The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-17 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of "T. C. C." is deserving of much attention, but in the present state of our columns we cannot find room for it. In one portion of his remarks upon the onslaught made by Mr. Hodson upon the Merciow'B proteg6, Dr. Hawthorne, our contemporary has been betrayed into the utterance of a - very unfair imputation against the former. gentleman. The Mer cury asks, "Who is the censor?" (of Dr. Hawthorne) "Where did he get his diploma, or has he any to show ?" Has our contemporary, we say, any ground for thus sug gesting that Mr. Hodson is not duly qualified ? If, as we are certain he has not, lie ought not to have ventured upon the insinuation without making enquiry. LtbtrpDOl 4tantiarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1849. THE world is at length officially informed of the mode in which, within the last ten years, obscure tradesmen have sprung up to the position of rail way kings, and reputed millionaires. The second report of the committee of investigation into the affairs of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail way has disclosed such a mass of jobbing and " cooking," perpetrated by the once idolized Mr. Hudson, and negligence, or connivance, on the part of his brother directors, as was never before brought before the notice of the British public. We were ourselves prepared for something of this sort. When everybody was striving after railway directorships, and so many were ambitious of even the less in fluential post of provisional committeemen, it was obvious to all, but the very blind, that there were good things occasionally to be picked up by those who were fortunate enough, by attaining such posts, to be put into possession of secrets worth knowing. In the memorable period from 1844 to 1846, what would not a speculator have given to be put into early possession of the facts that this railway project was to be bought off; another leased ; a third guaranteed a good divi dend, and a fourth amalgamated with some good paying line? Why, the Hudsons, the Russells, and others of that day, could have assured fortunes to their friends by a mere wink. Three, or four, members of a railway board, at a five minutes' sitting, by determining upon an increase of the capital of the line under their management, in reality created for themselves and friends a million or more of money. The public heard daily of new issues of half or quarter, eighth or sixteenth shares, in this or that Leviathan company, and, no matter for what purpose they were created, there were thousands rushing to be possessed of them at whatever pre mium they might bear. Little wonder, then, as human nature is constituted, that chairmen and members of railway boards availed themselves of the popular delusion to fill their ownpockets. We believe most firmly that, were the proceed ings of one-half our leading lines of railway laid bare to the world, there would be found very many transactions of a nature which would not well bear the light. The case of Mr. Hudson, however, in his connexion with the York, Newcastle, and Ber wick Railway, is a Leviathan one. The extent of his peculations is positively fearful to contemplate. We shall briefly catalogue the discoveries announced by the committee in this report, with a view to offering upon them a few words of comment. The first proceeding noticed in the report is in connexion with the purchase by Mr. Hudson of 2345 shares in the Sunderland Dock. At a meet ing of the Dock Company, held at Sunderland, on the 27th February, 1847, that gentleman expressed himself so satisfied of the profitable nature of the undertaking that he was willing to take the shares of any party at par; and, accordingly, he was ac commodated with stock to the extent of 2345 shares. The purchase of these was on his own account. There is no minute in the York Newcastle and Ber wick Company's hooks authorising such an invest ment of the capital of that company. Yet the calls upon. these shares were regularly paid out of its funds, although never brought forward in the half yearly reports until February last, when all at once the shareholders were startled by an entry of £62,687 10s. on this account, Mr. Hudson having transferred his unprofitable bargain to the com pany. The amount of their funds at present swal lowed up in this concern is close upon £lOO,OOO. The committee very naturally recommend that Mr. Hudson be compelled to take the shares to himself, and pay up the money, they not having as yet been legally transferred to, or adopted by, the company. The next case opens out the secrets of the system of allotting shares. The Newcastle and Berwick Railway was originally proposed in 1844, as a portion of the Newcastle and Darlington company s line; and the capital was fixed at £700,000. The shares were allotted proportionably to the holders of shares in that line; and Mr. Hudson's proportion should have been 625 of the new shares. The capital was subsequently augmented; and Mr. Hudson signed the deed, pro forma. for 8000 more, other directors signing for 2000 shares each, to enable the pro jectors to comply with the standing orders of par liament. There was of course a further issue of shares, to which holders in the Newcastle and Dar lington were entitled. None other of the parties, six in number, who had executed the deed, pro forma, (to the amount in all of 20,000 shares,) conceived that they were acting otherwise than in trust for the company, and none of them paid up the deposits. Out of these reserved shares the committee now find that Mr. Hudson has gradually disposed of 10,894 shares for his own emolument, receiving the scrip from the secretary from time to time, up to August, 1845 ; and the profit which he must have derived from these appropriations the committee estimate at no less than £145,704. Besides this, there are left in hand a large number of unappropriated shares, which might have been sold at large pre miums for the benefit of the company, had their chairman been as thoughtful of their interests as his own. The committee remark very justly, in reply to the plea, which may be put forward by Mr. Hudson, that he had signed the deed for this large amount. " If the mere execution of the deed is to confer the right upon Mr. Hudson to these shares for his own use, why has he not taken 24,275 shares instead of 10,894 ; for it will be observed that, after the passing of the act, and to enable the solicitors to enforce some of its provi sion?, Mr. Hudson executed the deed for 16,275 shares in addition to the 8,000 on which he now claims ; and it appears to your committee that he might with equal reason have taken the whole." They recommend that he should be made to ac• count for the property thus improperly obtained. . . The next case has relation to the allotment of the York and Newcastle shares, of which, after the receipt of his proper proportion, Mr. Hudson took an additional 500 shares in the names of some of his friends, the premium upon which at the time would be about £4OOO. Each of his brother directors also took an additional hundred, the pre mium upon which would he about £9OO. The small fry were beginning to ape their master in peculation. Although Mr. Hudson's shares had been sold in April, 1847, no deposit was paid upon them until after the, appointment of the Committee of Investigation; yet the dividends upon them had been regularly received. In the allotment of the Brandling Junction shares the directors, at a board meeting, placed 2000 shares at the disposal of Mr. Hudson, who took the whole, with the exception of 320, which he divided amongst