The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-25 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

LANCASHlRE.—Thehatting tradeat Oldham and the neigh-
bourhood is a little better than it was a month since ; opera-
tives generally are moderately employed, but there is a great
deal of distress, especially amongst factory operatives ; spin-
ning is slacker, and many hands out of employment ; power-
loom weaving of calicoes is much the same as at other places.
The woollen trade of Rochdale is in a low state, and several
of the small manufacturers have been reducing wages—indeed,
the larger firms will only make goods for present orders;
there is great distress amongst cannel weavers, and masters
are getting next to nothing by their goods. The woollen cloth
trade of Saddleworth is much in the same state as we report-
ed it a fortnight since, namely, rather dull, but a little more
work for the operatives than there was two months ago. The
demand for fine printed silk satins in the neighbouring towns
of Manchester still improves, and particular fine silk goods
are moderately brisk ; but low reeds and coarse goods woven
by Women, children, and old men, are very dull ; silk dyers
generally are better employed than they were a month ago.
The cotton trade at Bolton is very slack, and distress is alarm-
ing, owing to the number of hands wanting employment ; there
are a great number of empty cottages and shops, and manu-
facturers get very low prices for their goods. In every town,
twenty miles round Manchester, there is a very great scarcity
of money, and manufacturers, generally will only make goods
for present consumption ; provisions are very dear. The
state of Stockport is much in the same condition as at Bolton.
The trade in other towns which we have not mentioned is. if
anything, rather worse than we stated in our last. Calico
block printing is much the same as a fortnight ago. There is
very little building going on in all the towns ; mechanics,
machine makers, tlec. at many places, have little more
than half employment; and many are without work.—Preston
Chronicle.
LEEDS.—We regret to state that the demand for balk goods
in the markets during the week has been extremely limited,
and the manufacturers complain that the little business they
are able to do is done for little or no profit. We are, how-
ever, glad to learn that an improvement is visible in most
of the surrounding manufacturing villages; and we trust that
ere long trade will resume its wonted activity.
BRADFORD.--We are sorry to he unable to furnish our
reefers with any favorable report of last Thursday's Bradford
market. We believe there was not quite so much business
done in prices as last week, and prices are far from being
likely to advance ; the demand on Thursday ran much for
plain blacks. The yarn market was much the same, an ad-
vance of about 4d per gross having now become established.
There is :certainly a reduction in the price of some classes
I of wool,. which" Games the consumers to exercise great caution
in their purchases, in consequence of their not being able to
obtain for their goods remunerating prices.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, FEB. 21.—There has been
a fair demand for deep combing wools this week at rather re-
duced prices; clothing and blanket wools more slowly, and
prices for some weeks past are without variation.—Leeds in-
telligencer.