Upwards of a thousand houses and shops are now to
be let in the borough of Stockport.
In Manchester there was very little business doing en Monday, either in goods or yarns ; the market seemed, indeed, in consequence of the great American failures, for the moment paralyzed. Notwithstanding this, the opinion seemed to be prevalent, that a weight had been taken off the market, and that we should soon find prices more steady and sales more easy to be effected.—Manchester Guardian.
The woollen business still continues heavy. The sales in theCloth. halls of Leeds are unusually limited, and the same remark is applicable to the warehouses. —Leeds Mercury.
Things, generally, were perhaps never known to be so bail in Bury as they are at present. Most of the mills are only working half-thee; whilst the bleaching, dyeing, and printing branches exhibit equally the embarrassment of trade. The woollen manufacture is also very slack ; and at several cotton-mills in the district of Haslingden, a re- duction of wages has been agreed to, after a turn-out of the workmen. —Manchester Guardian.
Business in Saddlewortb, as in all other places, is now experiencing its share of the general embarrassment. The American trade is en- tirely suspended ; and orders to other foreign ports are few, and at- tended with risk. Every thing is consequently dull in this district. The operatives come in for their share of privation ; weavers, dyers, dressers, and other branches, being only very partially employed. —Manchester Guardian.
There have been several failures in Liverpool; but upon the whole, the shock occasioned by the stoppage of the great London houses in the American trade has been borne better than was expected.
The hay.crop, as also the cider-crop, notwithstanding the lateness of the season, promises to be very abundant. With respect to the latter, the trees everywhere are loaded with rich blossom, so that their appear. ance at this moment is most beautiful.— 1Vestern Luminary.
The orchards in the West of England now bear a promise scarcely ever equalled within the memory of man. If no frosts intervene, there will be a most abundant supply of eider-fruit.—Bath Journal.
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