The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-14 00:00:00

THE BONDING SYSTEM IN
CALIFORNIAN PORTS.

The following com munication has been addressed
to the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce by 'the
Board of Trade:—

" Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
.Whitehall, 9th March,"lB6o."
" Sta,—l am directed by the Lot& of the.Cornmittee
of Privy Council for Trade to transmit to you, for the
information of he Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool,
the enclosed cog of a statement which has been received
through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, froth
the Governor otßritish Columbia, Oil the subject of the
bonding sy4em.in Californian ports...
"I am, sir, your obedierdservant,
4.J. EMERSON TENNENT."
" The Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce,
Liverpool." •

(CoPY)
Statement showing the charges on goods. imported from
England and other countries in Europe _into the port
of San Francisco, and the rate of advance on first cost
at which inch goods are generally sold by the merchants
of that place.
The following are the ordinary charges on such im-
ports :
Freight (depending on bulk), say.... 7i per cent.
Insurance
Customs duty (average). 25 „
Entry, wharfage, cartage, storage, &c 2l „
Profit if the goods are bought, or com-
mission if consigned 10 „

'Making an advance. on first
471 per cent.'
cost of goods of

MENLORAI•iDUM.

In the above calculation nu charge is made for inte-
rest, that is to say,—when the importer remits for his
goods immediately on their arrival, or as it is not unfre-
quently the case, on the 'receipt of the hills of lading.
.His. goods may possibly remain unsold for three, four,
or six months, and it is usual in such cases to make an
:additional charge of 2 per cent. per month.
On English or other European goods stored in the
,bonded warehouses of San Francisco the charges would
be the same as shown in the preceding statement, with
the exception of the duty, which would make the rate
of advance on first cost about 22,i per cent.
In the case of bonded goods, however, the Custom-
house and other charges, not included in the preceding
statement, will be found to average, at the lowest calcu-
lation, about 5 per cent.,—making the totalcharge 27i
per 'cent.
To these charges the merchant in Victorta,•purchasing
in San Francisco, must add freight. from San Franciseo
to Victoria—per steamer $2O per ton, sailing vessels $lO
pei ton, and insurance 2 per cent., which together may
be estimated, at a low average on general and assorted
goods, as an additional charge of 73 per bent.
The advance an English and other European goods
bought at San ,Francisco, with the duty paid, will thus
be about 55 per cent, on first cost; and in the case of
English or other European goods bought in bond about
35 per cent.

floods imported direct from England can be landed at
the port of Victoria at a cost not exceeding.ls per cent.,
as shown in the following table :
Freight from England to Victoria 10 per °mt.' -
Insurance
1)
Cartage, wharfage, storage, &13 , 2 „

1.5 per cent.
Thus it is shown, that by importing goods direct from
England, a saving will be effected, as compared with the
oost of such goods purchased at San Francisco, with the
duty paid, of 40 per cent., or, purchased in bond, of 20
per cent.
Of the wines, liquors, &c., imported into Victoria from
San Francisco, during the months of June, July, August,
and September last, about one-third was import"d by
three, or four large houses, who procured their goods
from the bonded warehouses, and paid no duty ; the
remaining two-thirds were bought in small quantities by
numerous persons, dealers and others, and had been
purchased by them in San Francisco, with all the customs
duties and municipal charges added on, amounting, as
before shown, to about 47,3 per cent.
The same remarks as to the prepayment of duty will
apply to cigars, which were also, in almost every instance,
bought with the duty paid.
I have also ascertained that English goods, such as
clothing cottons, boots and shoes, iron, crockery, hard-
ware, &e., imported daring the same period, were, with
very few exceptions, bought with the duty paid.
(Signed) JOSEPH PORTER.
Victoria, Vancouver's Island, March 1, 1860.

It is said to be the intention of the Prince of Wales
to pay a visit to the Principality.
thsoovEafEs IN EGYPT.—Lord Dufferin has been
excavating, on the banks of the Nile, and we understand
that a small temple, with the columns in situ, and a
considerable number of inscriptions, have rewarded the

