The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-17 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, DEC. 11. There
have been rather more inquirers in this market during
the past week, but the demand is still very inanimate,
and purchases confined to the immediate requirements
of the manufacturers.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, DEC. 12. Sales
of combing and clothing wools are confined to a mere
supply of the immediate wants of the manufacturers,
and prices continue to recede.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, DEC. 12.—We have a
better feeling this week than for several preceding ones
for long wool, and there is more business doing, at
prices which could hardly be realised last week. Short
wools remain the same.
LEEDS.—Business has been a little better at our cloth
halls both on Saturday and Tuesday than for some weeks
past, the goods in demand being such as are calculated
for the spring trade for the United States and the Cana-
dian markets ; but for goods suitable for the home de-
' wand there has been little done. Business has been
very dull in the warehouses during the week.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—Wool.—There' is
nothing more doing in any kind of combing wools, Colo-
nial or British, and the stock in the market of the latter
is rather firmly held, owieg to the growers adhering to
shear day's price, which the staplers cannot afford to
give to meet the prices offering here. Short wools and
noils, although produced in very limited quantity, are
dull of sale, and barely support last week's prices.
Yarns.—We cannot learn anything: more cheering
touching this important branch of the trade of this town
and neighbourhood—a depression of unprecedented se-
verity, without the slightest hope of any immediate
amendment. The price that wool is still maintaining.
forbids its use. From all accounts, we hear its value is
depreciated by being worked up into yarns, the current
price being so ruinously low, that it is utterly impossible
for the spinners to go on producing it without in-
curring serious loss, so that any plan dif-
ferent from the present, which is now so gene-
rally followed, and of doing as little as is practicable,
is not likely to be adopted. The position of things is
now engaging the serious attention of all connected with
the trade, to know how the conflict between the price of
wool and yarns will end ; it most clearly demonstrates
the want of cheap food by the admission of foreign corn,
thereby increasing the export of our manufactures, thus
affording more employment to our operatives, and the
most probable chance of enhanced prices to remunerate
the employer. Pieces—The business done to-day and
during the week has not been considerable, and as the
merchants are generally preparing fur stock taking at
Christmas, they are only buying to supply any orders
that may fall in upon them. The quantity of goods
coming to market is now very much reduced, and as the
manufacturets believe that yarns cannot long continue
at the present low prices, they feel confident that, after
the turn of the year, the demand for goods will increase,
and prices assume an upward tendency.
MANCHESTER, DEC. 11.—We are improrint this
week in our cloth market, and as the opinion is now ge-
neral that prices for most article s have seen their
lowest point, a tolerable good business as regards de-
mand is very confidently expected. Spinners too are
enabled to sell on fully as good terms as of late. On
the whole things are decidedly better.
NOTTINGHAM.-The cotton iirought hose branch con-
tinues to rather slowly fall off in demand, and were it not
that Many of the frames are employed in making spun silk
hose, this would be most seriously felt. There is " a
spark of revival" in some quarters in the cut up and
drop- off hosiery, but not to the extent of giving any per-
ceptible relief. The same may be said of cotton gloves,
and we have beard of shops in rather remote situations
being set on with full work. The drawer and pantaloon
trade is very dull. The silk hosiery branches are much
depressed, and are gradually falling off ; the silk glove
branch, if anything, is in the best condition. The bobbin
net trade, especially the fancy department, is in a most
deplorable state, and to use the language of many of the
commission agents, " There is no lace trade." It is as-
serted that the lace trade is worse than it has been for
ten years. The warp tatting baanch has not recovered
from the depressed state in which it has lingered for
some months past. The lap and press branch is better
than the tatting branch, and some few good patterns are
in slight demand. The silk blond is but dull, but in
some cases the jacquard frames have a demand.—Not-
gingham Review.
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LOSS OF THE HOPE, OF LONDON.
The following extract from a report addressed to the Ma-
rine Authority at Havre, by the Master of the French mer-
chantman, Les deux ireres Unis, has been forwarded to
Lloyd's by the French Consul-General .
" The 20th October, at one o'clock, P.M., I passed to lee-
ward, at a short distance, of a three-masted vessel, totally
dismasted, with the exception of her bowsprit, the planking
of the bulwarks carried away from stem to stern. This ves-
sel htid'nothing on deck but the stump of a mast, and a part
of the topmast; the hatches were open, and showed that she
was waterlogged and laden with timber. She was: quite
upright on her keel, was not very dirty, but bad dirt and
barnacles along her sides, which caused me to suppose that
she had been for a long time in that condition. There was
written on her stern, Hope, London.' The hull appeared
o be uninjured and in good condition, and it is probable that
she will remain for a long time, and occasion some accident.
Her position, minutely determined at the time, was 44 deg.
18 min. N. lat., and 22 deg. 50 min. W. long."

The amount of traffic for the last week, on 'warty
1,800 miles of railway, was 121,164/., thus accounte for:
60,933/. for the conveyance of passengers only, 29,029/.
for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of 31,202/. for
passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned.
For the last five months of the present half-year 3,187,788/.
has been received, being an increase over the corresponding
Period of last year of 565,2621.