a few of his friends in the concern. These shares were worth at the time £2l premium. The Board therefore in reality made a present to their chairman of the handsome sum of £42,000, which in reality belonged to the share holders. _ _ _ The next case refers to a sale of iron rails to the Company. It appears that in January, 1845, pre vious to the bill for the Newcastle and Berwick Railway being submitted to Parliament, Mr. Hud son concluded a contract, for 10,000 tons of iron, with Messrs. Thompson, Forman, and Co., of London, at £6 105. per ton. In March of the same year, tenders having been advertised for, a contract was effected with Messrs. Thompson, Forman, and Company, for a supply of 14,000 tons, at £l2 per ton ; and by a private arrange ment between the parties 7,000 tons of Mr. Hud son's rails were delivered to the company at this price, netting a profit on the transaction of £38,500. In addition to these malpractices, it appears that Mr. Hudson had been in the habit of retaining in his hands money received by him for the purpose of paying for land. In one case referred to, £40,000 was thus drawn out by him, and debited to the company as paid. On the sth of May last, however, after the appointment of the committee, the whole sum was returned by him with interest, it never having been paid at all to the parties, in whose names the original cheques were drawn. After the exposure of such transactions as these, of course the character and standing of Mr. Hud son are irretrieveably gone. Should he even be able to make good the large amounts thus impro perly obtained, he must be reduced to the con dition of a poor man, with the reflection haunting him through life that he is also a despised one. Do not let us, however, exhaust the whole of our indignation against Mr. Hudson. Some of it is due to his brother directors; some of it to the whole system ; and much to the cupidity of the shareholders themselves. Whilst the Railway King was creating millions by a stroke of his pen, the latter were netting their premiums, and the gullible public scrambling for them. When Mr. Hudson made a contract, or bought up a railway, the share holders never attempted to enquire whether the bargain was a good one. All that was thought of was the premium bearing stock to be created for its payment. The world worshipped this vain man ; yet not one of his worshippers could be blind to the fact that, whilst contributing to put money in their pockets, he was filling his own. Not one of them could imagine that the mere sanc tion of his name to any undertaking could alter its character, or that he could bestow proper attention to one-half of the concerns in which he was engaged. The whole affair was a delusion, for which it is hard to say whether the public or Mr. Hudson was the most to blame. It is surely time now that steps should be taken to prevent the recurrence of such a case as this. We shall shortly have upwards of £300,000,000 of the realized capital of the British people, of all classeS and conditions, invested in railway pro perty; and we know how powerless individuals, or even combinations of individuals, are to control or to procure a proper investigation of the proceedings of great companies. Some efficient and compulsory mode of audit has become a national necessity. THE opponents of the proposal to subject the Dock and Corporate property of Liverpool to a participation in its local burdens are felicitating themselves, no doubt, in the idea that the move ment for that object has received its deathblow. 'We believe, however, that we are just now progres sing towards a state of things which will render that, or some other large measure of relief, impera tive, unless we allow the tradesman and middle class inhabitants of the town to be driven out of it, or into a condition of insolvency. We have already a poor's rate of 3s. 2d. in the pound ; and from the additional burthens, which are unjustly press ing upon us, the prospect is that, before long, we may have double that amount to meet. In addition to Irish pauper immigration ; in addition to the presence of a disease which, under any circum stances, would be most costly to the town, a go vernment board has got its fingers into our pockets; and we know well how clean such officials pick the bones of their victims. A. local journal, whose conductors were intent upon puffing into notoriety the nostrum of a pre tender to infallibility in his treatment of the cholera, some months before we had any serious visitation of that scourge, proclaimed its existence in Liver pool; and the first result was a serious interruption to our commerce by the infliction of quarantine upon our shipping in foreign ports. More recently we have been subjected to the supervision of the general Board of Health ; and the cost to which that body is putting us is very little known to the public. Independently of our own efficient staff of parish surgeons, and the liberal aid of our hos pitals and dispensaries, we have a distinct corps of medical men forced upon us by the Board of Health, under the management of a doctor despatched from that body, who is entirely unacquainted with the town, and whose capricious regulations threaten to swamp our whole income. Hospitals are to he pro vided in every direction. Houses of refuge are to be fitted up, into which every alarmist may fly, and which may be filled as fast as they are opened by the destitute immigrants from Ireland. Expendi ture the most lavish is going on, to prevent, or check, which the unfortunate ratepayers of Liver pool are utterly helpless. Under any circumstances the prospect before us would be deplorable; but it is doubly so when we look at the daily changing condition of the pro perty of the town, upon which these increasing burthens have to be levied, and the condition of the occupiers of that property. We see street after street, once the residences of our respectable mer chants, deserted, and the houses, unless let at greatly reduced rents, standing empty. All build ing is nearly at a stand; and the little that is being done is the erection of cottage property, for which rates can, at the best of times, scarcely be collected, and from which some ofit is entirely exempt. Our mercantile aristocracy inhabit the suburban locali ties, and are rateable only for their counting-houses or warehouses. Their clerks are following them; and the increasing burthens of Liverpool, the weight of Irish pauperism and imported filth and pesti lence, are left to be supported by the depressed tradesmen and shopkeepers, and those whose avo cations compel them to reside in immediate proxi mity to the commerce of the port. Can this be borne ? We assert our firm conviction that it can not, without the ruin of hundreds of those parties. Either the commerce of Liverpool must be made to bear a portion of these burthens, or parliament it self must be appealed to for relief. In what way, however, are we to proceed, in order to bring about the object, which the advocates ofadock rating have in view ? We must confess that we have little hope of relief from parliament.. A rating bill, brought once more before the house, would be hurked at once by the Manchester party and the free traders. Liverpool is expected to bear, without assistance, what in reality is a national burthen—the expense of providing for the mainte nance of whatever amount of pauperism Ireland may throw upon our shores—in addition to her own proper burthens. There is one mode, however, in which the object which we have in view might be legally effected without seeking the permission of parliament at all. At its next monthly meeting, the council will be called upon to elect members to sit upon the Dock Committee, in the room of five gentlemen who retire by rotation ; and it is worth consideration, whether an effort ought not to be made to secure such parties as will really represent the opinions of the majority of the Council and the town upon this vital question. WE have at length before us what may fairly be called the Ministerial Supplement to the Naviga tion Laws Repeal Bill; and, although we cannot at present express a decided opinion upon the whole scheme, our minds are fully made up with respect to the merits of that portion of it, relating to the light dues and pilotage, which it is proposed to hurry through the house this session. Mr. Labouchere proposes, with the assistance of the Trinity House, to effect a reduction of £lOO,OOO per annum in the dues now levied upon merchant shipping, or nearly one-third of the whole amount of that impost, which was last year £318,000, ex clusive of the Scotch and Irish lights. Of this sum £145,000 was received from coasters, and £173,000 from over-sea trailers. It is intended, in the reduction made, to give the largest amount of relief to the coasting trade, which is the most severely burthened. £70,006 is to be taken from the amount paid by this class of vessels, or nearly 50 per cent. of the present dues, the reduction to come into effect from the Ist of October next. There are lights on which double tolls, that is tolls both inwards and outwards, are now paid. These double payments are to he abolished, and will effect a saving of £27,000, or 16 per cent. upon the dues paid by over-sea vessels. We can have no ground of complaint of this portion of the measure, which will be, to a small extent however, a boon to the shipping interest, both British and foreign, whilst it can be conferred, without m the slightest degree impairing the efficiency of our coast lights. The other portion of the measure, however, altering the law of pilotage, we regard as one of a most mischievous and dangerous character; indeed, so far as Liverpool is concerned, a ruinous one. Like most similar measures of the present govern ment, it is conceived in gross ignorance; and we do not believe that it has been called for by any considerable portion of the public. In setting out, Mr. Labouchere betrays a great want of cor rect information. He says— "At present, as some hon. members no doubt were aware, the coasting trade enjoyed an exemption from the system of pilotage; from that burden the coasting trade hid some years ago been exempted ; but vessels enraged in the foreign trade—the over-sea trade—were still obliged to take in pilots ; though the master and mate might both be excellent pilots and well acquainted with the harbours to which they traded, they must nevertheless take in pilots, or at least pay for them." - - - - The obvious conclusion which would be drawn from this is that all vessels engaged in our coasting trade, are exempted from pilotage. The exemption, however, only applies to vessels under 100 tons burthen, those above paying a half-pilotage of 4s. per ton. Amongst this class we have our fine coast ing steamers, a great portion of our colliers, and other vessels. It may be presumed, however, that Mr. Labouchere w ill r ep a i r his error by giving in his bill the exemption spoken of to the whole of the coasters. Let us see, therefore, how this will affect the security of our navigation, and the inter ests of that most efficient body of men, our pilots. We will take the case of our own port. We have here built and maintained, at the cost of the body of pilots twelve boats, which are ad mitted to be the finest craft to be found in the world, most expensively constructed, and well found in every requisite for the trade. Every full branched hand must have been two foreign voyages at least, in a square-rigged vessel, have served a seven years' apprenticeship as a pilot, and have passed through three distinct examinations. As a body, they are considered the best regulated and most competent in this or any other country; and their duties are known to be attended with great hardship and continual danger. Unlike the pilots of Deal or Dover, who may be summoned from their beds by the fire of a gun when wanted, those of Liverpool must cruize in all weathers, outside the dangerous banks, by which the entrance of our river is impeded ; and must be prepared to board in any weather, all vessels by which they are bailed. Mr. Labouchere proposes to take from these men, first the coasting trade, the dues upon which make up from a fourth to a third of their income, and next to take from them a large portion of that de rived from over-sea vessels. Now, what would be the result ? Obviously the present efficiency of the service would not be maintained. The present race of pilots are nearly all qualified for under taking the situation of captain or mate, in the merchant service; and many of them would, no doubt, fly to thatlservice for subsistence. We should see the introduction of a lower class of men, and of boats, and perhaps we might be driven into such a diminution of their number as would very mate rially effect the security of shipping. But Mr. Labouchere says that the captains and mates in our coasting trade are familiar with the navigation of our river, and therefore it is hard that that they should have to pay for a pilot, whose ser vices they do not want. To some extent this may be the case. Many of these parties could bring up their vessels in fine weather ; but there is not one in a hundred who is not anxious to have a pilot.in cases,of stormy weather. In many instances of con trary winds in ordinary weather, both captains and mates are worn out by fatigue and want of sleep when they reach the pilot's station, and absolutely unfit to encounter the difficulties which present themselves on entering our river. Besides, how can it be ex pected, if these vessels are to decline taking a pilot in fine weather, that the latter will be willing to place his life and the property of his boat in jeo pardy when it is blowing a gale? We should see him constantly putting in for shelter at such times; and the banks and shoals outside strewed with wreck and human bodies, Mr. Labouchere proposes further that our Pilots' Committee should be allowed to authorise masters and mates of oversea vessels to be their own pilots, on proof being given of their competency and local knowledge; and as an inducement re minds us that his bill is only permissive. He does not compel us to grant licenses to these persons. This portion of the measure, we can inform him, will remain, so fur as Liverpool is concerned, a dead letter. In the first place, the Pilots' Committee of this port have already the power, which Mr. La bouchere imagines he is conferring for the first time ; and, althongh composed of shipowners and merchants, and entirely uninterested in the earnings of the pilots, they are satisfied that it ought not to he exercised. They are well aware that it would not be consistent with the safety of life and cargo; and that few insurers would take risks in vessels so piloted. Its very position places Liverpool in a different category with most other ports, with re spect to such a measure. Our changing banks and channels require a daily familiarity with them, and such sea boats, and active and experienced hands, as can only be provided by a body of regular, well organised, and well paid men, making pilotage their sole occupation. Crude and dangerous as this measure is, it seems very likely to pass through the House of Commons, almost before its provisions can be known, and before those interested can make their protest heard. We trust however, that, our own representatives will feel it their duty to demand a little breathing time for those interested in this port; and that their hands will be strengthened by some representation, from our Pilots' Committee and merchants, of its inju rious nature. The bill may appear to those unac quainted with the whole circumstances a compara tively harmless one, affecting only the interests of the pilots themselves; but we feel convinced that in reality its effects will be most damaging to the whole of our mercantile marine. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) BERLIN, JULY 12. The armistice between Denmark and Pru . ssia has been concluded for six months. At the end of the six months, notice may be given of a renewal of hostilities, but hosti lities cannot even then be actually resumed until'after the lapse of six weeks more. In consequence of the death of James Pattison, Esq., which took place rather unexpectedly, on Saturday, a vacancy has been created in the representation of the City . of London. The Lord Mayor is proposed, and an oppo nent is spoken of in the person of William Bevan, Esq., one of the unsuccessful candidates at the last general election. Besides the above-named gentlemen, the names of 'William Baring, Esq., Mr. Alderman Saltnons, and others have been mentioned. There seems no doubt that a contest will take place. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY. Consols opened rather steadily, at an advance of i t on the closing price of Saturday, at 93i to t, and became buyers at the latter fraction, when a reaction took place, and'they fell to 93i ; they are now looking rather better, being glinted at 93i to for money and to-morrow's account. The Three per Cents Re duced were done at 93i and The Three-and-a-Quarter pet Cents at 941 and last at 94i ; Bank Stock at 799; and Exche quer Bills at 48s. and 51s. premium. In the foreign marketthe news from Germany had a favourable influence on Danish Stock, which was done at 67g. Mexican have given way a little ; Dutch have•improved. Other stocks have scarcely varied. LONDON SHARE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. In the share market to-day, a considerable improvement took place in almost all lines. Business, too, is much more active than for some time past. Caledonians, London and North-Westerns, and Midlands have especially advanced. French shares have not participated in the improvement per ceptible in the English market. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY. The continuance of remarkably fine weather far bringing the Wheat crop to maturity, and a somewhat increased supply of English Wheat by land carriage samples from the near coun ties, coupled with the prospect of a speedy withdrawal of the Danish blockade from the Prussian ports, has had a depressing effect upon the Wheat trade this morning, and last Monday's rates were barely maintained for selected runs of white Wheat, whilst the bulk of the supply remained unsold nt a late hour, although factors would, doubtless, have acceded to a slight re duction, in order to have effected a clearrnce. To have made progress with foreign Wheat,ta decline of fully Is. per qr. had to be submitted to. Barley was in moderate supply, and its value was fully supported. Good fresh Oats were saleable at an advance of fid. per or. Other sorts brought full prices. Beans and Peas steady at late rates. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. -YESTERDAY , -- ESTERDAY The number of Beasts is moderate, and there is a great effort on the part of salesmen to advance prices, but it is with great difficulty accomplished, however 4s. is more generally realised for the best descriptions. The supply of Sheep is again large ; trade is however more cheerful in consequence of a demand at the dead markets, and in some instances rather more money is obtained. Lamb trade is very heavy ; we have very few choice ones on offer, perhaps for these there is a little more enquiry. There is again a large number of Calves ; they meet with a dull sale at late rates. From Germany and Holland there are 345 Beasts, 2570 Sheep, and 186 Calves; from Ireland 20 Calves, and Scotland 203 Beasts. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTH AMPTON,JULY 14.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Capt. C. F. Burney, arrived this morning at three o'clock, with mails in charge of Lieut. Rainier. and 37 passengers. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, July 4th ; Cadiz, sth ; Lisbon, 9th ; off Oporto, 10th ; and Vigo, 10th, at two p.m. The freights brought by the Iberia consisted of 10 pack ages of specie, 50 boxes of almonds, 1 cask of wine, and 15 packages of sundries. JULY 4.—Her Majesty's ships of war at Gibraltar : Her Majesty's steamer Janus, United States frigate Mis sissippi, and schooner Fanny. July 9.—The Spanish brig of war Constitution. Vessels spoken with on the voyage :—July 5, at three p.m., exchanged colours with the British schooner Jane and Mary, steering S.E. 45 west of Cadiz ; July 10, at 8.30 p.m., spoke with the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Pacha, steering for Vigo Bay ; at 11.50 p.m., passed a steamer steering S.W., showing no lights, 22 miles N.N.E. of Killano ; July 11, at six p.m., spoke with the schooner Bruce, of Bristol, running to the S.W. Great preparations were being made at Gibraltar for the reception of the Infanta. who passed the garrison on the 10th, The Cortes at Lisbon had terminated their sitting, after an unusually long one. Charles Albert was still lying in a very precarious state, without the least hopes of recovery. The quarantine regulations were still in force. STARTLING FACT FOR THE PROMOTERS OF THE PIKE SCHEME. The decision to be come to, this day, by the adjourned meeting of the Council, on the water question, involves results, for good or for evil, more momentous than those attending any other question that has of late occupied the attention of that body. It may involve even the solvency of the corporation itself, whose members are united to embark in a gigantic undertaking, the success of which no man, we think, will dare to prophecy with any great con fidence, after the perusal of the following startling facts. The town of Bolton has always been held up to us as one whose arrangements for a supply of water are of the most perfect description. The supply in question is drawn from the surface of a district of country, adjoining that fixed upon by Mr. Hawksley and the advocates of the Pike scheme for, the supply of water. Its quantity has always been boasted of as most abundant, and its quality as of the purest description. What will these paities say to this paragraph, which we have extracted from the Bolton Chronicle of last Saturday ? THE NECESSITY OF ECONOMY IN THE USE OF WATER. —We have again to remind our readers that it is highly important that care should he taken to prevent any waste of water in the town. The Belmont lodge, which has been at a low ebb for some weeks, now contains less than when we formerly gave an intimation as to a scarcity, the rains which fell a few daps since having, owing to the previous drought, been absorbed, and produced no sensible e f fect upon the reservoir; and unless the inhabitants use the strictest possible economy, the probability seems to be that they will experience the calamity of being entirely without a supply." Our contemporary proceeds to give the first half-year's fall of rain in Bolton for the 19 years from 1631, which shows a smilar result to that which we shewed last week had occurred in Manchester, the falling off havinc , been from 25.22 inches in 1848 to 14.97 inches in 1849. The fall for the three months, April, May, and June, in 1848 was 10.17 inches, and in the same months of 1849 only 5.35 inches. Our contemporary continues : " These figures alone, which have, of course, reference to the rain that has fallen in the town, may be looked upon as ac counting, in some degree, for the present scarcity; but the following account of the fall of rain according to the guage at Belmont, will show more strikingly how it is that the lodge is at present so low : _ 1847. 1848. 1849. Inches. Inches. Inches. April May 6.3 .. 2.4 .. 3.1 June 6.3 .. 7.0 .. 1.9 We would suggest that, in order to save water, none be used in cleaning windows or flags, in watering the streets, or, for the present, in any way in which it is not imperatively needed. There is little doubt that much loss generally arises from re pairs not being made immediately on their necessity being dis covered, and it would be well for consumers who have pipes out of order, to give notice to the waterworks' manager accord ingly. We beg to direct the attention of the Council particu larly to the passages which we have marked in italics. Can the advocates of the Pike have any longer confidence in the elaborate calculations of their engineer as to rain fall, in the face of this fact, which proves the objection which has all along been taken to their correctness, that the recent rains in the district composing the water shed had " been absorbed ?" Let us ask, too, when Bolton is in this deplorable condition, that its windows and flags cannot be washed, its streets watered, and the faces and hands of its population washed only when " imperatively needed." what would have been the state of this town had we been placed in sole dependence upon this very district ? We are enabled, from authentic information, to state another fact connected with the water supply of Bolton, viz., that at this moment the poor inhabitants, who are unable to afford a proper filter, are compelled to tie a thick flannel round their taps, to purify the water from the insects and decayed matter which renders it unfit to drink in its natural state. Yet this is the sort of stuff which we are asked to substitute for Out present splendid water, which, in this season of drought, is being distributed at the rate of between six and seven millions of gallons per day, being an increase of between five and six millions of gallons over our previous weekly supply, for domestic use, for flushing sewers, cleansing courts, watering streets, and answering fully every requirwent of a sanatory nature ! HARRASSING GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE WITH AN EMIGRANT SHIP. We have frequently had to notice the urbanity, and at the same time, the firmness and impartiality, and espe cially the consideration for the welfare of the poor emigrant, with which the business of the Government Visligration Office is conducted by Lieutenant Hodder. And hence we are sorry to observe that a new official has been sent down by government, to act with Mr. Hodder in carrying out the regulations of the board, who, like most other newly appointed people, dragged up from nobody knows where, appears disposed to give himself unnecessary and annoying airs of authority. A few days ago, a fine ship was upon the point of sailing across the Atlantic with about six hundred emigrants on board but preliminary to her sailing her stock of biscuit required by act of par liament to b provided, in case of the passengers stores and the other provisions of the ship running short, must be passed by the officers ; and our new official was the party who came on board for the purpose. It appears, however, that a few of the bags had got damp ; and the whole quantity, although as it subsequently turned out to be wholesome food, was refused to be passed. A day was thus lost. The charterers, a highly respectable firm, offered to put on board a stock of new bread, which was done ; and it was hoped that the vessel' might get away by the next morning's tide. It was, however, a few minu'es after four o'clock when the gentleman was asked to go on board to pass the provisions, and he refused, although it was important to save a tide, to do anything in over hours. Ultimately, on the next day, the original bread was passed by Lieutenant Hodder himself, as good sound food, the stipulation being made,. however, that the new stock should be kept on board by the captain to be used if wanted. This arbitrary detention for two days of a ship with 600 emigrants on board is a serious affair, in vrhatever light it is viewed ; and shews what care should be exercised by the Government in the selection of parties to fill offices, to which such powers of harassing men engaged in busi ness are attached. No Liverpool officer, acquainted with the high standing of the firm to which we refer as the charterers of this vessel, would ever have dreamt of shew ing the airs of the gentleman of whom, as new to his office, we think the firm have just right to complain. But Whig patronage, of course, never looks to the fitness of those upon whom it bestows its favours. POLICE. COURT.-Y- ESTEIVDA.Y. MONEYED PAUPERS.—A man, having the appearance of a mechanic, named Thomas Morris, was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged by an officer of the Workhouse with having gone to that establishment and requested a bed for the night, - he representing that he was a stranger and quite destitute. He was admitted ; but on being searched (which is a rule of the house in such cases), the sum of 13s. 6d. was found upon his person. The pri soner in his defence stated in fluent and somewhat orato rical language that he had come from the south of Ireland in search of work, which it was difficult to find iu his own country. He wag a stranger here, and was not aware that he had committed any offence against the law, by merely asking for shelter for the night. With respect to the money he thought it no harm to retain it to pay for hie support while he searched the town further for a situa ation. Mr. Rushton read that part of the poor law which applies to such cases, and which was to the effect that if any party applied at a workhouse for any kind of relief, they must be searched, and if money were found upon them, it was to be taken and paid over to the Poor-law Guardians, and the party imprisoned if he represented himself as pennyless. In this case the prisoner had quite enough to meet his necessities, and the lavi must take its course. The money must be paid to the Guardians, and the offender be sent to gaol for twenty-one days. SHOP BREAKING.—Two boys, John Waters, and John Carlton (both of whom had been seven times before corn mitted), were charged with having at half-past three yes terday morning, broken into. the shop window of a hair dresser in Vauxhall-road, and stolen a snuff-box and two shaving brushes. No one slept on the premises. They, were committed for trial. DETAINING MONEY.--A decent-looking man named Thomas Rushton was charged by his employers. Messrs._ Halsall and Clare, Waterloo-road, with having received £5 for the payment of wages, which he had detained. It appeared that one of the partners had given him an order to draw the money on Saturday night, and told him to re turn with it. He did not return. When apprehended lBs. was found upon him, and it appeared that a con siderable part of the whole amount was due to himself, and that he had got drunk. Prisoner said he never in tended to keep the money, and would return it. The complainants said they did not press the case against him, and Mr. Rushton discharged him with an admonition. MINOR OFFENCES. James M'Coy, Patrick Moore, and James Thompson, were charged by Edward Dwerry house with having, on Sunday morning, knocked him down at the top of London-road, and robbed him of some small amount in money and an iron tobacco-box. There was some difference as to the part taken in the offence by two of the prisoners and the other. The two first-named were committed for two months, and the other for one month.