The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATITEtbAY EVENING, JUNE 2. 18.5

THE CHANNEL MAILS AND THE WEL-

THER IN THE CHANNEL.

Within the memory of the oldest inhabitant there has
never been such a continuance of bad weather and a
succession of gales of wind as have prevailed during the
last four months in the English Channel, and scarcely
any weather has been worse than during the last ten
days. In consequence the French and English mail
service between Dover and Calais has been altogether
deranged, and until yesterday morning nothing like any
regularity has occurred for several days. In many in-
stances the mail-packets have been from 10 to 14 hours
under steam waiting in the Calais roads to land or em-
bark the mails. They have gone over to Calais from
Dover, and a boat has put off to them, but the
French mail agent has not deemed it prudent to risk
the bags, and under these circumstances the steamers
have waited in harbour, when they have got in, un-
til there was sufficient water for them to come out.
On Thursday the wind blew very roughly from almost
all points of the compass, varying from north-east in the
morning to south-west at night, accompanied by violent
squalls, with showers of hail and rain. Yesterday
morning the new mail-packet Queen get over to Dover
in excellent time, and with the usual skill of her director
was placed alongside the famous Admiralty Pier, and
the passengers walked on shore. The Belgian Govern-
ment steam-packet from Ostend arrived some two hours
before ; but she not venturing to make use of the safe
Admiralty Pier, dropped her mails into the harbour-
boat and bore up for the Downs with her passengers.
The weather has been so rough that sometimes the mail
only has been got off into C dais Roads, and the mail
company have used another of their steamers to bring
over their passengers. A change to seasonable weather
is much prayed for on the coasts.

STATE OF TRADE.

( From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, June I.—The Whitsuntide holidays
have, as usual, very much thinned the attendance on
'Change since Tuesday, and cut off each day in the
middle. Of necessity, therefore, business has been inter-
fered with in a considerable degree, and very few words
will suffice to give our readers an idea of what has been
going on.
As the Liverpool cotton market has continued to
harden in price, until the quotations for Americans
stand at id. per lb. higher now, at the close of the week,
than they did on Friday the 25th ult. A strong impetus
in the same direction has been daily imparted to the
Manchester market for yarns and goods. It may be
stated generally that spinners have raised their terms in
a ratio commensurate with the advance in the raw
material.

NOTTINGHAM,Xay 31.—Whitsun week, as usual, has
been more devoted to holiday making than to business,
consequently there has been a limited trade both in
hosiery and lace. The great speculation going on in
cotton will have a tendency to cause prices for that arti-
cle to be enhanced in this Market.

LEICESTER, May 31.—Employment is on the increase,
though less than usual at this season for several years
past. The American orders are on the most limited
scale, and we do not hear of any fresh Government con-
tracts being given out.