The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-06

Of employment but material advance Of wages The
poweroom cloth business is brisk state but there
mills between the employ and the employed respecting
wages The hattors of Ashton Denton Stockport, and
their vonss are very oSs and the are rather
trade at Bolton during the last fortnight and for
sorts Of rather higher prices have been given There
Is excellent demand for counterpanes extremely
low profits. Fancy muslins cuttings, gnghams. and
other manufactured goods in fair request. Calico
block machine printers very brisk The cotton
trade at Haywood, near Bury ~ very brisk; and
large iron foundry il about to be erected.
MAscursrER, Wednesday, April 1.-THE accounts
from the United States received By the Caledonia steamer
that had previously been expected by many parties
have exercised an unfavorable influence upon our
ket II IL understood that there many orders hand
both for goods and yarn and large amount of business
done prior to the arrival of the steamer but the anti
cipaton Of further decline in the price of cotton
back in the hope OF being able to their orders
better terms Yarns suitable for the German market,
have consequently suffered slight Decline and the bu
siness done In them has been very limited. There is
however still fair business for India and for the home
much doing except for shirtngs, which are still in good
demand, and large quantities would be taken at very
rang concession from previous rates The stocks
however very light and manufacturers not much in
olined to lower their demands Guardian.
RocHDALE FLANNEL MARxEr, Monday, April 10 We
have had better attendance OF buyers in the market to.
goods have been disposed Of Those Of the kind
have been the most inquired after he wool market has
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eager purchase, except for immediate The prices
are much the same as asst week.
YORKSHIRE The markets. in the cloth halls at Leeds,
much slack during the last fortnight than during
the two months previously but there very good
demand for goods suitable the season. and there
fair average business doing in the warehouses; In the TO-
transacted In the English market clothing woods
we're in steady demand and prices were without any
busy delivering to order and most Of the warehouses
were doing steady business There alteration in
the wool market. The blanket trade at Heckmondwike
toleraby brisk In the Bradford piece market there
not much doing The yarn trade in healthy state
IN the wSo s wss
was done during the week, and prices were merely
minal.
LEIcEsrER.-We have to regret that cannot speak
Of trade generally brisk indeed with some partial
exceptions, the present demand is slack There is fair
amount OF employment Of the principal manufac'
tnrsrs making Largely Of the % trade
Of wages has been upwards late but not yet to such
extent to make the average rate high enough to render
the workmen comfortable meeting ofhands employ ed
in the differ branches held Monday, at which
IT resolved to obtain advances work The
prices OF wool and yarn have rather sackened-Lceser
Chronicle
The IRos Yesterday week, numerous meet.
ing Of the ronmasers took place at the Town-hall Biz
mingham when an ad-ance OF 20s. ton took place
making bar iron E6 to Ell large sheet IS and hoop iron
E7 ton Foreign and domestic demand, occasioned by
newly projected railways and manufacturing projects
were said have caused such demand for iron us
fed this rise price The masters present agreed to pc
tition deprecang Lord Asheys ten hour clause and all
Legislative restrictions abour most detrimental to
the working classes themselves.
AMsrERpAMThere is little business doing in cotton
prices depressed and the trade altogether Hat 600
casks Of Carolina rice sold in the past week l0sd
per 80 Netherand lbs Some transactions have taken
place in American pot ashes at 10 in bond Pearl have
brought l7s Having few foreign orders, and light
stocks the sales in Tobacco have been limited during the
last eight days. in which period 60 hhds Mary land and
236 serons Cuba Leaves met with buyers.
HAMBuRGH The sales OF coffee during the week have
consisted Of 240O bags Brazil at Old to 4 100 Manila at
sgd TO ADD 500 Havannah at AID to sgd; and 100000 lbs
Porto Rico to 81 SCH Unre6ned sugar has not met
with much notice of late bnt there good inquiry
last week when 1900 bxs white Havannah brought 6d
1900 brown and yellow ditto at 5loths to DID, 80
chests white Bahia at cd to 3i6d 80 chests brown ditto
Buyers hides have poor assortment to choose
from, and the sales have in consequence been few.
HAvRE.-We have little alteration to notice in cot
ton market holders certainly rather rmer and there
less disposition press sales Good and fine descriptions
of which the stocks very scanty bring high rates
Louisiana aud Mobile of low quality held 81 to OBJ
very ordinary 60 to 10 r ordinary at "a to rs r and
good ordinary at 70 to IS FRI very ordinary and Georgis
Flordas at 6S to ordinary at u to IS E and good
binary at 10 to 77fr.
Although little business done in cot
ton during the past week. prices steadily supported
Brazil quite Unrefned sugar has met poor sale
at firm prices there little in first hands, and dealers
asking higher rates. Rice is in quiet demand and Caro-
lima il held for I'D to ~ fs