The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-17 00:00:00

THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES.

,FOREIGN WOOL, MAY 16.—Only a limited business has
been done in this market during the past week. Another
series of the London colonial wool sales commenced last even-
ing, the attendance of buyers was
_good, and prices, we
understand, ranged fully as high as the average rates of Feb-
ruary last.
ENGLISH WOOL, LEEDS, MAY 16.—Sales of combing
wools continue to be made to a moderate extent, to supply the
immediate requirements of the manufacturers. Prices are
firm and stationary. In clothing wools we do not report any
change during the week.
LIVERPOOL WOOL, MAY 15.—For some kinds of wool
there is a little more inquiry; but on` the whole the market
'is dull. Prices unaltered. Imports of the past week are
West India, 1 bale ; Pern,V-3.3 ekoki It Ayres, 540 do. ;
Leghorn,
TRADE OF LEEDS.—We have had better markets both on
Saturday and Tuesday than has been the case for many weeks
past. Goods suitable to the season for the home demand were
sold at the cloth-halls pretty freely on• both days, and a full
average quantity of goods both for the home and foreign trade
hem been delivered during the week. Prices are steady, and
the stocks low. There has also been a better trade done in the
warehouses this week than for many weeks past.
BRADFORD, May 15.—W001--the prevailing dullness still
Continues, and purchases made are chiefly to supply immediate
YequirementS. Stocks in the staplers' hands are far from
large; nor is the quantitynoming to hand an average of former
years. Prices are very firm. In alpaca and mohair wools
there is an animated demand, with scarcely any supply in the
market. Prices may be quoted ld to 2d per lb higher since
last market day. Yarns—There is a considerab:e quantity of
yarns going into consumption, and were the export houses
doing their usual business, yarns would immediately have an
upward tendency, which cannot now be longer delayed. Pieces
—The demand for goods tofday appears more animated, and
we believe the transactions are upon a broader scale than- for
some weeks past, but we fear without any improvement in

prices. 5.
OF MANCHESTER, MAlrr 15.
TRADE The market for
cotton yarns and cloth gave way considerably on Tuesday, in
consequence of the advice' from the United States by the
steamer America being unfavourable. The stocks of cotton in
the ports, according to these advices, had increased till the ex-
cess on the same period last year wss 210,000 bales, whilst the
accounts of frosts and floods having damaged the new crops
was found to have been exaggerated. Prices went down at
Liverpool, to the extent of *d or id. per lb, in consequence of
these advices, and yarns ancLelothsin this market were diffi-
cult of sale at an equal reduction., To-day we have had a
slight improvement, but it is only partial. More activity and
an advance of prices at Liverpool, though apparently without
cause, rendered shippers anxious to complete orders, which had
been lying over for the turn of the market, and they were
glad to do this at prices they had declined to give on Tuesday.
In some descriptions of shirting% of India qualities, rather
large purchases were made from this cause, and also in mada-
pollams. Counts of yarn in which stocks were bare also sold
well for the same reasons, bet there is in reality not the
slightest improvement as regards confidence in the present
prices of cotton, and spinners and manufacturers generally ha re
had a. dull and Isoguid market.