The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

Dec. 14. 1947.

Etterature.

VARIETIES

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As we cannot bring events to our minds, let us strive
bring our minds to events.
THE WORD " SPECULATIVE."—This is an epithet
use among official persons, for the condemnation of (what
soever proposition is too adverse to private interest not to
be hated, and at the same time too manifestly true W

denied.—Bentham.
oa-rnoon.Aetnr.—The following is a true copy of 8
letter received from the Post-office of Bury, Lancashire!
—" Mr. Ackkin and Mr. Purbim burry In geo near ess
Lankyshur." Translation of the above—Mr. Hacking

and Mr. Berring, Bury, Engineer
Manchester Guardian.

East Lancashire.--

FRENeu POLISH ING.—A correspondent complain'
bitterly of the effect of the excise laws' on this branch°
trade, and argues, if exemption could be obtained for it,
that it would be used extensively in lien, of paint. be‘..l
cheaper and incomparably better. He enntinues.—" Du'
it is not French polishing alone that is suffering from these
laws ; the cabinet trade, the spirit varnish trade, and, above
all, the manufacture of paper-hangings, as the French all
enabled to employ designers and use numberless blocks,
producing a washable paper that is not to be equallellll
this country. Our excise restricts us in every quarter."""'

The Builder.
THE LIBERT

Dry TEE PRESS

Many can

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sisted, in the view'of court, in its being or not' °n the
ministerial side. Many can remember when old Mr'
Walter, the grandfather of the present proprietor of the
Times, was most cruelly treated for alleged libels. °lll
was for stating that the Prince of Wales and the Duke 9
York had incurred his majesty's disapprobation for their
conduct in some trivial matter. He was fined £lOO, and
had one year's imprisonment in addition to a sentence he

was undergoing. tie was- nned a. I UU oesides, tor
that it was understood the Duke of Clarence had returned
home from his station without leave. At this very timer
for some remarks upon the dissolute conduct of one of the
princes, he was undergoing imprisonment for a year in'
Newgite, fined £5O, sentenced to stand in the pillory

haviour for seven years.—Fraser'& Magazine.
Suctgss.--Of all silly things; nothing is more silly
than. by elaborate proofs, to show to ourselves that we
ought on- such and such occasions to- have been successful
when it so. happens that we have not been so. Whenever
we fail, we-are paying both God and ourselves a suitable

ikewise re-

ligion. We have failed ; well, then, the wisdom is to take
care that we do not fail again. To fail, and fail, and fail
again and again, is not to prove that- we do not deserve
success, or that we shall never obtain it. How often we
fail, matters not. We have not failed as long as our spirit
quails not, but only grows stronger in the conflict. Our
enthusiasm, if it continue undaunted by obstacles, unsub-
dued by defeats., is itself success, and the most glorious of
all success. The blows we receive, however hard, if we
receive them as all true enthusiasts receive them, are only
preparing us for future triumphs ; for they only more
closely incorporate the idea which dominates our whole
being with the affections of our whole being; they create
within an intense and more restless enthusiasm ; they
make more radiant on our brow the high title of prophet,
so that the entire world may see it, and bow to its import.
YANKEE ENTERVRISE.—Among the first' American'
who entered Vera Cruz on the cessation of hostilities, was
the owner of a small schooner .from " down east," then
anchored off the harbour. He might be seen with breath-
less haste making his way to one of the best hotels in the
convelayyedvi ti
e.ty, upon entering which he vociferated for the: lan"-
lord ?" That important personage obeyed the call on the
instant, but in evident trepidation, as a matter of course'when the Yankee, in a.sharp accent, which
idea to the uninitiated•Mezican that his safety
implicit acquiescence, thus accosted him, " I want thil
house, lot, furniture, and everything as it stands. What 11
you take for it ?" The Mexican, happy to be permitr
the privilege of naming a price at all for property which permits
supposed to be at the mercy of the enemy, named sotor
as he judged he wanted, to put a respectable distance be.
tween him and " los Yankees." " It's a bargain
shouted the down-easter, as he commenced shelling oll•
the money. " And now my friend (he added), what's
the least possible time it will take you to clear out ? 11,4°
was told that half-an-hour would suffice. And, in be"'
an-hour, accordingly, our friend, the Yankee, was mixing
juleps and otherwise ministering to the comfort and ac-
commodation of his countrymen in particular and" the
public in general.—Norfolk Herald.
OLIVER CROMWELL.—In Fraser's Magazine for this
month are thirty-five unpublished letters from Olirt
Cromwell, which are communicated by Thomas Carlyle,
who states 'that these resurrectioniSed documents will per-
form the following services They present to u,s,. the;„,..t
same old Oliver whom we knew, 'hut in still more chs"";
lineaments and physiognomy ; the features deeply, even
coarsely-marked ; or, as it were, enlarged to the gigan,""
by unexpected nearness. It is Oliver left to himself,'"
stript bare of all conventional-draperies ; toiling, wrestling
as for life and death, in his obscure element ; none lookinif
over him but henven only. He `can stand no noneense_,;-
he is terribly in earnest : will have his work done—witi
have God's justice done too, and the everlasting laws ob.
served, which shall help, not hinder, all manner of work.
The Almighty God's commandments, these, of which this
work is one, are great and awful to him ; all elie is rather
small, not awful. He has pity—pity as of a woman, of a
mother, have we known in Oliver ; and rage also, as of a
wild lion, where need is. He rwilies direct to hi, point :
• If resistance is made, pistol him.' Wear them ( these

uniforms), or go home.' `bang him out of hand; he
wantonly killed the poor widow's boy—God and man will
be well pleased to see him punished !' The attentive
reader will catch not only curious minute features of the
old civil war in these rude letters, but more clearly than
elsewhere, significant glimpses of Oliver's character an&
ways."

