The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-06 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

the
MANCHESTER, April s.—The demand for yarns ttheon home and export account, continues good, A
rise from the lowest prices may be averaged at inliliarer
per lb. In some instances yarns are nearly Ad. assess
than at the commencement of last month. The bus: yd,
in cloths is less active, but there is a steady dern"nfe'
sufficient to enable sellers to realise the full inciff:fof
znent in prices noted on Tuesday. The dernannoo
shirtings and jaconets suited to the India market
benefittod more than most other fabrics. The be
cloths, which have been most in demand for Tur'"
are not only less saleable, but are declining in valuetibl°
NOTTINGHAM, April s.—There has been a parcel:loo
improvement in the lace trade this week, but still too
cannot be said to be more than half what is usually ept
at this season of the year. In the hosiery deP3141:130014
the home trade has become more active, a fey sioo
American orders having been received. The impreB, foe
gains ground among manufacturers generally thinocl)
weather alone(which now appears to have cowmen
requinitt to otioaniato trausaotions into notiTitY,

MONEY A UKET

AND
(702thrERCIAL T ELLIGENCE.

This being Good F is observed as a holiday
,iti riday the City, and the places of public resort and
business are closed.
The steamer has arrived with the remainder of
the
Overland and Australian mails, but the dates
are necessarily the same as those received vis Mar-
seilles.

_ For colonial produce generally there has been
rbather an improved inquiry this week. Sugar has
e'en firmer, and coffee has advanced 6d. to Is. per
Thlvti-fur good colony plantation, Ceylon native re-
ehattling dull. In rum there have been fair pur-
mes, and in rice less has been done. Saltpetre
lai declined 3d. per cwt. Spices are held for pre-
hiO4 terms. Tea at the public sales has gone
te4's'ilY• Cotton .has been in request at full rates
[ o a slight advance. Tallow has been well dsup-
generally.
, The position of the leather trade is thus re-
- ii1ar,,,,1
p -" upon in the circular of Messrs. Hooper and
aritinsou
thre4 very fair amount of business has been done.
' de.. !Ighout the'month of March, and in spite of consi-
44.aule arrivals of fresh goods, we do not know any oue
en 'Liele bat has not been selling to a larger extent than
(Au: be replaced by fresh stock. This before Easter is
Prea,,,,n1,1 unusual circumstance ; and considering
.the
dot -'" lack of home demand and the dullness existing
afr;:tn,,lY in the leather trade' hut in all others. that are
the d eu: by high rates of food, it becomes evident that
ereatr4ln uPon. our markets occasioned by the war is far
to fo er than is generally credited. We leave our. friends
very rril their own conclusions as to the probability of a
oi e.onsiderable rise in leather when the genial weather
keening Makes labour abundant, when the corn mar-
lavcoaraLrteear,dyantdotterin shall have fallen some 15s. or 20s.
monegy, is obtainable at 3 or 4 per cent.
L 4 Titsider these circumstances as not only probable,
greaa,cu:ost inevitable, and knowing to a certainty the
k„ont'Ldiroinution of tanning operations during many
dark" Past, we think if a good home trade should arise
"n, cg this summer it will be found that we have not
di,andut, i leathe • (sole leather especially) to meet the
e 11 the greater part of the impression of last
night'sth Sun the reduction from 5 to 4i per cent. in
Bank
the
~,,, minimum rate of discount became known,
ah, '"a'tige not being made as early as usual. For
L -teruent Consols were more buoyant, being 921
app'llt theY speedily reacted, sellers having waited
the qtly for the opportunity, and closed under
11:.:1°Ivest prices of the morning, viz., at 931 i.
fie.lB tuaY principally be on account of the small in-
Itee'./ace Which the change is expected to exercise,
it, ivlig that money has for some time been so easy
littrulbard-street. Another explanation of the
tit) e interest that seemed to be felt at the reduc-
[ 41,11 i 3
the probability of the way being paved for
bar -elr loan, and until the Budget is brought for-
tii•cl' the funds no doubt will be unsteady. Le-
ate trade, however, will benefit by the change,
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vdi the rate is still sufficiently high to repress nu-
t:l:B°l3le speculation. Should the weather be
ex' for the crops as the season advances,. we may
but' even with war, to have money still cheaper,
W° very few thought the reduction made yesterday
te-;TI, have taken place until next Thursday ; and
th:r high rate of exchange from New York, and
tiaa.4.r,,:ge amount of bullion received from Mexico,
"ee linmediate adoption of the measure be pro-
bably attributed. There was an improvement also
hterd
u aY afternoon in the rates for Bills of Ex-
eities.-ge 'upon some of the principal Continental
4 Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 40 to 42,12,
413terdana at 11 19i to 19'1, Hamburg at 13 7/ to
1,,' and Trieste at 12 35 to 12 40.
114.44. been
D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that there
ties 'eel). an active demand for American Securi-
) with a general improvement in prices :
Nee Redeemable. Per Cent.
ai,liaYnBYl,vania 5 per Cent. Stock ... 80 82
VPeania. 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 84 85
Virg:lll,-14 Per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 86i 87i
-4
6 Per Cent. Bonds
Illi, , RAILROAD BONDS.
It ei).'•B Central 7 per Cent.
Aittalgatt Central 8 per Cent.
libilla 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster-
No Bonds) 1859... 94 95
1428Ylvania Central R. Rd. 6p. Cent 1880... 80 90
zawaeYork and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
-1883... 84 85
The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have
tete-
'-
~.t1 ived advices from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico,
'r 4th ult. The packet bringi 90,000 dols. frcm
Far Cruz and 12,257 dols. from Tampico, to Col.
x.ticie) for the dividend fund ; and Messrs. Torre,
aa.tight) and Co., of Mazatlan, had on the 31st
fo liarY shipped 44,000 dols., per H.M.S. Virago,
l' the same.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
his date are in round figures as under
4'eat Iv , 1855. 1854.
lio
..es,ern
go. AVestern
11Ittl-Western
knglit 12,314 11,434
icll on
11,255 10,521
k104t,414
tale eEaatern ........
13,754 14,283
4re:1,°~111411
1.,41.1-' Non
.............
18,054 17,022
IsTor°4''''bire and Yorkshire
th-Eastern

1875... 68 70
... 90

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4-'4 LACY EVANS AND THE WEST-It
MINSTER ELECTORS.

