The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-31 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS.—We are happy to observe a slight improvement
in the demand for woollens ; the vessels recently arrived
from the._
York having brought not merely favourable ac-
counts of the money markets in the United States, but also
several orders. There ate 'rather more hands employed than
there were some weeks ago, and as the confidence of com-
mercial men is restored trade will gradually improve.
BRADFORD lyfAnicET..—At this market on Thursday there
was an iniproted deMand for Saxony cloths and for Ali
Pacha figured stuff goods, but in other descriptions of manu-
factured articles there was no material variation as to de-
mand. The yarn market was brisker, and there -was a slight
improvement in prices realised. The wool market was much
More active than of late, the principal demand being for the
inferior descriptions of combing wool, which fetched higher
prices than recently. Of both long and short wools the stock
in the hands of the staplers is considered scanty, and for
short wool as well as long wool there is an improved de-
mand.
WAKEFIELD Woof. MARKET, JAN. 24.—Without being
able to quote much variation either in demand or prices from
our last week's report, in consequence of the unprecedented
lightness of the supply in the market of all deep combing
wools, more firmness is evinced by holders, and the ten-
dency of prices is still to rise. The best blanket wools are
scarce and
much inquired for; other sorts are without al-
teration.

HolvwELL.—The greatest distress prevails in this town
principally caused by the stopping of the extensive cottoi
mills.

THE MARKET FOR METALS has been again very much
depressed, and even iron has declined about ss. per ton.
Manufactured copper is, however, in some demand at an ad-
vanee of Id. per lb. ; and in East India tin there have been
sides at 70s. per.Cilt. These sales. have, however, been on a
small scale, and the arrival of supplies would undoubtedly
cause the value to decline of both copper and tin.
LANCA SHlRE.—The_trade in cotton factories, at most of
the towns in the neighbourhood of Manchester, has improved
a little with respect to the quantity of work ; but the wages
of most of the operatives have lately undergone a reduction
of ten or twelve per cent: The hands in most of the mills at
Royton have only been partially at work during the last twelve
months-; but, within the last few days, the machinery in all
the cotton manufactories has commenced working full time ;
yet one spinner does the work that two have done before, in
consequence of which many are thrown out of employment.
The cotton manufacturers at many other towns have adopted
the same plan. The 'ratting trade at Oldham, Denton, and
has improved a little, and bands have more
b t other places,
employment
than they had six weeks ago. There are better
prospects for several other trades than there was a month
since ; yet there is great distress, principally on account of
the'high prices of provisions, and the low state of wages to
be obtained by operatives of every description. At Stock-
port there are many factory operatives turned out on account
of the attempted reduction in wages of spinners and others.
It is believed by many, that there is more distress in Oldham
than in any other part of Lancashire : no fewer than 1100
factory operatives are out of work. The silk weaving, at
Middleton, Failsworth, Leigh, &c.
very slow ; improves daily, but it is
advanced the weavers' wages for fine figured sarcenets, woven
yet some of the manufacturers have this week
with a machine called a jacquard. Fine satins, and the finer
sort of plain goods, are also in better request. There are
prospects of a moderate good trade in the manufacture of
silk goods. The calico block printers at some places have
rather more work than they had a month ago.• Mechanics
in every town in Lancashire slack ; indeed, there are a very
great number out of ern ploy in ent.—Preston Chronicle.
MANCIIF.STER.—There was an exceedingly fiat market,
yesterday, both for yarn aed fur goods of all descriptions ;
very little business was done, but-we are not aware that
there was any material alteration of prices. The unfavour-
able change in the demand for yarn was ascribed, in some
ifitlll7el continental ehnatvael mails,
been several
delayed by
is supposed, that there will
market until their arrival.—
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has been a visible improvement in the market to-
day; the attendance of buyers has been more numerous, and
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flannels have been sold than on the two
considerably more
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been no change,
preceding Mondays.duel, and the prices the
The wool market has been rat
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same as last week's.

Many marriages are already fixed to take place on the day
appointed for the Queen's nuptials, in the ensuing month.

. IRE- COAST- PO- UNITED
DESCRIPTION... LAND. WISE. REIGN.. STATES, iI
l TOTAL
. ,
' ' - 1570 3084
----.---7--7 ,_ : ' , • , • - - —77--
Wheat - Qrs: 14g3 .21
Barley Qrs. ' . oi t 61
Malt - d
, 12
Oats
Flow Sacks • 612 , - ii 512
Ditto . Brie. - 6030 t. CO3O
Oatmeal .. . . Loads 6166 203 j ,1 6:3','1.
Rye Qrs.l 111 I 1
Beans
1
Pease . Qrs.
Shelled Barley . Qrs. ,
Indian Corn . . . Qrs., i'
Rapeseed Qrs. i . .
EXPORTS. Foreign—Barley 1 qr. ; Oats, 110 qrs. ; Pease, 1 qr. ;
Indian Corn, 71 qrs.: Flour, 205 barrels. Ireland—Wheat, :123
Oats. Coastwise—Wheat, 401 qrs. ' • Barley, 227 qrs. ; !:ye, 100
qrs. ; Pease, 12 qrs.; Flour, 304 sacks, 50 brie.
Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Jan 24, 1840.
Wheat.. 655. 411. I Barley.. 395. 7d. I Oats.. '23s. 6d. I Rye.. 375. 10d,
_ .