STATE OF TRADE

MANCIIESTER.—This week has been, upon the whole, a rime:
one, and no great amount of business has been transacted.'
Considering the season of the year, we could not, even unclet
more favourable circumstances, expect anything like a briszs
and active demand •, and we need not therefore be surprised _
the character of this week's market. The principal buyfeairr'
have been the Greek houses,-who have been doing !oar
amount of-business in the cloths suitable for their Pe' are
trade. For these descriptions of goods, some producers
engaged for the next two months. In all other kinds, the mar-
ket has been exceedingly quiet. In domestics for the 11°W.
_I;
trade there has been rather more inquiry, but the busine7
doing in them has been very limited. Prices during th' week
have kept low for all kinds of goods and yarn. No positive
of
general decline under last week's prices can be quoted, ati
though occasional sales have been made at lowgr rates; an
had buyers been inclined to operate freely, there can be no
doubt that slight concessions .would have been submitted to.
Flat although the market has been this week, yet a hopeful feel'
ing seems to be gaining ground that, after the turn of the years
we shall witness a decided improvement. The two main .ele-
ments of a good trace we have, viz., a moderate price of foot
and a fair prospect of a tolerably abundant supply of the ra,'
material of our staple manufactures.
LERDS.—December is generally the slackest month of the
year in the Woollen trade; and from the depression which bag
for some time prevailed in the whole of the English commer-
cial circle, it could not be expected that the staple trade cf this
town and neighbourhood would be as brisk as at the corre-
sponding seasons of past years. The Cloth Halls, on bcth the
market days since our last report, were thinly attended by
buyers, and very few goods changed hands. Rather more bu-
siness has been done this week at the shipping houses, off the
market, than was done last week, but lower prices have had to
be submitted to. Little or nothing is doing in the he
but from the caution manifested by all class(
tuners, stocks are not very heavy

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BRADFORD.—WOOL.—There is nothing new to report since
our last. The demand.continues exceedingly limited. YARNS.
—Although we cannot report a decided improvement in the de-
mand, there is fu'l as much inquiry, no doubt to be attributed
to the fact, that the lowness of price is a safe groundlyhereon
to buy for distant delivery. PIECES.—There has been rather
more activity this week, and several inquiries making for rem-
nant stocks of silk stripes and coloured checks, which, owing
to the caution of the manufacturers, are scarce. As there is n°
disposition to make, except to order, we look for an early im-
provement, and a. maintenance of present prices, if not an
advanc.
ROCHDALE.—The Wool market has been extremely flat, and
very tittle business transacted at similar prices to last wee,`•
The hands at several of the cotton mills in the Rochdale dis-
trict have this day commenced working rather longer tilde-
There is not a doubt but there will be a brisk trade in the cot-
ton business there after this month. Confidence is certainq
restored, and there are good demands for goods, at still"
profits.
UDDERSFIELD.—There has been a little more animation in
the market than for several weeks past, and more inquiries,
although the amount of business done has been very limited.
Prices are without any alteration, and stocks generally low.
lIA LI FAX.—For pieces we have had again a-very dull market.
and only a small amount of business doing, at very low pricesj
T More pieces would have been sold if the manufacturers cool

have taken the prices offered. Yarns continue in a very ....-
pressed state, but the spinners are looking for better demand.
Wool still continues much the same, the spinners only buy
sparingly.
THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINOHAM, DEC. 10.—The suspen
sion of the various railway works has at length produced its
injurious effects upon the iron trade axsd those engaged in it.
The men engaged in producing the iron, and in the employ of
several of the largest works in the naighbouisrhnooowdthofe
oDruddlereyo:
have received notice of a reducti.,ri of 20 per cent. in their
wages ; it is understood also that it is the intention of the coal-
, noticeto
the of a
amountre d uocft i 1
so u.
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mthaeucionls-
lmtileiaersswtetaorgs-
metsooorrgfiotvhwee colliers 45., and those of the stonemen 2s. 951.,
of the iron-
masters have resolved upon suspending operations altogether
at present. A meeting 0t those engaged in the trade was Ikea
at Wolverhampton, on Wednesday,
when it was resolved also
onuagdhdotito
silo to this,
I Staffordshire, "sli ort
and time"
many
to reduce the wages of the men in that district, so that tha
thing will be general in the course of another fortnight.
therer ddanyy.thrr

On Saturday night, Henry Quinn, a seaman on board
the schooner Humility, in Alorpeth Dock, lArkenhead.
was drowned whilst trying to get on board the vessel.

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Sum. EMBELLISHMENT.-Dawbarn's establishment,
in Bold-street, has long been celebrated not only for the
high character and extent of business transacted in It,
but for the ornate character of the premises, their external
and internal decoration. The show-room has been still
further embellished by the addition last week of a colossal
painting, of beautiful and ingenious device, and which re!ti

challenge the attention. if not the admiration of connois-
seurs. The paintinc, is the produce of Mr. Gurnell,
Liverpool artist, and certainly argues well for his skill air
taste. The subject certainly is unclassical, and the artist it
fancy has boen inspired but by the comfort imparted 131
the patent paletat, in honour of which the painting hag
been designed. The centre contains a view of Winclor"
park and pretty portraits of her Majesty and PrUh
' Albert, mounted on steeds, and viewing attentively thr.
llamas feeding near. The top is adorned with the ror'
arms; the bottom, enriched with the arms of Liverpool;
and an emblazoned scroll-work of the most beautiful de'
vice encircles the picture, and in this the artist has ill-
geniously inserted the names of such magnates of our oval
country, and the leading potentates. of Europe, as hat
honoured witiktliqtr patronage this famous and f4icalabe*
c**".