The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-10 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

THE NA IuNAL CuFFEE PALACE
compAr.y is duly Incorporated (with limited
liability) pursuant to Act of Parliament, for the purpose
of establishing and conducting, in Loudon and ...nburbs,
and in a number of the towns of Luglaud and 11ales,
Coffee and liefreshment Houses, in wh,cl2 no Intoxicating
Liquors shall be sold, and where people may meet for
bOClhl enjoymeut and relaxadun, with.ut being exposed
to the temptations very frequently connected with the
sale of Inioxleating Liquors.

The *.;unipany is being established on a purely com-
mercial beats, slid the oliares are ,ff.red to the public at
large it is also intended twet the business of the
Cofft:e bowies shall be cameo on for the benefit of the
public generally, and not in the interest of any particular
atci,sto of ,ocietv, or auy particular body or party either
religious or political.
In London, Liverpool, Manchester, +Poole, Leeds,
Macclerteia, Cheltenham, burtou-ou-'t rent. Bury,
ii,ossoi, Exeter, Doncatt.er, Marlborough,
bangnr, Ponta' act, Stockport, NV,lteti,ld, Newbury,
1101. Aberystwyth, ttc., companies have
to en established with a similar object, and it Is wch
k•.own tat tne p Gfi,s rt..alizeo (upw-ros of 10 per cow..
..,viaeuo bbvusg, ueet, pit]) are utust gratifying and en-
couraging o the proprietors.

lin, pi, j et is suoinitted to the public in the expects-
Lion .ha,ii ern, be a enema; both morany and comm. tel.
affy •
As oue of tLe principal objects of the movement is to
countelact the evil of drunkenness and the banefu,
affuence of the publie house, every care will be taken in
the selection ot managers and 11:Apers of good moral
cuaraeter tutu sounit tetuk erance prioetpik.s, as wed as a
unuouthea busine,6 aptiLude.
ills Grace the Duke of Westminster "heartily sym-
pathises with the Coffee Tavern movement, and is of
op,a,ou that tne more places ofitni,! k!nd are established
ou a gonna basis aii over the c ountry the better it wi.l
be for the cause of Temperance.' Miss Florence
Nigutingaie writes to the Duke " God speed with all my
near', to your Coffce tioase Aesoeiation." 't he
Audi:cal i Imes and Gazette says The Coffee Taverns
inovoneut practically deals with a gigantic vice, and its
rapid extension and success throughout the kingdom are
I undeniably satisfactory,.

1 he Coffee I even' movement has met with the appro.
batauu Urace the Lake of Westminster, K.G.;
the logut Hon. the Earl of bhattesbury, K.G. ; the
Right tiou. the Earl of Harrowby, KG.; the Right
Hun. ilia Earl Cowper, KG.; tLe Eight Hen the Earl
of Lucie, His Gace the Lord Atchbishop of York, the
Right Rev. 1 6 Lord Bishop of Exeter, the Eight Rev.
the Lo.d bishop of. Rochester ; the Right Hon. the Earl
of Jjev.ri, Lord Cottesloe, Lord Ebury, Lord Winmsr-
leigh, Lola Hicuard Grosvenor, M. P.: Lord Aberdare,
rie.
the Eight lion. %,‘ k Cowper-Temple, M.P.;
Justice lhesiger, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, hip.; !sir
Harcourt Jormstune, hart , M.P.; 61. r U. J. Kay-Shuttle-
worth, Bart., ; the Right Hon. W. E. Fqrster, M.P.
ir t.harles lreveiyan, Bert., K.C.B. ; Sir H Holland,
Bart., la P.; A. brown, I:.sq., M.P ; Alcierraan McArthur.
M.P.; A.,exander kleft.tnur, Req., M P.; A. Mil, Req.,
M.P.; S. Moiley, Esq., M.P ; H. P. Prsed, E.q , M
Ernest Noel, Esq., M.P.; C. H. 111 son, Esq., MT., &e.,
dcc., dtc.

Any Shareholder desirious of offering himself for elec.
tivn oh the tioykruiug Council, or on either of the k.Orn-
Lulttevb in the provinces, shonid forward to the office an
intimation to that effect in writing.

lhe Company is duly Incorporated with limited
liability, 'thereby harehuiders on paying up she II per
nhare du not incur any further liability.

An urgent appeal is made to all well-wishers of this
cue l.oug :hat bobst.ntial aid will be given by taking
z.bwea.

in fa.ruees Applicanis, tbe Shares will be al:otteci
lu tilr order iu wi.tal the Applicalii.ns are r. ceiretl.

* lii dit WWII 01 P le such t free Yeru," etude°
uy ‘ne euLtit.ntse ti tut geuuetuati, produces a net prufit
at the rte uf 3\J p, r eclut."

!•,,p, cLus• a at ol "pnbcation for :ihares m.y
tie ,htutri,tl at :1.. h= RI, Lured Office of the Company, or.
—Petc‘st:on for •haier, may\ba made in writtag, in the
Imlowthrz 111$1,

It) Tait 10NAL COFFEE PALACE colarANy,
LIMITED

80, Bishopsgate Strett Withln. London,

I request that you /rib .41/.ot to vie..
Shares of £1 cam in the NATIONAL Coniza PALACE
COWPANY, LlMlted, aid I herebg curve to accept sui
shares, and 1 alsi, agree to pay toe fu(l Sum of £1 per
'Share on allotment, ther by freeing me from any further
ci.zbi,i y Whatsoever in respect of such Shares.
Name in full

Addros .

Profe4,sto, or Busint ss ..

Date..

NATIONAL COFFEE PALACE COMPANY
(Ltruited).—Friends of the cause, who may be
.ware of suitable localities in the Provinces for the
establishment of Coffee Palace, are earnestly invited to
communicate with the Company's
Preeizsiai tievretary—Mr. SIMARD RIDOSIiniZB