The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES.

MANCHESTER .—There is considerable dulness in the mar-
ket again this week. After the subsidence of the small ex-
citement in the Liverpool cotton market at the close of last
week, this market relapsed into the state of quietude it had
previously assumed, and on Tuesday a total absence of any-
thing approaching animation was evidenced. Below the re-
duced rates that prevailed at the early part of the previous
week, spinners and manufacturers were not inclined to go;
whilst both the home and foreign houses appeared very in-
different about operating, and offered lower rates. Since
Tuesday, under the influence of a further decline and con-
tinued dulness in cotton, concessions have been made for
yarns and goods which have led to some transactions, but
these instances are by no means general, and the market
closes with rather more irregularity, and, at the same time,
with but little appearance of an increased or steady demand.
At the same time, it is becoming pretty evident that prices
are again approximating to the point that may be considered
pretty safe, and at which buyers are likely to operate with
confidence. Spinners still continue to have an advantage over
manufacturers. Whilst goods continue to be comparatively
very dull of sale, there is rather more doing in yarns, both for
India and the Continent, as well as the Mediterranean. Goods
are only purchased where low prices are accepted; this in-
ducement being required before sales can be effected. Such
sales—and they are not many or large—as have been effected
of India goods would appear to be at 'ruinous rates, and sub-
mitted to to get rid of accumulating stocks. The Greek
houses continue very inactive, their udvices not being of a
very 14w:irable nature. In other gasses of goads much dul-
ness prevalls.—Manchester Courier.
ROCIAJALE.—No change in the flannel market. The wool
market continues firm and the demand steady.
Iit"DDERSFIELD.—Our market has been tolerably active
`more people about, and a decidedly better feeling for the
'future. Prices are still very firm, with, if anything, an up•
`ward tendency.
LEEDS.—Prices are steady, and the mills continue to be
'pretty well employed. A number of buyers have been down
during the week, and business has been rather brisk in the
warehouses for the bon% trade, but there has been little doing
for the foreign trade.
BRADFORD.—WooIs: The supply of wool in the market in-
creases daily. This remark applies to all descriptions except
colonial. Prices rule firm. Noils and blokes are in greater
plenty, and the prim has not advanced to the extent of long
and combing wools.—Yarns : Spool yarns are in good demand,
and buyers lravelo wait for the spinners before they can get
supplied. Prices Are consequently firm, and still looking up-
ward. Where •contracts are made, the terms are higher by
6d. to 9d. per gross over last month's quotations. In reeled
yarns the shippers have been less active.—Pieces : A steady
business doing in this branch of our trade ; goods, indeed,
being generAlly made to order.
NOT TING EA M.—Until it is seen what the established price
of yarn may be, hosiers are necessarily holding off buying
yarns to niake goods except at enhanced prices, .which spinners
feet compelled to demand in the present state of the cotton
market. •Ole general state of both the hosiery and lace trades
is such as not to call forth any special remarlethis week.
LEiCrSTEß.—Business continues about as last reported.

Tsrs Liverpool postmen diseluarge their duties-this week in
uniform.

