The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

DHTRI.;T RESIDENT DIRECTORS.

James An 'erson, Esq., C.E., F.R S.E , Director of the Dundee, Pert/.
and Aberdeen Julicti n Railway Company, Edinburgh.
Edward Best, Esq., BilAton.
tarles W Elki,:gton, Esq., Town Councillor, Blrmimrham.
William Lockey Harle, Esq., solicitor, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
L gie, I, sq. (31.(ssrs. Logic and Fisher, Writers to the Signet:
ttla•gow.

J. Ravenscroft, Esq. (Messrs. W. and J. Ravenscroft, merchants;
Rumford-street, Livervoul.
J. IL otebbing, Esq., F.R.A.S., Town Councillor, Southampton.

HONORARY LOCAL DIRECTORS.

H. Clark, Esq., M.D., F.S.A., President of the Polytechnic lustitu
tion, Southampton.
James Gourlay, Esq., magistrate, Glasgow.
J. Wallace it. Hai, Esq., banker, Ross.
Thomas Hill, Esq., President of the Chamber of Commerce, South
am ton.
Edward Lacey, Esq., Gravesend.
James Pike, Esq.. corn market, Oxford.
Henry Strong. Esq., manager, London and County Bank, Oxford.
The Hon. Francis Villiers, M.P., Rochester.
AUDITORS.

Sir J. E. Eardley Wilmot, Bart., Inner Temple, Recorder of War.
w ck.
Philip Pleydell Bouverie, jun., Esq , banker, Haymarket.
Deane John Hoare, Esq., 56, Curzon-street.
klexander K. Curtis, Esq., 7, New-square, Lincoln's-inn.
BANKERS—AIe!srs. Hoare, Fleet-street; the London and West-

minster Bank.
ENGINEERS—P. Prichard Baly, Esq , M :J. Walker Wilkin,
Esq , electric telegraph engineer.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 3, Whitehall-place ;
Messrs. Few and Co., Covent garden.
SECRETARY (pro tem)—me Hon. William row*, Law.
Offices, 5, Ludizate-hill, London.

PROS TUS.
This Company has been f rmed for the purpose of affording,
throughout th. United Kin,,dom, greatly increased advantages 01
telegraphic communication, at a much reduced rate of charge.
With this object the Director. leave availed themselves of the tel
im,ro mments recently patented by Mr. J. W. Wilkins, the
inventor, whose services they have secured for the effectual develop-
ment of this mo.t Important system, and whose practical experience
its the working and management of electric telegraphs, both in this
country and the United States of America, win be most valuable to
the Company.

l:Cotiniinication with nearly 800 principal towns or places in
th, United Kingdom.

Electri telegraphic communication, so far as it liev hitherto been
developed, gives accommodation to comparatively few pla es, and
chiefly th se situated on the railways. The vast benefits to the co
munity
of a well-organised extension of the telegraphic system have
never yet been fully attained.

With the view of embracing within this systbm the chief towns and
places of 'this. great country, the Universal Electric Telegraph Corn-
Pany Contemplate es. abiishi❑g district offices fit the reception and
transmission of messages upon the principle of radiation. A diagram,
to bo had on application exemplifies the contemplated development
of the principle. There a e ups. ards of 800 towns or paces in the
United Kingdom containing more than 2,000 inhabitants, to all or
most of which it is proposed to carry the lines of communication as
speedily as pos

2. Au uniiorm charge of 6d. per message (not exceeding 20 word.)
to any of the Company's stations. This great redaction the Com-
pany is enabled to effect by reason of the inexpensive construction
of Its lines and stati fis, and the improved method of working.
3. Ihe Me-sage is written by the Telgraphic Instrument itself.—
rhe message leaves the Telegraph written on paper by the instru-
ment itself, in ctear and distinct chat acters. This process would
enable any pe-son, if deBirous, to perpetuate an accurate record of
the message itself; and the precise time at which it was received,
which, in matters of stat, legal, monetary, or mercantile intercourse,
must be of inconceivakle advantage.

