The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-27 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MANCHESTER, APRIL 2G.—Not quite so favourable
an account of business in Liverpool appears to have
lessened the activity of the New York cotton market,
but without affecting prices ; while a decline in the ex-
cess of receipts to 360,000 has somewhat strengthened
the southern markets., which are quoted ic. higher.
But there is no return of confidence in cotton, either in
Liverpool or Manchester. The settled opinion of con-
sumers seems to be, that their safety lies in buying only
from hand to mouth ; hence the limited amount of busi,
ness in the article, and the failure of every attempt to
obtain the least advance of price. This caution in
regard to the raw material is naturally extended to
yarns and. goods. No parties are disposed to
buy largely ; and, therefore, our market is inanimate,
and the amount of business inconsiderable in yarns,
and but moderate in goods • though there is rather
more inquiry to-day for clothsi of the lighter fabrics,
such as jacconets, ina,dapollams, printers, and some
kinds of shirtings. Relatively, there has been less
done in yarn than in clot. As regards the prices
of yarns, there is now, in the medium and lower counts,
so small a margin between the cost and the rates
latterly demanded, as to have produced, during the last
two or three weeks, a do'gged sort of firmness, upon
which buyers can make no impression. The general
characteristic is, therefore, that of marked steadiness.
If any articles are to be excepted from this statement,
they are some of the medium counts of warps, in which,
however, there is no quotable change. In goods, there
is fully as decided a firmness as in yarns.
RoesnALE, April 25.—The flannel market still con-
tinues good, notwithstanding it is that time of tne year
when it is usually fiat. The manufacturers have ob-
tained an advance upon their goods to meet the price
of the raw material. The price of wool is still on the
advance, and some sorts are becoming very scarce, more
especially broke wool and noils.
HALIFAX, April 23.—There were more persons in our
piece hall to-day than for some weeks past, but we can-
not learn that much business has been transacted in any
description of worsted good 4. The merchants are shy
of giving out orders for yarn, at the rates asked by the
spinners ; but where orders are given out, those rates
are submitted to. There is not much doing in wool,
and no change in the quotations.

DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. --It affords
us much pleasure to be enabled to inform our readers
more especially the commercial public, that the directors
of this company have finally closed upon the terms
for constructing the completion of the line from Castle-
blayney to Enniskillen. Messrs. Killen and Moore,
Brothers, were on Thursday declared the contractors for
the sum of 235,0001., they undertaking to have it
opened to Clones within the present year, and fully com-
pleted to Enniskillen in 1854. The line will thus join
the Sligo and Enniskillen, and the Londonderry and En-
niskillen Railways at the fair green of Enniskillen, and
nearly the whole of the north-west Irish traffic will thus
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way, in 'Wales, thus effecting, on tliat route, a savin
of fifty miles on the Chester and Holyhead line of ra
way. The advantage which must ensue to the trade
and port of Dundalk from the completion of this im-
portant line cannot be over-estimated, and we deiire, in
connexion with the subject, to record our warmest ap-
preciation of the exertions of Sir John Mac Neill in
bringing about the speedy consummation of his labours
with regard to the Dundalk and Enniskillen line. The
works will be commenced forthwith, and pushed for-
ward expeditiously, and thus a great impulse will be
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