The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-14 00:00:00

Bank Stock

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Long Ann., 1860.
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D0..30 years,lB6o
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South Sea Stock.
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MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES.

I MANCHESTER.—Atthongh destitute of anything like anima-
tion, there has been a less decided dulness in the market this
week. Prices have been firm universally, and for some
descriptions of yarns and cloth the tendency has been
towards an advance. In the absence of anything like stocks,
and with a demand equal to the supply, buyers find it difficult
to obtain many sorts of yarn at previous rates, the firmness
and rather upward movement of cotton assisting to enhance
prices. There has been a fair demand for India yarns. There
is little doing in water yarns for the continent, the export
houses refraining from any extensive operations until some-
thing more decisive is known as to the probable eventuality
of the Eastern question. Manufacturers have been operating
to a fair extent, their purchases being partially checked by
the advance demanded by spinners. The demand for cloth is
pretty good for descriptions for India. Forty-inch shirtings
are in pretty good demand, whilst a fair inquiry is still ex-
perienced for jaccemets, for which contracts extending over a
lengthened period are held. Printing cloths are not so much
in r •cdest, whilst for domestic and heavy goods it is difficult
to maintain prices on relative value, with tine hardening
tendencies of the yarn market.
Itoottnxix.—The demand for dyed goods 'has been very
'imited, and there is little or no inquiry for tnellannels. The
'business has 'been chiefly confined to low priced goods, at
prices about tthe same as those of last week.—The wool
'market is steady, and prices firm.
uroDEßsPirEuo.—The change of patterns and the nearness
•of the London wool sales seem to operate, to acertain extent,
to prevent merchants doing more than keep up their stock
liesortments.---At might be expected, the wtote trade has
ibeentat during fhe week.

LEEDS.—The•cloth markets have been muok duller at the
Cloth Halls than for several weeks past.; and there has also
been less business done out of the market Chen has been the
•case of late. This seems to arise from the aspect of political
•alrairs and 'the fears of the derangement of trade in conse-
•quence. Thereis no alteration in prices:; and although the
•mills are pretty well employed, the stocks in the manufac-
turers' hands are lower than usual at ;this season. From the
•above causes business has also been dull in:the warehouses.
'BRADFORD.—WooI : there has been great dulness yin the
wool market. The political news appearvto deter spinners
from buying at the rates now demanded. The holders evince
more disposition to sell, no doubt ;to prevent loss in weight,
which the weather in this and the next month always pro-
.duces. 'Noils and broke are firm, from ;the small quantity
making.—Yarna: the profitless condttion of the spihnersis
'in no degree lessened, and there is no alternative but short
time continuing till there is either a rise intthe price of wool,
or yarns attain *price commensurate with the production.—
Vieces: the business doing continues very sluggish. For the
spring there has been, at present, but little provision made.;
but we are not.without hope that ere long we shall see signs
of marked activiby.
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Norrt NORA i.t.—No improvement in thecondition of eit'.er
tthe hosiery or lace trades. The town kvisited by about the
usual number of purchasers, yet the amount of sales does not
come up to the average of previous years. The price of yarn
;Es a trifle more in favour of the buyer.
LtictsrEtt.Tiiere is not any improvement in the general
• trade this week. All operations ifor stock are nearlyour-
pended, only orders being manufactured; nor can we hope,
until continental news becomes more favourable to commer-
cial transactions, and the price of corn 7 much reduced, for
any general improvement in trade and abundant employment.