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

A pril 1844

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCTIESTER.—For the last fortnight our goods market (i
except 40-inch shirting% which are in good demand, at ad.
,ance:l rates) has Veen extremely flat, and 26 and 27. inch print-
= cloth in par ichlat has receded in price. In fact, the gene
raloepinion seems to be. that this description of cloth will expe-
rienesme decline during the next month, inasmuch as both
agents and manufacturers are stated to be about to "stock," as
they hate executed most of the orders which they had on hand
The printers have done buying to any extent until they corn-
In,u7cee preparations for the autumn trade. Taking all these
things, together with the undeeded state of the buyers, into
consideration, we m y, therefore, fairly anticipate a further de-
clne, particularly when we reflect that 27-inch printing cloth is
still Is. to Is. td. per piece higher than it was when at the lowest
poi t• The yarn market is rather more buoyant, and the rate of
paces continues firm. When the buyers are satisfied that prices
Ittle not likely to fluctuate seriously, a brisk demand may proba-
dcr„ be anticipated,but for the last ten or eh'ven s the ten-
dency of buyers has been towards a fall which tends to alarm
bee' ers' and they appear disinclined to operate until the market
to teady. 27-inch 60's, 45. 6d. to 4s. pd. • 66's, 43. I id.
LEEDS
and 72's, 5s 7id. to 6s.—Munchester 'Advertiser, Sat.
• --4.—The markets during the week, as usual towards the
C 055 of the month, have been rather more animated than of
Well there having b' en an improved demand for fine cloths as
Was tweeds of superior quality. The accustomed influx of
a!',lYers for domestic consumption, has caused business in the
warehouses to ap:.ear more brisk. and, without any appar nt
assorted,
for the eh age, it is stated that goods cannot be so well
"sorted, nor bought so cheaply as they might have been some
Weeks ago.
13 RA I) PO R D MARKET.—There was a pretty good attendance of
merchants at our market oft Thursday. and an average amount
(Lbusiness was done in piece goods at late rates. The stocks of
barb en hand are small, as most of the spinners are still mak-
aoy g for the fulfilment of contracts. This circumstance prevents
material declirre in the price of the article, even if there
Were a tendency is' that direction. There was rather more bu-
ctiess done in Wools, and late prices were fully maintained.
txlileaursoeitsprigEn MARKET.—Owing to many of the manufac-
being 'engaged in executing orders, there tilts not been
maY h 80 great an assortment of goods offered at this market as
terini; a,ve been desired by the merchants, especially in new pat-
cha°l, fancy goods; yet there was a good attendance of mer-
nt_
s Bore on Tuesday and a fair business was do not only
eorods suitab for dmestic cnumption but alsW export.
for
wools
of the late wool saleso ins London causedo the market
0 to be somewhat firmer.
atILCIAPAx NI
demand day
mar 8"".
bettera" n Ymat late ra
market Ttehse.re was a fair attendanc^ of merchants
ibis ton Saturday, and fully as much business was done
for some weeks past. Wool was in rather
WAEEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—The market continues firm at
previous prices. .0 alteration has taken place in any descrip-
ROCHDALE FLANNEL
g 4
eL lenieeektrsal.lll a.l
few buyers
to-d ,y Somewhat similar to those of the two last
w
It has been, what is called Little Monday,” and in
buyers attended. The business transacted has been
Upon a 'united sale, and prices have undergone little or no
e
hange. T
tionary. he Wool market still continues dull!, and prices sta-

LE I CESTER. 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
rriake an advance today of ad. per dozen on all sorts of plain
Wrought-hose of 2f-gliages and upteards. Wools and Yarns
remain about the same, and Fpinclers,are buying up skin-wools.
The aspect of affairs, therefore, is more cheering than last week.
Leicester Chronicle.

HOsIERY ANT) LACE TitAtocs---The wrought cotton hose
branch, which is' the principal Manufacture in this district, so
hp' from improving with the-approach of s. ring. has felt e..spe-
cies of dullness, and is not in that state of demanri that it has
been in for some time Pa4t. The cotton glove trade is how-
ever, txisk.. The silk hosiery branches have rbu felt•any im.
rovement with the apPrOaCh of spring; they may be said with
"..ecxception of fine'silkhOse, to be still declining. There is no
i o 7-11a1 alteration in'the'ditawer and pantaloon branch. nor in
id' cut-p ho=e branches, the hands having genertiny em-
ynaent.----Nottingliam.journal.

