The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-09 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARC

TO CORRESPONDENTS

We are not able to answer the question of "J. K. P.," but he
could obtain the information by aplytag at the office of the

X;Tripany in Clayton-square. •
Has "J. W. M." seen our• paper of Tuesdat last? We have
done all in our power to rouse the Protestants from their
apathy. Our readers are in full possession of the tnelantlgly
features of Mr. Watson's bill.
Wa'cannot insert the letter of "L

"An Operative" wishes us to express his. hanks to the Rel.
J. Baylee for the information furnished during the late•dis-
cussion. Our correspondent has had all his lingering doubts

An bon. MEMBER.—What 27 hours ?
Mr. M. GlnsoN.—One set of nurses did not begin duty
at the exact time when the others left off ; but there
could be no doubt that they endured great privations and
laboured very hard, therefore he would say that the case of
the hospital nurses presented an excellent field for legis-
lation—they worked longer than the factory operatives—
they worked in a worse atmosphere—their duties were
often laborious—and he could by no means comprehend
why their case should be neglected, while that of the cot-
ton spinners was thus taken up by the members of that
house. Their labours were excessive, and their situation
was calculated to excite the utmost compassion—why then
were they not included in the present bill ? He thought
that the hon member for Newark need not give up the
melancholy case of the washerwomen. If the principle of
the bill before them were a sound principle, the y xv ere bound
by every law of justice and humanity to give the full bene-
fit of that principle to every class of Her Majesty's sub-
jects. The workers in cotton, flax, and silk, were not en-
titled. to its exclusive enjoyment. ;A society had been
formed" for the protection of the needlewomen, but the
washerwomen worked a greater number of hours, and it
was a remarkable fact that those washerwomen formed a
large proportion of the out-patients of all the hospitals.
Owing to the great number of hours that thil remained
Standing, the tvasherwomen became subject to varicose
veins and ulcerated leas, and therefore he could repeat
that they ought to be as carefully protected from the
temptation of excessive labour as the factory operatives."
It is melancholy to think that from a mi-
nister of the crown, and a member for one of the
largest constituencies in the empire, such rubbish
should flow as the above. What earthly similarity
can there be between the factory worker of tender
years, who must toil as long as the engine toils, and
the hospital nurse or the washerwoman, who with
the fear of "varicose veins and ulce:-_
before her eyes, can make her own bargain as to
' the time she washes or works ? Perhaps, how-
ever, this allusion to two such ill-used classes of
womankind as hospital nurses and washerwomen
is only intended by the honourable member as a
display of wit. If so, the judgment which
prompted it is very bad. So sloppy a politician
Ought neither to sneer at the Sairey Gamps, nor at
the varicose veins and ulcerated legs with which
other respectable and hard-working women are oc-
casionally afflicted.
Despite of Mr. Milner Gibson, or Sir Robert
Peel and his allies, we expect to see this ten hours
bill passed by a considerable majority. Even Loft'
John Russell must by this time perceive that the
Public mind, like that of the factory workers, is
set upon its triumph.

removed.
The benevolent scheme of "it. Subscriber" does credit to his
gri-od intentions, but we fear it is not. lilcaly to be carried
it is perhaps unnecessary to remark further oa the subject al-
luded to by "One that was present." • 'the insertiOn of-on,
Correspondent's letter would only occasion another shuillin,

suitical reply.
late, furnished by "
nd we may

and appropriat
'e beg to call the
lamentable details contained in
another column, from Mr. James Qua

Said destitution, in this town,
at present, are appam,-;
.and.
,whilst we ask the Health
Committee to increase their efforts to afford the nectr„.._
remedy, we call upon our readers to remember the peetilia.
claims, at this time, of the various 'Societies e:Aablished for
the relief of the poor.
he letter, for which we have rec.

The effects of feve

;end to Inser

appreciate our motive for not

Eh: Elberpool ,tanbarts.

