The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER.—Since Tuesday, little has been doing; the
failure of the East India house=, mentioned in the London
papers, both of which affect some of the principal houses in
this town, having had the effect of somewhat checking confi-
dence. First-rate " printers " are, however, in fair demand;
but in other descriptions the demand is limited, owing to the
causes assigned in our last week's report.
. .

ROCHDALE.—We had rather more buyers in the market on
Monday, and the demand was better than last week. Rather
better prices were, in some instances, obtained. Wool was
fully as last week, with an upward tendency. Oils much the
same as our last.

LEEDS.—Rather less business has been done both in the Cloth
Halls and the warehouses this week than was transacted last
week. The goods in chief demand have been the fine and
middle qualities, and principally for the home trade. Though
some orders for the American export houses were given our last
week, the unsettled Oregon question operates to check even
legitimate speculations in woollen goods for the transatlantic
world. The supply of goods not being larger than the general
demand prices continue with ut alteration.

BRADFORD.—There was a tolerable amount of business done
in our Piece Hall on Thursday, though scarcely so much as was
done last market day. The merchants rather hung off buying,
as they were in expectation of letters, per steamer, from Ame-
rica. Both the Wool and Yarn departments continue in much
the same languid -condition as at our last report. Upon the
whole there is some improvement in the demand for Yarns, but
the spinners comp'ain that the prices realised are not remunera-
ting, the price of Wool still keeping ve, y high.
HIIDDERSFJELD.—The report of last week, as to the state of
the staple trade of this town and neighbourhood, might he again
repeated for the present week, for we have no alteration of con-
sequence to notice. A tolerable amount of business was done
in our public market on Tuesday, but both manufacturers and
merchants act with great caution; and as stocks of desirable
goods continue low, there appears very little probability of the
prices receding.
HECKM.NDWIKE BLANKET MARKET.—The market has been
well attended this week by merchants, and the manufacturers
have obtained, in some instances, a slight advance; we under-
stand that stocks are unusually light for the season, particularly
the better goods.

LEICESTEIL—There is a little better feeling and more confi-
dence in the market than there was a month ago. The
machinery is generally at work, alth. ugh the hosiers coplain
of the difficulty in obtaining remunerating prices for goods.
Worsted and woollen yarns are in better demand. There is
more doing in wool, and wether•skin wools are a trifle higher.
NOTTINGHAIII.—TY `, at

silk glove branch is better than it NI
the commencement of the present year, but upon the whole it is
rather in a depressed state, and many of the hands are pinched
for employment. The cotton warp lace hands have scarce half
employment. The silk warp lace hands are rather in a more
flourishing conrition, but then their nemoets are reduced to less
than half, and their wages, in many instances, to one-third.
The fancy bobbin net trade had, in some quarters considerably
improved, and some houses have had a sort of half clearing out,
but still with others the depression is as severe as ever.
BIRMINGHAM.—In consequence of the high prices which the
iron masters still insist on, the manufacturers of Birmingham
and Wolverhampton find themselves unable to compete with
Belgium and other continental countries, and are in conse-
quence throw n almost wholly on the home market, which is in
a state of great depression, It is a fact which ought to be in-
structive to the great combination of iron masters in this
country to obtain prices, that Belgium has recently imported
iron from the United States, manufactured it, and sent the
manufactured article to England, where it has been sold to a
profit at less money than the British manufacturer could dis-
pose of his goods for.

A BIT OF BATHOS.—On March 2d, Mr. Br
Illinois, delivered in the senate of the United States a
speech on the Oregon question, which occupies twelve
columns in the New York papers. It is printed with a