The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-29 00:00:00

EAST INDIA. HOUSE, 27th April, 1853.
COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA
COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
Quarterly General Court of the said Company will be held
Telr House in Leadenhall-street, on Wednesday, the 22d June
at 11 o'clock in the Forenoon.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

FIST INDIA HOUSE, 27th April, 1853.
TE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
enThat the Transfer Books of.the said Company's Stock will be shut
4a3,;,_nrBdltY, the 91k June, at 3 o'clock, and opened again on Tues-
Titalel2lll July; and 4.
the Gm e Warrants tor the Dividends on the said Stock payable on
ly WilY, 1853, under the Ylth ccc. of the Act 3d ant 4th Wm
Cap• 0, Will be ready to be delivered on that day.
• JAMES C.MELVILL. Secretary.

NoTA. GENE.—In reply to your letter lam
q___,Ltre4 zry.worraiingattioongi.ve the sum you ask, on your furnishing the re-

4ITSTRALIA.—Parties about to proceed to
I,4l4stralla can be assured in the PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Tim
-"aNCE COMPANY, 76, Cheapside. London, upon the whole
of Life Scale, without payment of extra premium f.r voyage
t.o or residence there.
Loan,
granted on personal security.
EDWARD BAYLIS, Resident Manag'r and Actuary.
WELLINGTON DINING-ROOMS,
This ST. JAMES'S-STREET.
ahos,, splendid Establishment (formerly Cockford's Club) will
40,. 3' be Opened on a scale of magnificence unprecedented in Lon-
/Irst-class accommodation will be combined with extreme
voZation in the charges ; the greatest attention will be paid to the
libro.nh'iapartment; and Wines of the first quality will all be selected,
iTS:e cellars of the late Mr. Crockford. 1. grand suite of Coffee,
.",ig, and Reding-Rooms will also be thrown open ; and no
4tarng•or o ft
us.
__ftY will.be spared to unite the independence of a public
•1/1/h 71111+1th the comforts rf a first-rate club IFull particulars,
April 'es &c., will be immediately announced. j
Pill 29' liis3•

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TIM UNITED KINGDOM! ELECTRIC
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
1851' -" by Special Act IA Parliament, 14 and 15 Vie , Session
to Capital 250,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 5/. each, with power
'nerzase the Capital to 500,0001. 11. to be paid on allotment.

TEI7STEES.
William Dargan, Esq.,
John Pierse Kennard, E . don. •
William S. Tell, Esq., Mane ester. •
DIEECTOBE, '
..s.ard Barnard, Esq., Agent G.neral for the Crown Colonies,
a_rector of•the Bank of Australasia.
""....upavid Barry. Esq.,
Orleans Railway
apodnettsotExthteenEsniognslisoh Directors of the Paris
Zn• rules Cowan, Esq., M.P., Edinburgh.
el Daniel, Esq., Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park.
Drakeford, Esq , Messrs. Drageford and Co., Great Winches-
-I._ter-tstreet.
lb; s' Itnan, Esq , Messrs. Clay and Gillman, Bucklerabury, Dirac-
e,. of the Swedish Railway,
nder Elastic. Esq., M.P., Glasgow.
z`b- Wingate Headerson, Esq., Director of the Edinburgh and
atries Railway.
Tnntbt jane, Esq., Great Winchester-street, and Messrs. Joyce,
Isiesta. and Co., of Alexandria, and Messrs. Joyce and Co
Stamm 1.1
J▪
ame Pi:ttao!. Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square.
Ron 1,„--s.rn, Esq., M.P., Park-place, Blackburn.
low Ra°0w•a5...u.,..4 B. Ponsonby. Chairman of the Dublin and Wick-
' ,VmaParlY•
kAhrr... Withpower to aid to their number.)
—""1---mesara.
kassrs.l4r..,., ReP°3-woodso, and Co., 4, Lombard-street.
--"LoY, Robinson, and Jack.on, 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury.
Kuecnnrroarasds'
J. P
• "ndd. Esq., Meson, N athaniel Johnston and Son!,
ark likne and s' Bordeaux.
• Staniforli, Esq , Cadogan-place.
ENGINEERS.
T. A. Yarrow, Esq., C.E., London.
J. C. Gunn, Esq., C.E., Edinburgh.
riclkranric ltErzazz--Professor Wheatstone.
"'".rEtinlNG ENGINEER —Thomas Allan, Esq., of Edinburgh.

