The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR or Tirn LirEEPOOL ST4.7VD.4ED

Sta.—As there appears to exist miAnnderstnncling ort
the subject of the delay in sending the Light Slip back to hi r
station, I take the liberty of o',serving that, as none could be
more anxious ou the suhjeel than thos:3 conne:led with our
' company, we lost no time, on it laing ascertained that the
vessel had broken her moorings, in volunteering to tow her
back gratuitously. The report,- However, brought- ia by the
commanders of fly, company's vessels, the Nottingham, (Hen-
derson,) and the Mersey; (White,) of the tremendous sea run-
ning on the Thursday morning, induced us to intiolete to the
Harbour-master the utter impossibility of cd'ecting: the object
we all had in view, and we were reluctantly to defer,
until the following day, the towing the Light Ship,- hark to her
station. I need not say hiw anxious we were to have her back,
seeing that we expected one or more of our oWn steamers in the
following tide, and which might probably hive been deceived,
as was the lamented commander of the Lord Money.

I do riot, sir, under all the ciWtinSTarieeSZiceC:ise, believe
that any thing further could have been done to lessen the risk
incurred by the unforeseen accident to the Light Ship. It
would, indeed, be great injustice to Mr. Richardson, the krent
-of the Postoffiee, not to admit the willing proorptitude with
which ho assented to our application to instruct the connii:inders
of the mail packets to make every po-isible exertion to warn the
incoming vessels of, the danger, and the efficient manner in
which he directed the service, although against the strict letter
of his instructialls, which are, not to allow the mail packets to
deviate from their course, except with the view of saying life.
To both Captain Emerson, of the Etna, and Captain Phi!ips,
of the Comet, our thanks are especial;y doe, fur the services
they performed, and their excitions in such severe weathu-,
Yours, &c,,. C. W. WILLIAMS.
City of Dublin Steam Packet Office,

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

The performances at the Theatre Royal are now drawing to
a close. Mr. Lloyds, the prompter, takes his benefit on Frid,y
next, and as his is by no means a sinecure office, we hope that
the public will not need prompting—in ifs part, which is to come
forward promptly, with that boon or reward which all who mi-
nister to its pleasures have something like a right to demand.
The bill of fare is good—and, moreover, this will be the last
night of the season.
Of the concert, on Friday next, we have spoken in the last num.ber of the STANDARD. We have now to notice another to be given
on Mondarnext, at the Liver Theatre, by Mous. Devin, who has
called to his assistance Miss Cassidy and Miss E. Cassidy. from
the Dublin school, and Miss Johnson—who, it seems; will then
really issue her last notes to a Liverpool audience—and Mr.
Davies. The leader of this concert will be Mr. Cudniore, and
its conductor, Mr. C. H. Quarterman. The selections ace from
the works of the best English and Italian masters. AMong the
instrumental pieces Quarterman gives a concerto on the piano-
forte, and Cizamore a solo on the violin.

STATE OF TRADE.

Business still continues flat in the lower descriptions of cloth
goods, but at the markets on both Saturday and Tuesday there
was a better demand for coloured cloths of superior qualities.—
In the, white cloth trade-there is no material alteration:

Bradford market, on Thursday, was again very flat. The
manufacturers say wool must come down ere they can make any
reasonable profit. The merchants also complain heavily that
they cannot afford to give the prices asked. On the whole this
market is considered at present in a very unhealthy stale.
At Huddersfield market, on Tuesday, there was no material
alteration in thedematul for goods. •
At Halifax market, on Saturday, low priced stuff goods were
in better request, but superior kinds were little asked for. No
alteration in prices. -
Rochdale flannel market, Dec. 9, was moderately attended.
Low goods for dyeing were much in request, but finer goods
were rather slack. Considering the season of the_ year the mar-
ket may be said to have been pretty good. There was no
variation in prices.