The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

➢IEETINGS IN BANKRUPTCY.

May. Hour.
25, W. N. Monies (audit) District Court, 11
25, Peter Lawton, (proof and div.) Ditto, H
25, W. W. King (proof and div.) Ditto, 11
26, W. N. Monies (proof and div.) Ditto, 11
27, T. Occleshead &C. Cummins (pf. & d'v ) Ditto, 11
27, George Rennie (proof and div.)
28, John Howell (proof and div.) ..—.. Ditto, 11
31, James Leade' (end)
June 2, Patrick Beirns (2nd) Ditto, 11
3, Humphrey Davies (2nd) Ditto, 11
3, Thomas Williams (audit)

MARKETS.

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MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES.

MANCHESTER.—That cautious spirit which we have latterly
had to speak of, as inaucing a resistance on the part of buyers
to the upward tendency of prices, has been very marked through-
out the present week. This spirit was manifestly strengthened
on Tuesday by the Asia's advices, from which it appeared that
the New York market had )ecome tamer, with a slight giving
way in prices, as compared with the previous week ; the
receipts pointing as decidedly as ever to a crop of 3,000,000
bales. We had therefore, on that day, a very inanimate market
both in yarns and goods, and some articles might be had a
fraction lower, though, as a whole, the market was considered
pretty steady. On Thursday, it appeared from a meagre tele-
graphic announcement of the arrival of the Franklin at South-
ampton, that, on the ith inst. the New York market was ren-
dered irregular in prices by the unlooked for receipt of favour-
able accounts front Liverpool, which, we suppose, would lessen
the disposition to sell, and increase the perplexity of buyers.
At New Orleans, the Pacific's advices had led to an advance of
ic. per lb. Some spinners endeavoured to gather a little ad-
ditional firmness from this statement, and from the Liverpool
market being reported firmer at one o'clock. But no improve-
ment has taken place. The week ends heavily; the amount of
business is quite inconsiderable; and, although there is scarcely
any quotable change in prices, the bias is against producers in
yarns more so than in goods. In some descriptions of the for
mer, the buyer has an advantage of id. per lb. ; not from all
spinners, because many are still well circumstanced as regards
contracts, but from those who are either less favourably situ-
ated, or who have less confidence in the stability of existing
values. In fine yarns, say from 100's upwards, thereis a decided
rise, owing to the extreme dearness of Sea Islands cotton. The
makers of domestics struggle in vain to get a trifling advance ;
and this causes them to hold doggedly aloof from the market
as buyers of warps and weft at the present prices. We hear of
one or two purchases of goods for the East to-day, which are
rather large in the present inanimate state of things—one of
them being tO,OOO pieces.

ROCHDALE.—We have had rather
.morp.inclohl for goods,
and a rather better demand. rine merchants have shown a
greater disposition to purchase, if the manufacturers could have
submitted to a reduction in price. Wool is:firm in pt ice, but
with little business doing.

LEEDS.—We have had rather better markets again this week.
The firmness which wool maintains in price, and the general
impression which prevrqs, that there is a probability of an
advance ere long, has, to some extent, induced speculation in
goods, more goods having changed hands at the Cloth Halls
the last two market days than for some time. Stocks are low ;
and the manufacturers continue to act with great caution. A
fair amount of business hasbeen done during the past week by
the home trade; and although the foreign houses are doing
much less than usual at this season, yet there has been some
little improvement during the week.
NOTTINGHAM.—The orders hitherto received, and the goods
purchased for ,the United States, as well in hosiery as in lace,
do not, up to this time, answer in extent the expectations
formed by our manufacturers. There is, however, abundant
time for them to purchase their lace goods for the autumn
trade, and probably their hosiery also, as the hosiers have to
some extent prepared themselves for this business, although to
nothing like the amount they formerly did ; the custom some
years ago was to make and keep a large stock in anticipation
of considerable orders, but this system is now, we are happy
to say, nearly annihilated. The sale of lace is still chiefly con-
fined to black goods, although there has on the whole been a
more animated business generally than for some time past.
Most of the hands in the hosiery trade are pretty well em-
ployed. Some advance on the price of hosiery yarn is de-
manded, which, it maintained, we fear will prove a drawback
to our export business for the season.