The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-14 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

BAIINSEY, Sept. 12.—Trade in the various coal
districts of South Yorkshire has been good during
the past week, nearly all the coal owners doing
more business than they have done for some time.
There is no doubt, that this is owing to a disposition
on the part of the dealers and others in the metro-
polis to stock for the winter, but the approaching
races at 14ncaster have also had their usual effect ;
the railway companies being anxious to convey as
much as possible, and the men to increase the ton-
nage, as not much work is done during the week
commencing this day: Gas coal is in fair inquiry,
as is also malting coke. The provincial inquiry is
good for all descriptions of house coal, and the
prices rule the same as those quoted last week. The
navigations are carrying a fair quantity, and the
inquiry at Keadby, a port on the Trent on the
route from this place to Hull, has been remarkably
brisk.

BenemeNGEtAan 12th.—The trade of this town is
quiet ; the fresh orders in during the last ten days
have been small, the consequence is that manufac-
turers, who had few orders on their books before-
hand have been barely able to keep their work-
people on at fall time, without making up goods for
stock, The retail shopkeepers evince a strong incli-
nation to buy only sparingly on account of the
autumn trade—in fact, the bulk of the orders in of
late have been such as to show that they are only
to keep stock sufficient for immediate requirements;
in the foreign department the samespirit of caution
is manifested. The demand for material has fallen
off; at the various rolling mills there is not so much
activity as existed a month ago, and the jewellers
are very indifferently supplied with orders. It is
not probable that any improvement will take
place on this side of quarterday. The reports
as to the state of the iron trade in this
locality are anythingbut satisfactory. There has been
a general advance of the wages scale, and a rise of
10s. per ton in the price of finished iron ; but it can
scarcely be said that there has been such an increased
demand as to justify the rise, that proceeding hav-
ing been almost forced upon the trade by the atti-
tude of the men. Now, however, some of the lead-
ing ironmasters are seeking a further advance of
10s. per ton ; and others, the makers of favourite
brands, have intimated that they will only take
orders subject to the price of next quarter day.
BRADFORD, 12th.—There has been a good demand
for all classes of wool during the week, with an up-
ward tendency in prices, upon which the higher
quotations for cotton no doubt had some influence.
Purchases are made to supply immediate wants,
and there is an entire absence of speculation. Con-
sidering the time of the year, the supply of wool in
the,market is not large. There is an advance in
the prices of worsted yarns, a circumstance which
rather tends to check operations. The export mer-
chants, who supplied themselves freely when the
quotations were lower, arc able to meet the scanty
demands upon them from abroad, and are now doing
no new business. Spinners, notwithstanding, are
busy upon old contracts. There is a goodandhealthy
business doing in fabrics. Manufacturers enter into
short engagements. The changeable character of
quotations renders this course expedient. Some of
the home merchants place a few orders. The con-
tinental merchants buy freely in some sorts, includ-
ing figured orleans, figured cords, and plain poplins.
Some orders for spring as well as fall trade have
been placed by American houses,
DUNDEE, 12th.—The fetes at the opening of the
Baxter-park have engaged attention, almost to the
exclusion of business, for the last two days, but to-
day the Cowgate resumed its wonted appear-
' ance, and there was great activity in several
1 departments of the trade. Flax remains quiet in
Russia, but the dealers do not geld so much in price
as lead to large transactions. Here there is little
doing in the article, and while the finer qualities
fully maintain their value, the lower marks are
decidedly cheaper. Fine tow and codilla keep their
price, while common is very unsaleable, and the
value nominal. Jute is not abundant in this market,
and the tendency here, as in London and Liver-
pool, is still upward. The consumption is great
beyond all precedent, and still extending, and any
parcels at all worth the money are quickly bought
up. The demand for yarns of all qualities and
sizes is remarkably active, and spinners are quite
unable to satisfy the wants of the trade. For both
the home demand and for shipment buyers are
numerous and urgent, and spinners have the entire
command of the market, and can dictate their
own terms, although to-day they have not
asked any further advance, The inquiry for all de-
scriptions of linens is equally pressing, and pur-
chasers have the greatest difficulty in placing their
orders with the prospect of getting them executed
within a reasonable time. This applies to the fabrics
made in town and to those of Arbroath, Brechin,
Forfar, and Fifeshire, all being equally brisk, and
never before was such a season of prosperity seen
throughout this district as at present.
HALIFAX, 12th.—The condition and prospects of
the carpet and worsted trades here continue steady
and satisfactory. There is a good seasonable busi-
ness doing, and the supply can scarcely be said to
be in advance of the demand, Of late the wool-
market has become animated, and has in some
measure sympathised with the increased activity
in the cotton-market. Prices of wool still creep
up, but the advance which has taken
place rather checks operations. Yarns, too,
are advancing, and spinners are well employed.
Most piece goods are rather dearer than they were
a month ago, or, at all events, prices of goods have
a hardening tendency.
HUDDERSFIELD, 12th.—There has been a toler-
ably good attendance of London, Irish, and other
buyers here this week, and in the aggregate their
purchases amounted to a considerable bulk. Heavy
fancy goods, both trouserings and coatings, well-
made black doeskins, and other seasonable fabrics
manufactured in this district, have sold steadily at
fully late prices. The demand has been chiefly by
the home-trade houses. The export trade being
rather slack, low woollens and unions are not much
sought after. Tae local wool trade is cheerful, and
prices are firm.
LEEDS, 12th.—There has been a good attendance
of buyers in the cloth-halls lo.clay. There was also
a full average of manufacturers, who offered a fair
supply of the most current-going fabrics of the sea-
son. The tone of the market was cheerful, and a
large bulk of good was sold. As for some time
past, fancy witneys, pilots, stout meltocs, and other
heavy fabrics were in most request; but a fair call
was made for tweeds, hairlists, and unions. Prices
of both goods and wool keep firm, and those of some
of the better classes of reusable materials are higher
than they were last month.
LEICESTER, 12th.—There is further improvement
in the hosiery trade, Homo and foreign orders are
given out freely, and manufacturers are well engaged.
Fancy and regular goods are still in request, and,
indeed, business generally is in a very satisfactory
state. Yarns are very firm, and there is a fair
amount of business doing. Wools are
rges) und are in tolerable request. yelling at late

