The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

MARKETS FOR MANUFACTURES.

MANCHESTER.— Business continues exceedingly limited;
even more so than last week. We are still suffering from
the uncertainty hanging over the Russo-Turkish question,
whilst the state of the money market also continues to
be a fruitful source of anxiety ; and to render business
matters still more difficult of control, there is the wages'
question still lingering in the rear unadjusted, and fully
as unlikely as the other two of meeting with a speedy
permanent, or satisfactory settlement. Buyers show a de-
cided want of confidence, and hold back from making any
purchases that can be avoided ; no inducement at present
offered being sufficient to bring them into the market. As
regards Yarns, there is a more decided decline this week.
Not only are contracts fast running out, but, in consequence
of the turn-outs of some of the weavers, those concerns who
spin as well as weave are bringing their produce into the
market at the very time that the inquiry is reduced, and by
this means considerably adding to its weakness. Water
Yarns, in the bundle, are still very dull, and the quotations,
for some descriptions, are fully id. below the highest point.
Warps and pin cops, of the coarser numbers, are also a good
deal depressed. Mule yarns, for India, have been rather
more dealt in since the arrival of the letters by the India
mail, but not sufficiently so as even to render the market
more steady. The cloth market is also exceedingly dull, but
manufacturers exhibit no particular urgency to sell. Prices
have a downward tendency; the uncertainty that hangs over
the wages' question, however, indisposes the producer to
accent any offers that are much below former rates ; and, in
consequence, more steadiness exists in this market than in
that for yarn.

ROCHDALE.—The demand for coarse goods continues very
good, and, at present, the supply is far from being equal to
the demand. The Wool market has undergone no change.
Fine Wools are full as easy to buy, but English Wool of an in-
ferior quality is scarce, and better prices may be obtained.
LEBDS. —The procrastinated settlement of the Eastern
question, the unsettled state of the weather, and the advance
in the price of corn, together with the rise in the rate of dis-
counts, have had the effect of completely putting a stop to
purchases on speculation at our cloth markets, and the busi-
ness done out of the Halls has been to a very trifling
amount, compared with the sales for many weeks past;
prices, however, keep firm— the stocks are small—and the
mills continue well employed.

BRADFORD.—WOOI: The inquiries for Wool continue very
limited, with but few sales making, and the difficulty to buy
from the growers is not in any way altered to enable it to
come to this market. Noils and brokes command full prices.
Yarns : There is nothing new in this department. The ac-
counts from the East induce the shippers to pause. For
home consumption the demand is steady. Pieces : The dull
weather a few weeks past had a somewhat flattening tendency,
and the market has not since resumed its usual activity.
HALIFAX.—The threatening aspect of affairs in the East
checks the demand for Yarns for the continent, and the
transactions are moderate, at late rates. There is no great
activity in the Wool market, and the quotations have not
undergone any alteration.

IIUDDERSFIELD.—We have had a quiet market, which is
looked upon now as something unusual, considering the very
long run of briskness we have had. There have scarcely been
the usual number of buyers in attendance, the orders of
whom have been meagre. This flatness is generally attri-
buted to the very bad aspect of Eastern affairs, and the tight-
ness of the money market in high rate of discounts, which,
together, have had a material effect hero during this last
week, both as regards money transactions, and in checking
any speculation by the merchants.
NOTTINGHAM.—There is a flatness in business this week for
which we are at a difficulty to account, as this usually is a
period when Lace is sold in large quantities for home con-
sumption. thus, with foreign orders, generally rendering this
about the best season of the year. The Hosiery trade is in a
healthy state in most branches for goods adapted to the ap-
proaching season. The price of the raw material, however,
is still operating against us, and there does not appear any
chance of a reduction in price for the present.

LEICESTER.-Our season's buisness is set in with every
prospect of its healthy continuance. Yarns and Wool fully
maintain their price, notwithstanding the advanced rate of
discount, and the uncertianty of Eastern po!itics.