The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-31 00:00:00

A CHALLEIME.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—Will you have the kindness, through the
medium of your valuable paper, to acquaint the
merchants and underwriters of Liverpool that they
must not always believe what they hear, and how
easily their minas may be prejudiced by unprin-
cipled men, who, to serve their own ends, stick at
nothing. 1 have placed my ship Ticonderogo on
the berth for Bombay, and am glad to say that my
expectations with regard to freight have been fully
realised, and when my day for sailing arrives I
shall have no objection to compare my freight list
with any other ship on the berth ; but I wish to
tell you, and the underwriters in particular, that
when certain individuals in the Bombay trade
find ships opposing them, and circulating reports
that those ships are inefficient and overladen, with
a view to prevent insurance being effected, and
thereby securing the goods for their own
ships, let them satisfy themselves by sending
a competent party to examine the ship and her
lading. Such have been the stories put forthwith
regard to my ship, and I ask, is 900 to 1,000 tons
overloading a ship of 1,326 tons ? My ship, by
builders measurement, is 1,500 tons ; she will only
be in good ballast trim, and I shall be happy to
challenge any of the ships (belonging to the party
who has been so busy in trying to Condemn mine)
that may follow in my wake, and I shall endeavour
to show thim the road to Bombay.
In conclusion, I beg to remind the party alluded
to, that it would be quite as becoming, and, perhaps,
a little more satisfactory, if he would stick to truth,
and mind his own business. As for monopolising
any particular trade-, it is impossible, and if the
gentleman attempts it, he wit) find it rather up hill
work.—Yours, &c. 4 THOS. H. BOYLE,
Ship Ticonderogo.

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—Notices have been given
that in the early part of the next month the whole of the
premises formerly used by the Royal British Bank for its
chief and branch offices, will be sold by public auction, by
order of the assignees in bankruptcy, for the benefit of the
creditors. The first sale will take place at Garraway's, on
Tuesday next, when the following will be offered
Strand branch situate at the corner of Agar street, Strand,
annual value £9OO, term forty-eight years at £185; the
Holborn branch, at the corner of Chancery lane, annual
value £B2O, term sixty-two years, at £462 lOs ; the
Piccadilly branch in 'Regent 'circus, annual value, £875,
term sixty years at £5OO ; the Pimlico branch, in Shaftes-
bury terrace, annual value, £220, term ten years, at £lOO.
The next sale at the mart, on the 6th proximo, include
the late chief office and the remainder of the branches, viz.,
the late chief office in Tokenhouse yard, annual value, £770 ;
Southwark branch, 60, Blackman street, Bora', annual
value, £220, term twenty•eight years, unexpired ; the
Lambeth Branch, 17, Westminster bridge road, annual
value £lBO, term twenty-cue years unexpired. The former
sale will be by Mr. Chadwick, and the latter by Messrs.
liaslam and Buckland. The lease of the magnificent
premises, known as " the South Sea House," Threadneedle
street, used as the chief offices of the bank up to the time of
the failure, will be sold early in March next.