The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-18 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS.—There is still a fair demand for manufactured
goods, though the markets since our last can scarcely be said
to have been so brisk as they were a month ago. Probably
more would be sold if there were a better assortment in the
market; as the Cloth Halls were scat cely ever known to be
so scantily supplied with balk goods as at present. Two
causes conduce to this state of scarcity at present ; the high
prices of wool, and the engagements of many of the clothiers
in the harvest. It is satisfactory to know that notwithstand-
ing our operative manufacturers are now pretty generally
employed, any improvement in the demand for goods, must,
owing to the thinness of the supply in the Halls, be imme-
diativ felt. This state of things hardly supports the theory
of those who prognosticate that wool cannot maintain its
present price. In our judgment there is nothing to indicate
an early or extensive fall.
BRADFORD, THURSDAY.--M 1 kinds of plain goods for
printing continue in demand, and the lower qualities of 6-4th
merinos are really scarce in the market. In consequence of
the larger buyers for the home !rade coming into the market
rather earlier than usual, the stocks in the warehouses have
been considerably reduced, and now the country purchasers
are in the market. The stocks of finished- goods are there-
fore not large.—Yarns : These sell readily at very full prices.
—Wool: The finer qualities are most in demand. -A fair
amount of business is doing in other kinds at the prices last
reported

ALIPAY, SATURDAY.—There is still nolife in the market,
and though business is limited in amount, it does not effect
prices at present; but this can hardly be expected to con-
tinue without an improved demand for most goods. There
is nothing fresh to notice either in yarns or wool.
HUDDERSFIELD.--011r market here on Tuesday, was fully
as brisk as any we have had of late, nearly every description
of goods suitable for the autumn and winter trade having
met ready sale at improving prices. The sales of fancy goods
especially were extensive. The wool market is firm, and the
operatives generally are fully employed. This too, when the
price of bread is so high that foreign corn can be imported
nearly duty free.
YORK Wool, MARKET SEPT. 13.—We have had a good
attendance of buyers to day, with a fair supply of wool.
There has been only a moderate quantity of business done at
prices similar to our last reports.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, SEPT. 14.—The increased
inquiry for the ordinary run of combing Wools noticed in
our last report continues; and as the demand has been freely
niet by holders, business has been done to some extent at
fully former rates. The finer qualities of combing wools, as
well as all short wools, are without change in either demand
or price.
'f HE IRON TRA DE.—The advance which we mentioned in
our last notice has maintained its ground, with every appear-
ance of a still higher price being obtained ere long, as the
demand continues brisk.—Midland Counties Herald.
BURY.—In Bury and its vicinity trade seems to be im-
proving, especially among the calico-printers, both in the
machine and block departments, and some of the establish-
ments, we are informed, are taking in fresh hands. Cotton-
spinning and power-loom weaving is good ; and the iron-
founders and machine-makers are busy. The late favourable
weather has alio made outdoor employment far more plentiful.