The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-30 00:00:00

STATE, OF TRADE

MANCHESTER, JULY 18.—The gloom which hung over
the Manchester market, in consequence of the continental
bankruptcies alluded to last week, has been deepened by ac-
counts of very extensive failures at Paisley, where thirteen
houses are said to have stopped payment, at the latter end of
last week, for an amount, collectively, of about £300,000.
Though the immediate effect of these failures upon parties
resident in Manchester will probably not be very serious,
they are calculated to inspire great distrust. and, coupled
with two' or three failures which have recently occurred in
this town, had, no doubt, a material effect upon the market
yesterday, which was one of the worst that has been experi-
enced during the present year. Yarns and goods were both
depressed in price ; and very few sales could be made, even
at the very lowest rates hitherto current. The depression
was probably in some degree increased by the unfavourable
appearance of the we'ther, which, after three or four com-
paratively favourable days, has again put on a threatening ap-
pearance ; and serious fears are now entertained that a late
and defective harvest may be added to the other causes which
press with such tremendous severity upon the manufacturing
interests. Two large spinning and manufacturing concerns,
one at Macclesfield and the other at Stockport, which have
been for sore time past worked under the inspection of cre-
ditors, are about to be closed, in consequence of the unpro-
fitable nature of the business. It is stated that the stoppage
at Stockport will only be temporary ; but that, we presume.
must depend in some degree upon the future state of the
trade. In the mean time, at all events, the effect upon the
workpeople will be very serious.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 26.—
We have had another brisk market to-day, and the buyers
have purchased freely at last week's prices. Wool still con-
tinues to advance a little; yet the manufacturers buy very
sparingly, under the impression that the present prices can-
not long be maintained.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JULY 27.—There is nothing
new in the state of this market—the same heaviness which
has so long been noticed, is still too apparent, especially in
woollens. In light fancies there is more doing, and fair
prices are realized. In the warehouses perhaps it may be
said there is a slight improvement. On the whole, bad as
things are, it is some satisfaction that business is no worse.

STATE OF TRADE AT STOCKPORT.—The utmost distress
prevails among the manufacturing population of this town, in
consequence of the number of hands out of employ, and the
short time which has been worked at a number of mills during
several months. This state of things, we are sorry to say, is
likely to be augmented, as the whole of the workpeople em-
ployed at Messrs. Lane's mills, situate in Higher Hillgate ;
and Newbridge-lane, will be thrown out of employment this
week end—they having received notice that the concerns
will be closed. and their services no longer required. The
above extensive establishment have for several years been
working under inspection. Upwards of 1,000 hands will be
thrown out of employment by the stoppage of these mills.

GLOUCESTER.—Upon no occasion scarcely since our city
has become a port has there beah such a general depression
of trade as that which has existed here for the last few weeks.
Business of all descriptions seems literally suspended, and
there are now, in the midst of summer, a far larger number
of persons out of employment than there were when the in-
tense frost of last winter put a stop to inland navigation.
Tradesmen universally complain that their shops are un-
visited by customers, and their wares cannot be disposed of;
whilst so destitute are the poor, that numbers are kept from
the British and other schools, and left to roam in idleness
about the streets, because their parents cannot afford to pay
the small weekly sum charged for their education. We con-
t.. 3 we see but little prospect of an immediate revival, and
we are sorry to believe that our neighbourhood is not a soli-
tary instance of this gloomy state of things.—Gloucester
Journal.

SOUTHAMPTON.—The rapid and amazing increase of the
trade of Southampton appears from the following account of
the exports for the quarter ended on the sth instant, com-
pared with the quarter ended on the sth July, 1840. Quar-
ter ended July 5, 1840 :—Value of British manufactured
goods exported during the quarter to France and the Chan-
nel Islands, £31,000; of foreign goods from bonded ware-
houses, £3,000 ; total, £34,000. Quarter ended July 5,
1841 :—Value of British manufactured goods exported to
France and the Channel Islands, £40,000 ; foreign goods
from bonded warehouses, £5,000 ; total, £45,000. British
good exported to Lisbon and Gibralter, £65,000 ; foreign
goods, £30,000; total, £95,000. British goods exported to
Malta and Alexandria, £155,000 ; foreign goods, £3,000 ;
total, £158,000. Total increase on the quarter, viz. on Bri-
tish goods,£B9,ooo ; on foreign goods, £35,000; making to-
gether, £134.000. The imports have also considerably in-
creased, but not in the same ratio. The duties paid on the
imports here during the quarter amount to nearly £17,000;
this, however, is no criterion of the quantity of goods im-
ported, as the greater part brought in the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Company's vessels, being consigned to Lon-
don merchants, is accordingly removed to that port by the
railway, and the duties paid there.—Hants Independent.

THE ROYAL VisiTs.—The reception of her majesty and
his royal highness Prince Albert, on their route to Woburn
Abbey, where they arrived on Monday, has been most cor-
dial, every village having vied with their more opulent neigh-
bours to testify their loyalty. The town of Dunstable,
through which the royal cortege had to pass, was profusely
decorated with laurels and other emblems of rejoicing,
amongst which the staple commodity of the town and the
neighbouring country was prominently and appropriately dis-
played. Her majesty, Prince Albert, and suite left Woburn
yesterday, for Pansanger. The Marquis of Salisbury, as a
lieutenant-col. of the South llerts yeomanry, will have the
honor of receiving the royal party with the yeomanry, on
the borders of the county, and form a guard of honor, pass-
ing through St. Albans and Hatfield, to the seat of the Earl
Cowper. Preparations on an extensive scale are making to
testify the loyalty of the district through which her majesty
will pass. The mayors of St. Albans and Hertford have
issued notices calling on the inhabitants to keep the day as
a general holiday. Addresses will be presented by the
the inhabitants cor-
porationsaie of each of the above towns ; that of the former
party at Pansanger. arrival of her majesty at St. Abans, and that from
can be no doubt that
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noble institution, which day, for the purpose of inspecting that
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jesty's ancestors—the Blue-coat School.