Thanks uncle mick and Ian for your help
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I've now just done a short search and in relation to Charles Auty I found these 2 items:-
In an undated search under ‘Leeds Trades’ and ‘Steel Merchants’:- Auty Charles, Old White Cloth Hallyard, Crown street.
That thus means Charles Auty was not a steel manufacturer but a provider.
From another search:- Under bankruptcy notices in The London Gazette, June 13, 1865.
Number—13,057...Date of Deed—30th May, 1865. Date of execution by Debtor—30th May, 1865. Name and description of the Debtor, as in the Deed- William Pearson, of Leeds, in the county of York, Machine Manufacturer (debtor)...names and descriptions of the Trustees or other parties to the Deed, not including the Creditors— Charles James Kerr, of Tokenhouse-yard, in the city of London, Accountant, George Nelson, of Leeds, Iron Founder, John Iredale, of Leeds, Mungo Manufacturer, and
Charles Auty, of Leeds, Iron Merchant (trustees)...the debtor covenants to pay his creditors a composition of twelve shillings and sixpence in the pound, in discharge of their debts, by three equal instalments, secured by bills of exchange, payable at four, eight, and twelve months from the 2nd April last, and also by an assignment to the trustees of the machinery and fixtures in the mill and premises occupied by the debtor at Leeds; and a release from the creditors to the debtor.
