The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-08 00:00:00

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MANCHESTER ASPHALTUM
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LICENCED BY C
JOHMNPANY HENRY CASSELL,
The Patentee for the United Kingdom.
Capital-100,000/., in 10,000/, shares of 101. each.
Deposit, IL per Share.
BANK Elts—(Manchester and Liverpool)—The Commercial
Bank of England. London—Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co.
Sottorroas--Messrs. Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders.
CONSULTING CHEMIST--John Davies, Esq., Lecturer on
Chemistry in the Royal S,c'hool of Medicine and Surgery, &c., &e.
In the present rage far " Asphalte Companies," which many of the
sober-minded are dispP'sed to class among the "bubbles" of the day—
" Th; 'earth has bubbles, as the water hath,
And these are of them"--
it may be rl'..Cessary to give a short explanation of their origin, and to
show the, essential difference between the Manchester Asphaltum Corn.
~.nd all others projected, inasmuch as it is the only one hitherto
bro'Jght under the notice of the public that stands upon a legitimate and
Icgal basis.
In the year I 834 Mr. John Henry Cassell, of Mill. Wall, London,
wianiafacturing.chemiat, obtained a patent for the application of a
Bituminous Cement in the making of roads, footpaths, roofs, floors,
docks, canals, watercourses, and every description of work in which
cement is or may be used. He furnished several public specimens of
the utility of his intention—among others by covering a portion of the
Vauxhall Bridge.yoad, and the flooring of the stables of an extensive
brewery at Pin:lico, with his bituminous surface. Of the former the
Bridge Committee have expressed unqualified approbation in their
published report, and neither has needed the slightest repair to the
present day.
Like many other meritorious inventions of native talent, this was
neglected, and its existence almost forgotten; and it was not until the
extensive and successful application of the " Asphaltic Mastic" to si.
Milar purposes in France and Belgium attracted the notice of an intelli-
gent English traveller (Mr. Claridge!, that the British public were roused
to a sense of the value and importance of the invention, by his formation
of a Company for the importation of the " Asphalte de Seyssel" into
this country '6. This has been quickly followed by announcements
of various other Asphalte Companies professing to derive their mate-
rials from Switzerland and other parts of the continent. One Company
announce that they have actually dispatched an emissary to the Pacha
of Egypt to make arrangements for obtaining their Asphaltum from
that country; while another proposes to bring it from an " Asphaltic
Lake" in one of the West India Islands !!!
It is Of course impossible for Mr. Cassell (for the present) to prevent
the formation of these Companies—to dissuade people from subscribing
to them—or to prevent their respective shares getting to a high pre.
tnium ; but as his patent is not for the use of any particular ingredients,
but for the application of a bituminous Cement to the purposes above
stated, it is clear, that without his licence no Company can
Proceed in the construction of any works of this nature during the
next ten years, the unexpired term of his patent. His determination to
support his patent right against all infractions of it (when the proper
time shall arrive), is announced in advertisements inserted in the
London papers.

The promoters of this Company were among the very first to become
tensible of the advantages of this invention, and the importance of ex.
tending them to the town's of Manchester and Liverpool, and the po.
pulous district of which the former town may be considered the centre.
But being determined 'to build upon a foundation that cannot be shaken,
and desirous also to guard against the possibility of becoming involved in
a suit of Chancey;, they considered it an indispensable preliminary to in-
vestigate the terms and ascertain the legal effect of Mr. Cassell's
patent, the only one of the same nature enrolled) and to shape their
meas'are acoordingly.
'They have now the satisfaction to announce, that they have con.
eluded an arrangement with the Patentee, by which is secured to this
Company, upon very advantageous terms, the sole use and exercise of
his patent right, throughout the County Palatine of Lancaster, together
with all the benefits of his past experience, and any further improvement
he may make in the process.
To secure to this district, and to the County Palatine generally, the
advantages resulting from this discovery, it is proposed to form a Com-
pany under the above title (protected by CasselPs patent), for the manu.
facture and use of the Cement for the various purposes to which it is
applicable, and with all the improvements in the composition of which it
is or may be susceptible. The following are some of the leading pro.
visions :
The Capital, in the first instance, to be 100,000/. in 10,000 Shares
of lot, each, with power at any future period to increase it,
by the creating of additional Shares, if a Special General Meet-
ing the Proprietors shall deem it expendient to do so.
The deposit to be 11. per Share, placed to the credit of the Share-
holders, after defraying the expenses necessarily incidental to the for-
mation of the Company.
Each Subscriber, on receiving his letter of appropriation, to pay the
deposit within the time therein specified, or it cannot be received by the
. Bankers, and the allotment will be cancelled.
As soon atter the appropriation of the Shares as possible, a general
meeting of the Proprietors will be called to appoint two Trustees, in
whom will he vested the property of the Compalvainiti
Stewardship, and by whom the future management of the affairs of the
Company will be conducted. One portion to retire by rotation every
year, so that the entire Directory may be renewed every three years, but
the retiring Directors to be eligible for re-election. The qualification for a Director, the holding of 20 Shares.
The deed of settlement to certain full and explicit provisions for the re-
gulation and government of the Company, and for limiting the liability
of the Shareholders to the amount subscribed by them respectively, and
the better to insure this object, the purchases of the Company will be
made solely by its known and recognised officers or agents, and for pre-
sent cash only.