Yearly Subscription
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TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1847

IT is now pretty generally.,understood that. the
Report of the Commission, sent down by Govern-
ment to investigate the merits of the several schemes
for supplying the town of Liverpool with water,
favourable to the case made out by the existing
Water Companies. The Town Connell, however,
have, notwithstanding, determined to go on with
their Bill for procuring such supply from Riving,ton
Pike ; and, in this conflicting state of opinions upon
the subject, we do not that we are stepping
out of our- proper..spher in offering a few remarks
In doing so,
v state that we have

upon the 'evid€

With respect to the hardness which Professor
Playfair discovers in the water supplied by the
companies, we are not sufficiently chemical to give
an opinion. It is fair, however, to remind the pub-
lic that there has never been a single complaint of the our publicatiOn of the 25th of August last,
insalubrity of the water from any medical authority, we presented to our readers, accompanied with a
And letoking at the startling deficiency of evidence few comments of our own, a letter from Dr. Har-
in favour of the Pike scheme, above noticed,—the bord, urging the authorities of the town to flash
conflicting engineering testimony with respect to the sewers, and to afford a continuous supply of
its merits, and the knowledge which we have that water in certain districts of the town, in which
the efficiency of the present Company's supply has fever and dysentery had commenced their ravages.
increased, and is capable of great further increase, So excellent a suggestion, coming from a gentle-

we have a fair right to call uponthe Council to adopt man whose efforts to bring about a proper sanitory
the course which we have suggebted beforetime—to condition of our town, and to alleviate the condi-
pausebefore they irretrievably commit themselves to tion of our ill-housed, and ill-cared for, porn:, was
a Parliamentary contest, or to the possibly worse worthy the serious consideration of those to whom
contingency of a victorious result. As an instance it was offered; and wonld that it had been listened
of the disposition of one at least of the Compa- to, as it ought to have been !—many a valuable life
vies, to perform their duty to the town, and as well would have been saved—many a struggling widow
of its capability, we may mention that a week ago have at thirs moment by her side the partner of her
the Harrington Company were apprised by the former days of comfort—many a houseless orphan.
Town Clerk, that, in Dr. Duncan's opinion, a daily have a home, of which neglect of the great duty of
supply was necessary for a certain district. The re- their more fortunately circumstanced fellow crea-
quest was acted upon on the afternoon of the day tures have deprived them.
on which it was received ; has been acted upon ever We mention the subject at present because we
since; and no sensible effect has been noticed at perceive that the Health Committee are, on the re-
the Works upon the supply available for the general commendation of Dr. Duncan, about to adopt the
consumption of the town. very steps so long since recommended by Dr. Har-
- -- bord ; mid which, if then carried out, would, no
IT is a satisfactory circumstance, which the at- doubt, ha4e been attended with more beneficial re-
tentive observer of the progress of human affairs sults than are likely to he derived from the present
has continually brought before his observation, rather tardy efforts.
that whatever may be the amount of selfishness
and tyranny opposing it, the cause of truth and SOUP INTERDICTED BY ROMAN CATIIOLIC
justice, urged with vigour, however humble may PRIESTS IN LENT.
be the station of those by whose energies it is
(From the Dublin Evening Packet.)
urged, will ultimately prevail. The history. of the
CONNEMARA—ROUNDS-TONE RELIEF COMMITTER
Factory Bill is one pregnant with this lesson. A FEB. 17.—A subject of a sectarian nature was introduced
few years ago the cry for a restriction of the hours this day in committee by the Roman Catholic priests of
of labour to' ten hours, was set down as the cry this district. These rev. gentlemen insisted that soup
merely of a few disaffected' operatives, led an by should not have been dispensed on this day week to the
ek of Lent, and imputed base
demagogues, anxious only to prey upon them, and pobY and dishonourable motives to the Protestant clergymen
to profit by the appropriation of the funds who issued tickets for that purpose. The subject was in-
which it was sought to be urged forward. Even troduced by Mr. O'Malley, C.C., who was immediately
the honest and indefatigable Richard Oastler, en- opposed by the Rev. W. Crotty, Presbyterian minister,
throned though he was in the hearts of thousands who deprecated the introduction of such irrelevant and
sectarian matters in committee. It being ruled, however,
of suffering women and children, and boasting a
by the chairman that Mr. O'Malley should be 'heard, the
kingly title, before which that of the King of the
following scene-Wok place :
Railway System is as gaudy dross—even the Kingv Rev. Mr. O'MALLEY.—Mr. Chairman, it is a fact that
of the Factory Children was reviled as an incen- soup has been given this day by members of this commit-
diary, and the amiable Michael Thomas Sadler tee, for the purpose of casting a stigma on our holy reli-
gion,r they taking advantage of the poverty of the people.
sneered at as a mad enthusiast, by the hollow and
M . DALTON, treasurer and superintendent of the soup
selfish philosophers, whose tyranny they sought to kitchen.—lf these remarks are intended to apply to me, I
put down. must exonerate myself. I believe the soup was dispensed
Was the result of even these first efforts in the at the request of the Rev. Mr. Crotty.
cause of humanity not an exemplification of the Mr. CROTTY.—Rather say at the request of the poor,
saying, that " the truth is mighty, and will pre- who are starving, and who were exceedingly anxious to
it.
wail" ? Wealth, ignorance, the apathy of the g Mr. O'MALLEY, addressing Mr. Crotty.-
public mind, and the cupidity of the manufac- know it was Ash Wednesday, and that the noman ~
turers, were arrayed against these men. Yet their tholics'are not permitted to partake of flesh meat ? and,
combined influence was borne down by the cause then, What could your object in giving it be but to insult
which they had in their hands and in their hearts.
The atrocities of the " billy" roller ceased to be
perpetrated. The strap and the scourge ceased to
afflict, and to stimulate to renewed exertion, the
fainting limbs and sinews of infancy. The whole
system was ameliorated. Public opinion INGO'

