The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

„ SOCIETY OP PAINTERS IN WATER CO-
op ,-",ITRS.—The FouTy-ruirril ANNUAL EXHIBITION is NOW
lA, at their Gallery 5, Pall-Mall East, from nine till dusk.
dmittanee, One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence.
GEORGE FRIPP, Sec.

BRITISH and FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.
on mollie Forty-eighth General Meeting of this :•ociety will be held
74 ',DAY, May 9, 1853, in the Large School-room, Borough-read.
Chair will be taken by the Right Hon. Lord Jonti RUSSELL, M.P.

and -W.f., at 12 o'clock precisely.
The
0„ „_eAn Annual Examination of the Boys' Model School will take place
itlasut Beale daPy, commencing*, at 10 o'clock precisely. LORD Joust
Tickets
reside.
~os
maytorf,„„may be obtained by application at the Society's House,

HENRY DUNN, Secretary.

Aliegoß ASSURANCE COMPANY,
For the this 67, Cheapside, London.
Po. Younger
ages the premiums of Life Assurance required by.
whi,_44llPsnY will be found lawer period those of most other offices
v.,1 the bonus additions that are pically made from the Corn-
aZtilirolits tend still further to lessen the cost of assurance. Life
The are granted by the Company on equitable terms.
gencles in the
the a o,lPeettis may be had at the
the
in Loudon, or at any of
Principal towns of the kingdom.
T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary.
113-

131817 ANT to an. ORDER of the ,HIGH
iiti.„,o‘oußT of CHANCERY, made in a cause, " HARVEY v.
fleicrZ.Jl," the Creditors of JAMES BURROWS, late of Bred-
4bout.th'ue county et Suffolk, Gentleman, deceased, who died in or
tile 7th Month of April, 1849, are, by their Solicitors, on or before
an
7 °f May 1853, to come in and prove their debts or claait
Clueux`l. ambers of Master Humphrey, Southampton-buil ng.,
torily J'anei London, or In default thereof they will be peremp-
_ eluded from the benefit of the said Order.
eittndarY, the 23d day of May, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the said
De—,b B. Is appointed for heitring and adjudicating upon the Claims.
this 15th day of April, 1853.
JAMES FLUKER, 10, Symond's Inn, London,
FOE
ROBERT GALSWORTHY, Ipswich.

