The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-19 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS.—Business looks up in both cloth halls, and a good
spring trade is anticipated : the manufacturers hope also to
get better prices. At present they are discouragingly low.
BRADFORD.—The piece market, on Thursday, was dull,
and prices continue depressed. Yarns are firmer, and con-
siderable business is doing, though without change of price ;
the holders are firm. Wool, generally speaking, is in mo-
derate demand, especially low and middle combinz qualities.
Many buyers suppose that prices will go below the late re-
ductions ; but the sellers treat the idea as ridiculous.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, THURSDAY. —We have
again had a good enquiry for all deep long Wools, which fully
maintain late quotations; this demand now runs upon hogs,
and they support abetter proportionate price to wethers than
they have previously done. Short Wool remains unaltered
in value and demand, and the higher and shorter descriptions
of Combing Wools continue dull sale.

HECKMONDWIKE.—The' business done at this market in
the Blanket Hall is very limited, few purchasers attending,
and although wool maintains its price, that of blankets is
rather on the decline.

BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE. - The storm having disap-
peared, our bleach grounds assume their usual activity, and
the weaver is also !benefited thereby, as the manufacturers
get in their White Yarns. Drabbets and Sheetings are the
principal fabrics now in hand, for which, we are happy to
say, there is a fair demand.

A PARTICULAR DIRECTION.—A letter was received the
other morning at the general post-office, from Ireland, on
which the following address is written :—" Mrs. Leary
Dukes Cout No. '9 London to be forwarded to Catherine
Harrington Jerrys Daughter in speed."
In the gardens belonging to John Bull, Esq., of Malbro'
Cottage, the red and. white double camellias are, and have
been throughout the winter, in full bloom, without any pro-
tection of matting, &c. &c. This shows the mildness of the
air in this neighbourhood.—Falmouth Express..
The Marquis of Normanby will, by his new office of colo-
nial secretary, have the patronage of dispensing 346 places.
The patronage extends to clergy, barristers, military and
medical gentlemen, diplomatists, governors, consuls, stipen-
diary magistrates, post-masters, inspectors of barracks,
prisons,: &c.