3 almost. nominal,

Did you not

us
Mr. CRorry.—Really I must again protest against this
discussion as altogether irregular ; it will serve no purpose
to fight here about your laws and customs. What am
.I

Cotton Manufactures.—
tions are meant to apply

to know, as a Presbyterian clergyman, of your Ash Wed-
nesdays or Good Fridays? My duty, as a member of this
committee, is to relieve the poor, as far as is in my power,

not tolerate its cruelties, when once they had been
fairly dragged before the light of day.

without reference to sect.or.party.. .
Mr. ,DUANE.—You ought .to know the laws of our
church, for you once kept them yourself.

§Lee that happy issue was achieved, the pro-
zress of the measure at first demanded—the limi-

Rev. Mr: C
O'Malley is righ

URRAN, P.P„ and CHAIRMAN.—Mr
t. The obiect was to insult our religion

Fation of the hours of factory labour to the power
of human beings to support them—has never been
for a day arrested. Their old leader was impri-
soned, and pined his days in a cell far removed
from the scenes of his labours of love; but his pen
pleaded from those stone walls, although his tongue
was silent. A new and noble advocate appeared
in the field. Fresh witnesses and advocates pressed
forward ; and at length a portion of the demand of
the operatives was conceded. The weight was
taken from the shoulders of infancy ; and twelve
hours per day was made the maximum period of
adult labour. .

it should not he to

The Rev. M. O'Malley we are informed, addressed his
people on the evening of the above day, in the chapel,
and denounced the stovers, as he termed them, also the
Protestant clergymen, as enemies to his religion. Does
not the conduct of this priest prove the wisdom of the
government regulation, excluding Roman Catholic curates
from relief committees ?

amount.
Cotton Yarns

The collections at St. Bride's Church, after sermons
by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, and the Rev. Hugh
M`Neile, in aid of the schools, amounted to £7B.
The weather here is extremely mild, but seasonable.
Yesterday was a lovely spring day. We have plenty of
March (lust.

It was hoped by the philosophers that the sop
thus thrown out would appease the claims of the
ten hours advocates. But no. They felt that they
had a just, a rightful cause. They had measured
nt of the suffering which they sought to
They knew, by sad experience, of how
inch toil the human frame was capable; and they

or of Scotland and Ireland, in this church,
bruary, amounted to £4l 15s.
The Rev. Benjamin Strettell Clarke, curate

;f plate, by a member of the congregation

biith-day gift

/et rid of

;lomoanies in this town have amalgama-

pany re

mild not be seduced int,

fiuen ced by this movement, and have resolved to persevere
with their bill. .

ion, their cause was only prevented being v

ous by a wr
+ha 'tart

lehed exhibitfon of tergiversation

TESTIMONIAL

-There is now on view in Mr. Doke's
street, a splendid engraved silver tea

In this session,

thus far, it h

triumphed, in spit

service, which is to be presented to Captain Hunt), the
manager of the London and North Western Railway, by
b:4 brni-.bpr (Afters in the company. on the occasion of the