4. Simutaileous transmission of the Message to all or any number
of the Radiating Stations, without intermediate operators.—This is
ffected by the atentel "Automaton ' epeeter," by means of which
an unlimited number of towns "iv ^A communicated with by the
same electric touch.

5 Extreme simplicity.—one wire only is used, and the mechanical
arra, ement of the apparatus generally is of the simplest possible
character.

6. su.erior Insulators.—The d,filculties hitherto attendant upon
endeavours to insulate the ov,rground wires in this country, have
seriously impeded the full de elo went of the telegraphic system,
and have led to the very extedsi e practice of laying wires under-
ground enveloped in autta percha.

Those difticidties are overcome by the patented insulators, which,
ith the jont operation of the automaton repeate•s, render the
overground wires capable of efficiently transmi:ting the message to
an unlimited distance, at so low an electric working power, that the
cost is comparatively trifling.

7. Greatly increased liapAity of Operatioa.—This is at'ained by
means of an apparatus eiltir. ly new. which brings into play the posi-
tive and nezative currents of electricity with as much facility as the
on current by rxi-ting metho•'s.

8. One operator only required at each tele;raph. This System re-
quires only o e person to each instrument, thus effecting a saving of
one-half in the usual staff of operators.

9. The most perfect Accuracy.—This is ensured by the absence of
quivering pointers or needles, which are apt to mislead—by compen-
sating the action of atmospheric electricity— and by abstaining from
the use of compl, x chemical mixtures, liable to full in their opera-
tion—thus the numerous and important mistakes so often made in
the transmission of messages, ant so much complained of at present,
will he altogether obviated. itgaM, a message transmitted to any
given destination, may not only he written there, but, by means of
a second wire. may be simultaneously written at its original starting
place, the sender is thus mat led to assure himself at once that his
message has been correctly forwarded. It is impossible to •verrate
the value of the security thus afforded to commercial communi-
cations.

.Arrangements have been made for vesting the patent rights in trus-
tees for the Company.

Application will be made to Parliament fnr an Act of Incorpora-
tion to enable the Company to carry out the foregoing objects. In
the meantime the Company will be formed under a deed cf settle-
ment pursuant to the Joint Stock Companies Acts, in which is em-
bodied the usual limitation of liability clause.
The estimates have been carefully preps ed and considered, and
the Direc•ors feel confident of a highly remunerative return for the
capita' inv sted. _

It is intends o commence telegraphing so soon as any section of
the work is comnleted, by which means incom, will be &stained
upon the very first expenditure.
Prop,,sed ra•+ff of Char_ es.—An uniform rate of 6d. per message
(not exceeding 20 words) to Any of the Company's st ttions, and one
haifpe•+nv tor etch additional word.

Application for tares (in the subjoined term) to be addressed to
tlle Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 5, Ludgate-Lill, London; or
to Messr<. W. 0. and W. Hunt, solicitors, 3, Whitehall-place;
mp,sls. Few and Cu., solicitors, Covent-garden; Messrs. Brunton
and Son, Auction mart, Bank ; John H. Anderson, E.g., 17. Throg-
rnorton•street ; Mr. Nathaniel Lea, stock aid share broker, 38, Ben-
net's-hill, Bilminhain and Messrs. Hobbs and Sheppard, Sweeting-
street, Liverpool; from any of whom forms, prospectuses, and
further informati ,n may be obtained.

Form of Application.

To the Provisional Directors of the Univcrsal Electric Telegraph

Company,

(lentlemen,—l request that you will allot to ma Shares of
2/. each in the above Company, and I hereby agree to accept such
shares, or any smaller number that may be prated to me, and to
pay a deposit of 1/. per share thereon upon allotment, and to execute
the deed of settlement and the Parliamentary contract when re-
quired.
Dated the day of 1853,

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