The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-16 00:00:00

GENERAL TRAM REPORT.

Monday Aftemssios
The question, " What was the prevailing imprre.Ba
on 'Change to-day ?" would be difficult to ansive
this as it may, very conflicting opinions were exPr`uner
The Cotton trade has attained a position hitherto aso
proached, and supplies work and food to incriico
thousands in our manufacturing districts. But w, sicle
have said this, we have said nearly all on the brigott:ol
of the piCture. Other interests still displaY a CO° Irt tbe
languor • and the cause of the further depreciation ',OO
value languor;
property—i. e. the decrease in the 08_,•00
of traffic—can be attributed only to the diminution of oat of
internal prosperity, or the want of activity
In
branches of our home trade. d it i 5
Our Share Market closed very flat to-day, se cis
evidently a bear account. The continued falling 40
Cie traffic is the main cause of the depression, orb
we might expect that prices had touched the lowest Woe.
The sales to-day are few, and as follows :—Leedna9ra
7c7 d ; Sheffield pref.. 10-1-; London stock, 1"7, 46,
874 ; Do. quarters, c 4 3/9 d ; Midland stock, Vote
Do. halves, 22 14 42 4 d ; Dover No. 4, c 54 4 V,:rpo°l
tie pref., 54 c 4 d ; North Midlands, 21; 11;
Insurance (new issue) 3 ,
The unprecedented, succp ession of enormous do"19el,
of Cotton, which have taken place since this def_o,orit
combined with the increasing consumption at Ine,
going on, and the uncertainty as to future suPPltesu'r tbe
der the further encouragement of the cultivation toe
cotton plant in the East Indies a matter of isliPe 901
necessity. Too long regarded with indifference, 've, sub.
only wake up from our slumbers on this important lob
ject when we find ourselves deluged with orders%hee,
thousands of starving workpeople ready to execute
but minus the one thing needful—the raw material. ii
Since the Circular was issued, th re has been
doing in general produce. For West India Sugar
has been more inquiry, and prices are rather tote
Benares and other East India descriptions contiet!
offered freely, and lower prices have been acceeteu'aurid
The arrivals of Timber from British possessions St,
the past week consist of 31 vessels,-21,765 t°nsc'erogg
John pine maintains the price of id. per foot she, 0
girth; deals, £6 17s. 6d. to £7 ss. Quebec Tun pine,
we stated last week, still has a tendency to decline. "foie,
that three weeks ago would have brought 144 d. pelmost
is now selling at 14d., and a further reduction sli"
pr
In
take place. dose'
In Cot on there has again been a large business clef
On Saturday the sales reached 20,000 bales, and °Ube
25,000, at au advance of an eighth per lb. The 9;.c°) of
by the Hibernia, (which vessel arrived on Saturos.vo'ots
the coming crop, fully confirm all the disastrous occupied
we have received of late; and this circumstance. °ors:
with the hourly expectation of the regular steasneremeo
ing up, has kept the market in considerable excit_d to
throughout the day. Spinners have been at last fl:Pr'
sight'
appear in this market, and, from want of a little fote.icier
or, perhaps, more strictly speaking, possessing ssee,:two°
able quantity of obstinacy, have raised the oar': price
themselves. There is now no telling to wittlactos"
Cotton will go. From time to time there may be CO"asy
tions, but there is every appearance of prices best*
derably higher before they are lower. &d i°
The public sales of colonial Wool which comnle,nef'
London, on the 13th ultirbo, closed on the 13th sne-foles
and comprised 45,489 bales colonial, and 3.337 d, et
foreign, which opened at a reduction of at least kpi
lb. below the last sales, and more particularly on t"e ore
and inferior descriptions. The prices, howevenet,
maintained without much fluctuation till the lost 0,901.
when a little improvement was perceptible uP011.,,e fei
generally, which continued to the end ; an exte,,,nesl'asit
having destroyed or materially injured about 3un"..,,d0
mostly colonial, contributing in a slight degree toSe`tio.
that effect. The sales here will commence on 11;4 03
day, and will consist of about 1000 bales East row
1800 bales Buenos Ayres and other low wools. k bas
The price of Scotch Pig Iron during the wee,,,,i9
scarcely varied from 41s. 6d. per ton, cash, for bode
numbers. To-day, however, our market closo
better, the quotations being 425. per ton fob at Gl,t";
The advises by the Hibernia, four days later, br'
alteration in the New York market. .5 eel'
The English corn markets come rather stiffer 01,4510
for Wheat and Flour, but wherever any actual ad
ficr;
has been obtained, it has, except in one or two in,ststoes'
been merely the turn of the market. Oats and ugegfate
have generally declined in value, owing in a great oVarlef
to the weight and good condition of the Oat crop. au 11)
is not in much demand, malsters not being re'sosie
commence operations for a week or two yet. 31), oil
accounts state that the season has not been• a idn es
for Barley ; the rains, after producing a fine ens laid'
kernel, having continued too long, some Barley w3„l the
and much of the standing crop had the layer re%tjer
ear from its luxuriousness. and the result is a eentittle
able variety of quality. The Irish markets are the
higher far most articles, Indian Corn participating .01 riaY
advance, owing to the partial' resumption of its colto4eo
tion as an article of human food, the Fotatoes at 111;;Igel
brought into the market being so wasteful when core°
that the poor find it more economical to purchasei.otoo.
food of a cheap nature. There is not much 1.00
however, this week, of the progress of the Potato l_tof
and we learn from Limerick that the accounts are
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favourable, farmers holding a better opinion of tli
mate yield. the
Influenced by the improvement noticed al30“1,/inCe
•••••••,—.- thins country ant I. cloud, thc LivclP° t 9jcie
trade haa, up... the whole, assumed'a firmer asPec #lO
Friday, and Wheats are held at a slight advance• curer
the exception of some little speculation in Indian glace
the demand upon the whole has been very moderaWo.
our last ; previous quotations for this article ;oft
however, been fully maintained, and' in some Sn'7ti,3eee
trifling enhancement realised. Flouts have only "pabe,r
slender request ; but sour descriptions, hecomine.thar
scarce, and being taken off by millers for mixing fit
qualities, have been more asked for. 5 frr
We quote the following about American provisineo,oo'
the circular of Messrs. Black, Barnes, and WhittinweeS;
liis
it We have to report a better demand for Bacon iota
About 900 boxes have. been sold, chiefly low-Priced {nra
vver
cure, at 255. to 285., andnome parcels Eastern at 335. t°
No change in Beef or Pork. Favourite hands of the ;.41ri,
still command 755. to 855., and middling 60s. to 645•„,e5
ders have been more enquired for, and a few hogsn';o4,
posed of at 19s. to 20a. Cheese : We have had n°,:i6s.
since our last. Lard The sales are abourBo 'tons' a`
t 0,365: 9d., with scarcely so active a demand "
The quotations for Irish Butter remain unclls,lde'
sellers being tolerably firm at them. Bacon is 113°r
-
able. Lard steady.

