The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

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~OFFICE, Six o'clock.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, Nov. 25.—The business of the present
week, in the medium and lower counts of water and
mule yarns, for home consumption and for shipment,
to the continent of Europe, has still consisted merely
of small individual purchases for the supply of imme-
diate wants. The moderate demand we have lately had
for 30's, 40's, and 50's mule twist on India account, has
not yet ceased ; but it is falling off. Altogether, there-
fore, the sales of the week have been very inconsiderable,
and the prices of last week are barely sustained. Some
articles may be had on rather lower terms, but in gene-
ral there is no quotable change. In the department
of goods, there has continued to be a limited call for
certain light fabrics, chiefly jacconets and skirtings,
from the India houses. The general characteristics
of the cloth market, however, has been that of great
dullness, with a tendency in prices against producers ;
but here, as in yarns, there is little quotable alteration.
GLASGOW, Nov. 25.—The beginning of the week the
market opened very quietly with little business doing,
and that iu favour of the buyer, but about, for the few
days, there was a slight change for the better, and
prices may be quoted the same.
LEICESTER, Nov. 24.—As a precautionary step, the
worsted spinners have further decreased production, the
wool staplers not being willing to recede in price beyond
a certain point, and are not pushing sales. There is,
however, a full average amount of business doing in the
warehouses for the present period of the year, though
mony more frames have been laid down, and work is
getting scarce.

STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

(Front the Leeds Mercury of this day.)

LEEDS, Nov. 25.—We have no change to report in
the state of the woollen cloth trade. The markets have
been well supported this week. Both on Saturday and
on Tuesday there was a good business done in the cloth-
halls ; and considering that on the latter day the town
was enveloped in a dense fog, which rendered it almost
impossible to transact business, a much larger quantity
of cloth was sold than might have been expected. The
trade in the warehouses is rather still and quiet, but
we believe the business that is doing is a seasonable
one, and not less than is usual at this period of the year.
HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 22.—There has been a better
demand for goods to-day than last week, although there
has not been any large quantity sold. Merchants have
generally offered prices that the manufacturers were un-
willing to take, as the reduction would have been more
than the recent fall in the price of wool would admit of.
A. fair business has been done in some of the wool ware-
houses.

ROCHDALE.—We have had but a slack market, and
notwithstanding the firm price of wool, the merchants
were offering less for flannels, and in numerous instances
it was taken. Wool maintains its price, but there is
little doing.
BRADFORD.—WOOLS.—The sails effected are still
limited. The prices asked in the country prevent pur-
chases for this market. Noils and brokes are only
limited in quantity. Yarns—The dispute with the
weavers at Barnsley is settled, and they will
resume work on Monday for five days a week.
Pieces.—The seasonable month is favourable for stuffs,
and there is an improvement in the warehouses. There
is more doing in grey goods, and the opinion prevails
that goods have seen their lowest price.
HALIFAX.—We have no improvement to record in the
piece and worsted yarn trades. In the wool market,
notwithstanding the materially diminished consumption,
useful combing descripti•ns are in moderately good de-
mand, at somewhat improved prices. The short wool
trade is dull at inferior prices to what were ruling at the
close of last month. The present value of middle wethers
is about 154 d. per lb. ; that of common noils and broke
about 12d.