Ritful Arlo, 5aibinu5, tt rah, &r.
Tax City people in the Manchester and general trades, having expe- rienced so many flat days lately, now the fine weather has recently visited us, are hoping for an improved trade before the season finally closes; in which we have no doubt they will not be disappointed, as the drapers have been busy. The houries in Glasgow seem to complain the least of any, but they have experienced upon the whole much finer and . brighter weather during May than has fallen to the share of London and Manchester.
From the inquiries and demands which have been made it will appear that there is a strong desire for higher and livelier shades of Venetian cloth than any which have as yet been produced by the manufacturers, and as the leanings of the public are for the present, at least, likely to be disappointed as far as Venetian cloth is concerned, a very large conaump- tion is expected of thin Angola tweeds, which are to be had in all varieties of colours and shades. Of minor articles of clothing it may be remarked, that peach scarfs and ties are strongly in the ascendant, and that this
• colour for neckwear is likely to be the most popular in the fine weather.
For reasons which it would be superfluous again to recount, considerable dullness still prevails in all that appertains to the clothing trade, from the raw material to the woven fabrics and for finished garments. But the greatest activity prevails in iron and coals. Freights which have risen are still likely to rise higher, and money, which last week and for some weeks preceding this was "tight," is becoming more plentiful.
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