The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GLOBE

Cornhill, May 13, 1842.
SIR,—Having been directed to correct a tnisswtetnent in
1.) the Morning Herald of the 119 a-instant, regarding this
Company, to the effect that, theyhtenix, Sun, and Globe are
the chief offices concerned in tliteloss at the calamitous fire in
the city of Hamburgh, I have to request you will insert in
the Globe, for the satisfaction of the numerous parties hold-
ing shares in the Company, that this office never had an
agent in Hamburgh, nor effected any insurances on property
there.—l am Sir, your obedient servant,

I. C. DENHAM, Secretary

FOR SALE,
By PRIVATE CONTRACT,
A good FAMILY HOUSE, situated in Stanley-street,

`WatergatV,Oester.
For particulars apply to kCDMUND HARDMAN.
Globe-office, Exchange-buildings, 10th May, 1842.

Kiberpool gPtanbart.

TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1842

It will be observed that, on Wednesday next, the in-
habitants of Liverpool will hold a meeting in the Ses-
sions-house, for the purpose of agreeing upon a sub-
scription for' the relief of the distressed sufferers from
the recent awful calamity at Hamburgh. We sincerely
trust that our town will not be found wanting in the
cause of humanity, upon this, as she has rarely been
on any occasion when her sympathies have been ap-
pealed to. The noble effort now making in the city of
London has already shown us the example ; and Liver-
pool, the second commercial city in the empire, will
not, we are confident, be found lagging behind in the
march of philanthropy.
We cannot, however, whilst noticing this prompt-
ness, evinced by the mercantile public of Great Britain,
in coming forward to the relief of suffering in another
country, refrain from expressing our regret at the cir-
cumstance—pointed out by a correspondent of the
London Times—that no similar effort has been made
to alleviate (for, alas ! in this case philanthropy can only
alleviate) the distress in which a calamity, equally, if
not even more, heartrending, has recently plunged
thousands of British subjects. To the widows and
orphans of the gallant British soldiers slaughtered in
the passes of Cabool no munificent relief has been
stretched out. Over the bloodstained graves of these
betrayed victims no*sympathizing hand has planted the
willow; around their desolated hearths no charble
care has been found scattering—all we can afford them
—the means of temporal comfort and consolation.
This is not as it should be. Surely we owe it, (if not
in gratitude, at least in justice and prudence,) to those
true hearted men who go forth to fight our battles in
distant lands, that they should be taught to feel that
when a wide spread calamity, such as that sustained in
India, crushes its - thousands in one fell swoop, a
British public will not suffer the widows and orphans,
which they leave upon our shores, to sink overwhelmed
under the double pressure of bereavement and hopeless
•
poverty.

We noticed some months ago an attempt, on the
part of the proprietors of the port of Fleetwood, to
impress upon the merchants and dealers of Manches-
ter and the neighbourhood the superior eligibility of
that port, in comparison with Liverpool, as one of tran-
sit for merchandise and produce to and from Ireland.
We have now, however, to remarlcupon a much bolder
flight on the part of the same imaginative gentlemen.
The port of Fleetwood, we are now told, is not only
the best port for the coasting trade, but for the foreign
trade as well ! The cotton of America is no longer to
be borne up the waters of the Mersey—is no longer to
occupy the docks and the warehouses, or to employ
the merchants and brokers of the port of Liverpool ;
but to be landed at Fleetwood and transmitted from
thence by railway to its destination—Manchester and
the surrounding district—whilst Liverpool, we pre-
sume, with this terrible competitor on the one side and
the port of Runcorn on the other, is to sink rapidly
into the comparative insignificance out of which she
has within the last half century risen.

This startling announcement has been conveyed to
us by the proceedings of a recent meeting of proprie-
tors of the Fleetwood-on-Wire Railway. 'We here
quote the passage, proofs and all :
" Mr. Philpots trusted that when Captain Denham's sur-
vey was completed, means would be taken by the Directors
to make the result known in the United States of America,
as he was sure that vessels from that country could unload at
Fleetwood more cheaply than at Liverpool. (Hear, hear.)
" Mr. Algar thought no better proof of the estimation in
which the port of Fleetwood was held could be adduced than
the fact, that the house of Lizardi and Co., of London, had,
from the representation of one of their agents, who had
personally examined the port, consigned to Fleetwood a ves-
sel from New Orleans with 2,000 bales of cotton instead of
to Liverpool. (Hear, hear.)

" Mr. Say had understood that the port dues and other
charges at Fleetwood were much less than those at Liver-
pool.

`• The Chairman said, the fact was so, and referred in
proof to the printed statement, which was lying on the table.
On vessels of five hundred tons, (cotton in and coal out.)

LIVERPOOL CHARGES.
Harbour dues and local lights, at ls. 71d. per
ton..
Out 40 12 6
If ft If
Anchorage .
Pilotage in and out, 14 feet, at 9s. per foot 1 In 6 6 0
in, and 4s. out
Lights at 6d. per ton, (outer lighta)..
91/ /1 tf Out 13 0 5.

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