The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-11 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE,

BARNSLEY, Jan. 9,—The weather throughout the wholet
of South Yorkshire is very severe, though to-day it is no
quite so severe as it was on Thursday. The demand for
coals of all descriptions, so long as this weather continues,
is sure to be brisk ; and, although the London and many
provincial dealers took the precaution some time ago to in-
crease their stocks, the inquiry at all the leading pits of this
locality is large, and much beyond what collieries in some
instances can meet. The tonnage sent away by railway and
navigation is below shat it was before the Christmas holi-
days. For house coal good prices are paid by merchants,
ranging principally from 4s 9d to 7s 3d, the latter being the
price for the best Silkstones. Malting coke rules up to Ga 3d
per ton ; and gas coal, according to the seam, ranges from
4s 93 to 6s 3d per ton. A fair trade is doing in locomotive
and foundry eelre. The ironworks of the district around
here and on the Trent are doing a good business.
BIRMINGHAM, 9th.—The Christmas holidays are over,
so far as regard: the trade of this town. Business was re-
sumed at all the manufactories last Monda—at some of
them it had been rcc)rumenced in the middle of the previous
week, there being quite sufficient orders in hand in all the
most important branches to render it unnecessary that the
stoppage should be prolonged beyond a limited period. It
is seldom that such is the case at this time of the year, but
more than the usual number of orders had been given out
on account of the current quarter, and, although there are
very few coming in at this moment, in consequence of the
travellers being off their journeys, the greater number of the
manufacturers have sufficient in hand to keep them going
for the next two or three weeks. The metal trades are in a
most satisfactory state ; there is a good demand for mate-
rial, and most of the rolling mills have been on at full time
during the past week. In the gun trade the depression is
very great, and no indication of any improvement is visible.
The artisans who are engaged in it are many of them earn-
ing not more than a few shillings per week, whereas a year
or two since (that is, upon the great demand for America
which followed the commencement of the war) they were in
the receipt of many pounds, very little of which, it is to be
feared, was taken care of for the reverse which has followed.
In the fancy trades some degree of slackness is felt.

BRADFORD, 9 ih.—There is a moderate business doing in
wool, especially in bright -aired sorts, and prices have, if
anything, an upward tendency. There is a very limited
business doing is worsted yarns. Frames, however, are
everywhere fully employed on old contracts, and spinners
are extremely firm in maintaining late quotations. The ex-
port houses confine their operations to small purchases from
stock to supply immediate requirements. Offers are fre-
quently made below the current quotations, but there is no
disposition to yield any concession. The unsettled state of
the Holstein question is an obstacle to much business being
done for the German market. This removed a brisk trade,
after a long interval of dullness from this cause, might be
expected. There is a steady business doing in pieces. Home
merchants give out some orders. Continental merchants,
however, are exceedingly restricted in their opera tions.
There is a steady demand for America. There is a good
contract business doing, however, in both plain and fancy
goods. Prices, if not hardening in tendency, are very firm.
DUNDEE, &h.—The demand for flax on the spot is quiet,
but as holders are not pressing their stocks on the market,
prices are unchanged. The amount of business done since
last report is not great, and to-day only a few sales are re-
ported. Every market day public sales of flax, landed da-
maged by salt water, are taking place, which has an injuri •
ous effect on the regular trade, as they keep the smaller
consumers supplied. A very large contract business has
been done both in flax and tow, to be be shipped from Arch-
angel at full prices. A considerable quantity of Riga flax
has also been sold at high rates for shipment in spring;
some contract sales have also been done for shipment at
other Baltic ports. This shows the confidence of the trade
in the continuance of high prices throughout the season.
Some sales of jute continue to be made from day to day, both
of medium and fine parcels, at about late rates, but the de-
mand is entirely consumptive, and spinners will not pur-
chase beyond their present wants. The yarn market keeps
firm, and considerable transactions are entered into daily at
the full prices of last market day. To day a fair quantity
changed hands of flax, tow, and jute qualities. Some spin-
ners are not pressing sellers, as they anticipate getting an
advance shortly. The demand for jute goods is keeping up
well, and some descriptions are much wanted and command
full prices. The finer classes of linens, chiefly made in the
neighbouring districts are also in excellent request, and
manufacturers continue full of orders. Home trade and also
shipping houses both operate more freely than before the
end of the year, and a good business was done to. day.
HALIFAX, 9th.—The attendance of buyers of piece goods
has not been very large this week, and the tone of that
branch of trade has been rather flat. Manufacturers, how-
ever, keep well employed, and there is a fair amount of
orders on hand for spring goods. The carpet trade is in
much the same condition as the worsted, the demand not
being very brisk, but the chief firms being well employed.
The woollen manufacturers of the district are also working
their machinery to a fair extent. Indeed, taking the textile
manufacturers in the aggregate in this locality, their condi-
tion and prospects are satisfactory. Wools, yarns, and
goods are alike frm in price.
HUDDERSFIELD, 9th.—There has been rather more busi-
ness done in the woollen cloth market and at the warehouses
this week than the last. Buyers, as well for some of the
foreign houses as those of the home trade, have purchased
rather more liberally than we have lately had to notice.
Fair parcels of both plain and fancy coatings and trouser-
lugs have been made up, and the promises of a good spring
trade, unless they should be blighted by a European war,
are likely to be fulfilled. The local wool trade is rather
quiet, but prices are firmly held by the staplers.

LEEDs, 9th.—The cloth halls have been thinly attended
by buyers to-day, and comparatively little business was
done. The winterly character of the weather has appa-
rently checked operations in spring goods—and very little
is doing either at the warehouses or in the public markets
in heavy fabrics, the retail dealers and tailors having suffi-
cient in stock to meet any demand which may be excited by
the prevailing low temperature. The goods which were
sold to-day were of a miscellaneous nature,for they included
some light fabrics for spring and summer, a few heavy
cloths, some tweeds, and a moderate proportion or ordinary
blacks. The manufacturers of heavy goods in the neigh-
bourhood are rather slack, but those whose trade is chieey
in light and medium productions are busy.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts.,

Railways.

1863.

1863. 1862
£
2,102 1,854
631 623
1,22 Bt9
5,366 5,340
17,163 15,403

Belfast and N. Counties . 136 136
Belfast and County Down.• .. 49 19
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter........... 1211 1214
Caledonian 2311" 2341
Cockermouth & Workington . • 8/ 81 - -
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 293 291
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage • 6 61 129 145
Cork and Youghal . . 32 321 386 285
Cornwall 63 534 1,344 1,120
Deeside l7 17 250 251
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,273 1,312
Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,323 1,242
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 481 2,682 2,050
Edinburgh and Q 7
lasgow 1694 1691 7,948 .318
Furness, &c 5O 5i 3,113 2,411
Glasgow & South-Western . „ 198 198 9,573 9,226
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 353 351 28,901 24.907
Great North of Scotland 5B 458 1,605 1,583
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 354 345
rit. Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3731 329 6,324 6,511
Great Western 10561 10321 55,269 50.627
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno B6l 861 1,075 881
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 - 1,143 -
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,187 1,435
Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 3954 36,740 32,520
Limerick and Ennis..
Limerick and Foynes 261 261 77 105
Llanelly 461 461 513 465
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 54 1,772 1,650
London & South-Western
1
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast
London, Chatham, & Dover 72 721 4,176 2 656
Do. Metropolitan Extension 104 5/ 900 120
Loud., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 94 1,'61 1,240
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,341 1.128
Metropolitan 3l - 2,228 -
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6141 38,440, 31,572
Midland GtWestn. of 'rind 2591 2592 3,815 3,867
Monkland 7ll 711 1,409 1,270
Monmouthsh. RaiL & Canal 44 44 2,414 2,•255
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Dari. 1095 10791 48,786 45,727
North London 9 3,2 a 2,810
North Staffordshire 254 252 7,957 7.420
Oswestry and Newton
Rhymney l9l 191 1,027 970
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,954 1,816
Scottish Central B9 89 4,840 4,461
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 5,046 4.816
Somerset and Dorset 66 so 598 317
South Devon
South-Eastern 306 306 18,622 18,609
Taff Vale 67 55 6, 02 4,761
Ulster lO5l 921 2,287 2,093
Vale of Clwyd. . .
Vale of Neath 324 251 2,221 1.833
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 252 267
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,127 1,162
West Cornwall 271 271 702 672
W.HartlepoolHarbr.&RaiL 52 52 3,616 3,325
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 7 517 443
Whitehaven Junction 33 13 13 814 714
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 88 1 630
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 62 1,263 1,040
Austrian B2B 828 35,058 34141
Belgian Eastern Junction 26 261 308 268
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 185 1671 2,593 1,762
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 1614 2,406 1,388
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 1,00 3,847
Dutch Rhenish MI 1081 4,457 3,897
Eastern Bengal llO - - -
Eastern of France
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 19,792 19,313
Great Indian Peninsula
Great Luxembourg 134 134 3,160 3,187
Great Southern of India
treat Western of Canada 345 315 11,162 11,294
Madrid, Saragossa StAlicant
Northern of Canada ... ..... : 94 91 1,210 1,603
Northern of France..... 697 697 61,176 55,011
Norwegian Trunk - -

Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 1676 - -
Paris and Orleans 1614 1431
Pernambuco 77, 528
Royal Danish 69 69 786 444
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,255 1,496
South Austrian
Southern of France .. 770 680 :27,886 23,215
Victorian 196 151
Welland M.M.ra 25 25
West Flanders 75 75
W. and N.W. of France

SPAIN.

MADRID, Dec. 9.—The Budget for 1864_, pre-
sented to the Chamber yesterday, shows an ink crease
of 167,000,000 rests in the receipts, the ex pem lithe
remaining the same. The Minister of Finance
expressed his hope of improving the situation of
the Treasury by realising the bonds subscribed by
the purchasers of the national property. J mong
other new taxes is one on passengers by railv7ay.