The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-20 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCUESTER.—Thabusiness of this market during the past
week has been nearly at a stand-Still. Shippers are d ing almost
nothing, and the.country houses are complaining bitterly of the
great falling cif in the demand at this usually busy season,
when. drapers make their selection of winter stock. Notwith-
standing the growing depression in this market, considerable
speculation .still continues in the Liverpool•market, and Cotton
has *gain changed bands in large quantities at advanced rates.
Spinners and manufacturers find it a vain struggle to effect a
corresponding advance on their productions, and there appears
to be a-general conviction gaining ground that no alternative
remains to them but a large contraction of supply, by working
short•time. It is suggested that the mills should only run four
clayas week, but several patties object to such an arrangement on
moral grounds, and are recommending a temporary limitation
of therhours to eight or nine daily. The prospects of the oper-
atives daring the winter are indeed gloomy, and are mainly
attributable to the speculation going on in Corn and Cotton.
The wild alarm sought to'be spread by false rumours of famine
in these islands can have no other effect than to exorbitantly
raise,the vices of bread stuffs in foreign countries, and induce
the withholding of supplies until shippers thence can realise the
highest rates of profit. By this short-sighted and selfish policy
of corn speculators here, Nth() cram the journalism/Mb erroneous
statements, Corn is daily advancing in all foreign ports, where
•theholders are determined to wring the uttermost advantage
from our presumed necessities. It is difficult to quote pricea in
a 'markets() disarranged arthis is at present, where the wealth
or need of the holder of stock regulates his firmness in demand-
ing thesaelvance required by.the increased cost of the staple, or
compels him to submit to the sacrifice of the old and unre-
munerative rates; the following, however, have been the prices
Most general at which the small business done has been trans-
acted, viz..-27 inch, 63 reed•printers, 4s 6d; 27 inch. 66 reed
•ditto, 48 6d to 5s lid; 72 reeds, 5s 3d to 5s Vitt 36 inch shirt-
imgs, 66 reed, at 7s 9d to 8s 3d : 72 reeds, at es totes ; 40 inch
G. E.:lndia longcloths, 66 reed, at 7s 6ti to es; and 72 reeds, at
95 3.1 to:es /id. The stocks of these latter are heavy and ac-
emulating, the shipments.recently having been we. Bleachers
are complaining of having little to do.—Manehester Advertiser.
ROCHDALE.—The Flannel market has been rather quiet to-
'day, and the.demand more limited. In the Wool market there
has been very little doing ; the demand has been chiefly for low-
priced Monis, maryinrfrom !Cut to 15 Id per lb.
MUDDERSPLELD. —We have not much improvement in our
market today, and whit business is doing is done for little or
no profit. ‘.Business is also Actin the warehouses.

Eaans.—Both to-day and ow Saturday the same dull state of
markets,has ruled at both our Cloth Halls, as has been the case
of late. The foreign houses ore doing very little in the way of
purchases, and .the houses which are in the home trade con-
tinue to purchase only from band to mouth. Prices are without
any atteration. 'Business has been dull in the warehouses, but
if the weather should be cold during the month, the,general
impression is, that the trade for winter goods will be pretty
brisk fora time.

BgADCORD —Wool Market.—The last has been an extremely
dull week for the sale of c .mbing•wools, and the market-is Hush
supplied with. all•kinds, but owing to the high rates still sought
in the country, the prices here are Anell maintained. Noils and
brokes are rather fatter, and a shade lower prices submlted to.
Yarn market.—• The business doing to-day is very similar 'to
several weeks past, and the spinners fear the approach of-winter,
with the present low prices. for Varns.—Piece Market.—The
piece trade to-day has been rattier .ciuiet, but as the accounts
from the fair at Leipzic are pretty satisfactory, it is hoped ,we
shall see ere long more animated doings. This being between
the seasons., the. manufacturers of fancy goods are generally
flat. as plain Orleans and paramattas are most inquired for, and
prices remain s'.eady.

LEICESTER..—Our. trade is in much Cie same condition as we
last week reported. On the whole rather dull for the sea.
son. The country houses experience more demand than those
engaged in the London trade The (adore of the potatce crop,
and the consequentadvance in provisions, tend rather to cheek
the demand. There is no ehangein. Wools or Yarns ; the mills
are working full tune, and the machinery4s all employed.
TOE IRON TF.A.O.S —The sinarterly meeting was held in Bir-
mingham on Thursday. :It was resolved to maintain present
prices; the general feeling being rater itattavour of an advance
than a reduction. The nailersAn the neighbourhood of Hale-
covren still remain out, the masters being determined to resist
the advance of price demanded. Hitherto the turnouts have
,conducted themselves peaceably. There is an accredited ru-
mour here. says the Ilereford Times. that Sri John Guest, of
the Dowlals I•onwortts. has just completed A contract to supply
200,000 tons of iron rails, at el 0 per ton ; the value of which
will be two millions sterling. The same iron three or four years
ago would have been sold at from ,e 5 to .eti per ton.

LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL

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Diroct. !Indirect

June 3
Aug. 19
Sept. 8
Aug. 27
July

July J )

Sept.
,Aug. 201

.IJuly 21
Sept. : 2
July
Sept. 2 1

Sept. 26
July 24
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WEEKLY REPORT OF THE FEVER AND
WORKHOUSE HOSPITALS.
Oar. 17, 1816.

AnuiTrrn.
Fever and Small Pox .20 Cured ..
Medical and Surgical Wards 38 Relieved

Lying-in Wards
Lock

DISCHARGED

REMAINING IN THE FIOSPIT ALF;

iiiiic;l;niorgical Wards
Lying-in Wards
Lock

Consulting Physicians. Dr.

Consulting Surgeor

nrie and Dr. Pickeihwaite
11r. ME:cunt:ch.

'on, Mr. C;rimpdale
t.Surgeon, Mr E. T. IVatk

House Sorg

Apothecary,

Mr. Gilmour

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