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On /he part of the committee nu minute has beou Admitted:
on their proceedings; and on that t.f Air. Currie believe
every delicacy has been observed consistent with lite discharge
or hii duty':

(Signed,)

The Town-eletk.

Yours, very iruly.
R. It rk DC LI FF 14,

sth,—We have reieived voltr letter or the,lthinstaut,
in which }cwt state. " Mr. Currie, as Ileceicer of the'rown dneS,
had him attention Called io the Cork Traile LiSts."
We Leg to be informed hr whom him attemiun was so called,
Dear Sir, I,,iirm very truly.
(Signed) SHACKLETON, WRIGHT, & HUNTER.
Brunswick-street, sth May, 1838: •

The Town-clerk. • •
DEAR St R.—You will °Wive oi by a reply to our communi-
cation of the sth instant, at your earlie,t, convenience.
Dear sir, yours triflv:
;1-IACKLETtiII. WRIL'rilT, and HUNTER.
Bra itswirk-street, 9th May, 183!4.

The Town-derk

DEAR Sitt,—We have not et- received a reply-to-our note of
the sth instant. Upon a question 46 deedly affecting the cha-
racter of our clients, we !oust urge Iron you a reply.
We are, dear sir, yours truly,
SHACKLETON,- WRIGHT,• and HUNTER.
• Brunywick,treet, 11:/i May. 1838. •

Messrs. Shackleton„Wright, and Hunter.
DEA ti SIRS,—Your further application should have been ear-
lier answered, had- not. Mr. Corrie deemed it proper to consult
the person by whom his attention was drawn to the Crirk Trade
Lists. lam nut now enabled to anwer for Mr. Corrie further.
-than' that •tne party was a private •indivitittal interested as the
agent of others in the cominerceof the port. who 'clearly appears
tolUr. Carrie to have acted without the slightest Malicious ob-
ject. or unworthy motive, and to have done too 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,.
can only state, that Mr. Corrie assures Me, that he has taken
care to correct any erroneous impression Uu the mind of that
iparty.
It in to he regretted, that the erroneous repres,,nations nfthe
paper should have caused injury to the feelings of your clients;
and any gentleman innocently influenced for the uratnent by
such erroneous statement. must regret the eircumstance; but
Mr. Corrie, as-a public officer, was bound to inquire, and now
cannot do more than set the matter tight so far as his ability
correctly extends.

Dear Sirs, yoitrs
Sigtied) Y.D. RADQLIFFE,

The Towe-elerk.

DEAR SIR,—We have received your letter of the 14th instant,
but. instead of being a reply to ours of the sth, it is merely 'an
attempt at explanat eat, So as to excuse Mt. C,,rrie in the conduct
he adopted as a public linker. This explanation we did not ask
for; but as it has been volunteered,- we must, in justice to our
clients, and vt ith deference, 'state, that we think the t onduct of
Mr. Currie would have shown more delicacy (at least for their
character) if he had, in the first instance, gone to them, told
them the circumstance, and asked to see their books. Such tt
course could not have prejudiced ;Inv case the Corporation
might have had ; for, if our clients ban declined to show their
books, the inquiries a hich have been tnade might then have been
pursued, and if au act of fraud had been cotionitted previously,
no act of theirs could get rid of it, but their degradation would
bavo been increased by -the refusal.

