The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-31 00:00:00

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GRAND CO-LLitn DOCKS,
ROTHERHITHE and DEPTFORD.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
Capital, £550,000., in Shares of £5O each. '
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Deposit £1 per Share.
The Provisional Committee of the GRAND COLLIER DOCKS
have the satisfaction to report to the Subscribers, that the Act of
•Ineorporation received the Royal Assent on the 15th Ju'y last.
The REPORT to the Shareholders, with a Statement of the
ems,tximed, madatedAnnual Income and Charge, and Plan of the Docks an-
be had at the Company's Office, where applications
may be male for the remaining Shares in the usual manner.
By order,
, JAMES SMITH, Secretary.
Grand Collier Dock Office, 28, Fenchurch-street,
August 23, 1837.
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CONTRACT FOR WORKS.
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1 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,
BRISTOL.
Notice is hereby given, that the Directors will reeeive, at their
. Office in Bristol, on or before TttsnAT, the 19th of September
next, at twelve o'clock, TENDERS for the EXECUTION of the
following WORKS :
CONTRACT No. 6 B.—The excavation and formation of the
Earthwork, and the construction of all Bridges, Culverts, end other
Masonry, and the entire completion (excepting the ballasting and
laying the permanent rails) of that portion of the Railway extend-
ing from the termination of the Contract No. 4 B, in the village of
I Overton, to Oak-street, in the parish of Lynsombe and Widcombe,
Ihth, being a distance of about. one mile and fifteen chains.
~ BOX TUNNEL, CONTRACT No. 2.—The excavation and
,orrtration of that portion of the Tunnel which will be worked from
the open cutting of Contract No. IC. This portion it is expected
Will be entirely through Bath stone, and will probably extend about
. '750 feet in length.
CONTRACT No. 3.—The excavation and formation of both
lengths of the Tunnel to be worked east and west from Shaft 'No.
7' forming a tetal length of about 1,475 feet ; this portion it is ex-
Pected will also be entirely through Bath stone.
CONTRACT No. 4.—The excavation and formation of both
lengths of the Tunnel to be worked east and west from Shaft No.
6, forming a total length of about 1,373 feet. This portion it is ex-
pected will be principally through Bath stone-and the Leas marl.
Drawings and Specifications of the above Works will be exhi-
bited at the Company's Offices, Corn-street, Bristol, and Hanwell,
Middlesex, and printed forms of Tender may be had at the same
Offices on and after Monday the 28th of August.
, . The Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept the
lowest Tender, and they expect the several parties to attend at the
Office at one o'clock on the 19th September.
C. A. SAUNDERS,
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Secretaries.
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Corn-street, Bristol:l6th Aug 1837OSLER, .
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY.
No. OS, CORNHILL, LONDON.
To be incorporated by Act of Parliament.
Capital, bOO,OOO/.
PATRON.
His Grace the DUKE of SOMERSET, F.R. S.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAIi , Esq., Chairman.
J. Tillotson, M.D. F. It. S. George Lungley, Esq.
Charles Farebrother, Esti., Aid. Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq.
H. Gordon, Esq. John Rawson Esq.
l Robert Hollond, Esq., M.P. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
' Aunrroas.
s Pr.felgor nitshie, LL.D. ,F. R. S. ( Professor IVbeatsto ao, F. R. S.
i PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq.
Am:ART—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S.
i Baxxras--Messrs. Wright and Co.
Srattntwe, Cotrwsat —W. Milbourne James, Esq.
1 SOLICITORS—Messrs Webber and Bland, Bedford-row.
The Capital of this Society is 500,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 10/.
) eilia_oh., Deposit X ss. per Share, application for which, before
f r"tog the List to be made at the OFFICES of the SOCIETY,
~... CORNHILL, LONDON, and 36, WESTMORELAND-
. ~.I.BEET, DUBLIN; or to Messrs. Wright and Ce., Bankers,
, 4lonrietta-street, Covent-garden.
'rho principles of this Society, in addition to the ordinary objects
) tf other Offices, combine to the Assured all the advantages of a
• IFE ASSURANCE and a SAVINGS' BANK, besides a wider
a Nsplisation of Life Assurance to the WANTS and 'VARIOUS
IS 71',UNTINGENCIES in HUMAN LIFE amongst the UPPER,
e'dIDDLE, and LOWER CLASSES.
• r The Directors having completed every arrangement, aro now
ell'd,,l to entertain Proposals for Assurance in all its forms.
IS los Rates of Premium, although of lesser importance when the
a
!Thar advantages secured to the Assured in this Society are consi-
t tiered, have nevertheless been fixed as low as the point of safety
iloald warrant, and are, notwithstanding, positively lower than
a„Sreat majority of other Offices.
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,„,,'"°sPeetuses, with Tables of Survivorship, for Military, Naval,
e --" East India service, Foreign Climates, and increasing and di-
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... rothing scale of Premiums in detail, may be had on application
Fr "'
the Offices of the Society.
o I'RENIIIJAI for the ASSURANCE of 1001. for WHOLE LIFE.
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With
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, ›. Without 2-3rds
Profit, 2-Srch ft "r" I.°, Profits.
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1:14, attention of the Directors is unremittingly given to the dif-
Ar" of tho principl of Society throughout each district of
tinitod Kingdom,es uponthis no a w plan of local advantage to the
gyred, several branches have been already established, and others
re under consideration. Such influential individuals desirous of
~,"oing a branch of this Society, or forming themselves into a
Zranuttess for that object, by addressing a batter to T. Lamio Mor-
e. Eul, at the Office of the Society, will meet immediate att..-
-: or, if the prospects held cut are sufficient, will receive a
for that purpose.