The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-23 00:00:00

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Oft ~‘ r DIY .nr, :e - ( 1 eu: eiß ct tile 0 1 ) 10 ° J ri et i, f;fi , 0 0 Th i e ev d. l e t lio bo a' cc' . to .4 ----- to Tp. 1 ,I; 0' 0 1 f tb e tl oll 1P P d ' 0 1 ! O r t# 0 01 5 0 1 , fl ,0 4 ti f fier n' ar ido ce cb o °, eye ogor 11 0 ,ion A tovia• # 3kiTiNG dF THE Tie following . ~ JNIMITTt COMIT•OP ivitt .. , x of the Dock —..,,..iuers were present at the weekly meet- I (Before Charles Phillips, Esq., Commissioner.) tarclaY Rol t,ommittee yesterday :—Messrs. Horsfall, -IN RE SOTHERN.—This bankrupt, who carried on business alt)—id'eßramiet;tolinoZ A S i ta k i i t a h ; TMoibdidnl,etz Evans, mon Ityd t e h n e , at St. Elelen's, came up this day to pass his last examination. o ' re : icie e d 7f Mr. Sands, Mr. HORSFALL, the deputy chairman, He was supported by Mr. Bardswell, (of the firm of Messrs. Littledale. and Bardswell ;) and Mr. James, the barrister, The c IMIEKS FOR THE ALBERT WARFHOOSEQ appeared on the part of the assignees. The bankrupt had iv!: t_he ola la put in an amended balance sheet; - and tj i ctiirnieed,, , ,(2. ars t , o . o r pi e n . i A ti o t i lt r e ll e t ee l ( f A i l i e ; rtt O te n wnad i re h e i so P u a part o f the ' S nb -co ;in i ttee of Work he COMMISSIONER said he had enquired of the official T assignee,Mr. Follett, whether there was anything in the rgest quantity, the best so rt had been , received for supplying ._rrtl,haeadtentdheerloawdoepatteidniwcr amended balance sheet which would render necessary a post ponement of the examination. Mr. Follett had informed • that there was not ; and as there was nothing in it req u i ring of Work s th... 4 • —, it was the duty of the court to proceed with the examination. It was possible, however, that something might occur in the course of the examination which might render an amendment necessary. Mr. FottErr said the bankrupt had furnished no books in which the credit accounts could in any way be traced. The COMMISSIONER observed that was not, at present, a question for the court. It would be a question when the bankrupt applied fOrhis certfiicate whether he had furnished proper documents and books. It would then be an ingre dient in the case. Mr. JAMES submitted that it was not merely when a party applied for his certificate, but that it was a very important ingredient in passing his last examination, because, unless he had furnished all books, papers, and documents, he could ir -•... Lner etore recommend e d th at t h e hieh was to t srs. S amuel and James Holme be accepted, T he tendeor Supp ly h e a n n y a crep a r ted i t.y less than ten millions. 1 merle t , 1 e SECRETARY read a l etter from the Elder Brethren of , trinity douse, which stated that they had had under heir consideration the resolution of the Dock Committe e in ertaluation to the request of the Elder Brethren, that they would 0 , .s.e a floating beaco n to be placed on the north-west end 1 the West Moyle Bank. The Elder Brethren could not ve rleur in the opinion entertained by the Dock Committee of '2,,',,,,tertt advantage this proposed buoy would be to vessels . lati.e.t; the River Dee, because they considered that its ;;Ilef utility would be to vessels proceeding to Liverpool, and, therefore, the charge ought to be met by the Dock Trustees ; ll!ezertheless, as the situation appeared to be beyo n d the Li 0 of the port, the Elder Brethren, acting upon their ac :_iBmt env principle in applications of this nature, were . ready r e e the wiAes of the Trustees, and they had, accordingly, fern: re 7 1 a sufficient buoy to be placed in the situation re- The C1)14 4 , (I,IA. mat AN said this letter was satisfactory to the Mee; and it was ordered to be entered on the books. NE W BUOY not pass Tile COMMISSIONER thought they were anticipating a little. Was it not an enquiry for the decision of the court when the bankrupt asked to pass, after the whole was closed? Then would be the proper time to take the objection. Mr. BARDSWELL said, if the balance sheet contained false items there might be something in the objection, but it stated facts, and surely no difficulty was to be raised now. The COMMISSIONER observed that instances had occurred to him, strange to say, in which the bankrupt had kept no books. CLAIM FOR ALLEGED DAMAGE. letTtehe owner of the American ship Arnold, of Boston, in a don e rtfrom that city, claimed compensation for some damage , o that ship whilst she was in the Queen's Dock Basin, iti s ir ile was proceeding to the Graving Dock, on the 23rd of pre ss 4 e r , l ast- If the committee refused, the writer ex ,r, ueterrnination to bring an action against them. the e CtlAtaltAN said the claim had been investigated at r 4 r itn . Beiltaktiwllats!tzsowlthout foundation, it was refused. under these circumstances, would ecenlroend the owner to lose no time in bringing his action. Mr. JAMES mentioned that he had not seen the balance sheet till that moment. Mr. BARDSWELL replied that it had been filed ten days. Mr. JAMES then said that on the former meeting the examination of the bankrupt was adjourned for the purpose of laying before the court an account of his debts, but he had given in no account of debts whatever. All that he (Mr. James) had found in the balance sheet was " debts due to the bankrupt from the Ist of July, 1842, to the 12th of March, 1843," which was just as before. Mr. BARDSWELL.—No, no. Mr. JAMES, in continuation, said the bankrupt com menced business on the Ist of July, 1842, and the balance sheet professed to be an account of all his estate in trade; consequently all the matters mentioned in it must have oc curred between the Ist of July, 1842, and the 12th of March, 1843, the date of the bankruptcy. The sum of £BOO was, in the last balance sheet, placed against the none of Henry John son ; now it was increased to £990. Was it not important that there should appear upon the sheet some explanation whereby this statement might be verified or otherwise ? There was an utter absence of any account of the time when this debt accrued to the bankrupt : it might have been on the Ist of July or the 11th of March. the day before the bankruptcy. On the very day before the bankruptcy John son might, for aught that appeared to the contrary, have received this £990 which belonged to the creditors. The only entry relating to it was, that it was secured by a trans fer of Johnson's interest in soma property, and a warrant of attorney for £l,OOO, upon which judgment had been entered. He submitted that, with the balance sheet in this state, the bankrupt ought to be sent back. The COMMISSIONER said, he could not compel a bankrupt to put in a better unless he chose, but the circumstance would be matter for consideration by and bye. Mr. JAMES contended that if omissions like this were allowed to pass without comment a great loophole would be opened for fraud not only upon creditors but upon the court. A bankrupt was required to file his balance-sheet for the purpose of giving the creditors every information, to enable then: to ascertain whether the accounts were correct or other wise. It was monstrous to suppose that this bankrupt, a young man with all his faculties about him, and in the full vigour of life, should not be able to arrive at some' more accurate statement of his affairs, seeing that he had been in business for only nine months. The sum of £990 had passed from him to another person,—yet how or when was not stated. The COMMISSIONER said, the bankrupt might be examined to see whether he had materials for furnishing a better ac count ; and if he had, the court would certainly send him back without scruple, but if he bad not, the sending of hin t back would be like asking him to do an impossibility. There was a good deal in what the learned counsel said ; it was, indeed, surprising, at first sight, that, having been so re cently in business, and only from July to March, he should not be able to explain it. Mr. BARDSWELL thought if the accounts were gone into, the items should be entered into also. The COMMISSIONER thought so too ; but at the same time it was very odd, that with such a considerable sum of money involved there should be no books. 'rise bankrupt was then sworn, and examined by Mr. JAMES.—He said, in answer to the questions proposed to him, Mr. Henry Johnson, who appears as a debtor to my estate, is a farmer, who resided at Bold, and the amount of his debt is £990. It is for lent money. I lent him £350 on the 11th of July, 1842, and £5OO upon the 21st of July. I have also lent him several small sums, of which Mr. Follett has the dates, but in how many different sums I cannot say. The entries in the sixth page of the book, marked A (a memorandum book) of these two sums having been lent were made perhaps three months ago, and perhaps one month ago, I cannot say exactly. Upon my oath they were made before my first appearance before the Commissioner ; it was before I filed my balance-sheet. When I made more entries I was aware that I had lent Johnson more money than is contained in them. I thought at that time I had lent him about £3OO NIR. CIIALONER'S YARD. The SURVI,VOR, to whom this subject had been referrea at the last ine't.' thefollowing report : " hav ""g. "" made 'yard. The whole is fe . e viewed Mr. Chaloner s at'itleiedtoliii,bY wood paling,close at the bottom and open ; but the e" ttihtee.zt.b_!ence: whi about twenty yards tl east fence, and close adjoining cotton is warehoused within the yard. erb.°,"lltiou7ever, is closely boarded inside of a, i i I . ' l. , 1 lisider that the co tton is . a s . secure from fire 22d J00 5. ,,` " oe HI a wooden shed.--JESSL HARTLEY, M r. Toi l • ix, .--Then brick walls would be of no service? Im r e . ~travvott.—l do not say that sir.. nti teoenytallecfoltrM° o ßE said the principle which he con not to be was this, that these premises ought Estate was to the warehousing of cotton. the . Dock iit,unceild.oeitogf.ojrustice either to itself or the public, if it permitted been b e , o ri aPplication of these to continue, because t a special object, to which they should be they had It they were turned to other purposes a very different t(ioi ou ght to be required. This was clear from the fact that at Y 4 61411 proportion had been partitioned off for the recep. am ou nt c9tton, which gave Mr. Chaloner five times the colt',. ot tent that he paid for the whole concern. :it,;anrtti,ee had ever contemplated that the yard w o u ld be let year e"osing cotton, no one would have said that been ina were sufficient ; a much larger rent would have committee, It was the duty, therefore, of the hav t'ii,t,,hernttdt:tiget 1 a orp'sa: rent, or to see something done to i\ i' r o on reinovebd, for it had no business there. • , siik4AtTzalN said. that Mt. Shand had at the last meeting give n otice Practicable course—if the rents were too small, witthere h a t it would be increased. To say that because itielitt hiPlaptetied to be n anahogany in the port, the premises be used fory other purpose, was ar9osition the ti ine:lupttlaeorairti:l:lr. Aikin) dissented from. Mr. Chaloner, ofat st oriti al , e he took the place, took it for the express purpose lo gs 4, of which there was then a great quantity o tlle , now there was none. In consequence toy .. t . , ir itY of cotton, and the small number.ofenereehouses e o " to tt, there was a desire to know where it could "a be ac . - fri c e n 4 ° , d m ated ; and some, he understood, was going to hi It ol d wo' bet.' Stoith's) barn three or four miles off (Fulwood.) you 1, worse than the dog in the manger to say, "because .n .'