The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-02 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL. CORRESPONDENCE.

The following is an extract from a private letter re-.
eeived from Rio Janeiro, and dated the 2th of July:—
•' By a vessel, arrived ye,terilay from Rio de la Plata, we learn
that they are going to despatch a man.of-war t.t LeKtioro, to bring
the Princel)on 31i;pte1 to the Brazils. The Brazilian Admiral on
the Rio de la Plata was on the point of making a grand attack with
all his light vessels on Brown's bquadton." •

Copy-of a letter received by the Secretary at Lloyd's,
from their agent at Itivadect, dated the 9th Sept. 1846:
•` 1 conceive it to be my duty to infutro you, as I have also in-
formed my friend, Mr. John irancis Barrie, of Corunna, of the
arrival that has just taken place in the port, at five o'clock in the
afternoon of the 7th inst., making 3, fret of water per hour, of the
English brig the Preceptor, of the burden of 116 tons, commanded
by Captain J. Frisk, loaded at Liverpool, with a cargo of bale
goods and other merchandise, front which port she had sailed on
the Ist of the said month, bound to :Britain& and Palermo. The
vessel was this day taken into dock, first to get the water out of
her, preparatory to her being unloaded, and afterwards
sur-
veyed, so as to obviate greater damage.
. .

P. S. Had it not b7.en for the admirable conduct of the crew,
whose exertion, were stimulated by the Captain holding out to
theta the prospect of some reward, the vessel would inevitably have
been entirely hoist." _ _ _

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Commercial letters have been received from Rio de
Janeiro up to the ilith July. Business was very flat there,
and the Exchange was 451 to t7d. A large sum in bills,
remitted by the Brazilian Government to the contractors of
their loan here, on account of the dividends, has also been
received.

MEETING OF THE NETHERLANDS PATEIVT

SALT COMPANY.

At 11 o'clock on Saturday morning, a Meeting of the Share.
holden awl Trustees of this CaenParty wax held at the office of
Messrs. Willis and Co., Tokehltuusvjard, Rothbury, Chap-
man, Esq. in the Chair.
This Meeting, it appears, hail been called in consequence of a
report having been industriously circulated that thur agents in
the Netherlands were about to dispose of the whole property
now in the Netherlands, without the consent or advice of the
Proprietary.
Front a statement made by Mr. KNIGHT, Solicitor to the
Trustees, it appeared that a promise had been made by the Govern-
ment of the Netherlands that a patent should be granted to them,
when their works, &c. were in a state of readiness, in the comple-
tion of which between twenty and thirty thousand pounds had been
expended by their accredited, Agents a..:1 intended Patentees,
3lessrs. Doudin and Fumival, at Rotterdam and Ghent. Irnin
letters received from Messrs. Boutlin and Fumival, dated the 9th
Instant, when it was expected the works would have been coin.
tnenced, it appeared that the patent was now refused, in conse.
quence of the jealousy of the Salt-manufacturers there; and that
they thought of giving instructions for the sale of the buildings,
due. This mode of proceeding was prohibited by "Ir. Knight in
his answer, until the Proprietary had met and considered the sub-
ject, which could not he done until all the correspondence with the
Government of the Netherlands had been supplied, which would
be in • few days. It was also stated, that the greater part ot the
sum expended had been advanced by Mr. Furnival, and must,
at all events, be repaid.
A rather stormy discussion followed, some of the Shareholder.
appearing to consider that, as the property was vested in the names
of Boudin and Filmiest, they had it in their power to dispose ot
it, and pay themselves. Several questions were put to the Chair-
man on that subject, without any direct answer being received • but
a pledge was ultimately given that no steps whatever would be
taken without the sanction of the Proprietary, and until a Meet.
ting to that effect had been called.
The Meeting then adjourned.

Ma. Witr.ta WOOD.—We regret exceedingly to ob-
serve that the community is now deprived of the public
services of this gentleman. Of Mr. Wood, we believe, it
may be said, without the least disparagement to any one,
that, perhaps, there never was a member of the Town
Council, whose conduct and abilities made a deeper impres-
sion upon that body, or who obtained from the members of
it more sincere respect. Possessed of an uncommonly
acute and sound judgment, with a facility, correctness, and
energy of expression, that delights, while it convinces; of
great firmness and independence of mind, joined to an
ardour and activity that never seems to weary; and com-
bining with all this, as he dues, the manners and feelings
of a perfect gentleman, it is not to he wondered at that
a person so -highly gifted should acquire an influence
over the minds of any body of which he is a member. To
attempt to enumerate the various and important services
which Mr. Wood has rendered to the city would be a vain
and difficult task. But it may be mentioned, with re-
ference to the University, that whatever good may ulti-
mately result to the community, or to the Professors, from
the Royal Commission at present sitting, must be, 'in s
great measure, attributed to Mr. Wood. It may also be
stated, that with regard to that most important of all sub-
jects--education, Mr. Wood, amid the toil: and bustle
of his professional duties, has rendered to Ih:riot's and
the Trades' Maiden Hospitals services of a nature truly
valuable. And although in this interesting work he was
ably assisted by some of the other Governors of these In-
stitutions, yet we arc persuaded that the most zealous of
them would readily admit, that but for the persevering
exertions of Mr. Wood, much of the great good that has
been done could not have been efE•cted. Exaggerated
praise, we know, is always cure to defeat its purpose, and
to those who are not acquainted with Mr. Wood, or who
know him but slightly, it may perhaps appear that we
have fallen into this error. By those, however, who
know that gentleman thoroughly, we have no fear of the
strongest expression made use din this brief and imperfect
sketch being heartily assented to. We cannot, therefore,
but regret the retiring from office of such a person as Mr.
Wood.—CateduniaY ilfcrertrg.