The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-29 00:00:00

CLARI V. auxnoN.

The defemdant WAS formerly the printer of the Philanthropic
Annuity Company, and had published the following letter in
the Observer.
New Insurance Companies..--Mr. John Clark.—Mr. Editor,
'My attention has been attracted by a 'controveisy -in the 01/..
server, touching the right 'mud title to public confidence of a
Mr. John Clirk, Who announces himself to be the projector
and manager of two new Insurance Companies, the Beacon and
.the EUropean.
Although I was r considerable cuff imby the Philanthropic
Annuity Office, for which -Mr. Clark was tbrmerly concerned,
!should not have trou iiled myself about hitn in his new atteintits,
had he not thought fit to bring forward my
.name in, his hardy
denial of his- 'ionnixion- with 'that institution, and to pour a. tor.
rent of abuse on a respectahle gentleman, who,,in very Forbear.
Inglernis, I think, his alluded to that connexion. A sense
of what is due to' myself, now induces, me to.state a little of what
l'know.

• repi' &sent* himaelf to hive' basin a thare-hoider,
and declares 'the origin of his interference in the Philanthropic,'
to be a 'Meeting- 'called in. 'Oecienber, Ilne Sir. there' are a
hundred living witnesses te.prove the,untruth of, this assertion.
To 'my` knowledge Mr. Clark's interference had then existed
six or a seven, yeara, and a .pretty interferenc.a ,it was. Mr.
Clark was the snin who used to travel through England,
Scotland, and Ireland, to raise money for the office, by,the Bale
of shares, and to procure, agepcies, ft was Mr. Clark who
used to hawk about the pamphlets, oldinE out an annual
" dividend of 311. 191. 20. per cent. besides the great advantage,
which will be 'pradigius, of the Iffeinsurance.
When 3lr. Elark.wint not travelling, I have seen him doing
business at the Mike in Pall-mill, and in every respect he tip:
peared to be one of the' most, active. in- the concern: The per-
sons who seemed to me chiefly promment in the management
of the Philanthropic,' liere,'Mr.-*";* the 'Solicitor, Mr. John
Clark and the Rev. AIL *a's
•
3 r. Clark prelts out hits of a sentence or two from the .report
of the shareholders, which speaks civilly of theinfornation he
gave when he turned evidence against his former associates. but
which. evidence, was not tendered.; ./sy the bye, till all the money
Was gone. Thii civility Will OUe to him ; whatever his motives
Were, his .evidence was useful; but thertliaeoupteminced his .
projects to.prolong the career of An institution they 4enounctried
.as Originating in fraud ittid carried ore by ;the-grossest dtsef;
411 PVT c?ntfr.. brotiAmsPftus.te ritisp.new. sah "Li
j mo e two ,
*n.as aut to yotil(theo
~~I luny ~lmiral!;Yniaec file 7an. .4.. of ail sag-
%ens, with the'eaution, that I.lt 1. ,e share.
guiders), And due public in ;general,:#
eyorid what sound diseretion could justify, and thereby creates
a.deeeitful
I could illustrate the nature of 31r. Clark's philanthropic '
.career tun& further, but:l think' enough is before 'the public
to show what it was, and what is due to his atiertrons.
Rupert-street, Oct. 18, 1022. w.A.lr.rsrort.
The SOZACITOIt=cI2SII,RAV. said. after the verdict hOhad
obtainedin the last cause, he should be satisfied with nominal
damages in this action.
The Jury accordingly found a' verdict for the plaintiff.—
Damages--One Shilling.

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C 'T r, AN D.

(Pee' rn'tie drasit4;•aii, Celioier, Oct. ill)

OPAEIGOWIAIPROVEMENTS-:—N'AVICIATION.
The Buildings loing on in every part of this
City for dwelling-houses ,and shops, and also for manufactories
and other places of business, are at present very great, and all
•• • .
-6r `therebeing inhabited and employed as scion as finished, nay
• the fdintier before they Fare completely out: of the workmen*s
hands, afford the. Most 'titi deniable: proofs of the increasing po,
pulation and prosperity of the • place .Tovrards the west -but
extending especially more along the parts adjacent to the har-
bour, we observe that this is moat particularly the case.
The causes which have produced these pleasing Testa's are
no doubt the increased itnti increasing prosperity of ell our
Cotton manufacturing establishments, and the daily, extending
and increasing trade and.navigation tif'the city to every quarter
of .the globe.
Of the "extent of the trade of OlasgOw it is difAcult to form
any thinglike.. a coirectiestimate.; but a few 'things will serve',
to convince us that it is very great, and that the money
. which
in various ways passes through the hands Of personwerigaga
in trade in this city amounts to a sum, which few can reflect on
without feelings both of'satisfactiOri and'surprise.
In •the Liverpool coasting . trade there are
,eighteen veleelet,
regular and constant 'traders,.exiinsive of a steam' boat lately
epployc4 to carry litoAle. .They former eighteen .vessels
make at an average .twenty voyages in the year, backwards and
forwards. Their cargoes, we have some reason to ,know from
particular inquiries, are not over-ratedit.lo.oool. each voyage
on an average. This gives-A.lmm of 7,200,0001. exclusive of
freight and charges annually for tide branch of the trade.
alone.

The registered tonnage of these Vessels is, vie,believe, Upon
an average 105 inns, which gives .75 UOO tons engaged in, this
branch of theirage being eery 'nearly at the rate of 1001. per
ton as the value of their cargoes.
From the Paillanientary report, lately published, the tonnage
' entered and, cleared out at this port, for the year 1821, was
2011;000 tons. This taken at the above rate would give
29,600,0001., but- as* tonnage. entered in and cleared 011t•Ctt
Greenock end Port-Glasgow may, for the sake of argument
and calculation be all accounted GlasgoW trade, then the tend
amount, by the Same authority,* 805,000 tons, which, at the
above rate, would AMountto 80,500,0001., certainly one half too
much.

We are aware that a vast proportion of the tonnage em.
ployed consists of cargoes valued et a very low lite, but we
must also hear in mind, that a very large proportion of those
cargoes, particularly those' bound to and from Foreign ports,
are valued at a high rate. Such in a particular manner is the
trade to the 'West Indies and 'die Ointinent of America,
North and South, and the coasts of the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean. _ _

. ~ But the above is not the whole of the . trade of Glasgow.-,
Grangemouth is the Eastern port of this city. The tonnage
employed there in 1821 was fe,9411 tons. We must also take
into account tbaka very consitleriploortion of: ths trade of
Leith it uriqueittiOthibly on Glatiow account. i,'Orris years ago
we had occasion to make inquiries, which led us to believe that
articles (principally cotton goods) to the value of 1,A000,0001.
belonging to Glasgow, were exported to the Continent annually