.' , e no touncwa t t in these sheds nothing el se ~ a‘ oY o put M r g • you shall put 1 art:uill jtaNtLEY-MoottE asked, if this were allowed, on what the ?' CCUrnittee could cause him to desist the whole of Nirr.e.,tnises with cotton? by hi s al'Il(N replied that Mr. Chaloner was not tied down, t the tent with the committee, what he should put er i i. neet ed w • had put planks, staves, °I. anything • c en • . h ! f • he ofth if the his business, no notice would have been tak tice . the „e . con yard was too cheap let Mr. Chaloner have no titr e intention of the committee to raise it. ditio n ~ kiIeLAY contended that ihere was no such_ con tosho,at: the agreeinent that Mr. Chaloner should put m r : J, 3 ' ° WY ill the premises. 114... ~.,r1.01:r t,nentioned that this condition was expressed in --4,4%.;enalorier c 8 application. triaho.._ littlaxiAN stated that the intention was to applied it to ''::_!,111, and nothing else. Mr. Chaloner had i the,_rtieuttier Poroose—an exceedingly profitable a t a a n ji, re v ii r° sed , It would be only reasonable in lam to expec .. r. ~._ rent. 11'ti11...1-!AiteLaY.--sor'ut this was an accidental circumstance. sw4eitivvmitx was satisfied that if the committee had b been hav e let e not the to be applied to general purposes, they would A lr. It le land to liiin unless there were to be brick walls. faller, ‘,9l'nEN contended that as the mahogany trade had h, wa ° , o , , ,‘ Mr. Chaloner must make his rent some way, and jamice. P le mode most open to him. He could not see the Nlr of, nY interference on the part of the committee. right B t u't4MLEY-MoottE s• id the Mayor had just as much c i to i? all the Town -hall swaith cotton as Mr. Chaloner had mri,ese sheds. ov er th obtai.--We are every day fires all NV h t e tow ! , complaining' in bales and bales Th e ti,_y , and here we are putting of , 'l:h e C. are sure to fret on fire! iettiii, m'eltETAItY read the resolution of the committee for_ i. A .,, u gCst,l e „l'lnd to Mr. challoner. It was dated the Ibth of t it of in°,44. The letting was for seven years, at an annual b i'lie ; l ',4,• Per square yard, and the sheds were to be ap- e ei , ,i °ri ng " mahogany or such other woods as might ,_ --leg neees '' , 'r. lin - sarv. , elear or 414'1%1\4001LE said nothing could be more taittee oatisfactory than that. After that, if the com- Mr. ,er":ase to allow thi s sort of thin g let them. -111 N said his objection was as to the danger of more. The examination then proceeded :—.. Will you then say how it happened, with the materials be fore you, that in your former balance-sheet you entered only £BOO, when you now say it was £3OO more?—l could not prove I had ever lent him more money. When you lent the first sum of £350, did you make any memorandum in any book, or on any paper ?—No. Was any one present when the money was lent?— Yes. Who I—My foreman, William Garbut. 'Was he the only person present ?—At the £350 he was. Did Johnson give you any acknowledgement of the receipt of that money ?—Yes. What species of acknowledgement I—An I 0 U Where was the money lent I—ln my house at St. Helen's. What is become of the I 0 U so given?—lt was de stroyed when he gave me a bill for £l,OOO. When was that ?—About the 22d of July ; lam not cer tain as to the date. Was it before or after the £5OO were lent I—After. Who was present when the £5OO were lent?—Mr. Pickard, Mr. Slater, and William Garbut, my foreman. Who is Mr. Pickard?—He used to be a timber merchant in Liverpool. What is become of him ?—He is in Liverpool at present. In business ?—No. Where is he to be met with ?—At Mrs. Stalker's, in a street leading out of Pitt-street. Who is Mr. Slater ?—I believe his father keeps a saw-mill in Liverpool ; he is a friend of Mr. Pickard. Do you know where is he to be met with ?—No. Where was the £5OO lent ?—At my house in St. Helen's Did he give you any acknowledgement for the £5OO ? An I 0 U. What became of that?—Mr. Follett has it. At the time that the bill for the £l,OOO was given, had you lent to Johnson the whole of the money for which he is now a debtor ?—Yes. How came the I 0 U for the sum of £5OO not to be given up ?—I could not find it at the time. Where was the bill for £l,OOO given ? It was given at an attorney's office in Dale-street, whose name I don't remem ber. Where is the bill for £l,OOO Troughton, an attorney in Liverpool, destroyed it in his own off►ce at the time I got a warrant of attorney. When was thatl.—lt will appear in the book marked A. Did you make the entry at the time the warrant of attor ney was given ?—No. When did you make it ?—About two months ago. Did you make the entry from any written document?— Yes. Where is that ?—I don't know. Why was the sum of £l,OOO fixed upon as the amount the bill 1-1 had wo❑ the remainder of the money from him. By the CommissioNEß..—How did you win it from him —At cards. I warn you I shall expect distinct answers to the question. I am about to put; take as much time as you choose, but b e careful how you answer them. How long is it since yofi won that money I—Somewhere about July Last July ?—July, 1842 What time in July? think. Had you been in the habit of playing with Johnson No, sir. Was it won at one sitting, thenl—About three times. Did you always win from him, or was the luck alternate — did he sometimes win from you ?—No. He never won from you ?—No. What was the game?—At Put. Have you been in the habit of playing that game ?—Yes. Frequently ?—Yes. 'Were you in the habit of playing for large sums?—No. What do you call large sums?—(No answer.) Have you ever lost as much as £3OO a week at any game or species of play ?—Never. Nor £so.—Never. Where did you play at put with him ?—Once at my own house and once at his. Are there any houses kept for play in Liverpool ?—I don't know. Have you ever been in any ?—No, sir. I never was in any gambling-house in Liverpool. Have you played much within the last twelve mouths?— Yes. At Clubs ?—No, sir. Always in private houses I—Yes. I ask you upon your oath, how much have you ever won in a day ?—About £lOO At cards ?—At cards leutAtiftloor•rs:al:openetv.tToopuurcpoonsteendietdotuh.attthe land had been h as to be applied to that k r. t;, e to R i v , .ttkNs recollected how important it was, at the time, If th e ; evvvee? advantage and facility to the mahogany trade. n ItliAll all 11 excluding mahogan it might be right to r . eli - t hialic,„„,°ther use of this lacey'except for mahogapv , bu ,ele,':"Yilid not exist, and the land must either be idle and IVith:t 'e applied to the only article which offered itself. I ' l 'ehe ri ,Prd t . o the danger, there was not the slightest ap ,mi.. ,on of it. tit4retillieee,coilitl trheepsleiesdhettlsa,t if there was no danger to be aP zas, 1,0 w l e tLse of buildingit wijarsef_oplrloyoifa warehouses. There ee T t h o e g r. o e "41,1 weer, terY great danger: and if a fire occurred, it ll'oAfte cet t he Oilps at that end of the docks. sve,rtterl(3till. further discussion, Mr. BRAMLE.Y- MOORS ha t,l4riii air. 'MIDDLETON seconded, a resolution, which r „e ret,,,,,"uslY adopted to the effect, that the whole matte '"e L" t() tile Finance Committee,. to examine whether wh.., ?i.r aet h nd b 4' steps 4,"0"u1d ebeeta:celated, and if it had been violated, 4 14, e "°IIGE'S PIER LANDING STAGES. " I I) rolt Messrs NV S. Dixon and Co. co►nplaining t‘th,itat't,„44Blll:o'guisatespiiGeo..rge's Pier-head , _and suggesting 3 r e!er r be hauled in two hours before high water, ed to the Town Council. fo,il.4llOittee of' Ther,(:,, k„iikiam ATHEN'S ROCK CULVERT. Au stated that a resolution of the Finance i.,, Pertaiss• the 16th instant had been th, ellt ion to make a connection from the Queen's Dock received, applying ,lhe t3v,sert SaidPrepa for cleansing the River Craft Dock.. aeh .vtyo, . , 'on to it, 1 11 44 , ) 1, 4 8 th 4 ti there was only one object! with le t y N ter 4 t the water abstracted would be replaced h e ~ • I ,.v AN ~,Pehted s 8 nsked how often this operation would have to 1)441:'e, Sn av i" , Year? ' The e 4 A .10k replied three or four times a year . . „ e e 4 " (1 it 1 ' l ' t he Old I ' ' e red tt Quay Company hl . tcl the same privil g , fortr; t y4lis ie water in the docks five or six inches. I,, Th stik enquired whether they allowed anything laZieeenblige(l!You. replied in the new ; the cominitte,e. to allow it if they could do so without inconvt. Th e alVlication was then granted. Th to _ t tt. Q.P..EN'S DOCK. nastNd'. be pro per for him or t V c s thi g ,)14441 said, perhaps it . woul the consideration p ti le pectoro?tpteortutriliaity .of rrieTing et t le c, e rl is , t bock i e la , si n , t e i t t l be des f i o r r able to deepen the i'vlillt4t 'he.W exactly 110 : U7' i : t it stood. Ile idea w a _,_ . Ha , rtley . had provided a li en th e e. ‘Videned fifty yards from the eas.tern H tihniabut eti..e taitilections were before them the comTttsioemwweodu_ ''eeif opirieion it %YRS a 9uestion u tri'leliti4t to the "Mt .Nirithjßaio, thesat7 "' and exist ; l)ut s t i o:c e o e n th w etcurren ce of the I possibility of siniitd'rielba.re-rt ilt.ltiviitle th at the basin zzl t di e . :, ( , )f ur U th ' e o r rk e. s xc h a a v d at t e l d lou to gh t t h i e I,4lfti),earer to the rock. The intention of the k tiutiNd Was to protect small vessels from being no w c r k o :e_d k . 1,7. it w r , Y. the large ones; but it was a question now.s,noe__ 11414) :'d not be well toff xcavat e it at least 50 VHd r Hartley jut! 14 4,,t ) to the wall altoth But when Mr. , to ke, -ated the sections the But would be able Th lit e Vli.tlidity. 411'.'vort said the sections would be ready on i.„l. kol.„ ValliN, - - wo, l t, Iv hoped the time was not far distant, when - Otlly ~,,,, e a couple of good graving docks theie._ .teloet tat"ltlog for trade to mend a little before the h totat greviri:•., There was not such a place in all . L . iv , s e t . i r ,,o p i r oo a l theNanit t°o `JOoks. It Nas a very expensive _thin, t p ith tr '.:fag his ship through all the central dock up to tilfi'll'Pose4'lllg docks ; but if this situation were applied to 44. t1ieb441.." great tir4"d the n public benefit would be _t e h e e n result. oy , .‘,ipust.be tilled up, as it never lin .t b l ex t pense. ui,' ttikl,r"',er..ration could be made at a trail L1i.11.40 . ---a ve you good grounds for that l g ast obser- It -111:. Akl,ll,"„_--Yes. l i 'm h e i •-•*---rtave you any notion how much the cost %11% hoyo, 4t r i ae Qa t , vv 'l had a notion that it might be made at less etitt,e r k .