The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

MONEY AND STOCKS

MANUFACTURES..

MANCHESTER.—There has been hardly so much
activity in the markOt .as was the case last week, but
prices continue very-firm. On Tuesday, in.some quarters,
a rather large increase of price was asked, but the only
effect was, a cessation of purchases, and in but few in-
stances was any advance over the full rates of last week
realised. Both on that day and since pretty full prices
have been obtained, and a fair business has been done ;
but there has been a decided falling off, as regards the
briskness of the demand. The demand for yarn for the
East continues moderate, the enhanced rates asked having
had rather an unfavourable effect. The same may be said
of water yarns for the East also, which are in moderate
demand, but for which it is difficult to attain a higher
position. Manufacturers are rather more 'sparing of
their purchases, the difficulties under which they labour
to obtain better rates for goods being anythi

;nt to give more money

:he ma

quire. The deniand for goods 'is als

,nterfered with,by

igher prices asked, and this has become more appa-
.aring the last few days. Manufacturers find the
value of yarn gradually hardening, whilst there is very
great difficulty in obtaining any concurrent advance for
many descriptions of cloth. The Greek houses are still
operating to a very fair extent, and the demand for the
home trade continues, but•in these cases the higher prices
,d are felt to be an impediment.
HUDDERSFIELD.—The market has been attended
y several buyers from London houses, and on the whole
a fair business has been done, contrasted with the run of
business for some months past. Compared withiast week,
there has, however, been a slight-falling off; goods of low
and middle qualities are mainly in demand, those of the
better qualities not being much inquired for. The wool
trade has improved a little-since last week.

rent d

s made
i hands ; stocks are by
and the mills continue
A moderate amount of business
has been done in the home trade, and rather more than
usual by the shipping houses, particularly for the Cana-
dian market.

LEEDS.—There have been some
during the week by the commiss

tensive s

no means large; prices are firm
3

well e-mPloyea.

BRADFORD.—eWcoIs : The spinners here act with
unusual caution, and she quantity changing hands is very
meagre, the prices sought being beyond the reach of the
consumers. The superior classes of wool grown in Here-
ford, Salop, and Staffordshire, are completely neglected,
Southdown and low qualities in Australia being substi-
tuted.—Yarns The business doing presents no altered
feature since our last. The shippers are buying very
little, and that chiefly in carded yarns ; in spools there is
no alteration in consumption worth note ; prices are steady
at vey low rates.—lleces The stocks in the manufac-
turers' hands are exceedingly limited, as also in the mer-
chants and dyers, and with no disposition on the part of
the producers to augment the quantity making. In all
wool goods the trade is exceedingly profitless, especially
moreens and damasks, which cannot be made except at
high prices ; the demand for low wools, for army orders
and 'blankets, having kept the price of the raw material
above its relative proportion in price.
NOTTINGHAM.—A few lace and hosiery manufac-
turers have had a little more demand for their produc-
tions this week ; but it is feared that this improvement is
only temporary.—The price of yarn continues low, with
but a small amount of business doing.
LEICESTER—No improvement in the general trade.
Great numbers of the workmen are out of employment,
and manufacturers do not appear inclined to snake any
proposition for stock.