The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER.—There is nothing better in the character of
this market, which continues languid and depressed, with no
immediate prospect for the better. The Serious failures still
occurring, and not in the grain trade alone, 'induce a want of
confidence, which is increased by the still stringent state of the
money market, which, however, is generally less severely felt
here than in London or elsewhere, owing to the judicious po-
licy of the banking interests, whereby an emission of bills is
made to some extent, to supply the vacuum created by the
withdrawal of cash.

LA NCASH I RE.—The gingham trade at Whitefield, Prestwich,
and Radcliffe, is unusually brisk, and manufacturers cannot
get goods to meet the demand. The hand-loom weavers have
los. 6d. for weaving a piece upwards of sixty yards in length :
for weaving a piece the same length and description of work
twenty yearn since was 21s. 6d. It is hard work to weave a
piece in eight days. The fancy nankeen trade, woven on
power looms, in the same districts is very dull, and operatives
are only partially employed. The hand-loom gingham trade at
Todmorden, Stansfield, Longfield, and vicinities, is moderately
brisk, but no manifest imptovement has taken place in facto-
ries. Many of the mills continue to work four or five days per
week; some few firms allow their hands to work eleven hours
per day, and are paying the operatives for twelve hours labour.
The trade in the cotton mills at Bury, Heywood, Bolton, and
vicinities, remains in a dep'•essed state, and there are many
factory operatives totally destitute of employment. Mechanics
and machine-makers at Oldham are extremely busy, making
maehries fo:* exportation. The hands have excellent wages,
averaging from 265. to 325. per week.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—The flannel market to-
day has been rather dull, and at twelve o'clock at noon there
were few buyers in the market, yet, some of them bought
freely at lat week's prices. During the last ten days many of
the large manufacturers, whose goods are woven on power-
looms, have sold large quantities of flannels of every descrip-
tion. Prices appear to be stationery. The wool market was
flat, owing to the opinion which prevails that wool will be a
trifle lower; however, all sorts of wool maintained the last
week's rates. The hands employed in woollen mills have full
employment, but the operatives in cotton factories have ge-
nerally four and five days work per week. Some .of the mas-
ters have reduced the wages of .the operatives in cotton mills
aboat ten per cent., but state that if trade revives again they
will give the old prices.
LEEDS.—There is no change of importance in the state of the
woollen trade this week. The state of the money market still
continues to check busing a; transactions, merchants acting
with great caution in their purchases, and manufacturers li-
miting their supply, as near as they can calculate, to the actual
demand. The lower and middling descriptions of goods con-
tinue in chief request, and late prices are maintained. The
weather being very propitious for the ingathering of the corn
crops, which promise an abundant yield, strong hopes are ge-
nerally entertained that we shall have a tolerably good winter
trade.

HALIFAX.—There is no change for the better in demands for
lastings or damasks; and the business for our Piece-ball con-
tinues exceedingly dull. There is a slight improvement in the
demand for yarn, and a tone of greater confidence prevails;
but as yet it has not produced any advance of price. As to
long wool, there is a much better choice in the warehouses,
and the staplers are free sellers. Short wools remain firm ; and
the amount of business is restricted by the smallness of pro-
duction.

BRADFORD.—WOOL.- The sales of colonial wools in Lon-
don, now progressing, are hardly so animated as they were at
Opening, arising no doubt from the difficulty of obtaining
money. This flatness extends also to the business doing here
in Combing Wools, which is now reduced to a very low point.
1 he sales since our last are very small indeed; and though late
prices are held firmly, yet this only tends to protract the period
for more being done; for such is the state of the yarn trade,
that the spinners prefer standing, as the least loss is thereby
sustained. YARNS.—The demand for all kinds of common
yarns continues as it has done for some time past. Those who
are engaged in spinning dyed Yarns are better employed ; but
the whole trade is in a most deplorable condition, and the only
prospect of relief the spinners can see is the temporary aban-
donment of the avocation, which is now in a condition the
most ruinous ever remembered. PIECES.—There continues a
btisk inquiry for fancy coloured goods, and the supply coming
to market is not increased from the fear of their being an ar-
ticle subject to sudden stoppage, which always entails a great
loss. Plain goods are hardly so much enquired after to-day.
Prices show no change.
HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—The cut-up cotton hosiery
branch is still in an improved state, the shops having a little
Tore work, though dealt out with a sparing hand. A very
ktinett change has taken place in this manufacture, and the ma-
king worst description of slop goods is nearly abandoned.
Considerable anxiety prevails amongst the workmen, as a fac-
tory •
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Radford ; the
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we are assured that the factory at Hinckley, of which so much
was asserted by the Leicester houses is a failure, and that the
concern will be abandoned. The wrought cotton hose branch
still keeps its former vantage ground, the hands being, with
some exceptions, tolerably, well employed, butimaking ltose of
the plainest kind without ornament.—The drawer and panta-
loon branch so important to the town, is still in a tolerable
condition, the hands being pretty well engaged with the excep-
tion of some shops; but at low wages, arising from the heavy
charges, which is frightful to slow workmen.