The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

THE C:.UBT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD.

On Tuesday forenoon, the Queen and Prince Albert,
with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left
Buckingham Palace for the old palace at Kew, whence
they returned the following day. The Court is now at
Buckingham Palace.

Her Majesty gave a concert on Thursday at Bucking-
ham Palace. All the singers engaged were German or
Italian.

The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta
Bruce, honoured Sir Robert Peel with a visit on Thurs-
day.

On Monday afternoon Prince Albert laid the foundation
stone of the church for the seamen of the port of London.
In the evening the Queen and Prince Albert, with the
Duchess of Kent had a concert.

The Queen Dowager will leave Marlborough-house for
Bushy on Wednesday ; and, according to present arrange-
ments, her Majesty will take her departure from England
for Germany on the 19th proximo. Cashiobury, the seat
of the Earl of Essex, has been refurnished, and is now
ready for her Majesty's occupancy.
_ _

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE-MEN.—Donald Maclean,
Esq., M. P. for Oxford, whose name figured in so many
prospectuses during the late mania, appeared in the Bank-
ruptcy Court on Monday. The fiat was issued against
him as a brick-maker„ but it appeared the bricks were
made out of the soil upon his own estate. He was sun
ported by Mr. Lawrence ; and Mr. Brarriiiell, iOidrsi,
ob-
served that brick-makers were ea. nomine traders, and the
fiat must be sustained.—Judgment deferred.--Railwajl
Record.
BOSTON, NEWARK, AND SHEFFIELD.—This companY
has entered into an arrangement with the Midland Rail-
way,THrhee likely
agree
to
eo
pay provethe
Midland
eoamd•
vantaogneoutesrtmos icthwehm.h
pany £50,000 in cash, for which they are to receive
£50,000 in stock on the Midland Railway ; and they agree
to forego all opposition to the Midland schemes, and to
render them all the aid in their power. The money to be
paid and the stock received on the passing of the Midland
Company's Bill from Clay Cross to Newark.
FORGED RAILWAY SCRIP.—On Wednesday, John 13'
Faulkner and Bertha Fabian were brought up at the Man-
sion House, having been remanded from Friday, on 3
charge of having disposed of forged scrip of the Bucking'
hamshire and Oxford and Bletchley Junction Rail
Company. Evidence was given tracing the sale of fiftl
shares to the prisoners, who were remanded till Saturday
It is reported that in the above company alone there are
18,000 shares in the market.
STATE OF TRADE. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—At a meet
MANCHESTER.—Since Tuesday, little has been doing; the 3 ing of the board of directors, on Wednesday, it was dei;
failure of the East India house, mentioned in the London. _,
cided to cover the whole of the area at Monk's Ferry wit,' t
papers, both of which affect some of the principal houses in an iron roof, and to build a good and handsotne Station _,
this town, having had the effect of somewhat checking confi- that terminus. There is also to be a depot at the Grange"
dence. First-rate " printers" are, however, in fair demand; lane station in Birkenhead, for 6,000 tons of coals, I,uv:
but in other descriptions the demand is limited, owing to the
tons of lime, and a yard for stone, fire-bricks, tiles. elete:te
causes assigned in our last week's report.
ROCHDALE.—We had rather snore buyers in the market on &c. This latter arrangement is to be completed by ti`;'",
Monday, and the demand was better than last week. Rather /St of October next, so as to be ready for the North NN a'
better prices were, in some instances, obtained. Wont was mineral traffic from Wrexham.
fully as last week, with an upward tendency. Oils much the tions
same as our last. at Limekiln-lane, Rock-lane,Tl2
borough, will be opened on the Ist of June.
LEEDS.—Rather less business has been done both in the Cloth
Halls and the warehouses this week than was transacted last \ and
week. LEITH, AND GRANTOIST RAILWAIr' a
week. The goods in chief demand have been the fine and This railway will open to-morrow (Wednesday„, .
The
pnietwtler, road-side i dße sret;
°'
middle qualities, and principally for the home trade. Though carry passengers and goods from Scotland-street st 01 /0,
some orders for the American export houses were given out last to Granton, Trinity, and Leith, including the eoc ,
week, the unsettled Oregon (location operates to check even The Leith Dock Cemmissioners are now engaged in I,.er,
legitimate speculations in woollen goods for the transatlantic ing down rails all round their docks, and they have utc;
world. The supply of goi,ds not being larger than the general sides obtained the necessary grants to enable then'
rie
an demd prices continue with ut alteration.
to the whole way eastward
BRADFORD.—There was a tolerable amount of business done carry forward the rails tb6C
in our Piece Hall on Thursday, though scarcely so much as was outer harbour at the back of the Custom-house, so 4
done last market day. The merchants rather hung off buying, vessels lying in the harbour, both at the back and east elcji.
as they were in expectation of letters, per steamer, from Ame. of that building, will be able to discharge and hled.-,,e
rica. Both the Wool and Yarn departments continue Uponuch
the same languid condition as at our last report. the racily to and from the waggons of the railway, the eel'ic
her
whole there is some improvement in the demand for Yarns, but as in the docks. The Edinburgh and Leith AtmosP.e ig
the spinners comp:ain that the prices realised are not remnnera- Railway being thrown out, all opposition to this Iwo.
ting, the price of Wool still i•eeping ye' y high. thus annihilated. Three splendid engines are nowbu el
HUDDERSFIELD.—The report of last week, as to the state of ing at Messrs. Bu ry, Curtis, and Kennedy's foundtY'for•
the staple trade of this town and neighbourhood, might be again this town, and will be ready in three weeks, to be
