The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-18 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER:.—We are glad to state, that the extreme de-
pression which prevailed in this market on Tuesday last, has
given way to a rather more cheerful feeling. On Thursday
and yesterday there was a very fair demand for yarn,
and the spinners found it easy to effect sales, though with-
out obtaining any advance in price. In the goods market
there was not quite so much elasticity ; but still some im-
provement was manifested, and manufacturers appeared in
rather better spirits than at the commencement of the week.
—Manchester Guardian.'

LANCASHIRE.—The silk trade at Middleton, Failsworth,
and Leigh, and other towns in the neighbourhood of Man-
chester, continues to improve daily, and several manufacturers
have this week been in various towns in search of weavers.
Some very particular fancy sorts have advanced the wages of
weavers one halfpenny per yard, yet wages are very low ; but
operatives employed in the silk trade are generally better em-
ployed and in better circumstances than those in our trades.
Calico block-printing is a little better this week, and hopes
are entertained that it will still improve. The course nan-
keens, woven by the hand, are nearly extinct, and the greater
part of light goods and low reeds are now manufactured on
power-looms, which is the reason so many old people are out
of employment ; the fancy nankeens and very fine broad ging-
hams are very brisk, but wages are lower than they were
twelve months ago. The trade in cotton mills at Stockport
is yet in a depressed state ;—a very great number of hands
are without work, and distress is alarming ; many have turned
out in consequence of an attempt to reduce wages. The cot-
ton spinning in some of the towns near Manchester is rather
duller this week • and on Tuesday the hands in some of the
mills commenced working shorter time, but the hands employ-
ed in power loom weaving have more work than the Spinners ;
indeed, power loom weaving in general is moderately brisk,
but the manufacturers were never getting less profits by their
goods than they are at this time. The flannel trade at Roch-
dale is rather worse this week and some of the small manu-
facturers have reduced the hand loom weavers' wages;
but there are very few goods now manufactured by hand, but
the power loom branch now increases. Mechanics and other
trades are much the same as we stated in our last. There is
great distress among the cotton hand loom weavers of various
sorts in Bolton, but we are glad that some of the most res-
pectable and influential gentlemen have taken the state of the
poor in this district into consideration, and they are giving
relief to hundreds of families. Wages of the hand loom
weavers are considerably lower than they were twelve months
ago ; work being scarce and provisions high is the cause of
present distress.—Preston Chronicle.
LEEDS.—The transactions in our cloth halls gradually
improve in extent, though the manufacturers complain that
they are unable to obtain an augmentation of price commen-
surate to the present cost of the raw material. Most of the
-manufactories are running longer time than they were a
month ago, and as a necessary consequence there is more
activity perceptible in the warehouses.
BRADFORD MARKET.—There was a fair attendance of
stuff buyers at our markets on Thursday, and we understand
the amount of business done was middling ; prices, however,
could not be advanced yet for goods. There was no material
alteration in the yarn department, and no new feature in the
wool market, except that prices were not quite so firm, al-
though no tangible reduction could be quoted. On the
whole, the market was as good as could be expected. We
understand that the applications for relief diminish in pro-
portion as the trade gradually improves. This is fortunate,
as the subscription fund is nearly exhausted.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MAKKET, FEB. 12.—There is no new
feature in the wool trade since our last report. The arrivals
in combing fleece wools are yet very partial, and the market
continues to be barely supplied. The demand is, however,
by no means active. Prices in all descriptions for the last
ten days are without variation.—Leeds, Intelligencer.
DUNDEE.—There has been an increased demand for se-
veral kinds of yarn during the past week, and some large
sales have been effected at a slight advance on prices, although
not to the extent of yielding a remunerating profit at the
present rates of flax. As there has been no rise in the prices
of linens, our manufacturers say the advance has begun at
the wrong end, although they still entertain favourable hopes
of a gradual increase in the prices of linens.—Dundee
Courier. _ .

The MARKET for METALS has been without the slightest
interest, and there have been no public sales of East India
tin. Generally, however, prices are slightly lower, and there
is an expectation that British iron cannot maintain the pre-
sent rates.

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY
INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Durham Advertiser.)
Durham, Feb. 13.—At a Convocation, holden on Tuesday
last, the following persons were admitted ad eundem by a
vote of the House : _ _ _

The Rev..iames Bowstead, D.D., late Fellow and
Tutor of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Lord
Bishop of Lichfield.
The Rev. Samuel Arnott Fyler, M.A., Trinity College, Ox-

ford.
The Rev. William Bates, M.A., Fellow of Christ's College,
' Cambridge.
The following persons were presented, and admitted ad
eundem ;
Edward Elder, M.A., Balliol College, Oxford, Head-Master
of Durham Grammar School.
Henry Richard Ridley, 8.A., University College, Oxford.
Edward Hussey Adamson, 8.A., Lincoln College, Oxford.

