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

70 ETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE, - follo w II "f .; . O EC members were present a t th e wee kl y mee t. Banda y th e Dock C omm i ttee yesterday :--Messrs. Horsfall, told , oh, Hol mes , S m i t h , Middl eton, E vans, Royden, ab sence t arnley-Moore, Aikin, Tobin, and M oon . I n t h e Prelud ed ° Ur- Sands, Mr. HORSFALL, the deputy chairman, Th e e a ltteKS FOR T HE ALBERT WAREHOUSES. Viorks" lA lßmAN, on th e p ar t o f th e S n b- comm it tee o f i re Ported that tenders had been received for supplying t rti te r the Albert warehouses. Th e t en d er a d op t e d was argest quantity, the best sort, and the lowest price; tesde7tnittee of Works therefore recommended that the N t h w e t . Messrs. Samuel and James Hahne be accepted, ender t o supply any quantity less than ten millions. ader was then accepted. It % S NEW BUOY. Xe.TrijCRETARY read a letter from the Elder Brethren of 4 eir ee .. l 4.' House, which stated that they had had under rel,,eu.sderation the resolution of the Dock Committee in ta ttk 7 to the request of the Elder Brethren, that they would 1 1 the 4, ° ating beacon to be placed on the north-west end ,itieu rk es,t Hoyle Bank. The Elder Brethren could not m 'etre a T t ne opinion entertained by the Dock Committee of ISetinadvantage this proposed buoy would be to vessels 1 111 ,. Opel the River Dee, because they considered that its would be to vessels proceeding to Liverpool, and, i l l,eve rthe e i , the charge ought to be met by the Dock Trustees ; :kits ef e ,ss, as the situation appeared to be beyoud the it.o l2 , ed `ne Port, the Elder Brethren, acting upon their :: Principle in applications of this nature, were ready teet, d 'ae wishes of the Trustees, and they had, accordingly, ' e n'e t t t 4 sufficient buoy to be placed in the situation re mmitelle 1 R AIRmAN said this letter was satisfactory to the te e . , and it was ordered to be entered on the books. The CLAIM FOR ALLEGED DAMAGE. +e t ,. rfewner of the A mer i can s hip Arnold, o f B oston, i n a d olls: 3 'n that city, claimed compensation for slime damage oh e ..that ship whilst she was in the Queen's Dock Basin, rebttens Proceeding to the Graving Dock, on the 23rd of kee4.,4Y last. If the committee refused, the writer ex. .11,7 e det ermination to bring an action against them. the tiel`-e ilaißxtxx said the claim had been investigated at t if she as it was without foundation, it was refused. ecotee_RAY-Moofte, under these circumstances, would ',nil towner to lose no time in bringing his action. „ CHALONER'S YARD. 4 1 ;'. 1t vEvoit, to whom this subject had been referred li e ' llie eting, now made the following report : .-.44 viewed Mr. Chalontr's yard. The whole is l ithe ° Y, a wooden paling, close at the bottom and open e `ltitt eee " ; but the cotton is warehoused within the yard, n ‘tie rt , ll tY yards from the east fence, and close adjoining Ne ar it fence, which, however, is closely boarded inside o: ,• e a •consider that the cotton is as secure from lire be in a wooden shed.—JEssE HARTLEY, 22d 1.1 t; tet!qe S° Then brick walls would be of no service? l i et,e'vEYoß.-1 do not say that sir. sd faTtllLey-MooitE said the principle which he con.. ;Ned was this, that these premises ought not to be •040i2othe warehousing of cotton. The Dock Estate was rkisaaug)ustice either to itself or the public, if it permitted A k til e t a ,PPlicati on of these to continue, because they had • lifor a special object, to which they should be con -o',lll,liiegh,theY were turned to other purposes a very different ti e la sel `,; o be required. This was clear from the fact that I: of e a ,,', l Proportion had been partitioned off for the recep cte44tef"lten, which gave Mr. Chaloner five times the fti e r ailte e i r l en ,t that he paid for the whole concern. If the a • ever contemplated that the yard would be let ilOr w ere s ing cotton, no one would have said that .E-180 ti t 'Oeu ed. ; a much larger rent would have been ti te 'rto 0 .,. it was the duty, therefore, of the committee, INt e ,';'': a larger rent, or to see something done to have ule tnoved for it had no business there. Il et,' l tlN • ti, e fed a said that Mr. Shand had at the last meeting ePracticable. course—if the rents were too small, ii k ;e i lia p ; that it would be increased. To say that because 41 ) i 11 „, 'd n et e l e d to be no mahogany in the port, the premises th e 'a used for any other purpose, was a proposition !to! i !ne h' l r• Aikin) dissented from. Mr. Chaloner, at iii ll tis tigr ea e li taok the place, took it for the express purpose of Itg q ,e p rt ?ganY, of which there was then a great quantity te,eqoaritit ,no'w there was none. In consequence of the is stain of cotton, and the small number of warehouses there was a desire to know where it could be ac- Vid (kr some, he understood, was going to his ) 0 • 4 10 t uld e. Smith's) barn three or four miles off (Fulwood.) riie h llav e na worse than the dog in the manger to say, " because ),1 1 atel. e Panogany to put in these sheds you shall put in tto -s 4 t, hick , „ 14 th e I ' IL Y-MoonE asked, if this were allowed, on what grere,, e°Eurnittee could cause him to desist the whole of 6 r•A e s with ; .eOttOn . he n azt ee . replied that Mr. Chaloner was not tied down, Itts t "tls, `lent with the committee, what he should put in e 4 • if he h• l - • tt • , con tir wlth h. d( put p aves, to any - tlt h the ea h is business, no notice would have been taken illt til l : 4 Was too cheap let Mr. Chaloner have notice d, ti r, 11, 111 1 "ri of the committee to raise it. 1 %1 1 , 4 hi t i t 'AY contended that dim was no such con. 013. any oa e agreement that Mr. Chaloner should put 1 1 11 0 ,_? in the premises. I,4vhee,nerpentioned that this condition was expressed in Nhee eft,, application. It ( tarts .. li tliAet stated that the intention was to put l e _ ser_eether, P u rp os eong else. N . lr. Chaloner had applied ke, ea ur e, it _ all exceedingly profitable one; and, B ed w ° 11 1(1 be only reasonable in him to expect an \ t r Il k ut. 1 4 4 rei t 0 11/ 'totA y N w. • — "nut . this was . an accidental circumstance. fibhet tile N s , , satisfied that it the committee had been r 13 e applied to general purposes, they would not lie and to him unless there were to be brick walls. jo`eWalrt °ft, M ' yy Contended that as the mahogany trade had ~ h lr • Chaloner must make his rent some way, and It ° ,l e most open to him. e could not see the thttttkaZ i nterferenc e on the p ar t o f th e comm itt ee . fill e.l-LY-MooRE said the Mayor had just as much "le Town-ball with cotton as Mr. Chaloner had ;I,tt ti,to e, ll e d ~*- -A Ve are every day complaining of fires all I,V • a ey:"' and here we are putting in bales and bales Ne ear re sure to get on fi re ! 