The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-28 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCRESTKR.-Our market yesterday was in pretty
nearly the same state as on the preceding Tuesday,—a fair
amount of business being done, though at very moderate
prices. The lower counts and interior qualities of yarn are
in good demand, and sell freely at previous rates ; while su-
perior qualities of 40's are worse to sell, and in some cases a
slight reduction has been submitted to. In the goods mar-
ket there is an improved demand for very light and thin cali-
coes ; but other articles remain without alteration.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, AUG. 24.---
We have had a decided improvement in the demand for flan-
nels to-day, and considerably more business has been done ;
but there is no material advance in the prices. There is ano-
ther failure this week of a small manufacturer, and, as usual,
the chief sufferers are the woolstaplers. The wool market is
much the same as that of last Monday.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, AUG. 25.—There
is little or no change to note in the state of this market this
week, unless it be that there was not that appearance of ac-
tivity which has obtained for some weeks of late. Perhaps
this may be accounted for on the ground that great caution'
marks the conduct of the manufacturers, who are mostly
working to order; so that very few new goods are now
brought into the market. Prices remain steady, unless it be
a partial rise in some sorts of wools. In the warehouses, a
fair business is doing ; but in no department of trade is there
any cause for exultation. Middle and low-priced plain and
fancy woollens are most in request ; and in light fancy goods
the demand is pretty good • but in superfine there is little
doing.—Manchester Guardian.
LEICESTER.—There has been more demand for goods dur-
ing the past week, and some considerable sales have been
made. There is more doing in wool, and the aspect of the
market is improved. In worsted no alteration in price, but
there is a better demand, and the opinion is now general that
wools and yarns have seen their lowest for the present.—
Leicester Chronicle.

The thermometer at Quebec, towards the close of last
month, ranged from 86 to 90.

COMMERCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.
that there is no foundation whatever for the statementsure which
has appeared in some of the London papers, that the direc-
tors of this bank had commenced legal proceedings against
a great number of its customers. The truth is, that the
cases in which it has, been necessary to call in the assistance
of the law have been hitherto remarkably few ; nor has any
difficulty or delay been experienced, except such as are inst.-
parable from the sudden termination of an extensive busi-
ness, and the unexpected calling-in of advances, upon the
continuance of which the parties had every reason to depend.
—Manchester Guardian.

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PENRITH.--STOPPAGE OF THE NEW RANK.—It iS said
that the liabilities of the new bank at Penrith, under the firm
of Messrs. Atkinson, Craig, and Ladiman, which stopped
payment on Wednesday week, exceed £50,000. The conster-
nation produced in the neighbourhood of Penrith and Tern-
plesay.rerby is very great. Messrs. Atkinson and Craig reside
at Templesowerbv ; the latter of them is out of they way.—
The well-known ale-brewery at Appleby, which has been
carried on for many years under the name of Craig and Co.,
and under the successful management of Mr. M. Harrison,
has stopped payment also.
RAPID PRACTICABLE COHMUNICATION BETWIXT LON-
DON AND INVERNESS.—The railway time betwixt London
and Liverpool is .9 hours. The Fire-King,steamer, last year,
made the • trip from Liverpool to Glasgow, which, by the
windings of the Clyde, is as long as from Liverpool to ()ban,
in 15 hours. At the same rate, 3 hours more would bring
the Fire-
King to Fort William. An ordinary mail coach of
the first class, at 10 miles an hour, would come in 0 hours
from Fort William to Inverness—in all 33 hours from Lon-
don to Inverness, and 24 hours from Liverpool to Inverness.
—lnverness Herald.
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EDINBURGH—ORSTITHOLOOICAL NOVELTY.—The storks
belonging to the Zoological Gardens being allowed the full
liberty of their pinions, may be seen taking their daily flights
over the town and suburbs, and returning daily to their
haunts in the grounds. The appearance of these strangers in
the air, with their wings, which measure four feet in length,
fully spread out, their short body and long slender legs, is
very striking. They must fly to a considerable distance, as
they are occasionally absent for hours together, and in their
aerial excursions soar to a great height. We hope there is
no person capable of arresting, " with murderous engine,"
the daily exercises of these interesting birds.

BRIDGEWATER.—ANTIQUITIES.—A few days since, as
workmen were cutting peat in the Edington turbary, they,
at about three feet beneath the surface, discovered a deposit
of British antiquities, consisting of s;x celts, five knives, two
torques, one arniilla, one fibula, two rings, and a few other
pieces, the uses of which do not appear. These antiquities

are of brass, and in the best possible state of preservation.
The celts are of the usual form, but vary in size ; the torques
are wreathed ; the armilla and fibula fluted and slightly orna-
mented; the knives (if knives they are) were flit on the un-
der surface, but ribbed on the upper, to give them additional
strength. The box in which these antiquities were enclosed
was formed out of a solid piece of wood : it fell to pieces on
exposure to the air. Spear heads, swords, and celts are often
found in these bogs, but there is no instance of any number
of such curiosities being until now met with together.
THE MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL—DISTRI-
BUTION OF THE REWA.RDS.—It will be remembered that,
soon after the discovery of the murder of Lord Wm. Russell,
a government reward of £2OO was offered for the apprehen-
sion of the perpetrator or perpetrators of the diabolical deed.
The matter has at length been considered by the Lords of
the Treasury., and it is now determined upon that the distri-
bution of the promised bounty shall be awarded as follows :
Inspector Pearce, of the A division, £5O; Inspector Beres-
ford , of the C division, £3O ; Inspector Tedman, of the D
division, £3O; Sarah Mancer, the housemaid of the lamented
nobleman, £l5 ; and Mary Hormel', the cook, £5. The re-
maining £7O will be -divided equally amongst the constables
who assisted in the case ; and Ellis, late valet to the ill-fated
lord, but now in the service of Lord Mansfield. The per-
sons last alluded to were seven in number, and will, conse-
quently, receive £lO each. The above sums will in the coarse
of a few days be paid to the several parties named, and it is
understood thst the additional reward of £2OO offered by the
late lord's relatives, will be dealt out in the same proportions
as the reward on the part of the government: