The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER.—The improved spirit that was manifested in
Tuesday's market has suffered some slight modification ; that
is, in as far as expectation exceeded any real grounds it had to
rest upon, it is now being-corrected and, perhaps, there is not
quite as much business doing as might have been anticipated
from the very considerable transactions of the earlier part of
the week. Producers find that, with specific and limited ex-
ceptions, no advance in prices can be obtained ; but neither
could this be done on Tuesday. As compared with last week,
however, there continues to be a greatly increased and more
general disposition to operate, at such rates as were then ob-
tainable. And although there may be said to be no stocks of
cloth on hand, and of yarns none of material consequence, still,
in the crippled condition of our best foreign customers, it is
vain to expect that a full production can be disposed of. except
at extremely low prices. But, indeed,it is to be borne in mind,
that, of the shipments from this country, a considerable amount
is not sold and paid for, but consigned for sale to various fo-
reign markets.
LEEDS.—This has been a quiet week at both the warehouses
and the public markets. There is, for the season of the year, a
good demand for the home trade, but not much is doing by the
foreign houses.
BRADFORD.—WOOI: There is no improvement in the demand
for combing, either British or Colonial ; and the stocks, although
by no means heavy, being fully equal to the wants of the con-
sumers, prices are fairly maintained. Nails and brakes are un-
altered.—Yarns : There is a steady moving off of the yarns as
they are produced, and none are inclined to spin except to
order.—Pieces : The position of the market is not materially
different from last week, but certainly very contrary to the first
week in November of former years. The manufacturers are
generally free of stock, and, as they cannot produce so fast
from the abridged hours of working, it is very probablo that,
with the exemption of duty made by the Zoliverein on British
goods, and with the demand at home, the stocks may be kept
unusually low throughout the winter.
HALIFAX.—Our Piece Hall has presented this week as dull
and inanimate appearance as ever, and there is hardly so much
doing in the warehouses. The spinners continue fully em-
ployed ; and although, as the season advances, the orders given
out by the exporting houses are not so numerous, yet as the
orders on hand are completed, fresh ones are given out suffi-
cient to keep the machinery running full time. Prices, how-
ever, are far from being satisfactory. Wool goes off slowly, yet
steadily, at old rates, the spinners buying only from hand to
month, and not seeming inclined to lay in stocks.
HUDDERSFIELD.—We have had a dnll market this week both
in the hall and warehouses. Prices, however, are well sup-
ported, and there does not seem to be much chance of any
great alteration in the meantime, more particularly as stocks
are generally very low. Not much doing in wools.
ROCHDALE.—The flannel market this week was not so brisk
as it was a few weeks ago, and prices were in favour of the buy-
ers. The wool market was rather flat, and prices a shade lower
than at our last report.
NOTTINGHAM.—Lace : Trade continues in a fair state, for
the season of the year. We can repeat no variation in demand
or prices. Raw materials, both cotton and silk, are firmer than
for some months past. Holders of raw silks ask 10 to 15 per
cent. advance. Cotton yarns, it is asserted, are not remunera-
ting the spinneri if so, better trade may fix a higher rate for
them also. Hosiery The autum trade for this branch of busi-
ness is now passing over; the factors are making their purcha-
ses more sparingly, and will now be buying only for immediate
necessities.

GLASGOW.—A decidedly better feeling has prevailed in the
market throughout this week, and in many departments consi-
derable improvement has been experienced in the demand,
more particularly in goods suited for the United States. Print-
ers have also been larger buyers of cloths, partly under the im-
pression that such goods are not like'y to be bought to better
advantage further on in the year. In yarns, transactions have
not extended much, although the downward tendency of prices
seems to be replaced by a greater firmness. Two/small mann-
;acturing firms in Paisley have suspended this week, but in
both cases the liabilities are trifling in amount.