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    • TjiCONOMTt IN FUEL.—The waste of coals J--' arising from the use of badly constructed fireplaces
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      * r * ' A * ftTSTovbmbejl 27 , 1858 . 1 THE LEADER 1301 jK ¦¦

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      _ ^ ^ vy « ^^^^ y ^ * ^^ - * —— * . ___„„ — "" FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , November 23 . BANKRUPTS . Edmund Connor , Brooke-street , Holborn , wholesale boot and shoe warehouseman . Thomas Fisheb and Willuji Fishbb , Northampton , and Harlestone , Northamptonshire , carpenters . William Holtaway , Park-terrace , Hammersmith , ink JamS ^ Dalv , Shacklewell , licensed victualler . George PiWidgb , Crown-row , Walworth-road , grocer . . Francis Ingham , High Holbornj grocer . Robert Slbjiming , Portsea , Southampton , boot and shoe maker . _ . John MoKiur , Sheerness , Kent , ironmonger . Thomas Hakkison , Whitehorse ^ yard , High Holborn , fringe and trimming manufacturer . Samuel Hanks , Birmingham , coal dealer . Maet Geokge , Bryn-mawr , Brecousliire , druggist . Thomas Jennincs , Truro , dealer in iron ore . Thomas Pickworth and Robert "Walker , Sheffield , builders . George Woodmancy , Glamford Brings , Lincolnshire , corn merchant . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . Robert M'Nair , Edinburgh , warehouseman . Alexander Milne , Glasgow , draper . Friday ' , November 26 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . George "Whieldon , Wincanton , Dorsetshire , brickmaker . BANKRUPTS . Robert Pigg , North Tuddenham , Norfolk , grocer Joseph Elliot , Devon port , grocer . John Bradley , Manchester , starch dealer . James Beeson , Derby , ironfounder . William Woolxatt , Nottingham , lace manufacturer . Stephen Cox , Bristol , chemical manufacturer . Thomas Haynes , Chiddingstone , Kent , farmer . Edward Butto . v , Gravesend , butcher . John Perkins , Sandwich , Kent , shipowner . Joseph Cooper , Birmingham , licensed victualler . Georgia Battisox Haines and John Metcalf , Birmingham , electroplaters . William Goddard , Leicester , shoe manufacturer . George Taylor , Swinderby , Lincolnshire , licensed victualler . William Whixtington Morris , late of Sise-lanc City , chemical mercliant .

      The Great Ship And Her Companies.—The Ow...

      The Great Ship and her Companies . —The owners of the great ship , if we are not mistaken ,-will yet , as far as English commerce is concerned , render unnecessary the labour of that Isthmian gamester , M . F . de Lesseps . They have spent 64 0 , 000 / . in and about the construction of their leviathan ; but until lately there seemed a lamentable prospect that she might continue for ages to obstruct the navigation of the Thames , and to be a mark for the scorncr . The 640 , 000 / . had exhausted the share captial . Lenders shook their heads at the security of an unfinished vessel . There were no takers of shares at par ; and had there- been , there was no room for them on the register . The original company , therefore—and there were only 800 of them—boldly faced , as was their only chance , their difficulties . They met , confessed their errors , and resolved to be jolly under the circumstances . As a half-loaf was bettor than" no bread , they determined to sell their 040 , 000 / . worth of dead money for 160 , 000 / . worth of shares in a new capital of 330 , 000 / . To get 170 , 000 / ., therefore , of cash available for the completion of their enterprise , they enst to the winds fifteen shillings out of every pound they have spent ; and each new shareholder joining thoir new company will reap , paripassn with themselves , the benefit of experience purchased at this enormous sacrifice of 480 , 000 / . It wore a lasting reflection upon the enterprise of our rich community if this financial scheme were to fail . 880 , 000 / . ia the entire capital of the new Great Ship Company ; of which the 100 , 000 ? . ( mostly taken out in new shares ) will purclinso the vessel ; 180 , 000 / . will fit her for sea ; and tho other 40 , 000 / . will pay her working cost . Her first trips will bo Transatlantic , but her freight-earning power will bo greater in the Eastern trade $ and this wo believe to bo her future . If investors were forthcoming in bad times to believe that the former speculation would pay interest on 500 , 000 / ., it is hard , when money is cheap , if public confidence is denied to a similar adventure fully furnished with experience , having more than equul chances of revenuo , and with only half that cnpitul to divide the profits . T KADIS AND RlCSOUKOlCS OV PORTUGAL . — -It 18 sllOWll by Mr . Puget , our diplomatic agent at Lisbon , thnt tho exports to England from Oporto amount to 5 , 712 , 681 mllruls , nnd tho imports from England into Oporto to 5 , 475 , 7 ( 11 ) niilreis . The exports from Lisbon to England amount to 1 , 000 , 050 milreis , ami the , imports from England into Lisbon < o 4 , 138 , 522 milreis . Those figures show that the trade of Portugal with England is more than double the whole of her trade with tho rest of tho world . The Portuguese tariff tuxes very highly both manufactured goods and tlio raw material . Tho

