The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-12 00:00:00

CORRESPOND&NCIL.

Thomas Corrie, Esq.
DEAR Sl, .—We are informed that you have been making
inquiries from various parties both here and in Ireland as to the
manner in which Messrs. J. A. and It. Forshaw carry on one
part of their shipping business, and which inquiries seriously
reflect upon their integrity.
As their professional men, we request to be informed at whose
request, and for what purpose, you have made these inquiries.
• Your early reply will oblige, . .
Dear, liir, yours respectfully,
(Signed,) SHACKLETON. WRIGHT and HUNTER.
Brunswick-street, 28th April, .

Tuten Dues Office, 28th April, 1838.
Messrs. Shackleton, Wright and flunter.
GENTLEMEN.—I have to acknowledge the letter you ad-
dressed to me this morning by desire of Nlessr.. .1. A. and H.
Forshaw, which, as it relates to the business of this office, I
have placed it in the hands of the Town-clerk, who will give
such reply, and hold such further communication with you on
the subject as may be proper on Inv part.
I am, very respectfully, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,
(Signed,) THOS. CORRIE.

The Town-clerk,
Dusts SIR,—In consequence of inquiries having been made
from various 'persons by the receiver of the town dues, which
reflected upon the integrity of Messrs. J. A. and R. Forshaw,
we wrote to the receiver, desiring to he informed at whose re-
quest and for what purpose he made the inquiries, to which we
have a reply that he had placed the letter in your hands, and
that you would give such reply, and hold such further commu-
nication with us on the subject as might be proper on his (the
receivers) part.
We have, therefore, to request that you will inform us by
whose suggestions at whose request, and fur what purpose the
inquiries were made.
our early answer will oblige,
Dear Sir, Yours truly,
(Signed,) SHACKLETON, 'WRIGHT and HUNTER
Munswick-street, Mit April, 1838.

The Town-clerk.

DaAa SIR,—We should feel obliged by an answer to our
letter of the 30th ultimo, on the subject of the inquiries made
by the receiver of the town dues relative to Messrs. J. A. and
R. Forshaw.

• We are, dear sir, yours truly,
SIIACKLETON. WRIGHT and HUNTER.
Brunswick-street, 3d May, 1838.

Town-hall. 4th May, 1838.
Messrs. Shackleton, Wright and Hunter.

DEAR SIRS,-1 have to-day an interview with Mr. Corrie on
the subject of your application to him on behalf of Messrs. J.
A. and R. Forshaw, which I considered necessary to have be-
fore I answered your application. Mr. Currie, as • receiver of
the town dues, had his attention called to the Cork Trade
Lists.

Ou referring to those lists (public reports intended for the in-
formation of mercantile men in their commercial dealings) he
found statements of shipments and arrivals of goods by the
John M 'Adam and Margaret, regular traders between Cork
and Liverpool,. amounting to sixteen cargoes between the 30th
January and the 7th of March inclusive, in every, one.of which
cargoes the quantity of goods as reported in the Cork Trade List
exceeded the quantity on which the town dues were paid by
Messrs. J. A. and IL Forshaw, as agents for those vessels, the
difference being, on the whole estimate of the sixteen cargoes;
£l5 ss. 10d. upon payments of £27 ss. 2d. of town dues. Under
these circumstances it became the bounden duty of Mr. CArie
to report to the committee of the council on the town dues;
and on this report the committee, discharging their duty in pro-
tection of public revenue, directed Mr. Come to Make the ne-
ce,sary inquiries to enable them to come to au opinion whether
there had in these cases been any detention of the just amount
of town dues or not. _ _ _ . .

Accordingly Mr. Currie made inquiries in Liverpool; (but
not it) lieland, as you suppose,) and he had the satisfaction of
finding that no detention had taken place, the questionable ap-
pearances, which he bad in the discharge of his duty reported,
being fairly attributable to inaccuracies in the Cork Trade.
Lists.

On the 23rd April he transmitted to me a written report, now
remaining with me, waiting for a meeting of the committee,
by which this 'result. appears, and by which every :q.uestionahle
,appear.tuce reported, to the
.pommlttee ts.satra4Acturily cleared
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On the part (4414 comMittee no iiiirute has been admitted
on their proceedings; and'iin that 'Of 'NV. COrrie believe
every delicacy has been obsei'ved Consistent 'with the discharge
Of his duty.
Yours, very truly.
(Signed,) " R. RADCLIFFE.

The Town-clerk.

DaAn Std,—We have received your letter of the-lib-instant,
in which you state. !` Mr. Corrie, as Receiver of the Town dues,
had his attention called to the Cork Trade Lists."
We beg to be informed by whom his atteution-was go called.
Dear Sir, yours very truly,
(Signed) .SHACK.LETON', WRIGHT, & HUNTER.
Brunswick-street, 514 May, 1838. •

'l'he Town-clerk.
DEAR SI R.—You will obli2e us by a reply to our communi-
cation of the .sth instant. at your earliest convenience.
Dear Sir, puts truly, •
3HACKLEION. WILIWIT, and HUNTER.
Brunswick...a rdet, 9th May, )53.5. •

The Town-clerk,

DEAR Stn,—We have not et received a reply to our note of
the sth instant. Upon a question so deeply affecting the cha-
racter of our clients, we'toust urge from you a reply..
We are. dear Sir, yours truly,
SHACKLETON, WRIGHT, and HUNTER.
Brunsaiick,treet,llth May, 1838.

