'The market has ruled firm throughout, but the volume of business has been somewhat restricted by' the higher prices held for values having already shown fan advance of about a mace upon the week's business, Stocks of some lines of staples being already down to 3 Comewhat limited quantity, with the prospect of only very small arrivals coming forward for the next few months.
Itis reported that during the past few days a fair amount of fresh business has been settled with Manchester, mostly for early shipment, principally in wei tain established lines of 8% and 10-Ib. Shirtings, presumably with a view to securing the continuance of Ehops, the difference in prices between our respective Snagkets being fully two or three mace per piece in Tost medium quality cloths, the difference in the higher grades being very considerably greater.
The market has been comparatively free of late from the actions of small native brokers who follow with speculative purchases the cue given by the Operations of the leading dealers, the long depression hich our market is at length successfully shaking off, having also succeeded in shaking off this incubus, and the usual trade outlets of the country are absorbing, recent purchases very readily, clearances being of Steadily increasing volume as each week elapses.
In American goods, the purchases by the Newchwang market reported in our last issue, having gone forward, dealers for that outlet await news of Row they are received on the market before operating Messrs. Insert & Co.'s weekly report.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.