MR. HAROLD LITTLEDADE has accepted -a seat at the
Board of the Great Western, and attended a meeting of direc-
trrs en Thursday.
TILE British and North American Mail steamer Canada,
Commodore Judkins, sailed 'hence for Halifax and Boston on
Saturday, with 100 passengers and a full cargo.
WILLIAM Lawson, manufacturing-chemist at the Apothe-
caries-hall, Colquitt-street, 'died, on Friday night, from the
effects of injuries on the head, mused by falling out of the
upper warehouse door on'the previous Saturday.
'DAMAGE to the extent of £1,500 was caused by fire in a
,warehouse, in Hurst-street, in 'the neighbourhood of New
Wapping, on Saturday -morning. The premises belong to
Messrs. R. Gardner and Son, bloekmakers, and the stock was
insured for £6OO.
:ISDPERANNI7A.TION •OF MR. -ARNAUD.—Mr. Elias Arnaud,
• after half-a-century of able and zealous public-service, nearly
thirty-two years of which have been passed in-the Collector-
ship of Liverpool, has,'by an order received within the present
week, been placed on the retired list, at the •superannuation
‘allowance of £2,200 a-year ; and he now merely holds his office
huni,il his successor is appointed.
'Van LANCASUIRZ MILITIA.—RetUFYIS issued on Friday,
-show the present state of the Militia, and the extent to which
the strength of the various regiments has been effected by the
War-office Circular,,ef the 27th March. The number of vo-
lunteers serving in the Lancashire Militia on the Ist of:March
was as follows :--Ist Infantry, •‘248 ; 2d Infantry, 652 ; 3d
_ Infantry, 939 ; 4th Light Infantry, 764 ; sth Infantry, 621.
an,,, —L... enrolled hof.re the 12th May, 1854, who left
the regiment on the War-office Circular, were as follows :-Ist,
101; 2d, 277 ; ad.,.192; 4th, 273; 45th, 115. The numbers
who took the £1 additional bounty to complete -their terms
of service were, lst,,C ; '2d,,198; 3(1,367 ; 4th, 207 ; sth, 270.
The 6th andl7th Regiments have not been embodied. The
effective force of therfwe regiment& embodied was, on the 30th
April, as follows 6 officers, 25 non-commissioned officers,
and2Bo privates ; z2d;.28 officers, 66 non-commissioned officers,
and4ls privates ;.3d,-.28 officers, 100 non-commissioned offi-
cers;•and 803 privates; ,4th, 24 officers, 93 non-commissioned
officers, and 534. privates ; sth, 31 ,officers, 84 non-commis-
sioned officers, and 697 ,privates total, 117 officers, 368 non-
commissioned officers, and 2,729 privates.
Woineg OF sAN EXICIRANT &W.—Accounts have just
been received of the wreck of the English ship Lochmaben
Castle, Captain Turnerovith nearly 600 souls on board, on a
formidable. reef known.as the Bird. Rocks, in the Gulf of St.
Lawreuce. She was.a first-class ship of 1,600 tons, and left
Liverpool in the latter 'end of May for Quebec, with 557
passengers, men, women,.and children, and a cargo of rice, &c.
On the uth ult. thick hazy weather at in, and she ran upon
the Bird Rocks. Signals of distress -were fired, and the
greater part of the, cargo was thrown overboard. After an
entire day s suspense, -a bark, the-Sophia M'Kenzie, Captain
Greenhorn, of London, came in sight, and hearing the signals
bore down,and the captain-consented to receive the emigrants.
210 women and children were first taken from the wreck on
board the bark, when night et in with a heavy gale and thick
fog, and Captain Greenhorn, for the safety-of his vessel, was
obliged to tear away and proceed to Quebec, where the wo-
men and .children were. landed. The- latest -accounts speak of
the captain, .crew, and remainder of the passengers being
landed on /3y,ron Island, some 15 miles from the rocks. The
ship and cargo, it is feared, are a total loss, but both are
insured to a large amount.

