The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-03 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE,

MANCHESTER.—The American advices have produced some
excitement in Liverpool. and led to a large business at an ave.
rage advance of per lb. Whh so large a market as ours,
and numerous orders in the buyers' hands, it was a matter of
course that a corresponding rise of price should be required
by spinners, or at least an increase of firmness exhibited.

Tne Cautiousness. however, which the state of France keeps
alive amongst the cor.tinental merchants, and indeed amongst
all buyers, has restrained the upward tendency. And as to cot-
ton, the general opinion is that, notwithstanding the efforts
that may be made to keep it back from the shipping ports, the
rise of the rivers will bring evidence of such supplies, as shall
keep prices moderate. This opinion is very operative as a
check to speculat:on. And, on Tuesday, sellers could not in
general do more than obtain the rates they had asked, but not
realised, in the preceding week. On Thursday and Friday,
however, they have succeeded in securing a positive gain of
fully fel. per lb. upon the quotations of a week ago for all num-
bers of water twist in the bundle; and although the same can
only be said of ,uch warps (about 28's) as were before compa-
ratively depressed, yet the full rates previously demanded, but
not paid, are now to be had with comparative readiness; but
these the makers are not d:sposed to accept. Cops show less
improvement than warps, and reeled mule than water; they
cannot, however, be bought on the terms of last week. For
40's mule, whether good or common, an advance exceeding
that upon water twist is obtained ; but this number had been,
and still is, relatively low in value. Better prices are paid for
50's also. Yarns adapted to the Yorkshire trade are perfectly
steady, at the full quotations. Altogether, the transactions are
of fair extent, carrying the contracts for water twist some
weeks forward. The comparative inertness of goods is a drag
upon yarns. Though the supply is not so much pre engaged
as that of yarns, there certainly is little stock of anything, and
a fair amount of orders is held by the manufacturers ; yet
prices cannot be said to have improved in any degree beyond
that of an increase of firmness. The home dealers still abstain
from supplying themselves with domestics, except in the most
retail fadtion ; so that the current operations, left mainly to
shippers, are not sufficient to impart any spirit to this class of
goods, which, however, are still pretty well engaged. Printing
cloths are in moderate request, and good 40 inch shirtings
scarce in comparison with the demand. Long cloths are quiet.
Some sales of low India shirtings and madapollams have been
effected, but the prices are very tow. _

LEEDS.—We have again to report the woollen cloth markets
here as being flat, and the amount of business done below an
average for the se son. The uncertainty as to the continu-
ance of pence in Europe, and as to a change of ministry ~nd a
dissolution of parliament in England, has a depressing effect
upon the general state of trade.

BRADFORD.—WOOIB: The supply is quite equal to the
limited demand of the consumers, and at present prices there
is but little disposition to add to their stocks. Noils and
brokes are without change. Yarns: To sell yarns at prime
cost is quite impossible, and there is no other chance apparent
but that of short time being more generally adopted; for the
spinners fully expected a great advance, which has not been
realised. Pieces : The business doing is inactive for the season,
and the manufacturers complain that they cannot make a
profit.

Rocit DALE.- We have had no improvement in the flannel
market this week. There has been a very thin attendance of
buyers, who have purchased very sparingly. The wool dealers
are asking former prices, but the business transacted is upon
a very limited scale.

Norri NO El Am.—There is not any alteration to notice in the
condition of the lace trade for the present time. the demand
being very little, if any, increased since the period we first
announced a retrogade movement. The principal falling•off
amongst the purchasers for the season are the Germans and
other European continental buyers, who for the present neces-
sarily feel some alarm at the politi^al state of affairs all over
the continent, in consequence of the uncertainty of what that
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peculiar mercurial people, the French, mean to do. The
price of doubled yarn is still said to be far from remunerative.
The turn-fmt of the hands from one factory still continues,
which might, and perhaps ought to be, set at rest by a little
conciliation on the part of employers and employed; but this
is a question in which the public at large cannot interfere.
The hosiery business continues tolerably healthy, most of the
hands in each branch of the trace having more or less work,
although in some cases they are limited in quantity. The
large production of the round frames has caused some depres-
sion on the " cut-up" hands, for which there does not appear
any immediate remedy.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL

3, Janes Forster (2nd)
5, James Henry Gillan (Ist)
5, M. Archer and T. Halsall (audit),
5, Alexander Cansh (audit)
5, Thomas Edwards (audit)
5, Thomas Ri&hardson (audit)
6, George irlam Higginson (2nd)
6, John A. Edwards (2nd)

Hour.
District Court, 11
Ditto, 11
Ditto, 11
Ditto, 11
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CHARITIES

LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—(WeekIy Report, 31st
Jan.)—AomlTTED:—ln-patients. 26; out-patients, i ; casuals
during the last week, B.—DISCHARGED :—ln-patients cured,
16 ; relieved, and at own request, 3 ; made out-patients, 1 ;
irregular, 0; dead, 2.—Remaining in the house, 209.

NI)ItTHERN HOSPITAL.—(WeekIy Report,' 31st Jan.)—
ADMITTED: Accidents,_ 30 ; Medical and Surgical Cases uponrecommendation,
recommendation, 19; Total, 49.--DISCHARGED Cured, 19;
relieved and at own request, 0; attending as out-patients, 12;
regular, 2; died, 2.—Remaining in the Hospital, 91.
INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOOLS, 66 and 68, SOHO-
STREET.—(WeekIy Report, Jan. 29.)—0n the books, boys 73,
girls 40; average daily attendance, boys 67, Firls 31; sick list,
boys 3, girls 2 ; obtained situations, boys 1, girls 0.
SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH 110SPITAL.—(Weekly Re-
port, 28th Jannary.)—l N-PATIENTS Discharged, cured, 10;
relieved and made out-patients, 1 ; at own request, 1 ; irregu-
lar, 1; dead, 1 ; entered, 13 ; under treatment, 67.-00T-
PATI ENTS :—Cured, 27; entered, 39; under treatment, 46.

TIDE TABLE.

MORN. EVENO.I HOHT. HOLTDAYS,RTC.
Feb.l h. m. h. m. ft. in.
Tuesday.... 3 933 951 13 11 Mashie.
Wednesday. 4; 10 21 10 43 15 7
Thursday .. 51 11 11 27 17 2 ,Full Moon, 6.53 p.m.
Frida Y•.... 611 47 - 17 5
Saturday .. 7 010 033 19 4
Sunday .... 8 055 IIS 20 1 Septuaroima Sunday
Monday.„. 9: 139 2 3 19 8