—A girl was committed for a month for stosiling cotton from premises in Stone-street, Great Ho4ard street. The complainant said that girls came to steal the cotton sometimes in gangs of twenty at a time, and that he had in vain asked the aid of the police. It appeared, however, that a police patrol was appointed for the streets, but that the complainant wanted a watchman on his premises, to be supplied from the force.—Mr. Rushton said that everything possible was done to suppress this kind of robbery ; but the main offenders were the re ceivers—the marine-store dealers—whom he punished severely, when they were detected, by imprisonment and loss of their licenses. He committed the prisoner to gaol fora month.—Ann Rigg, for robbing a man of 45., one month.—Margaret Fletcher, for robbing Joseph Fletcher of a sovereign, in Dickenson-staeet, three months. — John Parry, stealing a copper funnel at the Brunswick Dock, three months. THE LIVER THEATRE. — This little theatre was re opened last evening by Madame Warton, whose troupe have gained so enviable a position in the estimation of the Liverpool public. As the entertainments were not re stricted to the " Poses Plastiques," but comprised a variety of amusements, an unusual attraction was pre sented. A more full notice of the company shall be fur nished to our readers on a future occasion. THEATRE-ROYAL, 1 261:11AMSON-SQUARE. — Last even - ing the first representation of the Italian Opera Company took place at this theatre. The play was " Norma," and as far as we can judge from what we have heard, the com pany deserves great praise. The prima donna, Signora Montenegro, has a considerable continental reputation, and after the first air—" Casta diva "—was rapturously applauded by the audience. Her voice is still excellent, and she has a most brilliant execution. We defer further comment until we have heard IMO et the company, THE IRISH CHURCH QUESTION. (From a Correspondent.) The motion of Mr. B. Osborne in the House of Com mons last week, for a committee to consider the present state of the temporalities of the Irish Church, was de feated by a majority of 67; and, in the course of the debate, it was stated that the Irish Church which was essentially a missionary church had signally failed. We are inclined to question this statement, although it is backed by the unimpeachable assertions of a great M.P. ; for we feel that the slow but sure progress of this church is one of the best guarantees for its permanent existence. Those who understand the Irish Church question will admit that Protestantism has had to contend with endless difficulties in Ireland ; that it has had to contend against the cherished bigotry of an ignorant and uninformed people ; that it has been opposed by the almost despotic power of an Irish priesthood, which has always pandered to the prejudices of the populace ; that it has had to combat with a huge spirit of intolerance, that has waged war against it to the very knife; that it has had to over throw opinions planted in the minds of Irishmen while in their cradles, and nurtured by them as they have been nurtured by the milk from their mothers' breast ; that it has had to enter their hovels as the religion of those whom they call their Saxon oppressors, and whom they are taught to hate and abhor with the deepest feelings of animosity, as well as all that spring from them. We say that those who know anything of the question must know these things ; and when they are taken into consideration, who will have the temerity to say, that the Irish Church has signally failed. The churchmen of Ireland comprise one-eighth of its inhabit ants, and the adherents to Protestantism in Ireland are the most loyal, respectable, and best behaved of her citi zens. They are an honour to the sister land, and their enlightened notions and elevated minds, their Christian affections and philanthropic exertions augur more good to the poor old country than all the schemes of Catholic repealers, or all the agitating influences introduced amongst the priest ridden hordes that bow before the shrine of the idolized Catholicism. " Death to the Saxon" is the cry of Popish Ireland, and death to the Saxon's religion is a principle as cheer fully cherished as is the repeal of the union ; yet, against all this manifested opposition, the Irish church has been steadily progressing, and has gathered within its pale the most intelligent and best informed of the Irish people. We attribute the slow progress of the Irish church to bigotry and ignorance, and we believe that that church will yet gain the ascendancy, that the enlightened doctrines of Protestantism will yet prevail, and that they will fully develope themselves as the doctrines of religious Ireland, when the Irish people become more enlightened and better able to distinguish between truth and error. We feel as much for poor Ireland as any of our enlight ened contemporaries, bat we think the way to benefit her is not by depriving the church of its temporalities and crippling its exertions, or by reducing its influence, or the power it has at command. The more firmly the church is planted in Ireland the less troublesome will she be—the more Protestant the people of lieland become, so much the more will,they be inclined to look upon England as their friend instead of their foe. If the whole Irish peo ple were adherents to the Irish church they would be better both socially, morally, and politicaily ; for instead of being taught the doctrine which embodies blood to the Saxon, they would be taught to respect all men—to be industrious for their own welfare—and to think as Christians rather than as savage hordes. If they were all Protestants they would soon become intelligent, and their intelligence would mark out for them a new course of action, creditable alike to themselves and to the civilised world. Notwithstanding the foolish nomenclature of Reynolds, the redoubtable hero of Dublin trickery, or the truckling of the poor and imbecile Whigs, the Irish church must be supported. If a blow be given to , that church it will be felt in England, and will give an impetus to that dis graceful agitation which seeks to sever our glorious con stitution in church and state. No nation ever existed in its glory for any length of time without a recognised religion, as the history of the greatest nations that ever existed' will prove; and if the unwise step is taken of destroying either the connection between the state, and the English and Irish church, we feel that it will be a blow to England's greatness, and the first step towards the annihilation of English ascendancy. Let every one then, who values his country, his home, or his native land, raise his voice against any wanton interference with our constitution in church and state. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S LAST . NIGHT. (BY EXPRESS.) GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Maid of Iviasham (offered) 10 ~.1 „ Van Diemen 10 „ 1 „ Collingwood 14 „ 1 „ Tophana (taken) 15 „ 1 „ Giselle (taken) 15 „ 1 „ Clermont (taken) 20 „ 1 „ Bacchanalian (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 500 to 200 agst Canezou (taken) 4 „ 1 „ The Hero (taken and afterwards Oin ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 on Flying Dutchman. DERBY. 