The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

from French ports, but not reported, No sales
reported in Molasses. For Coffee a better demand,
but limited supply. Tea : The sales of new have been
actively proceeded with at good prices. Rice has met
with more inquiry. Rum, 4d. per gallon dearer.
Palm Oil in request at £44 to £5O per ton. Tallow
in demand, Petersburgh -68 s. to 695. 6d. per cwt.
To-DAY, a large business has been done in Sugar, the
late advanced prices being fully maintained ; including
Saturday's sales, we have to repoit 70 hhds. Antigua
at 625., 20 hhds. Trinidad at 565. to 585., 7200 bags
Bengal at 595. to 61s. for yellow dates, and at 635. to
665. for yellow Cossipore, 6000 mats Mauritius at 455.
to 625., 1000 bags Pernams at 365. 6d. to 385., with
100 tons to arrive at 368., and 100 casks, 2100 bags
of Sugar from France, at 355. to 40s. per cwt. afloat.
There has been an improved demand for Rum, the
sales comprising 385 puns. Jamaica, 160 puns.
Demerara, and 130 puns. Leewards, at a further con-
siderable advance in prices. Coffee has also been in
good request, nearly 1600 bags Rio being reported at
40s. 6d. to 465. per cwt., being higher prices. Com-
mon Congou Tea must now be quoted at 10d. per lb. ;
a few hundred- chests were placed during the day at
9d. and 92d.;- but owing to a reported sudden
advance in the London market, holders now refuse
to sell, and 91d. per lb. has been freely declined.
The demand for Rice since Friday has continued un-
abated ; 3,500 bags Bengal have realised 15s, 6d. to
16s. 9d., 3,200 bags Madras 14s. 9d. to 15s. 3d., and
21,000 bags Arracan, 12s. for old, to 13s, for new, be-
sides which 900 tons Bengal for arrival have been
placed at 14s. 6d. to 16s. 6d., and 8,000 bags Rangoon
at 13s. per cwt. We have a considerable business to
report in Linseed for arrival, 700 tons Calcutta having
been disposed of, chiefly at 745. 6d.'to 765. per quarter,
c. f. and i. We have also to notice 1,000 bags Sago
Flour at 28s. 3d. to 28s. 6d., 80 cases Tincal at 505.,
and 5 tons Cutch at 30s. per cwt.
TIMBER.-The tonnage employed between Liver-
pool and Canada is shown by the circulars to be
53,425 tons less than last year, and from New
Brunswick and other ports 50,173 tons in excess.
In the aggregate, the tonnage this year is 244,423,
'against 247,675 in 1854, and 235,353 in 1853. The
particulars of import from the Ist February to the
present date are-=Quebec pine, 31,094 logs ; St. John
pine, 26,330 logs; other ports pine, 2,934:; New
Brunswick, &c., deals, 4,042,031 pieces.; Quebec deals,
260,339 pieces. Of Baltic timber there is a very light
stock, and neither arrivals nor sales to report.
WooL.-Rdtler more confidence has been expe-
rienced in the wool market during the past week, and
the public lales in London have also improved within
the last few days ; there is, however, no business of
any moment to report, and prices without alteration.
The imports of the week are-1,270 bales Peruvian,
446 East 'lndia, 89 Californian, 46 Poilugal, 299 Me-
diterranean, 1 German, 36 Scotch, and 17 Irish ; total,
2,204 bales.

MARKETS FOR MANTIFACTURES.

ItancinsrEa.—There has been a more marked improve-
'merit in the tone of the market this week, and a more cheer-
ful confidentleeling than we have been able to report for
-same time past. The actual amount-of business has not been
generally very extensive; but in particular instances, and for
'certain description of goods and yarns, some large transac-
tions have been entered upon. This 'has been more particu-
larly the case as regards India and China exports. The
accounts from India, at the'beginning of the week, were, on
the whole, favourable ; and those from China open up a pros-
pect of greater commercial activity. Under these circum-
stances, a more extended inquiry was experienced, and as the
monetary facilities'have'been greater than for several previous
weeks, the inquiry has not been confined exclusively to fabrics
and yarns for the East, but has been participated in by other
descriptions. Yarns'have been in active request throughout
the week, with aTurther advance in price. For India there
has been a steady inquiry, at gradually hardening prices.
Water yarns for export to China (16's to '24's) have been in
considerable demand,. at an advance of fully -id. per lb. The
German houseslave also been more in the market, and have
had to pay similarly advanced rates. The demand for home
use has been larger, and spinners, backed by the upward move-
ment of •cotton in Liverpool, have demanded and obtained
more money for'both weft and warps. Spinners have been
very firm in their demands of higher prices, to which they
were alike impelled by the demand and the rising value of
cotton. Goods are not' so universally affected as yarns ; never-
theless, the demand for India and China descriptions is also
accompanied by operations in other sorts. Shirtings for
China and long cloths have been in good request at higher
values ; and stocks, which a few weeks ago were becoming
heavy, have been cleared off, and in many instances manufac-
turers have orders on hand which will require several weeks to
complete. With the above exceptions, there is no very great
changein goods. Jacconetts are in pretty good request, and
T cloths have been rather more inquired for, as has also been
the case with respect to some descriptions of printers; which
are, however, for the most part, dull of sale. Domestics are
firm, but it is difficult to realise any advance. Manchester
Courier.

.ROCIEDAIM—A dull and flat market, and the merchants
have, when they have purchased, given a shade less for pieces.
The wool market continues inactive, and prices are rather in
favour of the manufacturer.
HIIDDERSFIELD.—There is no difference to notice hi this
market. Everything has been very flat ; and the few buyers
who have been about have bought nothing but what they
were in immediate want of. Prices are about the same.