THE CHURCH IIM/TUTION, —On Friday a meeting
of the clergy and laity comprising the Church Institu-
tion, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern. Earl Nel-
son occupied the chair. The Secretary read the report,
which stated that the executive committee had drawn
up rules and regulations for the institution, and they
had received the sanction of the Archbishop of Canter-
bury and of the Bishops of London, Winoheater, Oxford,
Exeter, Bangor, and St. Asaph, and the treasurer and
secretary were corresponding with other prelates. The
Chairman said, in consequence of the report that had
appeared in the papers of their last meeting, much
misunderstanding had existed with regard to their in-
tentions. It was thought that they wished to subvert
convocation, but that was not their intention. It was
also thought their object was to oppose the revision of
the Liturgy, and that that institution had been got up
' for that purpose. it was a mistake, for it was not their
intention to do anything upon which there should be
any difference of opinion among themselves. Mr. Bing-
ley moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Bell
seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously.
The rules were agreed to. The first and second rules
are as follow :—" Rule 1. That the objects of the
institution shall be to combine as far as possible Church-
men of every shade of political and religious opinion in
the inalutenanee and support of the Established Clinrch
and AS -rights and priVileges in relation to the style,
particularly as regards all questions affecting its welfare
likely to become the object of legislative action ; and
generally to encourage the eo-operation of clergy and
laity in their several districts for the promotion of
measures conducive to the welfare of the Church. Rule
2. That no question touching doctrine shall be enter-
tained at any meeting"
REVELATION, OR NO REVEL 4 TION ?—THE " PROS'
AND THE " SATURDAY REVIEW."-There shal} he tiko
more cakes and ale, because Malvo4als virtuous; and
there shall be no snore iiiews, because one of our con--
temporaries has learned to make up his columns without
khot ueceisary article. Of all the ridiculous airs which
the cross-gartered Malvolio of the press gives itself, none
r is mare absurd than his assumption of superiority over
journals conducted on the usual principles. lie has kid
the merit of starting a paper from which tbcts are care.
fully eliminated, and which is exclusively devoted to the
expression of editorial opinion. I.Te is so proud of the in-
vention, that ever since i,t has been set on foot he has with
characteristic, egoti4m, made it his principal occupation
to denounce the arts of obtaining and reporting news
which his contemporaries have found it necessary to
adopt. Laying his hand upon his heart and easting his
eyes upwards, be is thankful that he ts not as other
editors,—bound to provide I4s varier with information,
He is therefore lA'ee to pour abuse upen the informAtion
whichltc, is but too, Willing to use ; he hteaks in upon us
like the fitinkey of the yelAow stockings, nod rates as all
round,—"l4Y master, No 4 mad or what are you ?
Have, you no 'wit, manners, nor honesty, but to gabble
like tlnkeva at this time of night ? Is there no
respect_ of, place, persons, nor time in you?" We •
have published Cabinet secrets. We are consequently
receivers of stolen goods. We are unscrupulous eaves—
droppers. Public men will think twice befolv 1,4,ey ask
us to dinner. It is only our friend of * yellow stock-
ings who will be admitted
11;1
he winks and says nothing—because while the table is
P. the Cimin-room, because
in a roar. hc keeps his countenance as be hands round
• the feOtribles. We ask a thousand pardons. We have
no desire to be uncourteous, and we may at once stag
the reason why the doubt has crossed qtly 403
as to the capacity in which our censav * to, by
aorth:troopu:tldieltn7p•
in the same dining-room with sk Cal?inet Minister or any
artieftes sa4icroPsPssettehtaabtlee.*Zte;st:Zettos
us that no, one, who had really ditvd with alhlister
OW. other hand, it
could be wider such a delnist
is a delusion, tharowAly. aractertstie of Jeames,
Jenkinsl a,nd to whole tribe, who fancy that the scraps.
of gossip they pink up as they change the plates are
important news, and who talk mysteriously of the great
things they could divulge if they were not above giving
information to anybody. Surely Jenkins. in ',fine
character of Malvolio has been engaN OA the staff of
our weekly contemporary.—Pr e 44
SOCIAL WRONG—THE
THE LIQUOR.
PERII,4B,M; Sii,l4A CONSTITUTIONAL REMEDY.—This
was'the title of an eloquent lecture; delivered by Mr.
J. J. Lees, of Manchester, •to a crowded meeting, hekd
last night at the Argyle-rooms, Birkenhead. The.social
tm
eastitsi stated to a, Lixerpp
wrong of the traffic was vividly depipteA. lAr. Justice
lNrig
han a
••,q ft?,(4,fitha '0 grand jury that one
unfailingof the otWences in every
9lendkAr Vas the !Resetting sin of drunkenness ; and that
in all the cases of violence to the person, the scene was
a public-house or a beershop. Tn the time of George 11.
the parliamentary records show that publicans had for
their signs, boards on which were inscribed—" Drunk
for a penny ; dead drunk for twopence; clean straw for
nothing ;" and so great was the demoralisation of the.
people, that the legislature interfered to mitigate the
torrent of licentiousness. In 1934,, a parVamentary
report states that the vnkevences ot the vice of intoxi-
tatiq wsew qo, many. and, so 'fearful tha,t it was difficult
to enumerate even the outlines of them ; but it
mentions destruction to health ; destruction of
niental ' capacity and vigour ; irritation of all the
worst passions of the heart, and the extinction
of all moral and religious principle. The fearful social
state of large masses of the population, resulting freqn
habits of drinking, had been depicted;..kr4 denceueecli
by statesmen, magistrates, grand Juries, judges, prison,
and workhouse chaplains, educationalists, employers of
labour, Nod othe6. -.CLiVerpool beer agent stated
before 'parliamentary Committee, not long since, that:
if the trade were thrown open he did not know wkat,
amount of police would be required, in fact the borough
fund would scarcely pay them . whilst a Liverpool
borough magistrate (Mr. Robertson, Gladstone) stated
that if it were not rpr the existence of the licensed
public-houses and beerlhouses the Corporation wpgld
not have 'heen 'ruder the necessity of building a, new
gaol ; and that instead of haying 800, polieemen, 4.00
would have sufficed fek thR borough. So far back as
1836 the WWh.Copinnittee of tivewool reported that
there were 300. brothels in the town, and that the annual
cost of trostitution, and the crime and drinking con-
nected, with it AMMAN' to 1750,000. Similar frightful
accounts W4e given to Parliament of nearly all our
great towns and cities ; and a remedy, as enforced by
Mr. J. J. Lees, was the adoption by the legislature of a
permissive bill, by which, on the deliberate, vote of a
certain portion of the popUlationsof tows, &c., the
liquor traffic should -be siippieised, The bill was
.defended as eefEititutional, and the necessity was held
to be sufficient warrant for its enactment, Just in the
same way that the necessity was an argument in favour
attend
usion a
othfethsealleegiosflatbiveeerreasntridctliirciTuoersnactm4enttstutehateoT.c7
cordial vote of- thanks to the talented lecturer was
passed, and a similar compliment paid to Mr. Leighton,
who presidedt