The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-29 00:00:00

THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

(From the Leeds Mercuru of this day.)
LEEDS, April 28.—Although there is a depressed tone
and a'general want of confidence during the present un-
certain state of affairs, which-necessarily-causes the greatest
caution in the ordinart operations of trade, yet there con-
tinues to be a fair business done in the woollen cloth trade.
The market, on , Saturday, was well attended by both
merchants and manufacturers. There was considerable
briskness, and a Urge quantity of cloth was sold. On
Tuesday the msrket was flat and quiet, and only a very
limited business was done. The trade in the warehouses
is not brisk, but there is a steady- quiet business doing,
and wider the circumstances of,the country, quite as much
as most persons expect.
HUDDERSFIELD, April 25.—We have. had several flat
markets in succession, but to-day is reported to have been
worse than any for some time back. There were but few
buyers in attendance, and manufacturers feel uneasy at the
downward tendency in prices. Wool has undergone no
material alteration. _ _

ROCHDALE, April 24.—We have had another dull, heavy,
sluggish market; with little or nothing doing. The wool
market has been remarkably quiet, and the manufacturers
buy for immediate use only. Fine, wool may be quoted
at a ahad3 easier, but low-priced.

MABKET NE Ws--(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.

Onr market has been steady to-day ; yet, as the supplies
have been extensive, the quotations had a downward
tendeucy. •
FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, ,6s Oct to 10s Od each ;
ditto colonial, is Od to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes,
8s to lOs ; foreign ditto, is 6d to 3a Od per lb ;. apples,
6s to 8s per bush ; pears, 3s to 6s Od per doz. ; lemons,
9d to 2s Od ; oranges 4s 6d to 128 per 100 ; almonds, 2a
to 3sper lb.; Barcelona nuts, 24a per bush.; cob-nuts, 110 s
to 120 s per 100Ibs ; chesnuts, 2s to 43 per peck ; filberts,
85s to 100 s per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to is Gd per 100 ;
strawberries, 6d to 9d per ounce.
VEGETABLn.—Cabbages, 9d to is 6d ; Brussels sprouts,
1s Od. to 2s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 9d to is 6d per bund.;
greens. 3s 6d. to 6s Od per doz. bunches ; French beans, 9d
to is Gd per 100 ; potatoes,' 110 s to 170 s per ton ;
new ditto, 9d to is 6d per lb. ; asparagus, 4s to 9s-per 100 ;
sea-kuil, 9d to 2s •per punnet ; garlic, 8d to is per lb.
young turnips, Is 6d to, is 9d ; young carrots, 2s Od pbr
bunch ; cucumbers, Os 6d to is Od each ; celery, 9d to
Is 6d • per bundle ; spinach, Os 6d to is Od per sieve;
onions, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s
per doz. ; leeks, lid to 2d per bunch ; shallots, stl to 8d ;
horse-raddish, 2s Od. to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 3s 6d to
5s Od per half sieve ; rhubarb, Os 2d to Os 10d per
bundle ; endive, 2s to 4s Od per score ; beet, is to 2s 6d
per dozen bunches ; parsnips, 6d to is Od per dozen ; small
salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is to is 3d per
pottle ; artichokes, 3s to 5s Od per doz. ; cabbage lettuces,
Gd to 8d per score ; warrel, 6d to is Od per half sieve.

NEVTGATE AND LEADENHALL. •
• Turkey poults, 5s to 7s ; Goslings, 5s 6d to 7s each ; Duck-
lings, 2s to 4s; tame Rabbits, is to is 6d ; wild do , 8d
to is 2d ; Guinea Fowls, 3s to 3s 3d ; Pigeons, 7d to 9d
each; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens; 5s Od
to 6s 6d; barn-door Fowls, is 9d to 3s 3d per couple;
Capons, 3s to 4s Od ; Chickens, 2s Od to 2s 6d per couple ;
leverets, 3s 01 to 4s Od each. English Eggs, 7s 6d to
8s 6d; French ditto, 5s Oct to 7s Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh
butter, 9s to lls ; English, lOs to 15s per, dozen.