4. 4 611 % 1 41, 4 'AM" read the resolution of the committee for pt4, B3s nd to Mr. Challoner. It was dated the 16th of td f Itid . • The letting was for seven years, at an annual L it e , 4 '4 o , l ? ; e r square yard, and the sheds were to be ap q44,1,e(1 " mahogany or such other woods as might I,•4l4,:et,sarv. h tte t t ola ti trEY-MooRE said nothing could he more e go° A ' a ctory than that. After that, if the com r To tt s e to allow this sort of thing let them. Op, s aid his objection was as to th e d anger o f h t op al ttst "e pur Loo t : lip e l'ox contended that as the land had been tor, pose, it ought to be applied to that 1,4 ) :ery ad r v e . collected how important it was, at the time, , 4 tit • age and facility to • the mahogany trade. i t :t h ' oth er eluding mahogany, it might be right to relin- Nbydi d use of this place except for mahogany; but h it h,, ° ' b e n ut exist, and the land must either he idle and th i tl'fard t a PPlied to the only article which offered itself. I, ti p . ia lefi ? the danger, there was not the slightest ap li ° Att e " t t e ' e Plied that if there was no danger to be ap liotPeeseuese sheds, it was folly in the committee to so o, k e eve r ' Of buildinv fire-proof warehouses. There k o te,meet t l i v erY great danger:' and if a tire occurred, it bare s hies at that end of the docks. t t e ,; t a ti a g e krfulrither discussion, Mr. BRAMLE . Y-1..100 . RE L 4 t tet, 14 40n. i . ' 4I DDLETON seconded, resolution, which to p ed "'Y ado ted t the effect that the whole matter tt4 "h e P .P o • h h It te et he, been mance Committee, to examine w et er th oh l violated, and if it had been violated, "u be taken. lt th tier fr o „.. GE s PIEn. LANDING STAGES. y 4444, Messrs. NV S Dixon and Co. complaining I t Yao striee • tow` s off George s Pier-head, and suggesting e hauled in two hours before high water, „ he Town Council. I, i ke4 A Q T . ,” Nitt_ DOCK CULVERT. A N t Otf i l ttk. e ron t , - stated that a resolution of the Finance toe 16th instant had been received, applying N e 4 v ert D ° make a connection from the Queen's Dock p,lllllse'lltveirroePared for cleansing the River Craft Dock. 0,1,1'1 0 tha t said there was only one objection to it, I, ter, "ue water abstracted would be replaced with Y t t4 te t s ask Ap It ed flow often this operation would have to kt i 4 ttpv Year? Lli t t lo l : l th e t : D k i rePlied three or four times a year. The " r li; e t ed thew Quay Company had the same privilege, v,\ s ater in the clocks five or six inches. h enquired whether they allowed anything t„ h t e I '4 Il t lt t. Red tocia all °w in the negative ; the committee ae,,, e4 re it if they could do so without inconve. ! ji lt titel W as then granted. N4,II4,II4,UEEN's DOCK BASIN. ‘ ilt t A tO °PPOrt sa jd, perhaps it would be proper for him ~tbl IPllte e "ItY of mentioning, for the consideration o.tit4ek that it would be desirable to deepen the e t t 44e,:aamil, and that Mr. Hartley had provided Ott *id el actlY how it stood. The idea was, that o• fle et . ened N ti fif t 11, we scus from the eas . tern wall, but d eil a le. lo be y fo re et hem the committee would be Ot t t t e aoe we w as a question upon which some differ. Qi4t, i. th e `, 1 , 1 9 exist ; but since the occurrence of the th " , th e Thbur , ton , and the possibility of similar ,Attl, the ?ob.-Committee of Works had thought it iNfii'e,estet7.oasin should be further excavated to the , ( c. the rock. The intention of the rock 14'01.Protect small vessels from being knocked 1 4 b e ones ; but it was a question now whe- A 1 4 4 , 1.0 e well to excavate it at least 50 yards, or 'ea the wall alto.ether But when Mr. Hartley ‘qp.1 1 1 1) e sections ' the committee would be able to 4 41,4 y, ‘t' l le 004 said the sections would be ready on "kb 41 4 41 11 e G O P ., e(I , the time was . not far distant when ptt,.e t i . Log f o " Pie of good graving docks there. He tea,rher trade to mend a little before the subject 41 t i tI t te rl d nek s re etas not such a place in all Liverpool ,N f l'l t . 't a s' e rag h es it was a very expensive thine for a taming through all the central dock up to Ni t)o % i tl a g rea ts' but if this situations were applied to kti:.A th e n i , st Public benefit would be the result. yl? 11 4 4 alte rat ,ue filled up, as it never had been of any 'c'n could be made at a trifling expense. tq(), ~ll age yo forb A t at LI good grounds that last o sere. e--. es. flayßoYe YOU th 4 1t, L any notion how much the cost 0111.4:ktt,141WargdellaeTtion that it might be made at less 4 all Yimagined. ' lle rb e L i lway s i tie u e gtve us a notion of the expense, be .Thuncter.sto.ed that it would be enormous? t . _ rth er 7 can if it be required. %ti e , ee,_ couversation the subject dropped. i t sal °P •r t i 1 1 ' 1 1, 4 11 4 , -(1 1 0 he vei -- ,? D OCK WAREHOUSES. O t 3t t t 4, the ee 'rd, as there was considerable mis- V tf e kV e ae e es ea, to ask the surveyor what was • Y ert r t et the Dock Warehouse's ? )i l l '.li l er,. l4 eiti en ?Plied that he had the memoranda to VOr.e The , 1 9 his pocket last week, but the subject metelk-,n_ stirnate was :Eli lis per square yard. Vo tt " that include the vaulting? tin . ? 4 bit "•-e t , -- Yes v tx.* tl • .1'6, t 5 4 4 1 OR Pilin g ; VI 4 Ith re •---l es• • Nilt B e h e '', said b. did vt 0, 4 2. tn o not press tine question last \ 4 4 sae "'ail i l- but Mr. nartlev seemed hardly certain. kt(111 theestiaaatuiportant question, for by the newspaper Oe tee three had been mis-stated from week to lte at th thereby deluded. The mistake was in oe ree time •- h amount. t e VON " not know how the mistake could have \ Itl e 2 4 4 N h 4 t ie 4ti gse ofstaLul it prob a bly arose f rom the Surveyor /i b thi,, 4 cti,,,. u e term "square," when be was under aheet Y e ard. Inst ea d o f £36, it should have Ne 1 1 , e t !' a third o f i t. \ti7tt e k l e 0 ce , 4 1 ,, 1 . 1g repeated th a t b e cou ld not how t 6 e and 'd , i and made sonic explanations o 4s, le ie et deL, whch could not be heard by the re. tth'ial ye eNtedatters were then disposed of, and the COURT OF BANititUPTCY t .A-MownAT, Juult 19, (Before Charles Phillips, Esq., Commissioner.) IN RE SOTHERN.