The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-18 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE,

MANCHESTER, Jan. 17.—For shipping yarns we
have again had a very quiet market, and lower prices
would have been submitted to had buyers felt dis-
posed to operate. There has, however, been very
little disposition for business of any kind in export
yarns ; and the market closes very quiet, with a
tendency downwards. In home-trade yarns we
have had a very slack market, and business has
been nearly at a stand. Prices are merely nominal,
but there has hardly been sufficient business
doing to test fairly the strength of the market.
In cloths business has been very quiet since last
Tuesday. Buyers have kept timidly aloof, and
have only ventured to offer small lots. In this
condition of the market the business has been small,
and confined to limited quantities required for im-
mediate use. There has not been much pressing of
goods on the market, from the fact that manufac-
turers are pretty well engaged with unfinished
orders, but the tendency of prices has been alto-
gether downwards. To-day we have had a very
flat market, with little or no disposition to buy, and
what sales have been effected have been made at lower
prices. The business actually done to-day has been
exceedingly small.
LEEDS, 17th.—The improvement noticed in last
Saturday's woollen cloth markets here has been
maintained to-day. There was a fair attendance of
buyers in the halls during business time, and opera-
tions were more brisk than was the case this day
se'nnight. Plain cloths of good and medium quali-
ties, spring meltons, and tweeds, with a sprinkling
of unions, formed the staple goods which changed
hands. The manufacturers were not overcharged
with stock, and prices were both steady and firm.
Wools fully maintain late quotations. The flax
trade is steady rather than brisk, and threads and
yarns are but in moderate request. Neither flax,
tow, nor hemp are in very great request, yet prices
keep high.
NOTTINGHAM, 17th.—There was a fair attendance
at this Exchange-hall to-day, but the demand for
lace yarns was limited, and coarse numbers were
rather lower as compared with last Tuesday's rates.
For fine numbers late prices were maintained.
Hosiery yarns a moderate sale, and previous rates
were supported. Silks made extreme prices. The
demand for brown nets was very dull, and prices
again in favour of the buyer.
ROCHDALE, 16th.—The attendance
.of buyers in
the flannel market to-day has been small, and their
purchases were made cautiously, so that no great
amount of goods changed hands. The Yorkshire
goods trade was equally dull, but the prices of such
goods, as well as those of flannels, were firm.
Manufacturers, notwithstanding the dull state of the
markets, are fairly employed, and that, too, in many
instances, on orders for early delivery. The local
wool trade is without animation, but holders are
stiff in their demands.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK LANE.

The arrivals of home-grown wheat, fresh up to our
market, to-day, were small. The trade, however, was by
no means active ; nevertheless, holders were firm in their
demands, and Monday's prices were supported.
With most descriptions of foreign wheat the market was
but moderately supplied. There was a great want of
activity in the trade, however, both for American and
Continental produce, yet prices ruled stationary.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates.
Good and fine malting barley was firm, at fully late rates.
Inferior barley—owing to the large supply of foreign pro-
duce on offer was dull, and business was done at low prices.
Malt changed hands to a moderate extent, at late rates.
The supply of oats on sale was moderately large. Sales,
generally speaking, progressed slowly at previous quota-
tions.

Beans were dull, at Monday's decline in prices. Peas
met a slow sale on former terms.

Flour was in moderate request, at late rates.
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Diglisbrand S cotch 350 120 520 1,290 930
Irish — 2,180
Foreign l7OO 850 6,790 sacks
brls.