LEEDS.—Very dull markets at the Cloth Halls, but not
more so than is usually the case at the close of the season.
Prices without alteration ; and the stocks being low in the
clothiers' hands, the mills continue to be well employed.
Although-there has been a number of buyers in the town this
week, their purchases have been light, and business in the
warehouses has been to a less amount than for some time
past.
BRADFORD.—WOOI : The purchases of wool continue of a
limited character, and the holders offer no inducement to more
active operations. Yarns The -stoppage of spinning ma-
chinery continues to be adopted, for no one can stock spools,
and for reeled yarns there is no one disposed to spin, except
to order, the prices current .offering no inducement to take
any other coarse. Pieces : The merchants buy very sparingly,
merely to assort their stocks, and altogether the trade is very
inanimate.
LEICESTER.—Trade remains much as last reported. No
further decline has taken place in prices of woollen yarns, al-
though the spinners complain of less business doing. They
say the price of wool does not warrant reductions.
NOTTINGIU.SI.—In the lace trade there was a better demand
for most classes of goods. Several American buyers are in
the market giving out their orders, which are, no doubt,
smaller than they would have been, had the market been
easier. The home demand is dull, but not more so than is
usual-at this period. Hosiery : There is a fair business doing
in some branches of the trade, particularly with the American
markets, but others are comparatively quiet. The trade is
believed to be sound in the main, and manufacturers in general
are acting with great judgment and prudence in the conduct
of their business at this crisis.

THEFT BY A 'SERVANT. Yesterday, a young woman
named Sarah Mullie, who had been a servant in the public-
house kept by Mr. Moorcroft, in Commutation-row, was
brought before the Police-court on a charge of stealing a steel
knife-sharpener, the property of her employer, in whose service
she had only been two days. The theft was clearly proved,
and she was sentenced to be imprisoned for fourteen days.
STEALING BLOCK-TIN. A man, whose name did not
transpire., was yesterday charged before J. A. Tobin, Esq., at
the Police-court, with the theft of about 35 lbs. of block-tin,
from the ship Caroline Chisholm, lying in the Prince's Dock.
The tin, which was cast in thin slips, formed part .of the
vessel's tarp, and had been packed in barrels, which were
stowed on board. The prisoner had obtained access to the
ship, and abstracted the quantity he was charged with steal-
ing. The property was found on him as he was leaving the
vessel; and, being an old offender, he was sentenced to be
imprisoned for three months.
Tax LATE ARCHDEACON BROOKS.—The public meeting
having decided on the memorial to the late Venerable Arch-
deacon Brooks taking the form of a marble statue, to be
erected in St. George's-hall, some little interest is excited on
the selection of an artist for the execution of the statue. It
is said that an application has been made to Mr. Gibbon, at
Rome, but the statement is not credited. In the first place,
he has more orders on hand than he can well execute; and
again, he is not happy in portrait statuary, his great forte
being the poetry of his art. Mr. Macßride, of this town, who,
some time since, made an excellent bust of the late Archdeacon,
has recently executed a full-length model, which may be seen
at Mr. Westcott's rooms, in Church-street. The artist is well
known, having succeeded in producing several admirable like-
nesses of Liverpool worthies.
A SAILOR'S SIMPLICITY.—A good-looking though obviously
a simple-minded man, who gave his name as John Tinley,
and said he was a sailor, applied to the sitting magistrate,
at the Police-court, yesterday, under the following circum-
stances. Tinley said he was born at Sevenoaks, in Kent,
but had gone on board ship when he was a mere boy ; had
traded chiefly to the coast of Africa, and had been but very
little in England from his boyhood. A short time since he
arrived in Liverpool, and on Saturday last he was met in St.
John's-lane, by a man named George Hockey, now in custody,
who was dressed as a sailor, and offered to sell Tinley some
bargains, commencing with tobacco. Never doubting that
all sailors were as simple-minded as himself, Tinley struck a
bargain for two lbs. Hockey perceiving that he had a flat to
deal with, requested his customer to go with him and inspect
some other bargains, which the latter accordingly did. On
reaching the place referred to, Hockey showed his dupe a
light-colourede mbroidered crape shawl, which he assured the
simple Tinley was of genuine Chinese manufacture, and dirt
cheap at twelve dollars. The unsuspecting sailor, being
desirous of presenting a young woman, his niece, with some-
thing handsome, thought the shawl in question was the very
article, and after some chaffering he purchased the shawl
for a sovereign. Hockey next showed him some stuff
which he represented as Chinese black satin, the piece
being worth eight dollars. Of this valuable property
Tinley became also the happy purchaser, for his niece, at
another sovereign. Feeling reluctant to part with so good a
customer and so well-disposed an uncle, Hockey once more
essayed the extent of his credulity, and induced him to pur-
chase an elegant gold neck chain worth £ll or more in China ;
and for which the liberal-minded Tinley disbursed a third
sovereign, and picking up his prizes " made sail" for the
dwelling of his niece, a modest and intelligent-looking girl,
who, on being presented with the valuables, expressed her
gratitude; but being shortly afterwards apprized of the prices
paid for them, informed her kinsman that he had been
regularly "done for." Tinley immediately set out in quest
of his "merchant sailor," and falling in with him, taxed him
with the cheat. This the other denied, and offered to refund
the money except 6s. which he alleged he had spent. To the
loss of the 6s. Tinley willingly assented, but the residue not
being forthcoming, while Hockey endeavoured to bear off upon
another tack, he was ultimately given into the hands of the
police ; and the goods for which he had obtained three
sovereigns were pronounced by judges not to be worth es.
Hockey, who was defended by an attorney, averred that the
transactions were bona fide sales. He was remanded for
seven days,