The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-18 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER.A perfect retrogression from a state of
activity to a panic, (temporary, we feel sure,) may with truth
be reported ; for in every branch of the Manchester trade
here, for the last two weeks, but more particularly this, a
complete cessation is visible to all; and, consequently, prices,
for any quantity of goods, may be said to be nominal. We
perhaps ought to except 40-inch abirtings, and other low
goods suited for the India markOt, for they, we learn, are in
good demand. The yarn market is not quite so bad, for the
Germans are buying where they can meet with a lot a shade
below the current rates. In London we are pleased to hear
that the country houses have been extremely busy; but so
alarmed are they at the stoppage of the Bank of Manchester,
that they dare not order Manchester goods. We feel certain
that, when the real character of the Bank of Manchester is
correctly estimated, and people begin to reflect, it will be
viewed in the light of a public good rather than a calamity.
There is another point on which we wish to warn Manchester
houses, and beg of them to be careful where they send their
gbods in London ; for we know an instance of a house last
week offering goods from Manchester, just after they had
arrived, at 15 per cent. off the invoice price. Power-loom
printers may be quoted as follows :-66's 27-inch, 4s. 3d. to
to 4s. 74d. ; and 72's, 4s. 104 d. to ss. sd.—Manchester Ad-
vertiser of Saturday.
TRADE OF LEEDS.—There was a more extensive demand
for balk goods in our market on Saturday than has been no-
ticed for some time past; the finer qualities of cloth being
more in request than of late, and the transactions in beavers,
tweeds, and fancy cloakings more active. On Tuesday, as
usual, the dealings were more limited. The wool market
continues much in the same state, the principal dealing being
in the inferior qualities of wool.—Leeds Intelligencerof Sa-
turday.

BRADFORD MARKET.—We had a good attendance of mer-
chants and other buyers at this market on Thursday, and
rather more business was done than last week, particularly
in figured goods, but former rates chiefly ruled. The yarn
market presented no features worthy of remark. If any
thing there was more doing, prices as before. The wool
market was not quite so firm as of late with regard to the
superior qualities, but the middle and inferior sorts sold more
readily.—Leeds Intelligencer of Saturday.

ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

M,ANCLIESTER. SATURDAY.
Last night, about eleven o'clock, an alarming fire broke
ont in the premises known as the " Irvrell Foundry," situate
in Stanley-street, Salford, and occupied by Messrs. Ellis and
Norton, millwrights and engineers. The foundry comprised
a pile of buildings on the Salford side of the river Irwell,
which were formerly used as a lying-in hospital for poor wo-
men, and also as a school for the deaf and dumb. The pre-
mises are rather extensive, reaching about 50 yards along
Stanley-street, immediately opposite to the New Bailey pri-
son, and were full of valuable machinery. At the time above-
mentioned a light was discovered in a room called the " pat-
tern room," in the topmost story of the building, which was
four stories high. It was soon ascertained that the contents
of the room were in flames, and information was sent as
quickly as possible to the superintendents of the Salford and
Manchester fire police departments. Three engines from
Manchester, under the direction of Mr. Rose, and also the
Salford engines, arrived• in less than half an hour after the
fire had been discovered ; but by this time the conflagration
had made extensive progress, the whole of the upper story
being in a complete blaze. Mr. Rose soon ascertained that
the plugs near the building were not adequate to supply the
enginea with a sufficiency of water; but fortunately he had
with him a quantity of patent hose, by means of which water
was obtained from plugs at full 200 yards distance from the
scene of action. Notwithstanding, however, that the great.
est exertions were made by the firemen, it was found to be
utterly impossible to save the building. The whole of the
wooden flooring of the upper story was burnt through with
fearful rapidity : the burning wood-work, together with the
heavy machinery contained in that story, fell, of course, upon
the floor beneath, breaking the floor, and setting fire to it
and the contents of the rooms at one and the same time ;
and in this way the flames were communicated.to each story
in succession, until the whole building was enveloped in one
vivid blaze. The crushing noise of falling machinery, during
the progress of the fire, was most awful. For full two hours
the flames raged with uncontrollable fury, and there being
no prospect of saving the foundry, Mr. Bose took every pre-
caution to prevent the conflagration extending further, and
his efforts were happily successful. Between one and two
o'clock, aided by a shower of small rain, the water from the
engines began to have a visible effect in reducing the flames,
which were totally extinguished by five o'clock. The build-
ing is literally gutted, there being nothing but the bare walls
standing, and the whole of the machinery it contained is a
complete wreck. How the fire originated is a mystery, nor
is it probable that the fact can be ascertained.
The total loss to the stock and buildibg is estimated at
£lO.OOO. The building (which was merely rented by Messrs.
Ellis and Co.) is insured for about £2700. The stock was
also insured, but it is understood that the loss will exceed
the amount of insurance by about £2OOO.

