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tance. You will greatly obligc mc by giving bim the prefe­rence , should you have any wines kor shipment, while bis vcsscl is loading at your port.

The owncrs of the Ceres are my good friends and va- luablc corrcspondents, Messrs. P. GARTEN and Co. of IIull.

Rccommending Captain PURKIS likewise to your good Offices aud attention» in other inatters, I am, etc.

JOHN BIGGAR.

26. Empfehlung eines Hcmdelsgehülfen.

Liverpool.

Messrs. EDWARD RUTSON and Co., London, Gcntlemen,

Mr. WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT the bearer of this letter is just arrived from New-York], where he was some years in a large mercantile house which has been obliged to stop payment. Wc have been in the habit of transacting business with them for many years, and have always heard theliigh- est character of Mr. W. CARTWRIGHT, who by this unexpected event is tlius thrown upon the world witliout employment. Should you happen to be in want of a respcc- table and confidcutial Clerk in your Establishment, you would much obligc us by rcflecting on the above. We are authorized by bis late Eniployers to assurc you that he will be found worthy of the utmost confidence and also prove a great acquisition to any concern in which he may be engag- cd, We remain , Genticmen, etc.

JOHN HANCOCK and Co,