• You state in your letter " t hatt he party was a private indivi-
dual interested as the'oyent for others it; the commerce of the
port, who clearly appears to Mr. Carrie to have acted without
the slightest tnaticiouis of jeet or unworthy motive, and to have done
no more than to draw the attentioti iit Mr. Currie, as a public
officer to the,representations of a printdd vetiver open, loony one.''
Out' 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, slight./ ntalleioos ollject nor unworthy
.notice; for we are at a loss to conceive imw, looking at the
printed paper. (the Cork Trade List ) could lead.himio.suppose
that that list did not accord with the manifests or with the list
delivered to the Receiver, upon Which the town-trues wete paid;
because he had no access to the watt tests, and there is no ex-
port list published with which he could compare be Cork Trade
List, being the import list : mid why shontil this pried e indivi-
(lll.l draw the attention or Corrie to the representatious of a
printed !taper, merely as affecting the acts of ourclieuts ? for, that
such was the Ca Se is proved by the fact,•l hat the inquiries made
by Mr. Corrie from individuals of high respectability here, im-
porters of goods. from Cork, solely related to our clients, and
not to any other pers,ns, although others act as. agents in 'the
shipping of goods to Cork.
We ca not, therefore, in duty to our clients, perm it the subject
to remain as it is. but :shalt make another effort to quoin- the
name of the individual; for which purpose we shall appeal to
the Towns-dues Committee, at whose request the inquiries were
made, and request they will. du that act of justice to our clients
which we at present think them deprived of. We'snall forward
a copy of our correspondence to the Committee.
We are, dear sir, lours truly:'
(Signed) SHACK T LEON, WRIGIIT, St HUNTER.
Brunswick-sheet, 15th May, 1838.

To the Towns 'Does Committee.

GENTI.KM KN.—We beg to inclose a copy of the correspon-
dence which has taken place between Mr. Come, the Town-
clerk, and ourselves, on the subject of certain inquiries which
have been made by Mr. Currie, relating to the supposed non-
payment of Town-dues. by Messrs. J. A. & Fmshaw.
- it will appear front the correspondence the Town-clerk has
communicated to us. that the inquiries were made at your re-
quest, and for the purpose of prosecution, hut he tacitly declines
to give the name of the individual by whose suggestion they
were made.

Tinder these circumstances, we appeal to the committee as
gentlemen, us merchants, %%nose fair fame is above ail other
considerations", to give Messrs. Forshaw at least an opportunity
of judging for themselves of the motives which may have in-
duced the individual, at whose suageslions the inquiries were
made, for calling the attention of Mr. Carrie to the Cork Trade
list; by giving up the name of such individual.
We are. Gentlemen your most obedient servants.
(Signed) SHACK.L'ETON, & HUNTER.
Brunswick-street, 16th. May, 1838.

Committee Clerk's Office, Town-Hull; 23d May, 1838.
.Messrs. Shackleton and Co.,
GENTLEMEN,--•-1 am directed by the Town-dues Commilice
to, acquaint you that they have met upon the suitject of your
letter to them of the 16th instant, and they have •given every
possible consideration to the application thereby made, and to
the correspondence between Mr. Currie, the Receiver of the
Town-dues, the Town-clerk, • and yourselves. But lam di-
rected to state that, utter such consideration, they came to the
deliberate conclusion that, under the. circumstances set forth in
that conespon~lence, they would not be justified in making any
order
public officer, to give up the name of the
r,i,r,riv 11 r.
it
c4itewurciee: a
individual who called his attention to the Calk 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, hut were extended to all within the lists, and that
the committee cannot avoid expressing their approbation of the
cautious and delicate proceeding of Mr. Collie in the discharge
of his duty on this and previous occasions of a similar nature;
and they beg to call attention to the offer made by Mr. Corrie
to Mr. Forshaw to do away with any tmlavout.ahle impressions
his inquiries might have caused, by -upon, or writing to
each of the parties of whom he hart 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, our na,,st ob,dientser‘a nt,
.(Signed) CHARLES °KILL, C. C.

A GENTLEMAN BEADLE.

TO THE ED ITOk OF THE LIVERPOOL S7',IND R D

Me. Enuron,—Pray can you tell me why Mr. Joseph Lang-
ton is so very officious in shewing.strungers where they ought,
and where they ought not to sit St. George's Church? Is it
because he is invested with the dignity of churchwarden ? or
clothed in a little brief authority, wishes to chew hie ono im-
portance ? It is astonishing bow these self-styled liberals find
means to exelcise 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 by a Christian Mayor,
was rudely dislodged therefrom, by order of this hat:Let's clerk,
not to-make room for the Mayor, no, that would have been a
tolerable excuse, but that the seat should remain unoccupied
during the whole of the service. As I am jealous of the tees
and other immunities attached to my office, perhaps you will
inform me why they are usurped. Yours, &c.
PARISI-1 BEADLE.