The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MAxotEsTr:n.—The aspect of the market at the beginning of
the week was dull, and little busines was transacted. Mere
inqu ry has sprung up within the past two days, arid balers
are exhibiting an improved tone. Yarns cor,ti ne in fair in-
quiry, prices are steady, and, if any change, they are hardening.
Stock- of all de,criptions of staple manufactures, exceoting the
lower qualities of 49. inch long cl:)ths, ate moderately I4ght, and
fancy go ds are quite scarce. The policy of the ni .hutacturers
of such fabrics appears to be, to produce only to order, so that
shipiTrs find li the variety in stock for immediate exigencies,
We quote 26-inch Cif reed printers, at 4s. 6.1.,,t0 4s. ; 27-inch

65 reeds at 4s. 43d. to as. ; 2;-inch 72 reeds, at ss. to Ss. 4d. ;
36-inch shirting's, at ss. 4d. to 5s 1 d ;72 reeds. at 6s. to Es. gd. ;
49 inch G. E. lone c:oths, at Bs. lid. to gs.; and 72 reeds aitto,
at 9s. Ed, to f.s. pd.—Manchester .Idttertiser of Saturday.

LEF:DS —The public markets in our Cloth Halls, both on Sa-
turday and Tuesday last, were attended but by a moderate num-
ber of buyers, and the bush ess transacted was scarcely an
average at this period of the year.. Some slight improvement,
however, has been experienced in the warehouses. L ;;ht goods,
such as tweeds. remain in pretty good demand ; but the heavier
descrptions of woollens. owing to the continued unusual mil -
ness of the season, sell but comparatively slowly. Upon the
whole, however. a rather better feeling may be said to exis , from
the fact that more has been doing in foreign wools these last
fourteen days than tot some months past ; and prices, both of
the new material and manufactured goods, continue firm.
BILADFOIID.—We are glad to find that there is a slight im-
provement in the staple trade of this town. In Pieces there is
an average business done in both heavy and dress goods; and
the cheap rate at which they have been produced appears to
have told favonrably at Leipzic fair, for which the demand has
been rather animated. Wool.—The demand for Wool is some-
what retarded by the prices sought by the stapler, nd as no
corresponding advance can be realise(' on Yarns, it will tend to
check the present consumption. Noils and brokers a e eagerly
sought alter, and owing to the small quantity mating the price
has an upward tendency. Ya ns.—There is more confidence
manifested among the buyers of Yarns, and an increased busi-
ness has been done; yet there is no improvement in price to
induce the spinners to i.-crease the production.
lionnsaspa:Ln.—Our market has assumed a ve,y healthy ap.
pearance, everything suitable for the spring trade being bought
up very freely. The stock of dark goods remaining in the Cloth
Hall is still very considerable, hut we have never seen them
held with more firmness than they are this season—a proof that
the clothi ,rs have had their share of the prosperity which has
been so general for the last two years. Wools are much the
same. . . . _

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LlFAx.—There was a better marke' on Saturday in cranes
and lastitigs, which at present is the principal trade in the stuff
department. In woollens an average business was done. Short
wools are looking up, and are worth a trifle more. The mills
are all working full time in this district, which is a great benefit
to our poorer ne:ghbours.
WAKEFIELD WOOL M ARK ET.—We had rather more doing in
both long and short Wool this week than f-r several previous
ones, and rather imp:oved rates; but the difficult position of
consumers to make a profit, even at the late reduced rates, pre-
vents them operating so largely as might have been expected
after so long a holding off.
HECK M ONDWIEE BLANKET MARKET —We have had two slack
markets this week. The mildness of the season has checked the
demand for the country trade, and the unsettled state of affairs
in America will no doubt delay the orders for that country for
a time.

ROCHDALE —Although this (Monday) is what is termed the
first market, on wi.ich occasion very little business is generally
done, yet on Monday last more goods were sold than on the
Monday previous, and the last week's prices were fully main-
tained, and on some sorts of flannels a slight advance was ob-
tained. Wools and oils much the same as our last.