The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-30 00:00:00

A pril 30, 1844,

STATE OF TRADE.

,„&enssrsa.—For the last fortnight our goods market (i
except 4a-inch shirtines, which are in good demand, at ad-
vanced rates) has been extremely flat, and 26 and 27-inch print-
...lag:, cloth in par icular has receded in price. In fact, the gene
441 opinion seems to be. that this description of cloth will expe-
rience some decline during the next month, inasmuch as both
agents and manufacturers are stated to he about tc "stock," as
they have executed most of the orders which they had on hand
The Printers have done buying to any extent until they c ,m-
-raence preparitions for the autumn trade. Taking all these
hings• together with the undec ded state of the buyers, into
eersderation, we in y, therefore, fairly anticipate a further de-
s4e, Particularly when we reflect that 27-inch printing cloth is
... is, to ha.'
*id• per piece higher than it was when at the lowest
prices . Th e yarn market is rather more buoyant, and the rate of
continues firm. When the buyers are satisfied that prices
:ic e not
likely to fluctuate seriously, a brisk demand may proba-
neb di anticipate I, but for the last ten or eleven days the ten-
-1, Y e
of buyers has been towards a fall. which tends to alarm
ZnYrs. and they appear disinclined to operate until the market
Zcornes steady. 27-inch 60's, as. 6d. to as. pd. ; 66's, is. I id.
...ss' 6d.; and 72's, Ss lid. to 6s.—Manchester Advertiser, Sat.
, LEsna ----The markets during the week, as usual towards the
5435 e of the month, have been rather more animated than ot
late. them having b'en an improved demand for fine cloths as
Welt as tweeds of superior quality. The accustomed influx of
buyers
ns.
for domestic consumption, has caused business in the
arehoeft,. ---s to ap:,ear more brisk, and, withont any appar nt
.._7"" for the ch nge, it is stated that goods cannot be so well
's3orted, nor bought so cheaply as they might have been some
Weeks ago.
eBRAIDFORD MARKET.—There was a pretty good attendance of
oore._ll!thts at our market on Thursday, and an average amount
usiness was done in piece goods at late rates The stocks of
_cYarnoon band are small, as most of the spinners are still mak-
inanyf r the fulfilment of contracts. This circumstance prevents
material decline in the price of the article, even if there
were a
s'ness dtirdeney in that direction. There was rather more bu-
-Inu ue in Wools, and late prices were fully maintained.
tnrersbrasvistn MAnirsr.---Owing to many of the manufac-
-of late el:" engaged in executing orders, there hAS not been
may llaswo great an assortment of goods offered at th:s market as
terns ~ been desired by the merchants, especiailY in new pat-
enantseihrearney goods; yet there was a good attenlonce of mer-
in goods e,orl Tuesday, and a fair business was done, not only
The result suitable for domestic consumption but also for export.
for wools to the late wool sales in London caused the market
be somewhat firmer.'
HALIFAX MA
at this market REET.—There was a fair attendanc• of merchants
‘i_ts,o. a any Market day
on Saturday, and fully as much business was done
07Udemand at late rates.forso me weeks past. Wool was in rather
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—The market continues firm at
'previous prices. No alteration has taken place in any descrip-
lions.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL. MARKET.—There has been a rather
'inlet market to-diiy, somewhat similar to those of the two last
Weeks. It has been, what is called " Little Monday." and in
general few buyers attended. The business transacted has been
upon a limited smle, and prices have undergone little or no
change. The Wool market still continues dull, and prices sta-
tionary.
LEICESTER.—Some American orders have been received this
week, and there is a fair demand for lower sorts of goods.
Messrs. Biggs, Stokes, and Nephews, and Corah and Sons, will
Make an advance today of 3d. per dozen on all sorts of plain
Wrought-hose of 23-guages and upwards. Wools and Yarns
remain about the same, and Fpinners are buying up skin-wools.
The aspect of affairs, therefore, is more cheering than last week.
Leicester Chronicle.
HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—The 'wrought cotton hose
branch, which is the principal manufacture in this district, so
far from improving with the approach of s ring, has felt a site-
el, ea of dullness, and is not in that state of demand that it has
n for some time past. The cotton glove trade is, how-
ever, brisk-eeLl iprove The silk hosiery branches have n.,t felt any im-
provement with
the ex i
ception the approach of spring; they may be said with
material aloe of line silk hose, to be still declining. There is no
the cut-up alteration in the drawer and pantaloon branch, nor in
ploymene:„!'e branches, the hands having generally ful, ern-
,vottingham Journal.