Pushed though it has been, as if it was a question
of merely subordinate interest, into the Wednes-

gallant captain's removal to Limdon. The service, which
is in the Elizabethan style, consists of coffee-pot, tea-pot,
sugar-basin, and cream-jug, together with a dozen tea-
spoons and sugar-tongs, of the king's pattern.
FEVER.—We have already stated that three officers of
the parish, viz : Mr. Rowlands, Mr. Smith, and Mr.
Robinson, had died of feVer caught in the discharge o
their duty. On Saturday, one of the twenty-four police-
f
Men employed ' twelve districts

day's morning sitting, it has neVertheless been sup-
ported by majorities which have half paralizcd some
of its most resolute opponents. Overwhelming,
however, as was the majority in. favour of its second
reading, another effort was made on Wednesday
last to -,- into committee, by a gen-

vent its going
41%13. Escott—

-who, himself a turncoat—
friends"—appear
post of cad to Sir Rohe'
The effort was, c

farmer

) be ambitious of

iieel and his millowning-11

mcndnient of MT

Eseott was defeated by a signal majority
again we see the force of the

Magna est

Titas, et preevalebit

Isionof ti

opinion of parliament; hacked as it is by the opinion
of the country, Might to put an end to all tempo-
rizing on the part of those gentlemen who, like
Mr. Beckett Denison and others, seekto substitute,
for the proposed ten hours; an eleven hours' clause.
They may depend upon it that they cannot hood-
wink the well informed short time committees, or
even the youngest factory child, whom these com-
mittees represent. There is. a true medium some-
-where ; and these men have found it, by the best
of all tests—experience. • Ten.hatirs is their ulti-
matum. Give them less, and agitation will still
go on, with all its heartburnings; . until their fitll
object is forced upon our milloeracy, perhaps by
combination and a turn-out, at a period.when they
will be infinitely more inconvenienced than by the
passing of the bill at the present moment.
We do not purpose here entering into any ex-
amination of the laboured and sophristical argu-
ments used by Sir Robert Peel; Sir James Graham,
and others, in opposition to the motion on • Wed-
Refax for going into committee, We shall con.

