The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-10 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANcn ESTER —Although the result of the division upon the
all-absorbing. questhin of the corn-laws was expected to have
had some influence upon the trade of this district, such has not
been the case. 'the henvy failures which have been announced
during the week, have also delpened the gloom which clouds
the aspect of the money market. Many, however, hold out for
the old prices, under the expectation of a speedy amendment,
and we shall scarcely be justified in quoting prices more than a
shade below former rates. . . . .

NoTTINGHAII.—The condition of the cotton hosiery trade,
with the exception of the manufacture of gloves, keeps retro-
grading. The direct reduction of Wages has been for some
time abandoned, and encroachments upon size and gauge
adopted in wrought hose. and iu weight in cut ups. The draw-
era, pantaloon, and shirt brancli is slid in a dull condition. In
the silk glove trade, hands are scar. e, but wages are extremely
low. •1 he silk hose branches are still more and more declining.
The fancy bobbin net trade is in a most deplorable and alarming
condition. The cushion, generally termed Buckinghamshire
laces, have had for some time a pretty good sale. but they have
at length fallen into the vortex of cheapness. The warp lace
trade is in a very dull and, in some instances, stagnant state.
Lagos.—The same degree of quietness which we have had to
notice as characterising the woollen trade of this district for
some time past, still prevails. Both manufacturers and mer-
chants are acting with great caution : hence there is no large
increase in stocks, and prices remain firm. So many railways
being in the comae of formation, a part of the manufacturing
operatives who would, in all probability, have otherwise been
out of emp'oyment, are engaged in some way, directly or indi-
rectly, with railway works. Therefore there is no outcry here
about distressed operatives, though the number now engaged in
woollen manufactures is less than at the same period last year.
It is generally believed that the House of Lords will pass the
New Customs and Corn Importation Bill; but until they have
passed it, not much impulse is expected to our staple trade from
any effect which it is calculated the free-trade measure may
have in creating a demand for the foreign market. The news
which has this week reached us from America has caused some
excitement here, and tended rather to check purchases for the
latter country. Though there is a strong feeling against war
with our trans-Atlantic brethren, there is a stronger one against
this country submitting to the dieted ai of the " Ultras" of the
United States, and purchasing peace on dishonourable terms.
HUDDICRSFIEI.I3.—We had but a slack demand for goods on
Tuesday. The stocks of Spring goods are low, and prices re-
main firm. Anticipations of much increased trade on the set-
tlement of the corn-law question are not so sanguinely indulged
in, even by declared free-traders, as they were a bort time ago :
but all parties think that some impulse will certainly be given
to manufactures in general as soon as the government measure
becomes the law of the land.
BRAnFORD.—WOOI:—Our market is still heavy; so little
being now consumed compared with this period of 1845, and
of some kinds the market is not abundantly stocked ; prices
exhibit no material change. Yarns : —The state of the yarn
trade is without a parallel, notwithstanding the diminished
production, of machinery totally idle, and the rest only par-
tially employed. No st mulits is given to improve this distressed
branch of our trade, and the spinners are really worthy of their
profitless avocation. Pieces :—There is nothing different this
week, the merchants buying only for present wants; and ex-
port houses are steadily looking on, we hope, contemplating
renewed activity.

----HI.:EE;;;INiKK BLANKET MARKET.—We have but little
that is new to report of this market since our last. The late
news from America has caused great anxiety to be manifested
in this district.

ROCIIDALK.—The flannel ma ket still remains dull and heavy,
and there is no improvement in the demand for goods. The
wool market has undergone little change for acme weeks-past,
as respects either price or demand.