The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-26 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

FlRE.—About twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, a fire was
discovered in a small clothier's shop in Bath-street, kept by a
Mr. Murphy. Owing to the high state of the wind, the flames
made such rapid progress, that in a very short time the whole
building was complezeiy in their power.
SAN KEY CANAL,—The new branch of the Sankey Canal, from
Fidler's Ferry to West Bank, near Runcorn, was opened on
Wednesday week. This branch has been made to avoid the
difficulty which the boats by this canal frequently had to
encounter on the sand banks of the Mersey near Runcorn, but
by this means vessels with coal can now navigate the Mersey
with safety. This is another medium by which the supply of
coals to Liverpool will be materially increased.
PLEASURES OF THE BATH.—" Holloa! Sullivan," ejaculated
a gentleman, the other morning, to another, as the latter was
mounting the stairs opposite the Floating Tub, "is the water
tolerably clean to-day, no oil, no tallow, no soap lees, eh ?"
"Oh, clean did you say, look in my face, man, I've been bath-
ing, and now lam going home to wash." " Well, but how did
you like the splendid place?" " Like it !—indifferently pleasant,
I assure you; I was bitten by a crab in the toe, and nearly suf-
focated with an accidental mouthful of a very disagreeable sort
of water; it is the best place for sea-sickness I ever was in;
there was an old man washing his red eyes exactly opposite to
where I floated, and in the next corner to that was a-bilious in-
valid, with a bandaged knee, attempting to swim upon bladders
fresh gathered from the slaughter-house, och l—ew !
ha!"

The shop occupied by Mr. John Lucy, jun., tailor and draper,
which was robbed on the night of the 1/tb ult., and goods taken
therefrom to the amount of 1320, was again attempted early on
Wednesday morning last, but fortunately the lock, a patent one,
resisted the efforts of the depredators. Prom the appearance of
the lock it was evident that a crow bar had been used, but with-
out effect. A servant girl who was up washing at the house ad-
joining, states that two men tapped at the window almost imme-
diateli after the watchman called the hour of two; in a few
minutes she thought she heard a noise, and mentioned it, and on
throwing away the suds a short time after, the two men walked
down the street. Mr. Lucy's shop is in sight of the beats of
five different watchmen, and yet in both instances the robbers
were not even seen by them. The Commissioners of the Watch
would do well to make some alterations in their plans and not
allow the watchmen merely to call the hour, as robbers, by the
present system, can very easily escape detection by waiting for
an opportunity of getting off as soon as the watchmen have
called the hour and walked onwards. _ _ _

LEEDS LEATHER FAIR.—The quarterly leather fair was held
on Wednesday last, when a large quantity of leather was ex•
hibited, and upwards of 70 tons were sold at prices as under :
Crops, 13d. to 15d.; common hides, 12d. to 13/1. ; shorned ditto,
13d. to 15d. ; butts, 14d. to 18 y2d. ; Spanish horse ditto, 22d. to
25d.; German ditto ditto, 17d. to 20d.; English ditto ditto, 13d.
to 16d.; skins, 20d. to 24d. ; kips, 51bs. to Wits., 16d. to 18d.;
shoulders, 9d. to 11d.,; bellies, 81 to 9d.
Within the last few weeks old Neptune has been gradually
extending his dominions by encroachments on the neighbouring
coast, near the Ribble, and has wrested upwards of ten acres of
land from one estate. Similar encroachments of the sea are
also taking place on the coast of Sussex.
THE MASTER DYERS IN LEEDS AND THE TRADES' UNION.
—We understand that the worsted stuff dyers in Leeds, or at
least nine or ten of the principal houses in that line, closed their
works on Saturday night last, with the determination to oblige
their workmen to withdraw from the trades' union. According
to present appearances a great struggle between the master
manufacturers and the trades' union in the different branches of
the woollen trade is at hand.—Leeds Mercury.
STATE OF TRADE.—Trade in general is usually dull at this
season of the year. Some branches of it, however, continue to
improve, and the flower-lashers are all employed, which augurs
well for the trade. Trimmings are flat, though we have heard
that considerable sales took place last week. Several of our
manufacturers have been incretasing their hands for very rich
corner and centre shawls. They are the most beautiful pro-
ductions of our looms, and excite universal admiration. A con-
siderable number of weavers have been engaged for zebra
shawls, blue dresses, and window curtains. The high price of
wool has given a partial check to the Thibet manufacturer.
The silk gauze trade, we are sorry to say, is rather languid at
present, which is attributed by some to the rise on the raw ma-
terial. It is the general opinion that the autumn trade will
start sooner this season than some of the byepast years.—
Paisley Advertier.