The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-05-03 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Public 33oViro,

DIRECTORS of the LIVERPOOI STEAM
I_ TOWING COMPANY hereby offer aP • whim of £2O
for the best MODEL of a STEAM TO. ' e Directors,to
decide..
The said Directors will be glad to tr a or the Purchase of
&earn Boats fit for Towing. .
Persons tendering are. requested to send particulars directed
to "The Directors:of the Liverpool Steam Towing Company,"
care of Messrs. SnAcKLEToN, WRIGHT, and. HUNTER, Soli-
citors, Bruniwick=stieet, Liverpool.

THE LIVERPOOL HOUSE AND LAND AGENCY

OFFICE.
PROSPECTUSES of this Establishment, for wing facility
A_ to Letting and Taking, or. Sellinv and P chasing Lands,
Houses, Warehouses, Offices, Shops, 'Vaults odgings, Good-
will of Business, and any other similar de iption of Property
will appear in a few days.
Chatham-builgingg, South John-sti eet, 2d May, 1.5i0.

LIVERPOOL NORTH. AND SOUTH L I!: WORKS,
PROSPECTUSES of this- Uodertakin ay be had on ap-
plication to W. LEwts, Accountant, ' inple-street.
Persons interested in the consumptio of Lime are hereby
reminded that the allotment of Shares will be made on Fet DA y
next, the 6th instant, on or before which day applications should
be made.
3d May, 1536.

THE LIVERPOOL FISH COMPANY.
TRUSTEES,
The Rev. Jonathao Brooks I Charles Lawrence, Es*

otaEcTons,
Thomas Tobin, Esq., I John DrinkivaX`i, ESq.,
Major Brooks, " Michael Hu le, Esq.
BANKERS,
Messrs. Leyland and Bullin.
MANAGER,--Mr W. W.
HE . Shareholders are respectfully apprised, that the First
.I. Call of El per Share is payablee-Turs Day, at the Com-
pany's Bankers.
The Allottnetit Certificatemust be exchanged for the Bank
Receipt. H. B. WALKER,
May 3, 18.30. Sobcitor to the CoMpany.

THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER FISH
COMPANY. . .
ro
viE Notice' which appeared in the A/iini of 'Yeiterda4y,
intimating that the above Copauyprfr the Liverpool Fish
Company were united, is without the knowledge or sanction of
the Directors of this Company, and entirely without foundation.
The Letter enclosing it to the Publisher of the Albion. and
which purportedsio have been written by thenndersigned,ls a
Forgery, and measures have been taken to detect the Writer.
WILKINSON It CH FUSTIAN, Solicitors to the Company.

rtll-1E Directors of the LIVERPOOL FISLI. COMPANY
beg to announce to the Sharehoktlers and the Public, that
the Advertisement in this day's Athiewheaded "The Liverpool
and Manchester Fish Company," srpting that the Directors of
both Companies. had " resolved that the said two Companies
shall. unite on and after Alonclay;:the 9th instant," Ts A p.uur.to
FRAUD, no such Meeting having been held of contemplated by
the Directors of tie Liverpool Fish Company, they being con-
firmed in their previous opinion, that increasing the amount of
Capital or the number of Shares will not benefit the Sharehold.
ers or the Public.

By order of the Board, . .
11. B. WALKER, Solicitor to the Company.
The Company's Office, Clarendon-buildings, 2d May, 1836.

Public 33obir5.

EGItEMONT HOTEL AND FERRY COMPANY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD.