repeated for the present week, for we have no alteration of con- warded for the use of this railway.
r, aself
sequence to notice. A tolerable amount of business was done
ta MANCHESTER, MIDLAND, AND GREAT RI- if
in our public market on Tuesday, but both manufacturers and '
merchants act with great caution; and as stocks of desirable RAILWAY.—A meeting of the shareholders of tili',.ler
Rote
goods continue low, there appears very little probability of the was held on Friday last, in the Company's Offices, rote
prices receding. ham, to determine, in compliance with the sessional 0...,e0‘
HECKAIoNDWIKIC BLANKET MARKET.—The market has been of Parliament, upon the carrying on or the abandonifopal
well attended this week by merchants, and the manufacturers of the line. J. Aldred, Esq., chairman of the prolaii,
have obtained. in some instances, a slight advance ; we under-
stand that stocks are unusually light for the season, particularly committee, presided, and the meeting was influlteotio
beef
the better goods. attended. A report was red by one of the solid d t
LEICKSTER.—There is a little better feeling and more confi- the company, stating their past proceedings, aP,er e
dence in the market than there was a month ago. The favourable position which they occupied; and e' OK
machinery is generally at work, alth ‘ugh the hosiers coplain full and satisfactory discussion of various pOiotsnt 10
of the difficulty in obtaining remunerating prices for goods. nected with the undertaking, the meeting ''''''. 00'
' the
more Worsted and. woollen yarns are in -better demand. There is
more doing in wool, and wether-skin wools are a trifle higher. the vote, when there appeared, for prosecuting atllt
NOTTINGHAM.—The silk glove branch is better than it was at dertaking 9,670 votes, and for winding up 13", oin;
the commencement of the present year, but upon the whole it is The result was received by the shareholders presee,:oo °,l
rather in a depressed state, and many of the hands are pinched great satisfaction. After the meeting, in considers 1,~pl'
the great stake in the line' held by parties hi Live.rsely
for employment. The cotton warp lace hands have scarce half
employment. The silk warp lace hands are rather in a more Mr. Richard Harbord, who bad attended as the rAePtro...p,er,
flourishing con ition, but then their nemoers are reduced to less .'
,tances, , tative of a large number of' shares, was requestee . Ally,.
mit his name to be added to the list of provision,el frill
)raven, . tors, and to give them his active co-operation, ,_l.rh V.fili,
•"i with °net., request he kindly assented, a circumstance wettelti 7
M.—in cons,
' 'gist on, the .... doubtless impart increased confidence in the under
...,
gar'
4 themselves ut.- to the Liverpool shareholders. . ,„A r-- „hub
---i countries, am, .... LABOUR ON RAILWAYS.—We have obtam,—troci,-000
- home market, whit, . from about 300 miles of railways now under enn:d 29,0
-hich ought to be in- and we find that on them there are now emploY-„ds
~c,
-.sera in this men and 3,00& horses. This amount compreb:ost7oo
-"(Aled fourth part only of the lines now in progress of ''d 12, aid
. , an Pot
horses ; therefore, we may assume 120,000 men ..,,ages, or
horses as the total number employed. The " vreel4,',sl
for these men and horses is £500,000 Per , rile re
£26,000,000 per annum, directly expended ,° far.e2 is
wages. This amount consists of wages Merl; aggiPirp
directly employed on the line. Half as Inuel, clOiolO
expended indirectly on labour, preparing ve_l water oe
a stock, &c., for the line, and on land and otil,!,- miles 4
great nourish, and concludes as fellows:—" lam COOfi• as much more. We have stated that on JOO ,ivy
dent, sir, should the emergency occur to-morrow, the have returns at 29,000 men and 3,000 horc.he land
energy, the alacrity, the means and capacity of the country But this is not the proper quantity required twr, tct, so" in
to meet it, would be so displayed as to astonish ourselves. We have before us the engineers' returns, bYe''' scar,:ooo
Should a war come, sir, in the prosecution of our right, that they require, in order to complete "r that,ll7olli
1 believe all parties would cordially unite in carrying it time, an additional supply of nearly 20,000,2 that ~iope
on with vigour. There would not be, as in the last war, men and 5,000 horses is the proper numbers adripti'
" a peace party," aiding the enemy, preventing capitalists be employed. Moreover, we find that Pealread)fd the,
from loaning money to the government to carry it on, men must be bad in order to do the woolc,„ined, and
and rejoicing over our defeats. There would be no do- fated. These additional men cannot be
,e'f.,,,e the . to:
mestic traitors. We should all he Americans in deed ; very attempt to obtain them would roerei.uwitkoa* the_
and heart and hand, in cordial union, really as one man, of enhancing the cost of the present ban etriereeorettteops
around our country's standard. A war, sir, will not pro- terially increasing the supply. We see'that any :id el:
ceed from us. It must come from the other quarter ; the present supply of hands is deficient— it wo
.0
and if it does come, it will be a war of aggression, unsus- to increase the supply would fail, beaur'ofita. le 1"r bil;
tamed by the sense of justice, or the sympathies of other hence prices beyond all possibility of p
_t
engireee to
nations. We never will, we cannot, become an aggressive ment. We do not believe, as an mine" ~ deer. 'sore'
power; but when an assault is made upon us, sir, the stated, that present prices are 50 peracteionn..• prth/bv.eolo,
whole land will rise as the mighty man armed, and with this time last year. That is an exagger
a vigorous and united effort, overwhelm the aggressor." however, kept down only by the wisdom w.hisuephprcifiej fiC ill
Sir, I have done." The New York Herald, with refe- moderated the demand to the means °,,, and price
rence to the hon. gentleman's concluding remark, says, have an injudicious increase of der_euchrosiew
expressively, " Reader, thank God." at once become preposterous.—Basmef

