The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-24 00:00:00

By order of the Directors,
J, B. BADHANI,
Secretary.

Office, 30, Broad-street, Bristol,
17th April, 1838.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY,
CONTRACTS FOR WORKS.
Notice is hereby given, that the Directors will receive, at their
Office in Broad-street, Bristol, on or before TUESDAY, the 29th
of May, at Twelve o'Clock, TENDERS for the execution of the
following Contracts :

CONTRACT 1, B.
The Excavation and formation of the Earthwork, and the Con-
struction of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the
entire completion (excepting the Materials for, and the Forming
the permanent way) of that portion of the Railway extending from
the end of Contract No. 4, A (the Boundary ditch of the parishes
of Lympsham and South Brent), to the Boundary-fence between
Nos. 71 and 75, in the parish of South Brent, a distance of about
2 miles and 5 chains. _

CONTRACT 2, B.

The Excavation and Formation of the Earthwork, and the Con-
struction of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the
entire completion (excepting the Materials for, and the Forming
the permanent Way) of that portion of the Railway extending
from the end of Contract 1, 13, to the Boundary-Fence, between
Nos. 46 and 47, in the parish of Burnham, a distanee of about 2
miles and 7 chains.

CONTRACT 3, B.
The Excavation and Formation of the Earthwork, and the Con-
struction of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the
entire completion (excepting the Materials for, and the forming
the permanent way) of that portion of the Railway extending
from the end of Contract 2, B, to the Boundary-fence between
Nes. 21 and 24, in the parish of Bridgwater, a distance of about
6i miles.

'The Earthwork in Contracts I, B, and 2, B, consists principally
of the formation of a Causeway of from 1 to 4 feet in height, the
materials being obtained from the side ditches ; and, in Contract 3,
B, it is of the same description, with the exception of a short
cutting at Puriton, of about 150,000 cube yards.
Drawings and Specifications of the above Works will be exhi-
bited at the Engineer's Office, Coronation-road, Bristol, and at the
Clarence Hotel, Bridgewater, on and after Monday, the 14th of
May next.
Printed Forms of Tender may be had at the same places, and
at the Company's Offices, Broad-street, Bristol.
The Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept the
lowest Tender, and they expect the several parties to attend at the
Office, in Broad-street, Bristol, at Twelve o'Clock on the said 29th
day of May. J. B. BAD HAM,
Bristol and Exeter Railway Office, Secretary.
30, Broad-street, April 17,1838.

NETHERLANDS ASPHALTE
COMPANY.
Capital 20,0001. in 2,000 Shares.
Deposit 10s. per Share.
The above proposed Company offers to the public the decided
advantage above many others of this nature, that a contract is actu-
ally on the eve of being concluded for laying down the Asphaltum
in one of the principal cities in the Netherlands, which will natu-
rally lead to further arrangements with other local authorities in
that country.
The first contract for laying down this new mode of pavement in
llertoginbosch, is expected to be concluded in a few days : in the
interim it is proposed to give the English public the opportunity of
taking an interest in this desirable object.
Application for Shares to be made, post-paid, to Mr. Greenfield,
16, Clifford's Inn ; or to Mr. Maccallum, at the Company's tempo-
*try Offices, No. 26, Bucklesbury.
Before the final formation of the proposed Company, a General
Moming of the Scrip-holders will be convened, when the names of
respectable English and Dutch Gentlemen and Merchants will be
proposed as Directors, to be decided by a majority of the Meeting,
and the non-contents may receive the full amount of Deposits paid.

NATIONAL COGNAC BRANDY DIS-
TILLERY COMPANY.

To be Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
Capital 250,0001. in 10,000 Shares of 251. each.—Deposit 51.
The object of this Company is to manufacture BRANDY equal
to Cognac, by a newly invented and ingenious apparatus, the secret
of the working and proses; of which has been purchased by, and is
exclusively secured to the Directors of this Company.
The Brandy produced by the above means is undistinguishable
from Cognac 13randy, and not only does it possess its flavour but
also the same beneficial qualities, for which Foreign Brandy is so
invariably recommended by the Faculty.
The Directors are so confident of the success of this great un-
dertaking, and the benefit that will arise to the public by the sale
of this very superior Brandy, that they fully anticipate being able
to compete with their Continental neighbours—so as to render the
importation of Foreign Brandy unnecessary.
rhe Directors beg to announce to the Public. that from the
confidence placed in them by the Shareholders in the promptitude
with which the Deposits have been paid, they are enabled to com-
mence business, and to receive orders to any extent.

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This Brandy will be supplied at 18s. per Gallon, in quanti-
bies of not less Two Gallons.

A. liberal discount allowed to the Trade.
HENRY STOKES, Manager.

15, King-street, Snow-hill.

THE FLEETWOOD TONTINE
COMPANY.

Capital 300,0001., in 3,000 Shares of 1001. •ach.
Deposit 5/. per Share.
The Capital of the Company not to be divided until 2,400 Shares
shall have become merged by the decease of nominees to that extent ;
but Proprietors whose nominees shall die before the division of
capital to receive back the whole amount which they may have
paid on their Shares.

DIRECTORS.
JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
Levi Ames, Esq. Evan Baillie, Esq.
Richard Hart Davis, Esq. Henry Barkley, Esq.
George Mackintosh, Esq. Hastings Elwin, Esq.
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; Messrs. Prescott,
Grote, and Co.
Solicitors.—Messrs. Vizard and Leman.
Surveyor—Lewis Cubitt, Esq.
A lengthened Prospectus, showing the advantages of this Com-
pany in the perfect security of the capital employed, together with
the rules and regulations, may be had at their office, 11, King
William-street, City, where applications for Shares must be made
letter, addressed to the Directors, or at the office of their solicitors,
51, Lincoln's Inn-fields.