The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-03 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Sept. 2.—ln the cloth market to-day sel-
lers report trade as flatter than ever. They say there is an
utter stagnation of business- .an indisposition on all hands
to buy. Offers of any kind are hardly obtainable, and, while
they quote no difference in prices, they say there is not busi-
ness sufficient to test them. While the market has been
depressed, the transactions of the day have been as nearly
nothing as possible. This applies to cloth for all markets.
Although the advices from India on Monday were so en-
couraging, reporting an advance of 3d per lb on yarns at
Bombay in 14 days, and of is to is 6d per piece on cloth,
the market here to-day is worso, both as to prices and feeling,
than it was at the beginning of the week. In shipping
yarns the same activity prevails as on Tuesday. Prices are
not particularly depressed. Spinners are closing their mills,
who are coming out of contract, in preference to working to
stock. In home-trade yarns the market has also been
stagnant, with prices irregular and quiet in the buyer's
favour. Messrs. Du Fay and Co., in their monthly trade
circular of yesterday, speak of stocks as being greatly re-
duced in the markets of India, and says :—" In other dis-
tant markets consumers are gradually accustoming them-
selves to the higher range of prices which reduced supplies
have commanded and facilitated," and that "the same
absence of stock is observable in other quarters which we
before noticed as being the case here, at the source of pro-
duction, and this circumstance will greatly ameliorate the
bad consequences of a change and reaction, whenever and
however it may come, if it does come at all, in the shape
some people are imagining at present." It is because people
are imagining and believing a change is imminent, through
a possible cessation of the war in America, that we have
had such a flat market to-day; Probably in a short time all
this will have disappeared, but there is very generally a fear
that the present production of goods is too large for the
supply of cotton, and that they are too high in price to be•
safely exported in large quantities, and this is one source of
a wnnt of confidence in the market. .

CARDIFF, lst.—There is a large business*doing in both
the house and steam coal trades, and considerable activity
is evinced at the docks. The current quotations are well
maintained, and the market is gradually getting firmer.
Freights continue rather high, owing to the scarcity of ton-
nage. Coke is in average request, and there is no change to
record in prices. The rain that has Callen since Suuday has
enabled all the works that had been obliged to stop from
want of water to commence operations again. There is a
better inquiry for every description of iron, and quotations
are firmer than was the case a fortnight ago. Several orders
have been given out on American account during the last
few days, and no doubt is entertained that the demand from
that country will be large for the coming months. The
shipbuilding yards are in full employ, and the otha
branches of trade are in a fairly satisfactory state.

LEEDS, 2d.—The following is the trade report of the Leeds
Chamber of Commerce for the month of August :—" The
business done in the woollen cloth warehouses during the
month has been a fair average, and the country trade has
also been good. A considerable business has been done for
shipping, except in the American trade, for which only a
very moderate amount has been taken. The manufacturers
are all fully employed. The woollen cap makers are very
busy, and have large orders on hand. The public sales of
wool in London closed on the 31st ult., and about 140,000
bales passed the hammer. The attendance was large through.
out. Foreign buyers operated freely, though hardly with the
same spirit as at the May sales. Prices commenced at the
closing rates of May, but declined slightly on most descrip-
tions after the advance in the Bank rate. Manufacturers
continue well emplo3 ed—the home consumption of wool is
consequently large. There has been little done in flax, ex-
cepting bag flexes, for which there has been a fair demand at
full rates. For other sorts quotations remain without change,
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have been iu request ; middle and lower sorts dull, and
easier to buy. Hemps have been very quiet, and have fallen
from .-L2 to £3 per ton. The spinners continue to be full of
orders, and heavier numbers of line yarns have been stiffer
in price. Tow yarns remain as before. The demand for
threads is steady, There is a very brisk demand for all de-
scriptions of iron, and the masers aro well supplied with
orders. 'I he lock-out is not yet at an end, but a consider-
able addition has been made to the number of men at work,
and it is hoped that a full resumption of work is not far
off. A number of foreign workmen aro now being employed
hero. When the existing differences between masters
and men are arranged, there is a good prospect of the iron
trade in Leeds. The machine makers and engineer tool
trades are very busy. The makers of locomotive and rail-
way plant aro fully employed. The cut-nail trade is good.
There has been a steady demand for nearly all descriptions
of leather. For sole purposes the principal inquiry has been
for butts and bends of thick substance, the supply of which
is short of the requirements of the trade. Light have con-
tinued in fair request. Dressing leather of light average
has met with ready sale, and calf skins, being scarce, have
sold on arrival at advanced rates. For offal of all kinds
there has been an active demand, and higher rates have been
obtained. During the past month the continental rape crop
has been secured, the quantity being very considerably less
than last year, and the quality only an average one. The
bulk has passed into second hands, and the lowest price has
probably been seen. The English crop is a failure. There
is not much doing in rape oil, owing to the season of the
year ; prices, however, are well maintained, The unusually
dry season has caused a most unprecedented demand for
linseed, which is eagerly Ought up at full rates to meet the
great sale of linseed eakes,which have considerably advanced
in value; all the mills are actively employed. Olive oils
maintain their value, and a fair business has been trans-
acted. The shoe trade continues good, and all hands are
well employed. In the paper trade there is no material
change; it is, however, fully as good as it has been lately. I
There has been a good supply of cattle, which the scarcity
of fodder has tended to increase. Number shown (five
markets)—Cattle, 2,472; sheep, 14,535. The supplies of
new wheat have been large, and there have been some fluc-
tuations in price, but. there is at the close but little change.
Barley is in fair demand and firm. Oats are scarce, and
prices are about Id per stone dearer. Beans are selling at
full rates.

