The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-04 00:00:00

SUN,

MA Y 4, 1846.

SEE THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1.
Daily News Oftice, Whitefrlars.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYof LONDON.
EXHIBITIONS AT TIIE GARDEN.
The first Meeting will take place on SATURDAY, the 9th of May ;
subjects for Exhibition must be at this office on FRIDAY, the Bth, or
at the Garden before Half-past Eight o'clock, A.M., on the day of
Exhibition.
The gates will be open to Visitors at One, r.st. Tickets are issued
to Fellows at this office, price ss. each ; or at the Garden, in the
afternoon of the days of Exhibition, at 7s. 6d. each ; but then only
to Orders from Fellows of the Society.
N.B. No Tickets will be issued in Regent-street on the day of Ex-
hibition.-21, Regent-street.

RONovelties of extreme interest and information at the
YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en-
tirely NEW SERIES Of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of
the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and
ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ;
also, Portraits of Sir Henry Ilardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The
PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, with new and beautiful
variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are
MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending. Inclined
Planes, FARRELL'S. ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE-
LOPE CVTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM-
ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on
peeHrimEleinlts.STßY it7l. NATURAL 71. 1L(.)5(.77,. with brilliant ex-

♦dmission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.
♦ brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine
Years' liesident, presented to the Visitors.

GENERAL TOM THUMB'S LEVEES AT
THE EGYPTIAN HALL.

The little General begs to return his sincere and grateful thanks to
the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, for the very liberal support he
continues to receive, and to inform them that he will appear every
Day and Evening in all the costumes and perrormances in which
he had the honour of appearing three times before her Majesty, and
all the principal Courts of Europe.
Hours from Half•past Twelve to Two; Half-past Three to Five;
and Half-past Seven to Nine o'clock. Admission, Is.; Children,
under ten years of age, Half-price.
After Nine o'clock each Evening, he appears in his New Play at
the City of London Theatre, Bishopsgate-street.

CLEANING of the STREETS, and EM-
- PLOYMENT of the POOR.
A MEETING is to be held To-DAY, at Twelve o'clock, at the
Guildhall, for the furtherance of the above objects. Eight thousand
rate-payers have already signed the petition in favour of cleansing
the streets and employing
.the poor upon the plan proposed by a So-
ciety formed by some philanthropic gentlemen.
NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDERS.

U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.

No. 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

The attention of Equitable Policy Holders is particularly called to
the HALF CREDIT SCALES of PREMIUM of this Company, by
which table the bonus to be declared at the next investigation, in
January, 1850, may be secured at a present annual payment of one-
half the rates charged by other companies. In the event of death the
sum insured will be paid less the amount ofpremiums on credit. Should
the life insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy may be
allowed to lapse, and the Company will renounce all claim for the
half premiums which may be due thereon , or, in the event of the
party being at that time in bad health, the policy can be kept up
by commencing to pay the full premium of the age as when first
accepted. The above plan, originating with the Company, was
found peculiarly advantageous at the last equitable division in 1140,
when it was largely adopted. and many of the policies then effected
are still in force, and latge bonuses have been added to them on the
scale of the following table;—
Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy.
£5,000 •••• • • • 6 years 10 months .... £683 6 6
5,000 •• • ..... 6 years .............. 600 0 I
5,000 ........ 4 years •••• • • .. 400 0 0
5,060 •• 2 years .. • ..... ••• • • • 200 0 0
Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on application
to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and F. Lennox Boyd,
Esq., at the offices, 1, Waterloo-place, Pall-mll, London.

GOLD FLAT HORIZONTAL WATCHES,
gold dials, carefhlly finished, with engine-turned cases,
jewelled in four holes, going barrel to continue the action ef the
watch while winding, are offered price 7Y, guineas. These elegant
little Watches will be found to perform very correctly, and a printed
undertaking is given, with fixed terms on which they will always
receive any attention required.
T. COX SAVORY and Co., Watchmakers, &c., 47, Cornhill
(seven doors from Gracechurch-street), Lonclen.—N.B. Second-
hand Watches purchased In exchange.

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, EXCLU-
SIVELY used at GUY'S, ST. GEORGE'S, ST. THOMAS'S
the WESTMINSTER, AND OTHER HOSPITALS, and at the
MANCHESTER, BRISTOL, BRIGHTON, and other INFIRMA-
RIES, may be procured in every locality, at 3s. per bottle, protected
by the Patent Metallic Capsule, embossed " BETTS'S PATENT BRANDT,
7, SMITIIFIELD-BAES," or at the Distillery, their only establishment,
at 16s. per Gallon, in Bulk, or at 18s. in the capsuled bottles, in
quantities not less than two gallons.

CORNWALL and DEVON CENTRAL
RAILWAY.