„ 48 pnerally imagined. tip ive4ol::::::thersyo:oo:geivail n it s : a notion of the expeonrsmeOubse?- 41•Cerovne"wals understood that it would be en )4 r, C nversattoitnb t e he re s q u u b;c d t . dropp e d. , tlp '' um -()s.r ot, Tut nomic wanxnonsEs. lairehei; 'ald he wished as there was considerable rni a s- s I,Btitnet u " the subj . el to •sk the surveyor what % , t 1 he s u eof the test of eth ' D a sk Warehouses? 14wer thilNYoß replied el •• Dock had the memoranda to , 3 ed ov qoestion i his t ldt Lie 44 . , er, The u pocket last week, but the subject 'the !lot„..._.,grin was £ll II s. per square yard. 4,. Ztlitvl.,o"°es that include the vaulting? TI, ' u oto ' tt."--Yes. ,r.ie N„,..,:---ki,d the pilinif' vreel:e QttAiNt•—•-les ' • lt bee,u rtAtAN said he did ot Press the question last ik,.tv4s, h ow se he thought j r ' Hart le n tried hardly certain. Ne'okaints liee impo;tat t cnstoYnfor by the new:tp.rto tstit,iaiul theestito.ate had 'been nais.stated fr.om w ` w " as in T l , 'l4 th e e_ pablic thereby deluded. The mistake 4riatitle.t4tvtovst three tinier by a mount. have t Th e v °4 did not know how the mistake could ,gaviut „ItAtillkiA . Surveyor 001- - "de u - sa id it probably arose from the survoder eel, tto Ne m , 'e of the term q re " when he w as u have polol,:tthiiitiatarret Ufa d, . insstueld of £36, it should how i' aii;, avtl•o,, 1, third of it. ta ke b„,l-• having repeated that he could not tell to e°sers,.l4. tl•;....ll°_e_ekir,red, and made some exla'yattiohnesre- ON Te subjeetwhich could not be heard 0 ttit4i4 :444eial t°,llPed• and the e- aepaNte44l'‘‘elta were then disposed of, Have you ever played at dice or hazard ?—Yes. Any game at dice ?—Yes. How often in the course of the last twelve months? — Perhaps fifteen times. You have stated your winnings in the course of one day to be £lOO, more or less ; now, be good enough to tell me what was the most you have ever lost in any twenty-four hours, and take your own time to answer the question, but be equally accurate about your losings as you were about your winnings ?—About £2. In one day ?—Yes ; on the very outside. Are you sure of that ?—Yes ; certain. Tell us who you won the £lOO from?—A friend of mine. Who was it?—William Brown, of St. Helen's. Do you, then, mean to swear that you have never lost to him more than £2 a-day ?—Never. Or to any body else?—Never, sir. Is that your deliberate answer?—Yes, sir. How soon after you lent the £5OO was the bill given ? A few days after. How long did you keep that bill before the warrant of attorney was given ?--Under a week, believe. How does it happe❑ you never made any entry of the £5OO bill in this book (A) as the warrant of attorney is entered ? I cannot say. By Mr. JAMES.—Where did you first become acquainted with Mr. Johnson ?—At Charles Orton's public-house, in St. Helen's. By the COMMISSIONER.—What is Mr. Brown, from whom you were lucky enough to win the £loo?—He is dead. Did you ever win as much money from any living person in the course of a day ?—Not as much. Then how much ?—Fifty pounds. Did you keep a gauaing-book, sir?—Never, sir. Did you never keep any book in which you entered any sums you won or lost at play ?—Never, Now tell us if you please, the name of any living person from whom you ever won £5O in one day?—Livingston, sir. What is he ?—He is a travelling Scotchman. That.ia a very comprehensive kind of character you know ; tell us what you mean by that ?—I believe he takes samples of goods out.. He is then, what in ordinary phrase is called a commercial traveller ?—I believe he is. Can you tell us where he is to be found ?—I cannot, Have you played often with him ?--Twice, I believe. You are not sure?—No, I am not certain. Did you win on both occasions ?—I Fifty pounds upon one : pray, bow much did you upon the other ?—Perhaps thirty pounds. These things you must know, unless you are in the habit . . of *Wining or losing, laige sums are things calculated to make an impression upon a man. Now could you state it was not £4O ?—No. Why men who get their living by industry in trade, would be likely to remember the sum ; are you prepared to state you did not win from him £4O ?—Yes. Then how much do you say you won upon the second oc casion?—Perhaps £3O. llave you been in the habit of gaming with any other per sons, who are either not travelling about the country, or who are not dead ?—Yes. Have you ever won from any one who is alive, to whom we can have access ?—Yes. Who is that?—Charles - Orton. And do you mean to swear that £3O is the utmost you ever won from that gentleman at a sitting?—Nn, sir. Give us what you have won from him ?—Pe.xars £2O. Will you swear it was not .£3O?-1 cannot, sir. Will you swear you have not won £4o.—Yes. You fix the sum then at about £3O ?—I cannot tell what I did without calculating. Am I to understand then, that you have won at a sitting £2O, £3O, £5O, and £lOO at a sitting, and you have never yourself lost £2O in any 24 hours ?—Yes. _ . Have you money at - all in the stocks or funda ?—I have not. , In the year IS-12, did you, in all that time, lose money to the amount of X2oo?—Never Sir. You have been very fortunate, I must say, but at the same time it is just possible: but thank God I know very little about it— By Mr. JAMES.—How much have you won since the Ist of July 1842 The COMMISSIONER.—That will, of course, take him some time to calculate; but tell me whether the £lOO you won from Mr. Brown was since that period ?—I think it was. How much have you won since then ?—Nearly £2OO, I should think. By Mr. JAMES.—gave you not won considerably more than X200?—I believe not. When did you become acquainted with Mr. Johnson ? The latter end of May or the beginning of June, 1842. Were you at that time in business ?—.go. How many times had you gambled with him before you lent the first sum of £3so?—Once, I believe. Now, I ask you upon oath whether the two T. 0. U.'s had not some connection with gambling transactions?—They had not. How did you get the date in the book A of the 11th of July, 1842?—From Mr. Richardson. Who is Mr. Richardson ?—My rather's out-door clerk or foreman. H ow came you to apply to him for that date ?—He lent me the money. When aid be lend it pin ?—I believe it was on the 9th of July, 1842. Did he lend it you in Liverpool ?—lle did.. Did you tell him for what purpose you wanted it—to lend to Mr. Johnson ?—I did. Where did you get the £5OO you lent to Johnson ?—I got £3OO from my brother John; £lOO I had myself. Did you tell your brother John you wanted it to lend Mr. Johnson ?—No. Did you tell him what you wanted it for?—l did not. Had you ever borrowed any money from your brother John before ?—Yes ; I used to get £3O or £4O whenever I wanted it; I had only to ask him for it at any time. Did you ever borrow from him before as much as £lOO at one time ?—Yes, but I cannot state the date. How often I—Perhaps twice. The Mr. Slater you have before spoken of, is he not now in the employ of Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming ?—I can't say. At bow many different times did you borrow the sum of £4OO from your brother?-1 could not tell without referring to my liook. Did you enter them in the book ?—I did not. Then how will the book tell you? Now, upon your oath, without reference to the hook, did you ever borrow £4OO at all from your brother ?—I did. When ?—I believe it was from May to June. It is in the book. Can you give no better account of the times of receiving the £4OO from your brother John than that which you have given ?—Not without referring to that book. [The bankrupt here referred to the book A.] Have you not been applied to by the family of Johnson to know where he is ?-1 have. Do you know where he is ?—I do not. By the COMMISSIONER,—Did you know he was going away I—Yes. Where was he going ?—To Carlisle. Have you had a letter from himl—Yes. When I—Three days ago. By Mr. JAMES.—CouId you not have given information to his mother, when she applied to you about him I—l might have done. Can you then give no better account of the times of receiv ing the £4OO from your brother ?—I can. May the 10th, 1842, £100; June Ist, £150; June 22d, £100; July 10th, £5O. When did you make the entries in book A, from which the foregoing account is taken ?—This morning. Where?—ln Castle-street. Do you mean in the open street ?—ln thejopen street. .From what did you take the entries ?—M y brother gave me the dates. By the COMMISSIONER.—Do I understand you state you borrowed the £350 from Mr. Richardson to lend to John son ?—Yes. Did you tell your brother that the £4OO you got from him was to lend to Johnson ?—I did not. Am I to understand you borrowed £4OO from him to lend to Johnson I—Yes. Where did you get the £5OO which you lent to Johnson in one sum ?-1 got £4OO from my brother, and £lOO I had of my own. By Mr. JA➢IES.—Was the whole £5OO lent to Johnson at one and the same time ?—lt was. Had you it in the house at the time •-ou lent it ?—I had. How long had you had it by you ?—I can't say. Had you any more money than that by you at the time ? Yes. How much ?—I cannot say. About how much ?-1 really cannot say : perhaps £5O. Had you had the £5OO in your possession as much as a week before you lent it ?—I think I had. How longl—lt is impossible to say; it may be a week; it may be three or four days, or a fortnight. Did Johnson apply to you for the .purpose of borrowing the £3so?—He did. When did he apply to yoU?--About the 7th or Bth July. Had you any' money by you then ?—Yes, perhaps £4O. You borrowed it from Mr. Richardson upon the 9th In Liverpool?—Yes Did you come to Liverpool for the purpose of borrowing the £350 ?—I did. Did you see your brother upon that occasion ?—I knew that Mr. Richardson had the money by him. Can you tell me any one personnfro - m whom you received as much as £lOO, between the 9th of July and the 21st ? No. Did you receive as much as £lOO from any one person during that time ?—I can't say ; I might have received £2OO or £3OO from my father, veryllikely. Did you make no entries in any way of the moneys you re ceived ?—lf I had received it in business it would have been in my cash book. flow much beside what you received in the way of business did you receive in that interval ?—I can't say ; I can give no account. From the Ist July, 1842, down to your bankruptcy, how much did you receive besides what you received In the way of business ?-1 cannot tell. By the COMMISSIONER.—What other source had you of receiving money besides from your business ?—None that I know of, except from winnings. Mr. BARDSWELL.—There is borrowed money. The COMMISSIONER.—I do not know what he should borrow money for, except to lend it to strangers. That is the strangest part of the case. Did you borrow any money between the first of July and your bankruptcy?—Yes, from my brother. _ _ _ flow much altogether—putting the £350 out of your mind—did you receive except in business ?—I cannot say. Mr. JAMES.—How much did you borrow—putting Mr. Richardson out of the question ?