The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-08 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, AUG. 7.—Our market has been
rather more cheerful to-day, and a fair amount of
business has been transacted in yarns for India and
China. Shippers to the Mediterranean have also
done a fair business in yarns suitable for that
quarter. The Germans have been cautious, and
have not bought much. The home trade has given
out some fair orders, and the yarn market closes
with a healthy feeling, and with a tendency to
rather higher prices than could have been obtained
on Tuesday. The cloth market was quieter on
Wednesday and yesterday, with less disposition
to buy. The inquiries were exceedingly few for
any market, but this dullness has but little effect
on sellers, stocks of all descriptions being exceed-
ingly bare, and manufacturers hold rather firmly
to their prices. To-day there has been rather
more demand, principally for Indian goods, and a
fair amount of business has resulted at Tuesday's
full rates. The leading business has been in 61b.
and 71b. shirtings, long cloths, and other light
fabrics, for India. Mulls have been in less re-
quest, on account of the large amount of produc-
tion recently to order, which has no doubt gone
far to supply the wants of shippers. There is no
new feature in the business ding for other markets.
There are some fair orders running for the home
trade, given out during some weeks back, and the
deliveries on which are not inconsiderable. There
is an improved tone about the market generally,
and it closes firm.

NOTTINGHAM, Ang. 7.—There was about an
average attendance at this Exchange hall to-day,
and the demand for lace yarns was moderate, at no
material change in prices. The business done in
hosiery yarns was limited, and late prices were
supported without difficulty. Brown nets were a
quiet sale, at former rates.

The Countess Craven and Ladies Craven will
leave town to-day for Drackelow, Derbyshire, on a visit to
Sir Henry and Lady Sophia des Vceux, from whence they
go to meet the Earl Craven to Coombe Abboy, near
Coventry.

Lord and Lady Camoys and Hon. Misses Stonor
leave town today on a visiting tom, during which they
purpose paying visits to the Eszi of St. Germans at Port
Eliot, and Lady Molesworth; at her ladyship's seat in Corn.
wall.

Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie have left
Claridge's Hotel for Windsor.

The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, M.P., and
Lady Mary Wood and family, are expected to come to
ton to• day, from their seat, Ilickleton Park, Yorkshire.
We regret to say that the accounts of Lord Clyde's
state of health are still of an extremely unfavourable charac-
ter. Notwithstanding the resistance to disease which an
astonishingly vigorous constitution enables him to make,
the condition of the gallant Field-Marshal is most pre-
carious, and fills those around him with anxiety.—Army
and Navy Gazette, just published.

WHITSTJNTIDE.—A return which has been pre-
pared, showing the number of vistors to the public institu-
tions last Whit-Monday, gives the following results :—To
the British Museum, 11,472; National Gallery, 10,200;
South Kensington Museum, 6,552; ditto Museum of
Patents, 1,411; the Tower, 475; East India Museum,
1,348; Hampton Court Palace, 25,256; Kew Gardens,
11,631.

The fete of the German Gymnasts took place at
Leipsic on the sth. More than 20,000 were in the
cortege which went through the streets. Saxony and the
North of Germany had a great number of representatives,
and Austria about 800. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg, the
Elector of Hesse, and Baron do Beust, the Saxon Minister,
were present. The last-named personage deli"ered a
speech, which he concluded with a toast to " the Union of
the great German. country."