The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-29 00:00:00

Without
With Profits. Profits. With Profits. Without
Profits'
°
A"el
s—£l 13 8...£1 9 10 Age 40...£3 5, 9...£3 0 3
20 ...... 117 9 114 2 45 316 2 38 10
...... 2 3 1 119 1 50 410 6 44 9
30...... 2 9 7......2 4 55......5 7 6 5 2 5
ice Assurancesnd are likewise granted for short terms, and upon an
Iro .4'g or descending Scale ; also upon joint lives and on survi-
rftll Ips.
Tablesmay be had of the Country Agents, and at the Society's
Ofs,
' 'O. 12, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, where attendance is
d.ily given from Ten till Four o'clock.
JOHN CAZENOVE, Secretary.

EAST MODE OF SECURING THE BONUS ON EQUI-
TABLE POLICIES BY THE
lINITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
Established 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ;
8,. by Act of Parliament. for Assurances of Lives and
Annuitis.
vivorship and evn-
rk *-e for the Granting and Purchasing of

HONORARY PRrAIDYNTS.
ea r 1 of Errol Lord Viscount Eastnor, M. P.
af Courtown Lord Viscount Glandine
Sul Leven and Melville Lord Elphinstone
rd Viscount Falkland Lord Belhaven and Stanton.
Sir J. H. Dalrymple, Bart.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
Th PLASKET, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
tood," 4aoommodation now offered to the public by the following
seri:non will be found particularly convenient and well worthy the
faii;,‘llel consideration of parties who may wish to secure to their
b„ e the bonus expected on equitable policies, Jan. 1, 1840, and,
ay opting it, not only will that object be obtained, but they may
life, themselves of oontinuing the insurance for the remainder of
state at the premium of their present age, whatever may be their
,„°f healtit, after having received the bonus of the Equitable
tin Zhen an insurance is for life half the premium may remain
pofi a for five years at interest, to be deducted eventually from the
or paid off at convenience, it being perfectly understood that
o h!Party discontinues the insurance, the Company have no elaim
TillMsfor the portion of the premium that is unpaid."
life „u a gentleman of 45 may be insured for the whole period of
Av." 31- 10s. 6d. per cent., and by paying 11. 15s. Sd. for the first
~.&1 the
he may discontinue his insurance as soon as he has re-
ki),...tat the bonus of the Equitable, or may remain insured for life as
WI. explained.
ward is Company grants liberal Annuities upon ages of 65 and up-
row 5, to parties themselves, but not assignable, and every infor-
lett''4l will be afforded on personal application at the office, or by
Nv_tra addressed to the Resident Director, Edward Boyd, Esq., 8,
ate
-place, Pall-mall.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.
T THE HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MEETING of this Company, held at the MERCHANTS'
1it3471:1-, in the City of Bristol, on THURSDAY the 31st of August,
, FREDERICK RICKETTS, Esq., in the Chair ;
It eras unanimously Resolved,
-Roved by T. R. GUPPY, Esq., and seconded by GEORGE
JONES, Esq. ;
That the Report of the Directors now read be received and
'opted, and that they be requested to print the same.
Moved by PETZU MAZE, Esq., and seconded by E. W.
MILLS, Esq. ;
to!.
foThat the best thanks qf the Proprietors be given to the Direc-
Co r their very able and eiNient attention to the interests of the
"ed by CHARLES B. Fairs', Esq,, and seconded by
3. 71, MICHAEL HINTON CASTLE, Esq. ;
sentedTat the cordial thanks of this Meeting be respectfully pre-
grata. the Society of Merchant Venturers, for their kindness in
'ftg the use of their Hall.
Th, FREDERICK RICKETTS, Chairman.
WAni Chairm an haying quitted the chair, it was taken by SASIL.
314 E
• u•CASTLE, Esq., moved, and Wm. WATSON, Esq.,
seconded;
the hearty thanks of this Meeting be given to FREDERICK
Esq., for his able and excellent conduct in the Chair.
SAML. WARING.

