The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-26 00:00:00

of the amount of busine
clothierq

at Gomersal, Guisca

busily employ

contract for the Hon. I

BRADFORD, JAN. 21

There was a considerable business

1 the Piece Hall, but at very low p

goods is light, and the holders are living upon hope. Yarns
keep up. The spinners ldok for an advance; the weavers
cannot afford it ' • so little goes off. Wool is steady. In the
coarser kinds business has of late been done • fine qualities
are not at present looked at.—On the whole, commercial
affairs here are improving materially.

MARKET, JAN. 19.—We have no change
There was nither much buoyancy nor

HUDDERSFIELD
to notice this week

great want of activity

The demand for 1-ow-Priced

woollens continues, and Prices remain the same, but very
firm. Generally speaking, most things indicate well for the
coming Spring.

BARNSLEY.—We are sorry to state that the linen trade
has this week experienced a decline. On Monday a great
number of weavers returned from their respective warehouses
without work.—Leeds Intelligencer.

DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPING IN THE RIVER

WEAR

by river floods

s so extensive as that whick
v the breaking of the ice

) the westward, which have
iled for. two or three days, had led the crews of the re-

law and the heavy rain.

to use every precaution in securing them
as to withstand the pressure of the vast body of
would inevitably, inevitably, on its breaking up, be born,-

Spective Yes

long with the
lance of the

respective crews and the river authorities, the harbour, from

the entrance to the Hetton staiths, pr
of wreck and confusion. The main body of the ice, borne
down with increased rapidity by the floods, reached the har-
bour at about half-past four on Monday morning, bearing
with sweeping and irresistible sway, all before it ; d

ats one vast scene

nces with their moor-
iin-boats, innu-

other small craft, with rafts of timber,
in the most distressing confusion. The
cene which presented itself at daybreak was truly terrific

,uddled togeth

bowsprits,: rudders,

)ulwart

to ideitifi the

render it imp,

properties. The ice is so completely formed into
nd extended sheet, that it has remained immove-

Lble during the
.eflux of the tide, interspersed with wrecked materials, and
nen and boys passing and repassing in pursuit of what they
:an pick up. In the present confused state, we are unable
:o ascertain the extent of the loss of life, as several vessels
save been driven out to sea ; and it is hoped that some of the

undisturbed by t

missing hands are on board. The following is a list of some
which have broken from their moorings, and belonging to
Sunderland :—William Henry, sunk, sternpost and rudder

)ne away, stancheons stove in, foremast goal

Kirton, se-

ted, broadside
Atalanta, loss

n stove in ;

:rn carried away ; Petrel, lost bowsprit, bulwark
Steam-vessels :—Tbe Hare, drove to sea, wrecked
nith Pier ; Safety, lost ; George and Ann, lost ;

ink, almost a wreck

ml bulwarks ; Brig Pilgrim, of
A. Rochester bark, timber la-
)wed into bar-

)ve behind South Pier, but afterward
A Dutch vessel, cut down to the water's edg

ra, of Rochester, drove to sea with only a dog on board.
to sea with only a boy on board ; picked

[en to Hartlepool. The Jean, driven to s
Several other vessels also driven to sea