The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-27 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER.—There was a considerable inquiry for
yarn yesterday ; but it did not produce an adequate extent of
business. The sales, though tolerabiy numerous, were by
no means heavy ; and some descriptions of yarn, especially
40.'s and the lowest counts of mule yarn, were a shade lower
than on the preceding Tuesday, but other sorts remained un-
altered. For goods of all kinds the market was exceedingly
flat, and power-loom printing cloth was about lid. lower
than last week ;—the very best qualities of 27-inch cloth
barely commanding 7s. In heavy goods there was no change
of prices, but sales were made with difficulty.—Guardian.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 23.
The demands for flannels still continues steady, and we have
a good average market to-day, but no change in the prices.
The wool market has been rather more lively, and manufac-
turers have bought more freely, but prices may be quoted the
same as last week.--Ibid.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET,' SEPT. 24.—The demand for
heavy woollens, especially fancies, continues unabated; but
superfines are at a discount, and few sales made. The beauti-
ful and seasonable weather has had a favourable effect on the
market, as well as on the spirits of the people, and sanguine
hopes are entertained of an average autumn trade. The de-
mand for light fancy hoods and waistcoatings is not so good,
which may be fairly attributed to the season. Prices gene-
rally remain firm, nor is there any material change in the
wool market. Considerable activity prevails in the ware-
houses.—lbid.

THE TEA TRADE, MONDAY.—The deliveries last week
amounted to 41.7,7581b5. Owing to the unfavourable news
from Canton, the trade has become animated. On the low
qualities an advance of id. per lb. has been obtained to day,
and a further rise is expected to-morrow.
Bow MEETING.—The last meeting for the season of the
Royal British Bowmen took place on Friday last at Soughton
Hall, near Mold, the beautiful seat of W. J. Bankes, Esq. on
which occasion there was a considerable muster of the mem-
bers of that ancient society. The morning proved favour-
able, and soon after eleven o'clock the Butts were crowded
with gay beaux and fair belles alike anxious for distinction
in the toxopholitic art ; the shooting, particularly on the
part of the ladies, was most excellent indeed, we should
imagine it hardly possible to surpass that of Miss Lloyd,
of Rhaggatt, who was declared to be the winner of the
first medal of merit, with £35 added for the greatest num-
ber of hits. At half•past two the company sat down to a
magnificent repast in the tents of the society, but the even-
ing turning out wet the archers were unfortunately prevented
resuming their sports at the Batts, and the waltz and
the quadrille then became the order of the day. Amomg the
company we observed the Countess of Falmouth, the baroness
Le De Spencer, Sir Baldwin and Lady Leighton, Sir J. R.
Cyussion, Bart. Mrs. Brooke, .(Norton,) Miss Boycott,
(Lady Patroness), Mr. and the Misses Congreve, Rev. H.
Burton, 2%1 r. Brooke Conliffe, and the Mrs. Conliffe, Mr. F.
Cotton, Mr. J. W. Dodd, Rev. W. Egerton, Mrs. and the
Misses Egerton, Mr. Thomas and the Misses Wynne Ey-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Fielder, Mr. Foulkes, Rev. H. Foulkes,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Harries, Miss Halsey, Mr. and Miss Fitz-
hugh, Mr. Hesketh, Mrs. and two Mrs. Williams, Mr. and
Misss Lloyd, Mr. Howel Lloyd, Rev. E. and Miss Thelwall,
Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Trevor Roper, Mr. Mrs. and Miss
Miles Wynn, Mr. Goodrich, Rev. H. and Mrs. Leigh, &c,—
Chester Courant.

FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.—One of those rare incidents
which occur once in a person's lifetime, and remain as a
standing joke against the unlucky wight for the rest of life,
happened a few miles from Loweswater, on Wednesday last.
A young man from the smoky regions of modern Baby-
lon, residing not twenty miles from Crummock Lake,
resolved upon a fishing excursion, and having prepared
his tackle, and, Cockney-like, hooked his bait before he
left home to be in readiness, placed his rod at the door,
and proceeded to equip for the day's sport. Having finished
his toilet—collar a la Byron, shirt wrists a la D'Orsay, kid
gloves a la Blessington, &c.— he went for his rod, but
" Lo! he saw an unto sight !" The wheel of his rod
was revolving with a velocity equalled only by the pad-
dles of the Great Western, the line of course running
in a proportionate degree. Cockney seized the rod, and
pulled with might and main ; his ears were immediately as-
tounded by an unearthly squeal, his eyes being simultaneous-
ly astonished with the sight of a something living pulling
at the end of the line :—whether it was a pike (for it had a
bottle-like nose,) ora fish that Cockney had read of in nursery
books as being occasionally washed into pools on the road
side during large floods, or an eel, or a porpoise, or a whale
(for it was " very like a whale," only not quite so big), he
stopped not to see ; for, his wheel line being run out, Cock-
ney followed as fast as his Bond-street Wellingtons would
allow—the unknown running, Cockney following, until the
line, having become entangled in a tree, broke. Trembling
like an aspen with excitement, he disentangled his line,
wondering, with open mouth, what kind of fish it could
have been. When thus occupied, a countryman came up,
to whom he told his wonderful-tale. Hodge shrugged his
shoulders, smiled a pitying smile, and told of a pig he had
met running at the rate of eight miles an hour, with a por-
tion of a line hanging from his mouth. Cockney smothered
his mortification, bought Hodge's secrecy with half-a-crown,
returned home, and never thought of fishing afterwards.—
Whitehaven Herald.