The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

29090 bales

STATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS mark ets' 'continue so uniformly brisk that it is
difficult to .vary our reports of the transactions. For all des-
criptions ,of Cloths there is an active demand, •birth for home
consumption and for exportation.
HUDDERSFIELD MAWEET.—We had again .E brisk market
here on Tuesday, notwithstanding the scarce .supply of new
goods, all of which were eagerly bought up by -the merchants,
arta mere was a runner clearance of o:d stock. Prices were
t rm.-and the market seemed very buoyant, a general conviction
prevai lag that there -.would be an abundant harvest.

HECIZMONDWIKE BLANKET MAREET.—We: have had two
brisk market days here this week, the Manufacturers in the
neighbourhood a: e' fully employed and are ,likely to be so for
sometime to come.

HALFFAX.—We had a good attenct..iee of buyers at this
market on Saturday; and the transactions were extensive in
both goods and Yarn. For domestic consumption the purcha-
ses were large, but there were also considerable dealings with
the exporting merchants.
1100.,VEDALE FLANNEL MARHET.—This being the day of the
wakes, fewer buyers have attended, and the butiness transacted
has been more limited than last week. The'Wool market eon_
tirmes steady, and prices firm.
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. The Wool merchants, notwithstanding,
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HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—The hosiery trade, in nearly
all the branches, continues extremely dull. The wrought-
cotton hose branch is suffering severely, many of the hands
being destitute of employment,—the selvage-heel having to
some extent supeiseded them. The cut-up cotton hose branch
is still very dead ; and, to add to V.e difficulties, some of the
hosiers contemplate to abolsh frame rent, and to reduce the
wages to that extent. The di awer branch is still in a very de-
pressed state: as yet the wages are but little affected. It is
quite painful to allude to the situation of the workmen making
plain silk hosis ry, whether stockings iar gloves ; the latter of
whom are in a most deplorab:e condition, the cut-up system
having completely cut them up. 'lhe bobbin-net branch is still
dull, but not seriously so, as many of the machine owners, upon
common pa!terns, keep their machines constant), going. The
potterns made by the Jacquard are the least in demand. The
warp 1 .ce trade is getting somewhat dull, and the wages are
comparat vely low, especially to what they were some years
since.—Nottifighan2 J.,urittel.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

(From the Railway Magazine of Saturday.)

The following calculatijn of the last weekly returns of 49
railways, 1,724 miles in length, given in our present number,
will, we believe, be of interest :—Number of passengers on
railways, 5u4,051. The receipts for passengers on 49 railways,
11,2,731 ; ditto for goods on 45 railways. .€29,886; total,
•132,621). This is an average of .€77 per mile per week. Tee
receipts for the corresponding period of last year on 1,581
miles were .€112,817, or at the rate of £7sl per mile per week.