The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

teA
orAv snran.—ln Blackburn there is scarcely any demand
4totk,ll,llactured goods, and masters complain of the low prices ;
;Ape,. "I goods coot nue to accumulate. The trade has every
"R goods
of being as bad as it was in the noted years of '4,,,
thi: 4" '42
ba they Yarn market
.is also dull, and priccs lower
.

i,;ttged to submit to a further reduction of wages of rom
mlanteu. Per cut, or piece and work is scarce. Moulders, me
ITtlarly and machine-makers are only partially employed, and
re Without work—power-loom making was scarcely ever
Werkla t° be in a worse state. The plasterers tarried out on
TtY last for an advance of wages of tid. per day. On Toes-
4c4ilw,t, the labourers employed on the Bolion and Blackburn
toR r alp turned out for an advance of id. andlygd. per day. They
err,„,
t `.," on the strike The various trades in the:neighbour-
ow„,„
t °the 07 of Manchester get worse every week, the delay in the
e ' Commons relative to Sir R. Peel's measure are said to
ieLkk e °lse of a bad trade.
„Is As is usual with the concludin

g markets of the month

isys tc.ness was done in our Cloth Hails the last two market
'Oll4. "1 during the other marke.s of March. In the ware-
ierrie;' also. but a limited amount of business has been done.
rah ',,ew orders for the German, and others for the Arne/lean
L'4atio' have been executed at firm but not high; prices. Great
Vetch," s ill manifested both by the manufacturers and the
'''ater4rna, and an improved demand is generally expected after
14,,•
sod
thl4,asviaLD.—Our market was a trifle better on Tuesday.
rre has also been more doing in the warehouses. Light
ter,l,4eir goods are rather better to buy ; but as the manufac-
th't 14). 'are given up making, and as the stock of such goods is
it is
tio not
o impr goods obable th t when the weather e.s
Zktr,,s'eseripn f will be very scarce Buyers are arrives
still
wabiZelY cautious, buying only to supply their immediate
bleat bPuan - We regret that we cannot notice any improve-
the state.of the staple manufacture of this town. Some
'. 'loWever, are entertained that should the next news from
lerrt4l'e'l be of a favourable character, there will be an increased
‘,l! of complete goods for the mar k!ts of that country
'4O th en the New Tariff Bill is passed into law, both the home
hece„ ernian trade will be better.
Nv* k „I) Lw • —The Flannel market has been very dull, and very
001 rr"' have changed hands ; prices much as befo,*e. The
,wAeL, ark et was flat, but prices were fully as high as for the
e.rat Weeks.
':',l.ttaLt'llitn Wool. MARKET.—There is no alleviafon to the
Iti•7 of the trade, which relatively continues in the same
',Meei,," we reported last week, and consumers merely supply
riecic ce requirements.
15;') tlat""Vbwlali BLANKET MARKET.—On Monday, we had
rti Ain, market, but on Thursday we had a rather better state
home a few orders were put out for shipping. The demand
'e eons • • • • •
nMption is still very limited. •
th„r,,tee-,"•—There is no improvement in the demand for
tir LeeeLiu lien Goods. The manufacturers engaged in
10 °tele s"" and country trades equally complain or the absence
". Th •
for atialits, ere Is, however, considerable business doing in
uroWn and coloured Cotton Hose; but the demand
811-'°d j"t anything like equal to what it was. in the same
10 oil ast season. There is little or nothing doing in 001.
w„_ia are very firm, and fully maintain their value; but
gele,,,r,ruivols ere a shade lower.
ibltii!ll.;stspe,(l.4esittaatnet:--tThohiei Cotton Stocking trade is still in a most
bey gh if anything a shw!e improved, hut in
tene ,rtera this is stoutly denied. The Silk Glove hands are
Herat prett
ek, Merl" Y well employed upon cut thumbs, which, by a
44" %, her, theyaming are nearly equal to wrought glove,
fteh, Drett require washing. The cotton glove trade is
11Czh We') fOod, rnd we have heard of a now manufacture
14khiel,
alroePe will extend) of making rib gloves; two and one
thollf"eYhobbTuch approved of, they being extremely elastic.
11,, ~ ?ri net trade can scarcely be said to have amended.
thLtrad';!l-erpsic fair has commenced. The power of plain
a better condition than the fancy trade, but even
1,7,:y dull. The warp Lace trade, with the exception
e 4,11 e5.,2 rd frames, is in a deplorable state.
,"a•—There is still but a limited amount of busi.
11'4,71 to ;i' Ohough, if our merchants could persuade them-
!°ill er -rare ar: some nearer approach to confidence, much
frotpr.e,,,aii:,!rtalons would be effected. So mac', uncertainty
:lel"ll),k_tr t. notwithstanding an easier eondon of the
;N,Oriz,"`,'•_ and the more cheering appearance of the pone
Geyer, verr little is doing. Prices, however, cnn be
" In have receded except in cases of a peculiar cha-
,,_4ecol,thrtiehr‘c ;riversation has been excited on 'Change by
the
4e3Thl, man rim had literally decamped from their'
lit 10,17:.00a, n'rnee Of business. The liabilities are said to amount
Jeb:;hloli,
ar;rds, which is reputed to be owing t some
Trit,,`See, " firms. The largest sum to any one house. it
*a htti"fe,*
,not exceed ..t'soo. The whole is probably
s'ucalCr anci its immediate