1000 to 25 agq Sweetheart 1000 to 30 „ William the Conqueror 40 „ 1 „ Decoy colt. STATE OF THE SHIPPING INTEREST. The condition of the shipping interest in this country. is manifested by the subjoined circular of Messrs. Lindsay and Co., Abchurch-lane : "In directing your attention to the- annexed rates- of to-day we have little to advise but continued depression, and though a fair amount of business is doing, the rates generally are unremunerative. " In charters from the East we hear of no engagements except from.the Mauritius at 655., a single transaction. to 80s. from Ceylon, and another from Shanghai at 905., at which rates suitable vessels might still be placed. The engagements from the west coast of South America have been very extensive at 775. 6d. per ton for A 1 ships. " The Mediterranean and Black Sea trades are inactive, and from the continued depression in our corn market we cannot at present justify the expectation of any improve ment in these freights. Business has been done at 555. Odessa to 575. 6d., with the option of the Azov at 675. 6d. ; lls. to lh. 3d. per qr. from the Danube; and though engagements have been made for small vessels at 7s. grain cargoes from Alexandria, this rate has not been maintained. " American and Baltic freights are flat at our gpota tions. Vessels, however, continue in fair demand from Archangel and Onega at 775. 6d. to 80s.. deals ; ss. wheat. ..._ " from the West Indies and Brazils there are a few inquiries•at our rates. " In outward coal freights we must quote a decline, except in Aden, Bombay, and the West Indies, on which a slight advance may be realised. The berth ships are, however, obtaining somewhat advanced rates, more parti cularly to Penang, Singapore, China, Bombay, and the Australian colonies." GENERAL TRADE REPORT. EFFECT OF THE STEAMER'S ADVICES ON TRADE IN LIVEIZPOOL. EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOM, MONDAY. As in England, money it plenty enough and cheap enough on the other side of the Atlantic ; the absence of confidence in private credits, and the unusual degree of caution exhibited by all parties engaged in the operations of trade, having contracted the amount of business in many of the larger branches of speculation for some time past, an accumulation of idle capital has been the result ; but, if the anticipations of the New York Herald be correct, that there must soon be a change, and that a more active demand for money will spring up, for the purposes of trade, there is no doubt that the industry of the country will be greatly advantaged by any extension of the circulation in that quarter. The America has brought considerable orders for manufactured goods, confirmatory intelligence of injury to the cotton crop, and firmer prices for that article in consequence, which, together with the easiness of the money market, operating upon the already advancing condition of the trade here, both as regards demand and value, is expected to produce a very ani mated business for some days. The sales of to-day are estimated at about 15,000 bales, 6,009 of which were on speculation, prices slightly inclining upwards. The set tlement of the Danish question, which now appears cer tain, gives additional impulse to this market, and pro duced a feeling of confidence generally on 'Change. There has been quite a movement in Shares during the past week, and we may surely now hope that their day of depression is nearly at an end. Prices have advanced steadily each day for some time, while there has also been an increasing demand for public investment. Capitalists have taken up nearly all the preferential shares, and are now evidently turning their attention to the shares of the best of the old lines—Londons and Leeds, Midlands, and York and North Midlands. For the two former there is a iemand such as there has not been for months past. Brightons also are being bought up in large quantities. There is even a still greater inquiry for our local stocks. Exchange Buildings, Gas shares. and Assurance shares, are eagerly taken as offered. Of these, however, perhaps Royal Assurances are not so strong as the others ; and this from a fear that the directors of that company intend to persevere in their plan of hoarding their large profits, instead of giving their shareholders, as other companies have done, a reasonable share of them in the shape of dividend, interest, or bonus. London stock closes this evening 134 6; Midland, 674 84, with a strong market. The following is a summary of the day's sales :—Leeds 4-shares, 42 d. ; Do. fifths, 34 3 c 4 3 d. ; London stock, 1331 c 3 4 ; Do. new quarters, 44 p. ; Midland stock, 67 ; Do. 4-shares, 124 el ci d. ; York and N. Midland, 304 ; Caledonian, 254: Do. £lO pref., 11 18/9 ; London and York extension, 14 d. ; Leeds and Thirsk extensions, 2 d.; Scottish Central, 234 ; Oswestry and Chester, 64 d. ; Dover No. 4, cell clB/9 7 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 19. Since the Brokers' Circular was published on Friday lest, we have experienced more diposition to purchase Sugars, and the sales amount to 450 hhds. Demerara and Jamaica, at 365. 6d. to 38s. 6d. 2,500 bags Bengal brought full prices z the market has a decidedly firmer appearance. Molasses are still neglected. For Rum there is more demand ; the sales are 200 puncheons, at prices rather in favour of the sellers. Coffee continues brisk : the market is quite bare. No improvement in Rice. The Corn trade is exceedingly quiet to.day, and little alteration in value is perceptible ; Indian Corn, however, is 6d. per qr. lower, and as the shipments of this article from New York for the week ending the 26th ult. are very large, amounting to 269,566 bushels, we may expect, in the present state of the market, influenced by the cond. ;ItiQd good supply of potatoes, in Irglagd, @specially, that prices will further recede. The prices of Wheat ni 111i,' Flour, notwithstanding the fine weather, and the somep sing appearance of the crops, remain firm, and In d it localities tending upwards, both in this ecuntrY sr'of land, which is to be attributed to the present lownoe!i, stocks. The arrivals into Liverpool, as far a s rep '`„t since Monday last, have been trivial of all articles, e.,e's,v't Indian Corn and Flour, of the former of which vve jt imported 15,493 qrs., and of the latter 11,096 brls_: e jog Mark-lane to-day, there is more English Wheat ofitTeo than of late; but factors being unwilling to aeneP lo t ; money, prices remain the same as on 11londaY the r Foreign, however, scarcely sells so welt. BarleY taleite. dearer, but dull, and in other articles there is li ration. bt.s .lll ; Our Iron market is at present better. Bars are o able at £5 10s. here ; in Wales, £4 17 5 . 6d. to Scotch Pig Iron may be quoted at 455. for nljle d or t. bers, and No. lat 465. fo b at Glasgow. In Pie w 00 ,1 on the 2d instant, the market was steady, with g as - 1 1 , demand, and sales of 200 tons Gartsherrie, at s 2o ' Railway Iron was dull, and offered at S4O, cash' o . th e The Wool trade has considerably revived durin a nd last few days, and at present wears a satisfactolb;ys improving aspect. On Wednesday there were GI the East India offered here at auction, of which near F„ l b, whole met with a brisk sale, at an advance of P t hii on White, and id. on good Yellow and GoY description, together with similar low Wools , are 'Po, wanted, and stocks light. The London sales of 1 1 ' 1 1 ,0 Tian, which will continuo till the 3d of August, he ``‘)W opened at an advance on the closing rates of the n jo , sales, ar..: now progressing with great spirit, at, h a The provement, on some sorts, of Id. to 2d. Per ',rote' attendance of both home and foreign buyers is nu r°- , f c r Spanish and Portugal.