NOTTINGHAM, 2d.—There was a moderate attendance on
'Change to-day. The demand for lace yarns was quiet, and
prices for low numbers tended downwards. For middle and
high numbers late prices were paid. The demand for hosiery
yarns was inactive, at very little change in prices. Late
rates were maintained for silks. For brown nets the demand
was flat at about recent quotations.

Burning_of the Adriatic by the Tallahassee.

The New York papers publish the following so.
count of the burning of the Adriatic by the Talla-
hassee, taken from the statements of the master
and mate of the destroyed vessel :
The Adriatic was a fine packet ship of 1,200 tons, the
principal owners being Messrs. E.E. Morgan and Sons, of
70, South-street, New York ; one third, however, of the
vessel was owned by the captain, Captain Moore, the first
mate being I. F. Johnson. The Adriatic left London on
the 9th July, with a lull cargo, carrying on board also 163
passengers, about one-third Irish, and the rest of various
nationalities. All went well, and the ship had a favourable
voyage until on nearing port on Friday morning, about
five a.m., the Tallahassee ran across her bow, hailed the
Adriatic, and ordered the captain to heave to, in obeying
which the pirate's mainmast was carried away,
The Tallahassee immediately sent a boat full of men—a
most ragged ragamuffin set, armed to the teeth with cut-
lasses and pistols, with orders to bring back the captain of
the Adriatic and hie papers. Captain Moore accordingly
went on board, and was at once informed by Taylor, the
commander of the pirate, that he intended to burn his ship.
Capt. Moore naturally expressed a hope that such a thing
would not be done, stated that he was part owner, and
wholly uninsured, and above all that the ship had above
200 passengers (emigrants) on board), and that such an act
would be most cruel and inhuman towards them.

Taylor replied, " I can't help that, captain. lam sorry
for you, but I can't help it. f hat's a packet ship, and
precisely the sort of ship we want to burn, in order to bring
this war to an end by destroying your commerce, That's
an American vessel, and that's quite enough to determine
its destruction." Although Capt. Moore had his bills of
lading they were not even looked at, and he was informed
that he must return on board at once and prepare his pas-
r— &dna that all further expostulation
gers of the state of affairs, and that they would be permitted
to take as much of their baggage with them as they could
carry in their hands.

This information was naturally received by the unfortu-
nate passengers with the utmost consternation, many of
them leaving in the luggage they had with them the savings
of a lifetime, and much of it of such a nature that it was
impossible to remove it in the short time allowed, the
women filling the air with their cries and piteous entreaties,
but all in vain. Meantime the newly-captured pilot-boat,
James Funk, had laid chase to and captured the barque
Suliote, Capt. Panne, from which it took bonds for 5,000 dols,
and ordered her to heave to and receive the passengers of
the Adriatic, having been induced to leave so quickly by a
promise that their luggage should be sent after them—a
promise it need not be said that was never meant to be ful-
filled.

