The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-30 00:00:00

RE RIGGINSON AND DEANE.

On Friday the first meeting of creditors, on the bank-
ruptcy of Messrs. Jonathan Higginson and R. Deane,
took place at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy.
The court was crowded. Mr. Lowndes appeared in sup-
port of the fiat;, Mr. Bardswell for the Union Bank of
London, and Mr. E. G. Deane for the bankrupts.
Amongst the proofs handed in was one from the Union
Bank named for £35,672.
Mr. Lowndes objected to the proof being for so large a
sum. The bank had received bills from the West India
Bank at Barbadoes to the amount of £50,000. Of these,
bills to the amount of £35,872 were accepted or indorsed
by the bankrupts, and the remainder (£15,000) did not
bear their names, but the bank had them as collateral
security. He contended that the £15,000 ought to be
deducted from the.amount sought to be proved, and that
the bank ought to prove for the balance only—namely
£20,000.

Alin Sergeant Ludlow said he would allow the proof to
go for the whole sum, for the bank could not get more
than 20s. in the pound.
Mr. Jonathan Higginson was then sworn and examined.
He said he had several transactions wit!- Lyon, Benn,
and Co., Bahia, and the ships Lancaster, Alice, Vigilant,
and Charlotte were theirs (the witnesses'.) Two of these
ships were loaded at Bahia, and two at Rio. The Char-
' lotte was loaded by Marlow and Co., of Charleston, and
we (witness and partners) received the bills of lading.
The vessel arrived about the 18th of Oct. The bills of
lading were handed over to the shipper of the cargo, in
accordance with arrangements with him that they should
be held by us, in payment of the bills drawn against him.
He did not remember ever having written to a Brazil
houSe for cargo that " their bills would be protected."
The words generally were, " your bills will be hor qured."
With respect to the arrangement with the shipper of
the Lancaster's cargo, it was " that the bills of lading for
cargoes should not be used by us until the bills drawn
against them were paid." In reply to the question
whether he did not deal with the bills of lading without
reference to Mr. Lyon he said, I think that when I
have met with him I have said, " your bills are so near
paid that 1 will deal with the Brazilian cargoes." Most
generally I have alluded to the subject.
He would not say that he had dealt liith any of the
cargoes without reference to Mr. Lyon. He thought
not. He had generally alluded to it. The bills of lading
of the Lancaster were delivered up after the stoppage of
the Royal Bank, when it was found that Mr. Lyon must
protect himself. This must have been after an interview
with him. He received a letter the other day from Mr.
Lyon. It merely alluded to the ship being stopped by the
Royal Bank, and then by the official assignee. tinder
the advice of his solicitor, Mr. E. G. Deane, this note
was handed to Mr. Lowndes, who read it over. The bills
of lading of the Alice and Vigilant were delivered over
on receipt to Mr. Lyon. These vessels arrived after the
stoppage of the Royal Bank. Witness's house stopped
payment on the 23d of October. These bills of ladifig
were handed over on the day the Vigilant arrived, or soon
after—several days after we stopped payment. Mr. Lyon
was satisfied that Mr. James Higginson, as a third party,
should hold them for his security. I made a mistake
in saying that they were all handed to Mr. Lyon. They
were handed over to my brother as a third party, for Mr.
Lyon's protection.
How was that ? By arrangement made with him.
How many months ago ? When our payments were
irregular ; when he saw danger he required a third party.
Witness could not exactly tell when he (Mr. Lyon)
applied, but he seemed uneasy early in October. Believed
the arrangement was made that Mr. James Higginson
should hold the bills of lading, the week previous to the
stoppage of the Royal Bane,—ten days at least. Was
not aware that any paper was signed by Mr. James Hig-
ginson, stating the terms on which he was to hold these
bills of lading. Some of them were indorsed by witness,
and some not. None of these were specially indorsed to
Mr. J. Higginson. Witness had never seen the bills of
lading of the Charlotte. No arrangement was made with
Mr. Menlow in writing ; witness's house and he were on
intimate terms of friendship. There were some bills on
Mr. llenlow's house that would be upon open account,
land could not be attached to the bills of lading. Witness
did not know of any of the bills relating to the Charlotte
being of that character.
This closed the examination of Mr. Higginson, and
Mr. Sergeant Ludlow inquired whether there were any
other creditors ready to prove their debts ? Mr. Lowndes
replied in the negative.
The appointment of trade assignees was then proceeded
with, and the choice fell upon Josias Booker, Francis
Shand, George Booker, and Walter Imrie, Esqrs., who
severally accepted the office.
It was stated that the debts proved amounted to £135,000.
The proceedings then terminated for the present.

BUILDING OF A BRAZILIAN FRIGATE IN
LIVERPOOL.

