The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-16 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS ManicEr.—The woollen trade of this district, as
indicated by the amount of sales in the Cloth Halls, is not
quite so animated as it has been of late; still there is a fair
business doing, although the buyers for the London and pro-
vincial markets are extremely cautious in their purchases.
The demand for the American Spring trade is also very
good, considering the early state of the season, with a fair
prospect of increasing the sales.
BRADFORD MARKET.—The demand for manufactured
goods here, on 'Thursday, was more limited than of late for
all sorts. Merinos were especially dull of sale, and there
were few inquiries for Saxony cloths, whilst pieces of low
quality underwent a decline in price. The wool market was
much the same as last week, but the liner sorts of wool were
rather slower sale.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET.—We had a very fair demand
for goods here, on Tuesday, especially for Tweeds and Fancy
Doeskins; but the sales of plain cloth were rather limited.
The merchant manufacturers generally are busy.
DEWSBURY BLANKET H ALL.—We had a dull market
here on Monday, both for blankets and shoddy cloths. The
stocks on hand are not large, and consequently prices re-
mained firm. _ .

YORK WOOL MARKET, OCT. 11.—Both supply and de-
mand of Wool, to this day's market, has been good.—Prices
nominal upon our last.
DONCASTER WOOL FAIR, OCT. s.—There was a very thin
supply of wool at this day's market, the last for the season;
indeed, quite inadequate to the wants of the purchasers, who
were in pretty numerous attendance. Strong wools, espe-
cially, were in demand, ant, met ihe readiest sale. A clear-
ance of all kinds was effected ; but no disposition was evinced
to give higher rates. We give our last quotations, being
nearest to the prices obtained. flog, 19s; hog and ewe,
17s 6d; ewe, 16s to 16s 6d per stone; Locks, B'd per lb.
CHESTERFIELD Woos. MARKET, OCT. 9.—Coarse wools
are very heavy, and declined in price a little; only the finest
are in request, and keep their price.
THE COTTON TRADE.—MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING.
—Things are more in grey goods since Tuesday, and all
kinds are easier to buy than on that day. Notwithstanding
there is a tolerable business doing in finished goods, a fair
portion of which is for the United States.—Nothing can he
more dull than the trade in yarns fur export.—Prices almost
nominal, but still lower prices would be taken if sales to any
extent could be effected.
THE YARN TRADE.—WORKING SHORT TIME.—We un.
derstand that tho engagement to abstain from lighting up
mills, to which we alluded on Wednesday last, has been
signed by all the spinners of middle numbers of mule yarn
for export, in Manchester and the immediate neighbourhood.
with the exception of one or two, who, from the peculiar cir-
cumstances in which they were placed, could not be expected
to join in the engagement. We understand the short time
is to commence on Monday next; and the stipulation is, that
none of the parties to the engagement shall recommence
working full time without giving a fortnight's notice to their
associates. We believe there is little doubt that the example
will be very generally followed by the principal country
spinners who reel their yarn.
METAL MARKET, BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 10—Manufactured
copper has risen Mcl per lb within the past week ; but for tile,
cake, and best selected, we have no alteration to make from
our last quotation, viz., 90, 99, and 91. Tin stands at 87;
spelter has advanced, ranging between 22M and 23.

The steam communication between Trieste and Constati-
nople has been given up.
At a sale of Mr. Pearson's effects in Nottingham, a lock of
Napoleon Bonaparte's hair fetched the sum of seventeen
shillings.
A clerk of Messrs. Rothschilds, bankers, London, named
Samuel Green, absconded the other day, after turning into
cash a check drawn by the firm for £2900.
A remarkable fine woodcock was shot by the gamekeeper
at Apley-park, on Tuesday, the 25th ult.—Kidderminster
Messenger.
FRENCH TREATMENT OP QUACKS.—" They manage these
things better in France," we observe—that is, in reference
to quackery. Two or three vagabond empyrics have been
traversing the country with a nostrum, which they distin-
guished as the Sucre Mexique, being nothing else than jalap
and molasses. These fellows were pounced upon by the
police, and fined and imprisoned on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretences; having guaranteed a cure in
all cases, and prescribing the same remedy. Quackery is
essentially swindling, though it may he said, gui vult decipi,
cLcipicfur. The credulous ought to be placed under the
protection of the law, and every-compounder of an universal
Medicine should be punished as a swindler.