The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-07 00:00:00

THE DISINTERESTED DOCTOR

The following letter forms part of a correspondence which
took place between Dr. Lardner and Mr. Karslake, of
Regent-street, in reference to the late extraordinary affair.
It strikes us as savouring less of the steam-engine than of the
calculating machine :

" 4, Regent-street, April 6, 1840.
"My Dear Sir,—l duly received your letter of the 30th
ult.' and will now, in the first place, reply to your questions.
With respect to the £20,000, I consider that, notwithstanding
the step taken, and her consequently marrying you, she will
be entitled to her life interest in this sum in the event of her
surviving Captain H. A 4 you have stated the question as to
the £13,000, I consider that if Mrs. H. survived her father,
mother, and Captain H., she would be entitled to this sum ;
but that, if her father and mother were to die in the lifetime
of Captain H. and Mrs. H., without being divorced, then
that Captain H. would be entitled. I think it most probable
however, that this sum of £13,000 was settled on the mar-
riage of Captain H. and Mrs. H. ; and if so, the chances are
that Captain H. has the first life estate, then Mrs. H. a life
estate, and on the death of the survivor that the property
will go to the children. In all cases of divorce, on the applica-
tion of the husband, parliament requires the husband to
make some provision for the wife, but what that provision
may be depends altogether on the circumstances of each case,
and the fortune of the husband, and there is no settled rule,
and therefore it is generally a matter of treaty between the
agents on both sides, and if they cannot agree, Mr. Gordon
settles it. In order to look for precedents, the better
to enable me to write to you on this point, I this
morning sent down Mr. Gore to Parratt and Walmsley ;
Walmsley asked Gore if the matter had any refer-
ence to your case, as if so, he expected to be em-
ployed on the other side. I had told Mr. Gore that if any
question was asked to say that I was concerned for you in this
matter; and Mr. Gore then asked who was concerned for
Captain H. ; Mr. Walmsley said Mr. Beavan, of Sackville-
street. Fortunately I know Mr. Beavan very well, and after
some consideration I thought it a very good opportunity to
see him, and to impart to him as much as in prudence I
thought right with reference to your first instructions to me,
and accordingly 1 called upon him and mentioned the object
of my call, and how I happened to know that he was con-
cerned for Captain H. I then told him I had heard from
you, was instructed to appear for you, and should not attempt
to defend any action, or to throw any obstacles in the way ;
in short, that after what had taken place, I could have no
hesitation in advising you, and that I was assured your own
feeling would be to do nothing which might be deemed an ag-
gravation of the calamity. Mr. Beavan appeared pleased at
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pre-
paring to proceed in the Ecclesiastical Court. The two pro-
ceedings may be concurrent. In the Lords and Commons a
sentence of divorce in the Ecclesiastical Court, and the judg-
ment at law for damages must be proved, and the actual pay-
ment of the damages is sometimes required to be proved. I
collected that the other side are aware that you are now in
Paris. We shall not be able to procure you any advance on
the Shepherd's-bush property, without possessing the origi-
nal deeds to produce to the lender, and to be handed over to
him on the loan being advanced.-1 remain, dear sir, t'our's
faithfully,
" HY. KARSLARE.
" Dr. Lardner. No. 27, Rue Tronchet, Paris."

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principal supporters of
consented to again become
having been earnestly solicitye,dhbasy
liberal politics in this count
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a candidate for its representation, when
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the Hon. the East India Company have
England, per Andromeda from Calcutta, about
Assam tea, a portion of which consists of green. This is an
entirely new article, never having been seen in this country.
The quality of this parcel is spoken of as being of a very fifie.
description, and sanguine hopes are entertained of the suc-
cess of the Assam tea speculation.—London Journal of Com.
!nerve.

Coastwise 778 61,469
Irish 220 16,949
Foreign lll 11,592 1109
Coastwise 935 65,148
Irish 499 42,800

90,010 tons

Foreign 168 17,468 1602
Coastwise 1925 126,573
Irish 661 57,894
Foreign 236 28,211 2822
Coastwise 1982 106,080
Irish 709 62,516
Foreign 236 28,991 2927

125,416 tons

.e appears a falling off in the trade of 183'
no apprehension of its retrogading, the di

212,678 tons

197,587 tons

0, but that ex-
iminution hav-

ing been caused by circumstance's not likely to operate
to such an extent—namely, the Chartist outbreak on the hills
and the desertion of the collieries by the workmen for a long
continuance. We see that the trade has considerably more
than doubled in the last 14 years, and will no doubt continue
to increase to an immense extent. The new docks and the
Taff Vile Railway, connecting them with the mineral districts
and Merthyr, the seat of the iron manufacture, has already
induced the commencement of large collieries, and great ad-
ditions to the iron works. It is only surprising how the pre-
sent amount of trade has been carried on, in any way, in so
inefficient port as the old canal, the entrance lock to which
is only 97 feet long by 27 feet wide, and 13 feet deep over
the inner sill—dimensions that preclude most vessels exceed-
ing 300 tons burthen from entering at all, and those that do
enter can none of them load deeper than 12-1 feet ; the larger
class have therefore to finish their lading outside the dock
gates. Nor can vessels of the ordinary class take but a small
portion of their cargoes at any wharf, there being only two,
and those private wharfs, abreast which there is twelve feet
of water. The canal above these is 10 feet, gradnally sbal-
lowing to 5 feet at the upper end ' • so that from all wharfs,
excepting the two nearest the dock, vessels have to lighten
the greater part of their cargoes at ship's expense such
being the custom of the port. The expense is taking the
average of the vessels, and the average cost of lighterage,
which is 6d. per ton in the canal and Is. outside the gates,
gives an average expense in this particular on all vessels of
6d. per ton on their whole cargo. Tne c.onal having no quay
wall, the banks slope to an acute angle at the bottom, making
the channel-way very narrow, scarcely admitting two loaded
vessels to pass. From this cause and the number of ships
crowding the lower end of the canal for depth of water to re-
ceive their cargoes, brought after them in lighters, such ob-
structions and delays arise, that vessels are frequently seven
or eight days waiting for a berth in deep water, where they
may receive their final complement, though, perhaps, laden
within ten or twenty tons. But this is not all the evil, as by
this delay the high tides have passed, and a further deten-
tion of seven to ten days occurs in waiting the next springs
—and possibly the like detention may have been experienced
on arrival ; so that vessels of the ordinary class, trading to
the port, are frequently detained by these casualties nearly
three weeks in addition to the time expended in loading.
When it is likewise considered that nearly all the trade is.
carried on in vessels of above one hundred tons, it will be
obvious to what an extent these detentions by the tides may
occur, as there are about 58 days in the year during which
the tides do not rise at the canal gates to a height sufficient
for the admission of vessels of one hundred tons' burthen ;
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ten feet
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so that for nearly one-sixth of the year there can be no tran-
sit through the locks for vessels of this size, and for those of
a larger class the detentions are greater in an increased ratio
abovewith
the their
level
burthen.
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some days in the year, that the tides at the former do not
attain above six feet, there are 16 feet at the latter. It is
scarcely necessary to say more in comparison of the two
canals; though among the evils of the old one may be_. men-
tioned the intricate approach through a long winding gut,
requiring an entire tide to accomplish, and the channel so