Beans.. 40s. Sd. 1. Pease, 403. 10,1.'
Agregate average of the six weeks,

Wheat.. 665. ld.l BUrley..3gs.iocl. I Oats.. 235. 11. I Rye.. 38s. 4d.
Beans .. 41s. gd. Pease.. 41s. 6d.
Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
Wheat2os. Bd. I Barley 38. 4d. I Oats .... I 12s. 3d. Rye .. 12s. 64
Beans, Bs. Od. Pease. Bs. Od. Indian Corn, Os. Od. Flour, 12s. 5d
Liverpool Averages, week ending 28th January, 1840.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Pease.
Qr 5..... 463 133 601 0 5
Prices.. Os. 7d. 30s. I Id. 255. lod. I Os. Od. 420. 04.

Lord Holland is confined to his room by a severe attack of
gout.

- • The Earl of Manvers has subscribed the munificent sum of
£4OO. in aid of the funds of the new church at Sneatou. This
liberal donation was in addition to a large plot of land given
by the noble earl for the site.
A letter from Dover states that the shipments of silver
thence during the past week have amounted to 20 tons.
The coronation of the King of Denmark is fixed for the
22d of May.
The Leeds subscription for relief of the poor has reached
£5OOO, and a larger sum is called for.

Lord Dinorhen is, we understand, appointed Militia
Aide-de-Camp to the queen, in the place or the late Sir W.
W. Wynn.

The county Meath election is fixed for February the 4th.
There will be no opposition to Mr. Corbally, the liberal can-
didate. -

The Excise are seizing chicoree and coffee mixed. Parties
having coffee licenses are subject to a penalty of £lOO for
having it upon their premises.
- - -

The Earl of Egremont has been elected president of the
Royal Western Yacht Club. The noble earl and countess
are passing the season at Silverton House, Devon.

We are informed that the Admiralty have added £3O. per
annum to the salaries of the lieutenants of Haslar Hospital.

The small-pox still continues prevalent in Pen:lth. A
number of very old people are afflicted with the disease.
The shipping of Sunderland appears to be largely on the
increase. At present there are no less than 123 ships build-
ing on the banks of the river Wear.
A BARGAIN.—A poor man bought a cod-fish in our mar-
ket a short time ago, in the stomach of which his wife found
a ring which she sold for Z)Os.—Carlisle Patriot.
-

PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—We are happy to say that
this week a branch of the Protestant Association has been
formed in Lancaster.—Lancaster Gazette.

According to the France, a congress of the Northern Sove-
reigns was to be held next spring at Dresden, to deliberate
on the Eastern and Spanish questions.

NEW REPRESENTATIVE PEER--The Dublin Gazette, of
Friday evening, announces the election of Lord Crofton, in
the room of the late Earl of Kingston.

We are happy to hear, from the best authority, that Sir
Ralph Lopes has completed a most successful canvass of the
borough of Westbury.

REPRESENTATION OF LICHFIELD.—Captain Dyott has
declared himself a candidate :or the representation of this
city at the next election, upon the Conservative interest.
The Hon. Mr. Spring Rice, son cf Lord Monteagle, and
Mr. Alston, son of the member for Hertfordshire, have been
appointed to clerkshiliS in the Foreign Office.—Ministerial
paper.
The distillers in Ireland, in consequence of the overstock
of whisky caused by the temperate habits of the Irish people,
are now seeking a mart in the West Indies and Portuguese
markets.—Limerick Chronicle.
It is reported that when a dissolution of Parliament takes
place, Mr. Kirkman Finlay of Toward Castle will offer linn-
self as one of the candidates for the representation of Glas-
gow.--Glasgow Chronicle.
The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser states that Mr. Mo-
nahan, of the Connaught circuit, has been appointed counsel
to the Chief Secretary, an office held by Mr. Pigott previous
to his advancement to the Solicitor Generalship.

It is generally reported that Sir George Staunton will be
the commissioner despatched with the force destined against
China, and that he will take passage in the Pique frigate.—

Naval and Military Gazette.

