The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-10 00:00:00

tegai Notice.

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WHEREAS a fiat. in bankruptcy is awarded. and issued
forth against JOHN , f Liverpool, in the
"untY of Lancaster, merchant, (carryi in business at Liver-
llool aforesaid in Copartnership with n Timothy Swainson,
t,.rnerchaßts, under the firm of Willi tind Swainson,j and he
WILLIS,y
brut tleclared 'a baokrupt. is her iy required to surender
self to the cOmmissioners in the id fiat named, or therm
ajor
PArt of them, 014 the 21st day of . ebrtiary instant, and on the
„th day of March next, at One the clock in the afternoon on
;t4e 'gibe said days at the larendon-rooms, South JOhn-
r,-, 4:et, in .Liverpool, in' the Said county, and snake a. full dis-
covery, asadisclosu re of his estate and effects; when and where
the :cteditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and at
;,fiptt sitting to choose assignees, and at. the last sitting the
!!'"el.tbankrjipt is required to finish his examination, and the
".traitors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of his
rave
se
All persons indebted to the' said bankrupt, or that
t‘otany of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the. same but
whom
es: the commivinners shall' appoint, but give notice to
iior rs. Jonas and WAND. 1, John-street, 13edforthrow, Lon
~ l' °I.. to Messrs. FOSTER and Lcor ti, Solicitors, Liverpool.

T a MEETING of the OWNERS of. HOUSE and
11l COTTAGE. PROPERTY, in Liverpool and its vicinity,
held.at the Blue Bell Inn, on the 130? day of Nov. last, we, the
undersigned, having been appointed to wait upon the Directors
of the two Water Companies to endeavour to effect a redress of
the hardships the Proprietors of small Tenements are subjected
to in being made liable to the. payment of the water rents instead
of the occupants, beg to lay before the Proprieto ndthe Public
the result of our• proceedings.
We obtained . an. interview with the Di tors of both Com-
panies, and stated to them that the ch 'es at present made
upon the Owners of Cottages for at is within 5-per cent. of
the amount formerly paid by th " nants, whereas the losses
sustained by the Proprietors in e y houses and bad tenants
amount to 30 per cent. per annu upon the rack rents; there-
fore; we requested, as a matter of justice,' that they would' re-
duce their charges to the Owners, so as to bear an equal loss
with them, and also allow a per centage for collecting their de-
mands, or that they would supply.the Tenant, as forinerly, at
their own risk, and agreeable to the Acts of Parliament by
which they are incorporated.
We regret to have to state that the result of these interviews
were ineffectual; the Companies refused to make any reduction
in their present charges, or to supply the Tenants at their
own risk.

As the subject is one.of great importance to the well-being
and very existence of the poorer classes of this large commu-
nity, we wished to effect a speedy- and equitable adjustment of
our demands, so that, after the refusal of the Companies to meet
our views, we made an offer to the Liverpool and Ilarrington•
Company to refer the matter in dispute to the Mayor and two
other Magistrates. This proposal was also declined, and, as we,
had reasons for believing that the conduct of one Company
governed the other, we considered it useless to Make the same
offer to the. Bootle Company.
From the inforriaation we have received of the conduct of
these two companies, in refusing to be governed in the spirit
and intention of the laws by which they exist, and their having
refused' to supply the working portion of the inhabitants, except.
when paid by the Landlords, and at a rate of nearly one-third
more than itought to be, these circumstanees, together with the
fart that their establishments are so profitable that the shares
are selling at more than double their original cost, is a proof
that another Water Company is much wanted, and we believe
that if one was formed by the Owners of Property and the con-
sumers it would be 'a
great benefit to the Town, in insuring a
certain supply of Water, and afford,a very ample return to the
shareholders. ROBERT ELLIS.
EDWARD FORD.
WILLIAM DUMWORTH.
J. JONES.
T-I.FetPOO7, Feb. 2, 1833.
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