EMIGRITLONa2OSILIVICEPOOL.—The number ef emigrants
,viho left Liverpool for all foreign ports during the quarter
ending June 30,..is 43,880, being a.decrease of 40;350 on the
.4erresponding ,cluarter of 1854. The sailings to Australia
show a corresponding diminution with the decrease to the
United States and NOrth American ports. Two vessels of the
• " Mersey" line proceeded to sea on Tuesday,; the Monteagle,
Captain Lorby, for Melbourne, with X2O passengers.; and the
Theodore, Captain Davys, for Adelaide, with 15 passengers.
The Constance, Captain Christie, ,of xessrs. Henry Thomas
and Co.'s " Black Star"-line, is now in the river, and will sail
in a day or two with nearly 200 passengers and a large cargo;
the Africa, Captain O'Neill, of Messrs. Magee, Levingstone,
and Wghew's "Liverpool" line, will go out of the Prince's
Dock into the river, on .Thursday-; the Albatross, Captain
.Geves, of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.'s -" Eagle" line, will
leave the Prince's Doek early•this week, and will take out a
full complement of passengers,; and the :beautiful clipper
Queen of the East, belonging to the " Fox" line of packets,
willaail,inarCew days, on her .second :voyage to the colOnies,
:taking out only 150 passengers, about one-third of the com-
plement which her owner might crowd into her, were he not
desirous of studying the comfort of those on board.
S'osx.e.GE,TO.4,IISTRALIA.—About,a year ago a A3d. rate of
postage for letters not exceeding half an ounce was adopted
between this country and the Australian colonies; on the
understanding that the colonial governments would adopt the
same rates. It seems, however, that the colony of Victoria
has Called to do so, and imposed a is. rate. Last month
notice was consequently issued by the Post-office, intimating
that the rate of postage would be increased from this country
to that °dolly to ls. under half an ounce, and so on by increase
of weight, and signifying that the postage must be paid in
advance. To all the other Australian colonies the postage con,
tinues 6d., as before, and the payment in advance is optional.
Owing to the compulsory payment in the case of letters to
Victoria, more than 10,000, which were intended to go by the
Champion of the Seas on the 4th instant, have been returned,
through the Dead Letter-office, to the senders. The parties
inconvenienced consider this a grievance, and ask why should
the prepayment of letters be made compulsory to Victoria,when
to all our other colonies it is optional. But it is to be presumed
the colony have not only failed to accept the sixpenny arrange-
ment, but also to make such provisions as would enable pay-
ment on this side to be dispensed with, and that the case is
one in which the London Post-office has no alternative.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON THE POLlCE.—Yesterday, two
men, named John Cowan and James Carthy, were charged
before Mr. Mansfield with a violent assault upon police-con-
stables 413 ,and 74, on Sunday night, at the upper end of
Vauxhall-road. From the evidence, it appeared that, about a
week or ten days before, police-constable 413 had charged two
companions of Cowan and Carthy with an assault upon him,
which was clearly pgoved, and the prisoners, in that instance,
were sentenced to imprisonment for three months. The two
present prisoners, it would appear, along with some others,
had resolved to inflict vengeance on the constable, and for this
purpose had entered into a combination against him. On
Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, as he was going about on his
beat, a woman came up and asked if he were a Welsh police-
man, and he said he was. She then told him he had better
take care, as five men were lying in wait to kill him. He
said he should take care, and was proceeding with his exami-
nation of the doors of shops and public-houses. While doing
so, the prisoner Cowan rushed out from behind a door, and
made a violent blow at him with a brick, which, fortunately,
did not strike the witness on the head, otherwise it would
certainly have injured him very seriously. As it was, it hurt
him much upon the shoulder, and falling on the ground broke
in two. Witness closed with Cowan, who was assisted by
Carthy. His comrade 74 then came to his assistance, and the
other three men of whom the woman had spoken ran away.
Cowan and Carthy were given into custody, and the witness
stating that he knew the men and where they were to be found,
and also believed he could find out where the woman lived,
Mr. Mansfield adjourned the further hearing of the case until
issued
for day. In the mean time he directed warrants to be
for the apprehension of the three men, and dewed that the
attendance of the woman might be secured.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR.

We have advices from Constantinople to the 28th June:—

The Turks had abandoned Kars, and were concentrating
their force at Erzeroum. The Russians were advancing, and
the Turkish generals demanded reinforcements.
The Presse d'Orient reports that the Circassian garrison
of Anapa is harassed by a Russian force; that the Circassians
have not been able to regain the military road, and that they
are encamped to the number of fourteen battalions on the
heights above Soujak-Kale:
It was said that the Russian General Korniloff was march-
ing at the head of 20,000 men against Yenikale, where 8,000
of the Allied troops were well entrenched and ready to receive
him. _ _

The Russian reinforcements sent into the Crimea have been
compelled to return through want of provisions.
Forty large pieces of ordnance have opened fire on the Rus-
sian ships in the harbour of Sebastopol.
It was rumoured in the Turkish camp that Suleyman
Pacha and Ismail Pacha were to march against Ismail.
General Bosquet has resumed his old command. General
Canrobert will shortly proceed to the assault with his division.
VIENNA, July 7.
The Vienna Gazette contains a semi-official article in reply
to the Emperor Napoleon's speech, in ,so far as the latter
touched upon Austria. The article in question maintains
that Austria has fulfilled the obligations imposed on her by
the treaty of December 2, and that she is not bound to take
any further steps.
BERLIN. Saturday, July 12.
The Prince of Prussia is going to St. Petersburg on family
business. This journey has no political signification.