The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-05 00:00:00

RHEUMATIC and all NERVOUS COMPLAINTS can be Cured or Relieved by the
application of
ATKINSON'S MEDICAL GALVANIC ARRANGEMENT,
Being so constructed that there is no possibility of misusing it ; no Medical Man or Family
should be without one.
SOLD BY THE MAKER, J. ATKINSON, 37, MANCHESTER STREET, LIVERPOOL,
Where every article, ELECTRIC, GALVANIC, or PHOTOGRAPHIC, can be had in quantity if required.

OVER COATS!! OVER COATS!!

IN ALL THE NEW MATERIALS AND THE LATEST FASHIONS.

JOSEPH EARP'S,
NUMBER
THR E E,
CHURCH-STREET.

"THE TALMA,"
The most approved Style of Over Coat for the Season—in Mixed Cloths, Tweeds, Beavers,
and other Textures, from 21s. to 60s.

THE ALBERT COAT,
THE PALETOT,
THE SAC,
THE CHESTERFIELD,
THE PONCHO.
In Milled Clotho, Pilots, Beavers, Witneys, Vecnnas, &c.—from Twenty-five Shillings
to Three Guineas.
BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CAPES, TALMAS, AND. SACS,
From 7s. 6d. upwards.

J. E. in calling attention to the above, begs to state that his Stock of Coats for the
present season are all first.rate value, and have been got up with considerable taste ; the
Workmanship equal to any ordered garment, and, in point of excellence, cannot be
surpassed by any House in the Trade.
Each Article his the Price affixed, in Plain Figures, from which no deviation can be made.
COATS,
For Dress or Business Purposes, in Superfine Black and MixedOloths, Doeskins, Tweeds,
and other materials.
TROUSERS
IN ENDLESS ASSORTMENT.

VESTS
IN GREAT CROICII.

AS AMC,
CLOTHING FOR ALL CLIMATES,
Ready-made, or made to Measure,
AT
CELEBRATED NUMBER THREE, CHURCH-STREET.
JOSEPH HARP, Pamparrrol.

THE BOOT AND SHOE TRADE.

EXTRAORDINARY PRICE OF LEATHER!!

At a general meeting of the Master Boot and Shoemakers of Liverpool, convened at the Clarendon Rooms, on the
17th ultimo, it was unanimously agreed that, in consequence of the extraordinary advance in the price of leather
(about 50 per cent.) it is absolutely necessary that the prices of manufactured goods be raised.
In making this announcement to the pnblic,they bPg to say that the large exportation of leather, as also of boots
and shoes (the confirmation of which will be seen from the annexed circular), renders it highly improbable that as
reduction can possibly take place for some time ; indeed the probability is that still higher rates must be paid, and,
consequently, the present pressure upon the leather market is considerably increased.

Extract from T. Callender and Son's (of Glasgow) circular of the Bth December. •
‘, We have seldom seen such an excited leather market as the past month has exhibited. At the comment:Meat el
the month, and for the first ten days, a fair amount of business was transacted, but without anything to notice
particularly ; though in the English markets prices had advanced very considerably, here there was not mob
animation, and no noticeable advance obtained. The last two weeks have, however, been quite a contrast to this,
the difficulty has been not to sell leather, but to get leather to sell, and each week has brought advanced rates with
it. In fact, if the present short supply and active demand continue a few weeks more, most of the leather factors
will, have little leather to offer for sale. The trade are naturally anxious now to asccrtaln, as far as it can be done
correctly, the future prospects as to prices, and look forward with considerable anxiety to the effect which the
present comparatively high prices are likely to have upon their customers the shoemakers.- There is no doubt of the
fact that the public are not paying anything like a proportionate advance to the advance on the material of manu-
facture. Indeed, it is a matter of extreme difficulty to obtain advances generally on retail transactions,in every trade;
and we have no doubt the shoemaker feels this difficulty to be a very serious one at 'the present. This being the
case, the leather merchants generally, and we believe the shoemakers also, do not feel warranted in keeping lure
stock, but are buying almost from hand to mouth, and supplying themselves only or immediate requirements. W.
aro afraid, however, that, hard though it may be with the shoemakers, we are not likely soon to see a
downward change in prices. The continued scarcity of hides, with the very extraordinary demand for hides and
leather as well as for boots and shoes for the export trade, renders -it extremely Improbable that for some time we
shall see lower prices.
" If we saw the prospect of any increased supply either of hides or leather, the case would be different ; but this
seems at present quite impossible, as, high as our markets are, the other markets in the world are higher: