The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-29 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER; FRIDAY EVENING.—WC have had but very
little doing, but that little has been done on fully as good terms
as last week. The market may be said to be firm for all de-
scriptions of goods. Both buyers and sellers appear to act
with great caution, neither party feeling at all confident as to
what turn things will take when the weather becomes mild, and
the Liverpool Cotton-market firmly settled. A fair business
doing in Yarns.—Liverpool Chronicle of Saturday.

(From the reeds Mercury of-Saturday.
LEEDS. —ln consequence of the continuance of the storm,
there has again been a very short supply of fresh goods brought
to the cloth halls this week ; awl the demand for goods in the
balk continuing brisk, has had the effect of reducing the stocks
in the market lower than at any period during the last twelve
months. From this circumstance, and also that of the recent
advance in the price of wool, prices arc looking up. Business
remains in its usual dull state at this season in the warehouses.
HUDDIIRSF 'ELM —We have had a very dull market. Very
few buyers, and those very much indisposed to give an advance.
Buyers are holding back just now to prevent an advance in
proportion to the rise of the raw material. Fancy cloths meet
with a ready sale at tolerable prices. Our prospects aro far
from discouraging. If the manufactures be firm, the mer-
chants must yield to an advance.
BRADFORD.—The piece market bears a similar aspect to
that of last week. Any sales effected, although at an ad-
vance, are not yet in-proportion to the price of yarns. If wool
maintain its price, pieces must speedily obtain a still further
advance, as the manufacturers cannot realise a profit even at
the present price of yarns. We continue to do a very good
business in the yarn market. The prims of last week are
fully maintained, and in some instances a further advance has
been obtained ; still the spinners, from the very high price they
are compelled to give for wool, say they arc not fairly remu-
nerated. The very brisk demand for long and short wool,
which has prevailed for some time, continues unabated ; and
the supply of new stocks of the raw material is still cut off by
the closing of the principal lines of conveyance. Another
slight advance has been obtained, and there is no immediate
prospect of prices receding.
HALIFAX.—Our piece market has been moderately attend-
ed. A fair amount of business has been transacted, the de-
mand being chiefly for damasks and figured merinos. Manu-
facturers asked a further advance, otherwise more goods
would have been disposed of. Spinners have obtained a fur-
ther advance upon yarns, though manufacturers submit to it
very unwillingly, on account of the difficulty of obtaining a
proportionate advance upon pieces. Wcols generally are
higher ; stocks are not heavy. The staplers are willing sellers,
expecting large arrivals of wool effecting a change in prices.
Middle Wethers sell nearly at 151., and even 151. 10s. for
good lots.
DEWSBURY. —There was rather more business done this
week than last, a few orders having been given out for ship-
ment. Prices are rather tending upwards.
ROCHDALE. —Our market was well attended, yet very little
business effected. A few buysrs bought freely at former
prices ; but the manufacturers in general stood out for an ad-
vance. The goods most inquired for were middle and low
qualities; finer sorts were dull; dyed and grey pieces were in
good demand.
WAKEFIELD.—We have no material alteration in our market

this week. W Wool is firmly held at the advance stated in our
last report, but, as the manufacturers cannot obtain an ade-
quate advance on their goods, and the stocks in dealers' hands
arc low (the severe frost preventing arrivals), fewer sales have
been effected.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 27.
Our Market has not been active to-day, yet we have had a
tolerably fair demand, and yesterday's prices are maintained.
The sales are 2,000 bags, viz.:-100 Bahias, Bd. to Bitd. ;
100 Egyptian, 9d. to 91d. ; 60 West India, 70. to 81d. ; 60
Surats, sid. to 61d. ; American, bid. to Bd., for 200 New
Orleans.