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THE wholesale drapery warehouses in the City have been busy this week, nearly all of them having "dated forward" on Monday last. The large general houses appear to have had the greatest proportion of busi- ness, while there are many who complain that the April trade has not set in so healthily as might be desired.
At Newcastle on-Tyne the coal trade has been very quiet lately ; but there are good orders on hand for iron work of various descriptions.
At Shields and Sunderland business has not flourished for some time past—freights are at an extremely low rate.
Trade, however, is generally tight with small hopes of immediate im- provement. The unsettled state of Europe, added to the strong demand
for gold for exportation, may be assigned as among the leading =WM The Australian mail, three weeks overdue, has come in, and the news from our most important colonies seem likely powerfully to affect the state of trade. But as this effect is to be produced by a conglomerate of details, a week at least must elapse before the total effect of the Australian news can be ascertained. Cotton. Spite of large supplies arrived during. last fortnight, holder* and prices are firm and buyers cautious. No butanes' doing.
Clothing. Unsettled season. Winter stocks offered as a sample but no. buyers. Country dealers hesitate about summer purchases so long as bad and cold weather lasts.
Fashions. The same remark applies to fashions. The winter fashions are over and the summer fashions not come on yet. From the summer stocks in hand in some of our first class warehouses it is evident that light and neutral tints will obtain for paletots &c. On the whole, among manufacturers and clothiers, there is a strong inclination to discountenance the dark and gloomy colours which have so long ruled in men's costumes, and to substitute for them the light shades of drab and grey, which are generally known as Quaker colours. Velvet collars are still de rigueur with all sorts of under and overcoats.
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