The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-09 00:00:00

HERRING TRADE.

Wicx, Nov. 2.—We are sorry we have it not yet in
our power to record any improvement. either; in our
local or distant herring markets. Here sales are' merely
a matter of the pas:, there being none effected, so far as
we can ascertain, for several weeks. The same -.remark
applies to all the stations on the east coast-air Scotland.
In consequence of the advanced period of the-.season.
shipment* for foreign ports may now be said terbe con-
cluded until the spring. There will not therefore be any
material addition to the quantity on hand at Stettin and
other Baltic markets, so that this, at least, cannot have great
effect on prices. But the doubtful atateof matters on the
continent, unless an improvement speedily takes place,
cannot but have a serious effect, as, indeed, it has already
had. Account sales, received last week, were under those
obtained ten days earlier.

Letters from -Ireland, although written in a despond.
ing tone, do not announce a fall in prices or a decline in
demand. Both, however, are already sufficiently low,
but the safety of a much larger portion of the potato
crop than was at one time looked for, and a sensible im-
provement (for more of which there is yet too much
room) in the state of the people, tend to inspire holders
with hopes of a partial revival. Some of the markets
have, as usual, suffered much, in consequence of over im-
portatioe. . .

The greater part of this season's catch has now been
shipped from the stations on ithe opposite coast. The
proportion of herrings on hand is greater on the Caith-
ness shores than on those of Aberdeen and Banff ; while
the quantity on hand in the Wick district is compara-
tively greater than along the coast of Hell:nadale.

Many of the coopers have now a bleak prospect for
winter unless some employment can be provided for
them. This, we trust, may be done ; for the wages of
a cooper being but bare enough for the wants of a family
when he is in full work, he can ill afford to lie idle
during four months of what may be termed the most
necessitous period of the year. —John o' GroCies Journal.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)
The doubtful state of Continental affairs has exer-
cised a restricting influence upon the business of this
day's market. The transactions have not been by any
means so extensive na those of last Tuesday ; still the
operations in yarns have been of fair amount,' and _pre-
vious prices have been generally sustained. For doubled
yarns a trifling advance has been paid. In goods, there
have been moderate purchases of tha lower descriptions
of shirtings and some other fabrics, at previously cur-
rent rates; while heavy 40 inch shirtings, iu 66 and
72 reeds, have been entirely neglected. In good do-
mestics and T cloths, there has been a rather increased
firmness.

ROCHDALE, Nov. 6.—The merchants have purchased
very freely to•day, at termer prices, and the demand
for flannels has been quits equal to that of the preced-
ing week. The wool dealers complain of the limited
demand there is for the raw material, owing, in some
measure, to the public London sales which will take
place this month.
HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 7.—We had hoped, in conse-
quence of the improvement quoted in Manchester and
Leeds during the past week, to have reported a similar
improvement here, but regret to state that this day's
market has been equally flat with our reports of some
weeks past. Our manufacturers have been looking for-
ward to the orders for spring goods making a consider-
able change in the present state of things ; but, as yet,
there is nothing to give us hope that much may be de-
pended upon from this source.
LEEDS, Nov. 7.—There appeared to be a shade more
doing in our market to-day than last week, owing, wo
suppose, chiefly to the favourable state of the weather ;
yet the demand seems to be almost confined to heavy
winter goods, such as beavers, pilots, &c., which meet
with a fair sale.