QIR,—A Mr. L. H. Macintyre having put forth an advertise-
-1.7 meat calellated to prejudice this undertaking, I consider an
explanation due to the shareholders and the public ; and I feel
that I,.can not better disabuse their minds than to give a simple
statementof, the facts of the case.
About-November last,.l, along with several others, agreed to
take, from Mr, Bartley, the Egremont Ferry ft the term of 21
years, at an-average rent of £lOOO a year. lur object was to
form a joint stock-company., and, for th's • • rpose, a committee
was formed, of which I was one, to . e all the requisite ar-
rangements to commence operations i , February last. When
the time arrived, it turned out that Mr. Bartley was not the
owner of the ferrythat he ,was not even in possession of it,
and could not, therefore; fulfil, the contract which he had en-
tered into with the committee; and it appeared from'Mr. Bart-
tev's explanation, that he had merely contracted for the purchase
of the ferry, and that a difficulty bad arisen ,which might pro-
tract the completion of the purchase for an indefinite period.
Under these circumstances, I considered it a duty I owed to the
shareholders to ascertain the correctness of Mr. Bartley's ex-
planation, and 1 accordingly waited upon .Mr. Askew, the owner
of the property, who informed me that he had repeatedly offered
to convey the property to Mr: Bartley, on receicing the purchase-
money, but that he refused to pay it unless a deduction was made
from the purchase-money, and he mentioned several circum-
stances which satisfied ine that the contract was not likely to
he carried into effect. The committee were made acquainted
with these facts, and they instructed their solicitor, Mr. Harvey,
to take legal proceedings against Mr. Bartley, who, to shelter
himself from the consequences, offered to repay to the share-
holders their money, which was accepted by himself and others;
the committee was then dissolved, and the solicitor's bill paid
off. The chairman of our committee, Mr. Vincent El
and our solicitor, Mr. Harvey, will, I am sure verify this state-
ment.
After this, Mr. Askew obtained the opinion of a very distin-
guished barrister as to the'right of Mr. Bartley to claim a de-
duction froM the purchase-money of the Ferry, and the'opinion
was positive and clear that Mr. Bartley was entitled to no de-
duction. Mr. Askew handed this opinion. to Mr. Bartley, who
th-n offered to reduce his demand about one-fOurth, but this was
refuied, and Mr. Askew then offered to leaYe the decision of the
dispute between them to _three barristers, which Mr. Bartley
would not agree to, and it was under these circumstances I
became the. purchaser of the Hotel, Ferry, &c., for £5OO less
than Mr. Bartley was to have given. For the correctness of
this statement, I beg to refer to both Mr. Askew and his solicitor,
Mr. Peacock; indeed, the statements these gentlemen made
'dative to Mr. Bartley's conduct in the affair are such that it
Would not be.safe or proper for me to, publish. Mr. Macintyre
calls himself "deputy chairman," he certainly did not fill that
situation in the committee to which. I belonged; and, after
Making every inquiry abont him, I cannot even ascertain who
be is.
What Mr. Bartley's object is in cautioning the.public against
becoming members of the " Egremont Hotel and Ferry Coin-
pany," I am at a loss to guess. How can a sharehOlder be
injured by embarking in the present undertaking? I am now
the owner of the Ferry, and am in possession of it. All I require
is, that a deposit should be paid down, the balance of the pur-
chase-money (bearing interest in lieu of rent) to be paid on the
termination of the dispute between him and Mr. Askew; the
company to be put into immediate possession of the Ferry, &c.
and to receive the profits. It is therefore quite clear that no
shareholder can suffer ; but, to remove all difficulties and
doubts, it is agreed that toy title deeds shall be deposited with
the Banker of the company, as security for the deposit which
I require to be paid, and the company will receive an indemnity
against all law, expenses, and to refund all calls that may be
made, in the event of Mr. Bartley establishing his right to the
Ferry, of which there does not seem the slightest probability.
This explanation, I trust, will be satisfactory to all.-1 am,
sir, your obedient servant,

WM. HOULDSWORTH.

Mr. Bartley has published a long letter in reply to the above,
and there is one statement only which he has ventured to con-
tradict. He says Mr. Askew never did offer to leave the decision
of the dispute between thPuo to three Barristers. lam prepared
to prove, upon the testimony of two- highly-respectable indi-
viduals, that such an offer was made; and, when it was refused,
Mr. Askew's solicitor offered, in writing, to refer it to a 'jury at
the last assizes, which alio was refused by Mr. Bartley..
I have deposited my Title Deeds with the Union Bank as
security to the Shareholders, for which I 'hold the following
receipt : " Liverpool, 2d May, 1836.
" Received from the Chairman of the Egremont Hotel and
Ferry Company, Mr. hlouldsworth's Title to the Egremont
Ferry, which 1 bold as security for the ShareholderS.
"Signed " JAMES LISTER."
Yours, &c., '
W. lIOULDSWORTH.