The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-14 00:00:00

DEATHS

On the 25th May, at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land,
aged 29, Mr. Hector Macdonald, of Grove-street, in this

•On the 24th ult., at Hatton, aged 101, Frances Croft.
She and her ancestors had been tenants to Colonel Sib-
thorp and his family for upwards of 107 years.
. On the 25th ult., at Mergosia, canton Ticini, Switzer-
land, aged 85, Marie Pedrone, mother of Mr. L. Pedrone,
of Lord-street.

01111-e-28th nit., Rear-(lnfirlal Charles Bowen

On the 30th ult., at Richmond-house, Manchester, aged
46, John Davies, Esq., Mexican merchant, eldest son of
Mr. John Davies, Hope-place.
On the 31st ult., at Douglas, Isle of Man, aged 48, James
Schofield, jun., Esq., of Brook-house, Rochdale.
On the 31st ult., aged 72, T. Melling, farmer, Tarleton.
On the 2nd inst., at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street,
the Countess of Kenmare.
On the 3rd inst., at Florence, aged 27, the Countess of
Strathmore and Kinghorn, eldest daughter of Viscount
Barrington.
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On the 3rd inst., in his 67th year, Mr. J. E. Widdicomb,
late riding-master for thirty-four years at Astley's. •
On the sth inst., aged n, John T. Allsop, only son of
Mr. James Bamford, publican, West Derby.
On the sth inst., at Stone, Wimborne, Dorset, aged /3,
Rear-Admiral Joseph Gulston Garland.
On the Oth inst., at his residence, South-street, Toxteth-
park, aged 40, Captain Robert Pearce, late master of the
barque Evangelist.
On the 6th inst., aged 45, Agnes, wife of Mr. Henry
'Cole, hatter, Pitt-street.
On the 6th inst., at Hoylake, aged 79, Mr. John
Washington.
On the 6th inst., aged 4 months, Josephine, daughter of
Mr. Joseph Hargreaves, High Park-street.
On the 6th inst., aged 31, Mr. Edward Spooner, of
Seacombe-street, Evertors.
On the 7th inst., aged 62, Mr. J. Whitehead, tart. owner.

Onthe 7th inst., at Marina-cottage, aged 23, Grace, wife
of Mr. Henry Young, and youngest daughter of Mr.
'Samuel Johnson, Isle of Man.
,;On the 7th inst., at Oldham, aged 25, Mr. Robert
Grundy, surgeon, son of the late Mr. William Grundy, of
St. Helen's.
On the .Bth inst., at the Shrubbery, Low-hill, aged 3'T,
Sarah, wife of William Walthew, Esq.
On the Bth inst., aged 8 months, John, infant son of Mr.
John Empson, pawnbroker, Scotland-place.
On the Bth inst., aged 17 months, Arthur Joshua, son
of the Rev. John A. Wilson, of May
On the Bth inst., in Bridson-street, aged 21, Mr. Edward
J. Seddall, son of T. Seddall, Esq., vine-grower, Maltow.
On the Bth inst., at Brook-house, West Derby, Mary
Anne, wife of Thomas Harrison, Esq., of this town, and
youngest daughter of the late C. S. Fenwiek, Esq., of New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
On the Bth inst., at his residence, South-hill-grove,
Toxteth-park, aged 74, Joseph Steele, Esq.
On the Bth inst., at his residence, Miles-street, Toxteth-
park, aged 65, Mr David Williams.
On the Bth inst., suddenly, aged 31, Charles Lea, son of
the late Thomas Lea, solicitor, of this town, and late ;book-
keeper at Mercer Brothers and Co.
On the Bth instant, aged 47, Mr. Jehoshaphat freest,
of Blake-street, Copperas-hilL
On the 9th instant, Mr. Williamson, Sypland, Kirk.
cudbright.
On the 9th inst., in her 48th year, Mary, wife of Ur.
Walter A. Hayward, of Higher Broughton, Manchester.
On the 9th inst., aged 8 years and 1.0 months, Jane,
daughter of Mr. John M`Givering,• Birkenhead.
On the 9th inst., at Woodlands, Aigburth, Miss Anne
Robertson,. daughter of the late Henry Robertson, D.D.,
minister of the parish of Kiltearn, Ross-shire.
On the 9th inst., at the residence of his father, Bedford-
street South, in his 17th year, John, only son of Mr.
Michael Ellis.

On the 10th inst., at Newton-le-Willows, from concus-
sion of the brain, caused by a fall from his horse, aged 37,
Alfred Octavius, son of the late Henry Leete, Esq., of
Thrapston, Northamptonshire. .
On the 11th inst.; at Canterbury-street, Everton, aged
5 months, Emma Prances, daughter of Mr. William
Weightman, Litherland.
On the 11th inst., William Macfie, Esq., of Langhouse,
Greenock in his 79th year.
On the 12th inst., at his house, Mount-street, in the
70th year of his age, Mr. William Owens, for upwards
of 64 years the valued and faithful clerk of Messrs.
Charles Horsfall and Sons.
On the 12th inst., at 17, Cambridge-street, aged 53,
Mrs. Make% _ _ _ __ _ _ _

• On the 12th inst., Mary, wife of Mr. John Pope, Lime-
street.
On the 12th inst.; at Mount-pleasant, aged 70, Mr.
William Owens.

