The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER.—We have had a continued dull and heemil
market since Tuesday, with a further inclination to deNeirfirnan
prices. There has been some little inquiry from
houses, but without leading to any transactions the
tion. The orders consequent on the late arrival front
vaat leave only partially come upon the mtteitet;-terittnitat
has been done has been effected at the lowest rates previously
accepted. Very little is doing for the Mediterranean and
Levant, and sales can only be made at very low prices. On
the whole things have been exceedingly quiet during the whole
of the week. worth men-

LEEDS.—There is no change to notice in the staple trade
here since our last. A fair average amount of business con-
tinues to be done, and stocks are neither heavy nor much on
the increase. Manufacturers, in many instances, are making
to order.

BRADFORD.—WOO 7: In the demand or consumption of
combing wools, which is now comparatively small, there is
nothing of interest to note. The stock in the market is very
limited; and there is no disposition on the part of the staplers
to increase the supply, the prices sought by the farmers being
too high to .meet current rates here. Noils and Brokes are
more active to-day, and late prices are. realised. Yarns
There is scarcely any demand except for home consumption,
and so wretchedly low is the price of yarns, that in most cases
the cost of labour has to be forfeited. The quantity of unem-
ployed machinery is on the increase, and without decided '
change we see no chance but that of further curtailment, until •
the raw material can be had at a price corresponding to that of •
yarns. Pieces: There was an unusually large attendance 0 •
merchants at our markets on Thursday, many of whom have
arrived by the last steamer from America ; but we regret to
learn that their business is not directly to purchase, but to
seek consignments. Owing to the demand for fancy goods for
the spring having been active, and chiefly made to order, there
is less than an average stock of goods in the market, and it is
hoped that the demands of the home merchants, with what
may be done on American account, will keep things from fur-
ther depression.
HALIFAX.—The same dulness which we have for some time
past had to notice as prevailing here still continues. The de-
mand for worsted goods is very limited, and the same is the
case with both yarns and wools.
HUDDERSFIELD.—We have had a dull market, with a small
attendance of buyers. More is doing in the home trade; And
as the results of the London wool sales are now known, it IS
probable our manufacturers will display more activity, and that
a variety of patterns and increase of stock will induce buyers
more frequently to visit our market.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL IVIARKET.—The demand for 'middle
qualities of grey flannels has been equal, if not better than last
week.. Strong Yorkshire goods remain rather dull, and 011
much the same as last week, Prices of both goods and WO(
remain stationary. There is by no means the quantity' °
business transacted as is usually the case, but trade is slowly
improving.
NOTTINGHAM.—There is at length a considerable reaction
and improvement in the cotton hosiery manufactures, stockings'
gloves, and drawers, but especially the two former, both being
very brisk ; we have not seen such a general stir since the Yea,`,
1836. Some of the houses assert that they have advance.
prices, and give a premium to have their orders completed'
The silk glove trade still keeps pretty good, principally making
habit gloves—mitts, long arms, and extra long arms being out
of fashion. The silk hose trade of every kind is very depress,,,
The bobbin-net (trade in some departments has considerably
improved. New manufactures and new improvements, some
of them of considerable importance, are springing up.

MUSICAL ANECDOTE.—About seventy years ago, 85
the late Sir Watkin W. Wynn (grandfather to the present
baronet) was riding in the neighbourhood of Wrexham, he
heard some one sing in a cooper's workshop, with whose
voice he was very much struck. It was Mr. Meredith,
who possessed a splendid bass voice. Sir Watkin haat
him instructed, and he became celebrated as a singer 01
sacred music; he was engaged at the Ancient Concerts,
Oratorios, &c. ; but he resided chiefly at Liverpool. 121
following anecdote is told of him :—Having heard that a
parish clerk of a village in the Vale of Clwyd, of the M!:
of Griffiths, could sing down to double C, he was detired
mined to visit him. He accordingly started, and tapin-
abopt forty miles. When he arrived at the village '-toes
quired for Griffiths. A very little fellow, digging POD,„ght
in a garden, was pointed out to him. " What ! (thou ?
Meredith) that shrimp of a thing to sing lower than f
upward` Impossible ! Meredith was a tine tall man,
six feet high. He walked around the garden, eyeing 9-0,
Griffiths disdainfully ; at length he said upon low de,
"Good day to you Sir." Griffiths, resting on his ePe,
replied on double low C (five notes lower), 4, Good (With
you, Sir." Upon which Meredith marched oft; I'
double C ringing in his ear all the way to Liverpool. er
Ma. LABOUCHERE.—A Halifax, 'Nova Scotia, IPT,
says, that the following is the singular history ei.
Labouchere, at present a member of the British Cahule,
—" In 1822 he was-a clerk in the banking-house of .84-ir,
Hope, at Amsterdam, and was sent by his patron te'
Thomas Baring, the celebrated banker of London, t(isy,
.t--
,
gotiate a loan. He displayed in this affair so much ue
n.
that he attracted the attention of the- English "e:Ou
"Ah 1" said he one day to Sir Thomas Baring' her
have a charming daughter, will you accord to Ine., 'O3,
hand ?" " Young man I no pleasantry. I loveyou rem 00
but how could Miss Baring become the wife of a enl'ented
clerk ?" " But," said Labouchere, "If I were aesPel;--ld
with Mr. Hope ?" " Ah, that is very different, that w
materially lessen the inequality between you." Mr' n,
bouchere returned to Amsterdam, and said to his lothinu
" I must be your partner !" "My friend, do Yeuu tif I
of that ? you are without fortune ! and "-- •L'llg, The
were a member of Sir Thomas Baring's fmilY 1,. oshiP
devil! Why, in that case,l would give you a patl-e„ sr.
on the spot ! On the strength of the two proml,se.'after
Labouchere returned to England, and two InePtP!4. Mr.
married Miss Baring, because he had the promi?er
to her'
Hope to make him a partner when he was marrie _ oss
and became associated with Mr. Hope because he
married to Miss Baring. %king
XTRAVAGANZA XTRAORDINARY.—•Charkes X.
of France, was xtravagantly xtolled, but le .xexig.encYl
xecrated. He xhibited xtraordinary xcellenee 111'in'ation;
he was xemplary in xternals, but xtrinsic on ?tam
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he was xtacticuhder xhortation, xtreme in xciteine 4
striated
xtraordinary in xtempo xpresses. can was
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