The captain was then ordered immediately to leave the
ship, which he refused to do unless compelled, the mate re-
maining with him ; whereupon the boatswain of the Talla-
hassee, who is said to be a New York man, called on his
crew, who with loaded pistols forced the captain and mate
into the boat, and, having set fire to the ill-fated vessel,
steered for the Tallahassee. On arriving near the pirate the
captain and mate were refused admission on board, and,
being put into one of the Adriatic's boats, rowed back to the
burning ship to secure some provisions. The flames were
then coming out of the hatches and the forecastle, conse-
quently they were only able to secure two small bags of
bread, which they took on board the Suliote.
On reaching the Suliote, they found 200 people on board
a barque of 400 tons, deeply laden with coal, without any
accommodation for such a crowd, who had to remain on
deck, and with only one barrel of bread and three casks of
water. The Sulioto then set sail for New York, while the
Tallahassee steamed off to the south east. The first night
was passed by the passengers on deck without any serious
discomfort, save such as arose from the excessive crowding
and a scanty supply of food. In the morning of Saturday
a schooner was hailed, and a boat sent to beg a cask of
water, which, on the situation being explained, was gladly
furnished.
About 11 a.m. the United States steam frigate Susque-
hanna, supposed to be in active pursuit of the pirate, was
discovered lying like a log on the water. She hailed the
Suliote, and inquired if she had the passengers or crew of
more than one burning ship on board. An answer being
returned, the captain and the pilot of pilotboat No. 21, which
had also been captured, were requested to go on board. On
being told of the course taken by the Tallahassee, the cap-
tain of the Susquehanna declared his intention of making
for Bermuda, and, giving the pilot despatches for Admiral.
Paulding, and Captain Moore four bags of biscuit for the
Suliote, steamed away, and left the barque to pursue her
course to New York.
Sandy Hook was reached at last, and the Suliote anchored
off the bar about half-past nine. The rain which shortly
after commenced, and was so welcome to the country gene-
rally, to the poor passengers on board the Suliote proved
but an aggravation of their miseries. The accommodation
of the bark was limited to one cabin calculated to hold about
six persons, and when 30 women had been crammed into it
there still remained about 160 of the crew and passengers
exposed to the driving storm, Of course all were speedily
wet to the skin, and although an effort was made to con-
struct an awning to keep off the rain, it was attended with
little benefit, for the canvas, not being properly stretched,
retained the water, and, at last, was precipitated by its
weight on the heads of those beneath it, amid their shrieks
of terror at what they fancied were the waves circling
round them.

The men were at the pumps all night, the sea, calm as it
was, constantly washing the decks; indeed, had the least
wind or swell prevailed, one half the people must have been
washed overboard. At last morning dawned, and a tug
coming down, the bark was taken down the bay, and an-
chored on Sunday morning about halt a mile from the bat-
tery. It might have been supposed that when within hai of
New York the sufkrings of those on board would at once be
brought to an end. This was not so, and to the disgrace of
Castle Garden it should be known that though Capt. Moore
made repeated application to the person in charge there,
stating with perfect truth that all the provisions were gone,
that the people were famishing, that the water was reduced
to one bucketful of muddy settlings for 200 persons, that the
children were almost dying of thirst, and that he would
himself willingly pay the expenses of a me
steamer to land the
passengers, he was coolly and deliberately told by the sub-
ordinates in charge that nothing oould be done until to-
morrow, it was Sunday.
In pleasing contrast to this inhumanity was the conduct
of officers Nesbit and Sullivan, of the harbour police, who
showed every possible attention to the famishing people,
and, at considerable trouble and the expense of a ducking to
one of them, procured a cask of watt T for their use. At last
on a request from the Customhouse a•Vhorities, the revenue
cutter came off to take all to Castle G ai•den, and this being
known was the signal for a long and joy ous shout. Every
one was soon on board, leaving the luggi tge that had been
saved until the next day in the Suliote.
Capts, Moore and ranuo were unwear, led iu their self-

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denying attention and kindness to those committed to their
charge, and many were the acknowledgments that wo heard
from the grateful passengers, who, on 'caving in the cutter,
expressed their collective sense of this by giving three hearty
cheers for both. We much regret to add that serious com-
plaints are made by a number of the passengers that their
clothes and other things had been stolen from them 'on
board the Sulicote. It is painful to think that such cold-
blooded rascality could be shown by any to felfew-passcn-
gers who had suffered the same misfortunes and shared the
same danger.

A curious circumstance relating to the capture of the
Adriatic is that most of the cargo was on British account,
and that the ship was uninsured for the first time during a
number of voyages.