The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-25 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCH 22.—A cons.
derable business has been done in foreign wools this week,
chiefly in the low and middle descriptions, and prices are
steady.
ENGLLSII WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, MARCH 22.—We have
not any alteration to report in the state of this market during
the.present week.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 22.—We cannot re-
port any favourable change in the demand for combing fleece' '
wools, and as there is no hope of farmers submitting to lower -;
prices, holders generally are very firm. The demand for
blanket wools is fair, and full rates are maintained.
LEEDS.—There was a very thin attendance of buyers and
manufacturers at our Cloth Halls, both on Saturday and
Tuesday, which circumstance, together with the severity of
the weather, has been the cause of a considerable falling off '
in the demand for summer Tweeds, particularly for the lower
sorts. The markets have also been duller for goods of all
descriptions than for several weeks past. The stocks on
hand are, however, very small for the season, and prices ar©
about the same as during the last month. Business has bees
dull in the warehouses during the early part of the week,
but there has been some improvement during the last few
days.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—Pieces have certainly
tnoved off in good quantities, and it is said the last packet
from America brought over good orders for the manufactura":
of this market, which. with the approaching spring tmde„
will no doubt keep the market animated for some time to
come. Prices continue very firm. Yarns to some extent
participate in the same degree of dulness as is apparent hal
the wool market, and the buyers exhibit great caution
their purchases, and are only buying from " hand to month,"
in anticipation of supplying themselves on more favourable)
terms. The demand for all kinds of wools continues to be
very limited, and a greater disposition evinced by dealers
and staplers to sell ; as such we may fairly quote all sorts a
shade lower.
MANCHESTER, ,THURSDAY EVE(G.—As was anticipated
in our last, the very low state of stocks of yarn on the Con-- •
tinent has at last compelled shippers to purchase for their
early spring shipments, though as yet it has not been done to
any considerable extent ; still a commencement has taken
place, which must now continue. Prices during the week.:
have in consequence been steady. In cloth we have not.)
much change to notice, but buyers continue their operations,
for China and India. Printing goods generally are declining.'
The demand for domestics for the home market continues:
good, but grey fustians are not so brisk as we have seen at
this season.—Leeds Mercury.

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ANCIENT RELtc.—Mr. T. Walsh, Patriek-street,l
Limerick, has got a curious and rare specimen of the gold'
pin or bodkin, which the Irish chieftains of old wore in the;
front of then:dress. It was found in the crevice of a rock e
Carrigaholt Castle, on Tuesday, where a few natives weiero
burning sea-weed. It is fully seven inches long, with a head:.
on the apex, and-is of the purest gold, weighing over MX
otulees.—Cork Excpniner.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 23.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 47,- Noon, 47.
BAROMETER., 29.65.—Wixn,
No:m.---The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.