The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER, DEC. 29.—Although this is a period of
the year at which any great degree of activity is hardly to
be expected, there have been within the last two or three
days, and more particularly yesterday, some symptoms of
improvement in our yarn market ; and a trifling advance
over the very low prices paid about ten days ago, has been
pretty generally obtained upon numbers and qualities of
yarn suitable to the present demand. Many of the pur-
chasers also have shown a strong inclination to make con-
tracts for future delivery, which is a favourable symptom as
to the condition of the market. In goods, however, there is
not much improvement ; and the extremely low prices which
have ruled for some weeks past remain without change. Still
there is a rather better feeling in the market; and, as indeed
is usual at this period of the year, a more decided improve-
ment in the coarse of a month or two is confidently looked
for. During the two last years, this expectation was defeated
by the unfavourable position of the Bank of England, and the
consequent pressure upon the money market. There is some
reason to hope, that this year the same cause will not be in
operation, as the bank is now understood to be in a com-
paratively easy and secure position—her stock of coin and
bullion at the present moment amounting to somewhere
about five millions and a half, with every appearance of a
progressive increase., We hope these favourable anticipations
may be realized ; and that the slight improvement of yester-
day may prove the commencement of a steady and permanent
amelioration of the present depressed condition of our manu-
facturers.— Guardian.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, DEC. 27.
The business to-day has been very limited, as is usually the
case on those Mondays that fall between Christmas-day and
the new market, which is always held on the first Monday
after the 6th of January.

HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, DEC. 28. Were it not a
weekly custom, it would be unnecessary to report the last
market-day in the year, which was (as it always was) in point
of amount of commercial transactions approaching to a
blank. However, it is satisfactory to notice, that there was
a trace of bright feeling arising from the impression that a
new year will witness some commercial relief.

PAISLEY, DEC. 25.—We are unable to state any vestige
of improvement in our trade. A few houses are preparing
for the spring trade, but it is to a small extent, and with
great caution. They have not altogether lost hopes of some
improvement after the new year, though the streaks of light
in their horizon are very faint. One intelligent correspondent
does not expect that any revival which may be counted upon
will take up all our harness weavers, and he strongly recom-
mends as many of them as can fall in with work of any other
description to embrace it without delay. Female sewers
of shawl borders are also not at all likely to meet with full
employment, an he strongly recommends the younger part
of them to turn their attention to hand sewing. A. great
deal of this kind of work is sent both from Paisley and
Glasgow to distant parts of Scotland, and even Ireland, and
were they to learn it, it would prove serviceable in throwing
a variety into female work.

DUBLIN ANACREONTIC SOCIETY,

(From Saunders.' s Dublin Newt-Letter.)

At a very numerously attended meeting of the members of
the Dublin Anacreontic Society, in their concert-room in
the Rotunda, on Monday evening, the 21st instant, a very
splendid cup was presented by the society to M. Jullien,
accompanied by an address, delivered by one of the members,
and to which M. Jullien replied in a very animated manner.
We insert a copy of the address and reply :

ADDRESS TO M. JULLIEN

Sia,—l have been deputed by the members of the Anacre-
ontic Society to perform a duty which affords me great
personal gratification. On their behalf I am directed to
express their sincere thanks for your valuable services in
having conducted gratuitously, and with masterly ability,
aided by your splendid band, their first concert during the
present season. In testimony of their gratitude for your
disinterested exertions upon that occasion, and their admira-
tion of your professional talents, they request your accept-
ance of a piece of plate. Its intrinsic value is not commen-
surate with your distinguished merits, but the members of
the society feel confident that you will, nevertheless, receive
it as a proof of their esteem. As a foreigner not altogether
unknown to them, you had claims upon their attention and
respect—as a professor of musical science, which you have
adorned by talents no less varied than profound, and which
you have employed with signal success in arranging some of
our most popular national music, they hailed your arrival in
this country with the liveliest feelings of pleasure. Associ-
ated with gentlemen of your profession, whose brilliant
attainments have attracted universal admiration, you have
been the means, since your arrival in Dublin, of affording to
thousands of the population the most refined and delightful
enjoyment ; and it may be confidently anticipated that public
morals as well as taste will be promoted by such concerts as
those over which you have presided with such eminent ability,
and unexampled popularity.
In parting from you our members heg to express their
warmest wishes for your prosperity. They trust that the
celebrity you have so justly acquired will bring with it honour
and reward to yourself, as it cannot fail to be productive of
real advantage to the community; and that on your return
to your native land you will recur, with feelings of pride and
satisfaction, to the interesting proceedings of this evening.
By order, S. J. PIGOTT, Sec.