qcceptcd and hold at the disposal of the seconds, remittcd this day to our common friends at Oporto, Messrs. J. NEW- FIELD and Co. In case of non-acccptance or non-paymcnt, he so good as to advise said friends tlicreof, and cause the hills to he noted, furnishing me with a protest tliat I may recover from the dravvers rhowever I fecl confident that such will not he necdful. I rcmain, most truly, Sir, your ohe- dient liumhle servant,

JOHN LUKE.

72. Bitte um Intervention.

Cottenhurgh.

Messrs. 1. W. SMITH and Co., London.

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. ßy the last mail wc received the unpleasant Intelligence that Sims and Bailey of Hüll had stopped payment. Wc have lately drawn on tliem the hills as per suhjoined list and as vre have no other correspondent in that city wc heg through the means of one of your corrcspondents, the favor of your Intervention to our honor, and enclose as part of the reimhurscment a hill on Tottie and Compton of London, which have the goodness to place to our credit. In your acknowledg- ment of the receipt vve shall he ohliged hy the communication of any Information you can pro eure, rcspecting the estate of the insolvents, and the dividend to he expected.

Wc are, Gentlemen, yours very sincerely,

PETERSEN and ORLOFF.