. _
Secaxraar—RobeitETudgeen, Esn
, The ~, Offices—No. 18, Cannon-street.
au, - %Oa of this Company empowered by a special Act of Par-
era4llt" is to establish an efficient and economical mode of Tele-
beau e,centMunleation throughout Great Britain and Ireland, on a
it bas system, and to extend its utility to purposes to
/,',7 a_litas not hitherto been applied.
Wesailoa lion to all the available resources which the present ad-
triaeo_rd;Beytheta,ll:foriTelegraphic commnication in Europe and America
*lvo ' y will have the advantage of possessing exclu-
ginal Patents for improvements in Electric Tele-
aso4°.!: obtained by Mr. Thomas Allan, of Edinburgh, and have
10 ;7 °tiler valuable inventions.
sa,,_..eascie ethic department, they will have the co-operation and
11."ce of Professor Wheatstone, to whose inventions and researches
v-iTirliresent Telegraphic systems, both in this country and on the
de (linen(, are ht a great degree indebted for their present state of
aaopTlllident and efficiently, and under whose counsel they hope to
seta ii,.!4°se farther improv ments and extensions which the pre-
to tate of scientific knowledge and our social relations demand.
tliternln', "clog with these advantages, the present Company will
artipOh the Held of competition free from the heavy incumbrances
Sea the ra impeded their predeeetpors. The costly experiiffments,
1-klere 'lnures which, in many cases, have been made by d erent
100011aerits -and companies, will enable this Company, while
anon the errors that have been committed, to save a great
Aistsott of expense unprofitably incurred. The heavy outlay for
Ilesti.'"°. and expenses, admitted by one company to amount to
kteel:°°,oool., will also be avoided, as the consideration for the
Petimet-1-, including the act of parliament and all preliminary ex-
-4,00e „,-11) to the formation of se Company, Is only 10,0001. and
eitso;,"`area, with a proportionate amount of shares on any further
Th amen of capital.
Aro e Denny post system has fully demonstrated the fact that in
Peru
Ilia os on as increased facilities of communication have been afforded,t
to 7,e rates of postage have been lowered, so has epistolary n er-
la th,l„aeginented. In accordance with these ascertained results, it
• -1" Intention of this Company so to adapt and economise its means,
tisssi„,.'"o,, W open the advantages of the Electric Telegraph to all
A -i- oir the community at moderate charges.*
8t; 'w tariff of prices has already been adopted in the United
04e, where It has proved eminently successful ; upwards of 30,000
dal report
telegraph wires now exist there, and, quoting from an offf-
tee,.
,14.0 rt, "the business of telegraphing has been found to aug-
,...,_. 7:nth, the in competition or multiplication of vrires, and
Sae man or
0471,catieondefrnonstrates that, alter they have been established at
Of objects never dreamed Act.aor naonths, they ere deemed as indispensable as
rg In ArnericaedTh'.
of before their eatablishment."
are usdd by all classes for hundreds
40Tents (Is. Pd.) for a na'
every word afteeasag
nom New York to Buffalo, 500 miles, is
e of 10 words and the address, and 3
cents tor
ilea, 15 cents ciud.rards ; and from New York to Boston,
240 miles,
14,2701.,
beewigvY4ll7l::
report of the Census-ofllce,'Zil cents afterwards. According to the
Company, possessing
six
s. i
*.agels, producing d Washington Telegraph
ble....,___ _ es, sent in the lastsix months 154,514
!lanai on their capital of 77,0001.,
To times as much as would be re
zaseftve rOyalty allowed to the I sae of 37 per cent. per
capital (owing to theex -
. patentees, and ether causes) is nearlyth
70,,,a similar number of wires. nttired. by this Company lay
thote'llos.,trisa_t,distanee, 5a.,
tt 4 'tngland
>o- • - . the charge for 20 words, foe 100 miles, is 2s. 6d., and
gteleHraphdistance,
a Charge precluding a very extinded use of
4al btt:;;:Pu. There can be no doubt that, if the means of telegraph-
Litler,aven all the principal towns were provided, and the charges
,78rsphittore reasonable, a corresponding increase in the use of the
k, 'ToUld ensue in this country.
141, 14,(2E43 OF THE IMPROVED SYSTEM INTENDED
, b,„ OPTED
-,11.1 - AO BY THE UNITED KINGDOM ELEcTRW
et4lllt as APIs COMPANY.
,sp,,, ,A
time than by the existing
arrsZcileic• better system of signals, by which a great number. of
Oitij'ai be transmitted in the same
1,4, e 0041214. .
841,4 fo[,;•& variety hic apparatus,
o.4‘q• cLi tads
principal object to make
Of improvements intthhee
ttained, and to work a
instrument act at far
the same circuit.
44‘, Selllio,Der of instruments simultane4u.B
Tilh 41.
'11:•-•-trieta than has been hitherto al
hi
~,..4talite 'Le a dispatch to be telegraphed witliout break or repetition
th "arab,. °I. 1,000 miles and upwards.
e.., ~ -....
All
'^quiti,,', More economical method of
a ha
It I '''Og wires, especially for submarine telegr p .
Nit. s Dre, insulating and protecting
Great Britain
aaa'',.sYsts';.:*ed to lay down the main lines (subterranean) of a coin.
4,0,1'4401a". of telegraphic communication throughout.
See ine,,
r towns,
at; ", With a sufficient number of auxilia b finches to este-
te ~,.—oedlate rrespondence between allyprincipalthe
k raovi. co
