The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-07 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

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s•JrlantiVlßlL—ln Blackburn there is scarcely any demand
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o.,,ctured goods, and masters complain of the low prices;
,PDeartt: goods continue to accumulate. The trade has every
qll, tio",ee of being as bad as it was in the noted yerirs of 'air,
h ark t_ 42. The Yarn market is also dull, and pricslower
err ci7 were a month ago. Hand-loom weavers have again
ebs'r to ,„4ged to submit to a further reduction of wages of from
I,larrie"' Per cut, or piece and work is scarce. Moulders, me
and machine-makers are only partially employed, and
4awre,without work—power-loom making was scarcely ever
;gcrioa '0 be in a worse state. The plasterers turned out on
491,4' last for an advance of wages of 6d. per day. On Tues.
1/411‘ka ' the labourers employed on the Bolton and Blackburn
re j !turned out for an advance of ed. and ad. per day. They
towain on the strike The various trades in the:neighbour.
Case ~r 1,5 of Manchester get worse every week, the delay in the
or.-'
ea commons relative to Sir ft. Peel's measure are said to
to use
lota of a bad trade.
bhasr-As is usuat with the concluding markets of the month,
oys thanesa was done in our Cloth Halls the last two market
lea during the other marke s of March . In the
ht ale aleso. but a limited amount of business has been done.
e,kqe. orders for the German, and others for the American
been executed at firm but not high; prices. Great
kat!chan's ill manifested both by the manufacturers and the
ts,s and au improved demand is generally expected after
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84 th,' Prei.n.—Our market was a trifle better on Tues6ay,
Illta,e,,,,erelialso been more doing in the warehouses. Lrght
beers Or haoon .9s are rather better to buy; but as the manufae-
tholarkc F given up making. and as the stock of such goods is
tkt` des tis not improbable th t when the fine weather arrives
1,, ten, eriPtion of goods will be very scarce Buyers are still
41,t, ely
• cautious, buying only to supply their immediate
!tAn,,
Adesn a.- We regret that e cannot notice ove
tithe state of the staple manufacture of thistown. Some
tl:rriealWever. are entertained that ,hould the next news from
ZY of a favourable character, there will be an increased
final tvh,,"' complete goods for the markets of that country; and
Atha the New Tariff Bill is passed into law, both the home
fe,ee„'erMan trade will be better.
‘,.ko-eALE,—The Flannel market has been very dull, and very
changed hands ; prices much as before. The
A;v4,..6',et was flat, but prices were fully as high as for the
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vait Weeks.
Doll state R,LO WOOL MARKET.—There is no alleviation to the
the trade, which relatively continues in the same
fi'etliat we reported last week, and consumers merely supply
l'er,Res si 0 ".equirernents.
flat .2rnwiicic BLANKET MARKET.—OR Monday, we had
ktrt,t,Tajk, et, but on Thursday we had a rather better state
t„Liturne co": few orders were put out for shipping. The demand
iY,or„'cas"sumjto artion is still very limited.
yanis no
a improvement in the demand for
"vo• lien Goods. The manufacturers engaged in
pd country trades equally complain of the absence
40r 'ir,ruere is, however. considerable business doing in
tTtiodere is n °wo and coloured Cotton Hose; but the demand
140,,, Or 645' anthing like equal to what it was in the same
Nra.`oo-;; season. There is little or nothing doing in Wool.
ooin;are_ Very firm, and fully maintain their value ; but
•ieDrellrrivon 'e a shade tower.
jlkoy'sed st4.:•*---The Cotton Stocking trade is still in a most
ta_lilaarteL e,.
.though if anything a shade improved, but in
IN, 'term this is stoutly denied. The Silk Glove hands. are
i'vtrltea rptethc4'`e_'!3' well employed upon cut thumbs, which, by a
h Wher,,"„E Beaming, are nearly equal to wrought gloves,
,r,",eY require washing. The cotton glove trade is
)41c,,We h","„". 'lid we have heard of a new manufacture
th ar-t'e Will extend) of Making rib gloves; two and one
boi]Ouch approved of, they being extremely elastic.
of
44 the Ler pet trade can scarcely be said to have amended,
p,kt e Psic fair has commenced. The power of plain
A re.estrert._!. better condition than the fancy trade, but even
114t,x,wc,,jaccincatYrddu11:_The warp Lace trade, with the exception

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deplorable state

nearer approa

s would be effected.
notwithstanding an eas
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'mint of busi,