The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES.

MANCHESTER.—The stringency of the money market, and the
declining value of cotton, tend to induce protracted inactivity
in this market, and the caution we have on previous occasions
alluded to as existing, is weekly more apparent. Nothing but
extremely low prices tempt purchases of any extent, and so
far from there being any disposition at present to operate,
with a view to speculation, every inducement seems to operate
to postpone the execution of orders as long as possible. With
this continued dullness, prices are, this week, further depressed.
Producers are becoming more anxious to effect sales, and we
have heard of very low prices having been accepted for some
descriptions of goods. The operations for export are of a very
limited character, owing to the state of the money market ;
whilst the home trade, besides a drooping cotton market, has
also to contend with the prospect of continued high prices of
the necessaries of life, the corn markets again showing an up-
ward tendency.—Manchester Courier.

lanns.—There were brisk markets at the cloth-halls, and
the halls were well cleared ; but for cloths, generally, the
market continues dull. Stocks are low in the manufacturers'
hands, prices are steady, and the mills continue in full opera-
tion. Business has not been so brisk as of late for the home
trade in the warehouses, but the foreign houses are rather
more active.

BRA.DFORD.—WOOI : The demand rules heavy, with no dis-
position on the part of the staplers to accede to lower prices.
Noils and brokers without change.—Yarns : There is no
change either in demand or prices.—Pieces : The business
doing is a steady one, and without alteration in prices.
NOTTINGRA.3I.—The lace trade has experienced a better
demand for goods since our last, which will be probably further
increased for a few weeks. The hosiery trade has also par-
taken of some portion of the improvement mentioned above,
particularly in heavy goods. The price of yarn remains about
the same.

HALIFAX.—The inquiry for worsted goods, of any descrip-
tion, is very limited. Yarns continue much the same, both as
regards demand and price. Some sorts of wool remain firm,
and others are rather easier to buy, but there is not much
doing. •

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting of this society was held last night at the Royal Insti-
stution, in Colquitt-street ; Robert M'Andrew, Esq., F.R.S.,
was elected president in the room of Dr. Dickinson, and took
the chair. Messrs. Alfred North, Joseph Goodwin, W. W.
-Rundell, and W. G. Wilks were elected members. The
annual report was read by the secretary (Dr. Thomson). He
stated that the society had improved both in numbers and
intellectual character, and now consisted of 150 ordinary, and
45 corresponding memberi. The election of five new members
of the council resulted in the appointment of Messrs. Francis
Archer, F. W. Bloxom, Edward Bretherton, Rev. A. Ramsay,
and Alfred Higginson. The election of nine members of the
council resulted in the appointment of Dr. Dickinson,
Dr. Ihne, Mr. Byerly, Dr. Thornton, J. B. Yates,
Esq., Swinton Boult, Esq., T. C. Archer, Esq., Rev. H. H.
Higgins, and J. B. Edwards, Ph.D. The following were
elected vice-presidents : J. B. Yates, Esq., F.R.S., Dr.
Dickinson, and Dr. Ihne. Mr. Byerly was re-elected
treasurer of the society, and Dr. Thomson was re-elected hon.
secretary. The next business was to consider, for the first time,
a recommendation of the Council to increase the annual
subscription to one guinea, and the composition for life sub-
scriptions to ten guineas from January next. The resolution
was moved by Mr. Higginson, and seconded by Mr. Archer.
It was supported by Mr. Yates, and after some discussion was
carried by a majority of 13 to 7. The meeting shortly after-
wards broke up.
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH SOCIETY.—A numerous meeting
of this society was held last night, in the Girls' School-room,
in Cornwallis-street, the Rev. Henry Carpenter in the chair.
In opening the proceedings, the chairman read the fifth
chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, and commented
upon it, stating that the objects of the society were to produce
that change of mind which the Apostle especially alluded to,
and inveighing particularly against the vice of drunkenness.
After some remarks by the Rev. W. Follett on the claims of
the society to support, the Rev. J. R. Conor, incumbent of
St. Simon's, delivered an able and interesting lecture on the
condition of the majority of the children of Liverpool. It
was listened to throughout with great attention by a nu-
merous auditory, and at the Close thanks were unanimously
voted to the rev. lecturer.

A VEILDICT of wilful murder has been brought by the coroner's
ury against Ann Russell, who cut the throat of her son, aged
four years, and attempted to put an end to her own life at Bil-
ston. But slight expectations are entertained of the recovery
of the murderess.

THE Times announces that Nathaniel Williams, the Wor-
cestershire labourer imprisoned for cutting his wheat on a
Sunday, has been discharged by order of the Home Secretary,
on the ground that the conviction was not warranted by law.
The Act of Charles 11. provides for the conviction of any
person following his " ordinary calling" on a Sunday. The
ordinary calling of Williams was that of a hired labourer
doing work for others, so that working for himself was not
his ordinary calling. Such, according to The Times, is the
logical conclusion of the Home Secretary.
RIIAEON.—The strike of the colliers employed by the New
British Iron Company at the collieries in the neighbourhood
of Ruabon has been a most disastrous one. The turn-outs al-
together have amounted to 2,000, of whom the colliers, men
and boys, numbering 1,500, about 500 other persons (being
dependent upon the collieries for employment) being thus
thrown out of work. It has been calculated that at least
£1,500 per week has been withdrawn from circulation in the
neighbourhood. The distress thus occasioned has been very
great, for nearly all the families have been thrown upon the
parish, and the rates have been almost doubled. Some hun-
dreds of the men have left to seek work elsewhere.