—Perhaps a couple of hun dred pounds. The COMMISSIONER--Pray how much did you win in that time altogether, from July to March, at every species of game you played at ? Perhaps a couple of hundred pounds. Do you mean to fix it at that ?—I won, but I never got paid. How much did you win, sir? I think it is highly probable you were cheated, for if respectable men, merchants, wili venture into public-houses to gamble, they must expect to be cheated ; and now, sir, tell me how much you won, whether you got it or not ?—£7oo or £BOO. And you think you have received of that about £2OO ? —About the beginning, I should I yes. You swear you have not received more than £2OO ; will you swear you have not received zC3OO ?—Yes, sir. By Mr. JAMES.—How long before you lent the £5OO to Johnson was it that he applied to you for the loan ?—Three or four days. The COMMISSIONER.—May I ask you, Mr. Sothern, what bond of connection there was between this man of a month's acquaintance that could give him a claim upon you to borrow £350 in one sum, and a few days afterwards, another sum of £500? I want to know how he, almost a stranger, should think of asking you fur a loan of £B5O ?—He said be could give security - Did you tell him, when he asked you, " Sir, I have hardly known von four or live weeks, how can you ask me for such a thing ?"—I did ask him. What explanation did he give ?—He said he had asked two or three people in the town, and he could not get it from them; and ha said he would give me security.. Well, sir ; I have been looking at this balance-sheet, and I see what at that time was due to your creditors.—(No answer.) By Mr. JAmms.—Now when he applied to you for the £350 loan, had you the money by you ?—I believe I had. Then how came you not to lend it him there and then ? I came down to Liverpool. and a day or two afterwards I got a bill drawn out, and I lent it him. That is not an answer: how came you not to lend it him there and then ?—I forget now. By the. COMMISSIONER.—You stated you had the money just now ?—I wished to inquire whether the security was . . good. By Mr. JANIES.—WiII you explain the meaning of the words, " I had £lOO of my own'"—That was not borrowed money How did you separate that particular £lOO which was your own from the rest which had been borrowed and passed backwards and forwards ?—I might have won it. By the COMMISSIONER.—WiIat means of living had you before the Ist of July ?—I was allowed £2 a-week by my family. Were those your only means of living?—Yes. • Why was it from that May 18th to July the 22d you borrowed £3OO, you having only £2 a-week to live upon ? I forget: What did you, in the course of five weeks, borrow £350 for—was it to pay gambling debts ?—lt was not. Was there any earthly reason, then, that you borrowed it? —I intended to purchase timber at that time. Was that the reason you borrowed the money ?—I wanted to buy some timber, but I did not buy it after all. What did you do with the money ?—lt was what I lent to Mr. Johnson. In the place of lending the money to Johnson, with whom you had such a short acquaintance, why did you not repay your brother ?—I should if I had not lent it to Johnson. But why did you not pay your own brother fist; was not the debt due to him more stringent upon you than the lending of it to Johnson ?—I thought I was safe, sir. By Mr. JAMES.-Why did you not lend the £350 to John son out of the money you had in your hands, instead of applying for it to Mr. Richardson, your father's clerk ?—I still wanted money to speculate in timber. By the CommissioNm.---We re you not, M r. Sothern, from day to day in publi c -h ouses , gambling at that time?— No. Upon your oath were you not continually playing at cards? —No, I was not. Frequently, then ?—Sometimes I have played. [At this stage of the case Mr. JAMES, who had another engagement, left the court, and an application was made on behalf of the creditors to adjourn the examination. Mr. Bardswell objected ; and after some discussion the court di rected the examination to proceed. It was conducted by the Managing Clerk to Messrs. Barnes and Barrow, of St. He lens, solicitors to the creditors.] By the CLERK.—What description of timber did you think of speculating in ?—English oak. Did you know the qualities of English oak titnber?—Yes. When you lent the £350;t0 Johnson, what grounds had , • . itill to suppose he would ever be able to tepay it ?—ithought the deeds he gave me were worth the money. Did he give you old deeds ?—Yes. Where are those deeds now ?—I gave them up to the fa mily. By the COMMISSIONER.—To Johnson's family ?—Yes. What security have you ?--A deed transferring his interest. By the CLERK.—Upon whose application did you give those deeds up to the family ?—H is mother's the first. You employed Mr. Troughton about this matter : did he tell you that Johnson could give a good security?—He thought the deeds were good. Did not Mr. Troughton tell you that Johnson did not take a vested interest in this property?—He told me I might safely lend him £l,OOO upon them. Did Johnson tell you for what purpose he borrowed it ? I believe he said part of it was to pay off souse gambling debts. The COMMISSIONE R.—And for that purpose you borrowed it ?—I did. Did you understand what the amount of the gambling debts were ?—1 did not? Had you the curiosity to ask ?—I had not; I never thought of asking about it. Was four brother from whom you borrowed the money accessible at the time; could you have seen him any day you liked ?—By coming to Liverpool• Did it ever enter into your head to tell your brother that the money you borrowed to speculate with was to bg given over to pay the gambling debts of a mere stranger—did it ever strike you to ask your brother whether he would con sent to that, you yourself subsisting upon £2 a week from your respectable family ?—I did do it. You went to your brother I—l did. Did you tell him how Johnson owed this money ?—Not a word. Or how long he had owed it ?—Not a syllable. Did you tell your brother that you and he were then in the habit of gambling at public-houses in St. Helens ?—No. Then you asked your brother's advice about lending the money, but kept him in pure ignorance of all the purposes of the loan 1-1 did. By the CLERK.—When you advanced the money upon these deeds did you understand they were Johnson's own deeds ?—I did. Did you ask Mr. Troughton any questions as to whose they were ?—Johnson stated to Mr. Troughton that the deeds belonged to him, and he had lent £l2OO upon them. By the COMMISSIONER.—For what purpose did you un derstand from Mr. Johnson that be wanted the loan of £350, when you could have known him only a few weeks?—He said he was short of money to go on with his farm, as he had lost £5OO at one throw at hazard, to some captain in Man chester. Can it be possible, then, that for a man of this description, who had just lost £5OO at one throw of hazard, you went to your father's clerk to borrow the money ?—I thought the se curity was good. I believed it was to pay off gambling debts. Then in the course of four or five dayg afterwards he came again to borrow money ; and yo❑ having been told that the £350 you borrowed from Richardson was to pay off gambling debts, lent him £5OO, although you knew he had lost £5OO in one throw of the dice-box with captain somebody ?—Yes. 'You had been in bu;iness then as a merchant exactly 21 days ?—Yes. by the CLERK.—Did Johnson go to Mr. Troughton with you to borrow the first £3501—1 believe he did. Have you not been an execution creditor of Johnson's ? Yes. His stock was sold ?—Yes. What money did you receive under that execution ?—I should think about £2OQ. The COMMISSIONER.—How much is Johnson in his debt now ? Mr. BARDSWEI,L.—X99O. The COMMISSIONER.—Pray, Mr. Sothern, did you keep a house ?—Yes. What was the rent?—£3o a year. What establishment had you ?—A maid servant, and a horse and livery, at 12s. a week. Out of £2 a week ?—Yes. Do you mean to tell me you had no other means of keep ing your house than the £2 a week from your family ?—Yes. Did you not sustain it by gambling?—No. Did yon not make more than £2 a week by gambling ?—I did, sir. Did you not make more than £2O a week by gambling I have won more than £2O a week The average-1:10 a week ?—Very likely I have. You have told me already you have never lost more than £2 ?—Yes. Did you keep any carriage or car, or thing of that kind ? No. Do you mean to swear you did not?—Yes. Your manner of answering induces me to ask you the question again ?-1 used sometimes to borrow one and pay for the loan of it. By the CLERK.—Where have you given credit for the £2OO you received under Johnson's execution ?—I paid most of it back again to Johnson's creditors. By the COMMISSIONER. — Why did you sell the man's goods at all, if you were going to give the proceeds of a forced sale to his creditors ?-1 thought afterwards I had no right to have done it. Mr. BARDSWELL.—It was under a threat. By the COMMISSIONER. - How much do you consider Johnson in your debt now ?-1:990 lent money, and about £3OO I have won off him. You gambled with him to a great extent; now how much was the amount you'ever won off him I—About £300: May it not have been £400; or between £3OO and £4OO ? Yes. How much did Johnson lose at a sitting to you—you that lent the money of your brother and of your father's clerk to him?—About £lOO. At one sitting ?—Yes And you were receiving £2 . a week from your family, and were borrowing this money from your father and your fa ther's clerk ?—Yes. _ Were you in business at that time ?—Upon the Ist of July I was. _ Were you in business when you won the £lOO from him at one sitting ?—I am sure I do not know the date You did not carry it in your head?—No. Was it after he had lost the £5OO by one throw ?- it was before. It was after he told you that, that you lent him the money? Yes. Who is Mr. Johnson? Mr. BAanswELL.—lle is a farmer. —I believe the COMMISSIONER.—A farmer losing £lOO, and £5OO at one throw—l should like to see him if he is forthcoming. Mr. BARDSWELL.-1 am afraid there is little chalice of seeing him here ; for I hold an execution against him for £l5O. The COMMISSIONER chance of seeing him -Yes, I am afraid there is little The BANKRITPT. — He was represented to me as a person of property. The COMMISSIONER.—How could any human being sup pose any man to be solvent who lost £5OO at one throw ? if he had the wealth of Crresus he could not be solvent by so acting. The examinrtion was continued at great length; and in re ply to the questions put to him, the bankrupt said he bad no capital when he entered into business at St. Helens. In November 1842, he ordered furniture from Mr. Ellis to the amount of £226, for which he gave him a bill, which bill had been dishonoured. This was after he had borrowed the money from his brother and Mr. Richardson. Owed Mr. Ellis the amount now. The furniture was lett in the house with the exception of six chairs, a book-case, and a sofa. The COMMISSIONER.—What did the sale realize? Mr. FOLLETT.—About £l2O. Examination continued.