. •
ONDENTS. i report, he invalidates the whole of the conclusions tent ourselves with giving a sample from the FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.
estion of "J. K. P.," hut he derived from these analyses. Addressing the speech of the honourable member for Manchester, The money market during the past week has been in a
gloomy state, caused in part by the drain apprehended to
Y nOlyteg at the °Bice of the : Town-clerk, he says,— Mr. _ Milner Gibson. That gentleman remarked,
arise from the Government Loan for Ireland ; and consols
"Museum of Economic Geology, that :--
of Tuesday lust ? We haveare quoted at tower rates. The advertisement of the
the Protestants from their " SIR, " 9th February, 1847. "To him it appeared most unacccountable that all the North Western Railway for Loans on Debentures at three
possession of the melancholy "As you are aware, I proceeded on the Bth of January sympathy of the Legislature should hive been reserved years date, at 5 per cent., and the announcement of the
to the district from which yoo propose to take Water for for the colliery and the factory operatives—that they could shipment of £300,000 specie by the Boston steamer, con-
L. M. C." on anenymous au- the supply of Liverpool, for the purpose of taking fair not see any other : for example, there were the hospital tributed to produce this effect. On Saturday an addi-
wess his. thanks to the Rev. specimens to report upon and analyse. a-
I was accom
, P nurses ; one portion of them worked during 16 hours of tional depression was produced, by the draughts of the
arnished during the late.dis- nied by yourself Mr. Hawksley the engineer, Mr. Finne, the night, the other 11 hours of the day.
North of England Joint Stock Company being refused
is had all his lingering doubts one of your Councillors, and Dr. Duncan, the Health An hon. MEMBER.—What 127 hours ? payment by their agents.
Officer to the Corporation. .
Mr. M. GinsoN.—One set of nurses did not begin duty Our Cotton market has partaken of the dulness which
bacriber" does credit to his " The weather was frosty, and I was informed had at the exact time when the others left off ; but there extends unfortunately through nearly every branch of
s not
irk further to
lik:dy
the subjedt abe carrie wil-
been t. •
dry for a considerable period. The specimens of could be no doubt that they endured great privations and commerce. The following is from the circular of Messrs.
sent." The insertion of Water were taken laboured very hard, therefore he would say that the case of OA cin all cases from the body of the George Holt and Co., dated Friday last :
ly occasion another shuffling, Brooks, which were remarkably clear and colourless; the hospital nurses presented an excellent field for legis-
"Another dull week has passed over our cotton market.
• the only one upon which I had occasion to make the ration—they worked longer than the factory operatives— e
This state of-depression does not appear peculiar to our_
Constant Reader," is forcible slightest deviation from this description was in the stream
next week. they worked in a worse atmosphere—their duties were staple, but seems also to extend, in a greater or less de-
mo room for it
on of all our readers to the , below Anderton Ford, which had a very slight white often laborious—and he could by no means comprehend gree, to nearly every article of merchandise and manufac-
in a well-written tette?, in muddy precipitate in suspension, but not so much as to why their case should be neglected, while that of the cot- tune. In the absence of any further news from Ameiica
ies Quayle, one of the relieving render it at all objectionable. , ton spinners was thus takencrop
up by the members of that regarding the extent of the and probable supply, we
inl destitution, in this town, • This would undoubtedly be conclusive as to the house. Their labours were excessive, and their situation are almost entirely governed by the state of the manufac-
1. whilst we ask the Health quality, although not as to the quantity of the sup- was calculated to excite the utmost compassion—why then turing districts and the Manchester market. The ' short
Torts to afford the necessary
Ts to remember the peculiar ply to be derived, if for a moment it could be sup- were they not included in the present bill ? He thought time' still continues ; nor is there, on a comparison of the
ions-Societies e:'tablistied forthat we could obtain such supply from the
posed. that the hon member for Newark need not give u_p the present cost of the raw material with the manufactured-
melancholy case of the washerwomen. If the principle of article, any inducement for the trade to change their
brooks, or if the weather was always as Professor
ceived some additions, we in- the bill before them were a sound principle,they xv ere bound course in that respect. There can be no reasonable doubt,
r correspondent will no doubt Playfair found it, " frosty," and "had been dry for by every law of justice and humanity to give the full bene- however, that the very greatly reduced supply of yarns,
;Wing publicity to-day to his a considerable period." But that supply has to be fit of that principle to every class of Her Majesty's sub- &c., for so lang a period, is preparing the way, by the ex-
obtained by impounding the annual fall of 60 inches jests. The workers in cotton, flax, un.d silk, were notheeenn- haustion of stocks in the hands of all retailers and foreign
I ,talibarts. of rain upon 10,400 acres of land, a portion of which 10. itstheexclruostieveetioenmoir societyjlnet.neAediewonahad
tfotrmedt tor en, but the markets (just •as the spinners have worked up their own
is cultivated, and the rest composed of deep peat soilstocks.of raw cotton,) for another of those periods of ex-
seri/Afton :washerwomen workedP a greater number of hours, and it
and heather ! Instead of "remarkably clear and was a remarkable fact that those washerwomen formed a cetsive demand which produce a disturbance to the gene-
ral commerce of the country almost as injurious as the
On Credit, 15s. colourless water" from the body of the brooks, the large proportion of the out-patients of all the hospitals. present depression ; but such are the fluctuations to which
------- --- ------ reservoirs must depend upon the . sweepings of Owing to the great number of hours that th 4 remained our 'cotton trade has always been subjected—alternating
-G, MARCH 9, 1847. floods, carrying with them the decomposed ariimal standing, the tvasherwomen became subject to varicose_ periods of prosperity and depression, mutually bearing
veins and ulcerated leas, and therefore he could repeat
lly, understood that the and vegetable matter, accumulated during the d upon and producing each other.
L, sent down by Govern- periods. The high lands are principally composed temptation
17 that they ought to be as carefully protected from the
of excessive labour as the factory operatives." "We need hardly advert :vain to that which is in the
mind of every one—namely, how closely this depressed
its Of the several schemes of peat moss ; and the whole is liable to receive a It is melancholy to think that from a mi- state of the cotton market is connected with the great
Liverpool with water, is constant coating of soot from the factories and nister of the crown, and a member for one of the question of food and finance. This appears to be under-
stood_hand felt by all.
lade out by the existing coal-pits. If Professor Playfair would take advan- largest constituencies in the empire, such rubbish
' I the meantime, and under such testing circum-
rown Connell, however tage of the first period of heavy rains to procure a should flow as the above. What earthly similarity
stances, our market remains wonderfully steady and firm
atermined to go on with sample of water for analysis, perhaps it would alter can there be between the factory worker of tender in price. We are no lower this week, and although we
AI supply from Riving,ton his opinion as to its pure character. years, who must toil as long as the engine toils, and are very dull for the most part, there are occasional pur-
ing state of opinions upon We have already adverted to the circumstance the hospital nurse or the washerwoman, who with chases on speculation, which relieve in some degree the
that the water has been analyzed by Dr. Brett, our the fear of " varicose veins and ulcerated ted legs" generalw iiililon4ornelo,
roef,o:uermparionceedings. Our notations of
nk that we are steppingas before." q
townsman, and that with his opinion the public before her eyes, can make her own bargain as to
in offering a few remarks prices The circular of Messrs. Trueman and Cook, of London,
time
'
have not been furnished. Perhaps reason was the she washes or works ? Perhaps, how-
-411 sides. , In doing so,dated March lst, gives us the following with respect to
:ly state that we have no that Dr. Brett objected to give a decisive opinion ever, this allusion to two such ill-used classes of the colonial and produce markets for the past month :___
he Water Companies, or without another sample being furnished him. It is, womankind as hospital nurses and washerwomen " The sugar brought forward at the public sales in the
bringing our supply from iwe believe, the fact that the first sample, upon s only intended by the honourable member as a early part of the month met with a brisk demand, and
Ay that the Corporationanalysis, produced a deposit of solid matter, which display of wit. If so, the judgment which
sold at an advance of 6d. to ls. per cwt. ; subsequently,
however, very heavy supplies of East India and Mauritius
preserve themselves from led him to express himself convinced, without fur- prompted it is very bad. So sloppy a politician came in, and importers being anxious to take advantage
T of a false step, should ther examination, that the water was peaty. ought neither to sneer at the Sairey Gamps, nor at of the existing demand, large sales were pressed upon the
r their position ; and, at Whether or not such water was taken when the the varicose veins and ulcerated legs with which market, which brought about a decline equal to 3s. per
fore going to Parliament, weather was frosty and dry we cannot say, but cer- other respectable and hard-working women are oc- cwt. on the prices current at the end of last month." .
re sound data in support tainly, from Dr. Brett's high standing as a chy- casionally afflicted. The deliveries for the month give a total consumption
in Great Britain of 42,100, against 30,600 in tne corre-
at
mical analyst, the publication, in an unreserved Despite of Mr. Milner Gibson, or Sir Robert
than the sponding month of last year. In coffee no change of
y appear p
form, of his opinion, would have been most satis- Peel and his allies, we expect to see this ten hours importance has taken place during the past month ; for
-..._...:.,.. „I. ___ __,l,„ factory to his fellow-townsmen. bill passed by a considerable majority. Even Loft' although at one time, there was a slackness in the
_ .

