The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-04 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, APRIL 3.
The check in the demand for cloths suited to the
Levant trade is more marked, but in other fabrics the
tone of the market has improved. A better demand
for 39-inch shirtings and other goods suited to the India
market has been observable both yesterday and to-day,
with rather better prices. Manufacturers are not ob-
tdning an advance commensurate with the increase
which has taken place recently in cotton. A glance at
the comparative tables of prices given for the raw ma-
terial and n anufaetrtres over a series of years past will
show that the margin between the two out of which
profits come has seldom been so-small, even in times of
the greatest depression. In the majority of fabrics now
making by the cotton manufacturers the tradesman can
scarcely see his own money back. The slight symeterne
of improvement we have hal to notice, during the
pest few weeke, and which is certainly more real to-day
than previously, are most welcome. The business done
has been considerable, and hut for the advances asked
by sellers it would have been large. The home as well
as the foreign trade shows a little more animation,
but far less has been hitherto done than might have
been expected in this branch. The demand for
India could hardly have been expected from the
lass advices, and possibly some portion of the busi-
ness is speculative. Stocks of India fabrics, in fact,
at the present low rates must be quite as sensible a
speculation as that now going forward in cotton at
Liverpool. To some extent the home trade has been
deprived of one of the best seasons for demand by the
weather. Since the termination of the great frost to-
wards the close of February, we have had a continuance
of unusually cold weather for the period of the year, and
the night frosts are still keeping back vegetation. Even
this morning, in the week before Easter, we bad a snow-
storm of three hours in Manchester, and this protracted
cold weather at such an advanced period of the spring
must have a bad effect on the country trade.
The yarn market has been much more active again
this morning, and in some cases spinners have realised
au advance of ad. per lb. A seller of common 40's re-
fused Bad. per lb. With less stringency on the part of
sellers for an advance a very large business would have
been effected. The chief demand was for the Mediter-
ranean, Germany, and the home trade.
Of the cloth-market Messrs. John Slagg and Co. say
—" Since our last report there has been a more cheer-
ful feeling in the market, and during the week a fair
amount of business was done at the full rates of last
week. Yesterday and to-day there has been a better
demand for India goods, and a large business has been
done at a slight advance in, prices. With the exception
of:T-cloths and long, cloths, for which there is less in-
quiry, there is more firmness on the part of sellers, and
buyers give out their orders with more confidence than
has been the case for some weeks."

LEEDS, April 3.
The markets for woollen cloth this morning have been
of a quiet character, and purchases have been somewhat
limited. The protracted cold weather checks operations
in the hoMe trade. Still the tone of the trade is tolera-
bly cheerful.

There is no material change in the prices of wool, but
they are firm. Messrs. W. Greame and wool brokers,
Liverpool, in their circular of yesterday's date, say
" We are glad to be able to report a somewhat improved
feeling in the wool-market during the past month. A
fair amount of business has been done, and for some de-
scriptions of useful blanket and clothing wools an ad-
vance of Id. to id. per pound has been obtained. The
accounts from the worsted districts are rather more
favourable, and good combing fleeces, both English and
Irish, suitable for the trade, are more inquired for, with
prices slightly in favour of the seller. The arrivals of
Australian wools are considerable, during the past
month amounting to 5,239 bales. The bulk of this wool
is, however, merely here in transitu, being on account
of London houses, and has been forwarded on for the
public sales there without trying tbis market. There is
a good demand for these wools at present, and some
small lots that have been put on the market here sold
readily at improved prices."
HALIFAX, March 31.—The inquiry for worsted goods,
both in onr Piece Hall and in the warehouses, continues
very limited, and prices are not adequate to cover the
cost of production. Yarns sell more freely, and the al-
vance mentioned in our last seems to be pretty generally
realised. Bright Lincolnshire wools are still looking up-
wards, but there is not mach doing in other sorts.
ROCHDALE, April 2.—The flannel market continues
steady, both in demand and the amount of business
transacted. Prices may be said to have undergone little
or no variation since the previous Monday. Wool is
firm at last week's prices.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

( From the Report of the Registrar-General.)

The births of 2,099 children and the deaths of 1,604
persons were placed in the London registers in the week
that ended last Saturday; 'which was the last week of
the quarter. At this period the registration usually
shows an increase, prising from cases which occur ed in
previous weeks, ut were not r,gistered at the time of
their occurrence. The deaths that belong properly to
a former date are cases on which coroners have held ic-
quests, and chiefly cooist of deaths from external causes,
such as fractures, wounds, burns, suffocation, &c., a
class which in t'le present return numbers 139. Under
the head "sudden," 74 deaths are classed, a number
which is much greater than usual, these cases having
been returned by the coroners a; "fJund dead," " visitc-
tion of God," &c.
But it is obvious that this cause of disturbance as now
stated will not affect, or .will affect only to a small ex-
tent, the comParismi with returns of corresponding
weeks is previous years. In the 13th week of the years
1845-54 the average number of deaths was 1,243, which,
with a correction for ircrease of population, becomes
1,367. It will therefore be near the truth to state that
about 200 persons died la't week above the usual num-
ber, in consequence apparently of the coldness of the
season .

With the exception of phthisis, which in England de-
stroys more lives than any other disease, and in the pre-
sent return numbers 181 cases, bronchitis is the m:st
fatal in the list, and next to it is pneumonia. To bron-
chitis 149 deaths are referred ; to pneumonia 113 ;
whilst the corrected averages are respectively 106 and
97. Hooping-cough was fatal in 77 cases, typhus in 49,
scarlatina in 42, measles in 14, small-pox in 11. The
deaths from small-pox are not many, but most of them
occurred in the east districts ; and the same remark is
generally applicable to that part of London with refer-
ence to other zyinotio diseases. During the last 13 weeks
21 persons have died from disease directly attributed to
intemperance ; and others have died from injuries re-
ceived in a state of intoxication. In the same period 17
have died from want of the necessaries of life, and 36
from exposure, or want of sufficient protection against
the cold. Also in the last 13 weeks 90 children died
from want of breastmilk.

Last week the birth of 1,021 boys and 1,078 girls, in
all 2,099 children, were registered in London. In the
ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the a\ e-
ra,ge number was 1,588.
At the Royal Observatory, G-reenwicb, the mean read-
ing of the barometer in the week was 29.940 in. The
mean daily reading was above 30 in. 'on the last 4 days.
The mean temperature of the air was 36.5 deg., which is
6.5. deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years.
The mean daily temperature fell below the average on
Wednesday, the 21st, and has continued below it during
the rest of the month, the amount of depression. averag-
ing 7 deg. The highest temperature in the week oc-
curred on Friday, and was 48 deg. ; the lowest on Mon-
day, and was 25.6 deg. The difference between the dew-
point temperature and air temperature was 4.6 deg.
Scarcely any rain fell in the seven days ; and the wind
blew from the north and north-east.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 31.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 74
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bores, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. 2
Malformations 7
Premature Birth and Debility 4O
Atrophy 42
Old Age
Sudden
172 i
Violence, 'Privation' 7 Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ..................... 1,604
Population Deaths in corre- Deaths
Enumerated.sponding week in the
1851. of 1844. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396 ...... 301 ...... 290
Central Districts . 393,256 ...... 286
East Districts ........ 485,522 ...... 308
South Districts ...... 616,635
...... 465

Totals .......... 2,3G2,236
Males
Females

1,489

1,604
• 842
• 762

Males..

Females..

Total ..