The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

MR. C. SMITH'S

B A L L •
WILL be held at the ROYAL ASSEMBLY Rooms,
Great George-street, This EVENING, (Tuesday,) the
9th instant.

Tickets, including Refreshments—Double, 10s. 6d.: Gentle-
men's, is. 6d. ; Ladies, ss. To he had of Mr. SMITH, 42, South
Castle-street, or any of the Music Sel!ers.
THE SECOND PRINCE LLEWELYN BUILDING
SOCIETY.

Shares, 124:11; Monthly Subscriptions, 1 Os. per Share.
Present Entrance Fee, 2s. 6d. per Share.
No Redemption Fees.

TO BE ENROLLED AGREEABLY TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT,

AND CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO THE MOST APPROVED
RULES OF MANAGEMENT.

?TIHE FIRST GENERAL MEETING for ELEC-
TION of -OFFICERS, and PAYMENT of SUBSCRIP-
TIONS, will be held at the BRUNSWICK HOTEL, Hanover-
street, on TUESDAY EVENING, March 2, 1847, at Half-past
Seven o'clock; and the General Meetings of the Society will
afterwards continue to be held at the same place, on the even-
ing of the first Tuesday in every calendar month.
Meetings will be held at the Brunswick Hotel every Tuesday
Evening, until the first General Meeting, to enrol members,
form rules, &c.
Prospectuses, or any farther information may be obtained at
such meetings; or on application to .

Y. A. LLOYD, Secretary, pro. tem.,
144, Mount-pleasant.

LIVERPOOL 'GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY.

(PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.)
CAPITAL .e 100,000; in 10,000 'SHARES of .t.lO each.
DEPOSIT. 10e. 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.
„ Jelm-Rogers, St. James's-street.
, E. C. Hindley, Bold-street.
;, Thomas Urquhart, Ditto.
~ John Daniel. Lord-street.
, William Medley, Whitechapel.
„ F. L. Hansburg, Church-street.
• Thomas Morris, Lord=street.
~ William Okell, Paradise-street.
„ Charles Gillham, Lord-street.
„ John B. Johnson, Scotland-road.
„ Thomas Bailey, Aigburth.
„ Henry Denson, Cook-street.
„ Edward Tuton, Lord-street.
„ Ellis Wilde, Sparling,-street.
.„ Henry Laffer, Lord-street.
„ Walter Bostock, Paradise-street.
, „ William Bolderston, St. James's-place.
With power to add to their number.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Finch, Jun. E. C. Hindley.
James R. Jeffery. John Rogers.
Adam Pringle. John Daniel.
George Woods.
ENGINEER—John Cox, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS—The Rovarßank of Liverpool.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Clay, Swift, and Wagstaff.
SECRETARY—Mr. Macdonald.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Pritt, Venables, and Co.

This Company is formed to secure a better supply of Gas
within the Borough of Liverpool, and-on lower terms than that
charged by the existing Companies.
The Public of Liverpool will be aware that a Company under
the same title, and consisting chiefly of the same individuals,
went to Parliament in the year 1844, and again in 1843, with a
view to securing an Act for Incorporating such Company to
carry out the same objects. It is only necessary here to state,
that while that Company had, in their Bill of 1845, fixed a
maximum price of 4s. per •1000 cubic feet, against a'then selling
price by the existing Companies 'Of 6s.—reduced by them to
si. almost at the moment of the meeting of Parliament—the
Parliamentary Committee, after hearing the evidence of this
Company, and also thatof the existing Companies, hound the
existing Companies, on their own offer, to reduce their price to
4s. 6d., notwithstanding that the evidence previously offered
by themselves showed that they were selling Gas at a ruinous
price" at ss. per 1000 cubic feet, and that -no price less than
55. sd. could save them from actual loss on the then consump.
tion.

It is scarcely necessary to state, that the promoters of the
Guardian Gas Company-were in -no way consenting parties to
such a settlement of the-question, since its obvious result must
'be, and has been, to perpetuate a higher price--of Gas to the
community-of Liverpool than would produce a fair dividend
on the really needful-amount of capital.
One of the existing Companies proceeds to Parliament in the
present Session for power to raise additional -capital, and also
to borrow money on the security of their works to meet the
increasing demand for Gas ; but it musthe.remembered, that
for every pound so raised or borrowed, the community of Li-
verpool. as consumers of Gas, will have to pay-a high dividend,
which thus bids fair, if strong efforts be not made to resist it,
'to become a tax-in perpetuity.
The object of this Company is to furnish Gas to the commu
pity at a price-which will enable every householder, of whatever
degree in life; to use it ; . and having received the best engineer-
ing advice, they proceed for a price not exceeding 38. Bd. per
1000 cubic feet, against the suns of 4s. 6d. now charged by the
existing Coinpanies ;'the -dividend on capital not to exceed 7A-
per cent. As the consumption increases beyond the limited
quantity now estimated by them, the price-of -Gas will be still
further reduced.
It niay be also stated, that from the great increase of late
years in the population of Liverpool,--an increase far beyond
that of any other town in the kingdom within a similar space
of time,—there is• ample room for -a third Company, without
in any way interfering•with the fair interests of the existing
Companies. -
All requisite preliminary steps have been taken to enable the
Company to prosecute their Bills in the approaching Session.
A large proportion of -the Shares being already taken, the
Share List -will remain t-,r-n for only a limited time ; and those
parties who were Shareholders in the old Guardian Gas Com-
pany will have a preferetA*2 in the allotment.
Applications for Shares. in the form annexed, to be made to
the SECRETARY, at the Office of the Company, Prince's-build-
ings, corner of North Jan-street and. Harrington-street, Li-
verpool.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAR ES.
TO THE MANAGING COMMITTFE OF THE LIVERPOOL
GUARDIAN OAS COMPANY.
Gentlemen,—.l request you to allot me Shares of £lO
each in the above Company ; and I hereby undertake to accept
the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me,
and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute the Parliamen-
tary Contract, Subscribers' Agreement, and all other legal do-
cuments, when required.
Dated the day of _ 1847.

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