The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER, JAN. s.—There was little change to report
in the state of the market yesterday. The improved feeling
which we noticed yesterday a week ago continued without
change; and many of the spinners, with some of the manu-
facturers of printing cloths, demanded higher prices, which,
however, the buyers were not disposed to give, and conse-
quently but little business was done. Indeed, at this season,
and especially with some probability of severe frost and con-
sequent interruption of the canals, not much activity can be
expected in the absence of speculative inquiry ; and the ten-
dency of prices has been so long and so uniformly downward,
that some time must elapse before buyers can be induced to
make any considerable purchases in anticipation of their
actual wants.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JAN. 3--
The market to-day is scarcely deserving that name. Few
buyers have attended, and very little business has been trans-
acted at any prices. There has been another failure this last
week amongst those manufacturers who make for the Black-
water market. The " new market," which may be consi-
dered as the opening of the business for the year, will be
held on Monday next, the 10th instant.

HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JAN. 4.—A general dulness
pervaded this market, and the business done was of the most
unsatisfactory description, both in quantity and price.
Buyers were numerous ; but evidently reluctant to give any-
thing like fair prices.

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF OSSORY.—The Right Rev.
Dr. Fowler, Lord Bishop of Ossory, Leighlin, and Ferns,
died on Friday last, at the Palace, Kilkenny, aged 75.
The paragraph stating the death of Mr. Charles Scott, of
Abbotsford, at Teheran, has not been corroborated by any
letter hitherto received either by Mr. J. G. Lockhart or at
the Foreign-office.—Dumfries Courier.
DUBLIN ELECTION..—Monday, the 24th instant, is stated
to be the probable day when this election will take place. The
liberals have determined to nominate Lord Morpeth.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday last Mr. James Spicer, a
retired gentleman of Uxbridge, left his home in his accus-
tomed health, for the purpose of proceeding to London by
the Great estern Railway. Shortly after the train had
started he complained of indisposition to the person who sat
next him, who happened to be a surgeon. When the train
stopped this gentleman tried to bleed Mr. Spicer, but life
was extinct.

THE MURDER OF THE BOY MAGUIRE.—Another knife
has been found near the place where the murder was com-
mitted, which was marked with blood. It was brought to
Kilmainham by Sub-Inspector Durham, for the purpose of
ascertaining whether it could be identified by any of the wit-
nesses confined there ; and, on its being exhibited to the
sister-in-law of Delahunt, she fainted, but, on recovering
herself, acknowledged that it was her property. A woman
who resides in Britain-street, next door to Mrs. Delahunt,
also stated that she knew the knife to be Mrs. Delahunt's,
as she had often borrowed it from her. The witness also
positively states that she saw the prisoner sharpening the
knife in Mrs. Delahnnt's room, on the Saturday evening
previous to the murder.—Dublin Paper.
FRIbLITFUL MURDER OF AN IDIOT.—We have copied
from a contemporary an account of one of the most diaboli-
cal outrages ever perpetrated in any country, even amongst
savage tribes. It is the murder of a poor idiot, under cir-
cumstances of the most shocking barbarity. Unwilling to
believe in the possibility of such a fiendish crime, the per-
petrators being described as military gentlemen on a visit
near Philipstown, we expressed our disbelief of the statement;
but justbefore going to press we learned, with horror, that
the outrage actually occurred, and that the description given
by our contemporary is correct in all material particulars.—
Dublin Evening Post.
ANOTIIER CALAMITOUS FIRE IN MANCHESTER.—OD
Friday evening last, about nine o'clock, an alarm of fire was
given, which was found to be at the weaving-mill and
calender-house in Bateman's-buildings, Manchester. The
fire commenced on the part occupied by the late Mr. E.
Dickinson, calenderer, acc., and which raged with such fury
that in about an hour that part of the premises, six stories
high, was a complete ruin ; not anything worth notice was
saved. The loss will probably be about £5,000. There were
two rooms over the calender-room filled with looms, which
were all burnt. The principal part of the weaving establish-
ment being separated from the premises burnt down by a
wall, did not receive much injury ; but, as the steam-engine
was much damaged, all the bands employed will, necessarily,
be thrown out of work for some time to come. No lives
were lost, nor is any one injured.