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Ilaval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

In addition to the works already in progeess for
the enlargement and extension of the dockyard
and naval establishment at Chatham,--vi; ~ the
creation of three large steam basins, covering,
in the aggregate, an area of between 70 and
80 acres, and the construction of additional dock,
factories, workshops, and other buildings, taking in
a space of 300 acre; beyond the existing dockyard,
the Lords of the Admiralty have just directed pre-
liminary arrangements to be made for carrying out
other important works. These the members of the
Board on their recent visit of inspection deemed to
be necessary to what has now become the principal
government establishment for the construction of
iron vessels of war. In order to facilitate the ma-
nufacture of ropes and cables suitable for the new
class of iron and iron-clad vessels, the rope-making
establishment is to be considerably extended, and
additional machinery erected for carrying on several
portions of the work at present accomplished by
manual labour. The existing machinery will be
removed from the spinning room, and the building
converted into store rooms for the reception of
cargoes of itussian and Italian hemp. The upper
portion of the block of buildings now used as a
hemp-house, will bo enlarged and prepared for the
reception of new machines, and also for the spin-
ning machinery at present in use, so that the whole
of the rope-making department in that branch will
be consolidated in one establishment. The estimated
cost of the proposed alterations in this department
of the dockyard, including the erection of the
requisite machinery, is about £2,000. Their lord-
ships have also directed a lino of rails to be laid
down along the front of the harbour, at the Anchor
wharf, on which will be placed a locomotive steam
crane to facilitate the operation of loading and
unloading the vessels arriving at the dockyard.
This work is now performed exclusie Fly by manual
labour at considerable expense, and at the sacrifice
of skilled labour which could be more profitably
employed. A crane of large dimensions, to lift
up to 26 tons, is also to be erected at the Centre
wharf, between Nos. 3 and 4 repairing and fitting
docks, at an estimated outlay of £l,OOO. Various
minor improvements and alterations proposed to be
carried into effect at the dockyard have also received
the approval of their lordships, including additional
buildings and alterations at the smithery and metal
mills, and the erection of the necessary buildings
for depositing the metal work required in fitting
the vessels always in hand. In addition to the
improvements intended to be carried out at the ship-
building and fitting departments of the naval esta-
blishment at Chatham, a certain sum is to be ex-
pended at the Royal Marine barracks for affording
increased accommodation for the members of that
branch of the service, and improving the ventilation
of the apartments occupied by the non• commissioned
officers and privates.
Orders were on Saturday issued for 30 additional
joiners to commence working on the iron frigate
Achilles this morning, in order to hasten forward
the completion of that vessel.
In accordance with Admiralty instructions, the
screw corvette Clio, 22, 400 horse power, recently
paid elf from the Pacific station, is to be fitted for
the first division of the steam reserve, taking the
place of the Scylla, 21, 400 horse power, preparing
for sea.