—Considered the bill which be gave to Mr. Ellis a good one. It was accepted by Richard Wheeler, Inspector of the Fish Market, Liverpool, who had given him an order to build a boat. From the month of May to the failure, the amount of about £1,500 or £l,OOO in bills passed between him and W heeler ; is not sure it was not £2,000, and would not swear it did not extend to £3,000. Does not know what property Wheeler has ; but he was lia ble to the amount of £9OO about. Wheeler had not paid a single bill ; and bankrupt continued drawing and Wheeler accepting. Did not inquire, before the acceptances were sent out, about his solvency. Might have told Mr. Ellis that Wheeler was a respectable solvent man ; cannot say. Will done. not swea A ii r l . i Ellis knew he did nut ; Wheeler; buti tw as possible he might have and he did not ask about him. Did not tell Mr. Ellis he knew, from his own know ledge, that Wheeler .was a solvent man; but only that he was building a boat for him. Told Mr. Ellis that Wheeler would meet the bill. Iliad not taken the slightest trouble of inquiring whether he had the means of meeting a single shilling of it. Thought Wheeler would meet it, as he (bank rupt) should have the boat. Thought he (bankrupt) should. have had money to meet the remainder of the £9OO worth of hills. Should not have built Wheeler the boat if he had known him to be a man of straw. Paid all the acceptances of Wheeler to different tradesmen, and got value for part. Mr. David Mottram held to the amount of £7OO, and bank rupt was owing him only £3OO. First began to put out Wheeler's acceptances when he commenced building the boat, but cannot say when that was; perhaps it was after he bad been two or three months in business. The date of the bill paid to Mr. Ellis was October 15. Was to receive £509 for the boat. Believes that Wheeler lives in Brownlow-hill, and the bill was payable in London, at Mastermans and Co. Kept the boat ; and Wheeler had no value for the bills. The name of Allen was to other acceptances : believes he repre sented Allen as a solvent man. Allen is a fishmonger in the Fish Market, Great Charlotte-street. Cannot say to what amount he (Allen) accepted bills; but thinks it was about £1,200. Will not swear it was not £1,500, but it was not £2,000. Arrives at that conclusion by recollecting what bills there were. All the bills were put in the balance sheet. Al len had paid none of them. Did not think he (Allen) could pay £1,200. built a fishing-smack for him. (The learned commissioner here enumerated the bills from the balance sheet accepted by Allen, and the bankrupt admitted that they were accommodation bills, for which Allen did not get a single farthing value. Bankrupt put them off; and repre sented to the parties to whom he paid them that Allen was a solvent man, and that the acceptances were safe.) The bankrupt was then examined as to two other large quantities of furniture which he had ordered and received, to the value of £122 12s. 3d., in December, from Mr. Hawks, of St. Helen's, and £B7 from Mr. Hill, of Manchester, which were paid for in these bills. The furniture was received in De cember, and in the January and February following it was sold at a great sacrifice, with the exception of what had been sold by the court, to raise money to pay wages with. He was next examined as to some extravagant bills for tailoring, and a quantity of timber, some of which he had treated in the same day as the furniture. The examination being concluded, it was submitted on the part of the creditors that the bankrupt had not given a proper account of his estate and effects, and that the examination ought, therefore, to be adjourned. The COMMISSIONER said he did not see how, if the bank rupt were to be adjourned for a hundred times, Vie balance sheet could be amended. There was a serious question be hind that, which he (the commissioner) was exceedingly sorry should come before him ; but it was not his duty to give a premature opinion, seeing that the bankrupt Was in the hands of a very able solicitor, who had heard the an swers which he had given. The bankrupt, indeed, could not possibly be in better hands—a circumstance at which the court was glad ; but, at the same time, he could not conceal the fact, for it would only be deluding the bankrupt, and keeping the creditors in suspense, that there was a great deal for him to answer. He should therefore adjourn the case to any time which might be asked. Mr. BAnnswELL.—You will not adjourn the examina tion ? The CoNtmissloNEß said he was obliged to ask himself this question before he passed the last examination : had the answers of this gentleman been satisfactory ? Could he (the Commissioner) conscientiously say that ? Mr. BARDSWELL said the bankrupt, in his examination, had made every disclosure respecting his estate and effects, He did not see, therfore, how the estate would be benefitted by an adjournment of the examination. If there was any reason to think the bankrupt had not given a proper account, the question might come on in a different form when he ap plied for his certificate; but, now, he had certainly made a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects. True, there might be some information wanting as respected the disposal of his property, and the manner of contracting debts ; but that would come on hereafter. The CommissioNEtt was unwilling to put the creditors to one farthing expense, and therefore he should allow this last examination to pass ; but at the same time he could not help throwing it out for consideration, whether matter had not been disclosed upon testimony which ought to be unexcep tionable as far as the bankrupt was concerned, to render it much more than doubtful whether in a future state of the business he obtained his certificate. Mr. BARDSWELL believed that when he a ppli e d f or the certificate he should be in a situation to explain a great deal He had not, howe*rer, inter of what had passed toida). feted in the course of the examination. The COMMISSIONER agreed that Mr. Bardswell had In interfered in the course of the examination ; but he threw out for consideration that there was ap.) • ••• vaays, •Irca* Kt UCiIL W oe ex plained if the'bankrupt was to be believed—and much, too, that was impossible to be explained if he believed the bank rupt. There was the gambling transactions and the insol- vency- Mr. BARDSWELL was quite prepared to go into them, but not nov The COMMISSIONER expected if any application should be made for the certificate the assignees would have the differ ent tradesmen in attendance, who had received the dis- honoured acceptances in_ payment for their Mr. BARDSWELI allowance of the certificate.—Some conversation place _upon the time ; 'and eventually the application was aid he c !e when I%' have spent his vacation A .FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROBABLI CAUSES OF THE LATE FIRES The extensive and destructive fires that have recently oc curred in Liverpool demand attention, and require investiga tion in their cause, as to whether they have arisen from incendiarism, or are the 'result of ignorance and carelessness on the part of those employed in cotton warehouses. It is painful to suppose even for a moment, that they have been the work of inceudaries, and requires very conclusive evi dence to induce us to believe so, particularly us there are various other clauses from which combustion might ariee I am inclined to suspect, that spontaneous combustion has been a more fruitful 'source of fires in cotton warehouses than hitherto we have been aware of. I recollect that, in the year 1810 or 11, the Blantyre Cotton Mills, belonging to Messrs. Henry Monteath and Co., were destroyed by fire. A young man (a worker) was strongly suspected of being the wilful cause, and, in consequence of that suspicion, was thrown into gaol, where he liy for several months tht court met, his trial was postponed until next ses and he was recommitted. But, fortunately for him, a few weeks previous to his trial coming on the mill again took fire. Then it was discovered that both fires had originated in a corner of one of the rooms, where the workers had, had, without suspicion of any danger, been accustomed to throw aside the pieces of cotton with which they cleaned off the old oil from the machinery previous to oiling it anew. The origin of both fires was now satisfactorily accounted for, being the result of spontaneous combustion. • It is a well-know❑ chemical fact, that cotton, flax, hemp. and various other vegetable substances, whose parts or fibres are in a state of minute division, when brought into contact with any of the oils, are, under certain circumstances, ex tremely liable to spontoneous combustion. In some cases. ignition ensues with great rapidity, especially if ti►e oil is of a drying quality, and more slowly;, but not less sure, with the other oils. I have seen cotton cloth, which had been brushed over with linseed oil, when folded and laid carefully by, burst out into actual combustion in the course of three hours.. Shortly after the chemical action commences, there is a quantity of caloric or heat given out, which partialfy decomposes the ve getable matter, and gives to it a brown colour. As the ac tion progresses, the vegetable matter is converted into car- bon (charcoal), the intensity of action now becomes so great that the charcoal is in a state of actual ignit readily communicated to the surrounding bodie There is an important fact connected with spontaneous combustion, arising from oil and vegetable matte' generally known, but deserves particular It is not Points out in the' most decisive manner the danger to be ap prehended from small .quantities of oil coming in contact with cotton. If we take a quantity of cotton wool,.and im merse it into a cask of oil, the wool will become gradually decomposed, hut no combustion will arise from it. If we take another equal quantity, and mix it with an ounce of oil, subject it to a slight pressure and partial exclusion of the air, and combustion will then assuredly take place. The spontaneous combustion of hay and straw is governed by the same principle. If either of these be immersed in water, . . they will in process of time rot and be decomposed, but without ignition ; but put them into a barn in a stamp state, and combustion will ensue from the decomposition of the water and the vegetable juices. From a consideration of the above facts, I am induced to suspect, that the jigger-lofts of warehouses have long been unknowingly a fertile source of spontaneous combustion. My reasons for so thinking arise from the fact that nearly, two-thirds of the fires in cotton warehouses have commenced on the top floor. The jigger-loft forms a part of that floor, and I understand that it is the universal practice to use oil for the machinery of the jigger; a practice which I consider in judicious and dangerous in the hands of ignorant porters ; men who, if they heard of combustion from cotton and oil, would more readily associate the idea of danger with a cash or two of oil than with an ounce And hence there great stretch of probability in supposing the following to hap pen : They accidentally overturn the vessel containing Ihe oil ; part of it runs down through the floor on the cotton below ; they wipe up the rest; and, as in the case of the mill, they throw the oiled cotton aside. They oil the machinery too pro fusely, and it runs down off it. They clean the old oil off the machinery and throw the cotton aside Allow me to state that All these are highly probable causes or fires originating in the top floors of cotton warehouses, and point out the pro priety of substituting tallow or lard in place of oil. Either of these would equally answer the purpose, and at the same time lessen the danger a hundred fold I would suggest that the following every foreman of cotton warehous directions be g held responsible for their due observance, under pain of im mediate dismissal : That he shall employ no porter who is known to smoke tobacco at any time or place, with the ex ception of his own house. That, in the discharge of cotton at the docks, the place of landing be carefully examined and cleaned of any oil which may have lately been landed there. That every lorry or cart be carefully examined and cleaned, if recently emp'oyed in carrying oil. That no oil be ❑sed in any part of the warehouse where tallow or lard can be sub stituted. CHARLES' CAMERON, Chyruist. NEWTON RACES WEDNESDAY 25 added. On for three THE CHARGE OF FELONS On Tuesday, shortly after three o'clock, Mr. Orme (the first hearing of whose case appeared in our last) was again nlaped nt rho 1,.. —c .I__ t, ,• . - Ni..... tn. LUC uar o r the P o li ce-court . The case, haying become known through the town, excited great interest, and the court was'crowded_ said he had no further evidence, but he should lrs. Holden a fr.w more questions. (on the application of Mr. Jams the witnesses to ordered ) go into the adjoining room, expressing I 11 that he could tend to elicit the tr u th. ' ' en, having been called into the box, stated that the pri: t to h a fortnight since last Saturday I her. On Tuesday night a addressed to Mr. Orme. It :he same bar where the pocket-book Did not know what became of that 3 no conver lit have asked the prisoner whether she saw Mr. Orme He had been in the habit rid putting up at the Crooked hat she saw Mr. Ashcroft at her Orme. Did not serve one with nd the other with porter. Missed the note to Orwe's war- two o'clock, when he ca me i n , . The servant girl Mary was next called, and examined by Mr. James. She remembered the note for Mr. Orme. Did not remember looking for it. Did not see Mr. Orme at two o'clock, nor Mr. Ashcroft. Saw the market basket but could not say at what time. Atter a long cross-examination of this 'le said she would swear that Mr. Orme took the k, and that she saw him‘do so. witness, s Edward Smith, brewer, called by Mr. J ames. M r. '4, he wrote a note to Mr. Orme, which he sent on He went on Thursday last to see if Mr. - lie went in at the door in Ex e bar. Inquired about it will be in the bar." Stood ay weep le the I st, and went to t Lched over and took the note and carried sit was too late to be of any use. Went Crooked Billet, to see Mr. Orme. At a ;clock, saw him there. Went the same walked into the snug. Saw Orme and quarter past two Ashcroft tf Orme said he vuld be with him in five The TRI mile and a c ovs each, wit sut Mr F R price's ch c Colin Clink, 3 yrs -- -- -- . . Sir John Gerard's ch f Meal, 4 yrs 2 to 1 on Colin Clink, who took the ►ead running, and won very easy by a length. The LYME PARK STAKES, of 50 sovs each, 30 ft, year olds. One mile and a quarter. 6 sul Mr Mostvn's br c Earl of Richmond Mr F R Price's br f Gwendcrline Mr Meiklatn's b f Margery .. . Even on Earl of Richmond, who was never he won without an effort. . A GOLD CUP, value 100 sows, the gift of the Lord of th Manor, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sows eacl 10 ft. Two miles and a distance. Mr Meiklam's b c Aristotle, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Mr \Vormald's ch h Millipede, 5 yrs, Sst 61b Ermengardis, Pickpocket, awl. Valentina also , started . . . . Even on Millipede, 3 to 1 agst Aristotle, and 5 to 1 agst Ermengardis. A quick race ; the struggle made by Milli pede to reach Aristotle, on coming into the straight running, was very severe, but ineffectual, and Aristotle finished a clever winner by nearly a length. A PLATE of 50 sovs, for horses that never won that sum. Heats, one mile and a half Mr Fowler's b c Yardley, 3 yrs .... Mr W' 0 Powlett's b g Bobadil, aged THIJRSDA - I The ST LEGER STAKES, Of 20 soya each, with One mile and a half. 4 subs. Mr White's b c Judex Mr Meiklatu's ch c Philip Mr F R Price's b f The Lily The GOLBORNE STAKES, of Golborue Course 0 1 1 1 2 2 Mr Mostyn's b c Milton, by The Saddler—Quadroon... 1 Mr Walker's br c The Best-of-the-Three A SWEEPSTAKES of 15 soya each, 10 ft, for three year old fillies. One mile and a quarter. 3 subs. Mr Whitworth's br Gipsey Queen .. A PLATE of £5O. Heats, one mile and a half Mr Fowler's b c Yardley, 3 yr 5.......... • • • • ...... Mr Worthington's b c Hooton, 3 yrs Mr Thompson's br g by Shrighley, 4 yrs LIVERPOOL REGISTRY OF SHIPPING The anndal meeting of the subscribers to the Liverpoo Society for the Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Henry Cleaver Chapman, Esq., in tt. The Chairman opened the proceedim, meeting was held as required by the rules the purpose of electing six members to serve tee, in lieu of six who go out by rotation, an, annual statement of the operations of the Socie..„ with the receipts and expenditure for the past year, and p sent state of its funds. He then proceeded. valuable, I will not enter into any lengthened exposit., our past labours, or anticipate the future, beyond congratu lating the merchants, shipowners, and underwriters, on the _ success of tF by statin the society, fo v, together As time is 3e society, which, notwithstanding the great al since i uepression or tne smut_._ -- tablishrnent, has been able to surmount all opposing difficul ties. But although much has been locally accomplished by the committee, a gre it deal yet remains to be done, especially by the shipbuilders themselves, whose study it ought to be to suggest improvements in the construction of our merchant ships, and more particularly to guard against the manufee: lure of iron ships of too light materials and inferior work manship. it being the anxious desire of the committee to pro mote the true interest of the shipbuilders, as well as of our mercantile marine, by establishing a higher scale of scantling in both wood and iron ships. more particular and thickness of the planking, combined with the prop treenailingand caulking of wood ships, and the plating, at rivetting of those of iron. " With these brief remarks, I will now with your permis sion call on the secretary to read the report, and leave you to draw your own conclusions from the facts and figures to be Submitted to you, and which I trust will fully bear out my statements." The secretary then read the report, which was received and adopted. Several members expressed their gratifica tion at the successful progress of the society, the want of which, under a local committee, had been so lung felt in this port. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the chair- man and the committee, for their impartial and judicious management of the affairs of the society, which fully entitled them to the confidence and support of the public. SCOTCH SNUFF-BoxEs.—Cummock, a village in the heart of Ayrshire, on the Lugar-water , is celebrated for the manu facture of those ' beautifu wooden snuff-boxes now so common, a species of trade carried on nowhere else in Scotland, except at Laurencekirk and Montrose. It is little more than 20 years since some ingenious indivduals commenced the making of these curious little cabinets. There are now upwards of 100 persons, men, women, and children, employed in the trade, all of whom get more considerable wages by their labour than most other artisans. Planetree is the wood used in the manufacture, and great ingenuity is evinced in anorn him clue lily with devices. The very nice manner in which the hinges are constructed, so as to be almost invisible. I deserving of the highest credit. It is calculated that a piec . -rum) worth ( of rough wood, costing only 255., wilt make snuff-boxes.—Chambers' E,dinburgh Journal, PRUSSIAN STATISTICS.—BERLIN, JUNE 11 tiles of the births and deaths in the whole Prussian mo- •The annual narchy are now published for the year 1842 : At the close of 1840 the total population was 14,928,501 1841, excess of births 1842, ditto Total at the end of 1842 The births in the last 27 years were 14,039,277 ; of that there were 982.868 illegitimate, about 7 per cent. ; but it was not to be inferred that 7 out of 100 living individuals are illegiti mate, for the number of still-born illegitimate children, as well as of those who die before they attain the age of one year. is much larger in proportion than that of legitimate children. Thus, for instance, in 1842, of 578,437 legitimate births, 21,559 were still-born children, and the number of deaths of children under one year old was 100,026; whereas of 45,566 illegitimate children, 2,501 were still-born, and 12,110 children under a year old died in the same year.— Prussian Slate Gazette, June 16. minute Mary, questioned by Mr. Rushton : There is no particu lar waiter to the snug. Anybody waits there, but generally me and Mrs. Holden. by Mr. limes: Was at the Crooked --past two o'clock on Saturday. Saw Mr. Orme Believed Mrs. Holden served them. Mr. Smith in and Mrs. Holden followed him out. of the way home in his shandry., -toria Cottage. Was at home at s.k. Heard Orme say he was to On the way asked Orme for Mrs. As Billet at half they ieved it was) ca Mr. Orme took him part twenty minutes to fiv at four o'el , and Orme a he had not any Church, I with Mr. On Hackin's-hey o'clock, the them, and ;sk, I principally to Mr. Orme having t four o'clock, and telling him (wit- ated that he They wen ,t in to c-- Orme went out, but returned about five minut ing together. Or to call and clerk of St. Mary's was at the Crooked Billet, ther, from about a .:ore four Holden served ...s. As they passed out Mary, and another servant, talk looking at the clock, I should hay, me at four o'clock, and it is four now. r. James said, he had no . furtheievit. r. Grocott said, L had nothing further to offer on the f the note mentioned on the preceding day. Mr. Rushton sai tots was one of the eases in which a _.,,-Istrate might use his utmost endeavours to discover the truth, ,but could not decide. Here was high character on one hand : the prisoner, he understood, had for a number of years borne an excellent character, and - been largely trusted ; on the other hand, here was a person who had been twenty five years in her present service - , who said she saw him take the pocket-book from where it was left. Another said, he was in the bar at the time the pocket-book must have been removed. Under such circumstanees he must leave it to the tribunals of the country to