—This bankrupt, who carried on business at St. H elen's, came up this day to pass his last examination. He was supported by Mr. Bardswell, (of the firm of Messrs. Littledale and Bardswell ;) and Mr. James, the barrister, appeared on the part of the assignees. The bankrupt had put in an amended balance sheet; and The COMMISSIONER said he had enquired of the official assignee, Mr. Follett, whether there was anything in the amended balance sheet which would render necessary a post ponement of the examination. Mr. Follett bad informed that there was not ; and as there was nothing in it requiring amendment, 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. FOLLETT 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 for his 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 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 bed occurred to him, strange to say, in which the bankrupt had kept no books. Mr. JAMES mentioned that he had not•seen the balance sheet till that moment. Mr. BARDSWELL replied that it bad 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 :CBOO was, in the last balance sheet, placed against the name 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 some 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 them 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 had not, the sending of him 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. BARDSWFLL 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. The bankrupt was then sworn, and examined by Mr. JAAtEs.—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 £3OO 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 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 ?—I 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 ? fes. Who ?—My foreman, William Garbut. Was he the only person present?—At the £350 he was. Did Johnson giVeyou any acknowledgement of the receipt of that money ?—Yes. _ _ What species of acknowledgement?—An I 0 U Where was the money lent ?—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 ; I am not cer tain as to the date. Was it before or after the £5OO were lent ?—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 1:500 lent ?—At my house in St. Helen's Did he ;iv . : 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?—lt was given at an, attorney's office in Dale-street, whose name I don't renaern ber. Where is the bill for £l,OOO ?—Mr. Troughton, an attorney in Liverpool, destroyed it in his own office at the time I got a warrant of attorney. When was that 1 7 —It 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 amou the bill ?—I had won the remainder of the money from him. By the COMMISSIONER.—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 bp careful how you answer them. How long is it since yo u won that money ?—Somewhere about July. Last July ?—July, 1842. What time in July ? About the beginning, I should think. Had you been in the habit of playing with Johnson?— No, sir. Was it won at one sitting, then ?—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 I—At Put. Have you been in the habit of playing that game I—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 £lOO a week at any game or species of play ?—Never. Nor £50.-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 months?— Yes. At Clubs ?—No, sir. _ __ Always in private houses ?—Yes. I ask you upon your oath, how much have you ever won in a day ?—About £lOO. At cards ?—At cards. Have you ever played at dice or hazard ?—Yes. Any game at dice ?—Yes. _ . . Ho - woften 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 I—Never. Or to any body else I—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 I—Under a week, believe. Bow does it happen you never made any entry of the £5OO hill in this book (A) as the warrant of attorney is entered ? I cannot say. By Mr. J AMES.—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 £lool—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 gaming -book, sir?—Never, sir. Did you never keep any hook in which you entered any sums you won or lost at play I—Never. Now tell us if you please, the name of any living person from whom you ever won £5O in one day I—Livingston, sir. What is he ?—He is a travelling Seotchtnan. That is a very comprehensive kind of character you know ; tell us what you mean 14 that ?—I believe be takes samples of goods out. He is then, what in ordinary phrase is called a commercial traveller ?-1 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 did. Fifty pounds upon one : pray, how much did you upon the other ?—Perhaps thirty pounds. These things you must know, unless you are in the habit of winning or losing, large sums are things ealealated 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. Have you been in the habit of gaming with any other per sons, who are eit her 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 ?—No, sir. Give us what you have won from him ?—Perhaps £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 Ito 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 funds?—l have not. In the year 1842, did you, in all that time, lose money to the amount of £2oo?—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.—Have you not won considerably more than £200?-1 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 ?-1:o. 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 I. 0. U.'s had not some connection with ganibling 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 father's out-door clerk or foreman. How came you to apply to him for that date ?-1 - Ie lent me the money. When did he lend it you ?—I believe it was on the 9th of July, 1842. Did he lend it you in Liverpool?—He 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 £4OO 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 ?—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 how many different times did you borrow the sum of £4OO from your brother ?—I could not tell without referring to my book. Did you enter them i❑ the book ?—I did not. Then how will the book tell you ? Now, upon your oath, without reference to the book, 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 ?--Yes. Where was he going ?—To Carlisle. Have you had a letter from him ?—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 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, £I00; 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 thelopen 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 ?-1 did not. Am I to understand you borrowed £lOO 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. JAIZES.—Was the whole £5OO lent to Johnson at one and the same time ?