The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

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TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.
A MISSING PORYMANTEAU. .GENTLEMAN, on last Thursday, the 10th instant,
left Cheltenham at Eleven o'clock A.m., by the Rail-
way Train for Birmingham, havinga PORTMANTEAU
of whitish colour ; he left Biz;mingham fdr Liverpool at a
Quarter to Three A.M. on the same day; and on Friday
Morning reached Dublin, by the Stearn-packet, at Eight
O'clock A.M., and then discovered, for the first time, that
he had taken in mistake for his own Portmanteau, the
Portmanteau of another person ; being desirous to restore
it to its proper Owner, and to obtain his own, requests
that the person will addres4 J. H., care of Nlessrs.Jorirr-
STON, News Agents, Eden Quay, Dublin:_,

FURTHER PROSPECTII-gt /
THE LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY.

CAPITAL, £lOO,OOO, in IQ,OOO. SHARE

£lO each.

No Subscriber liable beyond the amount of his Shares.
A deposit of 108. per Share wire required.

JAMES BRANCKER, Esq.' Chairman.
Counsel.—Digby Wrangham, Esq., Serjeant-at-Law.
Solicitor.—David Evans, Esq., Lord-street.
Consulting Engineer.--Joseph Hedley, Esq., London.
Treasurer.—Mr. William Whitby, Bold-street.
Bankers.—The Royal Bank of Liverpool.
Secretary.—Mr. James Boardman.
A list of the Provisional Committee and of the Com-
mittee of Management may be seen at the Company's-
Office, Church-street-chambers, opposite Old Postoffice-
place.

THE PROSPECTUS already issued and extensively
circulated will render it unnecessary for the projectors
of this Company to enter into details, either as to the
delinquencies of existing Companies, or of the facts es-
tablishing the ahsolute neccessity for forming a new Com-
pany. The Committee representing that highly useful
and influential protector of the rights of the. Public, the
Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade, having cal-
led into action the intended Company, and now, finding
it supported by the public in a manner which has satisfied
them of the puritiy of the motives of the subscribers. as
well as of their determination to prosecute the matter to a
successful issue, have deemed it right to disconnect them-
selves, as the Committee of the Society, from the Com-
pany, vet they, individually, give it their cordial support.
The Guardian Society have, nevertheless, secured to
themselves the power of attending, by their President or
Vice-president, at the Board of the Company, so as to
enable them at all times to watch over and protect the
public interests.
The original calculation as to the Capital was based on
the Capital of the other Companies; but it has been sat-
isfactorily shown to the projectors that there will be no
necessity for so large a capital as was originally intended
to be subscribed, and they will be enabled to reduce the
amount to £lOO,OOO.
Another alteration has been suggested and adopted,
namely, to raise the Capital in Shares of £lO, instead of
£s'; it being advisable to this course in order to facilitate
the passing of the Bill.
The Public will bear in mind that their subscribing to
this undertaking involves no unlimited responsibility, but
is confined to the extent of the shares they subscribe for.
It is true that this Town is already supplied to some
extent, and Works have, for many years, been established
for the purpose ; but the population and trade have since
greatly increased, and there is a wide field yet open for a
Company which could at all times give a regular and
steady supply of Gas at reduced prices. This is evident
from the fact of the existing Companies making repeated
applications to Parliament for enlarging their Capital and
extending their limits ; the increasing demand for the
supply of Gas ; the general feeling that pervades the pub-
lic in favour of it as a preferable to any other, (a feeling
which will still take a far wider and more extensive range
if the cost of the article be reduced,) and that light is
conducive to health and comfort, which, with improved
means for its introduction, will, doubtless, ultimately
cheer the cottage of the poor as well as the mansion of the
rich. With respect to the tradesman and the manufac-
turer it will be at once conceded to be an indispensable as
well as a valuable article to enable them to conduct their
business with advantage.

The projectors, therefore, availing themselves of the
present low prices of material and labour, have resolved
on this as the proper time for establishing a Company for
the purpose of better supplying the Town.
The Committee are anxious to rely mainly on the aid
and co-operation of consumers, who, for the most part,
have no control over the existing sources of supply, and
it is necessary to point out to such parties the advantages
which they would possess by having the power in their
own hands. With this view the shares have been restric-
ted to £lO, so that they may be distributed among this
class as widely as possible. _

The Projectors are confidently assured that they will be
enabled to construct works, so as to answer the purposes
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yearsfully aognoe.-third less th:tdomnancdoulscdothlaanvde
The advantages to a Shareholder in such an undertak-
ing are obvious. Gas Stock, in all parts of the empire,
V.t.l.tiasnwderne
pmlepsa.nies in the
nearly doubled in
price, some of them even more; and there has not been
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boer been neblei st enprgr servednCc° in obtaining
purer and cheaper Gas, and all the Companies have pros-
pered.
All the preliminary arangements have been made, and
Mr. Hedley, who is universally admitted to be one of the
most eminent Gas Engineers in the Kingdom, has been
in Liverpool making the necessary surveys ; and the Com-
mittee have secured the services of gentlemen of talent
and ability to prosecute the measure through all its stages
in Parliament. Arrangements are also in progress for
preparing Plans and Estimates, and finally for erecting the
Works and bringing them into operation.
CONDITIONS.
Ist. The Capital Stock of the Company shall be divided
into 10,000 Shares of £lO each, to be paid in such instal-
ments as may be required.
2d. The Committee of Management will have power
to allot the Shares, and a preference will be given to the
Consumers of Gas.
3d. The Business of the Company will be under the
control and management of a Board of Directors.
4th. A Meeting of the Shareholders will be called so
soon as a certain portion of the Capital is subscribed, for
the purpose of appointing Directors and giving such in-
structions as may be deemed necessary for the interests of
the Company.
By order of the Provisional Committee,
JAMES BRANCKER, Chairman.
Liverpool, 13th January, 1844.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To Mr. JAArrs BoAnnmAN, Secretary, Guardian Gas
Com navy's Office, - Church-street Chambers, (opposite
Old Poctoffie,place,) Liverpool.
I will thank you to place my name on your hooks as a
Subscriber for Shares, of £lO each, in the intended
Guardian Gas Company. Dated the day of , 1844.

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