The Pope's Master of the Household, the Die
the Apostolical Palaces, has arrived at Rome..
val is considered a harbinger of that of Pius inantorei
It is said that the Pope has nominated to tbeepoll
Catholic primacy of Ireland Father O'Hanlon, a iieff,
and detestor of the British constitution. '9,0
By a decree of the 3rd, the Imperial Coniral4
Montecuccoli, at Milan, allows the exportation %IR'
maize, and flour, which had been suspended by
of the 18th of February, 1847. vcsll,ty
The secretaryship to the Board of Ordnance, of 08
the death of Mr. R. Byham, is now a, matter
peel
competition among certain men of rank. Apo
candidates are Lord Clarence Paget and Major'
Fox, the Surveyor-General to the Ordnance. 'rile
of the office LANDI,4OO per annum.
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DEMAND SUPIALY.—For the ships n 0 fi
1,370 officers, seamen, and marines will be ,;itfit
About 200 blue jackets are and speedily will be tottoLor
who have returned, or are returning, from leave! 'Fr
are informed that, on inquiry at Liverpool, there ti;ove
350 in the Sailors' Home, and that the number t" r
ployed is increasing as the timher ships arrive. of.G
Mr. John O'Connell is not to have a monopolYitt pror
tion. Young Ireland is noiselessly working cotpuiffj
in the office of the Nation, and Mr. Gavan fret,
nounces that the bellows have been puffing 00.1'00/
time, and that the embers of a national orgatnii! fa
be shortly expected' to blaze out with all OW of
brightness. lat it1:1
Lord Farnham has addressed a long circu
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tenantry on the estates in the county o.f ductirw
nouncing his lordship's intention.. to make a retool ysi
15 per cent. on the half-year's-rent due on the ;.,jet., of
vember, 1848, in the case of farms not recenttl, for
on the half-year ending the Ist of May, 1849,,,1ipt0id
late lettings, where the occupants have entered
session as English tenants. iora
MURDER.—OD Friday two coachmen, na Dos•
and Goodgroom, quarrelled and fought on 0401;
boat Sarah, on the Severn, and Cooke visa r
struggling for some time, to sink into the wattu,o,
no more alive. His body was subseque_l3
.4tr,
Several witnesses deposed to his having br., olsvpor,
thrown into. the water by Goodgroom, fro l" ttrist,
endeavourectto escape. The accused and eat)worotp
named Jones, who was on the deck of the boat, 0.00
whilst the deceased was drowning with perfect uve re°
A line thrown from the boat would probably had, fir
him to escape sinking. The inquest is adjouraor4
CHRLSTENING. EXTRAORDINARY.—InDOOOO
several other parties, at the Britannia Bridget'wfsa
the writer of this saw an interesting fernalaA
had, a few days before, been christened by v ale roed
Jackson, on the Britannia rock, midway iloty.'
Straits, between the Carnarvon and the AMP-o lea f'
rlbepThe child is daughter of Mr. Hodgkinson, orgter 0
works,) and was named " ' Britannia' ADa „woe' rio
Hodgkinson," in compliment to the great obo,id
and the great engineer, (Mr. Stephenson,/ tact
others, has so far, by fixing the first largtlipba
place, shown the practicability of a most dar.
ingenious and novel principle in bridge bui_lnisi rea ?,
SEEKING AN EXPLANATION.-011 Satni'ooo9.oclair
Burke was required to find bail for having2l,:.
Loy, of Grafton-street, and broken one or no
A week or two ago, the prisoner was before:air AI
trates on a similar charge, when the case s'iSoy,:t;r2
It appeared that the prisoner went to Nir•
on Friday evening, and, after behaving in a I:,,pe 1:0
manner, finished up by throwing a large er,ijrf4r,i4
the window of a bedroom where several elt; 010254
asleep. This last exploit induced Mr. lAlgarlOp,°go
into custody. The prisoner, in his defence,,_,,tie.h,
called at Mr. Loy'a house to ask for an exiTorat:;ol
had been charged by him with stealing t to
default of finding bail the offender was Beat
three months.

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