(Prom the Oxford Herald)
In a Congregation, holden on Thursday, the following
Degrees were conferred :

BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW.

Edward Everard Rushworth, Fellow of St. John's College.

MASTERS OF ARTS

Rev. Edward Daubeny, Derny of Magdalen College.
Rev. Charles Tombs, Scholar of Pembroke College.
The Hon. Charles Leslie Courtenay, Christ Church.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.

Robert Smith, St. Edmund Hall.
James Barclay, Christ Church.
Charles Augustus Fowler, Oriel College.
At the same time the Rev. Chas. Henry Hartshorne, M.A.,
of St. John's College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundem.
On Thursday se nnight the Rev. William Henry Price,
M.A., Scholar of Pembroke College, was admitted a Fellow
of that Society, on the foundation of Thomas Tesdale, Esq.
The same day Mr. William Green was admitted a Scholar
of Pembroke College, on the foundation of Cutler Boulter.
On Monday last the Rev. Henry Highton, 8.A., was
elected and admitted a Fellow of Queen's College, on Mr.
Michel's Fouudation.

The Rev. John Owen Parr, M.A. of Brasenose College,
has been presented to the Vicarage of Preston ; and the Rev.
Joseph Birchall, M.A. also of Brasenose College, has been
presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Church Kirk, in
Whalley, both in Lancashire, and both in the patronage of
the Trustees of the late W. Huline, Esq., and intended for
the Exhibitioners of Brasenose, who are or have been on
that Foundation.

PROMOTIONS.
Rev. J. Singleton, M.A. of Queen's College, Cambridge,
and Vicar of Babraharn, Cambridgeshire, to the Chaplaincy
of the Union Workhouse, Linton.
Rev. Thomas Donkin, of Catharine Hall, Cambridge, to
be Chaplain to the Isle of Thanet Union, vacant by the
preferment of the Rev. Dr. Molesworth.
Rev. James Bagge, Curate of Kinsalebeg, county of Water-
ford, to the Vicarage of Temple :Michael, void by the death
of the Rev. T. Hudson ; patron, the Duke of Devonshire.

(From the Cambridge Chronicle.)
At a congregation on Wednesday last the following degrees
were conferred :

MASTERS OF ARTS.
Clement James Dragge, Emmanuel,College.
Charles Sanderson, St. John's college.
Alexander Annand, Jesus college.

BACHELOR OF ARTS.
Fitzhenry William Ellis, Trinity college,

The Rev. Robert Collyer, M.A., of Trinity College, in
this university, has been instituted to the rectory of Gisleham,
in the county of Suffolk, on the presentation of the Queen.
The Rev. John Dunninghain, M.A., of St. Peter's Col-
lege, in this university, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop
of London, to the Head Mastership of the Free Grammar
School, Colchester, on the nomination of the Town Council.
The Rev. Thomas Cornfield Haddon, L.L. 8., of St. John's
College, in this university, has been licensed to the Perpetual
Curacy of Tunstall, in the gift of the Lord Bishop of Nor-
wich.

The Rev. A. B. Power, M.A., of Catharine Hall, in this
university, Curate of Keswick, Cumberland, has been ap-
pointed Clerical Principal of the Norwich Diocesan Training
Institution.
The Rev. George Thomas Turner, M.A., formerly of Jesus
College, in this university, has been instituted to the rectory
of Monewden, Suflblk, on the presentation of Andrew Arch-
deckne, of Glevering-hall, in the, said county, Esq.

TObl DIBDIN AND THE LOZENGE.—Tom Dibdin had a
cottage near Box-hill, to which, after his theatrical labours,
he was delighted to retire. One stormy night, after Mr. and
Mrs. Dibdin had been in bed some time, Mrs. D. being kept
awake by the violence of the weather, aroused her husband,
exclaiming. "Tom, Tom, get up !"—" What for ?" said he.
—Don't you hear how very bad the wind is?"—ls it?" re-
plied Dibdin, half asleep, but could not help punning. " Put
a peppermint lozenge out of the window, my dear. It is the
best thing in the world for the wind."—Bentley's Miscellany
—Portfolio of Peter Popkin.

tpp Ina Entelligentr,

FRIDAY, FEB. 14.—Wind
AnnivEn—Commerce, Adele, from Bombay ; sailed from St.
Helena 2nd Jan.—Clio, , from Halifax

