The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—LEEDS, MAY 10.—About the
same amount of business has been done this week as
during the preceding one, and in prices there is no per-
ceptible variation.
ENGLISH Wool. MARKET.—LEEDS, MAY 13.—There
has been rather more disposition to buy combing wools
this week than for some time past ; but the low prices
offered by the manufacturers has prevented any material
increase of sales. In clothing wools we do not quote any
alteration.
YORK WOOL MARKET.—We understand that this
market will be opened fur the present season on Thurs-
day next.
LEEDS.—There has been a full average quantity of
goods sold at our Cloth Hall this week ; as compared
with the market of the last three months, less has been
done in summer tweeds, but more in cloths and goods of
a general description. The clothiers are also more en-
gaged in manufacturing to order than for a long time
past. There has also been a good amount of business
done in the warehouses by the houses who are in the
home trade. The business is also brisker with the ship-
ping houses than has been known for several years, and
the general impression is, that the prospect, as resp.ects
the trade generally, is brighter than at any period since
the panic of 1837.
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STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVEN-
iNd.—Vire have this week a decided improvement in the
demand for cloth of all descriptions, and if prices in
general cannot be quoted higher, they are not only firm,
but more buoyant, and with the present demand,
which is likely to continue, there is no doubt
but higher rates will, in a week or two,
be readily obtained. The demand for shirtings,
for the East and China, is still immense, and prices again
rather higher. This branch of trade is evidently likely
to become almost without limits, every succeeding mail
bringing an increase of orders. Twist is selling very
freely, and full prices readily paid, never, perhaps, more
doing, as exporters to all parts are now buying largely.
—Leeds Mercury.
LIVERPOOL.—Business is by no means brisk, and the con-
tinued absence of westerly winds prevents the arrival of very
many vessels now sadly over due.
The last accounts from India and China are very satisfac-
tory ; profitable business has been done, and some good
orders have been received.
The alterations in the tariff have net had any material
effect in the produce markets, except with regard to coffee,
and in this article the change has not been equal to general
expectation, although West India sorts have suffered se-
verely, without benefiting foreign growth to an equal ex-
tent. Sir Robert Peel's resolutions on the currency question
have generally been approved, and with some alterations,
which will no doubt be made, as the matter is more fully
considered, it seems probable that much good may result from
the change.
Shipping business continues brisk, and in the absence of
arrivals higher freights are readily obtained.