The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER.—The market has been entirely without ani
mation throughout :the present week, but no more market

Lie consequence t

ptible at

continue in the

.same unfortunate position—orders limited, and prices very
unremunerative. Theprlncipaltransact!ons of the week have

been for India, in anticipation of the next arrival, the
accounts by which are expected to be of fin improved character.
Prices of both roods and yarn are, on the whole, steady; and
for yarns most in demand, rather better rates have been ob-
.tained. Yarns have continued in fair request for India, and
for 40's, 50's, and 60's, ,and about those numbers, an advance
,soty. per lb. has 'been realised ";crher numbers

'have latterly been less•inquired for, and are not so firm. For
Germany, nothing beyond a-moderate demand has been expe-
rienced, the system of .buying for immediate requirements
being .continued. This is attributable to the high prices
obtaining at present, through the comparatively high value of
cotton, which render the usual practice of laying in stocks,
previous-to the stopping of the navigation, a greater risk than
ordinary. The demand, however, though much smaller for
the moment, may be expected to continue more constant, and
at periods when previously a general inactivity has prevailed.
Manufacturers continue to act with caution, and, though not
smaller, the demand for yarn by them has not been at all in
excess -of late experiences. The cloth market exhibits no
general improvement.

ROCIMAIE.—TIT market this week has been somewhat like
the season oftbe year, dull and heavy; and the amount of bu-
sinesstransacted has been more limited. We have had a quiet
wool market also; though there has not been much doing, for-
mer prices have been fully maintained.

Micouiiirimn.---Theie is less animation perceptible among
the manufacturers here, but this ie accounted for by the dr-
cumstaneethatme are now between the seasons, when it is
invariably a dull time, generslly taken advantage of by tie
manufacturer to make an alteration of styles, which alteration,
we understand, is-being carried out with considerable spirit by
some of our leading homes.

HALIFAX.—There was a large attendance of buyers at our
Piece-hall on Saturday; but the slackness before noted in the
demand for worsted goods continues about the same. There
is no change •in yarn; the merchants are still holding back for
lower prices, but there is an expectation that they will be
obliged to come into the market at the current quotations.
There is a tolerably steady business doing in wool, and the
staplers are firm holders at late rates.

HUDDERSFIELD. —The demand for fancy woollens and the
better class of plain woollens continues to be rather slow in
our market. Fancies of the newest styles, and thick checks
for the home trade, are the most in demand at present. The
shipping trade has been dull, with the exception of one or two
American houses. Yarns are in good request. Low wools
continue to maintain a good price.
BRADFORD.—The demand for winter goods continues brisk,
but for other kinds it is rather slack, and manufacturers are
checking the supply by stopping looms. For both wool and
yarns the demand is less than it lately has been, although the
accounts of the Leipsic fair are of a satisfactory character.
lEEDS.—The demand for heavy woollen goods is tolerably
active, and, the cloth trade is in much the same state as we
'have had to notice for the last two or three weeks. Manufac-
turers continue well employed, and the demand is fully equal
to that usual at this season of the year.