SAlLED.—Frances, Sharp, for Hobart Town and Sydney—Cintra,
Renfree, for Port Philip and Sydney—Santon, Iluxtable, for Calcutta
—John Woodall, Williams, for Rio Janeiro and Calcutta—Frank-
land, Pearce, for Cape of Good Hope—Anne and Jane, Cocks, for
Berbice—Plata, Carr, for Trinidad—Albyn, M'Laren, for Havana—
Copse, Lowthean, for Jamaica—Stanley, Pugh, for Hayti—Frances
Barclay, Bartlett, for Valparaiso—Clydesdale, Campbell, for Antigua
—Eliza Killick, Waugh, for St Thomas and Hayti—British Tar,
Blenkhorn, for Savannah—Frankfort, Russell, for New York—Eliza
Thornton, Foss ; Lady Stormont, Griffith ; St. Leon, Wescott ;
Wave, Broadfoot : and Humber, Wildridge, for New Orleans—
Thomas P. Cope, Meircken, for Philadelphia—Pocahontas, Michaels,
for Baltimore—Queen Victoria, Black, for Charleston—Tamerlane,
Theobald, for Savannah—Mary Lloyd, Donaldson, for Monte Video
and Lisbon—Jessamine, Jarris, for Ancona—Triumph, Andrews,
for Leghorn—Alen, Tieran, for llamburgh—Egidius, Vanderstern,
for Ostend—Leopold First, Garling, for Antwerp

John Woodall, , for Rio Janeiro, is on shore on Mock-
beggar Wharf
Herculean, Grindall, at Tutoconia, and sailed 20th Dec. for this
port
Fatima, Fethers, and Cornubia, Bell, hence at Bombay 30th Dec.
Sttahane, Bowen, from London at ditto, 14th Dec.
Hopkinson, Stephens, from ditto at ditto, 28th Dec.
Lindsay (steamer) from Suez at ditto, on the 31st Dec. with the
London mail of 4th Nov.
Monkton, Amnon, hence at Messina
Auguste, Kirkhove, hence at Ostend
Boykett, Morton, sailed from Bordeaux for this port, Bth Feb.
Constantine, Winsor, from this port for New Orleans, at Brest;
with loss of fore and main-masts
Britannia, Furzeman, hence for St. Michael's at Milford
Demerara Packet, -, from Calcutta, off Cape of Good Hope

Kingston, INl`Lean, sailed from Bombay sth Dec. ; Heywood,
Jones, Bth; Princess Charlotte, King, 27th; and Sir Colin Camp-
bell, I'entecost, 28th, all for this port
Wanderer, Smith, 29th Nov.; Blorenge, Banks, 20th ; Ripley,
Steward, 26th; Enterprize, Stuart, llth Dec. ; and Imogen, Downs,
16th Dec., hence at Calcutta
Royal Saxon. Atkin, sailed from Saugor on the 21st Nov. ; High.
auder, Bottomley, 27th ; Richard, Simpson, 23d Dec . ; Isabella
Cooper, Salmon, 13th, aii for this port
Patriot Queen, sailed from Calcutta for this port
William Lockerby, sailed from Saugor for Cork 28th Nov.
Laconia. Gore, hence and Batavia, at China, Ist Oct.
John O'Gaunt, Robertson, hence at ditto, Ist Oct., in 102 days
from this port
Faerie Queene, hence and Batavia, at ditto, llth Oct.
Helen Stuart, Stewart, and Queen Mab, Ainley, hence at ditto.
lath October

Manilla, Pearson, hence at ditto, 15th, , and spoke the Sunda a
few days previous
Malcolm, Sim, hence at Singapore
-, from New• South Wales at ditto

Tvrian, Cunningham, from Valparaiso, was run down off
Gravesend, in the night of the 12th instant, by the Manchester
steamer, and sunk. Five of the crew were drowned.

Intrepid, Stuart, hence and Cape of Good H ope, at Calcutta.
Earl of Lonsdale, Diamond, John Denistouu, Margaret, and
Europe, from Calcutta; Garow, -, from Batavia; at St. Helena.
Powhattan, WCarran, from New Orleans, is on shore at Black-
pool, and has discharged 400 bales of cotton in good order, and the
captain expects that three-fourths of the whole cargo will turn out
in good order. When the tide is at its full she has six feet water in
her hold. Her wizen-mast is cut away close by the deck.
Wm. Harris, I uly hence at Ancona

-. , •
GA r. v, Feb. lo.—Fergus, , from Liverpool for New Or-
leans, drove on shore during the storm 6th Feb. but is supposed not
to have sustained any injury
BREST, Feb. R.—Constantine, Winsor, from Liverpool for New
Orleans, put into these Roads, 6th February, with loss of fore and
mizenmasts