The Fawn, 17, 100 horse power, attached to the
Chatham steam reserve, is being prepared for com-
mission to take the place of the Desperate, 8, 400
horse power, in the West Indies.
A. notification has been received at Chatham from
the Admiralty announcing that the iron-plated
frigate Caledonian, 33, 1,000 horse power, is to be
fitted with her engines and machinery while in the
Victoria Docks, and not at Sheerness, as had bean
originally intended. The portions of her engines,
boilers, and machinery now at the latter dockyard
are to be forwarded to the Victoria Docks.

The screw steamship Gibraltar having had her
bottom cleaned and her valves overhauled, was re-
moved on Friday afternoon from Devonport Dock-
yard to her moorings in Hamoaze, where the pen-
nant was hoisted on Saturday afternoon.
Capt. Boyd hoisted his pennant on Monday after-
noon on board the screw steam corvette Pelorus in
Hamoaze, Davenport.
The paddlewheel steam tender Pigmy, 3, W. H.
Vine, master, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth
on Saturday with supernumeraries for the Royal
Adelaide and Marine Artillery for the Gibraltar.
When the steam store ship Wye was placed in
No. 1 dock in Keyham Steamyard, on Thursday, it
was found that about half of one of the movable
fans of her screw propeller (Griffith'e)iwas broken
off in an uneven line parallel to her keel.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander Thomas J.
Young to the Gibraltar ; Scott I. B. Willcox, the
Hon. Henry N. Shore, John Phelips, Francis S.
Knowles, Clement Royds, and W. A. Beckles, naval
cadets, to the Gibraltar ; Charles J. Barlow, James
L. Hammet, and Horace H. Barnard, naval cadete,
to the Scylla; Thomas C. Heathcote and Alexander
H. Ogilvy, naval cadets, to the Pelorus ; George T.
Burn, Arthur C. 0. Boddington, Henry I. Godfrey,
Henry C. Litchfield, Francis E. Haigh, and Edgar
C. L. Sturt, midshipmen, to the Gibraltar; Frede-
rick J. Dundee, Wilmot H. Fawkes, and Uodfrey
W. N. Eliot, midshipmen, to the Scylla ; John
Giles, George C. P. Gray, Thomas B. Lacy, and
Philip T. Richards, midshipmen, to the Pelorus ;
James W. Ashton, second master, to the Gibraltar ;
Arthur C. Wells and John B. Palmer, master's-
assists., to the Pelorus; Frederick S. Brown and
John Thompson, master's-assists., to the Gibraltar ;
George V. Moore and William B. P. Thompson,
maater's•assists., to the Scylla.