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

DIRECTORS.

W. Morrison, Esq.
J. Hay, Esq.

P. Anchini, Esq.
George Keele, Esq.
T. R. Este, Esq.
With power to add to their number.
AUDITORS.—John Bailey, Esq. ; Dennis Chandler, Esq.
BANKEtts.—The British and Foreign Banking Company,
Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Templer, Shearman, and Slater.
The Asphalte Mines of Travers, in the Canton and Principality
of Neufchatel in Switzerland, are so celebrated, as the first disco-
vered in Europe, as regards their superiority in quality to every
other hitherto discovered, that the Directors of this Company deem
if unnecessary further to refer than to the following extracts from
" L'Encyclop6die Francaise, tone 1, page 759."
" The first Asphalte Mine which was discovered in Europe was
that of Travers, in Neufchatel, and we are indebted to M. Sab-
lioniere for its discovery.
" The Duke of Orleans, then Regent of France, gave him per-
mission, by royal ordinance, after the Bitumen had been analysed,
to introduce it into France, and the principal Basins in the royal
gardens were repaired with the Cement in 1743, and have continued
in an unaltered state since that period : and the Basins of the
Water Works at Versailles were also repaired with the Cement
from the Aline .f Travers."

Le Dictionaire Universel du Commerce, par Savary, tome I,
pages 165, 166, gives more detailed accounts of the valuable pro-
perties of the Mines.
The supply of Asphalte will be abundant, and, from the fact that
Bituminous Cement is becoming an article of general use on the
Continent of Europe, and from the very successful experiments now
making in London, there is every reason to expect that it will, in a
great measure, become a staple of universal consumption, super-
seding the use of Stone, Lead, Zinc, and other Cements of inferior
descriptions.
The Directors have entered into arrangements for the exclusive
purchase and right of importing the Asphalte of Travers into Great
Britain and Ireland, but they are not prevented from selling it else-
where ; and it is proposed to establish Agencies on the Continent,
for the purpose of conducting the Company's business abroad.
The Directors have it also in contemplation to unite this Company
with the LONDON BITUMEN or EGYPTIAN ASPHALTE
COMPANY, so soon as the expected Firman of the Pacha of
Egypt arrives ; and the Committee of Management of the London
Bitumen Company will then convene a meeting of their Share-
holders, by whose sentiments they will be guided as regards the
proposed junction.
One-tenth proportion of the Shares is taken by the Proprietor of
the Mine and his Associates.
The Deposit Receipts for the 21. per Share arc to be exchanged
for Scrip Certificates, when ready for delivery, of which due notice
will be given; and the remainder by instalments, when called for
by the Directors, and which will be advertized in the daily news-
papers.
No call to exceed 21. per Share, and not to be made at a less in-
terval than two months. In default of payment of any such call, the
money previously paid on such Shares will be forfeited.
A General Meeting of the Shareholders will be called once in
every year ; and, on all occasions where voting may be necessary,
the Proprietor of essary,
S Shares will have One Vote,
10 Ditto ...... Two Votes,
20 Ditto and upwards Four Votes.
The Directors do not intend to have any Deed of Settlement pre-
pared until after the first Annual Meeting on Ist May, 1839, when
they can obtain the opinion of the Shareholders on the subject.
N.B. The Subscription List is filled up and the Shares are
allotted.
2, Copthall Chambers, April 27, 1838.

