The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-18 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

LEEDS.—The recent fine weather has greatly improved the
tone of our commercial men, and an increasing confidence
seems to pervade the markets. Considerable sales have been
effected at both the markets since our last, at firm prices, and
as the stocks of balked goods are low, we hope soon to see the
country clothiers, now that they have secured their hay in
good condition, as busily employed as ever. The principal
part of the demand is for domestic consumption.
HECKMONDWIKE BLANKET HALL.--011 Monday last,
there was a greater number of buyers at the market than for
some time past, and the business done was more extensive.
On Thursday last, the buyers were not so numerous, not-
withstanding which, the demand for blankets is increasing,
and prices looking up.
YORK WOOL MARKET, AUG. 13.—We have had a limited
supply of wool to this day's market, which has been sold at
no quotable variation in vrice from our last week's report,
viz .—Very superior good bred hog, 121 d. to 13d. per lb.;
very superior good hog and ewe. 114 to 124 d per lb.; very
superior good, all ewe, 91d to 102 d; locks and cots, 6d to
8d ; moor wool, 6d to 64d.
BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—We are glad in being able to
announce that the linen trade of this place has experienced
within the last few days a slight improvement. —Leeds/Wel-

ligencer.
LANCASHIRE.—The woollen trade, at Saddleworth has
improved during the past month, yet the operatives at pre-
sent have not nearly full employment. The hatting trade at
Oldham, Denton, &c. is rather dull, and last week the body
makers had their wagei reduced ten per cent. Several meet-
ings of the body makers, have been held, but no turn-out has
has yet taken place. The woollen trade at Bury is as good
as can be expected; the operatives, both in the cotton and
woollen mails have generally full employment, but the
mechanics have not more than four or five days per week,
and many are out of employment, whilst the house-carpenters
and masons are only partially employed. The cotton trade
at Stockport remains in an unsettled state ; a reduction in
wages amongst factory operatives is become gAeral ; and in
consequence of the late turn-outs, a great number of persons
have been entirely put out of work. The cotton hand-loom
weaving at Bolton is a little better than it was four weeks ago,
but wages are unnsually low ; and hands are by no means
fully employed. Mechanics and other tradesmen are dull.
The gingham trade in the neighbouring towns around Man-
chester is much worse than it was six weeks ago. The silk
trade is not so brisk as it was, but that business is better than
most of the trades in Lancashire. Calico block-printing is
not considered brisk, but it is as good as can be expected;
at some few places the operatives have full work, whilst at
others they have only four and five days work per week.
Machine printers have more work than those employed in
block printing. The mechanics in every town are slack, and
it is calculated that on an average upwards of one-third of
the mechanics and machine makers in the neighbouring towns
of Manchester are without work. Wages at most of the
towns have lately been reduced upwards of twenty per cent.

The market for metals continues with limited transactions
but the value of spelter is supported at £2l. Ils. per ton, de-
livered on the spot. English lead is in better demand, and
the prices appear to be rather advancing, in consequence of
the shortness of the supplies. East India tin is tending to
lower rates, as of 1236 slabs of straits, offered by auction on
Friday, the whole were bought in at 735. per cwt. British
iron continues to accumulate in stock, but nominally the
rates are not lower than at the time of our last report.
HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—The silk glove workmen
have been a month upon strike on Monday. The turn-out
hands have rather increased in number, the dispute being
closely contested ; the number of hands at work and partly
at work are computed at 1400, of which about 130 have
turned out; the workmen hitherto have been paid nearly as
much as they could earn. The silk warp blond hands are
still all out. A very violent dispute has taken place at Snein-
ton, in the bobbin lace trade, in which the turn-outs pro-
ceeded to intimidate ; the consequence was, three of the par-
ties were convicted before the county magistrates, and were
sentenced to three months imprisonment.—Nottingham
Journal.

A WHIRLWIND.—A singular occurrence took place on
Friday afternoon last at Uffeulme, in this county. A field
of wheat of between six or seven acres in extent, had been cut
and set up in stacks, when suddenly a violent gust of wind
demolished nearly every one of the stacks, and carried one of
the sheaves to a height of several hundred feet in the air.
What makes. the matter the more remarkable, is, that one
part of the field was not in the least affected by it, while in
every other part it carried everything before it, tearing the
branches from the trees, and carrying them a considerable
distance into the air. Within a short distance from the spot
the weather was perfectly calm, but at Sandford, about four
miles distant, there was a thunder-storm and a heavy fall of
rain, which lasted for two hours without intermission.—
Western Luminary.

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