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

LISCARD.

Prospectus of a Company intending to form a New Ferry, to be
called the "SEA BANK FERRY," in Liscard, and fbr the
Purchase of Freehold Land there.
CAPITAL £60,(x10,-IN 1200 Su Sne £5O EACH.
THE Public are informed that rrangements have been
made with John Penketh, E uire, Lord of the Manor of
Liscard, for the establishment a uew Ferry, and the erection
of a commodious HOTEL a wining the Shore, situate about
500 yards to the north of Egremout Hotel. Front this projected
Ferry a new road will be immediately made leading:direct into
the Village of Liscard, and the whole of the Laud, containing
from 80 to 100,(X/0 square yards, is purchased from Mr. Penketh,
at a moderate price, for the benefit.and advantage of the Com-
pany ; presenting a building front of upwards of 2000 yards, with
an average of from 40 to 100 yards iu4epth ; the greater part of
which Land commands varied and uninterrupted Views of the
River Mersey and Town of Liverpool.
This Ferry will have a great advantage over any other, owing
to Mr. Penketh having disposed of the Land along the shore to
the Company. 'Other roads on Mr. Penketh's property will be
formed, shortening the distance to the northern and western
parts of the parish of Wallasey, (including New Brighton,)
from the. Ferry by. at least Ame-half. There will also. be new
roads 'made rritm every part of the Property to Liscard and
Wallasey Churches, and every facility adopted to place a gen-
teel resident population on the Lands without delay. .
The whole of the Land is of good quality, and contains ex-
celleht Clay for Bricks, of which 1,200,000 are now making for
Building -the Hotel.
Plans of the Land, Hotel, and Ferry, with the Lines of Road,
May be seen at the Office of Messrs. EnwArins and SON, Ar-
chitects and Surveyors, At herton's-buildiugs, Dale-street, Li-
verpool; or at Mr. H. B. WALKER'S, Solicitor, Duke-street
and Clarendon-buildings.
Prospectuses will be ready on Thursday next, and in
.the
meantime applications, under seal, may be sent to Mi. Baca's
Office, Clarendon-buildings.

EGREMONI' HOTEL AND FERRY COMPANY.
AN Advertisement under this title having appeared in the
Liverpool papers of yesterday and to-day, offering the
Egremont Hotel and Ferry for Sale to a Public Company,
.to
run Packets to such Ferry.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons intending
to take shares in the above Company, that such Ferry was, by
agreement in writing, dated the 4th November, 1835 agreed
to be taken from Mr. William Bartley Cy Messrs. Win. Houlds-
worth, Robert Cooke, John Murp - and others, for and on be-
half of a Public Company called " he Egremont Steam Packet
Company ;" which Company was associated by a deed dated
the 28th day of December last, made between the said William
Houldsworth, Robert Cooke, John Murphy, and others, of the
one part, and the several Subscribers of the said Company, of
the other part; all the Shares in which Company have long
since been alloted ;, and the same Company is now making all
preparations for working the Ferry, as soon as possession shall
he obtained under a suit in Chancery, instituted byy Mr. William
,Bartlev, the lessor of the said Company, against Mr. John As-
kew,ard others.
BY order of the Committee pf Management of the Egremont
:Ferry' Steam Packet Company.

L. H. 11IACINTYRE,
Deputy Chairman.

-EGREALONT HOTEL AND FERRIPCOMPANY.

QINCE the publication of my Notice respecting the above
i 7.7. Company in your paper of "Tuesday last, and after a lapse
of several days, a Letter has been advertised, signed " Win.
Houldsworth." Respecting the remark in that Letter oe the
Notice signed by the Deputy Ch airman of the Egremont4Steam-
packet Company, (in the absence of Mr. Lowry, the C ha irman, )
it is unnecessary for me to say more than that Mr. Macintyre
was one of the original Proprietors of the Company, and is a
gentleman who is net likely to fall into the sphere of Mr.
Houldsworth's acquaintance. But, iu reply to this Letter of
Mr. Houldsworth, 1 have to state-
-Ist. That before, and not after, the Provisional Committee,
of which Mr. Houldsworth was one, entered into treaty with
me, they were aware of my Contract with Mr. Askew, and that
1 agreed to lease to theta on such Contract. So lunch for dis-
covery of ownership.
2d. I did not offer to repay the Shareholders their,money to
" shelter" myself from legal proceedings by the-Company
against me; but, that no. shareholder might have any cause of
complaint at delay, 1 offe..ed to purchase hio Shares. And I
may here state, what Mr. Houldsworth has. omitted, that at a
Geiieral Meeting of the Proprietors to consider the necessity of
adopting legal proceedings against intr it was resolved that
such proceedings would be utincessary#6d inexpedient." That
Committee then resigned, and a new one was formed.
3d. It was before, and not after this, that Mr. Askew obtained
the opinion mentioned, in Mr. Houldsworth's Letter, and which
opinion is given on a partial statement of facts. It was long
before this opinion was o!eained, and not in consequence of it,
that I had offered, for the sake of buying peace, to accept a de-
duction of a much small if sum from the put chase money than I
considered I was entitled to. Mr. Houldsworth again forgets
to state that the eminent Counsel Mr. Askew consulted thought
"it would be imprudent in Mr. Askew to sell pending the Con-
tract with me ;" and he also forgets to state that the Counsel
recommended Mr. Askew not to accept a Lease from the Crown,
which Mr. Askew nevertheless afterwards did; and, in addition,
he, against my written request, and to my prejudice, gave up
important rights, atAl also undertook to pay the Crown an an-
nual Rent of greater amount than was mentioned in our Con-
tract as the acknowledgment under the grant from the Crown.
4th. Mr. Askew never did offer to leave the decision of the
dispute to three Barristers. Every offer he made I have by me
in writing, with my replies thereto, all which Letters are open
to inspection. I may state that the dispute is simply, whether
I am to pay the same price for a 31 years' lease of property,
bringing in one thousand pounds per annum, as for the fee-
simple of such property.
As for the paragraph, that-it might not be safe or proper for
Mr. Houldsworth to publish the statements of Mr. Askew, and
his Solicitor, Mr. Peacock, (who also appears to be solicitor to
Mr. Houldsworth and to the intended Company) relative to my
conduct in the affair; it is such a,paragraph as could not have
proceeded from an honest and good heart, and will not be re-
garded by any person whose opinion is of value. I shall not,
therefore, condescend to take any notice of it. Equally con-
temptible is the insinuation about the purchase money, which is
eade to be paid when the dispute shall be settled.
This Mr. Houldsworth, it appears, with a full knowledge of all
these facts, (obtained by him as a committee-man,) and the
knowledge that 1 had filed a bill in Chancery against Mr.
Askew foi performance of the contract, has thought proper to
purchase the property, and then, during this rage fur Com-
panies, to advertize part of it at a higher price than he knew I
had agreed to pay for the whole.
I am aware that the respectable gentleman to whom Mr.
Houldswoith has referred, as the late Chairman of the Egre-
moot Steam-iiacket Ciiintiony, as' well as the one who now fills
that situation, entertain only one feeling with respect to the con-
duct of Mr. Houldsworth; and I shall not hereafter reply to
any future statement that may be published. My duty to the
public in informing them how they would be situated, and
cautioning them, is fulfilled. Any lawyer will instantly inform
persons, whether they can, under any circumstances, deal safely
with Mr. Houldsworth or Mr. Askew, respecting the property.
I have only to repeat, that the contract, all correspondence,
cases, andlpinions of different eminent counsel; are ready to be
shown whenever required.
Temple-court, 30th April, 1836.

WILLIAM BARTLEY.