      manufactories of Portugal are prosperous and on the increase , and the result must be highly injurious to the English trade with that country . But it is thought by Mr . Paget that Portugal should content herself with being an agricultural country , and supplying the markets of the world with grain and wine . The system of Government monopolies is rife , and is of course productive of the worst effects * . The Portuguese agriculturists are incorrigibly stupid . They will only act according to " custom , " they disdain the wisest counsels , and censure those who attempt to make innovations . There are districts in which vile wine is made from good grapes , although much better wines might be produced with less trouble . There is no wine of any kind , or anywhere obtainable , that may not be grown in Portugal , yet more than half the land is uncultivated , and all modern improvements are carefully eschewed . This sad state of things is chiefly attributable to the want of roads . Whatever the Government do not undertake remains undone . A source of immense wealth exists in the Portuguese mines ; quicksilver and copper are known to be plentiful , but the mines are only slightly worked . Mr . Paget observes that every work of improvement and progress finds the most strenuous support in the present intelligent sovereign of the country . As regards port wine , it is a fallacy to suppose that " pure" port wine exists , as it is invariably mixed with brandy at Villa Nova . , English Bankrupts and Scottish Sequestrations . —Another case of an English bankrupt without effects in Scotland taking out sequestration has been heard in the Court of Session . The bankrupt , Mr . Legh , from 1827 to 1846 carried on business in Regentstreet , London , as a wine-tnerchant . In 1832 he was left an estate in Kent , where he lived , though he occasionally slept in Regent-street . In 1846 he retired from business . Subsequently he became a shareholder and director of the London and County Assurance Company , went for two years to Boulogne , came back in March , and came down to Gourock in July . * On the 16 th of September he applied for sequestration under the designation of " Edward Legh , some time residing and carrying on business as a wine-merchant , at No . 95 , Regent-street , Westminster , London , and presently residing at No . 7 , Ashton , Gourock , in the county of Renfrew . " The concurring creditor was Mr . Esphi , his family solicitor : and , as the bankrupt had neither estates nor debts in Scotland , the first meeting of creditors was composed of Mr . Espin ' s mandatory , Mr . A . M'Callum , writer , Port-Glasgow . This Mr . M'Callum ( as constituting in himself the meeting of creditors foresaid ) voted himself ( 1 ) preses ; ( 2 ) appointed bis clerk clerk ; ( 3 ) named a trustee 5 ( 4 ) a commissioner , " no other creditor having claimed on the estate ; " and , finally , Mr . M'Callum resolved that the bankrupt's personal protection be renewed for twelve months . A petition was now presented for recal of sequestration by Mr . M'Creight , of the London and County Assurance j Company , now in course of being wound up , the recal being prayed for on the ground that-the bankrupt could not be said to be subject to the jurisdiction of the Scotch ' courts . The Lord Ordinary thought that the further . arguments should be postponed till the result of the j " Tobcrmory Case " was known . I Salt Tradk to China . —With reference to the ad- \ mission of English salt into the ports of China , we ' append tho copy of a letter written after Lord Malmesbury had been made acquainted with the fact of Chinese t solar salt being freely admitted at Calcutta on the same terms as that from England : <— " Foreign-office , Nov . 17 . Sir , — -I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13 th instant , j respecting the admission of British salt into China , and J I am to state to you in reply , that as the Earl of Elgin < will , according to all probability , have left China before < any instructions founded on your letter could reach his ' Excellency , Lord Malmcsbury considers it best to defer ] the issue of such instructions until the departure of an 1 ambassador who will be sent out to Pokin from this " country , nnd whose attention will then bo clireoted to tho subject . —15 . Hammond . " —^ -Liverpool Albion . Ciikql'ks on Country Bankers . — On Monday , 22 nd j inst ., tho London bankers commenced a clearing for j country cheques . Tho process adopted is , that each t London banker sends a clerk to tho clearing-house at twelva o ' clock with such cheques on country bankers as j may have been left with him to be collected ; these cheques are delivered to the respective agents of the country bankers , by whom they are forwarded to thoir severnl destinations , and upon receipt of advice of \ payment , the balances are settled in the London clear- < ing . By this mode , time , labour , and expense of postage J are economised , and so soon as tho country bankers shall J generally have given in their adhesion to the plan , the Hyatoiu will bo very complete . Wo understand its adoption is proceeding vory satisfactorily . ' Uud Ska and India TiajuKaitAPii . —The contract with 1 this company has been signed by the Lords of the j Treasury , and tho manufacture of the submarine cable ] is in rnpid progress . It in hoped that the section from < Suoz to Aden will bo laid in the spring , and an ex pec- ! tatlon in entertained that a call , not exceeding 3 / . per , sluuo , will bo necessary next month , tuul nnothor of , like amount Id January .