—lt was. Had you it in the house at the time you 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 long ?—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 Yes. In Liverpool ?—Yes. Did you come to Liverpool for the purpose of borrowing the £350 ?-1 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 person from 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 von 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. How 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 ?—No n e th a t I know of,' except from winnings. Mr. BARDSWELL.—There, is borrowed money. The COMMISSIONER.-1 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. How much altogether—putting the £350 out of your mind—did you receive except in business 1-1 cannot say. Mr. JAMES.—How much did you borrow—putting Mr. Richardson out of the question I—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 1— 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, will 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 ?—.±:700 or £BOO. And you think you have received of that about £2OO ? Yes. You swear you have not received more than £2OO ; will you swear you have not received £3OO ?—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 wan 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 for a loan of £B5O ?—He said he could give security. Did you tell him, when he asked you, " Sir, I have hardly known you four or five 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, a❑d 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. JAMES.—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 bins there and then ?—I forget now. By the COMMISSIONER.—You stated you bad the money just now ?—I wished to inquire whether the security was good. By Mr. JAMES.—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.—What 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. \Vas 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 1-1 should if I had not lent it to Johnson. But why did you not pay your own brother first; 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 ?-1 still wanted money to speculate in timber. By the CommissioNEu.—Were you not, Mr. Sothern, from day to day in public-houses, 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. lie. 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 timber?—y ea , When you lent the £350;t0 Johnson, what grounds had you to suppose he would ever be able to repay it ?—I thought 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?—His 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 von 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 some gambling debts. The COMMISSIONER.—And for that purpose you borrowed it ?—I 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 your 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 be 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 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?—N o . 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 did. By the CLERK.—When you advanced the money upon these deeds did you u n d ers t an d th e y 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 he wanted the loan of £350, when you could have known him only a few weeks ?—l - le 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 t o 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 days afterwards he came again to borrow money ; and you 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 business then as a merchant exactly 21 days ?-7-Yes. by the CLERK.—Did Johnson go to Mr. Troughton with you to borrow the first £350?-1 believe he did. Have you not been an execution creditor of Johnson's ? Yes. _ Ills stock was sold ?—Yes. \\That money did you receive under that execution should think about £2OO. The COMMISSION ER.—How much is Johnson in his debt now ? Mr. BARDSWELL.-1;990. 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 X 2 a week ?—Yes. Da 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 avera:e—Xlo 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 kindl— 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 Johrjon's execution ?—I paid most of it back again to Jolinson's'itreditors. 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?—X99o 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 ?—About £3OO. May it not have been LlOO ; 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 ?7 , 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 ?—I believe it was before. _ _ It was after he told you that, that you lent him the money ? Yes. Who is Mr. Johnson ? Mr. BARDSWELL.—He is a farmer. the COMMISSIONER.—A farmer losing £lOO, and £5OO at one throw—l should like to see him if he is forthcoming. Mr. BARDSWELL.—I am afraid there is little chance of seeing him here ; for I hold an execution against him for £l5O. _ The COMMISSIONER.—Yes, I am afraid there is little chance of seeing him. The BAN KRUPT.—He was represented to me as a person of property. The COMMISSIONER.—How could any human being sup pose any man to be jolvent 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 had 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 COMM ISSIONER .—What did the sale realize? Mr. FOLLETT.—About £l2O. Examination continued.—Considered the bill which he 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 £1,600 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 not swear he did not ; but it waa possible he might have done. Mr. Ellis knew Wheeler; 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. Had not taken the slightest trouble of inquiring whether he had the means of meeting a single shillin. , 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 bills. 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 had been two or three months in business. The date of the bill paid to Mr. Ellis was October 15. Was to receive £5OO 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. 5d., in December, from Mr. Hawks, of St. Helen's, and £B7 from Mr. Hill, of Manchester, which were paid for in these hills. 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 hills 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, the 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 creditor,: 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. 13ARnswEm..—You will not adjourn the examina tion ? The CommissloNEß. 