The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-12 00:00:00

MANUFACTURES

MANCHESTER.—The operations of last week have so
entirely cleared off accumulating stocks, that both spin-
ners and manufacturers are only disposed to go on at a
higher range of prices. Buyers, on the other hand, after
their free purchases, which have satisfied their immediate
orders or pressing requirements, feel less urgency to go
on, and for the time they are hardly disposed to concede
the full prices demanded ; so that altogether the market
has been decidedly quieted throughout the week. The
demand for yarns has not been so general, notwithstand-
ing which prices are very firmly maintained, and some
descriptions can hardly be obtained on terms as advan-
tageous as last week. For India there is less doing, and
from the German houses the demand has also abated_ Fnr

goods the inquiry is not so brisk. A general quietness
exists, due apparently to the advanced prices demanded.
The Greek houses continue to operate, but not quite to
the same extent. T-cloths and long cloths still continue
pretty good demand, as do domestics also.
ROCHDALE. The demand for flannels continues
brisk, and the manufacturers are asking better prices for
their goods to meet the late rise in the raw material. The
wool market is rather quiet, and the manufacturers buy
sparingly for immediate use only.

HUDDERSFIELD.—A slight iinprovement in the
number of sales effected in the cloth market, compared
with laotweek, although the market may be generally

reported flat. The fancy woollen trade is quieter-than fo'r
some time past ; and the wool merchants complain that
they are doing very little.
NOTTINGIIAII.—A few houses in the lace and hosiery
trades have been doing a little more business since our
last report, but the improvement does not extend to many ;
still the prospect for the future is good, especially for
fancy goods, as makers have wisely limited the production
to demand. There is no difference in the price of cotton
or silk yarn.

LEICESTER.—The state of trade has assumed an
aspect so satisfactory as only to be exceeded by the
splendid harvest weather and magnificent crops with
which the country is blessed. Prices still tend upwards.

LEEDS,—Prices remain without any alteration, and
although the mills throughout the district are in full
operation, the stocks in the manufacturers' hands are low.
The buyers who have been down during the week, en-
couraged by the fall in the price of corn, have purchased
seasonable goods freely, and, in conseauence. a brisk busi-

ness has been done in the warehouses.
BRADFORD.—There is a coolness amongst buyers to
operate, and small purchases only are made. Wool rules
too high to induce spinners to supply themselves with
anything not required for immediate use. Noils and
shorts are very limited in the production : very scarce,
and command rather higher prices.—Yarns : The contracts
entered into for this month are generally at a small
advance, but by no means equal to the recent advance on,
wool. The position of the spinner was never so harassi”-
J 1 has risen in pH ' to 9d

sine, ~une woo. ,_Ace equal per gross,
while the advance on yarns cannot be quoted at more than
3d to 6d per gross. Yarns suitable for export are very
flat ; the cost of top in many cases is greater than what
the 'ill realig. '-

~ne yarns when spun .., leaving the spinner a
loss in addition to spinning for nothing.—Pieces : More
business has been done than for several weeks past, and
greater firmness is shown by the manufacturers, knowing.

that their goods are more costly to produce, and that one-
third of the looms in the whole district are unemployed.
The splendid crops and the brilliant harvest weather are
sure to have their influence in the demand for all articles
of clothing as the cold weather draws near.

CORN

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. B.—We had a few millers from a
distance, but the attendance at this morning's market

consist&

myers, who

purchased to a fair extent of good useful deseriptiOns of
wheat at an advance of 3d to 4d per bushel over the cur-
rencies of Tuesday ; the better classes of States and
Canadian, in the absence of superior quality, rather
exceeding this improvement. Flour was in good request
at an amendment of is per barrel, fresh parcels being
very scarce, and extra brands held for a stil
advance, there being no prospect of fort

treater

Barley offering' at'a decline of 2d to 3d, without finding
buyers, and oats dull at ld per bushel reduction on both
old and new. Oatmeal steady sale at late prices. Indian
corn, from the scarcity of good samples, is ,not much
inquired for, and we repeat former quotations.