—There is not any stock of tb mer, and but little of the latter. s 1 01 0 e ; Oporto has been more inquired for, and several s a j e i ' Buenos Ayres and Entre Rios are still in denial'', -n much offering. a dd' Peruvian, in consequence of the low prices of conir qualities, is not asked for. ;, e d off It dlpaca.—The bulk of the late arrivals has been full quotations ; stocks are now unprecedentedlY i llo of M h ed m i . t e er b r e a e i n iea d n a , il w ; it b h u t t h t e he e r x e ce is pt n i o o w n or a b E et v e p r t f i ee ttl in a g nu for.c tr o to i Scotch.—Buyers are waiting the result of the fairs wi l n i dhsf e now commencing •, a few parcels of Laid Big been sold at 7s. to 7s 6d. ,set English —The New Clip opened at prices fully ash: Y :JO' current this time last year, but has since improv Id. per lb. on the better descriptions. 4 0.611 We have again to report a good demand for A-4,0 3 Bacon. although the slight advance noted last ice`. o gtc' not maintained onTuesday at auction, when, accorto, the circular of Messrs. Black, Barnes, and Whitri' l : o 2..i• " more than 1000 boxes were sold ; holders giving " - ritic, i ,," to 2s. 6d. per cwt. on middling and lorr qualities, pally Short Middles. First quality Long Alitici l ' ti ir o bring 365. to 40s. Hams of good quality are en 20 15 for. Very little doing in Shoulders. About 5 0 °" :o ld ordinary quality, ship damaged, P. M. Pork, werei.itie readily at auction on Tuesday, at 335. 6d. to 38 1 . 6 d. - Cheese (in good order) is much wanted, and briDP,6O treme rates. 1000 to 2000 boxes out of condition,%'ool been sold during the week at 21s. to 30s. About lnuheig Lard have been disposed of at 335. to 345. 6d. , about previous rates. The prevalence of hot and dry weather being Pre.' „d ) i. , to the production of Butter, the Irish imports, for the demand was dull at the commencement of last nix e d were more saleable towards the close, and prices otd be called firm.. The quotations to-day are- - (la t- Liverpool)—Waterford new, 665. @ 683. ; Carrick nsny, 665. @ 675. ; Wexford and Carlow, 645. et 663. ; 6 45, money and Coleraine, 635.@ 655. ; Banbridge, 63 5•g505. Irish Bacon, long middles, free from bone, new, 463. THE APPROACHING FETE CHAMPETRE July 1711140 i FANCY FAIR. The preparations for this splendid affair progress ni ,r o t satisfactorily ; and we are not sanguine in predicting for its productiveness to the three excellent charities, ti%, whose assistance it has been got up, will far We ed g it expectations of its promoters. His worship the el e , and the various committees are exerting themselves fatigably, as are the ladies of our town, whose condu ct _ ought in gallantry to have mentioned first; and, /l e glad to learn, with great success. Since our last, W e that his worship the mayor has received the followiegf e te, ditional donations in behalf of the objects of t ll e' T. namely,—from R. Brocklebank, Esq., £2O; tr o— p. Boultby, Esq., £5; and from T. A. ushby, EstP to of A most munificent present has been promised, withou...ot solicitation, from Messrs. Carr, of C a rlisle, the emw to ; bakers of fancy biscuits. These gentlemen intimate they will furnish for the occasion, 30 cans, containing 90 lbs. fancy biscuits. 1 keg, 28 „ ginger 1 „ 28 „ sugar 2 „ „ 40 „ cabin ~ 2 „ ~ 40 „ soda ff j 1 „ Making in all 254 lbs. of 3tohese " edibles. This is the more creditable to the Messriil as (-riming from can tlemen nnt int:A.l,ood ia tho of our town, and who must therefore be influenced se by the wish to do good to their fellow-creatures. w ith It is gratifying to find our own tradesmen vieinFive, chAobiecernedtebsYeriptionj Skill each other in contributing materials to the coni O3 " tr , The following are the offers announced in our lasoced Messrs. Jones and Son, .I,enwick-street, have awl° for their intention to contribute a portion of the buns each day. Messrs. Hastie and Wood, Cable-street, promise ply of one hundred dozens of crackers. t or Mr. Galt, confectioner, Lo r d-st re et, has offered W ply five pounds worth of confectionery. b l ot Messrs. Clarke, biscuit bakers, of Strand-stree t, Ace offered the handsome present of four barrels of biscuits. We believe we may add, that the North-Western way Company will bring down the military bands Manchester free of charge. vlil l We have no doubt that these gratifying exanWie s ,: o t , be extensively imitated ;.and may take the liberty of Pliol ing to our brother tradesmen the advantage whict i tte e# accrue from promptitude in conveying to the conie s a notice of what articles they are disposed to sePros This will materially assist as a guide in completing arrangements. A QUIDE TO THE VALUE OF RAILVW' PROPERTY. h We feel pleasure in quoting the following from , the, article of the Morning Herald, as most flattering i ° of gentleman referred to, Mr. Scrivenor, the Secrets r ' c er, our Stock Exchange. We have not ourselves, W e seen his work : Pr (/ ' " In the present unduly depressed state of railway perty, we have numerous applications made by P e ':ito• resident in the country for information respecting th e ' O O ation of particular lines as a guide for making invastr ne Did we even possess the means of answering such the quiries, which we do not, it is easy to perceive Woo task would be invidious, as we could not recorame n 0 the, railway without, byamplication, throwing others iotaitea back ground. We cannot, therefore, do better thin! , t general attention to a statistical work on the subi e 'oie Mr. Scrivenor, a gentleman who has been for some u bs s Secretary to the Liverpool Stock Exchange,. whic h h 0 been recently published by Smith, Elder, and Co. c oe compilation has been made with great care and iitirp f erf,, labour, and contains a minut e an d l uc id hi s tory CL "01 11 railway in the empire —the acts of parliament orig', for constituting the companies —with all subsidiary ne" t ho' amalgamations, leases, &c.—the amount o f- c apital a d es rised to be raised—the am o un t ac t ua lly rece ived an pended, distinguishin g th a t ra i se d by s h ares and u° Os" ings—a complete list of the guaranteed lines, and by c o. companies, with all other information necessary b°_,„ o .4 l ' vey a clear and distinct id e a of th e i r r esp ec tive ran' 11 bilities. All attainable information is brought dn'„7l o ' Mr. Scrivenor to the month of May last. The bu; o 4l the w3rk extends to 734 octavo pages, with an aPP. fl oo of 84 pages. The former is a complete and perfect 03 : 1 bo for the information of investor s , an d the latter nipte found invaluable to the general statician. To fa es t eo ready reference there is a well-arranged table of c on on and a copious index, by which any particular inforrij required may be obtained at a glance. We should, N O doing justtce to Mr. Scrivenor 's ably-condensed the oP; if we omitted to advert to a tabular statement in _Asn'' pendix„ which exhibits at one view all the g uaratitvri e , preference shares, and the character of the guarani,: the United Kingdom. We are glad, on personal gr tt to be able to make a reference to so useful a Nor" saves us the trouble of writing special answers to 13 0 : 3 0 correspondents, to whom, from the nature of 0 3 ' their inquiries, we cannot reply publicly." i FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE IN WHITECHAPE I, -u%OP —On Sunday forenoon, 'bout eleven o'clock. a ' e l, 11 accident happened in Guiston-street, Whitechall doe, which the furniture and other effects of nearly p equto families were totally destroyed, and the lives of 0 ove . : number of persons greatly jeopardised, by the fal l or le rat houses. 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