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 the r e was an y reason to think the bankrupt had not given a proper account, the question might come on in a different form when he ger as respected th e ap plied for his certificate; but , n ow, be had certainly made a full discovery and disclosure o f his estat e and effects. True, might d tl i i s e p r o e salof be hisspormopeeritnyframnadtiotthiewmanatniini of contractin g debts; but that would come on h er e aft er. The COMMISSIONER 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 dciubtful whether in a future state of the business he obtained his certificate. Mr. BARDSWELL believed that when he applied for the certificate he should be in a situation to explain a great deal of what had passed to-day. He had not, however, inter fered in the course of the examination. The COMMISSIONER. agreed that Mr. Bardswell had not interfered in the course of the examination ; but he threw it out for consideration that there was a great deal to be 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, hut not now. 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 goods. Mr. BARDS WELL said he certainly should apply for the allowance of the certificate.—Sohie conversation then took place upon the time; and eventually the application was agreed to be made when Mr. Commissioner Philips shall have spent his vacation. A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROBABLE 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 incendaries, and requires very conclusive evi dence to induce us to believe so, particularly as there are various other causes from which combustion might arise 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 lay for several months. Whe._ tht court met, his trial was postponed until next sessions, and he was recommitted. Bqt, 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-known 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 spontoneons combustion. In some cases, ignition ensues with great rapidity, especially if tile 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 hest given out, which partially 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 ignition, which is readily communicated to the surrounding bodies. There is an important fact connected with spontaneous combustion, arising from oil and vegetable matter. It is not generally known, but deserves particular attention, as it 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, but 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 bay 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 tires 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 cask or two of oil than with an ounce. And hence there is no great stretch of probability in supposing the following to hap pen : They accidentally overturn the vessel containing the 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 old oil from machinery is still more dangerous than pure oil. All these are highly probable causes of 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 directions be given to every foreman of cotton warehouses ; and that he should be 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 employed in carrying oil. That no oil be used in any part of the warehouse where tallow or lard can be sub stituted. CHARLES CAMERON, Chymist. NEWTON RACES. WEDNESDAY. The TRIAL STAKES, of 10 sovs each, with 25 added. One mile and a quarter. 4 subs. Mr F R Price's oh c Colin Clink. 3 yrs 1 Sir John Gerard's ch f Meal, 4 yrs 2 to 1 on Colin Clink, who took the lead, made his own running, and won very easy by a length. The LYME PARK STAKES, of 50 sovs each, 30 ft, for three year olds. One mile and a quarter. 6 subs. Mr Mostvn's br c Earl of Richmond Mr F R Price's br f Gwenderline 2 Mr Meiklam's b f Margery . 3 Even on Earl of Richmond, who was never headed, and won without an effort. A GOLD CUP, value 100 sovs, the gift of the Lord of the Manor, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft. Two miles and a distance. Mr Meiklam's b c Aristotle, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b • • Mr Wormald's ch h Millipede, 5 yrs, Bst Glb Ermengardis, Pickpocket, and 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 . 0 1 1 Mr W 0 Powlett's b g Bobadil, aged.. THURSDAY. The ST LEGER STAKES, of 20 sous each, with 30 added One mile and a half. 4 subs. Mr White's b c Judex Mr Meiklam's ch c Philip Mr F R Price's b f The Li1y...... The GOLBORNE STAKES, of 20 sous each, for two year olds. Go'borne Course. 8 subs. 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 sovs 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 yrs.. Mr 'Worthington's b c Hooton, 3 yrs Mr Thompson's br gby Shrighley, 4 yrs.. LIVERPOOL REGISTRY OF SHIPPING. The annaal meeting of the .subscribers to the Liverpool Society for the Registry of British and Foreign Shipping, was heldin the Board-room, on Tuesday, the 20th instant, Henry Cleaver Chapman, Esq., in the chair. The Chairman opened the proceedings by stating that the meeting was held as required by the rules of the society, for the purpose of electing six members to serve on the commit tee, in lieu of six who go out by rotation, and to receive the annual statement of the operations of the Society, together with the receipts and expenditure for the past year, and pre sent state of its funds. He then proceeded. "As time is valuable, I wilt bot enter into any lengthened exposition of our past labours, or anticipate the future, beyond congratu lating the merchants, shipowners, and underwriters, on the success of the society, which, notwithstanding the great and continued depression of the shipping interest since its es tablishment, 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 manufac ture 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 arid iron ships, more particularly in the length and thickness of the planking, combined with the proper treenailing and caulking of wood ships, and the plating and 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 long 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 SN 1 1 F. BOXES.—Commock, a village in the heart of Ayrshire, on the Lugar-water, is celebrated for the manu facture of those beautiful 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 upw;iids 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 adorn ing the lids with devices. The very nice manner in which the hinges are constructed, so as to be almost invisible, is deserving of the highest credit. It is calculated that a piece of rough wood, costing only 255., will make £3OOO worth of snuff-boxes.—chambers' Edinburgh Journal. PRUSSIAN STATISTICS.