SUDDEN DEATHS AT GLASGOW.—Mr. Robert Wardlaw,
of the Herald Office brother to the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, drop-
ped down in the Royal Exchange Reading-room, on Wed-
nesday forenoon, and expired in about ten minutes.—Mr.
William Knox, formerly a partner of the firm of Sharp and
Knox, and some time ago a magistrate in Glasgow, was in
the xchange at the time Mr. Wardlaw expired, and had
gone, it is supposed, to his place of business, which he left a
little before four o'clock. Near St. David's Church he fell
down suddenly on the street. and died.
RAIL-ROADS.—The subject of rail-roa4s is naturally ex-
citing a great deal of attention in the country at large, as
well as in both houses of the legislature. The reason and the
justice of the thing seem to be, on the one hand, that no un-
necessary obstacles should be placed in the way of so gigantic,
and under proper regulations, so useful an experiment ; on
the other hand, that strict care should be taken, lest the
rail-road proprietors establish a monopoly which is sure to
grow into an abuse, and that the heavy duties which plow
press upon other modes of travelling, should, in some fair
proportion, be reduced.—Newcastle Journal.
CRIME IN PORTUGAL.—The following is an extract from
a statistical table, showing the crimes perpetrated in Por-
tugal and its insular possessions during the past year, 1838,
which has been published in Lisbon. It contains cases of
rebellions, 627 ; destructive weapons, 106 ; resisting legal
authority, 281 ; burglaries, 76 ; escaping from prison, 18 ;
' riots, 38 • counterfeiting coin, 3 ; abuse of the liberty of the
press, 19; forgeries, 48 ; infanticide, 20 ; suicides, 10 ; poi-
soning, 18 ; larceny, 8 ; pilfering, 250 ; street quarrels,
3,218 ; incendiaries, 23 ; petty offences, 32 ; indecent expo-
sures, 34 ; perjuries, 47 ; sacrilege, 73 ; desertions, 592 ;
robberies, 3,067 ; murders, 1 776.
PECULIAR Fox HUNT.—About a fortnight ago Mr. John
Banks, of Great Salkeld, and his son Thomas, were in a
field, hacking some turnips, when a very fine, large old bitch
fox ran past them, closely pursued by Mr. Banks's sheep-
dog. Mr. Banks and his son immediately joined the chase,
and in the same field the old lass attempted to ground in a
drain, but the son, being close up, threw himself upon her,
seized her behind the neck, and gave her his hoe shaft to
chew, by which he bore her home, upwards of half a mile.
Mr. "Watson took her to Langwathby, and it was intended
to have turned her out on Langwathby Moor before the
Eamont harriers ; but in a few days, however, she died, and
the sportsmen were disappointed of a chase. We understand
that the members of the above harriers had a very merry do
at their winding up for the season.—Carlisle Patriot.
GLASGOW AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—A public meeting
of the bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, and other in-
habitants of Glasgow, was held on Friday; at two o'clock, in
the Town-hall, to consider the propriety of co-operating with
the parties in Dumfriesshire and Ayrshire, for obtaining sur-
veys of the county, and ascertaining the best line for such
communication between Glasgow and Carlisle, to which point
the railways from London, through Birmingham and Lanca-
shire, are about to be prolonged. The meeting was numerous,
and was attended by the most respectable parties in the city
interested in railway undertakings. We saw among the num-
ber Admiral Fleming, Bailies Leadbetter, Campbell, and
Paul, Messrs. William Gilmour, John Fleming of Claremo n
T. Edington, James Campbell, of Moorepark, Mr. Baird o
Gartsherrie, Mr. Bankier, &c. &c. We also observed the
Provost of Dumfries, Mr. Monteath of Closeburn, the Tow n
clerk of Kilmarnock, and other gentlemen from a distance
who attended from the interest felt in their respective dis-
tricts in favour of the measure. The Lord Provost was in
the chair.—Scottish Guardian.
WIGAN ELECTION.—WeII, after all, Wigan has proved
itself a conservative borough—the good cause has triumphed,
and henceforth the radical faction milk 'hide their diminished
heads. If with the present register we are able, notwith-
standing the loss of a dozen,votes by death, to return a con-
servative, what will not Wigan do after another revision,
when the list shall have been purged of those who have no
more claim to be on it, than they have to be on the burgess
list of Liverpool or Manchester? We repeat, this is a glo-
rious triumph for Wigan. At the last election, Mr. Standish
was returned by a majority of twenty over Mr. Kearsley, and
thirty-eight over Mr. Greenall. Mr. Potter was returned by
a majority of sixteen over Mr. Kearsley, and of thirty-four
over Mr. Greenall. At the present election, by every art in
electioneering tactics that Mr. Ewart and his Liverpool
friends are so distinguished for, Mr. Ewart could only obtain
a majority of two, and that by voting what they acknow-
ledged, and knew to be bad votes. Had it not been for these
votes, Mr. Ewart would have been in a similar minority to
what Mr. Kearsley was at the last election. However, be the
result of the present struggle what it may, we are undeniably
in such a position as to be able to return two conservatives
for this borough at any future election, although we have to
contend against the authorities of the town, whose whole in-
fluence has been exerted against us to the utmost stretch.
We therefore congratulate our friends and the conservatives
generally, on the result of the struggle, which has been one
of the most arduous, perhaps, ever fought in Wigan.--Wigan
Gazette.