R., W.. and C. Lyall, R. Lyall, jun.; J. Lyall, J. Rennie, and
J. Lyall, jun., Calcutta ; as far as I egards C. Lylikr R., W., and
C. Lyall, London; as far as regards C. Lybli— Holroyd and
H. Render, Manchester, warp sizers--J., U., and R. Whittaker,
S. Lees, and J. Cocks, Hurst. Lancashire, coal proprietors—W.
Underwood, sen., and W. Underwood, jun., Vere-street, Ox-
ford-street, London, woollen drapers—W. Bradley and H.
Johnstone, Sheffield, coach builders—J, Grierson, T. N. Swift,
and E. Johnson, Fluddersffild, sharebrokets—G. S. and P. S.
Phillips, Thornton.street, Florselydown, tailors—W. and J
Jackson, Longton, Staffordshire, drapers—J. and S. Evans,
B, lstol, milline, s —J. ana T. H. t.:pencer.' Hastings, linendraners

—J. and J. J. Galt, Portsmouth, naval and regimes tal tailors—
W. Bennion and W. Jones, Ironbridge, Shropshire, cabinet
makers—G. R. Dodd and W. S. Smith, Reading, attorneys—J.
Oldham, sen., and J. Oldham. jun., Wallingford, Berkshire,
tailors—C. Spencer and W. A. Vice. Leicester, coal merchants—
J., H. and T. T. Ormerod, Halifax, wine merchants—H. Maples
and d. I3iadon. Old Broad-street. London, commission mer-
chants— B. Wood, sen., B. Wood, jun.. and J. Mawson, Sheffield,
penknife manufacturers; as far as regards J. Mawson—J. Hull
and E. Bevan, Strand, Loodon, coal merchants—J. Slaney and
J. Jelly, Lit- le Tower street. City, colonial produce agents—H.
Ve,ey, G. Brown, and W. Macrorie. Princes-street, Hanover-
square, tailors; as far regards H. Verey—J., W., N., and J.
Cooke, and W. Ellis, Nottingham, lace simers—H. Henderson,
J. Arundel, jun.,- and T. Henderson, Gutter-lane; as far as re-
gards T. Henderson—T. and C. Pacet, W. Hollins, W. Paget,
jun., E. Hollins, and S. Siddon, Pleasley, Derbyshire, cotton
spinners; as far as regards S. Sidd;:n.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS.

_
C H. White, Gravesend, drapers.
C. T. Hicks, Upper Thames-street, City, druggrinder.
C. Alderton, Brighton, tailor.
G. Sawyer, Lewes, tailor.
J. Spofford, Chatham, linendrarer.
J. Lowther, Queen's-row, Pentonville, builder.
C. Webb, Oxford, apotbec uy.
W. Gibb, Liverpo( 1, soap manufacturer—second div. of Is 54d
in the pound, any Monday, at the office of air. Turner, Liver-
pool.

J. Dyson, Sheffield, scythe manufacturer.
G. Houldsworth, Halifax, Yorkshire, worsted spinner,
W. Ibbotson. Sheffield, merchant.
3. Crich. Sheffie d, malster.
J. B. Gillett, Lcclesh 11. Yorkshire, dyer.
A. Parkinson, Leeds, wine merchant.

BANKRUPTS

James Ilaye and Henry Ayres, Newgate.street, woollen
drapers.
John Dutt, Upper-street, Islington, carpenter.
Henry Watkinsou, President-street East, St. Luke•s, car-

penter.
John Withers. Bushey-heath, Hertfordshire, dealer in sheep.
William George Bradford, Bucklersbury, tailor.
Thomas Porsnall. Doddington•grove, Kennington, surgeon.
William Pi'e, Lower Thames-street, licensed victualler.
Elizabeth Smith Dykes, Romford, Essex, basket maker.
Joseph Richard Holmes, Poplar, London, brewer.
Abraham Duffield and Mark Duffield, Slough, Buckingham-
shire. ironmongers.
Thomas Graves Shann. Leeds, woollen cicth manufacturer.
Henry Marslaad, Hazel Grove, Cheshire, silk throwster.
John Morris, Manchester, auctioneer.
John Williamson. Manchester, brickmaker.

Thomas Maskell Cook, Bath. p'uNican.
M chael Ohver, Longtown, Cumberland, innke:per.
Thomas Henrcy. Liverpool. draper, April as, May 19, at 12, at
the Liverp,,el District .Court of Bankruptcy: solicitors, Mr.
Walker, Furnivars-inn ; and Mr. Bradley, Liverpool; official
assignee, Mr: Bird, Liverpool.