The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-01 00:00:00

590 230 610 1060
4690 4640 1000 1130

250 1060 6320,

810 840 1160 4180
270 700 .. 240
39940 16310 19300 35860

2030 400 1890 1400
2100 580 960 350
480 30 ..

Totals.

170820 248340 206050 366140

The following table exhibits the comparative prices
of Cotton at the same periods :

Descriptions. 1837,

1839. 1840,

d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d.
Sea Island.
Stained Ditto
Upland 7 9 7 9 54 74 51 7
Alabama and Mobile 64 9 7 9 5/ 81 5+ 7
New Orleans 7 91 71 91 6 8/ 51 71
Pernambuco & Ceara 91 10/ 91 10+ 9 101 81 9
Maranham 7/ 10 71 9/ 810 61 81
Bahia and Maceio
Egyptian
Demerara & Berbice 9 12 10 14 8 12 8 91
West India 7l 10 7 9 7 9 6 71
Carthagena 54 6 5% 6 5/ 6 41 5
Laguira, &c 64 84 7 8/ 81 9 64 8
Peruvian
Smyrna
..
Surat
Madras 44 6+ 54 6i. 5-1 6 4+ 4i
.. ... . _ . .

Bengal

Manilla,

7t

547 6i 44 54 4' 4f

STOCKS IN THE PORTS OF LONDON AND GLASGOW,
30TH DECEMBER, 1840.
Descriptions. Load. Glas.
Atlantic States l 2700 13528
New Orleans
Pernambuco
Bahia, &c
Maranham ...-...-
Smyrna 3BO ..
Egyptian
Demerara and Berbice
West India, &c.
Bourbon
Surat
Bengal
Madras lO5lO

50660 47248

EXPORT OF COTTON WOOL FROM LIVERPOOL, LONDON,
AND GLASGOW, IN THE YEAR 1840, COMPARED WITH
1839' AND 1838.

LIVERPOOL.
1840. 1839. 1838.
To Continent of Europe
To Ireland..

Totals

LONDON

:66957 86278 63990

To Continent of Europe

GLASGOW

1840. 1839. 1838.
53800 34100 43835

To Continent of Europe
To Ireland.

1840. 1839. 1838

50 620

Totals,

Taken on speculation this year
Same period 1839...
Taken for export this year
Same period 1839.....

50 650

229,200
261,470

55,490
81,730

DEc. M.—At the commencement of the week much busi-
ness was transacted in cotton. This caused the disposal of
a considerable quantity of American and Surat at id, and
in a few instances id, per lb. more than last week. The
demand has since not been so large, and the price demanded
on Monday is not now asked ; but both sorts mentioned are
offered at about id advance on the prices of this day week.
Brazil, Egyptian, and Sea Island maintain the prices of last
week. 5000 American and 1200 Surat on speculation.

THURSDAY NlGHT.—Since stock-taking, the weekly ac-
counts having proved so correct, the market closes in the
same dull manner as it has remained for the last three days.
About 3000 bales sold to-day.

VOCAL CLASS AT THE MECHANICS'

INSTITUTION

The senior division of this class gave a public exhibition
at the Mechanics' Institution last evening. The theatre was
but half filled, no doubt from the little notoriety given to the
matter. We assure those who knew of it, and did not attend,
that they lost a great treat. The pupils were twenty in num-
ber. The following glees, choruses, and madrigals were
sung

PART I.
1 11. Glorious Apollo-2. Spring's Delights-3. Hail Smiling
Morn-4• Lovely seems the Moorish-5. Bright Sword-
6. Horn of the Chase-7. Mynheer Vandunck.

PART 11.
8. Life's a Bumper-0. In the Twilight Glade-10. This
Pleasant Month of May-11. Towers and Battlements-12.
Breath Soft, ye Winds-13. Mighty Conqueror-14. Hart
and Hind-15. God Save the Queen.
No. 7 was capitally sung, as was No. 12. The soft and plain-
tive character of the glee being well expressed, Nos. 3,6, and
9 were encored.

We must say that the proficiency of this class does Mr.
George Eyton infinite credit. His pupils sang in excellent
time and tune, and seemed perfectly to understand their
subject. We sincerely hope that there will be another ex-
hibition shortly, and that every publicity will be given to it;
and we strongly recommend all who love music to attend.
The charming glees and madrigals of British composers are
unequalled for harmony and melody, and a cultivation of
glee singing cannot but afford gratification to the pupil. We
shall have something to say upon this *abject if we perceive
that another meeting takes place. ' "
The vocal class consists of 100 pupils, and has been esta-
blished about twelve months : there are 25 in each class.
They are taught upon a system by which every pupil is tho-
roughly made acquainted with the principles of the art.

RECORDS OF WESL,EYAN LIFE. Hamilton, Adams, sr Co
London.

This work, which we have just received, is from the pen
of a lay member of the Wesleyan body. It is designed to
exhibit the doctrines and discipline of the Wesleyan church,
and, being written in the form of narrative, is highly interest-
ing and instructive. The domestic intercourse and religious
experience of the members of a Wesleyan family, form the
groundwork of the author's statements ; and at the same
time that the views and Practices of the persons amongst
whom the writer has chosen to place himself are fairly and
correctly stated, we are bound to add, that the position of
the same persons towards our established church is detailed
with propriety and truth. The book must be in the hands
of every Wesleyan, though there is much that is calculated
to attract and improve the general reader. We may perhaps
make some extracts from the work in future numbers.

EXPLOSION of FMB DA/tr.—Last week an explosion of
hydrogen gas occurred at Drewydd colliery, near
carboretted hydro
Carmarthen, in consequence of a man, named Evan Moorla,
using a common candle instead of a safety lamp. The ex-
plosion caused a considerable portion of the timber support-
ing the roof to fall, together with an. immense quantity of
rubbish, and the poor man was buried beneath the ruins. A
great number of neighbouring colliers set to work 'with all
possible speed, but nine hours elapsed before they succeeded
in bringing the body to the mouth of the shaft, when it was
found. to be quite dead. Two men were also seriously injured
by the explosion. The air Which ascended the .shaft was so
violent that it blew several of the men's hats from Off their
heads (at the mouth of the pit), and caused a convulsion in
the earth similar to that of au earthquake.
•-•

The new bridge built across the river Teiti; near Llandysill,
called Allt-y-Cavan bridge, was carried down by the irn-
inense flood which rose in that river last week. The bridge
had only been .compkted a few months since, and the erec-
tion of it coat upwards of £lOOO.