The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-11 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 10.—For cop yarns the market has
been rather easier to-day. Sellers are asking the same prices
as they did on Friday, but practically buyers find they have
a little advantage. This is accounted for partly by the fiat
accounts to hand from the Liverpool cotton market and
partly by the uneasiness which exists respecting the money
market. In bundle yarn prices are tolerably firm, and there
has been a fair amount of business done for India, at the
extreme prices of last week. .All kinds of hank yarns are
firm, the spinners of them being to a great extent under
contract. On the whole, a rather quiet market is reported,
and the aggregate business for all quarters has not been
large. In cloths there has not been much doing since
last Tuesday ; and there has not been much change to-day.
Buyers have shown but very little disposition to operate, and
the saleshevo been extremely limited. Where sales havebeen
effected they have mostly been made at lower prices. There is
no very great pressure to sell either on the part of the manufac-
turers or holders, but manufacturers in nearly all cases are
willing to make very fair concessions on the prices they re-
cently quoted for the purpose of effecting business. This
applies to the generality of India fabrics, and, indeed, to
cloths of all descriptions, with the exception of 45-inch
shirtings, which appear to keep their value better than most
other goods. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report Our
market since last Tuesday has been most inanimate, and
though there was, perhaps, yesterday a slightly more cheer-
ful feeling, the business to-day has been trifling. We cannot,
therefore, test the actual decline ; bat in most cases manu-
facturers would be willing to make some concessions on our
quotations." Messrs. John Fender and Co., in their semi-
' monthly circular for India, dated yesterday, say that China
shirtings (including figured and brocaded) and Calcutta
goods have been in small demand during the past fortnight.
They quote 81Ib China shirtings at 21s 6d to 22s 6d per
piece. For Bombay there has been a moderate business*
39-inch 61b shirtings are quoted 16s to 168 3d; 71b ditto,
17s Gd to 18s 3d, 45. inch have been in good demand, and
are still wanted ; 71b command 18s 9d ; 81b, 21s Gd to 22s ;
and 91b. 25s Gd to 25s 9d. Long cloths are quoted 2s bd to
2s Gd per lb for ordinary quality. T-cloths are quoted from
2a. 5d up to 2s7id per ib, according to quality, but are dull,
and in little inquiry. Common 40's yarns, they say, fetched
331 d yesterday, and best were quoted 36d per lb.
LEEDS, 10th.—There has been a moderate attendance of
buyers in the cloth halls this morning, but the amount of
business done was not large, purchases being very much con-
fined to miscellaneous lots of heavy fabrics, tweeds, and or-
dinary black cloths. Neither the export nor the hoer
trade was se brisk as we lately had to report ; but theme
wealll
tone of the trade is cheerful, and manufacturers are
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employed. Wools and other raw materials arkind;
price, and the name may be said as to the price! allo°very brisk,
of woollen and union fabrics. The flax trade
and the prices of thread, yarn, and linen keel' advancing.
upward The raw material also is very high, with
a consequent high
ten-
dency. The scarcity of cotton, and. viery much, and th©
price, have stimulated the flax trade
flax mills of this town were, hns ' never busier thanin the hands of
they are at present. The flax lr i
Ade hors is
a faw large and wealthy Arms-
NOTTINGHAM, WM."'/love was a fair attendance of
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merchants and manufacturers at _ this Exch banme-h a-- to-day,
but the demand was quiet, the advanced rate of discount
at the Bank of England
causing buyers to hold off. Con-
sequently, only a
limited business was done either in lacy
or hosiery yarnaf There rather and prices were nominally
was more unaltered.dois
Very little change in silks.
in brown net,' and prices had a tendency to harden.
ROCHDALE, 9th.—There has been a moderate attendance
of buyers in the flannel market to day, and they bought
goods
freely, chiefly of heavy
The finer qualities are not
selling so briskly as wo lately had to report, but some pat-
terns are in ac,ive request. The manufacturers are all well
employed, and stocks are within a very reasonable compass
in their hands. There is no falling off in the demand for
Yorkshire goods, which sell well at high prices. Other
goods, too, as also wool, keep firm in price.