s,iie 0,, vide for its subsequent progressive development. There
ilTirtgo" question that the adontion of a small charge, say lass. per
~,leest61„7„111- Per word, would be amply remunerative, and, the
Lf:',l est,4,7;ee Company'extend produce a large revenue.
~*leß,-"eh the foundation fora complete system of trunk lines
that to„aPla throughout the United Kingdom, adapted to the ptr:-
teat it ';',,Mercial, political, and social requirements, it is calc d
'l4lrer° Ini-lea of telegraphic wires would in the first instance be
It is •
i3Obtr,!..,atlinated that this amount of telegraphic wires, including
'15006'4.1e Tele
liand •-• Thi graph to Ireland, could be laid down at a cost of
no outpe S would place in connection all the principal cities
C
°I tele.,
-4
ria of the United Kingdom, leaving the further branch
~,--ziat -orapla to be gradually extended with the capital of the
t...i11e ~,„
:tee th"c,ittnt of wires would provide means for telegraphing,oo be-
Zness4ge7 'lours of 10 and 4 daily, exclusive of Sundays, 6,000 short
I Mau' •Yiekllog, supposing only two-thirds to be tra Ittteo.
slits 0.. Jrung the charge at one penny per word, in the aggregate a
t 80001. an Ilall
,slette,:realculationnd net several other sources of income,
~, _ea st other
hoursi:uteinenclsesudtoe
rauways,
It *44lUnil these newspaper dispatches,
~ • oule ie.. M an additional source of income of one-third more,
4.ooll.—__`
... an annual return of 26,0001. and
• ' deduct "• • ...... ••••••• • .• • • • £1.04,000 per annum.
...say 60 v...
cg for the cost of maintenance,
loted i .r cent._
....
.. 52,000
aeapi. 44V6 an Income of 26 percent. on a-- 1
Th
as
of; „
saY .00,000/ . .. .. ... £52,100 net income.
lYst.o-,`,', aelnd, however, be only the commencement or basis of the
th,‘,..atr7l4 ?ll._ lay tug dow, her of wires at first on
n a still greater num
sn'eir'"l,es, by which the coat of each wire would be proportion-
;4l it •,,-I'ned, a great development of the ay
'4OOO,""aY be fairly estimated that a sum of from 250,e00/. to
TO "a ex stern might be effected,
, r the e . Jended in the first instance, would lay the foundation
'esent „I,..„`coslon of telegraphic communication to a degree that at
a, 4, "eld be scarcely credited.
le aie ,Fe additional source of income will also ensue by providing
faystb ftrst instance a sufficient number of extra wires, to be exclu-
Or aivalefroPriated to Government departments, public companies,
44 4 01:t! Mercantile establishment., at an annual rent. The use
%cared g'e Wire may be exclusively possessed, and perfect secrecy
sas.o„ .20 at a cost less than half that now annually expended 1:1" pe,i. O. Uses on their telegraphic messages.
Aeol tastance, 50 extra wires from London to Manchester, Liver-
!cost trircaber Places, could be laid down at so small an additional
Pen ,4'• an exclusive wire could be rented at the rate of 21. or 31
•Wouid`,e_Per annum. It is estimated that 50 extra wires, at leaist,
coke. "e thus reuired which would yield a large additional e-
raighi baud it is difficult to limit the extent to which
.this principle
Leh; calTled in a great commercial country like this.
I,stablie.l..-'
ego', 'de determining the exact amount of wires that will thus be
communications will be made with leading commercial
Les,„'lllents and public companies, offering them exclusive wires
-ties
conditions. Should the demand for private wires exceedthe
;" Provided in the first instance, a preference will be given to
The arehorders of the company.
litost.sPecial'Act of Parliament which has been obtained gives the
enter ~-mple Powers to the- company, on complete registration, to
'tat -,"..P°0 and ope any roads, ways, streets, or highways, through-
ther:`, 'eat Britainnand Ireland, or any of the cities or towns
.10 '4l, for the purpose of establishing Telegraphic communication.
iloaddition
Charter
to the powers conferred by the Act of Parliament, a
• hrldt'aarter has been applied for, limiting the liability of the share-
tem ''' to the amount of their shares. Meantime it will be
that
ea
thatiltion
,_ in all contracts entered iato by they company the
utirrenolders shall not be individually liable beond the amount of
. pshares.
ps7,s,Plications for shares may be made to the Directors of the Com-
folio . ,la, Cannon-street ; the Solicitors of the Company ; or to the
1.1'0,4111g Brokers :—London : Messrs. It. and J. Sutton, N__o. 2.f,
_best 'ths•B4,tlialto
and Head. Man-
a yal Exchange ; Messrs. Forbes and Fielding, No. 3,
tiaest„,.. buildings. Live:pool : Messrs. Goldin
Ilra,, • Messrs. Johnstone and Walker. Leeds: Messrs. Charles
An,loshaw and Co. Ediburgh : Messrs. Allan and Dunlop, ,___ _
'testr,sals, 'll-square. Glasgow: Messrs. M'Ewan and Auld, St. Yin
4 St.
•-v'ace• Dublin: Messrs Williams and Son, Dame street.
To fl, FORM OF APPLICATION FOR MARES.
—e Directors of the United Kingdom Telegraph Company.
(Icliti
, this „
..emen—l hereby request you will all: t me shares in
a d "Nertakiag, and 1 agree to accept the same or any less number,
'NM PaY the deposit thereon,
anited this
day of , 1853.
Namein full ..... .............. - . . • •
Profession ...... .. • • • • • • • • • • • ...... •
• • • • • • • • • • • •
Reference . .. ..•

