The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

devoted much time and the most anxious attention to this
subject ; they deemed it unnecessary to trouble their Share-
holders by making any communications until they had decided
on the best course to be pursued ; but a new Company having
now been formed, which will proceed to Parliament this session
for an Act of Incorporation, your Directors have now to lay
before you their views and intentions, as detailed in the Pro-
spectus, a copy of which accompanies this report. Beyond
this it need only be briefly stated here, that your Directors, in
recommending all the old Shareholders to transfer theif inte-
rests to the new Company, entertain confident hopes of success
on the present occasion, and will spare no pains to bring about
that result on behalf of the Shareholders.

J. M. MACDONALD, Hon. Secretary
Liverpool Guardian GaS Company's Office,
Prince's-buildings, corner of North John-street
and Harrington-street, January 19, 1847.

LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY.
(PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.)
CAPITAL .elOO,OOO, in 10,000 SHARES of .elO each,
DEPOSIT, 10s. per Share.
No Shareholder liable beyond the amount of his Shares.
LIST OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Mr. John Finch, Jun., Sir Thomas's-buildings.
„ Jas. Reddecliffe Jeffery, Church-street.
„ Adam Pringle, Bold-street.
„ George Woods, Ditto.
„ John Rogers, St. James's-street.
„ E. C. Hindley, 80ld-street.
„ Thomas Urquhart, Ditto.
.„ John Daniel, Lord-street.
„ William Medley, Whitechapel.
„ F. L. Hausburg, Church-street.
„ ThomaA Morris, Lord-street.
„ William Okell_ Psr.dke_.tr.ot

Charles Gillham, Lord-street.
„ John B. Johnson, Scotland-road.
„ Thomas Bailey, Aigburth.
„ Henry Danson, Cook-street.
„ Edward Tuton, Lord-street. •
„ Ellis Wilde, Sparling-street.
„ Henry Laffer, 'Lord-street,
„ Walter Bostock, Paradis-streas
„ William Bolderston, St. Jamey's-plac
With power to add to their number.
COMMITTEE OF MANAOF.MENT.
John Pinch, Jun, E. C. Hindley
James R. Jeffery-. John Rogers.
Adam Pringle. John Daniel.
George Roods.

ENUINEER—John Cox, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS—The Royal Bank of Liverpool.
Souciross—Messrs. Clay, Swift, and Wagstaff.
SECRETARY—Mr. Macdonald.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Met3SIb. Pritt, Venables, and CO.

This Company is formed to secure a better supply of Gas
thin the Borough of Liverpool, and on lower terms than that
+.ll. •

The Public of Liver

...Le, and consisting chiefly of the same indiiriduals,
went to Parliament in the year 1844, and again in 1845, with a
securing an Act for Incorporating such Company to
carry out the same objects. It is only necessary here to state,
that while that Company bad, in their Bill of 1845, fixed a
maximum price of 4s. per 1000 cubic feet, against athen selling
price by the existing Companies of ft.—reduced by them to
ss. almost at the moment of the meeting of Parliament—the
Parliamentary Committee, after hearing the evidence of this
Company, and also that.of the existing Companies, bound the
existing Companies, on their own offer, to reduce their price to
4s. 6d., notwithstanding that the evidence previously offered
by themselves showeetthat they were selling Gas at a " ruinous
Tice" at ss. per 1000 cubic feet, and that no price less than

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