The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-29 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

DUNDEE, Oct. 27.—Tho excitement of the last few
weeks was continued to-day, and prices are again higher
both for the raw material and for goods. Holders of flax
have raised their quotations from £1 to £2 a ton since last
week. Fine tows, especially No. 1 Archangel, which was
recently bought largely on speculation, is now very ecarce,
and sellers ask £6O a ton for it—close upon which sales
have been made—being a rise of £6 to £7 within a week.
Medium tow and codilla are also in demand, at an advance
upon last week's prices. Jute has also been in good re-
quest, and fine has been sold at a considerable advance on
previous rates, but the rise on medium and common does
not exceed £1 a ton within the week. The demand for
yarns of all kinds, flax, tow, and jute, was remarkably
active to-day, and prices are generally about Id. a spindle
higher than on Friday. The orders for linens come in
much faster than the production, and buyers show great
anxiety to place them. Prices are, on the average, quite
6 per cent, up since Friday, being more than 10 per.een!.
within the week. How much further they may yet rise it
is impossible to say, as the advance hitherto hasnto not.e
checked the demand, but such prices were unknow
the the
trade before, and they will entail a heavy loss whenre-
action comes.
LEICESTER, 28th.—There is a good demand
employedemployed
classes of hosiery, and manufacturers are well
with orders on hand, In the rural &Istriats there is a fair
business doing, and the operativesare
Yarns are
ployed. The market is quite bare
market is firm, spinners
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r.ally well 0
extremely high in price, and the
alizing -n-
Iste rates, with
being fully engaged. Wools are re
a firm market.
very little doing in.
28th.--There is still .
NOTTINGHAM, j for Mechlin quillings has
cotton lace goods. The demacn.' _of the cotton trade are
fallen off; and indeed all branspnaar7eg_y,
1 and manufacturers
hitehirgyehmtihanrekrpeerti
price
rvate r
thr very
dull. Buyers purchase very
emend.
There is not much
edgings, and silk qutllings
ara not selling
doinglimit tihne blackitheir
productionlagcueisteat isatdor-oeiarahe
eryferlayd:r.
There nosrldliheroshldions
home little caheadu
shippingge
trade. Yarns
have an upward tendency.

Liverpool Cotton Market--This Da

Market quiet, but stet;dy, s----
bales. ales 6,000 or 7,00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.25 per L 1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. load. per ounCe for standard gold, it appear that gold is
about 1-10th per cent, dearer in London than in Paris.
and
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark.
the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling.
~tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
4-10ths per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London.
old'haey? sight is 169 to 16011 per cent., and the premium
of exchange at New York on London for bills at
n
golf ifs sii to 541 percent. At these rates there is very
profit on the importation of gold from the United States.
o

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The Right Hon. Sir G. Grey has arrived at
his seat, Falloden, Northumberland, from Balmoral.
TUE DUO DE MORNY has accepted the position of
President of the Paris Cricket Club.
Yesterday evening the shop of Messrs. Gaze,
linendrapers, 33, Beckford-row, Walworth, was totally con
sutued by fire.