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It appt.„rs -..,-cra; 1)1 the lianl; IIIVOIVell • " inuuij. "f;1 llai■uct:, (MM. The extensive works of Messrs. Brown and Powell, calico-printers, Stockport, were finally closed on Saturday. One consequence will be the throwing out of employment about 1,500 hands, and for the present withdrawing from circulation upwards of 1,000/. per week, which the firm has long paid in wages. This is likely to be a most severe blow to the shopkeepers in the immediate vicinity of the works.—Leeds Paper, [Messrs. Brown and Powell are parties by whose insolvency the Man- chester and Liverpool District Bank will lose an immense stun.]
At a meeting of shareholders of the London and Birmingham Rail- way, at Birmingham, on Thursday, a dividend of 3!-1 per cent, for six months was declared.
The Great Western having been completely refitted during her stay at Pater, a new quarter-deck having been built, and increased stowage- room provided for upwards of fifty tons, sailed on Monday on her first voyage for New York this season. She carries a hundred and seven passengers ; among whom is Captain Hudson, of the Guards, with Go- vernment despatches, upwards of eight thousand letters, and a full carg,o of British manufactured goods, consisting of silks, Irish poplins, and cotton goods. She is expected to return about the 7th of March.
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