SCOTTISH (WIDOWS' FUND) LIFE
ASSURANCE,
ASSURANCE,
Founded on the Original Basis of the
LONDON EQUITABLE.
PRESIDENT.
The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T.
Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, of Fountainhall, Bart.
The Hon. Lord Moricrieff.
Right Hon. C. Hope, Lord President of the Court of Session.
TRUSTEES.
Sir James Gibson-Craig of Riccarton, Bart.
William Scott Moncrieff, Esq., of Fossaway.
William Mitchell, Esq., of Parson's Green.
James Balfour, Esq., of Pilrig.
Edward Loyd, Esq., Banker, Manchester.
(All being, together with the whole body of Directors, Ordinary
and Extraordinary, in terms of the Laws, Members of, and per-
sonally connected with the Society, by Assurances of more than
three years' standing.). • .
THIS is the OLDEST and MOST EXTENSIVE LIFE
OFFICE in SCOTLAND, INSTITUTED A.D. 1815.
ANNUAL REVENUE EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS.
WHOLE PROFITS BELONG TO THE ASSURED.
Assurances granted to any extent not exceeding 5,0001. on approved
Lives.
The Additions by way of Bonus, at 31st of December, 1831, being
the second periodical Investigation, may be judged of from the
• following table, viz.

Year of

Policy with vested I Amount payable ender
an original Policy of
Additions, as at I it Claim
Ist Jan , 15.32, I emerge in 18313.

1 g 0
1865

£6,981 10 0 £7,092 S 9
5,900 0 0 ' 6,519 10 0
5,525 0 0 6,105 2 ts
5,150 0 0 • 5,690 15 0

i Pow

These additions are stated for the sake of distinctness, as in refer-
once to a Policy of 5,0001., being the maximum risk taken on any
single life. The results, for Policies, of smaller amount, are pre-
cisely proportional ; thus, for 2,5001. Policies, they are one-half,
and for 1,0001. Policies, one-fifth of the above amount, and so en•
During the early years of the Socieiy, no risks so large as 5,0001.
were taken on single lives, although now, and for many years past,
they have been freely taken on select lives.
No Life Office in Great Britain, since the EQUITABLE of
LONDON enacted its restricting Bye-Law of 1816, has been ena-
bled to afford equal advantages to the Assured.
Its Funds and Revenues are in a state of the most rapid increase.
VIEW OF THE SOCIETY'S PROGRESSIVE INCREASE.

Periods.

£. s. d. A:. &d.
41,090 11 i 251,011 6 0
101,076 5 5 453,163 13
189,145 2 -6 955,669 0 0
364,100 0 4 1,610,000 12 8
62c,514 311 2,621,732 16 10

Annual Revenue. lAceumulated and'
Invested Capital.

s. (1.
1815-22 10,61561 13 6
18212-2 i '20,970 3 5
1825-29 41,750 19 3 "
1829-33 77,724 12 4
1853-37 inelus 124,533 1 1

Subiisting As-
surances.

Assurances which may now be opened will rateably participate,
agreeably to the Laws of the Society, in the additions to be declared
at the Third Periodiaal Investigation, which takes place this Year.
Copies of the prospectus—Forms of Proposal—and every neces-
sary information—may be obtained at the
HEAD OFFICE, EDINBURGH, 5, ST. ANDREW SQUARE'
JOHN M'KEAN, Manager.
mEADx citAa ;IF. BOARDLo yD, Esq
crr.Chairman.
MANAGEMENT.
EDWARD
H. H. Birley, Esq. Thomas Sharp, Esq.
John Chippendall, Esq. James Hibbert Wanklyn, Esq.
John Macvioar, Esq. Joshua P. Westhead, Esq.
Thomas Boothman, Jun., Esq., Secretary to Board of Management.
Offiee in Manchester, Town-Hall Buildings, Cross-street, King-

street.
LONDON.
HUGH MACKEAN, Esq.
Office, No. 15, Bridge-street, Blaekfriars.
Bradford--George Rogers, Esq.
Huddersfield—Hugh Watt, Esq.
Leeds—William Ward, Esq.
Liverpool—Messrs. Arthur Oughterson and Co., Exchange-
place, Exchange-street, East.
Newcastle—Charles Bertram, Esq.

In other woods, the Society, in consideration of the payment of
these premiums, will allow the whole sum assured for the surrender
of the policy at 60 years of age.
All these contracts are framed on the most liberal terms, and a fair
compensation is allowed to solicitors and others negotiating them.

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