TIIE UNITED KINGDOM ELECTRIC
tkPowerm TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
lest. • e3' Special Act of Parliament, 14 and 15 Tic., Session
to 250,000/., in 50,600 Shares of 51. each, with power
*"eresese the Capital to 500,0001. 11. to be paid on allotment.
TRUSTEES.
Wlllam Dargan, Esq., Dublin.
John Pierse Kennard, Esq., London.
William S. St. Tell, Esq., Manchester.
'(l,ws.rd Been—, DIRECTORS.
Director Agent General for the Crown Colonies,
sohu
tavir,lsf the Bank of Australasia.
eeaudoetee„artYse Esq., one ot the English Directors of the Paris
wiarss les Cowanen's nall and its Extensions.
"auleil ' _Esq., M.P., Edinburgh. . . .
David ucl., Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park.
s_vl" -urakeford, Esq
esolr-stresit Messrs. Drakeford and Co., Great Winches-
tor ..*
tor of se—'n, Esq , Messrs. Clay and Gilman, Bucklerebury, Dirge-
ssaileeseed"seetwedish Railway.
eaorissA ''..eastie, Esq., M.P.', Glasgow.
~,(31410;71 ate Henderson, Esq., Director of the Edinburgh and
-
1121Ittlth°le EN ' , Great Winchester-street, and Messrs. Joyce,
esefleste ' and Co., of Alexandria, and Messrs. Joyce and Co.,
aesish
ilaan'es Plikrte, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square.
The Ron
Beton, Esq., M.P., Park-place, Blackburn.
Roe--eans. Esq., Messrs. Pillans, Ferguson, and C 0.., OldJeivrie;...
lose Rse 'red. GB. Ponsonby, Chairman of the Dublin and ic
'"war Company.
iteesu
.4_ (With power to add to their number.)
s_ 4.--ssessrs. Heywood, Kenuards, and Co., 4, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
14844• alfaltby, Robinson, and Jackson, 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury.
J AUDITORS.
- •Judd, Egg Messrs, Nathaniel Johnston and Sons,
241erk.lane; sad Bordeaux.
• Stantforth. Esq., Cadogan-place.
ENGINEERS.
T. A. Yarrow, Esq., C.E., London.
J. C. Gunn, Esq., C.E. Edinburgh.
See,. ME/serene REFEREE—Professor Wheatstone.
-eete'reaeDlNCl ENGINEER—Thomas Allan, Esq., of Edinburgh.
Sccaterear —Robert Dudgeon, Esq.
Offices—No. IS, Cannon-street.
li• The ees.
eesea JeCt of this Company, empowered by a special Act of Par-
alata4" ts te establish an efficient and economical mode of Tele-
been, fisinatilmunication throughout Great Britain and Ireland, ona
*leo& Proved system, and to extend its utility to purposes to
ene Iles not hitherto been applied.
vaessacnitaion to all the available resources which the present ad-
ark"s, theta of Telegraphic commnication in Europe and America
levee, Company will have the advantage of possessing exclu-
esas_:everal original Patents for improvements in Electric Tele-
teeee`ts. obtained by Mr. Thomas Allan, of Edinburgh, and have
1-`lll,!leother valuable Inventions.
seleutifle department, they will have the co-operation and
tee eeeof Professor Wheatstone, to whose inventions and researches
Coosefese nt Telegraphic systems, both in this country and on the
eeZent, are la a great degree indebted for their present state of
asoprjhent and efficiency, and under whose counsel they hope to
stet etsl'.:se further improv ments and extensions which the pre-
corn- of scientific knowledge and our social relations demand..
etitei."l"aanchig with these advantages, the present Company- will
e.s4llee tt° field of competition free from the heavy incumbrances
`Ads see ':•vea impeded their predecessors. The costly experiments,
`eevenseeauures which, in many cases, have been made by different
eeeetee`cnts and companies, will enable this Company, while
1141,0 we the errors that have been committed, to save a great
here: °I expense unprofitably incurred. The heavy outlay for
aearl and eXpenscs, admitted by one company to amount to
2m
laserita ,0001., will also be avoided, as the considerationfor the
eenses • meluding the act of Parliament and all preliminary exd-
-4.005 seuP to the formation of the Company, is only 10,0101. an
‘Steese"ares, with a proportionate amount of shares on any further
l'hoh°4 Of, capital.
,cee,nnY post system has fully demonstrated the fact that in
andas increased facilities of communication have
.been afforded,
tear—e rates of postage have been lowered, so has epistolary inter.-
t'eleaueraented In accordance with these ascertained results, it
es to but On of this Company so to adapt and economise its means,
'ltissee—SrsTve °Pen the advantages of the Electric Telegraph to all
1 ' "'e community at moderate charges..
Iltetesate tariff of prices has already been adopted in the Unnited
keel , ',here it has proved eminently successful ; upwards of 00,000
• restaessieg,r,aph wires now exist there, and, quoting from an out.
tent ects_e. increased ess of telegraphing has been found to augd-
eee,,,_neeetiee competition or multiplication of wir. es, an
st4rocae
to demonstratesf that, after they have been established at
tornthe mall teousr: Lew months, they are deemed as indispensable as
ta
Armes:mil:ad,
a-,e_cbjects ne-ee-e dreamed They are used by all classes for hundreds
„Abe charge '
'e cents ofrrobmokiNree their establishment."
Sop t ry word anifteaersesaaegeeeOf.
. or( eved) for a Yer to
and
0 wordks Buffalo, 500 miles, is
the address, and 3
I...,l2._rtaill:llthiescceetnsitsuss.eoliec.eLtaahed •cents afterwards. According tone
Telegraph
see7sPanr, possessing six 44,' sse aw York and Washingtonr
kieue,4"•• Producing 14,2707—i, -,7. 212 their capital of 77,007J/ing
gent in the last six months le-4,514
hat. the e
araite o(fow37lapgerteoenthte. seey.
Iteeet eZs3'_aitY allowed to the patent ens, arculpether causes) is nearly
eri, e;eee asa much as would be required by this Company to lay
r number of wires.
itlet"e teSisthe charge for 20 words, for 100 milos, is 2s. 6d., and
14g be'eaes'.'siance, 55., a charge precluding a very extended use of
retiess'yeen here can he no doubt that, if the means of telegraph-
telegrn more the principal towns were provided, and the charges
2110,-,P" Wolii,!easonablz, a corresponding increase in the use of the