—BERLIN, JUNE 14. —The annual tables of the births and deaths in the whole Prussian mo narchy are now published for the year 1812: — At the close of 1840 the total population was 14,928,501 1841, excess of births 1842, ditto 188,521 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-horn 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. THE CHARGE OF FELONY. On Tuesday, shortly after three o'clock, Mr. Orme (the first hearing of whose case appeared in our last) was again placed at the bar of the Police-court. The case, having become known through the town, excited great interest, and the court was crowded. Mr. Grocott said he had no further evidence, but he should desire to ask Mrs. Holden a few more questions. Mr.-Rushton (on the application of Mr. James) ordered the witnesses to go into the adjoining room, expressing his anxiety to do all that he could tend to elicit the truth. Mrs. Holden, having been called into the box, stated that the prisoner applied to her, a fortnight since last Saturday, to lend him £lO, but she did not comply. Cross-examined by Mr. James.—Many persons bad asked her (witness) to lend money, and there was nothing uncom mon in such an application. About a month before she lent the prisoner £7, and he repaid her. On Tuesday night a letter was sent to her house addressed to Mr. Orme. It was laid on a shelf in the same bar where the pocket-book and money were left. Did not know what became of that note unless the owner took it. Had no conversation on the subject of the note, unless she might have asked the prisoner if he had got it. Could not say whether she saw Mr. Orrne between Tuesday and Saturday. He had been in the habit of coming with his shandry and putting up at the Crooked Billet. Did not remember that she saw Mr. Ashcroft at her house on Saturday with Mr. Orme. Did not serve one with whiskey and the other wish porter. Missed the note to Orme, but does not know what become of it. Orine's mar ket basket was there about two o'clock, when he came in. He called to the ostler to put it in the shandry. 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, noriMr. Ashcroft. Saw the market basket but could not say at what time. Atter a long cross-examination of this witness, she said she would swear that Mr. Orme took the pocket book, and that she saw him do s o . _ _ _ _ Mr. Edward Smith, brewer, called by Mr. James. Mr. with said, he wrote a note to Mr. Orme, which he sent on Tuesday week. He went on Thursday last to see if Mr. Orme had got the note. He went in at the door in Ex change -street East, and went to the bar. Inquired about the note, and the reply was, "It will be in the bar." Stood outside the bar, reached over and took the note and carried it away with him, as it was too late to be of any use. Went on Saturday to the Crooked Billet, to see Mr. Orme. At a quarter past two o'clock, saw him there. Went the same way as before, and walked into the snug. Saw Orme and Ashcroft there. Orme said he would be with him in five minutes. Went away and Orme followed him in five minutes. Mary, questioned by Mr. Rushton : There is no particu lar waiter to the snug. Anybody waits there, but generally me and Mrs. Holden. Mrs. Ashcroft called by Mr. James : Was at the Crooked Billet at half-past two o'clock on Saturday. Saw Mr. Orme there. Believed Mrs. Holden served them. Mr. Smith (believed it was) came in and Mrs. Holden followed him out. Mr. Orme took him part of the way home in his shandry. Orme set him down at Victoria Cottage. Was atlome at twenty minutes to five o'clock. Heard Orme say he was to be at home at four o'clock. On the way asked Orme for some money, and Orme told him he had not any. William Bond, ostler at the Crooked Billet, was called by Mr. James. He deposed principally to Mr. Orme having ordered his shandry out at four o'clock,and telling him (wit ness) to get it ready as quickly as possible. Mr. Fowler, collector of taxes, and clerk of St. M ary ' s Church, Bootle, stated that he was at the Crooked Billet, with Mr. Orme, on Saturday. They went in together, from Hackin's-hey. Mr. Orme went out, but returned about a quarter before four o'clock. About five minutes before four o'clock, they had something to drink. Mrs. Holden served them, and asked Orme bow he was. As they passed out, they saw Mrs. Holden and Mary, and another servant, talk ing together. Ormc said, looking at the clock, I should have been at home at four o'clock, and it is four now. Mr. James said, be had no further evidence to call. Mr. Grocott said, be had nothing further to offer on the subject of the note mentioned on the preceding day. Mr. Rushton said, this was'oee of the cases in which a agistrate 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 circumstances he must leave it to the tribunals of the country to deal with the case. His duty was clear ; the prisoner must be committed for trial, but con sidering the peculiar circumstances of the case, he would be liberated on bail. Mr. James asked what amount of bail would be required. Mr. Rushton said the prisoner must give his own recogni sance in £2OO and two sureties in £lOO each. Mr. James said there were friends of Mr. Orme in court who would give the required bail immediately. 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, and then the prisoner would be liberated upon giving the required sureties. The defendant was admitted to bail on Wednesday. [We have been informed that the defendant's statement to Mr. Whitty was, that he had been in the house as late as four o'clock, but that he was not in the bar.] STAUDIGL'S CONCERT.—During the present season in the metropolis, there has been no artiste (as it is now the fashion 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 the Royal 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 bestowed pr a i se unworthily. Staudigl is indeed a wonderful singer, and possesses a magnificent voice. We may safely say that such an one has never been heard in this country before. Nor is this all : he ranks in the highest degree as a musician, a d his great attainments enable him to give a powerful effect to whatever he undertakes. In displaying the paSsions—at:d in that of anger his merit is immense—he is unrivalled. Every one who heard him sing Mr. J. L. Hatton's song of " Revenge," will at once admit that we have not overtated his abilities. In " Der Monck" he was equally great ; this 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 lhat 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 pearance we can speak in terms of much praise. Madelle. Lang (who is from the Opera, Vienna) possesses a good voice, and has much taste, execution, and knowledge of her art. Her " Die Post Horn" was charmingly sung, and re ceived a decided encore. Madelle. Lang sang also Bellini's "Se Romeo tuccise un figlio," charmingly. Of Miss Jo seph we can also speak well. Her voice has good compass, and she sings with great taste and feeling. There is au 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 heard to great effect in a concert room : it is full of tone, sweet and clear, and every word he enunciates can be heard, and its meaning felt. Mr. Shrivall sang Donizetti's "Ecco, ilpegno" well, and Mr. Hargreave's '• Woman! May Heaven watch over her pathway of peace," very beautifully. Mrs. St. Albin per forined a fantasia with brilliancy and effect, and was loudly applauded. One thing, doubtless, marred considerably the pleasure of the evening to many—and that was the thinness of the room. It appears incomprehensible that so seldom does talent of any sort appear before us, that we do not eagerly avail ourselves of the pleasure to be afforded by its presence, but when a man of such distinguished talent as Staudigl makes his appearance, and can only draw a thin room, it betrays a want of either taste or something else to account for the absence of the fashionables and those possessing any discri mination. It will be -seen that Herr Staudigl is announced for another concert. RAILWAY . INTELLIGENCE. It is now 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-beat 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 of 10s. per share, payable by calls of 2s. 6d. each at intervals, could be made for this object among those shareholders who feel disposed to see the result of the last expedient for the salvation of the original outlay. This is following out the suggestion of the Bowring Committee, who proposed a simi lar plan in their report, but whether it will succeed or not is at least doubtful. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—On Monday the adjourned special meeting of the shareholders of this com pany took place at . the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing ten directors, and receiving the final result of the poll for that purpose. The chair was taken by John Har man, Esq., who stated the result of the appeal in respect to 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 stam ped, and that, in strict justice, the election could only be de cided 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, lie 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 seventeen candidates, the following ten gentlemen polled the greatest numbers :—Mr. Parsons, 2,561 votes ;' Mr. Henderson, 2,513 ; Captain Kelly, 1,995; Mr. Hill, 1,939 ; Mr. Nash, 1,934 ; Mr. Crawley, 1,844 ; Mr. Wiggin. 1,552 ; Mr. Entwisle, 1,339; Mr. Watson, 1,243; Sir John Simp son, 1,210 votes. The announcement was received with ap plause. Some observations were made by Captain Beau, clerk, Mr. Flood, Mr. Henderson, Sir John Simps on , M r . N. Smith, Mr. Bennett, and other proprietors, when a vote of 'thanks was passed to the scrutineers, and also to the chair man, who returned thanks, and wished the concern every prosperity.. He 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 had the ma jority of nine out of ten in the new direction. It is stated that one hundred and 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 3,971:g miles, at an expense of £l3. 6s. 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.-- On Monday afternoon, at five o'clock, 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, up wards of 100 sheep, 50 pigs, and 100 boxes of salmon, besides a large quantity of miscellaneous goods. The importation of stock from the agricultural districts in the north of Scotland is rapidly increasing. SWARM OF GRASSHOPPERS. - The Augsburg Gazet I quotes a letter from Rome, stating that swarms of grasshop pers had suddenly made their appearance in the country adjoining Palo, and on the western coast, and laid the fields completely waste. Thence they extended their ravages to the plains of Campania. The means adopted for their de struction having proved unavailing , the pope ordered pro cessions and prayers in all the churches to implore divine protection against the scourge. WILLIAMS' PATENT FURNACE FOR TIIE 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 Yoik-place, connected with the extensive works of Mr. Croon, coach-builder, York-lane. In both instances the application of the patent to the furnaces has given the greatest satisfaction. The Stockbridge Mill Company, much tb t G o o i t l le preventre ir c of t w enty w e deintt, their y h h a wo v ro e sre a k ls o spobwe a ie p nr p g, I i i aendn order, r the dwe way y, p aadtsei disagreeable rg t : o ese theirapbralect to c s o t a e bt a lh m e4 neighbourhood.—Edinburgh Courant, June 15. CORRESPOATENCE. THE WAREHOUSE QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sift,—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 r a t es o f prem i ums o f 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. I n a ddi t i on to t hi s , t h ey h ave appointed a committee to su ggest suc h regu l at i ons 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 fire must b e 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. B ut some i nfluential parties, net c ontent to awa i t the re su l t 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. Edit or , it h as b een s t a t e d, and it is notorious, that at a deputation from this town of warehouse-owners who some weeks ago met the different London fire-agents, the chairman, on being asked if Le would insure the dock warehouses at Liverpool if they weie built on the verge of the docks, replied that he would not insure them at all, and said he believed he spoke the senti ments of all agents present, t o w hi c h they all assented. Now, Mr. Editor, as this is a very important fact, you shall have enclosed the names of tw o or t h ree gentlemen who were present at that meeting ; and if this statement be not true, von w ilt have an opp ortunity of stating its erroneousness. This is the more necessary, as , at 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 t o a Li verpool 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 Liverpool 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 tilt:), object to insuring the Albert Dock warehouses, and a %cry 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 awh i le 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 pe r h aps h esitate 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 ware houses 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 the re i s another party deeply con cerned 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 i nsure the ships in the dock; of, if they do insure them, they will probably require a very high prerniunl. Ott thi s po i nt no information has been obtained ; but it would be a pru d ent 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 i mpolicy of this scheme, by its tendency to increase the danger of fire instead of di minishing it; but I must now s t ate 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 m argin of the Albert 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 aband one d 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 ehthntiofnwkpnutibc certain number oh warehouses w ithin a given time at the Albert Dock. On t hese . 