be Cowan.
The time for attending to the registration is very near. On the 20th of June the Overseers publish their notices, calling upon all who are qualified to vote for County Members to put in their claims before the 20th of July.
The number of members of the Birmingham Political Union was on Saturday last 8036. A public meeting of the Unionists and of the inhabitants of Birmingham generally is to be held on Monday, "to take into consideration the state of the country."
At Manchester, there are 50,000 hands out of employ, and most of the large establishments are working only half time. At Wigan, which is not a large place, there are-4000 weavers totally unable to get work. Unless a stimulus is shortly given to commerce, persons who have the means of forming the most correct opinion say that half a million of hands, at least, will be idle iii the manufacturing districts in the very worst time of the year.—Morning Chronicle. We are sorry to say that trade in the Manchester district continues in a very depressed state ; and the consequence is a scarcity of employ- ment and low wages for the operatives, amongst whom, we regret to
observe, distress prevails to a most deplorable extent.—.11eacK:tcr Courier.
We have no alteration to report in the state of the woollen business this week ; the same want of activity which has marked it for some time being still obvious.—Leeds Mercury.
We are sorry to state that the business of the Potteries is in a very depressed state, especially with those houses that are in the American trade. Sonic manufacturers have entirely suspended operations for the present, and others are working only one or two or three days a week.—Staffordshire Advertiser.
We regret that we cannot announce any improvement in the state of trade in Nottingham. There has been one failure of a respectable lace concern since our last. The number of operatives employed by public subscription on the roads is nearly 1,000. The relief committee, after anxious deliberation, came to the decision on Monday evening, that in future the wages allowed could be only eight shillings a week on day work.—Nottingliam Review.
The house of Ramsbottom and Co., of Manchester, is said to have fail for 200,000/. ; the highly respectable firm of Bolton, Ogden, and Co., of Liverpool, have suspended payment ; and the largest Liverpool commission house, that of William and James Brown and Co., has ob- tained assistance from the Bank of England, to the extent, it is stated, of 600,000/.
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