The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-30 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
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91.1 HE COURT JOURNAL, GAZETTE of
the FASHIONABLE WORLD, has been reprinted, and
contains the fullest Particulars of her Majesty's Drawing-Room,
with a complete List of Coe Company present, the Presentations,
and a Description of the, Ladies' Dresses, with the usual variety of
Fashionable, Literary, 'Theatrical, and Musical Gossip of the week.
PUBLISHED BY W. THOMAS,
19, Catherine-street, Strand.

THE COURT GAZETTE and FASHION-
ABU:: GUIDE of THIS DAY, published by Authority,
at Three o'clock, will contain the only authentic Account of the
Drawing-room, Almack's, and Court Movements, exclusive Intel-
Er,tnee, of the Coronation, and original Papers by the principal
Writers of the day. Published at 6d., with a stamped Supplement
of 24 columns.-162,Piecadilly, and 22, Catherine-street, Strand.
'The following numbers will be enriched with Original Papers, by
the Author of " The Five Nights of St. Alban's," and other dis-
tinguished writers.
BASTENNE d
COMP)
Capital 250,0001., in 12,
REC
Henry Amsinck, ManagingDl
Di-
rector.
M. A. Goldsmid, 'Esq.
James Russell, Esq.

GAUJAC BITUMEN
tNY.

00 Shares of 20/. each.

John Barclay, Esq.
Jacob Montefiore, Esq.
Rowand Ronald, Esq.

BANIZRII.
Mss• Mourn= and Co., Nicholas-lane, the Borough of Mary-
lebone Bank, Cavendish-square.
STANDIXO COUlPSYL.—Francis Henry Goldsmid, Esq.
SOLlC.l2oll4.—Messrs. Freshfield and Sons, Bank-buildings.
Atax:lT IN PALM—Viscount De Beuret.
The advantages of the composition called Bitumen. or Asphalte,
though hitherto little known in this country, have for some years
past been generally recognised on the Continent, and more espe-
cially in France, where the Bitumen has been most and longest
tried, and where it has been found to answer every purpose of stone,
granite, and slate, with many superiorities. For roads, footways,
terraces, cellars, and alleys, it has been proved to furnish a surface
equally durable, far less expensive, and infinitely more elegant,
while for roofs and all purposes of building it possesses even greater
merits.

Many compositions of a bituminous nature have been tried by
various individuals, and of various substances. But none have
been found to resist the extremes of heat and cold, except those in
which the mineral tar produced from the Mines of Bastenne and
Gaujac have formed prominent ingredients. Every descriptiuu Bitumen manufactured with vegetable tar, of whatever kind,in-
cluding various modifications of the tar deposited in Gas Works,
have proved inefficient ; and no substance hitherto discovered pos-
sesses the consistency and adhesive properties necessary to bind, in
a solid and inseparable mass, the component parts of the Bitumen,
except the mineral tar alluded to.
The Proprietors of the Seyssel Mines have always employed the
mineral tar of Bastenne and Gaujac as an indispensable adjunct to
the produce of their Mines, and the experience of ten years proves
that no Bitumen can be made to answer the purposes required,
witlieut a large admixture of that substance.
The Proprietors of the Mines of Bastenne and Gaujac, after
long experience of the qualities of their mineral tar, have
recently formed themselves into a Company in Paris, under
the title of " La Societe des Mines d'Asphalte de Bastenne,"
(generally known as the Debray Company,) for the purpose
of vending this mineral, and manufacturing on a large scale, the
Bitumen made by them on their system, which has been tied since
the year 1830, and more particularly on the Pont Neuf, one of
the most frequented thoroughfares of Paris, and also the fortifica-
tions at Bayonne, for which a contract has recently been made by
the French Government in the sum of 15,0001., and has been found
superior to any other ; the Shares of the above bear a large Pre-
mium in Paris.

This Company has purchased the exclusive right of importing
tkis mineral Tar into this country, and having the sole sale of it in
all other countries except France and the United States of America,
under terms especially advantageous even in priority over the sup-
ply in France itself, the proprietors having bound themselves not to
sell any tar to any other person until this Company shall have re-
ceived to the amount of 50,000/. worth per annum. The Direc-
tors have ordered an immediate supply to be sont over, and will be
prepared to receive applications for agencies throughout England,
Scotland, and Ireland, while they are also preparing for its intro-
duction into the different states and cities of the Continent.
Ry Order, R. FOULERTON, Secretary.
Office, 28, Moorgate-street, April 30, 1838.
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