MILITARY Imrnovin&ENTs.—ln the course of some
interesting observations on military improvements, the
,Constitutionnel says: —" Experience has shown how
strengthening food can be supplied with diminution of
weight. During the expeditions biscuit was substituted
for bread, rice was employed in rations, coffee was substi-
tuted fbr wine, and the biscuit broken into the coffee gave
the men strength to support the most painful fatigue.
Such was, with meat, the basis of the food in Africa. The
small volume occupied- by it enabled six and even eight
days' rations to be placed in the knapsacks, and that dimi-
nished the embarrassments of the baggage train. Blankets
were found to be only a slight protection against the per-
nicious effects of damp in the nights, and the hospitals
were encumbered with patients labouring under ague
until the moment at which the tente-abri was discovered.
That was almost the salvation of the army. The tente-abri
is three feet high, four and a half long, and is composed of
three pieces of canvas, attached by buttons or strings.
Two sticks placed at each extremity serve to support it,
and it is fixed by wooden pins in the earth. Three minutes
suffice to set it up, and two to take it down. Each tent
accommodates three men ; each of the three carries a piece
of the canvas, and they divide the sticks and pins amongst
them, and so they march. The first thing they do on
arriving is to fix the tent, and to dig a trench to carry off
the water in case of rain. At night they sleep wrapped
in blankets, and with their knapsacks for pillows. They
are thus preserved from damp or rain. The tente-abrz
permits an army always to bivouack in the open fields, and
does away with the necessity of dividing it amongst
different villages, so that it is always united. A guarantee
for discipline, and a protection for health, it preserves the
effective force, and ensures the duration of an army. It
is, without contradiction, one of the great benefits from
Africa, and one of the things which will have the greatest
influence on the state of our armies whatever may be the
field into which they may be called to combat. With his
six days' provisions, his camping effects, his equipment,
the piece of canvas for his tent, his blanket and 60 ball
cartridges, the soldier bears a heavy weight ; but expe-
rience proves that it is not too much for men of average
strength, and that it is better for the man to carry more,
and to recruit his strength by good repose. The blanket
lad the little tent assure to the soldier refreshing sleep."

TRADE AND MARKETS.

MANUFACTURES

MANCHESTER—No improvement in this market; on
the contrary, prices have a tendency to farther depression.
Any favourable symptom that might have been observable
at the close of last week has entirely disappeared, much
dulness being apparent, which is the case as regards both
goods and yarn. This unsatisfactory state of things is"due
to the tontinued unfavourable advices from abroad, most
of the foreign markets being overstocked. At home there
still exists great want of confidence, whilst the renewed
advance in the corn markets also militates against any
permanent improvement. The pressure upon the market
becomes gradually more urgent, as there is no greater
limit to the production than the partial means of working
only during daylight. This limitation does not appear
sufficient, producers being compelled, week after week, to
submit to increased losses to effect sales.• Yarns may be
generally quoted id. per lb. lower. There is little or no
•demand for India or China, and but little for Germany.
India yarns, with the exception of common 40's, which
are firm, have a further downward tendency. For the
Mediterranean there is still a pretty fair inquiry. Manu-
facturers are by no means extensive buyers, and both warp
and cop yarns are fully id. per lb. lower. With the excep-
tion of T cloths, long cloths, and doniestics, there is very
little doing in the goods market. India shirtings, and
other light goods for the East, are still very dull.

ROCHDALE.—There is no abatement in the demand
for flannels of every description, and the goods are taken
off 'the market as fast as the manufacturers can make
them. The little change there may be in wool is rather
in favour of the buyer. The flannel business, for some
time past, has been extremely good ; every hand has been
employed, and goods have been sold to order before they
were manufactured.
BRADFORD.--Wool : A very limited business doing
in all kinds of combing wools. Holders are, more disposed
to•sell, and sales are made at prices in favour of the buyer.
Nails and brakes command good prices, the quantity
making being very small.—Yarns : No improvement in
this branch. Spinners -are curtailing their production as
the daylight decreases, in addition to their unemployed
machinery.. Current prices of yarns entail a certain loss,
and uoue are disposed to produce without actual orders.—
Pieces : The supply coming to market is very limited, and
the purchases of the same character—there is nothing but
what is of a gloomy character.

NOTTIg GRAM.—In consequence of the present tem-
porary derangeMent of commercial affairs in the United
States, there' s an unusual dearth of demand for both lice
and hosiery goods, and the London and Manchester hosiers
are not-giving out their aeeustomed amount of orders for
goods for the ensuing spring trade. The'South'American
East Indian and Australian houses also are not shipping
to anything like the extent they are wont. These circum-
stances combined, render the general trade of this town
more than ordinarily dull.
LEICESTER.—OnIy a moderate business is doing in
the various warehouses, and some branches complain of
being dull. The Australian trade is small at present, and
but little is expected from the United States for their
spring trade, so that chiefly we must look to the home
markets for our demand, and these will' mainly depend
upon the weather and the condition of the people to pur-
chase manufacture,d-goods, which condition is materially
dependant upon' the amount of employment for them and
the proportion of their wages expended in provision.
Wool and yarn remain at last quotations.