      The Ship Indian Empire . —This Gal way steamer , which left New York for Ireland exactly a month a / ro , is still overdue . The rate of 25 guineas per cent , has been paid for insurances , the regular charge being from 15 s . to 20 s . only . The Indian Empire is the last of the overdue American steamers , the Edinburgh having : arrived on Wednesday . The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company have since received the following telegram : — " The Indian Empire was at Halifax by our last advices undergoing repair of damages caused by a . brig running foul of her . " The French Rentes . —rParis letters revive the report of an intention on the part of the G overnment of the Emperor to convert the Four-and-a-Half per Cent . Rentes into Three per Cents . They remind us that the time is peculiarly favourable for such an operation , as the empire is . at profound peace , its foreign relations eminently satisfactory , and the population perfectly contented , whatever maj' be said about the feelings of certain classes in Paris . The only doubtful point is , the time at which the conversion will be officially announced ; meanwhile , it is positively asserted the scheme has been provisionally elaborated by M . Fould , and referred by the Emperor to M . Magne for his opinion .

      Tjiconomtt In Fuel.—The Waste Of Coals J--' Arising From The Use Of Badly Constructed Fireplaces

      TjiCONOMTt IN FUEL . —The waste of coals J-- ' arising from the use of badly constructed fireplaces

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      in most families is truly enormous . The desirable objects of effecting a great saving and adding to the comfort of apartments are obtained by the use of the following grates : —i . Improved Smokeless Fire Grates , now made from 20 .- * . each . These grates burn little fuel , give much heat , will burn for hours without attention , and accumulate so little soot that chimney-sweeping is almost superseded . 2 . Improved Grates , with Stourbridge fire-brick backs , from 24 s . each , complete . Any one who has experienced the superiority of fire brick over iron for retaining heat and radiating it into an apartment would , never consent to have grates with iron backs , which conduct the heat away . S . Improved Grates with Stourbridge fire-brick backs aiut porcelain sides from 35 s . each , complete . The advantages of porcelain for ornament over iron or steel arise from its cleanliness , savin ? of trouble in cleaning , and from its beauty not being impaired by lapse of time . Illustrated prospectuses forwarded on application . Also STOVES FOR ENTRANCE HALLS , SCHOOL ROOMS , CHURCHES , & c , Of the best construction . These Stove 3 burn little fuel , require very little attention , may be had with or without open fire , and will burn » night and day in severe weather , or throughout the season if required , whilst they are entirely free from the objection found to so many stoves , that of a liability to become overheated and to render the atmosphere offensive . Illustrated prospectuses forwarded . Manufacturers of Edwards ' s Smokeless Kitchen ' Range , which alone obtained a first-class medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1855 . — F , EDWARDS , SON , and Co ., General Stove and Kitohon Range Manufacturers , 42 , Poland-street , Oxford-street , W .