To BE 4,IIIAPES
OF THE IMPROVED SYSTEM INTENDED
'Elaise—e?nsl!TED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM ELECTRIC
dt„ COMPAe•
number of
'sliates "e better system of signals, by
which
a great
tthe existing
44elageieltan be transmitted hi the same time than by
"conahms•
ts act at far
ore - .or te • -object to make the instrumen
variety of imrvements in the telegrapbic apparatus,
ater their ptincipa
attained,
the andsant toe work a
circuit.
'Ater stances than has beenhith hitherto
atta
number of instruments simultaneously
4 sir enabling a dispatch to be telegraphed without break or repetition
method of insulating and protecting
them esel,ce of 1,000 miles and
faupwArUS.
fitly. more econoisec
for submarine telegraphs.
stZuaucting wires, especially
Proposed to lay down the main lines (subterranean) of a come
Lies hsystem of telegraphic communication throughout Great Britain
eiiseeilland, with a sufficient number of auxiliary branches to esta-
tween all the rincipal towns,
iteonsen immediate correspondence be p
4,4 provide for its subsequent progressive development. There
lei no question that the adoption of a small charge, say Is. per
litto.ge, or id. per word, would be amply remunerative, and, as the
Ttiess of the Company extended, produce a large revenue.
°stab ish the foundation for a complete system of trunk lines
taleer
haseise aPh throughout the United Kingdom, adapted o the preted
s_euleemercial, political, and social ments,requir it ist calcula
s il,ooo
Neil._ miles of telegraphic wires would In the first instance be
gee' estimated that this amount of telegraphic wires, including
leCosetertrine Telegraph to Ireland, could be laid down at a cost of
litei7„°!. This would place in connection all the principal cities
atte,""Ports of the United Kingdom, leaving the 'further branch
Comp telegraph to be gradually extended with the capital of the
▪ Y•
hese - amount of wires would provide means for telegraphing, be-
oleeeanttbe a hours of 10 and 4 daily, exclusive of Sundays, 6,000 short
A" s' Yielding, supposing only two-thirds to be transmitted:
Wm eeenning t he charge at one penny per word, in the aggregate a
78,000/. annually.
leek calculation does net include several other sources of income,
ate fies at other hours, licenses to railways, newspaper dispatches,
ft seSesSile these as an additional source of income of one-third more,
,78,-Ple'd.„lcave an annual return of 26,0001. and
euei e_es". £104,000 per annum.
••••••••••••••••••••••••••
e_say7sclucting for •
the cost of maintenance,
nest ,slse! 52,0e0
east,nal e an income of 26 per cent. on a
Tetr- of say 200,000/. ................ £52,100 net income.
seetota.would, however, be only the commencement or basis of the
IV laying down a still greater number of wires at first on
%ly lines, by which the cost of each wire would be proportion-
Ises jetoniniehed, a great development ofthe system might be effected,
00,050paY be fairly estimated that a sum of from 250,000/. to
I°, the "Dended in the first instance, would lay the foundation
Pres ee extension of telegraphic communication to a degree that at
n
A ta,s could be scarcely credited
the Irastaidditional source of income. will also ensue by providing
11/417 aliPe nstance a sufficient number of extra wires, to be exclu-
°r Det,ateopriated to Goverennent departments, public companies,
Ze 4 'lngle Mercantile establishments, at an annual rent. The use
cures wire may be exclusively possessed, and perfect secrecy
144r13' hn at a cost less than half that now annually expended by
coaFor
,i-ei;Utan'°l,o,lsotheir telegraphic messages.
t' or °ther extra wires from London to Manchester, Liver-
thatP aces, could be laid down at so small an additional
1,0
.die
De_ exclusive wire could be rente at the rate of 2/. or
ee,'2l ts'ie.ae _ um. It is estimated that 50 extra wires, at least,
si;ee; en, ese.reenired ; which would yield a large additional
let oearlirddiftecult to limit the extent to which this principle
er°r° det in a great commercial country like this.
es. aired e enduing the exact amount of wires that will thus be
e°rnmunleations will be made with leading commersial
'Mee ernents and Shouldp offering them exclusive wires
;telleehol der%
11'1 hee'°nditione
Proves the demand for private wires exceed the
in the first instance, a preference will be given to
apeoe.,
Actof the company.
eo'ts,t ample`dessof Parliament which has been obtained givesi the
a
skit 'enDoa o,.,',wers to the company, on complete registrat or,
test, Croat (lad open any roads, ways, streets, or highways, through-
la
:14e; foe tenetain and Ireland, or any of the cities or . towns
Ito esotion PurPose Power
establiehing Telegraphic communication.
C'het:2 :he Powers conferred by the Act of Parliameesnhta,rea.
eoases- to
nine asobeen applied tor, limiting the liabllitylelfhth
made a
slia;', unt of their shares. Meantime it ill e
teseecholeje eil contracts entered into by the company that the
shaes-; Snail net be individually liable beyond the amount of
eSo`Pieless,e__
toll 3', le aoafor shares may be made to the Directors of the Con-1-
)401;7,1°6 I:Nen:Street ; the Solicitors of the Comany ; or
vto t2llie
tostileside, Reoraf —London : Messrs. R. and J. Sutton,. ,
besee4ll-bnildin Exchange ; Messrs. Forbes and Fielding, No. 3,
arse r: lesose_gs• Liverpool : Messrs. Golding and Head. Man-
AoSSeshisee amieesaJluistone and Walker. Leeds Messrs. Charles
Place. Dublin
cesees..sloarue •
cEdinburgh : Messrs. Allan and Dunlop, 4, St.
.a•gow Messrs. M'Ewan and Auld, St. Tin-
• Messrs Williams and Son, Dame street.
To tis roamOF ' •
t ilrectors APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
ti of the United Kingdom Telegraph Company.
D$ 141ertaktag oereby request you will allot me shares in
hie Posit thereon,
se.„ ~e •ad I agree to accept the same or any less number, ee de
Name In fu ay
of
Address . ...•
• • • •• •
Profession.
Reference . ****