M.kNILLA, OCT. 16.—The Alice Crowther, Fish, from hence to
Cork, was totally lost on the 4th instant, on South Island. Crew
saved. It blew a heavy gale on the 12th instant, during which, two
lighters, with hides and hemp from the Tara, of Liverpool, (supposed
Java,) were totally lost.
MANILLA, OCT. 25.—The Tickler„ Ellis, from New South Wales,
was driven on shore on the 18th instant, during a heavy gale, on
the south side of the bay, and is a complete wreck.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15.—Wind_ S.S. W. moderate.

SA ii.xl).--Concoi•dia, linnsh, for Rotterdam—Vesper, Johnstone,
for Mobile—Richard Watson, Seeds, for Demerara—Maypo, Mann,
for Lima—Alice, Anwyl, for Barbadoes—Chieftain, Patterson, for
Apalachicola—lo, Perry, for Lagnira, &c.—Prosperite, Ractykie,
for Danzic—Duan, Lovett, for Canton—Podi, Glogoratz, and
Slaviana, Sablicich, for Bahia—Mozambique, Stephens; Frances,
Brown, and Beverley, Brewer, for Savannah—Gen. Washington,
Marbury, for New Orleans—Catharina Cornelia, Burg, for Amster-
dam—Activio, Fraitas, and Virginia, Boyson, for Lisbon—Pursuit,
Spence, for St. John, N.B.—lndustrie, Zellien, for Ostend—Con-
cordia, Zevan, for Rotterdam, &c.—Sarah Mills, Maychell, for Gib-
raltar—Robert, Hope, for Africa—Mary Ann Webb, Lloyd, for Cal-
cutta—Eliza, Nowlan, for Trieste—and Amelie, Bonnet, for Roche-
fort.

Blair, Newby, from Calcutta, at this port ; sailed 12th Oct. On
gth Jan. in lat. 1 25 N, long. 28 30 W, spoke the Pilgrim, from
Liverpool for New South Wales. On 21st Jan. in lat. 23, long. 37,
spoke the Catherine Green, from London for St. Kitt's, which
spoke, 13th January, in lat. 31, long. 20, the Catherine M`Donald,
from Liverpool for Mobile

Harmony, Douglas, from Mauritius, at this port : sailed 13th
Oct. and from the Cape of Good Hope 12th Dec.
Wm. Turner, Roals, hence for Bombay, at Plymouth, with cargo
shifted, and loss of sails and bulwarks
Vanguard, Walker, from Penang, at Sincapore
Lady Bute, M'Kinlay, sailed from Sincapore for Liverpool 6th
Nov.

Mundane, Murdoch, from New South Wales, at Lombock
Hero of Malown, Grundy, from Colombo, at Point de Gatte, and
sailed Igth Nov, for Mauritius

Speedy, Wills, hence at St. Michael's
Fanny & Jane, Lovering, and Lady Emily, Wilson, hence at
Malla

Supply, Scott, sailed from Marseilles for Liverpool 7th Feb.
Cassiopea, Pressley, hence for Apalachicola, at Cove; lost fore.
yard, bulwarks, &c.

Water Nymph, Jenkins, hence for Havre, at Milford; lost bul.
warks, &c.

Mary Bibby, —, hence for Leghorn, off Tuskar, 14th Feb.
John Woodall, Williams, for Rio Janeiro, has put back with da-
mage, and leaky, and is discharging
MILFORD, Feb. 11.—Anna Agatha, Berghuis, from Liverpool for
Rotterdam, which put in here, gth February, has been hauled on
shore at Angle, to stop a leak
GALWAY, Feb. 11.—The Fergus, —, must be lightened to be
got off, she does not appear to have sustained any damage
Isiat of MAN, Feb. 14.—British Heroine, --, from Clyde for
New Orleans, is on shore in Derbyhaven Bay, with masts cut
away, and sternpost and rudder out; crew saved
A BERDOVEY. Feb. 10.—A head board, with Ontario, in gilt letters,
on it, also part of a billet head, painted white, apparently belonging
to a vessel from 400 to 500 tons, and several pieces of wreck, have
been washed on shore near this place. Mein.—The Ontario sailed
from Liverpool for New Orleans, 4th Feb. •

. We are much pleased with the report made by Captain Newby,
of the Blair, from Calcutta, which was yesterday posted in the Un-
derwriters' Rooms, and regret, for Captain Newby's sake, that the
greater part of his information has been anticipated by the over-
land mail