The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1 8"5 3.

THE WOOLLEN TRADE..

(From the Leeds Mercury of this day.)
Foreign and colonial wools have been in better demand
during the past week, and the finer qualities more espe-
cially, which had been little inquired after of late. Prices
are firm at recent quotations. _ _

In the English Wool market sales have been without
any material change this week. Fresh arrivals of wool
at market are small, and prices very firm.
In the Liverpool wool market a steady demand for
wool at full prices. Stocks continue low. Imports dur-
ing the past week have been :-126 Magadore, 111
Spanish, 80 East India, 20 Havre, 457 Buenos Ayres,
170 Italian, 1,300 Alpaca, and 1,200 Peruvian.
With regard to the London wool trade the public
sales are expected to take place about the 26th of May.
The arrivals since the last series have been about 21,000
bales from the colonies, and 10,000 or 12,030 bales more
are expected before the next auctions commence. The
imports into London during the week ending to-day have
been-9,961 bales, of which 4,289 are from Port Philip,
2,321 from Sydney, 102 from Bombay, 612 from the
Cape, and the rest from Odessa, &c.
. .

The woollen markets of Leeds have been rather brisk
and animated this week : about an average trade was
done on Saturday and Tuesday in the cloth halls. There
was a good business done in Meltons of thin texture,
and in various coloured mixtures, also in double milled
cloths. There has been a very quiet week in the ware-
houses connected with the home trade ; the shipping
houses continue busy in heat), goods, but very little is
doing at present in the exportation of ordinary woollen
cloths.

BRADFORD WORSTED MARKET, ARRIL s.—There is a
quietness in the wool market, no one being disposed to
buy for more that immediate use. Noils and brokers
are eagerly sought up, and there are no stacks in spin-
ners' hands. There is a fair demand for pieces. In co-
bourgs the low qualities are principally run upon, the
fine being scarcely looked at. Neither spinners nor ma-
nufacturers can make their business answer who depend
on present purchases of wool or yarn.
HOSIERY.—TRADE or LEICESTER.—A large quantity
of goods contracted for by the large wholesale houses
have been sent off this week, both in the regular hosiery
and fancy branches, as well for the home as the shipping
demand, and the belief that their purchases are safe, se-
cures a full confidence in having placed their orders well.
The present advance both of wages and worsted is not
realised ; and the great advance on worsted goods con-
nected with the summer season coming on, induces shop-
keepers to hold off their purchases until their stock is
off. The demand for all kinds of cotton hosiery, fancy
goods, socks, and gloves continues active ; and wages
are advancing. Worsted yarns have again advanced
Id.. per lb., and even then the spinners report that their
price is not adequate to the late advance in wools. The
wool market is not so active as lately reported ; an opi-
nion is gaining ground that it has seen its highest price,
and no orders for manufactured goods are entered into
at the extreme prices now asked by the spinners.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.

Both fruit and vegetables were in fair average supply,
and steady demand, at fully last week's prices. The
imports from the continent have been large.
FRUIT.—Pine apples, 8s Od. to 12s Od ; hot-house grapes,
lOs to 15s ; Hambro ditto, Os to Os Od per lb ; apples, dessert,
lOs. Od to 13s Od ; cooking ditto, 6s to 12s per bushel ; pears,
Os Od to Os per dozen ; lemons, is to 2s Od ; oranges,
4s to 9s per 100 ; pomegranates, Od to Od each ; almonds,
5s per peck ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bushel ; cob-nuts,
s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; straw-
berries, 9d to is 6d per ounce.
VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, is to 2s Od ; Brussels sprouts,
2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 2s to 4s ; greens,
4s Od to 6s per dozen bunches ; French beans, is to 2s per
100 ; asparagus, 5s to 9s per bundle ; sea-kail, 2s Od to
2s 6d per basket ; rhubarb, 9d to is 6.1 per bundle ; cauli-
flowers, Od to Os per dozen ; potatoes, 100 s to 1658 per ton ;
turnips, 3s Od to 4s Od ; carrots, 6s Od to 8s Oct per dozen
bunches ; cucumbers, Os 6d to is 6d each ; celery, 9d to
is 6d per bundle ; spinach, 2s Od to 3s 6d per half sieve ;
onions, 4s Od to 5s Od per bushel ; beet, is Od to J s
per dozen ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6d. to 8d ;
garlic, 6d to 8d per lb ; endive, 2s 6d to 3s Od per score ;
small salad, Od per punnet ; horse-raddish, is Od to 3s td
per bundle ; mushrooms, is 6cl to 2s Od per bottle ; parsley,
2s Od to 3s Od per dozen bunches ; turnip greens, is 3d
to is 6d per bushel.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Geese, 4s Od. to 7s Od ; Turkeys, 48 Od to 8s each ; Ducks
2s 3d to 3s 3d; tame Rabbits, is 4d to is 10d; wild ditto, 8d
to is 2d; Pigeons, 7d to 9d each; roasting Pigs,4s 6d to 70d
each; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 9s 6d; ditto Chickens, 5s Od
to 7s Od; barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od per couple;
Pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; Par; ridges, Os Od to Os Od; Hares,
2s Od to 2s 9d; Leverets,Ws Od. to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d
to 3s 6d; Grouse, Os to Os Od; Snipes, 9+l to is 6d; Teal,
6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od • Widgeons, Oct to
is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, 7s Od to
8s 3d; French ditto, 6s 3d to 7s Od. per 120; fresh Butter,
ls Od to is 2d per lb.