, 1853.

otau'rhu e following extract from the Old Telegraph Company's Report
ifitrole(4ls2, shows the beneficial remits both to the public and the
Ortline.r%),l even a Partial reduction of charges
gee nitZl of Decerober lest, a reduction had been madehidn
tthhise
'gereut'e°uziriZacoterndiTuy' equal verY
th,Th.ovent of the up, to 50
u they
,beteclt- by the polaitztecar
evaeinnteshechllchhandtthaekepin'eecrecients la, t
placeP at the com-
t,alf-es. Year, and now the receipts had fully recovered
It would he interesting to compare the results of the
I'd bearth:"lg December 31, 1851, with that ending June 30, 1852
iti. 3,,,._
.Fetnparison we 'e made with the con esponding half of
/nei;Z: Jhe results would be even more gratifying. The number
iges Which been sent had been as follows :-
1851.
1852.

6,902
41,11Rtist : , • • • • 7,160
?A
timber
8,745
,tober • • , • •. 8,342
otte ••• •• 8,034
betellro r Ther ...... 13,774

January •... . 9,262
February .. .• • . 10,919
34 arch ...... .. • 17,723
April .. .... •. . . 13,389
May .. .. .. • • .. • . 14,200
June.... •• • ••.. •.. 19,420

.41,1120141 ...... 52,957 -
Total ...... ~
. 85,99
ably
ore there •
had been an increase of 33,000 messages, or consider-
baityear tlian one-half the total number sent during the former
kad year. The receipts for the then former half-year were 24,3961.,
1 ,„
._those for he halt-year ending 30th June, 1852, 27 4371."
riii:e'vri:Dert the he past half-year shows an income g;eatly increas-
!at,,,,enotlY eaused by the reduction in prlces, and corresponding
teqvin.". 1 business, giving upwards of 40,000/. for the half-year,
4 ‘ re6erved fona of upyrudi of 70,0001.