The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

THE TURKISHGAS COMPANY.
Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and
S Victoria, cap 110. •
'll)ital 100,000/. (with power to increase, iu shares of 1?.
each, to be fully paid up on allotment.
Trite 101ders of original shares will be entitled to a pro rata
interest in all future extensions of capital)
• IinTORS.
Joseph Brown, Ng., 10, Clarence-terrace, Regent's-park, Di-

rector of the European Gas Company.
LeWiSlbitt, Esq., 52, Bedford-square.
George Bowness Carr, Esq., Laurence Pountney-pla,co.
Captain James Barber, 136, Leadenhall-street, Chairman of

the Oriental Gas Company.
Charles Farquharson, Esq., 28, Cheshana-place, Elder Brother
of the Trinity House, Director of the Oriental Gas Coin-

John George lia.mmack, Esq., Boxlands, Surrey, Chairman
of the Ratcliff Gas Company.
Hobert Henty, Esq., Densworth, near Chichester.
k32janfin George Keun, Esq., (Kelm and Co., Constantinople,
and Lavino, Keuu, and Co., Smyrna).
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London.
113x.susit IN CONSTANTINOPLE—CharIes; Kenn, Esq. (Kelm and

Co., Constantinople.)
AUDITORS.
A. MeL. Backler, Esq., Secretary to the European Gas Com-
Pany. John Gill, Esq., Secretary to the Ratcliffe Gas
Company.
'''XSULTING ENGINEER—George Lowe, Esq., F.R.S.,
Engineer-in-Chief of the London Chartered Gas Company.
ISOlamona—Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, Masterman, and Co.,

London.
Bitomts—liossrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill,

The effects of civilisation, which have spread far and wide
trout Europe te the remotest parts of the world, have not
.failed, in spite of ancient prejudices, to penetrate gradually
Turkish Empire, and it is not too much to say that a
tcullplete revolution in the manners and customs of Ottoman
subjects is rapidly progressing, and that but a short time will
,epee before Turkey and its population will enjoy the advan-
ges of European institutions.
project no submitted to the public has been for some
linee under the conw sideration of leading and influential parties
l' Constantinople. Turkey has hitherto been, and still is,
I,'lllived of many useful and even necessary provisions for
14,0 comfort and ornament of its numerous cities, not except-
1g the capital itself. Foreinc•st amongst its most urgent re-
quirements must be placed the adeptiou of Gas, now wholly
known there ; and it his been ascertained that the intro-
ulletion of this admirable and economical mode of public and
_.plivate lighting will be hailed as. a boon by all classes of the
K „Pulation, from the lowest up to its high-minded and en-
Viteued Sovereign, under whose immediate patronage it is
Proposed to place the present undertaking.
The Ottoman Empire affords a wide scope for the opera-
'lloug of this*Company, as the following facts will demonstrate
u°llstantinople has a mixed population of Mussulmans, Euro-
Leans, Greeks, Armenians, &e., approachiug a million of
; it contains a large number of palapea and public edi-
e'''6l. The Sultan atone has several immense palaces e the
Sublime Porte, where the Government affairs are carried on,
ferns of itself a small city ; there are also extensive barracks,
%lieges, manufactories, cafés, theatres, club-houses, and other
bathhouses,
of public entertainment, several hundred mosques and
uutliehouses, a large number of which, for the comfort and
e°uvenience of the inhabitants, are kept open during the
'hole night, as the time most suitable for the eujoyinent of
that oriental Maury.
Steps have been taken to procure from the Sultan of Tur-
key a firman or concession, securieg to this Company for a
71u of years the exclusive privilege of supplying with gas all
Places within the sovereignty and dominions of the Turkish
empire.
Tvr, of the directors, one hiving an iutimat knotwledge of
the_ Country, the other being practically acquaiuted with all
,'le details in relation to the manufacture of and lighting by
re, have already left this country for Constantinople, with
till Powers to conclude the necessary arrang,emen•s.
Coaleere to be had iu Turkey, and it is believed that Eng-
s4 enterprise will work the native collieries more vigorously
than hitherto ; but shipping employed extensively between
the
countries, especially in the grain trade, will always carry
coal in lien of ballast from England at a moderate rate.
, The coke, tar, and other products arising from the menu-
" Attire of gas, are sure to meet with a ready market.
Calculations have been made as to the expenses of the present
tokle of lighting with olive oil, and the directors are enabled
state that gas cau be supplied at a rate which will compare
Ito favourably as to render certain its general adoption.
Power will be reserved to take advantage of the privileges
rany law that has been or may be passed for limiting the
ULbility of shareholders in joint-stock companies.
, The directors have every confidence that the privileges they
7113 seeking will be granted exclusively to this Company; but
gfrom any cause they should deem it advisable to abstain
0111 proceeding to carry out the objects of the Company, the
capital will be returned, lessprelimivary expenses, which shall
',et exceed one shilling and sixpence per share.
Applications for shares to be made, on or before the 10th
at the offices of Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29,
readneedle-street.