The venerable Earl of Harrowhy, although still some-
what infirm from his advanced life, is in improved health,
and intends to pass the season in town.
A handsome satin dress, surmounted with lace, and in-
tended as a present to her Majesty for the use of the Priu-
cess Royal, was exhibited at the Victoria Asylum for the
Blind, Newcastle, a few days ago. The dress was worked
exclusively by blind persons, inmates of that institution.

HER MAJESTY'S ACCOUCH EMENT.—The near ap-
proach of an interesting event, to which the public look
forward with intense interest, may perhaps be inferred
from the fact that the messengers of the Home-office
have received directions to be in attendance, night and
day, on and after to-morrow (Monday), so that the fact of
the Queen's indisposition may be communicated without
loss of time to the Cabinet Ministers.— Observer.
DINNER PARTIES.—A custom has come in, and seems
to be gaining ground, instead of sitting at the top and
bottom of the table, the host and hostess sit opposite each
other at the middle; by which means they are more at
ease, more in the centre of their guests, and better able
to communicate with each other. George IV. adopted the
practice twenty years ago ; it is followed by Queen Vic-
toria. According to this arrangement, two persons can
be accommodated at each end of.the table—not a bad point
where there is limited accommodation.

than half, and their wages, in many , co one-third.
The fancy bobbin net trade had, in some quarters considerably
lm-- ' and some houses have had a sort of half clearing out,

but still with others the depression is as severe as ever.
BIRMINGHAM.—In consequence of the high prices which the
iron masters still insist on, the manufacturers of Birmingham
and Wolverhampton find themselves unable to compete with
Belgium and other continental countries, and are in conse-
quence throw n almost wholly on the home market, which is in
a state of great depression. It is a fact which ought to be in-
structive to the great combination of iron masters in this
country to obtain prices, that Belgium has recently imported
iron from the United States, manufactured it, and sent the
manufactured article to England, where it has been sold to a
profit at less money than the British manufacturer could dis-
pose of his goods for.

A BIT OF BATHOS.—On March 2d, Mr. Breese, of
Illinois, delivered in the senate of the United States a
speech on the Oregon question, which occupies twelve

papers

t is printed