REPORT.
- seain submitting to the proprietors a concise but correct ae-
aettnt c7f
sfie- .. the k,ompany's position, it is satisfactory to the directors,
d commercial diffi-
enitr:hbe lapse of several months o f
oaoggr
dent earing with peculiar pressure every undertaking depen-
that Lithe application of surplus capital, to be enabled to state
Ftal_h the exception. of such a retarded payment of the last in-
:t sim as is necessarily consequent on the period,. they have not
t tale fact to communicate which can otherwise than strengthen
Bristoltire confidence in the ultimate distinguished success of the
a and Exeter Railway, hitherto entertained by a:11 who are
Irtec,',"a`hted with its cheapness, its facilities, its security, and its
eoiThreceps;rticular facts establishing these advantages have been so
fY demonstrated in their two former reports that the directors
veliraein from repeating them ; merely remarking on the additional
U the
derive from the defeat and abandonment, during the last
tl!,„"ta of Parliament, of every competing line betwixt London and
si„si estern Counties. and a moral certainty, arising both from phy-
the • impediments and the new requirements of the Legislature, that
eitroduction of any ether is effectually precluded.
geee the lat report two additional contracts, extending to the
t.ot road to Bridgewater in the village of Lympsham, have been
Cheered into on terms advantageous to the Company, arising from
The nature of the ground.
eenlHe greater portion of the land is purchased on the 11 miles
hi_sperised in the two first contracts ; and the contractor is availing
tr.' if of the favourable state of the weather to eipedite the pro-
ess of the work
No4v:Aare, however, of the large amount of capital at presenth ern-
eittW 00. the numerous and extensive railroads in progress t rough-
ssaii;lectngdorn, and desirous of giving the greatest effect to the
means of the Company, by not operating nn too large a
idet:eo at a time, the directors—though fully determined to corn-
tie„s the line to Exeter—have resolved to finish and open such por-
ke a °f it, commencing with Bristol, as will enable them to secure
Wesci.'oioal remuneration on the capital expended en its progress to
atel Itn and Uphill in the first instance, Bridgwater in the second,
400 d tiaanton in the third, so that investment and return may, in a
r
141 i •egree, keep pace with each other. They purpose, therefore,
tualott the scope of this report chiefly to an exposition of such en--
°Pilltanees as will best enable the proprietors to form a correct
Poriio4l °I. the required outlay and ascertainable proceeds on these
,r ns of their expenditure.
ti,fae estimates of their engineer, which have been hitherto so sa-
tw.o.e,ticiiily borne out by the contracts entered into for upwards of
14,4
~rds of the distance to Bridgwater, and by the actual cost of
et. 3-; of
_
ade purchased. warrant the directors in assuming that the
Motive °Peoing the line to that port, including the stations, loco-
ateeed engines and every other expense, will, at the outside, not
15eninditsutauclifirgtY-five pounds per share.
, the dividend to be reasonably anticiputed from this ex-
have tney are so fully sensible of the extent of prejudice they
"iterest 'fleounter, arising less from the misrepresentations of the
un_ed, than from the' inconsiderate assumptions of a few who
Yieldeclei,)loainted with the facts of the question, and the credence
Mined tt,Y the many to assertions to which they have never exa-
treth i."e Proof, that the directors would feel the declaration of
tself to be unavailing, unless supported by that species and
the -It ef, evidence which they well know must remain unshaken by
rverest scrutiny.
tl:,eY subjoin, therefore, as an appendix, an abstract, corrected
Coup, 13tresnt time, of the traffic, proved before the Parliamentary
trat4
ttiee under the investigation of adverse counsel, and illus-
laiods y such references as can leave little room for doubt in
data i accessible to the influence of testimon To those who,
hay ed„, thef celebrity which our great manufacturing towns
te 'otained
eestraVellino. wrom the magnitude and productions, ratl h than
`twill!' tonst
oief
necessityantsand habits of their pofpultatreono,raceoncfouredrewhthicaht
0111,itbe vain to seek a created an extent exthteentootheinr edistricts 'of the king-
tuatii will appear remarkablearae thint the coaches at this time daily
the rig betwixt London,Bristel,.aand Exeter, considerably exceed
tiverentire number plying between
IL .ondon and Birmingham,
JeeetP°°L and Ara
he seem i Railroad nc ester, b.etore t. it opening of the Grand
a by • Yet such is the incontrovertible fact, as will
Od it • any one who takes the trouble to
.refer to the appendix ,
" thi
iMess Plain ground, together with the acknowledged
an,, `"chnatural facilities give to the construction of the
out to th Exeter line, that the directors feel justified in holding
the e shareholders the expectation of
.atdiyidend of 13 per cent.
added 4144 before-
zniire_ at it is
theo to Bridgw a er.
eau
rare]
profit in
peculiar advantage of this Ine
.To this it may be
1 to open up new
tiot, al:11Y 'he pees its pro rest at such short eueeessivt; distances as
.by any similar undertaking, The
l'r°fitQ. last than tenteTiles will enable the company, 14 */)!
klacts r'e°t inlodedeFl comorpile-
ksliilhn°o a vast coal ,he present or any estimate, to bring tuvree
elot, e Per ton -held 4;1/4' the eity of Bristol, at a charge o
will to the twelve additional miles, which bring the line
au,L.° of the Ax, and the natural harbour at Uphill
Wal,, of Ireiani,Te of ,communication betwixt the whole of the
seern-1, arid Bristolinciuding, of course, the southern ‘;past of
t toestpe advantages
rein etteateniat, and London of which the most sanguine tow
.4idgwater, and eleven miles more, by car-
will necessarily resider it the medium