THE FLOATING ISLAND.--This curious formation has
nearly all sunk below the surface of Derwentwater, although
the lake is unusually low at this time.—Carlisle Patriot.
AFFECTING ANECDOTE or THE RETREAT FROM GHUZ-
NEE.—The death of Lieutenant Lumsden and his young wife
is confirmed, and the details of their fate as now narrated are
of a most melancholy and painful character. It is stated,
that when he fell desperately wounded, his young wife threw
herself upon his body, and implored him not to leave her to
fall into the hands of the enemy ; when he, with a last effort,
drew his pistol from his belt and put an end first to her suf-
ferings arid then to his own.—Calcutta Star.

T►►n ROOT CROP.—The farmers are busily employed in
all parts of the country in harvesting their crops of winter
potatoes, and the weather is peculiarly favourable in York-
shire and in Lancashire for these important operations, as
welt as for cleansing the land and leading off the wiseals. The
turnips are nearly at their full growth, and ready for getting,
though the Swedes will keep in the ground till February or
March without injury. This crop is not so heavy as was ex-
pected, the summer having been too dry for the bulbs to at-
tain at their usual growth.—Leeds Mercury
AMSTERDAM, Ocr. 13.—The Austrian frigate Bellona, of
66 guns, commanded by the Archduke of Austria, bound
from Portsmouth for Holland, is stated in a letter from the
Texel of the 12th of this month to have stranded on the
previous evening, in a thick fog, on the Erisland ; the masts
were immediately afterwards cut away and the guns thrown
overboard, but soon afterwards the back was broken, and the
frigate partly went to pieces during the night. One hundred
and forty-nine of the crew, including eleven officers, were
brought on shore by the safety boat, but the remainder of the
crew were drowned.—October 14.—We yesterday copied
f►orn the Zeepost a report of the loss of the Bellona, but as
we have received no information of this event this morning,
either from the Texel or the Helder, we have made all possible
inquiries at houses who have correspondents at the Texel and
the Helder. None of them, nor the Austrian Consul, nor
the governors of these provinces, who have letters from the
Helder dated yesterday, have received any intimation of such
a disaster. Now, as the shipping lists of yesterday, the 13th,
received this morning from the Helder, do not mention it,
the report given in the Zeepost, if not a mere fiction, certain!),
requires confirmation, At all events, the Archduke is in
England, and cannot have been on board the ship.—
Ilandelsblad.

IMPORTANT INVENTION. POWERFUL CHECK TO
HORES.—We are happy to learn, that Mr. Miller, of
Lothian-street, an ingenious saddler in this city, has devised
a mode capable of preventing even the strongest and wildest
horse from escaping the control of his rider or driver. On
Wednesday last Mr. Miller made a public trial of his inven-
tion in Queen-street, in presence of Professor Dick, Mr.
Wordsworth, and a number of individuals, including seve-
ral of the country gentlemen, and all of approved knowledge.
For this purpose, a strong, active, hard pulling, and notori-
ous runaway horse was procured, and yoked in a gig, when
Mr. Miller boldly took his seat, and requested some of the
company to irritate the animal, with which desire they re-
luctantly complied. Off set the horse, but he had scarcely
made a few springs when Mr. Miller at once subdued him.
bringing him to a literal stand still. This was repeated seve-
ral times, every means being employed to provoke still
further the restive animal ; but he was as often brought up
by Mr. Miller, and apparently with a ready facilit • Al
present expressed themselves delighted and- surprised,
of notl
more by the efficiency than the neatness and simplicity
the invention.—Edinburgh Standard.

NEw Foon FOR llogsEs.—A proposition has been made
to the French Minister of War by a M. Longchamp to try
a new method of feeding horses, which, he asserts, will pro-
duce a vast saving in the amount of forage necessary for the
army. This gentleman proposes to make a sort of bread,
three-fourths potatoes and the rest oatmeal, with which the
horses are to be fed in place of oats. The average quantity
of oats for a horse per day M. Longcamp estimates to be 1011>
costing about thirteen sous. lie proposes to replace this
food by 101 b. of the bread made with oats and potatoes,
the
price of which will be only five sous, leaving a saving of eiala
sous a day. As there are 80,000 horses in the army, a saving,ari
would arise on the whole of the cavalry of 11,680,000 '
a year. M. Longchamp considers this food be urrer
nu-
tritious than the food generally given to horses,to
imperfectly masti-
cated, of the oats taken by a horse is i.u3esP for the great
eare allowed to
cated, and therefore the nutritive q
remain latent. Heat and moisture,
he
ef
the fecula of oats,
ualidheclares, are neces-
sary to bring forth fully the qualities
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and this can be procure
oistened and we'l
been m
procured most effectually by subjecting it to
the heat of an oven, after having
mixed up.

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