.* The following extract from the Old Telegraph Company's Report
152 June 1852, shows the beneficial results both to the public and the
.nareholders ot even a partial reduction of charges
~,,." On the 18th of December last, a reduction had been made in the
r_t_B,rnes of the Company, equal very nearly to 50 per cent„ and this
iu►d of course acted as a certain check upon the receipts but they
mere
aided by the political events which had taken place at the com-
" 1 cement of the year, and now tine receipts had thlly recovered
_ n _ year ending December 31,
hal
therns'ives. It would he interesting to compare the results of the
'Lot. If the ►B5l, with that ending June 30, 1852 ;
cuing were made with the corresponding halt of
.3,11 t Year, the resulti would be even more gratifying. The number
essages which been sent had been as follows :-
1851.
1852.

July ..
t.. •• .. 6,902
Au gus .... • • • 7,160
t3sptemloer ... •. • • 8,745
October .. •• • • 8,342
.
Irovember ••• • • • 8,034
December .... • • 13,774

• • January ...7.... 9,262
• • February ...... 10,919
• • March ........ 17,723
" April .......... 13,389
May ............ 18,200
• • Jane.... .. •• • ... 19,420

----
Total •• •• • • 52,957
Total ........ 85,919
Thus there had been an increase of 23,000 messages, or consider-
ably more than one-half the total number sent durin7, the former
heir-Year. The receipts for the then former half-year were 24,395/.,
and those for the hall-year ending 30th June, 1852, 27,4371."
.___The report of the past half-year shows an Income greatly increas-
"eg__. evidently used by the redaction in prices, and corresponding
.1._‘"14011 of bueiliete, giving upwards et 40,0001. for the half-year*
villb:4l ik reeerVed ihni Of UPWAVIA et 70,000'1;