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pRIZE MEDAL —INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, 1862.
FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0.,
To the Queen and the Prince of Wales.
(Established 172.0.)
The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862,
testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
manufacture.
A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co., on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,
says:--
" I have found them fully equal to the recommendation
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Ordinary quality .. .. • 2s. Od. per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality .. •• ls. sd. per lb.
Second quality is. 3d. per lb.
Third quality .. ls. ld. per lb.
Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.,
8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory—
Kensington (Established 1730).
The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture
of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar

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THE BANKRUPTCY COMMITTEE.—The Committee
upon the Law of Bankruptcy moved for by Mr.
INi offatt, and of which he is the chairman, has, we believe,
concluded the hearing of evidence, and it will now be its
duty to report fully and precisely on the defects it has per-
ceived and the difficulties it has explored. We have not
seen the evidence, and therefore we can give no opinion
upon the details which the committee must discuss. But
there are some certain and admitted facts on the subject to
which we wish to call our readers' attention. First, the
present law undeniably satisfies no one, except perhaps the
bankrupt, the person upon the whole least to be considered.
The creditors, the attorney, even the officials of the Court
dislike the present law, and say it should be amended.
Secondly, what is most wanted is a simple, intelligible, and
effectual machinery by which the creditors may be able to
manage what is substantially their own affair. If they will
not do so—and in many cases they will not--•no law can
give any effectual, or even any important aid. If the parties
concerned neglect their own interest, the benevolent inter-
vention of outsiders will be utterly inefficient. In money
matters, the people whose money it is must attend, and at-
tend earnestly, or the money is most likely to be lost,
wasted, and jobbed away. It is the duty of Mr Moffatt's
committee to find the best machinery for giving effect to
the opinions and the industry of intelligent and active cre-
ditors. When they have done this they will have accom-
plished their end. They will have done all they can, It is
alleged that such a system now exists in Scotland; if so its
details should be investigated and its efficiency imitated.
Thirdly, it is well worth careful weighing whether the pre-
sent judicial establishment in bankruptcy is suitable to the
policy of the law or to the wants of the country. The Com-
missioners in many districts have little to do, little expe-
rience, few transactions, and little means of learning their
business. The decisions in different courts differ much,
It is for the committee to consider whether a central judge,
with omnipotent power, so to speak, in bankruptcy, could
not exercise a valuable control over those subordinate
courts, and thereby reduce them to an almost Ministerial
position. The estates of deceased insolvents and of pauper
insolvents—of insolvents, we mean, where there is no
estate, and where no creditors will attend—are subordi-
nate matters of considerable interest, and we hope the
members will attend to them; but the serious matter for
them is to see that the creditors have a ready mode of
getting at what property there is, and dividing it among
themselves. When they have effected this they will have
finished all which is principally and essentially ueful.—
Economia&

(From the Times Special Corresponient.)
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, June 6.
It is difficult for an Englishman who desires to
pierce the American blockade to decide which of the
available routes offers the greatest facilities and at-
tractions. My own experience during the present
year would seem to prove that, as regards time, there
is little choice between land and water. Upon the
17th of last January I started from Richmond, and,
making my way across the Potomac and parsing
rapidly Washington and New York, stood
p n
Bt
soil upon the 6th of February—that is
tuoosay,through
uponriish the 20th day after my departure from
Secessia. Upon the 15th of May I left Queenstown,
and, passing through Halifax and Bermuda, found
the vessel which carried me from Bermuda safely
moored in Cape Fear River (upon which Wilmington
stands) on the night of the 4th of June—that is
again to say, upon the 20th day after my depar-
ture from England. But, unquestionably, as regards
endurance of fatigue and facility for conveying
luggage, the sea route is infinitely preferable to the
land, and is attended with less personal jeopardy,
although there is a mauvais quart d'heure, experi-
enced at the moment of passing through the inside
blockading squadron, which in intensity of excite.
went can hardly be surpassed.
Upon the evening of Wednesday, the Ist of June,
the Lilian and the Florie, two the fleetest and
most beautiful of the bloolzade.defying voi.ols,
started simultaneously from Bermuda upon the first
trip inward which either had ever made. Both be-
long to the same company, but there is an emulation
between the two rival vessels which is not satisface
torily allayed by their experiences hitherto, but
which waits the solution of further trial. The
weather was lovely, the sea like a milldam, and
favourable beyond expression to light draught and
gossamer craft, such as are these bleckadeerunners,
which lightly scratch the surface instead of clutch.
ing the rids of old ocean, and which in summer seas
have no more to fear from heavy seagoing craft, like
the Rhode Island or the Vanderbilt, than has the Irish
night express from the lumbering freight train
which leaves Euston-square five minutes in its rear.
