The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

, MANCHESTER, APRIL 21.
All descriptions of cloth have been more difficult
of sale, and the market has been slightly in favour
of the buyer, especially for. India awl China shirt-
ings, which have declined about lid. per piece.
There is no accumulation of stock worth naming
yet, and consequently most other cloths except
those named are not quotably lower, though diffi-
cult of sale. Domestics are very sluggish and un-
saleable, and many of the manufacturers of this
description of cloth are running their mills short
time—some only three days a week—in order to
bring down the product on nearer to an equality
with the demand. The chief obstacle t business is
the stringency of the money market, buyers being
unwilling to give high prices for cloth and pay the
present heavy demands for discounts. lu yarns
there has been a rather better market, without
change in prices. The Germans, and buyers for the
Mediterranean, are the principal purchasers, but
30's, 40's, and---60's 'mule for India have also been
in fair reque4 at extreme prices. Very full rates
have had to be paid generally for yarns.
Messrs. J. Slagg and Co. report of the cloth-mar-
ket :—" Owing to the stringency of the money mar-
ket and the uncertainty with regard to the prices of
cotton we have had since Tuesday last, a very quiet
market for nearly all kinds of goods, but, with t! •
exception of India arid China shirtings, which have
declined about lid. per piece within the week, w°
cannot quote any change in prices, though the ten-
dency generally is in favour of buyers."
NOTTINGHAM, APRIL 21.
The lace trade continues dull for the home
market ; there is very little doing, and the foreign
trade is inactive. It is probable that the Setting
in of ,seasonable weather will cause a change. Plain
nets are yet inquired "after ; the fancy trade is,
however, very quiet. Silk and cotton continue very
high, with no signs of any reduction.
The hosiery trade is also dull. In most branches
there is very little doing. The high prices of the
raw material operate very much against the do'
mind.

Hosiery yarns are,firia.
LEICESTER, APRIL 21.
There is a tolerable trade doing in cotton goods,
with good prospects. In worsted articles the trade
is almost stagnant. There is a fair number of
orders for bosiery in the market, but manufacturers
complain that they cannot be executed at the price
offered.

LEEDS, APRIL 21.
The improvement in the weather has induced 16
little more inquiry for light goods, and a fair quatr
tity of them has been sold in the cloth-halts thi6
morning. The demand for other woollen cloths
has been limited, and the market, upon the whole'
has been a quiet one. The approaching salts of
colonial wool in London are looked to with a good
deal of interest, and there appears to be a disposi'.
tion here not to force 'ales of cloths on the os°
hand, or to endeavour to make them on the 'other,
till those sales have opened, and some criterion
of the price of the raw material is afforded.
HUDDERSFIELD, APRIL '2l.
The market for woollen good's has been rather
better to-day,and a good amount of spring goods NA
been sold. The number of buyers from London, Sol
land, &c., was a full average, and they purchase.,
goods of choice patterns to a fair extent. Wool ;"
quiet, prices being a little easier.