ItTnrsG CracLE.—The Archbishop of Dublin
tells of a horseman who, having lost his 'way, made a
'l%,"lPlete, 61.66; when the first round was finished, seeing
...e
they " roam
eres
oi a ,horse's hoofs, and never dreaming that
%s those •of his own beast, he rejoiced, and said,
e d
This at shows me that lam :n sonaetrack ;" when
circuit, was finished, the signs of travel were
'and 'he said, " Now, surely, I am in the beaten
Way;" and, with the conclusion of every round, the
Ir/atka ineteased, till he was certain he imust be in some
Irequented 'thoroughfare, and approaching a populous
'o ; bat all•the while he was riding after his horse's
al. and deceived by the track of his own error.
How-
TO,GET OVER THE PLEDGE.—The following cir-
rlttnganee, W'nich occurred but the other day in a pretty
immmribuegr y: c
,_ti pee rle villageiin the lake district, is about as good a case of
i,th a vow as we remember to have heard of.
the Sopiety of Friends, who exercises the
the of a bagman, sand who lately joined
IT teetotallers, called upon an old customer for the pur-
Zse "transacting some business. They had had on for-
efrOc,easions of a similar kind manya comfortable " cup
abou."za together," and the Friend, was rather put
hinutias
whe should act. At'last Obadiah bethouv.ht
omfetet,ie%s°},:aat " Thou knows," says he to his casto-
I have but a day or two since become a mem-
to
chit
iettiperance society. I cannot, therefore, ask thee
but. w,ne'ther can I pay for what thou may'st drink ;
10._ 'l° 'thou order the glass and pay for it thyself, and
tinthou settlest with me I shall allow it in thy bill."
iaeterluest, it is almost unnecessary to say, imme-
the lass,vc°nn
"onok
Plied with. The customtr orderedwaansd d k
and at the settlement of accounts, which t
- ace soon afterwards, honest Obadiah deducted from the.
PsnAliniouPsmiTiutoodh..Laiipe 'amount expended by his less scru-
estmoreland Gazette.
SIR Ft,
sail+ aPatinenit'vv%P'
, EDER
expected to pass
most furiouscommiechist.—halvfetteereenever was a juii-
as of course, and against3rn which not a voice, even of the
Partisan, could have been raised, we should
tave Pronounced it a fortnight :ago to be that of Sir F.
Pollock to it the Vacant. Chief Barony of the Exchequer.
-t tacit !) Attorney-General is appointed.apon the clear, though
understanding, that unless circumstances arise da-
ting 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, pectfll irly unfit for j.u-
dicial4e uployment. He has, nevertheless, been always.
appointed. On the present occasion no such difficulty'l
exists. In legal knowledge, in temper, discretion, and
integrity, Sir F. Pollock is eminently—nay, compared
with many law officers of the crown, perhaps unusually,
`fitted for the office of judge; and in his uniform conduct
ha the sbaoxious office which he: Las occupied during a '
Bornewhat trying crisis will be acknowledged to furnish no
ordinary guarantee against that fartisattship which is
tnetimes to be feared from a promoted Attorney-Ge-
qf Saturday.
WINSTANLEY, THE BULLDER OF THE ORIGINAL
witIVSToNE LIGHTHOUSE.—The first lighthouse of any
•cpoenrsseon of the
erected on this rock :was undertaken by a
the name of Winstanley,. in the reign of King
William. Mr. Winstanley does not appear to have been
/I man of solidity and judgment sufficient to erect an edi-'
,five
of this kind. He had never been noted for any capi-
lootiard
;,i,9rk, but much celebrated for a variety of trifling and
j;"4"!•olous:costrivances. If you set your foot on a certai.n
in one of his rooms a ghost would start up, or if
r sat down in an elbow-chair its arms would clasp
isartook
ound you.
out being
11.5,411 is lighthouse,
.which -was built of wood,
galleri s
much admired a Y
whimsical genius. It was finished with
:nodfotahner ornaments, which encumbered it with-
use.
ingenious Itw s, heodwi
edifice,
a,
nodn
Winstanleyhe w hole;
"tainlY deserved the tvheerycredit of beisegcthe first projector
r very difficult work. He had fixed it to the rock. by
tlieteniaaBS, bars of iron, which were let down deep into
Pl'''QuY of the stone. It was generally indeed thought
i':foranded, and the architect himself was so convinced
hi4"tabilitY. that he would often say he wished for no-t
st'qg :more than to be shut up in it &sing a violen
j._°Fat He at length had his wish, for he happened to be
!eit at He
time of that memorable stonn.on the 26th of
pe'father, 1703. As the violence, however, of the tern-
st came on, the terrified architect' began to doubt the
;firms tof his work: it trembled in the blast, and shook
in every:joint. In vain he made what signals of distress
e could intent to.briug a boat from the shore. The ter-
rots of the .storm were such that the boldest vessel durst
not face it. How long he continued in this melancholy
distress is 'unknown ; but in the morning no appearance
of the lighthouse was left. It and all its contents, during
that terrible night, were swept into the sea.—Mirror.

LATE-6'r DATES AT LIVERPOOL,

JJIRECT.

DIRECT.

Jan. 6
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April 4.