The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER.—The holidays have so far interfered with
business during the last week, that the market can scarcely be
said to have an existence, and it is not easy to say what is the
predominant feeling amongst buyers and sellers. Perhaps, so
far as transactions have taken place, they indicate greater
firmness on the part of the spinners and manufacturers, who,
being generally bare of stock, adhere very tenaciously to their
demands. Whether these will be complied with by buyers,
probably next week will determine.
ROCHDALE.—The prevailing tone of the market to-day has
been dullness, and little or no desire on the part of the mer-
chants to purchase. In the Wool market prices remain the
same as last week, with no inclination by the manufacturers to
purchase more than they. require for immediate use.
HUDDERSFIELD.-ThiS week our market was rather dull,
still the mills are, for the most part, running full time. Prices,
of course, continue low.
LEEDS.—Being Whitsuntide, the business done in the Wool-
len Cloth trade thiS week has been small: There is, however,
no decided change to notice. The manufacturers continue well
employed, and the foreign houses are tolerably busy. The
home trade is rather dull. _ _ _

BRADFORD.—WOoLs.—There has been more inquiry for all
kinds of combing Wools during the week, and the spinners are
more willing to buy ,in quantity than they were some weeks
past; but there is no disposition to sell at late prices. Nolls
and Shorts are in full demand at late prices. YARNS.—The
demand for Yarns is not lessened for any market, but the ad-
dition of the shippers has given it a tone of firmness : large
orders are now given, contracts for distant delivery entered
into, and prices very firm. PIECES.—The business doing by
the home trade is now very large, and the period of dullness
usually between the seasons has passed over with so small an
accumulation of stock, it gives us a pretty correct indication
that the production is not exceeding the wants of the trade,
and that g general active business may be looked for, and cor-
respondingly increased prices during the autumn.
HALIFAX.—The attendance in our Piece-hall to-day has been
slacker than usual, and the Worsted trade in general, somewhat
flatter; but prices remain unaltered. There is rather snore
doing in Yarn, at late rates. For the finest descriptions of
long Wool, there is a little more inquiry, and the staplers seem
to hold their stocks with more confidence. Short Wools are
firmer, but not much doing in them.
MACCLESFIELD. There is less activity to be noticed
amongst manufacturers in the Handkerchief department than
for some time past. On the other hand the houses engaged in
the Piece trade are tolerably. busy, with orders on baud for
some weeks to come. The thrown Silk market remains in an

unsatisfactory position, but should the silk crop on the conti-
nent turn out a short one, as is generally reported, it will, no
doubt, diminish the shipments of foreign thrown silk to this
country, and thereby ass►st the throwsters here. In the raw
silk market the principal transactions of the week have been
in China silks.

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BIRTHS.

On the 12th instant, at Dudley, the wife of Mr. D. LEE.
shoemaker, of twins, nearly full-grown males, who were joined
together in the chest and part of the abdomen ; each, however,
having well-proportioned head, neck, arms, and legs. They
were born alive, but one of them died almost immediately,
and the other only survived about half an hour.
On the 18th instant, at Ballynalane, near Killarney, Mrs.
SULLIVAN, the wife of a labourer, ofi four children. Both
sexes were fairly represented.
On the 19th instant, in London, Mrs. CHARLES TENNANT,
of a daughter.

On the '2oth instant, at Ashfield, Wavertree, the wife of I.
STOPFORD TAYI,OR, M.D., of a daughter.
Same day, Mrs. DALE, of Canning-street, Birkenhead, of a
daughter.
On the 21st instant, in Windsor-terrace, Upper Parliament-
street, Mrs. T. BICKERTON EVANS, of a son.
Same day, the lady of ROBERT JAMES, Esq., R.A., Govern-
ment-survevor at this port, of a daughter.
On the 24th instant, at Bromboro', Cheshire, Mrs. BRAN-
SON SANDS, of a daughter.