Messrs. Shackleton, Wright, and Hunter.
DEAR SiR s,—Youi further application should have been ear-
lier answered, had not Mr. Corrie deemed it proper to consult
the persmi by whoic his attention was drawn to the Cork Trade
Lists. lam not now emdiled to an wer for Mr. Corrie further,
than that the party was a private individual interested as the
agent of others in the commerce of the port, who clearly appears
to Mr. Corrie to have acted without the slightest malicious oh-
jez:t or unworthy motive, and to have done no more than to
draw the attention of Mr. Corrie, as a public officer, to the repre-
sentations of a'printed paper open to any one. In addition,
_I
can only state, that Mr. Corrie assures me, that he has taken
care to correct any erroneous impression on the mind of that
party.
It is to he regretted, that the erroneous representations of the
paper should have caused injury to the fe,lings of your clients;
and any gentleman innocently influenced for the moment .by
such erroneous statement. must regret tare circumstance; but
Mr. Corrie, as a public officer, was bound to inquire, and now
cannot do more than set the matter right su far as his ability
.correctly extends.
Dear Sirs, yours truly,
(Signed) • RD: RADCLIFFE.

The Town-clerk.

• DEAR Sta;—We have received your letter of the 1-4th instant.
but instead of being a reply to ours of the sth, it'is merelYen
attempt at explanation,
he he adopted as a public officer. This explanation we did -not ask
for; but as. it has: been volunteered, we must, in ;justice to our
clients, and with deference, state, that we thick the conduct of
Mr. Currie would have shown mitre dericacij (at least I'r their
character') if he had, in the' fiist instance;-gone to them, told
them the circumstance, and asked to see their hooka. .Such a
course could• not have prejudiced auv'ea4e the-CorPoration
might have had; for, if our clients bed decline() teshoti their
books, the inquiries uhleh nave been niede Might then haVe been
pursued,' and if en act of fraud had been committed previously,
'o act of theirs could get rid or it. but their degradation would
have been increased uy the refUsS;-.'
You state in your letter "that the party was a private
indivi-
dual interested as the agent for Others io the .cumnierce of the
port, who clearly appears to .Mr. Currie to have acted without
the slightest malicious object or umicOrth..4 motiee, end to have done
no more than to draw toe attention of Mr. Currie, as a Pfablic
officer to 'the' representations ela iriirited. paper open to anyone."
Our desire to have the name of the private individual interest-
ed as the agent of others, is, that our clients may satisfy them-
selves that he had not the slightest malicious of ject‘nor unworthy
*Nice; for we are 'at a loss to .coucelie how, looking ctt the
printed paper. (the CerkTrade Lisileould lead-him to suppose
that that list did not accord with the manifests or-with the
.
delivered to the Receiver, upon which the town-dues wets -paid;
because he had no access to thelmanifests., and there is no ex-
pert list published with which he could compare the Cork Trade
List, being the import list : and why.shonid.l his prlcaie indivi-
dual draw the attention Mr: Currie to ihe representatioxs of a
printed, paper, merely us affecting the acts of our clients? for,-that
such was the case is preyed by the fact, that'the inquiries made
by Mr. Corti" from individuals of high respectotWitv klere, im-
porters of goods from Cork, solely related to Clients, -anri•
not-to any otherpers-ns although others act as agents in the
shipping of giiods to Cork:
We cannot, Therefore, in duty to ow-clients. Permit the sebject
to remain as it is, but shall make another effort to' obtain the
name of the individual; for which purpose we shall appeal to
the Towns-dues Committee. at whose request the inquiries were
made, amid request they wiH do that act of justice to our clients
which we•at present think them deprived of. We.shall forward
a copy of our correspondence to the Committee. •
We are, dear sir, yours truly,'
. (Signed) SHACE.LETON. WRIGHT, & HUNTER.
Brunswick-sheet, 15th May. !8.38.„

'I7O the Towns Dues Committee.

Ggist TLEMEN,—We beg to inclose a copy of the correspon-
dence which has taken place between Mr. Corrie, the Town-
clerk, and ourselves, on the subject of certain inquiries which
have been made by Mr. Corrie, relating to the supposed non-
payment of Town-dues. by Messrs. J. A: & H. Forshaw.
It will appear from the correspondence the Town-clerk has
communicated to us. that the inquiries,were made at your re-
quest, and for the purpose of prosecution, but he tacitly declines
to give the name of the individual by 'whoie suggestion they
were made.

