The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-23 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER.—On Tuesday there was a more marked indis-
position for business than before on the part of the home and
foreign buyers of yarns and goods ; and the bent of prices at
large was somewhat more evidently against producers. On
Thursday the general market was in much the same state as on
Tuesday—not worse. We consider yarns to have receded fully
Id. per lb., on the average, from the attainable rates of a fort-
night ago, in all counts of mule and water from 50's down-
wards ; in some articles the. decline is id. ; and, in many, it is
quite id. as compared with merely nominal quotations.
Warps and cops have suffered mere than bundles. As goods
were relatively cheaper than yarns, they have been less affected
by the present change; indeed, the buyers have gained only
slight and casual advantages. We consider the quietness of
the last few days to result principally from a natural pause
after an active demand; much increased, however, by a pre-
vailing anxiety for the safety of our present fiscal system in
the hands of a protectionist cabinet. American advices state
that cotton has gained Ic. per lb. both at New York and New
Orleans; and this intelligence has imparted a firmer tone
both to the Liverpool market and our own. The overland
accounts have also contributed to the same results. They re-
present the Bombay market as still in a favourable position ;
the sales of yarns and goods being considerable, and prices
well sustained. At Calcutta, the transactions in cloth and
twist were large, without change in prices, though business is
described as dull. From some cause, which does not appenr,
an alteration of four or five per cent against remitters had
occurred in the rate of exchange, which is tantamount to a de-
cline of about sd. per piece in skirtings. The reports from
China appear to be favourable. And it is felt that the fall of
Rosas must conduce to a gradual improvement in the trade of
the River Plate. Altogether, these several accounts have pro-
duced an evident effect in reviving the drooping spirit of our
market, causing more inquiry, and imparting greater firmness
to prices. For domestics there is now a little inquiry from the
home dealers.

ROCHDALE.—The flannel market continues very inactive,
with not much prospect of a speedy change. There is no
change in wool, neither in price or demand. As the manufac-
turers wish to produce as little as possible under the present
circumstances, they purchase the raw material for immediate
use only. _

MACCLESFIELD.—The position of our staple manufactured
goods, in reference to demand, continues much the same as we
last noted ; but the want of confidence on the part of wholesale
buyers is much complained of in the spring demand. The
thrown silk market is now a little less active for the present,
but stocks generally are comparatively light, and prices con-
tinue firm. In the raw silk market, the business doing is
moderate. Prices are much the same as last reported.
LEEDS.—The same degree of quietness in the woollen trade
which we have had for some time to notice as prevalent here
still continues. The foreign houses are, for the season of the
year, very slack. The manufacturers, too, complain that the
prices realised are scarcely remunerative.
NOTTINGHAM.—There is a little more animation in the lace
trade than we have experienced for the last two months, when
we consider the trade as a whole, although there may be a few
houses that have not been participators in this improvement.
Some, elegant designs for window curtains are now being pro-
duced. We desire to call the attention of lace makers to the
manner of making purl for their laces; this is a very important
feature. We direct attention to this, from the fact of having
recently seen some French wrought laces, in which the purl is
nearer perfection than anything we have seen on any machine
wrought lace made here. The hosiery trade does not present
any new features. The hands are generally pretty well em-
ployed, altholgh at low wages. As the affairs of South Ame-
rica are now in the course of being quietly settled, and as a
steady government is likely to be established there, we shall
most likely noon hue a good trade with that part of the world.