... I (From the Mark Lane EBpress) The tone of the wheat trade has slightly improved within the last eight or ten days; and though there has been no great activity in the demand, the very scanty manner in which the markets in the agricultural districts lare been supplied, has obliged needy buyers to pay somewhat enhanced terms, There is evidently a disposi- tion on the part of the growers to ...

... MANCHESTER COMMERCIAL RrPoRT.-YEFTERDAY. There has not been the same amount of business done this week as there was ]ast, but the market has lost none of its firmness. The trade in domestics, though not large, has been characterised with unmistakeable firmness. In printing cloth the demand is quiet, but prices are steady. Shirtings are without change: there is a fair demand for 36-inch, at ...

... (From the Mark Lane BErpress.) The weather has not improved since our last. The days have been dry, and the nights unseasonably cold; the wind having been mostly from the north and east. Vegetation has been retarded; and, on some descriptions of soil, the appearance of the crops is less promising than was the case a fortnight ago. This state of affairs has naturally led to some uneasy feeling ...

... PRESTON MARKET.-Satutday last. The supplies for this morning's market were very scanty, their being nearly as many buyers as sellers, and prices advanced. Wheat sold was from 6d. to Od. per windle higher, and meal fetched Gd. more than last week. Potatoes were also about Gd. above last week's quotations. In other produce no alteration. s. d. e.&d WEAST, white, per windle of 2201bs ?? 19 0 21 3 ...

... PRESTON MARKET.-Saturday WI. I We had a thinly supplied market this morning, and I there was an advance in price for every description of I produce. Wheat was fully Is. higher. Meal advanced i in the same ratio, but there were only a few samples shown, and they were of inferior quality. Beans were is. 6d., and potatoes 29. higher; and oats advanced Id. per bushel. st. s . d. WnuxT, white, per ...

... REVIEW OF TUiE BRITISH CORN TRADE. 1 . I . . . . . . . . . .] A continuance of cold, ungenial weather, and a material decrease in the arrivals of grain from abroad, have had the effects of causing a further rise in prices, and im- parting a more anhnated character to the trade. Considerable excitement has been produced at the principal continental markets by the upward movement here, and the ...

... | (From the Mark Lane Express) Though the weather is still far from genial, its general character has rather improved within the last few days; and In proportion as the fears entertained respecting the effects likely to be produced by. continued cold have de- ereased, Bo has the Inclination to purchase wheat diminished. Up to the close of last week, the demand was tolerably active; but since ...

... PRESTON MARKET.-Saturday last. The market was dull and heavy. Sellers wanted higher prices, but they could not be obtained, and the principal part of the wheat remained undisposed of at twelve o'clock. Prices declined about 6d. Meal was scantily supplied, and advauced at least ls. Beans were a shade lower. In other articles very little alteration. S.4. s. d. WazAT, white, per ?? of 2201bs ?? ...

... THE FACTORY QUESTIoN. To tlh Editor of the Preston CArOW Snf,-Having seen, in the Guardian of Saturday last signed A Factory Operative in whicb the witert Net against the conduct and polcy of those who Presurin tc% representatives and leaders of the factory workers d ktbe says that r A delegate from Prteton had represented t 'ime, meeting, in Manchester, that the factory workers a0 dele were ...

... . * . , . . - (From the Marks Lane Express.) By the official account published this week, it appears that during the month ending 5th inst. upwards of one million of quarters of grain and pulse, 109,000 owts. of flour and meal, were Imported from foreign countries for home consumption into the United Kingdom. Of this large supply more than one-third consisted of wheat, the import of that ...

... ZI~fnevarr lrmns e T~rsnr v- ?? L!VIANCHESTER UOMMERCIAL HBPORT.-YESTERDAY. There has been a fir business done, on rather better terms for the producer, there being an upward tendency hn prices generally.- There has been a moderate enquiry for domestics, at firm prices. Printing cloths are taken with considerable freedom, and the rates are rather higher. 40-iuch shirtings have also Ieen in ...

... I : (From the Marh Lane Express) The weather having throughout the week been highly auspicious for the growing crops, and the reports from all parts of the kingdom agreeing in describing the appear- ance of the cornfields as much improved, the uneasiness caused by the unpropitious character of the weather in the early part of May, has been in a great measure dissipated.' It is, however, the ...