A Successful Cornishman: Without invidiousness it may be said that the firm of Messrs. C. W. Provis and Son, auctioneers, valuers, and estate agents, of 40, Brazenose Street, take the leading place in Manchester with respect to volume of business, and enjoy a reputation which fully justifies the great extent and importance of their operation. As head of this notable firm, Mr. Charles William Provis occupies a position of conspicuous prominence in a profession which has many able representatives in Manchester, and that position furnishes an index to the professional abilities which it has been won … Upon leaving school he was apprenticed to a commercial career in the establishment of Messrs. Pinsent and Co, Drapers at Devonport, with whom he remained for three and a half years. On May 9th, 1852, he arrived in Manchester, entering the service of Messrs. Townsend and Hickson, …
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