There is now in course of completion, at the yard of
Mr. Thomas Royden, Baffin-street, a fine steam frigate,
for the Emperor of the Brazils, to be fitted up in every
point as a vessel of war, and intended for his Majesty's
especial use in coasting along the shores and running on
the rivers of that magnificent country,—her draught of
water being, for these purposes, unusually small com-
pared with her great tonnage. An intelligent Brazilian
admiral has been located amongst us for a considerable
time, superintending her construction and equipments ;
and she has, from her peculiarities and adaptation, al-
ready become an object of interest amongst nautical men
who have seen her.

The dimensions of the ship are—length of keel, 178 ft. ;
-longth on denk, nhniit 900 ft. ; h.nrn nr hre.gnlth of
31 ft. 10 in. ; and depth of hold, 19 ft. Her burthen is
about 880 tons, builders' measurement. Her engines are
not large compared to the size of the vessel, being of only
300 horse power; but she is adapted to carry a heavy
-press of canvas, and is to be rigged as a two-masted
schooner, with foretopsail and other addenda. As she is
intended to be available in shallow water, she will not, it
is calculated, draw above 12 ft. when her engines, fuel,
water, munitions of war, &c., are all on board ; so that a
long flat floor, and great beam and bearings for a steamer,
were indispensable. Her form and lines are nevertheless
fine and well amalgamated, presenting a pleasing rotun-
dity throughout of hull, with sufficient sharpness of the
extremities,—the principle adopted (and successfully in
former instances by the same builder) being the passing
of the main body of the water under the bottom, in place
of, as in most deeper and sharper vessels, clipping forcibly
round the sides.

The frigate has three decks, and nas no erections on the
upper or gun deck, excepting the paddle-boxes, and a few
rooms attached to them at each end—the whole, which is
flush, and with little perceptible sheer, being left free for
action. Here will be mounted two huge 68-pound guns,
one forward and the other aft, on patent slides, each
working within circles of 23 feet in diameter. Four
32-pounders will also be ranged along the sides. The
top-gallant bulwarks, at the bow and stern (which last is
round), are contrived to hinge down in pieces outwardly,
so that the " long Toms" may be aimed over the lower
bulwarks without obstruction. The second deck (below)
comprises a large mess-room forward for the crew, petty
officers' and engineers' berths, engine-room, cabins abaft
for the emperor and his retinue, principal officers' berths,
gun-room, armoury, surgery, dispensary, &c. The lower,
or orlop deck, contains sail rooms, chain lockers, sleeping
berths, &c. There are three strong water-tight bulk-
heads dividing the vessel into compartments—one close
forward, and one in front of, and:one abaft the engines and
boilers. The principal cabins are fitted up and finished in
splendid French polished mahogany.
The vessel is built of the very choicest materials, with
English oak framing • solid bottom all dowelled ; Ameri-
can elm planking below, and teak-wood above, of shich
last material are also the ceiling, stringers, and upper
deck. The lower decks are of Dantzig timber She is
copper bolted outwardly throughout, with no treenails ; and
herkneesandother strengthenings are of the most approved
principles in wood and metal. She will carry two large
boats on the tops of the paddle-boxes, similar to those in
some of our British wer steamers. She is provided with
Dalton's patent pumps. Her sides are strengthened by
interior iron and wooden trusses, the one fixed diagonally
across the other at an angle of 45°. She bears a figure
head of a cherub, in a graceful attitude, and the stern
will be ornamented in an appropriate and corresponding
manner. Her name has not yet been decided upon.
She will be launched on the 23d of next month. We
can now but add that no expense has been spared by the
royal owner, or pains by the builder and those under him,
to render her complete, and that she is a remarkably
strong and altogether an extraordinary ship.

RAILWAY RECEIP'

The following are the receipts of railw
that is to say, up to the date to which
are made :

tys for the past week;
the respective'returns

Week 1847. 1846
' RAILWAYS. ending Amount. Amt.
- ----
.
.t' s. d. £
Amiens and Boulogne Nov.— 0 0 0 ..
Arbroath and Forfar , —2O 168 0 0 193
Chester and Birkenhead —l9 618 0 0 516
Cockermouth and Workington —2l 138 0 0 .
Dublin and Drogheda —lB 716 0 0 671
Dublin and Kingstown
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen
Edinburgh and Glasgow —2o 3382 0 0 3295
Edinburgh and Northern —2o 613 0 0 ..
Eastern Counties and N. Eastern —2l 10391 0 0 2052
East Lancashire l— 20 857 0 0 766
Eastern Union and Ipswich and
Bury —l4 1102 0 0 423
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr. —2O 2422 0 0 2060
Glasgow and Greenock
Great Southern and Western
Great Western
Kendal and Windermere —2o 89 0 0 ..
Lancashire and Yorkshire —2o 8610 0 0 8607
Lancaster and Carlisle
Londonderry and Enniskillen — 0 0 0
London and North-Western —2l 38209 0 0 36222
London and Blackwall
London& Brighton, South Coast •-- 20 ' 7468 0 0 6748
London and South- Westeni l- 21 7150 0 0 5556
M'chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln —2O 2105 0 0 1822
Maryport and Carlisle —2l 621 0 0 517
Midland, Bristol, and Birming-
ham
Midland Great Western (Ireland) —2l 840 0 0
Newcastle and Carlisle
Norfolk
North British
Paris and Rouen
—2O 6863 0 0 5904
Rouen and Havre
Shrewsbury and Chester
South-Eastern and Branches
South Devon
Taff Vale —2o 1822 0 0 967
Ulster
Whitehaven Junction —2l 293 0 0 ..
York, Newcastle, and Berwick —2o .10923 C 0 5714
York and. North Midland, &c —2o 7142 0 0 5474

