The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Ang. 18.—A very large business
has been done in yarn to-day, and many old par-
cels have been cleared out of the market, some of
which had been in stock since last year. The buy..
ing has been chiefly for Chins, India, the Mediter-
ranean, and home trade. Yarns of all descriptions
are now exceedingly scarce, and an advance of
prices is reported of 31. to ld. per lb. on both
kinds. Spinners being well under contract this
advance has been obtained without much difficulty.
The market closes strong at the advance. For
cloths we have had a steady, continuous demand for
the last six or seven days, and a fair amount of
business has been done at last Tuesday's prices.
To-day business has been checked a little in con-
sequence of manufacturers having asked rather
higher rates, to cover to some extent the advance
in the cost of cotton, but still the market continues
good, the demand being of a more general character
than of late. The demand for India is still chiefly
in the lighter makes of cloth, but it also embraces
48-inch and 50 to 54-inch shirtings, which are prin.
cipally in request for Bombay and Calcutta, and as
there are fewer makes of these, the prices are rather
better for them than of the lighter fabrics. As
showing the more general character of the demand
litmaybe mentioned that amongst the fabrics in
request are the heavier descriptions, including long
cloths, T-clothe, and domestics, partly for India and
for the Levant and for the home trade. Some of
the orders given out have been heavy, and we hear
of several mills having been re-opened. Messrs.
John Slagg and Co., in their report of the cloth-
market this day, observe :—" There is no new fea-
ture in the market since Tuesday last. We con-
tinue to have a very steady general demand for
goods, and a fair amount of business has been done
at the full quotations of last week. Owing to the
state of the cotton-market and the reduction of
stocks many parties are asking an advance, and
business to-day has in consequence been restricted."
LEEDS, 18th.—The improvement lately noticeable
in the woollen cloth trade of this town and district
is keeping up well. To-day there was a good at-
tendance both of buyers and sellers, and at the close
of the market a considerable bulk of goods were
found to have been sold, and were removed from
the halls. The warehouse trade, too, is active,
there being a full average amount of orders making
up as well by the export houses as those in the
home trade. Heavy goods, such as have lately
been mentioned in these serene, continue to corn.
mand the chief attention. There is a little doing in
light fabrics for female dresses, and not much in
ordinary cloths. The wool market is active, and
prices are firm.
NOTTINGHAM, 18th.—`there was about the usual
attendance at the Exchange-hall to-day, and lace
yarns were held at fully Friday's rates. In hosiery
yarns there is more doing, and extreme prices may
be quoted. There was no material change in the
value of silks. The demand for brown nets was
again very slow, and prices may be written about
the same as last week.

ROCHDALE, 17th.—There has been a rood de-
mand for fitunel to-day, and. the trade is altogether
active, both the plain and fancy
departments ex-
perienciug a call for
goods us fast as they can be
produced. Indeed, manufacturers might have more
orders at the current rates, but there is it disposi-
tion to stand out for an advance, the price of wool
keeping very high, and some kinds having an up-
ward ttnclency. There is also a good detw,tud ter
Yorkbhire geode, and prices are quite firm.