deal with the case. Ilis duty was clear; the prisoner must be committed for trial, but eon ,g the peculiar circumstances of the case, he would be on bail. ount of bail would be required his own iecogni- Mr. Jame d two sureties in a.. Au., d there were friends of Mr. Orme in court '—til immediately. who would give the required Mr. Rushton said it would be necessary that all the depo sitions should be more perfectly taken, which could not be well done till the next morning, andttben the prisoner would be liberated upon giving the required sureties. win on Wednesday. e d that the defendant's statement to .he had been in the house as late as ur o'clock, but that he was not i❑ the bar.l We ha 'Whitty was, that ZTA )161.'S' CONCERT. — During the present season in e met, °paha, there has been no artiste (as it i s now t h e ishion to term singers and musicians of every sort) who has made so strong an impression upon the public as Herr Staudigl, who sang at a concert given at th e R oya l Assem bly-rooms on Tuesday evening last. The London prints have eulogised him in the warmest terms ; and we are bound to state that, in this instance, they have not b es t owed praise i unworthily. Staudigl isindeed a wonderful singer, and 'ssesses a magnificent voice. We may safely s ay that such -ne has never been heard in this country before. Nor is ' 1 : he ranks in the highest degree as a musician, ai.d attainments enable him to give a powerful effect to kes. the metr fasls: Aatever he under, In displaying the passions —and in that of anger his merit is immense—he is unrivalled. Every one who heard him sing Mr. J. L. Hatton's song of • • • In " De he was equally composition showed his versatility of talent. In all his tones he is sonorous, clear, and, rich. The very lowest note has a power and vigour that leaves an impression upon the hearer 'hat he can master lower tones still. In all his performances on Tuesday night, Herr Staudigl was rapturously applauded, and we never heard a more decided and unanimous encore than in our townsman's " Revenge." Of the other vocalists who made their ap- Madelle. pearance we can speak in terms of much prais , Lang (who is from the Opera. Vifmoni voice, and ha s muc h taste, execution, and knowledge of “,••••••,41 pvoo,uo.o Ca b her art. Her "Di e P ost Horn" was charmingly sung, and re ceived a decided encore. Madelle. Lang sang also Bellini's "Se Romeo tueeise nu figlio," charmingly. Of. Miss Jo seph we can also speak well. Her voice has good compass, and she sings wirh great taste and feeling. There is an ab sence of all assumption, and she 'evidently made a very pleasing impression upon her hearers. This lady is a de cided acquisition to our musical entertainments. Mr. Shrivall acquitted himself with great credit, and proved at once that he will maintain a high position amongst our fa vourites. His voice is beard to great effect in a concert room : it is fuli of tone, sweet and clear, and every pord he enunciates can be heard, and i ts mean i ng felt. Mr. Shrivel' sang" Woman Donizetti's " B ee° , il pegno " well, and Mr. Hargreave's ! May Heaven watch over her very beautifully. Mrs. St. Albin per _, and effect, and was loudly One thing, doubtless, marred considerably the fantasia with brilliant pleasure of die evenir thinness Of the room. It appears incomprehensible that so seldom does talent of any sort appear before us, that we do not eagerly ' the pleasure to be , afforded by its presence .vail ourselves c as taudigl makes In only draw a thin room, it betrays a e or something else to account for the ence of the fashionables and those possessing any diseri ination. It will be seen that Herr Staudigl is announced r another concert. want of either to RAILWAY INTELLIGENCI understood that the subject of discussion at the Blackwall Railway meeting on Tuesday, was the appoint ment of additional members to the committee for the purpose of co-operating with the directors in carrying out the junction of a steam-boat company: The sum desired to be raised, and which is to be called " the Guarantee Fund," amounts to £lO,OOO, and the directors appear to think a subscription „e ncir.hlp ho rails of 2a. fad. each at intervals. hareholders who result of the last expedient for th This is following out the wring Committee, who proposed a simi- whether it will sueceed or not COAREgPONDZIVCE. THE WAREHOUSE QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sta,—As the question of Dock Warehouses is now re newed with increased vigour, you will perhaps permit some space of your paper to be devoted to that subject, especially as the-Albion has employed a column and a half upon that topic in his last Monday's number. That the increase of the rates of premiums of insurance from fire is a great injury to the port, is universally allowed; but, to prevent the continuance of this tax upon the com merce of the port, the Council have taken prompt and vigo rous measures. They have introduced into parliament a bill for the abundant and instantaneous supply of water in the front of every warehouse in Liverpool; and they have also brought forward the Fire Prevention Bill, which requires every warehouse-owner to make such alterations in his ware houses as the act shall direct. In addition to this, they have appointed a committee to suggest such regulations as to the registering of porters, penalties for smoking, and manage ment of warehouses, that, with the restrictions now imposed by the fire insurance-offices as to nitrate of soda and salt petre, the danger of tire must be greatly diminished. When all these regulations come into full operation, we may rea sonably expect that the rates of insurance will gradually re turn to their former level. But some influential parties, not content to await the result of these new precautionary mea sures, attribute the whole mischief to the want of dock ware houses, and use the plea of the late fires as an argument for an application to the Lords of the Treasury to be permitted to build dock warehouses instanter on the west side of Prince's Dock, and also to erect additional warehouses round the Albert Dock. The great object in view is to reduce the rates of insurance; and yet, Mr. Editor, it has been stated, and it, is notorious, that at a deputation from this town of warehouse-owner s who some weeks ago met the different London tire-agents, the chairman, on being asked if he would insure the dock warehouses at Liverpool if they were built on the verge of the docks, replied that he would not insure them at all, an d sa id he believed he spoke the senti ments of all agents present, to which they all assented. Now; Mr. Editor, as this is a very important fact, you shall have enclosed the names of two or three gentlemen who were present at that meeting ; and if this statement be not true, you will have an opportunity of stating its erroneousness. This is the more nece ssar y, as , a t one of the meetings of the association, this statement was not credited. Why ? Be cause Sir John Hall had said that the offices would still insure goods in the St. Katharine's Dock, although the warehouses were built on the verge of that dock. No one doubts Sir John Hall's account ; but the statement did not relate to the London St. Katherine's Dock, but to the Li verpool Albert Dock. It is certainly curious reasoning to doubt a statement relative to a Liverpool dock, because a remark is made by Sir John Hall respecting a London dock, which remark no one denies. The reason why the London offices object to insuring Liverpodl warehouses, if brought to the verge of the docks, is evident enough. They think that, in case of the warehouses taking fire, the flames would extend to the ships, and a general conflagration would ensue. This is the reason why they object to insuring the Albert Dock warehouses, and a very sufficient reason it is. The Albion, however, dismisses this subject very cavalierly, as being a matter of very little importance ; because, as they say, if the London offices won't insure the Albert Dock warehouses, the Liverpool offices will. The proprietors will perhaps consider awhile before they verify the editor's prog nostication. To insure produce and warehouses to the amount of some millions (to say nothing of the ships and cargoes in the dock) is not a matter to be treated with such perfect nonchalance; and notwithstanding the wish of the shareholders to serve the good old town of Liverpool and the trade thereof, they will perhaps hesitate to involve their own personal responsibilities to such an amount. In the face, then, of such an opinion on the part of the London offices, is it not an act of the highest imprudence to apply to the Lords of the Treasury for permission to erect additional warehouses on the verge of the Albert Dock—thus running the risk of the warehouses and produce being uninsurable, or, at all events, being insurable only at an exorbitant pre mium, when the professed object of the application is to re duce the premiums? But there is another party deeply concerned in this project—the shipowners. What will they say to this scheme ? If the London offices will not insure the warehouses, they may refuse to insure the ships in the dock; or, if they do insure them, they will probably require a very high premium. On this point no information has been obtained ; but it would be a prudent precaution on the part of the shipowners to acquire this knowledge, before it is too late to be of service to them. I have dwelt so far upon the impolicy of this scheme, by its tendency to increase the danger of fire instead of di minishing it; but I must now state our reasons for deeming it an act of injustice. You are aware, of course, of the con test between the warehouse-owners and the dock-trustees, when the latter applied for a bill to build warehouses on the margin of the Albeit Dock. Which party might have ulti mately conquered in parliament. is questionable ; but a com promise was agreed upon between the two parties—the warehouse-owners agreeing to withdraw their opposition, on condition that the dock-trustees abandoned their intention of building warehouses on the west side of the Prince's Dock, and in lieu thereof agreeing to erect transit-sheds, and also to restrict themselves from building more than a certain number of warehouses within a given time at the Albert Dock. On these conditions the warehouse-owners withdrew their opposition, and the bill passed—these condi tions, however, being embodied in the bill. You would think, Mr. Editor, that the faith reposed in an act of parlia ment would be held sacred—that no attempt would be made to violate a solemn compact; but not so ; an attempt is to be made to violate this compact : the Lords of the Treasury are, we understand, to be appealed to, with the view of in ducing them to permit the violation of this compact; but we presume to think that the government and the dock trustees and the town-council have too much honour to sanction breach of public faith. It is right to state that the warehouse-owners gave their support to the Water Bill and Fire