The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-25 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

We are extremely happy to state, that the favourable
appearances which have been recently manifested in the
trade of this town have been fully maintained within the
last few days. On Saturday there was more demand than
usual, though, being the conclusion of the race we...k, it
was not a day when much business is expected. Yester-
day, too, there was an increased demand for goods, though
still at prices which will hardly defray the cost of produc-
tion. Should the present demand continue, however, the
price's must improve, as the production of hand-made cloth
has been so greatly reduced, that the markets must soon
become very bare of stock. The cation market, too, con-
tinues to look up, and there has been a steady and gradual
advanceof a halfpenny to three farthings per pound, from
the lowest point of depression.—Manchester Mercury,
LIM!, 23.
Since our last, we understand, there has been rather an
increased demand for goods. Whether it has arisen from
an accidental influx of buyers, or from a real improvement
in trade, we are at a loss to determine; but we think we
have Rome grounds for believing that things are mending
rather than becoming worse. 111 the mean time, according
to the report of the Committee of Kelief, thesdistress of the
poor continues to he as great as it was ten weeks ago.—
Morscheatee Journal.

LIN LI T ticow.—Perhaps no town in Scotland has suffered
so severely during these distressing times as Linlithgow,
which never hail much trade, but has lost the little it had,
almost entirely. Except one or two, all the most con-
siderable works in and around the town have stopped, in
c msequence of the failure of the proprietors. Among
these are a print-field, which employed about one hundred
men, an extensive paper-mill, three tanneries, and three
pretty large distilleries, which perhaps employed as many
more. There have been several failures, too, among the
retail shopkeepers, and among the shoemakers, who make
shoes for exportation. The trading capital of the place,
in short, has been destroyed, and a great number of the
labourers and workmen thrown idle. It is remarkable that
while Linlithgow has suffered so much, not one Were of
any magnitude has taken place in Falkirk, though it de-
pends very much on trade. But the works of Carron,
which are one great source of support to the latter town,
have been very little affected by the dulness of the times,
and have scarcely in any respect reduced the scale of their
oyerationa.

• The distress so generally ft lt among the manufacturing
classes has not failed to visit the weavers of Crieff'and its
neighbourhood ; yet it is highly creditable for them that
they bore their harpships with becoming patience, and it is
most gratifying for us to be enabled to add, that their
praiseworthy conduct has not been overlooked by the sur-
rounding proprietors, who have come forward, and engaged
all such as were inclined to labour at country work. The
consequence has been, that such as would hire, now receive
superior wages to what they could make at their own bu-
siness. One proprietor has got about 150 of these men
employed in making roads, levelling grounds, and embank-
ing part of the river Kam