reigate
Company with the South-tGt
dissolution of the former eorneor4,Cornpany, for the
poses. The chair was taken by ig' tuld other Sal-
mons, M.P. • Alderman Salo-
atter bad
The; CHAIRMAN briefly opened the pr a;
rernalking that since the last meeting th4ee ee-.ng3 by
been referred to Mr. Ker, counsel for theru
and lir. Buller, counsel for the South-Eastern"rliY,
Paph Who had altered and simplified the 13111, -°°l
11° as to