Prevention Bill; that a deputation from the warehouse-owners in district B met the committee of the council, and settled the clauses of the Fire Bill ; that when that bill was withdrawn, though not by their consent (Mr. Harbord having spoken his own opinions only), the warehouse-owners petitioned the council to reintroduce the bill, with which they complied, and the bill is now con sequently before parliament. It was necessary to give this explanation, because the warehouse-owners have been ac cused of obstructing this bill, whereas file bill would have been lost for the session had it not been for their application to the council. It is right also again to disclaim the imputation continu ally made against the owners, that they are opposed to building dock warehouses. It is right to disabuse the public mind on this point. They do not oppose the building of dock warehouses ; but they do oppose the building of ware houses on the verge of the docks by the dock masters or the corporation. They say it is unfair and unjust to erect build ings at the public expense, in opposition to buildings erected at private expense ; that private capital cannot compete with public capital; that the competition must terminate in the rain of the private capitalist ;—therefore they oppose dock warehouses erected at the public expense. Would the pro prietors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway tamely submit to a bill empowering the corporation to cut a new railroad from hence to Manchester, at the corporation ex pense? The principle in both cases is the same : the rail way-shareholder and the warehouse-owner are both in the same position. Let the same motion which formerly was brought forward by Mr. Sands be now renewed, and I think it would not be opposed by the warehouse-owners. These were the terms That the Dock Committee be authorised to sell, or let on long leases by public auction, such portion of the dock -quays as they may think suitable for the erection of warehouses, upon such terms and condi tions for insuring the due management thereof as may be hereafter determined upon." To this proposition the ware house-owners will not object. The resolutions of some of the associations recommend that the Liverpool dock ware houses should he put under the same management as the London warehouses. Well, the London warehouses are owned and managed by companies of individual sharehol ders: let the Liverpool dock warehouses be owned and ma naged also by individual shareholders, and the opposition will probably vanish. D. W. METEOROLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 1843.—We copy the following "mete orological table of the winter quarters ending March 31st, as deduced from observations made at the apartments of the Royal Society, London," from the last quarterly table of mortality, issued by the registrar -general : Ten win. Wint. Wint. Wint. 1 831-40. 1841. 1842. 1843. Mean heightabarorn. in inches 29.849 29.793 29.913 29.715 -: t2m og Lowest 1 Igl le S t ...... ..d e g . s . . 64 64 2 561 0 11 414 927 323 8 1`.. ) E Mean of daily maxima.. 44 545 545 345 8 42 1 " Mean of daily minima.. 36 13 6 536 4 c y ) :•`-: Mean temperature.... • 43 341 041 Dew point (mean) .......... 36 237 337 Difference between wet and dry bulb of the tbermom. (mean) 2 2 2 0 2 4 `2 , 0 Rain in inches. ............. 2.886 4.061 3.695 3.429 Number of days in which rain fell 26 36 33 22 From the same source we also derive the following table, exhibiting the prevalence and direction of the winds in the average of ten winter quarters, and in the three last winter quarters : Winds in the winter quarters 1841-3. -' ' r•li r 3 Jl Z ZZ4w wc,3th-cn Winters 1&41.... 1842,... 1843.... a 9 6 14 1 7 .. D 23 is: 7 3 5 6 6 3 10 26..32 29 4 5 5 222 ..14 8 7 3 11 421133 1 14 11 5 9 1 7 2 24 4 4 4 3 14 1 * The observations are made at nine, a.m THE HAMPDEN MEMORTAL.—The monument erected to the memory of this great patriot was publicly dedicated on Monday last. The 18th of June, 1643, being the day that Hampden received his death-wound upon Cha!grove field, the 18th of this month, being the two hundreth anniversary, would have been fixed upon but for its occurring upon a Sun day. The spot was covered with an assemblage anxious to testify their reverence for the memory of the martyr, and their adherence to those grand principles of freedom in de fence of which he fell. The ceremony appeared to be very k nown , and t o excite great interest over the erks, Oxford, and Buckingham, numbers of personslslyf of B rom the very confines of each of these districts b e i ng present. The memorial itself is a simple and massive square pillar, of the most plain and chaste design and con struction. Upon the side facing Warpsgrove is placed the medallion portrait of the patriot, carved in marble by Scoular; on the opposite side are engraved his arms. The third side exhibits a list of the subscribers to the monument, and the fourth side bears the following inscription, written by Lord Nugent " Here, in this field of Chalgrove, "JOHN HAMPDEN, " After an able and strenuous, but unsuccessful resistance in Parliament, and before the judges of the land, to the measures of an arbitrary court, first took arms, assembling the levies of the associated counties of Buckingham and Oxford, in 1642. And here, within a few , paces of this spot, lie re ceived the wound of which he died, fighting in defence of the free monarchy and ancient liberties cf England, June 18th, 1643. In the two hundreth year from that day, thi s s t one was raised in reverence to his memory." The monument stands at the junction of the lane leading from Chalgrove village. Tents and booths were erected in great numbers near the monument, and the crowds of country people who surrounded it, dressed in holiday attire, mingling with vehicles of all kinds, rendered the whole scene a very lively one. The out-door part of the ceremony was very simple. It consisted merely of the removal of the cloth which concealed the medallion portrait of the martyr; and shortly after two o'clock this slight ceremony was performed. Lo rd y, and rema i n undisturbed and Lord Nugent t then afroe m his Carriage ex c l a i med, " May this Three loud ch eers were given in honour of the occasion, foll owed by three cheers e las children's d l r o n o , s s t c e h r i i i t d re n more for Lord Nugent, the origin a t or, we believe, of the onul unhurt ü by our memorial. A tolerable band then struck up a military air, and the company moved off the ground towards a neighbour ing barn for the important purpose of dinner, at which Lord cled and was supp orted Nugent pres ided, on his right and left by Sir John Easthope, M.P., Mr. Tancred, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Hampden, Sir Samuel Hancock, Lowndes Stone, Esq., John Lloyd, Esq., with a number of members of the University of Oxford, and gentlemen from the various adjacent towns. A considerable number of ladies Were also present. Numerous toasts were given, and the Party broke up about seven o'clock, highly delighted with the day's Proceedings. —On Monday the ourned special meeting of the shareholders of this corn- LON DO AND BRIGHTON K patty took place at the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing ten directors, and receiving the final result of the tolzan by John Flur- eal in respect to • "I 7 • • the legality of admitting proxies at this election made to the Attorney and Solicitor General, and to Mr. Waddington. which was, that proxies ought to have been previously gam- , tided by the Majority of proprietors actually present at the time. He said it being then too late to adjourn, for the pur pose of having the proxies stamped, he would at once declare the result of the scrutineers' labours, by breaking the seal of the letter, for the information of the meeting. Out of the t l: s:::: t i t t p c , e t n , c , f) .. Tc_lte s , tile following ten gentlemen polled , umuers Pars() 513; Captain Kelly, 1 Air. Crawley, 1.84 , 2,561 votes ; 1 5; Mr. Hill, 1,939 ; Mr 1 552 • Wigoin. wisle, 1,339; tsciti, 1,243; Sir rolin SimP- announcement was received with aP vations were made by Captain Beau, cleric, rioon, :var. Henderson, Sir John Simpson, Mr. N. Smith, Mr. Bennett, and other proprietors, when a vote 0 , ~.0t,„„ Kao puoovu u ugic uuneers, and also to the chair man, who returned thanks, and wished the concern every prosperity. Ile urged the new board to choose their chair man before they seperated, in order that they might transfer the onus of his office to that gentleman. The meeting then adjourned. It appears that the Liverpool list bad the ma jority of nine out of ten in the new direction. It is stated that one hundred arid eighty-seven prisoners have been conveyed to Stafford gaol by the constabulary force in the mining district during the months of April and May, a distance of 3,970, miles, at an expenge of £l3. Gs. Bd. in cluding all charges. The expense of conveying the same number of prisoners under the former regulation would have been £124. ls. 3d., showing a saving to the country in two months from the mining districts alone of £llO. 14s. 7d. EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION OF OXEN, SALMON, &c. ... rt atr urtprnnrin_ at fiVP _ a • . Vn monaay arternoon, nye o cinch, the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's steam,-ship City of Aberdeen, Captain Morrison, arrived at her moorings off the Irongate-stairs, Tower, from Aberdeen, after an expeditious passage. On this occasion she brought no fewer than 215 live cattle. un -100 sheen. 50 uivs..na In. a large quantity Of miscellaileCu mu coxes of salmon. besides goods. The importation of Lets in the north of Scotland ______. , ......... n . 5 . The Augsburg Gazet t letter from Rome; stating that swarms of grasshop- L a d suddenly made their appearance in the country p ci e u i ? : e adjoining Palo, and on th e western coast, and laid the fields completely waste. Then ce t h ey extended their ravages to the plains of Campania. Th e means adopted fur their de struction having proved unavailing, th e pope ordered pro cessions and prayers in all the chur c h es to i mplore divine protection against the scourge. WILLIAMS' PATENT FURNACE FOR TEE CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE.—We understand that, in consequence of an ar rangement with the commissioners of police, Williams' pa tent for the consumption of smoke has been applied to a steam boiler belonging to Mr. Charles Dick, brewer, Ro bertson's Close, adjoining South Bridge-street, and also to another in York-glace .......„ . , • • • connected with the extensive works of Mr. Groan, coach-builder, York-lane. In both instances the application of the patent to the furnaces has given the greatest satisfaction. The Stockbridge M ill Company, much to their credit, have also applied the patent to their steam boiler of twenty horse power, in order, as far as practicable, to prevent their works being any way disagreeable to the neighbourhood.—Edinburgh Courant, June 15. ; 35i 1 94 j 36i 1691 11 4 1 0 11" 1"