SINGULAR MARRIAGE.—AS many as thirty-eight years
since, a woman named Phillips was led to Chard market, and
publicly sold by her husband to a man named Morris, for the
sum of two shillings and sixpence, and strange as it may be
seen, the parties have, during all that period, lived in un-
broken harmony, waiting only for the death of the false-
hearted husband, to be indissolubly united in the bonds of
matrimony. The anxiously wished for event having recently
occurred, the loving couple have appeared at the altar, in
pursuance of their oft-repeated pledges, and solemnly pro-
mised and vowed to "love and to cherish" each other " un-
til death them do part."—Dorset Chronicle.
CARD-PLAYING IN RUSSIA.—The Russians appear to be
extremely devoted to card-playing, which they carry on on
Sunday as much as any other day. I am not speaking here of
gambling, which, however. I fear is lamentably prevalent,
but of the practice in ordinary society, where whist is the
usual game. They sit down before dinner, which is usually
at three or four o'clock, and when it is announced, they leave
their cards on the table, and resume their game the moment
they return from the dining room, continuing to play from
that time till the party disperse ; so that, excepting for those
who are no card players, there really is no conversation. I
observe every where a custom which is exceedingly slovenly—.
namely, that of marking the state of the game by scoring it
in chalk upon the table-cloth, instead of using counters.
Pieces of chalk and brushes for erasing the figures are always
put on the table with the cards.—Domestic Scenes iu Russia.
THE NEW BEER BILL.—ABSTRACT OF A BILL TO ALTER
AND AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE SALE OF BEER.
—This bill t nacts that a person applying for a license must
produce a certificate that the house is of the value of £lO per
annum, and is rated at that sum at least, and been in the ap-
plicant's occupation for twelve months. Any Overseer neg-
lecting to give such certificate, shall forfeit £5. Any person
making or using a false certificate, shall forfeit £10; and li-
censes obtained by such shall be void. That, after the 10th
of October, 1840, the present duty payable on Excise licenses
for retail:of beer to be drunk on the premises, shall cease, and
that the sum of £5. ss. shall be levied upon such house, in
lieu thereof. Houses in London and Westminster, or in or
within a mile of any city, town, or polling-place for elections,
for which licenses are required, must be of the annual value
of £l5, and have been in the applicant's occupation for
twelve months previous.
FRENCH DISCOVERY.—PENCIL OF NATURE.—The
French journals, and rep ofts of proceedings, admit that these
admirable representations still leave something to be desired
as to effect, when regarded as works of art. It is singular,
they observe, that the power which created them seems to have
abandoned them, and that these works of light want light,
Even in those parts the most lighted, there is an absence of
vivacity and effect; and it is to be allowed that, amidst all the
harmony of their forms, these views appear subjected to the
sober and heavy tone of colour imparted by a dull northern
sky. It would appear that, by passing through the glasses
of the optical arrangements of M. Daguerre, all the views are
uniformly clothed with a melancholy aspect, like that given
to the horizon by the approach of evening. Motion, it is ob-
vious, can never be copied : and the attempt to represent
animals and shoe-blacks in action, consequently failed. Sta-
tuary is said to have been well defined, but hitherto, M.
Dag,uerre had not succeeded in copying the livingphysiognomy
in a satisfactory manner, though he does not despair of success.
ISLE OF MAN.—A. more propitious season for the advance-
ment of agricultural labour, than that with which we have
been favoured for several weeks past, has perhaps never been
experienced in the Island. During the late fiost we believe
there were a few days, and only a few, when farming opera-
tions could not be carried on, owing to the frozen state of the
ground ; but our insular situation prevented us being visited
by a succession of snow, hail, and ice, which we learn by the
provincial papers have been general through most of the
English counties.—For five days in the preceding week and
three in the present, we had a clear atmosphere without a
drop of rain ; but the weather broke on Wednesday, which
throughout was one of the wettest days we remember to have
seen, and the rain has continued to fall at intervals ever since,
with little appearance of a total cessation, or even a long in-
terval between the showers.—Man,x Liberal.

FATAL RENCONTRE EXTRAORDINARY.—About a week
ago, while a mastiff, by no means destitute of a gruff and
surly bearing, was trotting leisurely up the Seagate, its eyes
happened to alight on a large monkey which was occupying
its time with the performance of sundry " fantastic tricks'
before the house of Mr.. Barrie, vintner, where a number of
country carriers are in the practice of unyoking their cattle
for the day. The dog cautiously approached, going through
a number of manoeuvres, apparently for the purpose of con-
ciliating the favour of the foreign quadruped ; but the latter
either doubting the sincerity of the dog's overtures, or in
the true spirit of the savages among whom it had been reared,
and where it had no doubt learned the practice of club law,
suddenly clutched up one of the carriers' heavy rack pins,
and, ere the poor unsuspecting mastiff could anticipate the
movement, dealt it such a blow on the head with the stick as
laid it dead at its feet.—Dundee Paper.
THE DARLING FUND.—The following is, an accurate
statement of the sums of money raised in the various towns
to reward Miss Grace Darling and others who exerted them-
selves so heroically in behalf of the survivors from the wreck
of the Forfarshire. The various committees have, with the
exception of that in Newcastle (the subscriptions in which
town are not included in the following) remitted their sub-
scriptions to Alnwick, and up to last week the contributions
stood as follow :

Total sum received for rewarding the Darlings
and the North Sunderland fishermen £36o 10 10
Ditto received by Miss Darling for her own use 254 12 4
Ditto ditto Mr. William Darling ditto 5O 0 0

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