FRAM) ON LORD STANLEY.—In the early part of last
week a middle-aged man of respectable appearance and plau-
sible manner, called at the colonial office, and enquired for
Lord Stanley, who, he was informed, was on a visit to her
majesty, at Windsor Castle. He then said he was commis-
sioned by the principal officers of the custom-house to deli-
ver to Lord Stanley the box he had with him, and which con-
tained a magnificent chandelier, intended as a Christmas pre-
sent to Lady Stanley, from some of the foreign courts, and
he was instructed to say that thirty-five cases of wine had
been received, as a present to his lordship. He gave direc-
tions that the package he had with him should be carefully
attended to, and then pulled out of his pocket some papers
which appeared to be regular Custom-house certificates,
signed George Lamb. The regular dues, he said, amounted
to £3 ss. 4d., which was paid to him, and for which he
signed a receipt. On the return of his lordship to his man-
sion in St. James's-square, the package was opened with the
.greatest caution, and the valuable contents were found to
consist of a few brickbats. It is perhaps needless to say no
more of the wine has been discovered. The prisoner has
been apprehended.
THE TEN HOURS BILL.—The deputation of the short
time committee have had an interview with Mr. Gladstone,
the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and the impres-
sion left on the minds of all the members of the deputation
by that gentleman's bearing, was of the most favourable de-
scription, and gave rise to hopes of a cheering nature as to
the ultimate results of their labours, and the intention of the
Government, both with reference to the Ten Hours Bill, and
also to other measures deeply affecting the operative classes.
In the course of the conversation Mr. Gladstone said " You
may rest assured that I will devote my best attention to
them, in conjunction with the cabinet, and with an earnest
desire to discover and adopt those measures which may be
best calculated to put a stop to the evils you have described.
Where we may happen to differ, I feel a confidence (consi-
dering the candour, moderation, and intelligence which have
characterised your representations) that our motives and
opinions will receive from you a fair and liberal construction.
But, indeed, it is not fair to assume that we do or shall differ,
for the evils are palpable, demand immediate remedy, and
your claims are just and reasonable. The spirit and tendency
of your views are alike rational and conciliatory."
WILFUL MURDER AT BURNLEY.—On Friday last an in-
quest was held at the Turf Tavern, Burnley, before John
Hargreaves, Esq., touching the death of an old man of the
name of William Dugdale, who lived in a court in Eastgate.
The entrance into the court is effected by ascending some
steps from the street. The old man and his wife occupied
one of two cellars, the entrance to which is in the gable end
of the house. By the side of the steps which lead down to
the cellar of the aged couple, there are some other steps, lead-
ing to the upper part of the house, or first story. The ad-
joining cellar is occupied by a female of improper character.
It appears that, on Sunday night, about half-past twelve, two
men came into the area, and knocked at the old man's cellar
door, inquiring whether there were any women there. On
being answered in the negative, they ascended the adjoining
steps, and the old man went out to see what they wanted, or
who the men were. Previously to this, however, Ellen Nut-
tall, a female who lived in the other cellar, had gone out, and
on inquiring what the two men wanted, they threw some
ashes at her, and then ran away. It is supposed that the two
men, who were on the upper steps when the old man came
out, were not the same that had knocked at his door. While
the old man was talking to the two men on the steps, two
boys, named Benjamin Sugar and Thomas Stuttard, came
into the yard, and asked whether the men had been breaking
any windows. Immediately afterwards, as appeared from
the testimony of the boys, and from the old man's dying de-
claration, the men seized Dugdale, and threw him down the
cellar stairs. They then ran away. The old man, when he
was taken into the cellar, seemed to be in great suffering,
complaining of the pains in his head and sides. He lingered
in great agony until eight o'clock on the following morning,
when he expired. From the subsequent examination of the
body, it appeared that he had sustained serious injuries in the
small of his back and also in his head. The jury returned a
verdict of " wilful murder against some persons unknown."
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—By the following letter, which
appeared in the Belfast Commercial Chronicle of the 3d in-
stant, it will be observed that Dr. Cooke continues to enter-
tain sanguine hopes that there will be a satisfactory adjust-
ment of the unhappy differences that at present exist in the
Church of Scotland. We trust that the Doctor's most san-
guine anticipations may be fully realised, and we should hope
that in saying this we but give expression to what is the fer-
vent desire of every Protestant i❑ the empire :
" To the Editor of the Belfast Commercial Chronicle.
" Dear Sir,—l think it a duty I owe to the ministers,
elders, and people of the General Assembly, to state, that,
according to the latest information I have received, my 'con-
fidence' in the settlement of the affairs of the Church of Scot-
land, in a manner satisfactory to the Non-intrusion Com-
mittee, not only remains unchanged, but, in so far as any-
thing human may be called certain, amounts to certainty.
" In making this statement, I wish it to be distinctly under-
stood, as I formerly stated, that I disclaim all knowledge of
the opinion either of the premium or of the Cabinet. But,
at the same time, I have friends who, I believe, confide in
me, and in whom, at all events, I confide—and, relying upon
whose judgment, I do not hesitate to make this announce-
ment, as one that, I believe, will fully be realised.
" H. COOKE.

" Ormeau-road, lit Jan., 1841."

TIDE TABLE

Evn. i Height

Sundays, Holydays, 6-c

0. M. a. m. I F. 1.
Friday .. 7 743 817 12 5 Mars sets 711 59m. even.
Saturday 8 849 918 12 11 Lucian.
Sunday.. 9 946 10 9 13 6 Ist Sunday after Epiphany.
Monday .10 10 32 10 52 :4 4 Venus rises 71i 34m. morn
Tuesday .11 11 12 11 2g 15 1 New Moon.
Wednes .12 11 47 -- 15 8
Ibursdayl3 0 3 020 16 0 Camb. Lent Term begins.

NORTHERN HOSPITAL, JANUARY 1
ADMITTED. DISCHARGED.

9 Cured
Attending as Out Patients
19 Irregular
Died...

Le Hospital . . . 83