CORRESPONDENCE.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL SPANDARD.

SlR,—Having seen this day, (23d instant,) in your va-
luable journal, an article headed " Extraordinary inci-
dents at St. Jude's Church," I looked with anxious, but
disappointed expectation, for some remarks from you on
the " extraordinary " event, thinking that you would
throw some light upon the subject. In the absence of
such information, and finding the " poor man" branded
by your mercurial neighbour as a " maniac," my mind
seemed to inquire, is there anything in the machinery of
Christianity to lead us to expect such results ? and I
thought I perceived such a natural connexion between the
machinery of Christianity effectively worked and the ac-
tual position of man, as led me to inquire why should a
result like the one under consideration be considered wor-
thy of being styled "extraordinary," or the subject of it a
" maniac ?" I have always been taught to look upon a
maniac as one who from false premises arrives at right
conclusions, or vice versa'. But how stood it in this case ?
where were his wrong premises ? and if they were true,
where his false conclusions ? He felt he was a sinner
(this is an undoubted fact) ; he felt that without mercy her
must perish (this was one of his conclusions) ; and he had
learnt that Christ was exalted to show mercy, therefore he.
called out (not as your Lord-street neighbour would insi-
nuate) to those around him, but as given in the Albion,
as transcribed by you, " Lord have mercy on me, Christ
have mercy on me." I declare, if this man were a maniac,
the wisest man this earth possesses could not have acted
the sane one better. And in order to ascertain if my
opinion of the natural adaptation of the Christian system.
to the producing of such results were correct, I considered
how it had- made others thus mad, how it had produced
results thus mania-like, when, on its first being brought to
bear upon its legitimate objects, on the day of Pentecost,
the multitude cried out, " Men and brethren, what shall
we do ?" The Philippian jailor acted very like a maniac,
when under the lashings of his conscience, being con-
vinced by the demonstration given that he had been sin-
ning against God, he cried out, " What must I do to be
saved ?" And Saul acted very like a madman, when he, a
mighty warrior (attended by his military staff, who perhaps
were with him when he received his commission from the
chief priests, when issuing from the Holy City, his armour
glittering in the rays of a cloudless sun, he, amidst the
benedictions of the teeming thousands of Jerusalem, en-
tered upon an expedition which promised so much, to
add fresh laurels to his brow) is found prostrate on the
ground, exclaiming, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to
do ?" and indeed he was afterwards told by a very polite,
learned, and influential person, that he was " beside "
himself, which was equal to calling him a " poor man"
and a " maniac." To my mind, it is a serious reflection,
that Christianity should have been in the world more than
1800 years, and that even now, in Liverpool, the modern.
Tyre—in politeness, literature, and architecture, promis-
ing to be a modern Athens—a man convinced of sin, and
seeking mercy through an exalted Saviour, should be
branded as a maniac.—Yours, &c.

A LOVER OF CO_, SISTENCY.

[We have received a number of communications on this
subject, and insert the above at particular request. We
have given no opinion of our own, because we consider it
a case of that kind which is better left to the judgment
and conscience of each individual reader.]

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARIP.
Stn,—The cabin passengers by the New World, packet-
ship, Capt. Knight, beg leave, through you, to call atten-
tion to the evils that may result from the absence of pilots
at the appointed station off the port of Liverpool.
The ship sailed from New York on the 10th November,
and reached Point Lynas at 9 a.m, on the 27th, but lay
there for nearly twelve hours, unable to procure a pilot
till after nightfall.
" What avail the skill and seamanship of the ablest cap-
tain in bringing his ship across in sixteen days, if she
must be kept lying twenty-four hours, in the end of No-
vember, with the barometer below 29, off a coast, where
sudden and disastrous changes of wind so often occur.
Let those concerned in the safety of this splendid new
ship and valuable cargo, look to this.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
A CABIN PASSENGER.

[The writer of this letter is a highly respectable gentle-
man,-but we feel convinced that the apparent neglect is
capable of explanation, as our pilots are so well known as
a hard-working body of men—ever at their posts. J

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