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 paths inentwould 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 appe . aled . to, with . the view of in ducing them to permit the violation of this compact; but that the hgoavvee.rntronnaenhd honour e no d u oc r dock trustees e u s t p er sanctionee s s u a e m n h e d r e t t a o li c th. It is right to state that the warehouse-owners gave their house-owners in di strict B met the d su e i p m u o ta r t t io to n t f h ro e m W t a h t e er wa ß r i e ll and Fire Preven tion Bill; that a committee of the council, and settled the clauses of the Fire . when e ß o i n ll s ; en t t ha ( t mr. lia t rh ha o t rd bi h ll a w vi a n s g w s tnkhdernawhs own ni, thuogphinnio,tnbsyonlytheT, the warehouse-owners petitioned the council to rei n t r oduce 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 h ave b e e n rc ac cused of obstructing this bi ll, whereas the bill would have been n lost the session had it not been for their application toh the counc il. for It is right also again to disclaim tbo imputation continu ally mad ewarehouses. t the ownletrsia, rightthat they to disabuse are the opposed public to building mind on this point. They do n o t o pp ose t h e b uilding of dock against 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 ruin of the private ca p ita list; —therefor e 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 riot 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 be 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 Liverpoouladlockwa and th e oppos i t i on shareholders, ware houses be owned and ma nagedwill probably ob y yvanish d . D. W. f r m o made et the et last METEOROLOGICAL .CHARACTER OP THE QUARTER ts tab O l f e th o e f ENDED MARCH 31, 1843.—We copy the following " mete aqtaarrttmerelny orological table of the winter quarters ending M arc h 3 1st, as mortality, issued by the registrar -general : Ten win. • d ß e o d y u a c l e d Society,f om t o observatio ns adoa, n. Wint. Wint. Wint. 1831-40. 1841. 1842. 1843. Mean height of barom. in inches 29.849 29...iUd,_ 29.913 29.715 .... Highest.... •- • - Begs. 64 464 258 561 0 if ' Lowest.. .•..• • • • ll 414 927 323 8 P..' E Mean of daily maxima 44 545 545 34 5 8 0 { Mean of daily minima 36 136 .5 36 337 4 13 Mean temperature.— 43 341 041 341 6 Dew point (mean) 36 237 337 736 7 Difference between wet and dry bulb of the thermom. (mean) 2 2 2 0 2 4 2 0 Rain in inches Number of days in which rain fell 26 36 33 22 From the same source we also derive the following t a ble, 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. * .3 fti • . ›: i • r 4 e. 41 cii • VJ Z rl ' i r 4 cA s c6 ct 3 Day. Winters. IE4I. 9 614 1 7 .. 23 7 3 5 6 6 3 1842. lO 2 6 - 3 2 29 4 5 5 222 1843. l4 8 7 311 4 21 1 3 3 114 .. Mean ... . Mean........ 1 ,. 11. 3 9 1 7 2 24 4 4 4 314 1 *The observations are made at nine, a.m. THE HAMPDEN MEMORIAL—The monument erected to of this great patriot was publicly d e di ca t e d on 1 ‘i the la m o n o dY la r s y t. The 18th of June, 16-13, being the d a y th a t oic e d im en received his death-wound upon Chalgrove field s 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 a ssem bl age anx i ous 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 generally known, and to excite great interest over the counties of Berks, Oxford, and Buckingham, numbers of persons from the very confines of each of these districts being present. The memorial itself is a simple and massive square pillar, of the most plain and chaste design and con -1 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, unsucemintut defenceresiata resistance thein and the fourth side bears the following by Lord Nugent : " Here, in this field of Cludlirolm. Oxford, ineuu r. e l: inscription, written " JOHN HAMPD/Pro . . land, Buckingham as assembling m a t l n o i the nd onfgland, June 18th. the levies o"fAanftearrbaintraabrylecaonuclas,tfirersntuotouosk, arms,bat . g of the associated counties o f K the lane leading Parliament, and before the judges of 1612. And here, within a f ew paces of this spot, he re ceivedfree monarc hy the two hundreth year from that day,t hi s - 1643. In stone ' din reverence to his memory." was raise the imwconut andnsdt a o n f adn w sc h i ae i which ht tlibertiesh he e junction died, o f E fighting The mon u ment from C h u i g rove village. Tents and b oot h s were erected in mbers near the monument and gre at nu ,the crowd s of country people who surrounded it, dressed in h l'd 0 1 ay m ingling with vehicles of all kind s , ren d ered the whole a very lively one. The out-do or p art of the attire, scene very simple. It consisted mere l y of the cer emony was re moval of th e c l ot h which concealed th i e med a lli on portrait of shortly after two o' c l oc k t hi s slight cer the martyr; and Lord Nugent then f rom hi s carriag e emPny was perfo rmed. exclaim e d, monument last t o a ll poster i ty, an d " May thi s unhurt by our c hild ren ' s children. " r ema in undisturbed an d given in h onour o f the occasion, folio Th ree loud ch eers were more for L or d N ugent, the originator wed by three c h eers memorial. A t o l era bl e b and then struck believe, of th e and the comp an y move d off the ground tow uP a military air, ing barn f or th e i mportant purpose of dinner, at a ne i g hb our- Nugent presided, and was supported o at which Lord Sir John Easthope, NI.P., Mr. Tapere d his right and left by Hampden, Sir Samuel Hancock, Lownd M. 13., the Rev. Dr. Lloyd, Esq., with a number of naenaber es S tone. Esq., John Oxford, and gentlemen from the various 8 of tile University of considerable number of ladies were also adjacent towns. A toasts were given, and the Party broke present. Numerdkla highly delighted with the day's proceedi ngs. up about seven o'cloekcl