The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-29 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

LEEDS.—There appears to be a fair demand for balk goods
in the cloth halls, as well as in the warehouses, for the
country trade ; but the clothiers complain loudly of the want
of remunerative profit ; indeed some of them assert that
every time they turn their " bit o' brass" over they find it
get less instead of more.
BRADFORD MARKETS.--There was a good attendance of
buyers at our market on Thursday, and considerable business
was done in fine six-quarter merinos, Orleans and Saxony
cloths and figured pieces. The prices offered were very low,
and more business might have been done if the manufacturers
could have accepted the terms. The yarn market was rather
brisk, at previous rates. The wool market presented no
feature worthy of remark, though prices could scarcely be
maintained.

WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, Sept. 25.—The buyers are
looking forward to the approaching Loudon sales, and pur-
chase with caution. Prices are the same as last week for
nearly all sorts. _ _ . _ _

LA'src AS HI RE.—Several failures of tolerably large manu-
facturing concerns have lately occurred in Oldham and the
vicinity, yet the machinery in most of the mills is in full
operation, the short time working having been discontinued.
The hating trade is much more depressed than it was a few
weeks ago ; great numbers of hands in that line are suffering
distress from the scarcity of work. The cotton spinning and
power loom weaving businesses in Crompton are compara-
tively brisk ; whilst at Royton the cotton trade is slowly
improving. A considerable manufactory of locomotive and
mill engines has been recently established at Royton. The
gingham trade in the neighbourhood of Manchester is mode-
rately brisk ; four-quarters fancies, and fine goods, five and
six colours, are in particular request, more so than they have
been for the last four years past; common sorts and low
reeds are rather dull ; Nankeens, except particular qualities
are rather flat. The flannel trade at Rochdale, which has
been in a depressed state for some time past, is now im-
proving, and hundreds of hands and power loom weavers who
have been destitute of employment have now full work, and
the trade both in cotton and woollen mills may be said to be
much better then they were six weeks past. The calico
block printing in the neighbouring towns of Manchester is
very flat, and at many large shops hands this week have little
more than half employment ; yet it is no worse than is gene-
rally the case at this season of the year. The printing upon
silk warps is unusually brisk, indeed that branch of trade is
rapidly increasing every week. The silk weaving at Mid-
dleton, Failsworth, Leigh, Manchester, and other neighbour-
ing towns is very brisk, more so than it has been for many
years past at this season of the year. Weavers of nearly
every quality of goods have full employment, and those who
work striped and printed sarsnets at several places have extra
wages for their work if taken to the warehouses in a certain
time which they have allowed ; indeed there are no operatives
in the country doing so well as fancy silk weavers of heavy
shawls. One large manufacturer is now making printed
shawls, nine colours, selling at £lO and £l2 per shawl. The
silk trade, apparently, is only in its infancy in this county :
every week it increases, and cotton hand-loom weavers, and
persons who have been employed in other trades are changing
to the silk business.
,There are many French people and
operatives from other countries lately arrived. and com-
menced weaving the fancy, and other kinds of silk goods.
The cotton trade at Blackburn, though rather dull, is im-
proving slowly, and it is expected that the hands in all the
mills will shortly be fully employed. The trade at Heywood,
Bury, and Todmorden is no worse. Notwithstanding that
the machinery in cotton factories in the above districts is
generally in full operation, yet there are a vast number of
spinners thrown out of employment by the coupling of
jennies, as we mentioned a few weeks ago, and the manu-
facturers of cotton goods have less profits than we ever
knew them to have, and wages of factory operatives generally
have lately undergone a reduction.

THE NIILITIA.—It has been determined that a general
dinner meeting of the officers of that truly constitutional, but
much neglected force, the militia, shall take place in Lon-
don early in next spring, when Colonel Wood, of the Royal
East Middlesex, will take the chair. The dinner will be upon
a grand scale. A committee has been appointed, at which
Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, Bart., of the West Kent Re-
giment, presides, for the purpose of making and carrying
into effect the necessary arrangements for the occasion.
Circulars have been forwarded to the colonels and adjutants
of the different corps to communicate this intention to their
officers.

NARROW ESCAPE OF THE. LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
—The Firebrand man-of-war steamer, with the Lords of the
Admiralty on board, on her way from Milford to this port,
ran upon the Naas Sands on Tuesday morning, in thick wea-
ther, and entirely, we are informed, through the pilot who
accompanied her from Milford altering the course before
daylight. She struck heavily, although, fortunately for their
lordships, there was not much sea up. She was seen by the
Bristol steamer, from Swansea, in her precarious situation.
We have authority for stating that there was no Bristol
branch pilot on board. The Naas Sands are considered ex-
tremely dangerous, and their lordships' escape was probably
owing to the strength of their ship. Had it occurred on the
following day she must have gone to pieces. She struck
near the spot where the Frolic was lost, when upwards of
100 souls perished. The Firebrand came up to Cumberland
basic' on Tuesday evening, when Lord Minto and the other
lords took their departure. Sir William Symons, we hear,
remained at the Gloucester Hotel, and examined the iron
shop in the Great Western Company's yard on Wednesday.
We hear that the Firebrand is gone to Milford to be put into
dock and examined.—Bristol Mirror.

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-stree'
Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester :
TIMES OF DEPARTURE

FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM
3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m
6 a.m. Mixed
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PP
8 15 a.m. First Class OP PP
10 30 a.m. First Class ft ft
12 15 p.m. First Class IP PP
4 p.m. Mixed
7 p.m. First Class 1,
~ I,
FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER
2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston
at Parksidv.

1 15 p.m
4 p.m.
6 p.m,

6 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. ---•
do.
1130 a.m. That Class
2 15 p.m. First Class
2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston
at Parkside.

3 30 p.na. Mixed
5 p.m. First Class

On Sunday the Departures will be

3 30 a.m. First Class, joins Condon Train at ii 30 a.m.
8 15 a.m. Mixeil PI 1 30 p.m.
19 30 a.m. „
7 p.m. PP 12
2 15 a.m. First Class -
7 30 a.m. Mixed
11 30 a.m. „
245 p.m. „
The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only