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      SOHO LOOKING-GLASS MANUFACTORr , 26 , Soho-square , London . —Established 20 years . —Tlio Proprietor begs to call the attention of the public to the following very reduced List of Prices for LOOKINGGLASSES , of superior quality , fitted in carefully manuacturod carved and Rilt frames ;—Size of Glass . Outside Measure of Frame . Price , i 0 by 30 in . 51 in . wide by 39 in . high from Si . 10 s . each . 46 by 36 in . 48 in . wide by 53 in . high from 52 . 0 s . each . 50 by 40 in . 52 in . wide by CO in . high from Gl . 0 s . each . j > 3 by 43 in . 55 in . wide by 65 in . high from 11 . 7 s cacU < 56 by 40 in . 59 in . \ yide by 69 in . high from 8 ? . 8 s . each ' 80 by 48 in . 62 in . wide by 74 in . high from 102 . 0 s . each 70 by 50 in . 64 in . vido by 84 in . high from 111 . 0 s . each * - Mahogany dressing and cheval glasses , gilt cornices-, girandoles , ' picture frames , & c , at equally moderate prices . Merchants and shi oners sunolied by snecial contract .

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      THE VERY FINEST COLZA OIL " or moderator lamps , solectcd from choico parcels direct 'rom Lille , 4 s . Gel . per gallon . Tallow Store Dips , 7 U . per II ) , ; litto Moulds , Ss . per dozen lbs ., stored in Mnrch last especially for family use . Household Spaps , 40 s ., 41 s ., 40 s ., and 18 s . per cwfe . Delivered free to any part of , or within ilvo niles of , town , and orders of fit . value railway free to any larfc of . England . WHITMORB and CRADDOOK , 10 , Blshopsgate-street Within , E . G ., London , old servants or , ind City Agents to , Price ' s Patent Candle Company .

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      BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INKTo avoid disappointment from the substitution of counterfeits , bo careful to ask for tho gotiuiiio Bond's Marking Ink ; and further to distinguish it , observe that * no Sixp enny sizb is , or has at any time boon prepared by him , he Inventor and Proprietor . N , B .-Tho general and ORIGINAL BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING * INK hears tho addrens 011 tho label , 1 Q LONG-LANE , WEST SMITHFIJGLD , CITY .

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      \ < J J E PPS'S COCOA . —Epps , homccopathiocheinisf , London . —lib . itnd 4 H > . packets , Is . 0 d . and Oil . —Tlilu excellent production , originally propnrcd for tho special uso of homoeopathic pat ion ts , having boon adopted by the gouoral public , can now lie had of tlio principal grooora . Jvnch £ ackot is labelled James Epps , Uojiuuopatliio chomt & t , ondon .

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      OAUTION to Householders , Bankers , MeivJ chants , and Publio Ouloos . Tlio l ' nfcont NATIONAL M » d DEFIANCE LOOKS can ho hnd only of V . I'UCKitlDGE , 82 , Strand , nearOhnrliiK-cioss . Thoso Loekanru important for thoir security against burplarw ant 1 tlilom , is evidenced in the fraudufont attumpb to plok H at tlio SfflSaSS ^ te ^^ T & pSff ^ B ! & EffiSJ 1 & W ^ . W- ^^ niiaUu « iMttohH 9 xw . ISiiil » ONN | uff W «» . * o- Vnrraiitod btrcet-Uoor Latched , 17 s . oil . o « ch .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 27, 1858, page 29, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27111858/page/29/