The following report was read by the Secretary of the
above Company, at the meeting held at the London
Tavern, on Thursday last:—
" The Committee of the Cornwall and Devon Central
Railway Company are desirous of bringing distinctly beforeto
the proprietors the actual state of the Company, in order
enable them to judge for i.heruselves as to the course to
be
pursued.
of Cornwall, held at Bodmin on the 28th of August t
consequence of the Great Western Railway Companyhaving
Exetermoters owf
etrieleindvirietcedt lines definitively refused to comply with the repeatedly-expressed
presided over by the HonieihttteShnhmeriugffll,l-
- of the county in favour of a central line. The pro-
moters "T he iCo o Tian
ew
proceedingsa Cornwall and D e N•oonf Ca ent
publicra l Railwaymeeting Companyof
theleasoot ori-
ginatedotiynrespectably attended, resolutions Salisburywtanet
recommending the formation of an independent Cornwall and
Devon Central Company.
"The Company th,— formed received an unprecedented
amount of loco --...„;;enftlfr both from the principal landowners,
and also from the towns and inhabitants generally of the
hr
ediam no
passedti numerouslyna gnawalbhieimon hvotalaanl wasty
counties of Cornwall and Devon : as a proof of this, it may
be sufficient to refer to the petitions from the two counties
in favour of the Bill presented by Lord Brougham to the
House of Lords in the month of March last, which contained
50,000 signatures, including a great majority of the prin-
cipal landed proprietors, and of the registered electors of the
county of Cornwall.
"The Committee think it important to refer to these facts,
because they establish a broad line of distinction between the
Cornwall and Devon Central, and many of the eehemes
which were got up about the same period with a view merely
to a speculative investment of money.
"The Cornwall and Devon Central was pre-eminently a
bona fide project, originating in the wish of an important
district to obtain the benefit of railway communication, and
as such it was announced to the public.
" The applications for shares were unusually numerous, and
within a few weeks after the formation of the Company, a
Di
London,
insure
ooenpr Dorchester
hso
The
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the
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Companies,
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tptmpee per
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pea
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purchase-money
,
required by the standing orders of Parliament.
" Under these circumstances, the Committee could have
no hesitation in acting upon the belief that the Company
shares
was one which had obtained a firm standing both in the dis-
trict and in public opinion, and in proceeding accordingly to
take such steps as in their judgment appeared calculated to
amalgamationsr,f7lgeayovpe
viniw,oudi
favourably
ee,tirnhei
ahttsbaaihtclsohoe3aerd,fe,.
with those of the Cornwall and Devon Central Company, and
whose co-operation was necessary in order to go before Par-
liament with an integral scheme.
" The next stop' was to negotiate a purchase of the Bod-
minttophoeaa
their
aseAani
cdotn contest
obfeitnhgawtobtained, Wadebridge
ltbihnt
ae it
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ittmhh eee
trunk
coast
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eda
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bi throughhtn(yoeewphptEha
sioecrerhisetrchi niswiaall watp;tieathclaltwlh.
haheoTnfi
hehn sidingsha
hands
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Cornwall
notimtt
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and
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Devon
Central Central Company, or to the extent and value of the pro-
railway, and gave access to one of the best harbours on
tp''Aolthe:erisferttttilotychti:e
situated for intercourse with Cork and the south of Ireland)
they did not hesitate to exercise the powers entrusted to
nrutwcdwoth successha sa
se conclude
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conclude
paidm utin interestsol hd,(n. euel
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ntaEerht undertaking.
absolutemeonntbnoeurrgtmi .
obviously
uale r o f
them, with a view to similar contingencies, by the sub-
scribers' agreement, which expressly provides that the Com-
mittee should have power to enter into such bargains or
contracts with any existing railway or canal Company as in
their judgment might be advisable for facilitating the ob-
taining of an Act, and for the success of the undertaking.
"It must be also remembered that the possession of the
Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway was absolutely necessary
in order to carry out the object announced by the prospectus
of making a branch to Padstow, and that if this railway had
fallen into other hands, this great object of the Company
would have been defeated.
" The third and most important step taken by the com-
mittee was that of concluding, in concert with the London,
Salisbury, and Yeovil, and Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester
Companies, an arrangement for the amalgamation with the
London and South-Western Company
"The importance of an arrangement with that Company
was manifest both as securing the support of a powerful
established company, and as enabling the united companies
to go to Parliament with an integral scheme on the narrow
gauge all the way from London to the Land's End.
" The details of this arrangement, the principles of which
were affirmed at the last meeting of the shareholders, have
been already made public, and are no doubt known to mos
of the shareholders, but it may be well to repeat the con
ditions.

" The companies agree to be bound to each other for two
years to prosecute their respective applications to Parliament,
and, if successful within that period, to amalgamate on the
following terms :—_

" Two to be created in the amalgamated company,