-prices will, therefore, remain as before."
The circular of Messrs. Trueman and Cook, of London,
dated March st, gives us the following with respect to
the colonial and produce markets for the past month.
" The sugar brought forward at the public sales in the
early part of the month met with a brisk demand, and
sold at an advance of 6d. to is. per cwt. ; subsequently,
however, very heavy supplies of East India and Mauritius
came in, and importers being anxious to take advantage
of the existing demand, large sales were pressed upon the
market, which brought about a decline equal to 3s. per
cwt. on the prices current at the end of last month."
The deliveries for the month give a total consumption
in Great Britain of 42,100, against 30,600 in tne corre-
sponding month of last year. In coffee no change of
importance has taken place during the past month ; for
although at one time, there was a slackness in the
demand, and .prices of Ceylon reached about Is.
per cwt., this has latterly been fully recovered, and
they are now on a par with those ruling on the Ist. ult.
ThotransactionS for home consumption have been consi-
derable; the trade buying with great confidence at the
existing prices, and altogether the market is in a healthy
and, satisfactory condition.
" The sales of indigo, which terminated on the 19th
ult, contained 9,494 chests, viz., 6,350 chests Bengal,
Benares, &C., and 3,140 Madras, Kurpah, &c. Of this
quantity 8,000 chests found buyers, being the largest
amount ever sold at this early season of the year. The
prices obtained, ranged from 2d. to 6d. per lb. higher than
the October rates for Bengal, &c., and 2d. to 3d. for Ma-
dras and Kurpah. Sincethe close of the sale there has
been a fair extent of business going on, and from 200 to
300 chests have been sold, mostly of the better descrip-
tions of Bengal, and the low and middling qualities of
Madras, at prices quite upon a par with the sale rates.
The reduced supply in importers' hands for the May sale
will, probably, have some influence upon prices, and pre-
sent rates will, no- doubt, be firmly maintained.
" the imports for the two months have been- 2,263
chests, against 2,330; the deliveries 3,859 chests, against
4,126; and the stock is now 31.581 chests, against 31,711
in 1846. _ .