RIDING .IN
tells A CIRCLE.—The Archbishop of Dublin
of a horseman who, having lost his way, made a
th e
coplete circle; when the first round was finished, seeing
mmarks of a horse's hoofs, and never dreaming that
037 were those of his own beast, he rejoiced, and said,
" his at least shows me that lam '.n some track ;" when
the second circuit was finished, the signs of travel were
doubled, and he said, " Now, surely, I am in the beaten
mark
and, with the conclusion of every round, the
fee s increased. till he was certain he must be in some
tote quented thoroughfare, and approaching a populous
tail ; but all the while he .was riding after his horse's
and deceived by the track of his own error.
. . ~,11:"r TO GET OVER THE PLEDGE.—The following eir-
f•-i'lance, which occurred but the other day in a pretty
tittle village in the lake district, is about as good a case of
PrPeriltg with a vow as we remember to have heard of.
_ sinenlber of
at am, the Society of Friends, who exercises the
profession of a bagman, and who lately joined
there te'totallers,.called upon an old customer for the p
Mae of traa
Mar omits. sacting some business. They had had on for-
of. k. , lons of a similar kind -many a comfortable " cup
leat"ss together," and the Friend, was rather put
about as ho_
himself of a 1., ~
w heb
should act. At last Obadiah bethousht
trier ", ri 'n•
Thou knows," says he to his eusto-
°f t.}; tlsat I have but a day or two since become a mem-
-044 temperance society. I cannot, therefore, ask
itnhee
b t Pc, ne-ther can I pay for what thou may'st i r k ;
~
u ecl ti.ou order the glass and pay for it thyself, and
The
thou settlest with me I shall allow it in thy bill. The r
diatele,quest it ' y to say, was imme-
, is almost unnecessary
hsCo[uPt,ied with. The custom, r ordered and drank
Le glass, ann at the settlement of accounts, which took
Place a°oo afterwards, honest Obadiah deducted from the
"
sem Paid to him the 'amount exoended by his less scru-
Ilona friend.---Westmoreland Ca:ette.
S;ita Fultneatok PoLLocrc.—lf there ever -was a judi-
cial aPoointreent which might have been expected to pass
as of course, and against which not a voice, even of the
haremoot furi... e..... 4,:.:, ....1.1.1.. .. , is.. ....L..] .:-. 1m.,1,1
pronotincm it a fortnig ht alio to be tat of Sir F.
Pollock to the vacant Chief Barony of then Exchequer.
An Attarney-General is appointed upon the clear, though
taeitrunderstanding, that unless circumstances arise du-
ring hs tenure of office which betray his manifest unfit-
ness for-the station of a Chief Judge, he shall' be promoted
to that place on the first opportunity. It often happens
that the leading advocate of the day, whose services the
governmont have found it necessary to secure as Attorney -
General, from the bent of his mind or the keenness of his
politics, is, or is thought to be, pecud-irly unfitt d for ju-
dicial e oployment. He has, nevertheless, been always
aPpoiutel. On the present occasion no such difficulty
exists. In •legal knowledge, in temper, discretion, and
integrity, Sir F. Pollock is eminently—nay, compared
!Pith many law officers of the crown, perhaps unusually,
fitted for the office of judge ; and in his uniform conduct
in the Os ioxious office which he has occupied during a
aornewhat trying crisis will be acknowledged to furnish no
ordinary guarantee against that partisanship which is
sometimes to be feared from a promoted Attorney-Ge-
neral—Tunes, Qf
MR. w , Saturday.
xti INsTANLEy, THE BUILDER ;OF THE 011ikIGINAL
l'ST°Nt LIGHTHOUSE.—The first lighthouse of any
consequence erected on this rock was undertaken by a
Vlso n of the name of Winstanley, in the reign of King
'iliam• Mr. Winstmley does not appear to have been
Ilan of solidity and judgment sufficient to erect an edi-
tle of this kind. He had never been noted for any calm-
ri'dZrk' blit much celebrated for a variety of trifling raill
board' iPlla coutrivances. If you set your foot on a certalift
You sati cile of his rooms a ghost would start up, or i
demo :
.a an elbow-chair its arms would clasp
around you.
His lighthouse, which was built of wood,
partook of his whimsical genius. It was finished with
galleries and other ornaments,
out iswhich encumbered it with-
-taig of any use. It was, however, on the whole,
Much admired as a ver ingenious edifice, and Winstanley
certainly deservedycredit of being the first projector
of
~_.the
4 a very dlfficult work. He bad fixed it to the rock by
two
.ve massy bars ofiron, which were let down deep into the body .of the stone. It was generally indeed thought
;)lounded, and the architect himself was so convinced
,fts stability, that he would often say he wished for no-
.? lag more than to be shut up in it during a violent
T'orn]. He at length had his wish, for he happened to be
la it at the time of that memorable storm on the 26th of
November, 1703. As the violence, however, of the tern-
Pest came on, the terrified architect began to doubt the
firtts of I •
n
ness s work :it trembled in the blast, and shook
in every joint. In vain he made what signals of distress
he could invent to bring a boat from the shore. The ter-
rors of the storm were such that the boldest vessel durst
not face it. How long he continued in this melancholy
distreAs is unknown the lighthouse was left ; but morning in the no app•rarance
of .It and all its contents, during
that terrible night, were swept into the sea.—Mirror.

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—4)OOL HAY AND POTATOE 'MARKET,
Potatoes APRIL 29.
ink.•yrs.9olb.., s. d. s. d. IHay, old T.
Cups ••• 28— 211 ) new lb
0 0— 0 0
0 7 0, 0 10
0 9i
Sliort-t..Ps• ••'.•• I 8 2 0 I Clover O6
..,,_Cattle °•• '• • ••• 1 7-1— 2 0 Straw,Wheat.! 0
.4 0 5
•urni .......... 1 6 1 9 Oat
earn:44 ' V ton...
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.Y REPORT, APRIL 27.

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br-ctigifkr otients ..... €42. Og
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" Itio,
argeons, Mr. Forshaw• and Mr .Dawson
Chaplain...... plain... .. Rev. R. Davies.
}lodge
visit_ Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess.
11,7_6. Wm. Carson and "fomlinson, Esqrs
House Surgeon Mr. M'Cheane.
JAMES BOLD. Treasurer.