This Company offers an opportunity for a highly lucrative investment
of capital, for the following, among other reasons :-1. It is the only one
hitherto projected, that is protected by the license of the Patentee, and
the sphere of its operation is sufficiently extensive for the profitable
employment of a greatly extended capital, without fear of a rival.
2. The ingredients are to be found not only in this country, but
within a short distance of Manchester. A substance in all respects the
same at the " Asphalte de Seytsel" may be obtained in any required
quantity for little more than the cost of transit.
Applications for She:res to be addressed (post paid), to the
Provisional Committ-,e, at the office of Mr. Robert Walker, Share
Broker, Prinees_co•,lrt, Market-street; or at the office of Mr. J. D. Barey,
Stock and Share Broker, North Wales State and Mining Offices, 34,
Brown-street, King-street, Manchester, of whom prospectuses may be
obtained,

la' No application from London can he attended to unless the de-
posit '..)c at the same time paid to the Company's Bankers in London.
4 The analysis of ti is substance of which the public has lately heard
so much, shows that it is composed of from 9 to 10 per cent. of mineral
bitumen, the remainder is carbonate of Lime, nearly pure ; the bitumen
itself being made up of about two parts of uresinous petroliferous matter,
and one part of carbon.

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TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1838.

The Tories, it will be seen, in the debate of last night
in the House of Lords, are extremely anxious to retain the
services ef the Yeomanry. We are not at all surprised at
it. They know that their whole system of policy is hate-
ful snd adverse to public prosperity, and they are resolved
to have an armed body ready to enforce it. The Marquis of
Citivsoos is to take the Chair at the dinner to be given to Sir
ROBERT PEEL, and thus we see linked together--honouring
and honoured,sustaining and sustained—the representatives
of those who insist on enriching themselves by starving the
people, and of those who, to maintain the ascendancy of one
Church, trample on religious liberty. Engaged in this
united crusade against the physical and moral well-being
of the rest of the community, for their own detestably sel-
fish purposes ; and being, therefore, thoroughly convinced
that they do not deserve the attachment and respect of the
people, the Tories naturally and necessarily seek to arm
their vassals in order to enforce obedience to their unhal-
lowed, we had almost ealled it diabolical, system of policy.
They wish to arm brother against brother, the country
against the town, the rich against the poor, the
makers and supporters of the Corn Laws against those
who hunger for bread ; and so revive amongst us
that state of warfare which some philosophers, who have
contemplated society only when regulated by Tory prin-
ciples, affirmed to be the natural state of man. If the
Yeomanry, the tools of the Tories, were to be kept up,
as the Herald implies, in order to preserve the
Corn Laws, we should, perhaps, think it our duty
to call on the inhabitant; of the towns, and on all those
whom the Tories persist in oppressing, whether in the
name of the Church, or in the name of agriculture, to arm
themselves; for it never could be tolerated for one moment
that such wrongs as the Corn Laws, and as Church Rates,
should be maintained by the armed servants of the Squires
and the Parsons.
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