" The tea market has presented no new feature during
the past month; the trade have taken freely of the new
teas offered on arrival, but there has been no improve-
ment in rates. The stock of tea in this part on the 16th
ult. was very nearly the same as that at the same date
last .'vear... being. 29 90&,0001b., against 29,295,0001 b. ;

i_while the' deliveries to the same period were 4,632,0001 b., _
I against 4,142;000Ib. in 1846 ; and the imports 2,759.0001 b.
only, against 3;695,0001b.
" In rice, with a comparatively limited demand, prices
during the early-part of the month continurd to recede,
, until a decline of 3s. per cwt. from the highest point was,
established; a reaction then took place, consequent on a
renewed demand for shipment to Ireland, and the quota-
tions are now onry about 6d. below those of the Ist ult.
" The•market for silk throughout the month has been
exceedingly dull, and- the arrivals both of Bengal and
China have- been unusually heavy, consisting of about
1,500 bales of the former, and upwards of 5,000 bales of
the latter, exclusive of 3;300 bales into Liverpool. Public
sales are to he held on-tjle. 24th inst., and as the quantity
tothp then offered will. no doubt be large, prices for the

At a piibiiC sale_held at

China, 700 bales soid at a reditction of id. to ls. on pre-

vious quotations."
The advices by the Indian mail, received on Thursday,
are not of, a • character calculated to raise the drooping
spirits of•the manufacturer. The Calcutta market was
dull for most cotton fabrics, at a reduction in prices.
Little was doing in w6ollens, and former rates were with
difficulty obtained. . The demand for white mill twist was
not very brisk. Still, a fair business was doing ' • and for
some counts, the tendency- was upwards. There has been
more animation in the market for metals. Copper—Tile
has been in demand, and sales to some extent are reported
at about 34 4 sa. rs; per maund ; sheathing has also been
placed at Co.'s rs. 37 4, and-brazier's at Co.'s rs. 37 4 to
37 12. Iron-j-Several sales have been effected in common
bar, at from 2rs. 14a. to 3rs. per maund, the latter being
for fresh arrivals. Spelter has been gradually advancing
in price, more, however, from the firmness of holders,
than forn any extensive sales or increased inquiry.
Exchange on England has been steady, 2s. o.ld. to
o+ +MI mnritive thitc, havine been the

extent of the fluctuation on good paper.
Freights are stationary, and little alteration expected.
A Bombay circular,. dated Feb. 1, contains the follow-

-The foregoing general observa-
mytieularly to those, and little
•

additional falls tobeailded. Gray domestics, which
lately were in demand for the Arab market, have, since
last issue, been sold at 8s to lOs below former prices.
Turkey red cloths, both twilled and plain, have also been
disposed of at a reduction. The
_holders of gray long-

cloths and gray domestics, seem ful
selling than parties- are of purchasing

I esirous o.

white shirtings and 4.:
request, but there is no improvement to notice in their
value. 7-1 and 8-4 cambrics are scarce, and would com-
mand good prices if now in the market in moderate

Sates in conse-
tof price. - Fine

LI gray c

—Sales of twist have not been made to
and a sliffht decline on several of, the