The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-14 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

CARDIFF, April 13.—The coal trade at the docks con-.
tinues extremely brisk, and the expedition with which the
work is done prevents many cases of demurrage. The steam
coal proprietors are well supplied with orders, and in house
North
Country there is also a good demand. The Welsh v.
iron
the coal question is being strongly discussed. In
tho market remains extremely firm at last week's quotations.
Freights are high,
DUNDEE, 12th, —Flax and tow continue in limited re-
quest, but prices are unchanged. Fine and medium jute are
in better demand, but common is still dull. The better
qualities have rather improved in value, but common re-
mains as before. The inquiry for all descriptions of yarns,
flax, tow, and jute, but especially the latter, was very active
to-day at steady prices. Orders for linens, both coarse and
fine qualities, come forward regularly, and to an extent
quite equal to the production, which keeps manufacturers
constantly foresold. Prices of all fabrics are very firm, but
no advance can be quoted since last market day.
LEICESTER, 13th.—Some branches of the hosiery trade
are still active, and there is a tolerable business doing in the
warehouses. Business in the country districts continues
quiet. Yarns are realising high rates with a fair market,
and spinners are still working for the most part to order. In.
wools there is no important change. There is a fair con-
sumptive demand for material.
than
NOTTINGH
l astAM, 13th.—The cotton lace trade is more quiet
it was week. The demand for Mechlin quillings
has fallen off, and the plain trade generally is quiet, Cotton
fancy goods also do not sell freely. Silk Mechlin are still
in brisk demand, and there is a fair amount of business
doing in silk quillings. Black laces and narrow edgings
meet very little inquiry. There have not been many buyers
in the market during the past few days, and purchases are
only of a limited character. The hot iery trade is quiet. Thera
have been several failures in the town recently, which have
created an uneasy feeling. Yarns hold firm, and have an
upward tendency,

HEALTH OF SCOTLAND.--The mortality in the
eight principal towns of Scotland was extremely
high in the month of March. The Registrar-General re-
ports an increase of typhus in Glasgow and Aberdeen. He
observes that when typhus appears as an epidemic in Scot-
land i; generally breaks out among the low Irish, and the
inhabitants of Glasgow should take warning in time and
make efforts to arrest the pestilence. More than a e ixth of
all the deaths in Aberdeen in the month of Marc h were
caused by
typhus. It seems to be almost enthral c there.
Otherwise the town is one of the healthiest in Scot land, its
liability to typhus being almost its sole peculia•iity., in so far
as diseases are concerned. The meteorological, retums show
that March was a very cold and damp montja. The moan
temperature was low bs3 and that of any March in the pre-
ceding eight years—that is, since the constitui ;ion of the
Register .office. This low temperature Was nth er from the
nights.absence of
Thew barometerarmdsy w s thans
anyexcessive rigour of the
steadily love, the htr midity of
the air was remarkable, and the depth of rain fall, ju sensibly
above the wail.