The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-22 00:00:00

SPATE OF TRADE.

( Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MANCHESTER, April 21.—We have to' report a con-
tinuance of the demand which arose last week .for mule
and water twist, and shirtings and other goods adapted to
the market of India and China ; and the degrees in which
these articles are bought up enables the producers to ob-
tain an advance of fully id. per lb. upon yarns, about lid.
per lb. per piece upon the lighter, and fully 3d. per piece
upon the heavier shirtings. For some other markets,
also, there is a moderate business going on in some descrip-
tions of cloths; and the German merchants, catching a
little of the improved spirit, are executing any orders they
may have, and even venturing upon limited anticipate/7
purchases. The turn-out at Stockport has rather improved
24s and 28s warps and the lower numbers of pincops. To
a large extent prices now exhibit a decided firmness, at a
point slightly ebove that to which they lately receded ; but
we hardly think that the tone of this market yesterday
and to-day is quite equal tQ what it was on Tuesday. It
appears that there is a daily increasing number of the old
hands returning to work at Ps eston; and that, at Stock-
port, there are signs of acquiescence among the weavers in
the necessity for a reduction of wages in the present de-
pressed state of trade. These circumstances seem to have
sligttly modified the previous buoyancy. There are some
kinds of yarns and goods which have not felt the late im-
provement, especially ,such as aremore particularlyadapted
for the home trade. , We find, however, that the home-
trade houses aae beginning to experience some increase of
demand, and the manufacturers are consequently doing a
little more in domestics for instance. At Liverpool the
tendency ofs the raw material is to harden, although in
America, according to the last advices, prices were rather
unfavourably affected by the first discouraging news from
this side of the Atlantic.

BRADFORD, April 20.—Wool—The transactions in wool
of all kinds suitable for combing purposes continue limited,
and the prices which recent sales have commanded are
such as to deter the country dealers from sending forward
fresh supplies till they see at what rates new clips will
be bought. Noils and brokes without change. Yarns—
The demand for yarns is not active, but the prices which
have recently been submitted to entail a great loss to
the spinner, and the production is daily lessened. There
are no stocks on hand, and the spool trade is so flat as
wholly to prohibit spinning beyond two or three days a week.
Pieces—The long continuance of such fine weather gives a
tone of confidence in the prospect of approaching plenty, and
produces the feeling that things have seen their lowest, and
associated with the fact that wool has now assumed a
stand, these influences are telling on the market. As this
is the season when large engagements are usually entered
into, it is not probable that ere long we may see symptoms
of increased activity. The prices at which goods have been
selling for some time past, are far below the cost of pro-
duction.

NOTTINGHAM, April 20.—This week has been almost
entirely devoted to holidays, consequently little or no
business has been doing either in the lace or hosiery
trade—very few buyers having been here, and their
purchases being quite of a retail character. A few Ame-
ricans keep coining over, but at present it appears they
are determined to wait until the latest moment to make
their purchases; as they seem decided on having all the
advantage in thempower of buying on their own terms,
owing to the present temporary derangement caused' in
our mercantile affairs by war. Hosiery yarn is without
any change in price. Lace yarn is a mere, trifle more in
favour of buyers.—Nottingh,a2n, Journal.