FA4' Ox.—A four year old Devonshire ox, fed by Mr.
Josiah Castree, of this city, was last week slaughtered by
Mr. J. Barnes, butcher, of Cheltenham, and exhibited upon
opening a most extraordinary yield of suet. The entire
weight of the carcase was 40 score 6 lbs ; the suet on the
kidney of the close or right side weighed nibs, without di-
vesting the sirloin of its fair proportion of fat ; the girth 4
feet 2 inches, and 1 foot 9 inches, at the base. The four
quarters of the animal and also the suet were weighed in the
presence of several eminent graziers and butchers.—Glonces-
ter Chronicle.

The Hon. P. Bouverie, second son of the Earl of Radnor,
has been appointed Precis Writer at the Foreign Office, in
the place of the Hon. James Howard, who has succeeded
the Hon. Spencer Cowper as Private Secretary to Viscount
Palmerston.—Ministerial Print.

&bipping Entellignut.

TUESDAY, JAN LAIC- 28.—Wind S., blowing fresh,

Anitivan.--Tyrone. Clark, from Campeaclty : sailed 26th Dec.—
Resolution, , from • Paraiba; sailed 19th Dec.—Michigan,
—, from New Orleans—Princess Victoria,
seilles—and Rob Roy, —, from Alexandria, (Egypt,) lost the
greater part of her deck load

Jamaica, White; Barbadian, Hughes; Charlotte, White; Dorn.
thea, James, hence, at Jamaica
Lion, --, from London; Helen Symers, , hence; and
Harlequin, --, from the Clyde, at Aux Cayes
Assam, • and Jane, Erskine, from Dundee, at Port-au-Prince
Savanilla, Ridley, hence, at Santa Martha
John Brooks, Nichol; and Lapwing, ---, hence, at La Guayra
Sisters, Short, sailed from St. Kitt' s for Nassau 17th Dec.
Regalia, Cobb, hence,-at Trinidad
Amlia, --, hence, at Grenada
late, Scott, sailed from Ancona for this port lath Jan.
Storm King, --, from La Guayra for this port, at Swansea
Mary, Rosewall, sailed from Honduras for this port lath Oct., and
has. not since been beard of . .
Jane Ross, M'lntosh, hence for New Orleans, at St Thomas
Boyne, —, for Trieste, off Liverpool, putting back
Lavinia, from Cork for the Clyde, at Beaumaris
Esther, from Cork, off ditto
Aurora, Warren, hence for New Orleans, at Kingstown
Hebe, Amos, hence for London, at Pwilhcly, lost boat, bulwarks,
sails, tk.c.
Flying Fish, Edwards, for Constantinople, at Studwell Roads
Eleanor, M'Bride, from Smyrna for this port, at Studwell Roads.
On the 12th Jan., in lat 37, long 9, spoke the Ellen German
Matilda, Hodgson, from Leghorn for this port, at Milford
Thirsk, , hence for Messina, off Cape Spartel, 10th inst.
Swanton, , from Bristol, at Chesapeake flay
Fanny, Sloan, hence for Charleston, has put back, after being ottt
21 days, having experienced very heavy weather, and not being able
to get much further than Tuskar. About ten days since saw the
Flora, hence for St John, N. 8., and the Bee, hence for Lima
The Corsair has beaten over the banks, and is on shore about a
mile from Formby boat-house. She dries at half ebb
BRISTOL, Jan. 25.—A Prussian barque, from the Mediterranean
for Liverpool, has been driven up this channel
HOLYHEAD, Jan. 27.—Last night till 5 a.m. wind NAV., at 6 am.
west, blowing hard and squally. Put in—Earl Roden, (steamer)
Begget, from Liverpool to Cork, for a supply of coal. At 3 p.m.
steamer, 452, off, outward-bound. Great part of the deal planks of
the cargo of the brig Solon are saved; most of the balks are ex.
pected to be saved, though much damaged
MILFORD, Jan. 25.—The Indiana, from Calcutta to Liverpool, has
become a total wreck ; very little of the cargo will be saved. The
Regina, Paton, from Prince Edward's Island, and the V-ale.:, from
Savanilla to Liverpool, got in contact during the gale last night ;
the former received considerable damage. A great quantity of
wreck is washing on shore to the northward.
WHITSTABLE, Jan. 26.—The Elizabeth Moore, Moffatt, from Syd-
ney, N.S.W. to London, was run on the Maplin yesterday, with
loss of anchors and cables, but was assisted off in the afternoon.
and now on shore near Swalicliffe, without damage, and will be
hauled off when the gale moderates
Pixmol:Tll. Jan. a4.—A large vessel, bottom up, was passed off
the Lizard, by the Magnet (packet)
The Telegraph signals could not be passed beyond Voryd :-;tation
for fog, at 9 ma a.m.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29.—Wind W.N.W.
ARRIVED.--Appleton, Evans, from Jamaica—and Terra Nova,
Barclay, from Naples.

