The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-25 00:00:00

TRAFALGAR LIFE ASSURANCE
ASSOCIATION.

The first annual general meeting of the proprietors
of the Trafalgar Life Assurance Association was held
yesterday, at the offices in Pall-mall, the Rev.
J. Harvey Ashworth, chairman of the board of di-
rectors, in the chair. The meeting was very nu-
merously attended. and amongst the gentlemen pre-
sent we noticed Major Stones, J. A. Durham, Esq.,
Henry Hart, Esq., R. Kitchin, Esq., Sheffield ; John
Smith, Esq., Liverpool; Mr. Henry Bach, of Shef-
field ; Mr. Henry Hudston, Nottingham ; Thomas
Vaughan, Esq., and J. C. Christopher, Esq.
The advertisement convening the meeting having
been read by Mr. Baylis, the secretary, the following
report was submitted to the meeting, namely :
" It is with peculiar feelings of satisfaction that the
directors of the Trafalgar Life Assurance Association
appear before the shareholders upon this their first
meeting. The successful result of their exertions, a
result almost unprecedented in the history of similar in-
stitutions, considering how short a time has elapsed since
they commenced active operations, will be best under-
stood from the statement of facts now submitted for con-
sideration.
" The date of complete registration was the 19th of
November, 1850. Between that period and the 15th of
June, 1851, scarcely seven months, the whole number of
shares, being 25,000, and representing a capital of
250.0001., was subscribed for, and a proprietary of no
less than nine hundred persons was created, selected
chiefly from the more influential classes of the commu-
nity, thus establishing the operations of the association
on a basis at once solid and extensive.
" From the beginning the directors indulged in san-
guine hopes that the new and important feature of the
Trafalgar, which combines the present interests of the
living with the future interests of their representatives,
was calculated in an eminent degree to benefit society at
large, and to procure for the institution the favourable
opinion and extensive support of the public. They have
not been deceived in their expectations. The rapid
absorption of the shares, and the still increasing demand
for them, the influential character of the local boards
which they are now forming at this early period of the
association—the respectability of the agents—and the
success hitherto attendant upon their efforts—are cir-
cumstances which speak plainly as to the popularity,
ultimate extension, and permanence of its principles.
" In reference to the above remarks, they have also
the satisfaction of stating that they have already suc-
ceeded in establishing local boards in the important
towns of Liverpool and Nottingham, consisting of the
following gentlemen, whose station and respectability
offer the best guarantee for their ability to carry ou
fully the enlarged principles of the Association:—
LIVERPOOL LOCAL BOARD OF MANAGE

MENT.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman.—Robert Procter, Esq.
(Successor to Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P.), Merchant,
vßrunswick- street.
James Harrison, Esq. (retired; late firm, Messrs. Leech,
Harrison, and Co., Merchants), Waterloo, Crosby.
Thomas Urquhart, Esq. (late of Bold-street), Calder-
stone Cottage, Wavertree.
George Philip, E►q., bookseller, South Castle-street.
Thomas Branch, Esq., Auctioneer, Hanover-street.

John Smith, Eb 4., Aihitrator, Commerce-court.

NEDICAL REFEREE.
George Gill, E q., 3, Soho-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Thornely and Jevons, Pemberton-buildings,