The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-08 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCIrSsTErt.—A larger amount of business has been done
this week than last. Indeed, a heavy trade has been done where
parties would give way in price, which some manufacturers and
spinners have one for large quantities. The splendid weather
we have also had for the lalt few days has operated favourably ;
for in London the wholesale houses are very busy ; so we may.
in the natural course of things, expect to be busy here next
week. The news, also, from the east is more favourable, and
4e _inch shirtings are, consequently, in good request, at last
'week's rates. Fustians and domestic cloth also retain their
price, and a good business is doing. The country houses have
also more to do ; so, upon the whole, we are better than we
Were last week. We may quote 27-inch 66's at as. lid. to 5s 4d.
and 72's at 3s. 6d. to ss. 1O d., but still heavy of sale.- inn-
ehester Advertiser, of Saturday.

LANCASHIRE.—The cotton spinning branch at Oldham and
the neighbourhood is highly flourishing. A large cotton mill i
in course of erection at North Moor, and a considerable num-
ber of new Douses are building in the town and vicinity. The
woollen cloth trade at Saddleworth is in a moderate state.
Goods for the home 'trade are in particular requeSt, but the ac-
counts from America have not been very good of late. The
hatting trade at Stockport, Devizes, Oldham, &c. is moderately
brisk, and wages generally better than they were twelvemonths
ago. Calico block printing at Accrington and the neighbour-
hood is moderately brisk, and trade i❑ cotton mills in a flou-
rishing state. The various trades in other towns fifteen or
twenty miles round Manchester are•nrach in the same healthy
state as we noticed them a month ago.

LEEDS.—A fair average amount of business has been done in
the warehouses and in the Woollen Cloth Markets of this town
since our last, and there is no particular feature of change in
the aspect of our trade worthy of notice. ManufaCturers con-
tinue well employed, and the demand is equal to the supply.
The foreign houses are active, and there is fair prospect of a
good summer trade.

BRADFORD.—If anything, our market on Thursday was less
animated than on the previous market-day; yet the amount of
pieces disposed of was considerable, at about the prices which
have ruled for some time past. The demand for wool is about
equal to the supply, which is not large. The spinners complain
of unremunerative prices, owing to the high price of the raw
material, and the refusal of the manufacturers to pay more for
yarns.

HUDDERSFIOLD.—The market here on Tuesday was well at
tended by buyers, and a large stroke of business was transacted.
Prices of both fancy and low goods are slightly (,n the advance.
We cannot note any change in wools, the prices of which are
steady.

HALIFAX.—The staple trade of this town and district conti-
nues in a steadily active condition; and the demand for mixed
goods is equal to the supply. The Wool trade is not very brisk,
but prices remain firm.

Roca DALE FLANNEL MARKET.—The market to day has been
extremely flat, and very little business has been transacted. In
the wool market there is no changeto report.

HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—The state of the wrought cot-
ton hose branch still keeps slowly impro: ing, as regards em-
ployment, but not as regards the amount of wages earned.
The cut-up branch, if we may judge from the number of frames
to be let, is in a brisk state. The drawer and pantaloon branch
continues in a very good condition. We have not heard the re-
sult of the application of the workmen for an advance of wages.
The cotton glove trade is in a tolerable state, and is rather ex-
tending upon the whole. The silk knotted trade is still in the
most deplorable condition : at some of their meetings, the men
have come to the resolution of leaving the trade altogether if
any more reductions are attempted. There is a shade of further
improvement in the silk glove trade, and we perceive that there
are some framesto be let; still this manufacture is extremely
depressed, and seems likely to continue so. The plain silk hose
branch continues declining, and a very general opinion pre-
vails, that in a few years it will become extinct. The grea' er
part of the hands being past the meridian of life, are fast dying
off, and no apprentices are taken. The bobbin-net trade is,
upon the w in a fair condition, andthe demand for machine
figured nets is tolerably good. There is no important alteration
in the state of the warping trade, the hands have full employ-
ment. The French-bobbin-net trade is in a state of great agi-
tation, the French manufacturers, at the head of whom is the
deputy from Lyons, wishing to prohibit the importation of Eng-
lish spun thread. This would be carried, were it not that the
French ministry hesitate on account of the opposition of the
French machine owners.—Nottingham Journal

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS

(From the Railway Magazine of Saturday.)

Passen

Cor. wk.
lastyear F

Arbroath and Forfar
Birmingham and Derby ....
Birmingham and Gloucester.. 10712
Brandling Junction
Bristol and Gloucester
Chester and Birkenhead ; 502)

Dublin and Mob
Dublin and Kingstown
Dundee and Arbroath.
Durham and Sunderland
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Eastern Counties.
Glasgow and Ayr
Glasgow and Greenock.,
Grand Junction
Great North of England
Great Western
Liverpool and Manchester
London and Birmingham.,
London and Blackwall
London and Brighton
London and Croydon
London and Greenwich
Southwestern
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury
Manchester and Birmingham.
Manchester and Leeds and
Hull and Selby
Midland Counties
Newcastle and Darlington
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newcastle and North Shields, 19147
North Midland
North Union
Paris anti Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Preston and Wyre
Sheffield and Manchester
South Eastern ...
Taff Vale ..
Ulster ..
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland

11411
2209
11938
2918
11264

PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL.

Woon, Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid Duty.
Archangel .419 o @ o o ,
Mcmel 15 10 a o Ng 2
Gothenburg l6 10 -- 17 0 d 1-.:
Wyburg l6 0 16 10 i
Petersburg 16 10 —l9 0 ; w
PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. ii '''.
Danzig, Deck
British American Pine
LATHWOOD. per fathom.
Danzig, 4 feet £8 0 0 0 .'2 Os
British American 5 0 5 10 Is.
MAHOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick.
Honduras
Cuba
St. Domingo 1 0 1 6 1206,
OAK PLANKS, British American 2 0 2 6
TEAKWOOD, per cubic feet
STAVES, per 1200.
Danzig, C. Pipe £lOO 0 —llO 0 1285.d0.
Hhd. 6O 0 70 0 f
Quebec, red. to li in. thick, }35 0 55 0
and 54 feet long
Do. Puncheon .. 12 0 18 0
Elm BE 11, per cubic foot. s. d. a. d.
Oak 2 6 3 0
Phis. British Amer. common 1 3 2 0 ...,. .
red 1 3 110 "K • is.
yellow
Danzig .„ ~ ........ „,„ i s 2 0
Memel.. . . 18— 2 0 130 s Od 43. Id
ug:Aired.... . 7,7••••
1 9 1 14 ~