Eliza Heywood. Heywood, from Demerara, at the Cape of Good
Hope
Herculean, Grindale, from Aleppo at Colombo, and sailed 30th
Oct. for Tutocoren

Dorothy Gales, Brunton, sailed from Colombo for London 2nd
October
Apollo, Jackson, hence at Cayenne, previous to the Sth Dec.
Atalanta, Clark, hence at Gibraltar
Elbe, Beasley, from Alexandria, and Georgic), Chirico, from
Messina, at Gibraltar, and sailed 12th instant for this port
•
Aurora., Vandin, hence at St. Michael's

Concordia, Strackholder, hence at Antwerp
New York, (packet ship) Barstow, which sailed 7th instant, hence
for New York, put into Cove, on Monday last, owing to stress
of weather, out 2U days—had not sustained any damage, and will
sail first fair wind
Li hertas, - . from Genoa for this port, at Kingroad
Arno, Murray, from Odessa, at Falmouth
Snowdrop, Trewavis, from Palermo, and Susan Jane, Storey,
from Marseilles for this port, at. Milford
Alarm, Atkinson, trom Leghorn for Cork, at ditto
Levant Packet, Todd, sailed from Trieste for this port 13th inst. •
Amelia, White, and Thalia, Rogers, sailed from Leghorn for thiS
port 11th instant
Queen, hence for Constantinople, off Malaga 10th instant
Heroine, hence for Algiers, off Gibraltar 15th instant
Sparrow, , from Palermo for this port, otf Cape de Gatt 3rd
instant

WARREN POINT, Jan. 27.—The Trevor, Lind, from Marseilles
for Belfast, was driven on shore on Saturday night, and is covered
at high water; crew saved
MILFOEn, Jan. 27.—A vessel is riding at anchor in St. Bride's
Bay, with loss of foremast
KINSA.I.E, Jan. IL—The Warrior, Jones, from Liverpool for
Charleston, stranded at CooLmeine, has been condemned—very
little of the cargo will be saved

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30.—Wind variable, moderate

Aitaivnn.,Sarah, Minowell, from Waterford—Maria & Fanny,
Martin, from .Newry—Sisters, Brown, from Charlestown—and
Jane, ;from Lancaster.
SAlLEn.—Cambridge, Bursley, for New York—Julius Caesar,
Mitchell, for and Bombay—Wilson, Houston, for Bombay—
Bahamian, Tizard, for Calcutta—Nonantum, Hanbuiry ; Constitu.
Winsot, and Jajah, Bangs, for New Orleans—Euro, Janco-
vich, for Rio Janeiro—Marchioness of Bnte. M'Clelland, for Mobile
—Lynx, Watson, for Azorei—and Paella, Thomas, for Messina and
Palermo.

Siren, ih hence for Leghorn, at Falmouth, out 16 days
Ann, . hence for Gibraltar, was spoken in lat. 42, long. I
Allerton, Chatterton, sailed from Bahia for Calcutta 2Sth Dec.
John Bolton, --, hence for New Orleans, off Jamaica 16th
Dec.

FROM THE LONDON PRICES CURRENT,
JANUARY .28, 1840.

Suoaa.—The merchants evinced much firmness, and the prices
established on Friday were fully supported, at which some of them
were not inclined to sell ; there was a brisk demand from the
grocers for all descriptions, and the refiners were buyers to a fair
extent. . . . .

-- - _
I. REI ov.--There was much passing by private contract, but
prices underwent no change; the public sale of 2000 boxes Havana
is put of: 40 cheVs brown Rio were offered, and sold at full prices,
viz, low yellow at 22s to 22s 6d, and ordinary to good brown at 20s
to 21s per cwt.
Covets.--There was mulch inquiry for clean West India Coffee,
but the small supply prevented the execution of large orders.
There are few buyers of either St. Domingo or Brazil.
TA 1.L0w.---There was only a limited business doing in Peters-
burg Yellow Candle on the spot, or for delivery in the spring
months ; but there are no tellers 'under 49s fid for the former, and
43s 3d for the latter purpose.
RuM, BRANDY, and Hor.t.A Nos.—For Jamaica RuM there has
been an active demand, and prices have further improved Ihd to '2d
per gallon. A government contract for 80,000 gallons of Rum
is declared for Thursday, Btandy has secured a fair sale ; first
brands of the vintage of 18311 at 5s Id to 5s 2d, ditto of 11U7 4s lid
to 5s Id, ditto of 1833 4s 7d to is lat per gallon, and at these rates
holders are firm. Geneva sells slowly at 2s to 2s id per gallon.
The demand for British Corn Spirits has been limited, and some
contracts have been made at Os 10d, but most of the distillers are
unwilling to sell under lOs per gallon, and even this price is unre-
munerating.