Rarely have two more attractive prizes slipped
through the meshes of the blockade than the two
vessels of which lam writing. It is not alone that
they would be invaluable with a view to their con-
version into Federal cruisers, or that two of the
most valuable cargoes which have yet reached
Wilmington await at this instant the disposal of
the Confederate Government, but that on board
both vessels were Confederate "malign ants," whose
capture would have been a sweet morsel to many a
craving palate in Washington and Boston. To many
an English reader the name of Captain Maffit, lately
in command of the Confederate cruiser Florida, is
well known as having assisted Captain Semmes and
the Alabama to demonstrate that two light, and, as
regards equipment, comparatively insignificant
vessels of war would have little difficulty in driving
from the ocean a flag which three years ago might
have been seen upon every wave of every sea. It
may be remarked that this is a lesson to which, of
all nations, England can least afford to he blind.
My experience on board the Lilian leads me to
anticipate for Capt. Maffit and his vessel—a credit
to her builders, Messrs. Thompson, of Glasgow—a
long and prosperous career. An incident which
occurred 200 miles from Wilmington, in a portion
of the ocean which is constantly swept by Federal
cruisers,seems worthy of record. Upon our port bow
was descried a sail enveloped in a dense canopy of
smoke. Time was ineffably precious—there was
every reason to suspect Yankee guile, which is said
to be nowhere more fertilely exhibited than in their
conduct of the blockade; but it was deemed possible,
after careful scrutiny, that the vessel might be on
fire. Briefly remarking, " The ship which leaves a
companion at sea in distress must be accursed,"
Captain Maffit ordered our course to be altered,
and bore down upon the stranger. It soon be-
came evident that she was a Federal cruiser, making
a dense white smoke with be: Cumberland coal, and
beating rapidly eastward in apparent pursuit of
ancther delinquent. The helm was rapidly changed,
and our course resumed. Dark and inscrutable came
the noon,
Olt was
believed defying
all possibility of an observation.
I that, ere the morrow's dawn should
break, we might reach Wilmington, and onward we
pressed. The night wore rapidly away ; 2 o'clock,
3 o'clock, past 3 o'clock in the morning came,
but'ck by no, half
.past
peering through the thick gloom
could the looked-for light at Fort Fisher be dis-
cerned. Then, as the morning dawned, we prepared
to lay to for the day, between the outer and inner
cordon of the blockaders. It was hardly to be ex-
pected that we Should escape for 16 hours unobserved,
but it was a signal instance of good luck that from
4in the morning till half-past 1 p.m. we were unmo-
lested. Then the tall masts of a large Federal
cruiser, her immense paddlewheels and lofty black
hull were visible, and for the first time, as our an-
tagonist approached us from the direction of Wil-
mington, the "airy
fairy Lilian" prepared to give
us assurance of that speed which we all felt she
possessed. Some slight delay there was before steam
could be fully got up, and for some 20 minutes our
pursuer seemed to gain upon us. But as the pressure
of steam ascended from 151 b. to 20, from 20 to 23,
from 23 to 26, and as the revolutions of the paddle
mounted from 26 to 28, from 28 to 33 per minute,
the Lilian flew out to sea swift as an arrow from a
bow. In little more than two hours the hull of our
pursuer was invisible, and her topgallant sails a
speck upon the distant horizon. But as she still lay
between us and
Wilmington it became necessary to
run round her. This also the light-heeled Lilian
had little difficulty in accomplishing; but as the
sun dropped into the sea, and our pursuer,
although distant, still hung upon our rear, we
found that, reckoning little the speed of our
advance, we had sighted the inside blockade
squadron before the close of day. There was no- i
thing for it but to persevere, and fortunately before
we approached close to land, darkness had com-
pletely set in. Silently and with bated breath we
passed cruiser after cruiser, distinctly visible to
every eye, and suggesting the flashing out of a blue
or Drummond light and the rush of grapeshot and
shrapnel through our rigging and bulwarks. But
it was not destined that upon this occasion the Lilian
should receive her baptism of fire. Just as we ape
preach Fort Fisher a dark spot is seen on the bar.
It is a Federal launch, seen by us too late for Capt.
Maffit to indulge the anxious wish of his heart and
to run her down- We pass her within 20 yards,
and again the expected volley of musketry is want.
ing. Another moment and we are under the.mound
upon which stands the fort, and eagerly questioned
for sews. " The news is good all round." " Three
times three for General Johnston ;" "six times six
for General Lee;" and in mirth and laughter and
song the night wears away. Three hours after us
comes the Florie, and is heavily fired at as she
wears inwards. But morning finds both vessels
and their cargoes safe at their wharf in Wilming-
ton, nor is it rash to predict for them both the pro-
bability of many returns. At least it may safely
be augured that it will take no ordinary amount of
speed and courage to Circumvent so fearless and
experienced a sailor as Captain Maffit, and that in
his new career his skill and success will not be infe-
rior to those which he exhibited in his old.
I cannot leave the subject of the blockade with-
out pointing the moral which is being taught by it,
and which it is inconceivable why England does
not take more pains to understand. There is no
nation upon earth which has a tenth of the interest
which England has in closely observing the work-
ing of the only blockade on a large and imperial
scale which has been established since the intro.
duetion of steam navigation. It can scarcely be
pretended that information in regard to the system
of showing lights to guide incoming vessels, con-
cerning the fine intricacies of detail which
experience has taught to the blockade runners of