The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-13 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE COTTON MARKET.

On Tuesday, the 6th instant, at the close of 'Change,
the sales were reported at 13,000 bales, which restored
to the market the tone and firm feeling it had lost on the
previous daT. On Wednesday all was excitement, the
packet was off, and the delivery of her papers sheaved a
tremendous falling off in therecdpts at the shipping ports;
nevertheless, speculation in America had almost sub-
sided, and although the sales reached from 10,000 to
12,000 bales, yet Tuesday's` extreme rates were barely
supported. Thursday, the enquiry was not to any great
extent, and the sales were only 3000 bales, without any
change in price. On Friday, there was a good at-
tendance of the trade, who purchased about 5000 bales ;.
late in the day, speculators also operated to the extent
of 4000 or 5000 bales. On Saturday, the market ap-
peared quiet ; the fact of a short crop seemed to gain
credence, and fully 12,000 were sold, half of them to
speculators? 4000 of these were Surats, sold by one house;.
this extent of demand cleaned the market pretty well of
all saleable cotton ;—prices were imperceptibly tighten-
ing. On Monday (yesterday), there appeared no lack of
enquirers, and 7000 bales were sold, 2000 of them only
to speculators—viz., 1300 Surats, and 700 Brazil. With
all this business doing we may remark that holders do
not shew their Cotton freely, and will only sell at very
extreme prices. The steamer of the Ist is hourly
expected.

RUMOURED PROJECT OF A LINE OF
PACKETS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND
HULL.

The Albion of yesterday calls the attention of the Dock
Committee to a rumour, put forth by the Hull Packet,
And noticed in our last, that " there is a company pro-
jected for establishing a regular line of packets between
New York and Hull." The grounds upon which these
projectors base their hopes of the success of their scheme,
are the low rate of port charges in Hull compared with
Liverpool, and the less< expensive inland carriage. (.r)-
From this rumour, our contemporary says, the Dock
Committee ought to derive a valuable lesson, and to
" eschew taking any steps which may tend to increase
the dues already complained of as too heavy."
In reply to this piece of fudge, we shall only assure
our contemporary that the Dock Committee are taking
no steps likely to increase the dues of the port of Liver-
pool ; and that the projected company is only a bubble,
of which, at about three guesses, we could name the
authors. The Leeds Railway Company, and the Hull
and Selby Canal Company, would, no doubt, like vastly
to see the cotton of America, all, or the great bulk, of
which is consumed on, this side of the range of hills
bordering Lancashire and Yorkshire, and borne along
their various lines; but the people of Lancashire are not
likely to adopt so very pretty and very costly a whim as
this importation at Hull, with its increased freights, and
with above a hundred miles carriage, would prove to
them.

The Albion had better look out for some other anti-
dock extension bugbear. This won't do !

OASTLER IS FREE.—The good deed is done ! The
earnest desire of the people is gratified. The prison door
has been opened, and the poor man's friend is liberated.
Mr. Oastler was yesterday released from his confinement;
and, we perceive that a placard has been issued, one of
which was left at our office last night, calling upon his
friends to form in procession on Shrove Tuesday, and
conduct their champion from Brighouse station to Hud-
dersfield. No doubt the people will assemble in thou-
sands on such an exciting occasion.
LECTURES ON THE EVILS OF TIIE FACTORY SYS-
TEM.--We understand that the large body of the Com-
mercial Hall will be thrown open this evening to the pub-
lic of Liverpool, to bear the second lecture of the series
now in course of being delivered there by Mr. Mackin-
tosh, from the Episcopal Church of Scotland, when, we
have no doubt, the evils of the factory system will be ably
pointed out.
THE FUNDS i SATURDAY NIGHT.—The public securi-
ties have maintained tolerable firmness, and although bu-
siness has been limited, there appear to be no symptoms
of an unfavourable change. Bank Stock left off 192 to
194 ; Consols fur money and the account, 971 to 1 ; Ex-
chequer-bills, 675. to 695. premium ; India Stock, 277 to
279 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 103 to I;
New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 to *; Long An-
nuities, 12i; and ditto 30 years, 12 11-16. The fluctua-
tions in the foreign stocks were trifling. Spanish con-
tinues flat at 23 to I for the Actives, and 34 to a for the
Three per Cents. Mexican closed at 348 to for the Five
per Cents., and 10* to 11* for the Deferred ; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. were 554- to / ; Danish, 86i to 873•,
Colombian, 12/ to 1; Chilian, 103 to 105; Brazilian, 781
to 791; Belgian, 1054 to 1061 ; and Peruvian, 27 to 1.
GENERAL TOM THUMB, JUNIOR.—Our readers have
no doubt heard of an ingenious gentleman in London
who advertized his intention on a certain evening, to get
into a pint bottle upon the stage, sing a song out of the
bottle neck, and perform sundry other surprising feats.
The small gentleman, whose name heads this notice, and
whose qualifications will be found recorded in our ad vertiz-
ing columns, cannot—as when put to the proof his Londoh
prototype could not—get into quite so small a vessel as a
pint bottle; but we can assure our readers that a visit to
him will not excite them to tear up the benches of the
Portico in their rage of disappointment, as was the case
of his fabulous rival. He is, in very deed, a prodigy ;
and should be seen by all who delight in prodigies, as well
as by those who wish to look upon one of nature's strange
freaks.

DEATH FROM Poisow.—Yesterday an inquest was held
before P. F. Curry, Esq., the borough coroner, on view of
the body of Mr. Thomas Hannah, of Lionel-street. The
wife of the deceased said that he was a druggist. About
half-past two o'clock on Thursday night he came home
in a very dull way, and appeared stupefied, as if he had
been asleep somewhere. He complained of being cold ;
sat by the fire a few minutes, and was then got to bed.
He did not sleep. but was restless during the night, and
did not speak. He continued in the same state till about
two o'clock on Friday, when he asked for a sweating pow-
der, which was given to him. Be was very cold all the
time. About four in the afternoon be fell asleep and
never roused again, but continued in that state until about
eight in the evening, when he died. He had been in deli-
cate health ; appeared to be in a decline, and was in the
habit of taking different articles of medicine when he
felt unwell. The witness did not know of what the sweat-
ing powder was composed.—Mr. Arnold, surgeon, said he
was called to the deceased before his death, and found him
insensible, and evidently labouring under the effects of
narcotic poison. He administered such stimulants as he
thought proper, but be never rallied. On a post mortem
examination be found the cause of death to have pro-
ceeded from taking opium —Verdict accordingly, but by
whom administered no evidence.