Under these circumstances, we appeal to the committee as
gentlemen, as merchants, •whose fair farre'.is above all other
considerations, to give Messrs. Forshaw at least an opportunity
of judging for themselves of the motives wbich may have in-
duced the individual, at whose suggestitms the inquiries were
made; for calling the attention of Mr. Coirie-tothe Cork Trade
by giving up the name of such individual•..
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- • We are, Gentlemen, your-most obedientlervatits;
(Signed) 'SHACKLETON: WRIGHT & HUNTER.
Brunswick-sireet, 11.1rh May,•lB3B.
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Commigiee Clerk's Cyfi ye, Town-Flall, 23d May, 1838,
Messrs. Shackleton anti Co.,

G 11+;11.EM E N am directed by the Town7due.s Committee
to acquaint you that they have met upon the subject of your
lettetto them of the Icith instant, and they have given every
Possible consideration to the application thereby made, and to
the correspondence between Mr.- Carrie, the Receiver of the
ToWn-daes, the Town-clerk, and yourselves. But lam di-
rected to state that, after such consideration, they came to the
deliberate conclusion that, under the circumstances set forth in
that correspondence, they would not be justified in making any
order on Mr. Corrie, a public officer, to give. up the name of the
individual who called his attention to the Cot k Trade-lists.
I have been also directed to state that, on comparing the
'Cork Trade lists with the entries made at his office. Mr. Corrie's
inquiries were not confined to the charges of Messrs. Forshaw's
vessels only, lint were extended to all within the lists, and that
the committee cannot avoid expressing their.approbation of the
cautious .and delicate proceeding of Mr. Conic in the discharge
•of his duty on this and previous occa•iions of a similar nature;.
and they beg to call attention to the offer made by Mr. 'Corrie
to Mr. Porshaw to do away wiih any •unfavourable impressions
his inquiries might have caused, by calling upon, or writing to
each of the parties of whom he had made, such inquiries, which
offer was declined by Mr. Forshaw.

The committee lament that any circumstance should have
caused injury to the feelings of Messrs. Forshaw, but they ap-
prehend that it is clear, that this is entirely to be attributed to
the erroneous representation of the Cork Trade list.
I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
-(Signed) CLIMMES OKILL, C. C.

A GENTLEMAN BEADLE,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOLST.,INIMRD.

MR. Eorrott,—rray.can you tell we whf Mr. Joseph Lang-
ton is so very officious in skewing .trangers where 'they ought,
anti where they ought not to sit in St.'George's Church? is it
because he is invested with the dignity of churchwarden ? or
clothed in a little brief authority, wishes to sheW his own im-
portance ? It is astonishing how these self-styled libe .als find
means to exercise a petty tyranny on every opportunity-pre-
senting itself. So recently as last Sunday, a stranger happen-
ing to go into the seat, hitherto occupied hy a Chii:qian mayor,
was rudely dislodged therefroin„by order. of .this banker's clerk,
not to mike room for the Mayor,
,no, that would have, ke,en.a
tolerable excuse, but that. the seat shoalttrethain utoccui,ied
during the whole of the service. As I wo.jealthis of the fees
anti other immunities attached to my oflicc,,,perhaps you will
inform me why, they are usurped. Vows. te.
PARI.Sa BEADLE. .

TUE CORONATION.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIFERPOOL„ST,I2VD./IRD

Sir,—Mfght I beg leave, through your valuable .journal, to
throw out a few hints to the corporation, with .iegaid to the
Sunday Schools in Liverpool; and,as..one -of those whose
"labour of love" is being, exercised in that brOad field and firm
bulwark of the Protestant religion, 1 should wish to call atten-
tion to them, in order that the children of these schools might
be enabled to participate in this expression of tia;a'ity and at-
tachment to their youthful sovereign. This I know 'would.
afford great satisfaction if things could be so arranged.
But, sir, it has also conic to my knowledge. that the children
in some of the Sunday schools, are about to celebrate their
anniversary on Tuesday in the next week; now might I humbly
and respectfully suggest to the gentlemen within whose
vince the management of the affair rests, the propriety of de-
ferringtheir procession to the coronation day, in order to enable
those who take part in the former to throw conjointly into the
latter their no . small mite of rejoicing. By this mode of pro-
ceeding, sir, the teachers will derive great satisfaction and 'cum-
fort from being permitted to see their little ''taints" join the
" happy throng, but maybe prevented, if held on the day ap-
pointed, for this reason: —Many of these gentlemen are en-
gaged in warehouses and establishments train which it may be
impossible. for theni to obtain permission to leave from press of
business, in-order to celebrate their own anniversary,-whereas,
the contrary will be the fact on the subsequent day, in conse-
quence, no doubt, •of die suspension of business in this impor-
tant town. All, sir, will he enabled to behold and assist the
celebration of such -an important and glorious event as that of,
hailing our most gracious and 'youthful sovereign to the acqui,
sitiun of the rights and privileges other protestant ancestors.
Should you deem these few observations worthy of insertion iu
your paper, of Tuesday,. you will oblige an humble servant to
I the cause of TRUTH.
A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER.