The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)

MANCHESTER, May I.—Our market is feeling the
influence of several causes which tend to render buyers
very cautious in their operations. The weather is ungenial,
corn is rising in price, and the aspect of the war dis-
couraging, while the advices just received from India
are unfavourable. At Bombay, piece-goods were ex-
ceedingly dull, at a further decline ; and, though the
value of yarns was pretty steady,:hardly anything
was done in them. Avery favourable rate of ex-
change increased the d;sposition of the sellers of cloth
and twist to offer greater ad vantAges than before to buyers,
who, however, sail kept aloof from business At the
same time cotton wool was being taken more freely,
but the supply was increasing. From
at
talfcluilti s'tapirtic is reported that, although the lighter 40,
inch shirtings had been sold to a large extent, the
market was exceedingly depressed, and in all goods
and yarns a thither subsidence of value had taken
place. The rate of exchange had, however, again im-
proved, a circumstance which was inducing holders to
lower their terms for imports.
ROCHDALE, April 30.—The demand for flannels con-
tinue steady, with little or no change in prices. We
have had rather more inquiry for wool, and more busi-
ness transacted, but the rates are much the same as the
preceding week.
HALIFAX, April 28.—The aspect of trade in our Piece
Hall has not changed since our last report. Yarns and
wools also remain pretty• Much in the same position.
HUDDIitSFIELD, May I.—Little business has been
done in the cloth market to-day. The rise in the price of
corn in tte London market yesterday, and the uncer-
tain state of eastern affairs, have evidently had their
influence on the trade, and an indisposition to do busi-
ness has been the result.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT EALlNG.—Yeterday morning,
at an early hour, the inhabitants of Ealirg-grove were
Ridett, situate
greatly alarmed in consequence of a fire breaking out in
some unoccupied houses belonging to Mr.
in Baker's-lane, Ealing-green. Such was the rapidity
with which the fire progressed that in the course of a
few minutes the flames extended to another house, and
there appeared at one periqd no chance of saving any
portion of the surrounding houses. The parish engines
were remarkably early in arriving, and, owing to the
activity of
the arish engineers and police, they sue-
ceeded in extinguishing the fire, but not until two of the
buildings were levelled with thel ground, and another
p
seriously damaged by fire, water, &c. Fortunately the
owner of the property was insured in the Atlas Fire-
office. Tlife oriin of the fire is not precisely known,
but it is generally supposed to have been the work of
some diabulical incendiary.
Borsenhal le of Hamburg is instructed by letters from
OF THE BALTIC BLOCKADE OF 185
EFFECT 3e
4.—The
St. Peter sburg, that from the opening to the close of the
navigatirm in 1854, only seven foreign ships entered the
port of S t. Petersburg, and there were only twenty-seven
departui •es. The coasting trade was not interrupted.
.In crms,
:quence of the advance in the rates of carriage
10,000 oinkops of tallow remained unsold, and prices
have falle n greatly. The advance on imports is most
felt in tlo i article of cotton. Instead of some millions of
Foods, th e importation of ordinary years, in 1854 only
900,000
poods were imported, and many mills are stand-
ing still I or Want of raw material.
A lett4)r from Kalisch, in Russian Poland of the
22d ult., in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" The
grenadier .8 of the 3.1 division, who are stationed in
e
the en. vixens of Lowitch, were inspected a few
m
days ago by their comander-in-chief, Adjutant-
Genera 1
Plautine, and by General Koylotf. Oa
all the, line of defence from St. Petersburg to
otic do. m It
more
rie s
d
Kielce, the greatest activity has prevailed since
thoeurbetuarpir,
that the
of
English the enemy
wll be able
in
the Baltic.
this yeas than last, if we take into account the im-
mense means of defence which have-been collected
during the winter, and the mass of troops concon.
tratod f:iia t4:5 Puitz which are aacuixd."
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