The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-11 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER.—In goods, the business of the week has been
limited in amount, and attended, for the most part, with a
slightly diminished firmness; and this has been the case, al-
though it is true that eastern merchants have rather increased
their operations in Madapollams and the wider skirtings since
Tuesday. There is a falling off in the inquiry for 35-inch
shirtings, and some sorts of printed cloths are quiet ; but in
most kinds, particularly light 7-8, the supply continues quite
inadequaie to the requirements of purchasers. The improved
demand which (as we noticed on Tuesday) the prospect of an
abundant harvest is bringing to the home-dealers, does not
yet lead to anything worth calling an inquiry for domestics in
the warehouses of producers. In the Yarn market, a general
heaviness and want of spirit have prevailed. The Germans
have shown an indisposition to purchase, almost irrespective
of price. They do not seem inclined to go beyond the making
up of assortments, until the accumulated supplies recently
sent out shall he so much lessened as to give an upward turn
to prices, which are lower than in this market. Such a state of
things among so important a class of buyers, produces an ef-
fect upon all other classes, adding to that determination to tio
little at present which previously ample operations have pro-
duced. Under these circumstances, some little weakness has
shown itself in prices, and a slight actual giving way has oc-
curred in some articles, say 20's and 30's water, especially the
former. In the lower counts of doubled yarn there is also the
same tendency, while the higher numbers are fully sustained.
Notwithstanding the wavering observable in continental yarns,
there is after all, however, a substratum of firmness in the
market, the cause of which must in part be an absence of heavy
stocks among the spinners as a body. And then, it is generally
expected that the newly-received stocks abroad, large as they
undoubtedly are, will rapidly go into consumption, as it is
known that the manufacturers were kept bare during the ex-
istence of the Danish blockade.
ROCHDALE.—The demand for Flannels has been uncom-
monly brisk this week. Kerseys have not been much inquired
after, and the sales have been limited. The Wool market is
still heavy, with prices the same as those of the preceding
Monday.
LEEDS.—The same cheerful tone which has marked our late
reports of the staple trade of this emporium of the Woollen
trade still prevails, and there is no market feature of change
in prices or the stocks on hand. A good winter trade is gene-
rally anticipated.
BRADFORD.—The Wool trade has shown some symptoms of
improvement; the demand is slightly increased, and a small
advance of price has been obtained on a few of the better
classes of English Wools. There is no change to note in the
Yarn market during the past week. Business still continue*
very brisk in this branch of trade, at prices slighly in advance
upon those for August. The demand for export continues
good. The demand for all descriptions of Cobourgs, more es-
pecially the lower qualities, still continues very good, most
other fabrics now being made are also in good request, and
nearly all the houses in the trade are still working to order.
Any alteration in prices is in favour of the seller. But gener-
ally speaking there is not much alteration upon the prices pre-
valent in August.
HUDDERSFIELD.—Every article at all adapted for the season
meets with ready sale, and the general complaint is of the
scarcity of goods. The stocks were, perhaps, never known to
be lower in middle class and superior cloths. The foreign
houses are busily engaged, and many orders remain to be
completed.

KOCHoALE.—The demand for Flannels has been uncom-
monly brisk this week. Kerseys have not been much inquired
after, and the sales have been limited. The Wool market is
still heavy, with prices the same as those of the preceding
Monday.
BRISTOL WOOL FAIR, SEPT. s.—The show of combing and
clothing Wools pitched was not equal to former years, while
the number of buyers, both from Yorkshire and Lancashire,
was great, which gave a tone of firmness in price and briskness
in demand not warranted at the seats of consumption.