The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-13 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER.—We are still without any decided improve-
ment, the market continuing dull and depressed, with a fin ther
downward tendency. At the early part of the week an expres-
sion was indulged in that we had reached the lowest ppint but
the wish seemed to be father to the thought, as prices
have
still farther receded since then, and no offer at all, within
reason, has been refused. Perhaps, on the whole, there has
not been such an utter stagnation in business, either in yarns
for home consumption or export; but, at the same time, what
orders have been given out are confined to such as would not
admit of further delay, and manufacturers seem to be buying
yarns merely to such an extent as will enable them to execute
such orders as they receive, or have not yet completed. Yarns
of all kinds are id. to id. lower this week, and at this reduc-
tion the greater, portion of the purchases have been made for
home use. On Tuesday some business was done for Germany,
which has since been more restricted again. Yarns are by no
means largely held, so that on the first renewal of the demand
an upward movement may. be expected, but in the present
weak state of the cotton. market. all purchases are naturally
confined within the narrowest limits. There has been rather
more inquiry for cloth; but extremely low as prices are, buy-
ers find a lower depth, and but little business has been done.
Stocks have not accumulated to so great an extent as might
have been supposed, which is to be accounted for by the large
number of looms that are now standing, not only in Manches-
ter but in the out towns.

ROCHDALE.—The flannel market remains dull and inactive,
and the merchants are offering lower prices. In kerseys and
coarse goods there has been very little doing. The wool mar-
ket is still, and former prices are fully maintained.
LEEDS.—Business has been rather flat both in the Cloth-
halls and the warehouses this week, yet the manufacturers aro
steadily employed, and stocks of woollen goods on hand are
not heavy.
BRADFORL—WooIs : There is but little if any difference in
the position of the wool market. The supply is not large, and
only a limited quantity is coming in from the country. Prices
are firm. Noils and brokes are better sale, and prices a shade
lower.—Yarns: There has been part inquiry for yarns, but
we cannot learn that there is any improvement in price.—
Pieces : The recent arrivals from the west bring in fresh buy-
ers for the States, but there is as yet nothing like the activity
we have seen at this season for that market, and the business
done must now be either very late or a limited one. For the
home trade not much is yet doing.
HALIFAX.—There has been but a slender attendance of buyers in our Piece-hall, and the amount of business trans-
acted has been very limited. The spinners are asking a slight
advance upon yarn, and a check has consequently been given
to the purchasers. On some sorts of wool the staplers have
obtained a trifling advance in price, and the quantity changing
bands is scarcely so large as it was.
HUDDERSFIELD.—Not so much has been done in our mar-
ket this week as last. The stocks in the Cloth-hall are on the
increase. There have not been many large buyers in town this
last week, and consequently deliveries have not been very
large. The wool market is slack, as the manufacturers cannot
be induced to puy until the forthcoming sales have commenced.
LEICESTER.—We have no alteration to report in the state of
the hosiery trade since our last. The demand for woollen ho-
siery for the home trade cannot be worse than at the present
time; but some few houses are busy for the American trade.
In the wool trade, skin wools, and most short sorts, are very
firm, but growers' lots are the turn easier for purchasers.
NOTTINGHASI.—Lace : The languor in this business, so
long complained of, still continues, and from present appear-
ances there does not seem much prospect of amendment. The
price of the generality of goods is lower, but not much more so
than the reduced price of yarn would admit of.—Hosiery :
There is /more lively demand for goods this week than we
have experienced since February last, for home trade and for
America, for which latter market considerable orders have
been received. The price of yai ais somewhat more in favour
of the buyer.