The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-15 00:00:00

CANDLES

AT a Meeting of the Liverpool Tallow Chandlers,
held on Tuesday, the Bth instant, it was agreed unani-
mously, to ADVANCE the price of DI ' NDLES to 6d. and
MOULDS to Bd. per lb., in con rice of the present extra-
ordinary rise in the price o o*.
W. IRELAND, Chairman.
..-- R. N. HODGSON, Sscretary.
Liverpool, February 9th.

THE LONDON, LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER

PATENT
VULCAN MACHINE COMPANY,

FOR EFFECTUALLY
CLEANSING CHIMNEYS AND FLUES,

AND FOR
THE SUPPRESSION AND ABOLITION OF

CLIMBING BOYS,

With the Apparatus of L. W. WRIGHT, C.E., protected by her
Majesty's Letters Patent.

LIVERPOOL OFFICES, No. 44, HA_tTP3.tEMSTREET

LATE, EXCISE-01

THIS COMPANY i repared to enter into Annual
CONTRACTS ' OWNERS and OCCUPIERS of
HOUSES, and to cute ORDERS for

CLEANSfNG CHIMNEYS AND FLUES

BY MEANS OF THEIR
NTJVZII PATBNTED APPARATUS,
which consists of a series of Six Machine

APPLICABLE TO ALL PURPOSES OP SWEEPING,
including Steam-ship Chimneys and Hothouse Flues.

The Machinery is introduced with great facility up the
Chimney or Flue, however tortuous ; and, also, through the
Chimney-pot at the head thereof; after sweeping which, it is
caused to

EXPAND AT THE TOP OF THE CHIMNEY,
so as to accommodate itself to any tortuous or

IRREGULAR FORMATION OF THE FLUE OR C HIMNEY)
thoroughly cleansing the same and bringing down the whole of
the soot before it, which is received at the grate by a screen
the inconvenience and dirt at present occurring being avoided
by the new method.
CHIMNEYS CAN BE CLEANSED AT ANY HOUR

of the day most convenient to Housekeepers.
The Company, having cleansed a great number of difficult
Flues in Liverpool, are satisfied that every Chimney may be
swept by some one of their Machines, and trust that
NO OCCUPIER WILL ALLOW CLIMBING BOYS
to be resorted to in any case, that by such means the inhuman
and illegal traffic in infant suffering may be totally abolished.

It is 'intended to give employment to such of the present
Chimney Sweepers as are able to produce good characters, by
which means the robberies so constantly occurring will be
avoided. The Company's Servants are provided with a proper
livery, and will be made to maintain a clean and decent ap-
pearance at all times. They are strictly charged, on pain of
immediate dismissal, to behave with uniform civility, and to
perform their duty in as cleanly a manner as possible. The
men are strictly prohibited from soliciting or receiving gratui-
ties of any kind; and it is particularly requested that parties
will give immediate notice to the Company of any breach of
these regulations.

THE RATES CHARGEABLE
will, from the Company's extensive operations, be on a more
moderate scale than those at present paid ; the Contract
Charges for

..,
First-class Houses being at the rate of Is, Od. per Chimney.
Second ~ /9 ft Os. 9d. 3,
Third ff if „ Os. 6d. ~
Fourth
In every case the soot being cleared off the premises.
The Company will cleanse the Chimneys in the Houses and
Cottages of the Poorer Classes {that is, those who do not pay
rates) ORATUI'rOUSLY, in aid of the exertions now in operation
by the Health Committee oAr the Council of the Borough 4af
Liverpool for the proper ventilation of such dwellings.
The Machinery, and Drawings thereof, may be seen at the
Offices of the Company, where any further information can be
obtained, Contracts taken, and Orders received.

S. M. SOUTH, Agent to the Company
R. TWISADAY, Secretary.