tairful Arts, fasinno, trffitt, &r.
The "turn of the month" has not been a satisfactory one to most of the wholesale houses in the Manchester and general trades in the city. The cold) weather we have lately experienced added to preeXisting causes, has tended to make buyers more sparing than usual in their pur- chases. The month of May invariably ushers in a demand for extremely light colouring, and white grounds, in various textile fabrics; but this demand will be a little later than usual this spring.
Last week we took occasion to remark how quickly the commercial community took fright upon occasions, often to a certain extent itself beginning the panic which it feared and deprecated. At this juncture many of the large firms have desired their buyers to hold off as much as possible from making fresh purchases, and merely to sort up ; a restriction which a healthy demand for goods by the public will soon remove. No doubt if we get a succession of warm sunny days the trade will have a great impetus imparted to it.
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