The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-28 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

Dronel,r,
.n.—The period immediately preceding Christmas
,'4113' remarkable for the flatness which the market
knely w 'he past week has not been exempt from this peen-
tt, nether as regards the cloth mark et or the yarn mar-
h both A -
td uepartments, a universal inanimation has p!e-
btthe rat although we cannot positively mention any decline
17,'n tra, cf Prices, still, so small an amount of business has
121 t, ho''''lcted, as to call for no remark on our part. We
yte 474,ver, call the attention of visitors coming from a
t„
ae alteration of the hour of 'change, which it is pro-
ke earlier by one hour, viz twelve o'clock, instead
Qber present. The requisition has received a large
it, „Signatures, including many of the most respectable
.."4t u'e town, and we can entertain very little doubt, but
'vett_..‘,r_egulation it contemplates, will be carried speedily into
the IvP'rliaPs commencing with the new year.
Ittbterta.tuess of the weather for some time past having pre.
.111
Q BuPPly of fresh goods, the transactions in the Cloth
;,1° Prerto'ng the present week have not been quite so extensive
loittifac"!3'. but still there is no apparent abatement in the
tkiiis"ring bustle which has existed for some time past.
Ore th, generally are running full time, and some of them
'tiloae7U reasonable time; arid a large business continues to
~1144 Dome consumption.
41tetrin?°Ro MARICET.—The attendance of merchants at our
q:bithi3,'n Thursday, was not so large as has been usual of late,
tev„°l°lng to the extremely unpleasant damp weather. To
tjitterse attributable, the thin attendance occasioned a
es
.mited demand for manufactured goods, but the
ar,,ue._betrayed no want of firmness in regard to prices.. In
lv;,market there was a fair business done at late prices.
"'N Market was slacker than for some weeks past, but
Auatiderwent no material change.
EftsPIRLD MARKET.—Notwithstanding the advanced
t4e% ve,the season, the demand for goods at this market cond.
17'4 ah.Lgood. though it can scarcely be said that there is the
l'llttire'lltawtation in the markets as was observable a month or
a shrago: The principal demand is for Kerseys and Tweeds,
^ARR*Linkling of plain cloths.
itlee do' cut Lo Worm MARKET.—We have bad comparatively
ter ka ai.„4g in Combing Wools of all descriptions this week.
dertl,3ot heavy and prices remain stationary. There is a
41. ""u for Blanket and low clothing Wools, and prices are
mARKET.—There was a brisk market here on Ss-
Oes %,,,,`.urlY all sorts of heavy goods being in request, the
kh',Bo4l,"_lell they realised being about the same as have rul
c:
qa the weeks past. Yarns met ready sale, at previous rates;
pat:T,Ool Market was rather animated, improved prices
k,otße ior certain sorts of which the supply was scanty.
ktkettc,4LP• FLANNEL MARKET.—There has been a very slack
k'ulint as compared with those of a few weeks past. On
ii,rzteefaro,t,fhetirhe rise of wages, the manufacturers have asked
pieces, and the merchants having resisted the
°Ol the business transacted has been very limited. In the
44ate'rket there is no change to report from last week,
nrh " AND LACE TRADES.— The wrought cotton hose
ttNN;ltthnugh much improved, is still in a very singular pre-
kte as the fine department of this manufacture seems, in
ta,this fa°,?. of many of the hands, to be passing away. The cause
0t,1111fa,,,,' lug off in one of the most important branches of the
'Aion"Yes of the Midland Counties is attributed to a change
baLler ,* in wearing very long petticoats. said to be introduced
ne 'a'lesent Majesty ; but other causes may be assigned.
stnall stir in some of the warehouses for silk gloves,
10. ages are so low that the workmen can scarcely obtain
kt irett„rders are for very slop articles. The plain silk hose
"' keeps retrogading, and for the first time for years we
11.!te aat complaints amongst the fine hands; that is, for 28
uPwards. In the meantime the dandy silk hose trade
th at Ilkeston, that the hosier who makes that descrip-
st,t'nfathous goods forbade his hands to keep a hliday at
`lthy lit". The fancy bobbin-net trade is still in a very
the he,„condition. The plat nets, notwithstanding their exqu.i-
JeDa4tY, are not so much in demand as they have been ;
accumulating in stock to any extent.—Nottingham

SttSTOL Nov. SUGAR MARKET, 24.—About 700 hgds.
"u'a have been sold during the week at very full
Zullt),' especially for the lower descriptions, and which
t,41414-nede,bto be sought after by the refiners. In Mann-
48e "i"erigals the transactions are unimportant. Ave-
r, Price of sugar, Nov 21, is 345. Oid. per cwt.
?I,'opph
feenti SHIPS BY GALVANISM.
4° been granted for applying the electrotype
Ne v.reig the shi s The inventor proposes to float
She,ssels in a dock pcontaining a saturated solution of
,4lte'ir`e of copper, and by means of a powerful voltaic
Ilsq.b% to deposit 'a
coating of copper on the wood, which
h., Previously rubbed over with plumbago to cause
'orce—etsl to adhere. Assuming that sufficient electric
,41, c°111(1 be obtained to effect the deposition of the cop-
e ex 4 80 large a surface, the project is practicable, but
to Pense would prevent its adoption unless the requt-
'll4,lantitY of electricity be generated at much less cost
the present plans. The cost of the zinc cor!i-
-,°ll, 6'o ezcitin voltaic batteries has operated as a'seri-
te ,'lawback ong all attempts to form copper utensils by
s4,'l CP,eetr °tYPe process, which at first threatened to throw
;nat Vlerstniths and workers of metal out of employ.
.If
IR ei,',":cultY can be overcome by a cheap mode of mit-
-tien r'eitY, there appears nothing to prevent the depo-
,444vessels in lieu of manufacturing them
t4'4alhil:i3nlY may'ships be coppered by the process, but
atin, l)s themselves might be constructed in the same
r, Without any labour whatever.
UtllelT-bsR IRON COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting
-oritish Iron Company was held at !he London
Worrln' °n Friday •• Sir G. Larpent, Bart., in t.he.chinr.
maker report it 'a
eared that the make of pig iron at
Z:°.lls works foprpthe half year was 18,738 tons ; the
th`4,5.54'd sale of bars, rails, and other manufactured iron,
tilt° rik-i here, and 10,858 sales at the Corngreaves Steel
to. had been made 33 tons of
.steel, and sold 35
11114440,41 Abercrove there had been raised 6,290 to.ns.of
h c, and sold 6,3R,1 tons. At the Lion Coll
e,"' been raised for sale 7,168 tone of coal, exclusive
'Perat"ntit used at the works. The result of these
was a balance Of X 13,457 Is sd. upon the
hou'ess of the company, inclusive of rents and law ex-
D~;:s. The directors, I
ters, had postponed

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