The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

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MANCHESTER.—WC have had a continued "" decline in
market since Tuesday. with a further inclinati" to German,
prices. There has been some little inquiry fr rth wen-
holism., but without leading to any transactions wo, ~,n the
tion. The orders consequent on the late arrival At,,-- „bat
East have only partially come upon the market, tto",„';,sll
has been done has been effected at the lowest rates Prev'" -and
accepted. Very little is doing for the Mediterranean Oa
Levant, and sales can only be made at very low prices. hole
,
the whole things have been exceedingly quiet during toe
of the week. trade
LEEDS.—There is no change to notice in the staple co
here since our last. A fair average amount of business on
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tinues to be done, and stocks are neither heavy nor mncalog
the increase. Manufacturers, in many instances, are In .
to order.
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BRADFORD.--Wool: In the demand or consume ere is
combing wools, which is now comparatively small, yen
nothing of interest to note Thr •tk i ;he -narket 15 Aero

..ote. .ie stoCk in the ma. „
limited ; and there is no disposition on the part of the Staple
to increase the supply, the prices sought by the farmers. sate
too high to meet current rates here. Noils and 13r0tt,e4501:
more active to-day, and late prices are realised. tier,
There is scarcely any demand except for home coneroPoses
and so wretchedly low is the price of yarns, that in most _clo-
the cost of labour has to be forfeited. The quantity of tilde,i
ployed machinery is on the increase, and without decotil,
change we see no chance but that of further curtailmetist
the raw material can be had at a price corresponding to cc of
yarns. Pieces: There was an unusually large attends', toe
merchants at our markets on Thursd many of ixbotret to
arrived by the last steamer from America; but we rebut to
learn that their business is not directly to purchase, ds for
seek consignments. Owing to the demand for fancy Fo° they
the spring having been active, and chiefly made to oruera it t,
.
is less than an average stock of goods in the market, on 011°`
hoped that the demands of the home merchants, h fat'
may be done on American account, will keep things fro.
HA
ther depression. tiff°
e, LIFAX.—The same dulness which we have for s°7rie le e
past had to notice as prevailing here still continues. is
mand for worsted goods is very limited, and the gll'
case with both yarns and wools.
H UDDERS F lELD.—We have had a dull market, with s°oll'l
attendance of buyers. More is doing in the home trade; it it
as the results of the London wool sales are now krovond
probable our manufacturers will display more activity, a boye
a variety of patterns and increase of stock will induce
more frequently to visit our market. Tniddlt
ROCHDALE FLAN NE L MARKET.—The demand for - Is--
qualities of grey flannels has been equal, if not better trcrotii_,..efi
week. Strong Yorkshire goods remain rather dull, and Wu"(
much the same as last week, Prices of both goods B'ol_4
remain stationary. There is by no means the quart slow
business transacted as is usually the case, but trade 1*
tiO°
imroving.
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NOTTINGHAM.—There is at length a considerable r
tocol
and improvement in the cotton hosiery manufactures, s th Del
to
gloves, and drawers, but especially the two former, b° the Yee!
very brisk ; we have not seen such a general stir since Avsec,,d,
1836. Some of the houses assert that they have 8- ..,ietqg
prices, and give a premium to have their orders cotT;alol.,,
The silk glove trade still keeps pretty good, princiPsltY jof
habit gloves—mitts, long arms, and extra long armsltr;ss,e4
of fashion. The silk hose trade of every kind is verY uerder°' e
The bobbin-net ttrade in some departments has Corot's, sos'
improved. New manufactures and new improvements,
of them of considerable importance, are springing uP•

MUSICAL ANECDOTE.—About seventy yearS BPeilt
the late Sir Watkin W. Wynn (grandfather to thePo
baronet) was riding in the neighbourhood of Wrexiil'o,bog°
heard some one sing in a cooper's workshop, witch reditill
voice he was very much struck. It was Mr. I‘),,eiri bof
who possessed a splendid bass voice. Sir Watr,"g-et
him instructed, and he became celebrated as a,7cert;
sacred music; he was engaged at the Ancient Lilt, Vo
Oratorios, &c. ; but he resided chiefly at LiverPors that
following anecdote is told'of him :—Having beiatbener..
parish clerk of a village in the Vale of Clwyd, n'jss deLd
of Griffiths, could sing down to double C, 0.3,1
mined to visit him. He accordingly started, tge
about forty miles. When he arrived at the yi"7potatlt
quired for Griffiths. A very little fellow, diggin,'"(thong
in a garden, was pointed out to him. "'Wbati,' aii Ica of
Meredith) that shrimp of a thing to sing lower t—ord9 or
Impossible ! Meredith was a fine tall man, 11,,PeingeOr
six feet high. He walked around the garden, e'loW je,
Griffiths disdainfully ; at length he said tiPlis Ono
"Good day to you Sir." Griffiths, resting nr,n„,cl do3ith
replied on double low C (five notes marched"
you, Sir." Upon which Meredith °Ol,
double C ringing in his ear all the way to Li;ecorqa-,Ork.:
MR. LABOUCHERE.—A Halifax, Nova
says, that the following is the singular histarYCsbin-kelvt,
Labouchere, at present a member of the British „ of P6it
—" In 1822 he was a clerk in the banking-b°°'„-0 t° le'
Hope, at Amsterdam, and was sent by his Patl-,, to !iv,
Thomas Baring, the celebrated banker of Lonu°o,9l)Vl.,
gotiate a loan. He displayed in this affair so Ttli bar voti
that he attracted the attention of the En.ogusiog, ''bet
"Ah 1" said he one day to Sir Thomas -uartx, naeolir
have a charming daughter, will you accord 000
I°veY oft
Young man ! no pleasantr I
but how could Mis s Baring become the y. wife of i!_soci.4,l
clerk ?" " But," said Labouchere,
with Mr. Hope ?" Ah, that is very different,,,yit•t7o-0,
materially lessen the inequality between Y°l-1* 139billi;
bouchere returned to Amsterdam, and said to t
"If I weretbat
if T
" I must be your partner !" "My friend' 'lO
of that ? you are without fortune ! and .1, !"
were a member of Sir Thomas Baring 's faml
devil! Why, in that case, I would give you aj,rnisesoftet
on the spot ! On the strength of the two Pf"onths, gr.
Labouchere returned to England, and two bet'
married Miss Baring, because he had the Pr°7.oedt°
Hope to make him a partner when he was eiatise
and became associated with Mr. Hope beta Adn;
married to Miss Baring.gli
Charles pedlri
XTRAVAGANZA ICC-, eye/ •
of France, was xtravagantly xtolled, in Pg
enne gis
xecrated. He xhibited xtraordinary %cell %so
he was xemplary in xternals, but xtrinsic qicitemetistsi
he was tactic under xhortation, xtrenle in irp_:i too
xtraordinary in xtempore xpresses. Ace,
far his xcesses ; and to xpiate his xtravegs
zgired in tile.

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