•
bAt a
',eaths.Prelinainary meeting of the electors of the city of
Ven,r,lnater held at 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, coni
P a ;Xl' the purpose of considering the propriety
_o
fortBtia-wng General Sir de Lacy Evans, K.C.8.,
;MI.Pf.
,the he:44l city, with some appropriate testimon:ad)
claßaiinPval•on the part of his constituents of his is-
fro-trilued services in the Crimea, the following letter
k4n- 'il. be Lacv Evans, addressed to Thomas Prout,
'' Was read " . -

" Brya.nstone-square, April 2, 1855.
to It lear Sir —I findthat a newspaper paragraph alludes
testin;lBll ef prese ti g me with some costly or valuable
ofapprovalnn on the 'part of the city of West-f ,
t°ll:itiL,r,,.; d that a. Meeting, with a view o
X,-„,.,•11g the ttubj ec t, is proposed to be laeld.
Ingham when I remember that' on returning from m.y last 1,1
Itasti rY services in Spain the good opinion of Westintinsttner
Dilbli:Tstakeably recorded,in my favour; that a mossoukrced 1
generaVincnstration, emanating
the
samets took
place Y concurred in even by political opponen
ale° tll33,,l'ire,Y recent return from the Crimea—recollecting 1
Yearai',l have, in fact, been receiving for a long course f
groat
tina "'wl proofs f the confidence and esteem ofthis.
that distinguished constituency, I cannot but think
;viouslye tealisatien of the intention alluded to must be ob-
esco and extremely superfluous, and that it would ill
tr 41s rile the
f t° acquiesce in occasioning my friends the
`` o„
°. a. 11- such proceeding.
el)port'„,w, 111, therefore greatly oblige me by taking some
goodti .It3r of
„, assuring' them that if they will have the
have stL"," IlaY request to rolinquish it, for the reasons I
they will a'dd very much to my feelings of
44lible and that by doing so I shall appreciate, if pos-
ertoreivartnly and gratefully the high favour they have
Trilsvuestow on me.
"1 reln.,llg4 1.13, hat you will agree with me in this opinion,
--' my dear sir, yours ever most truly,
" DE LACY EVANS.

Wh rr„,°4148 Prout, Esq:"
`131114: .17"13°11 it was unanimously resolved, that in de
11)1'e A uriCl the wishes of General Sir De Lacy Evans, as
regret, the above letter, "This meeting, with much
Ititelltioxi.,!ns it inexpedient to proceed further with their

Tll4 WEATILER IN THE BALTIC.

MIND o .
to -r',. March 29.—Seawards there is no ice to be
frost; noon,
2A- Wind °n the 28th, S.E.; a.m., 4 deg.
1 "deg. Warmth. 29th, wind N.E.; a.m., 3 deg. cold;fie • wind
lighteg.ai-Darialtb. March 31—weather very ,
noon,
the-- -., and calm ; 17 feet water on the bar.
ILL
ktr, March 31.—Weather mild, but the
htece
eien
iti
the still stron Last night a portion of t i
froni,le,Liff commenced drifting to sea ; but the river,
befo— all aPpearances, is not likely to become navengatbhle
bar!e the latter part of April ; 141 feet water
the Tzric, April 2.
Nig
—The ice above Neufa. hr has left
ri,
,istula. llelow Neufahr as far as
up,
rthtee
1,4113.1 .still covered with ice, as well as up t Still ic . The port of Fairweather is open, but there there is
~ ice •.
the Sound,
voria
fro,„ • It4sktlitTDE, March 29.—The Persante is free
hat7bol,,eB, but at sea, even close to the entrance of the
w,'-it' there is a great deal of drift ice.
it 1 4111`1111uNDE, March 30.—The stream is open, but
°eke very bad at sea. There are large icebergs drift-
ingt about in all directions and to the westward there is
out little open water. Wind N.
at Itiill', April I.—This port is still closed by ice—only
to bee mouth of the Schwentir.e is there any open water-
ce t seen• Even from Bellevue nothing but ice is per-
d~iELSINORE, p_ ible as far as the eye can reach.
li.lt..LsiztOßE, March 30. The Sound is covered with
raiehatc'rbaebuout two cable lengths from the S. entrance
f\Tl(3lla-, Ma.rch 31.—1 n the Belt thsre is but little
le • The harbour is closed near Slipshavn.

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TUR BALLOT.—Mr. H. Berkeley, 111. P., has given
:I:Ll,lotice that he will bring forward his annual motion for
Cud,llot soon after Easter. Consttuencies, therefore,
I°Be no time in getting up petitions in favour of
liberlib Inc'tll, an(i in using their influence to persuade
al members, wbo are hostile or neutral on the ques-
-ti`oll, to vote in its favour. A great effect will be pro-
ttl
occasion,
01!eicie if the full number of the Parliamentary supr.orters
'tile on_ 29() at least--ean 1)8 induced to divlde on