The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-15 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Aug. 14.—A fair amount of busi-
ness has been done in yarns today. The demand
has been chiefly for India and China and the Medi-
terranean. The home trade have not bought
much.
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been quite as active, and we continue
large business in all goods suitable for India, in-
cluding shirtings, jacconets, and longcloths. There
is also more demand for printing cloths. The home
trade, which has been languishing so long, seems
to have revived considerably, and from houses in
that branch we hear much more encouraging ac.
counts of business. Some of them report a better
demand for goods than they experienced for a long
time past. The improvement has hardly made it-
self felt in the general wholesale market yet,
owing to the timidity of merchants, whose
fears have led them to anticipate a sudden
fall of prices, and have induced them as a con•
sequence to allow their stocks to run usually
low before replenishing. There is a report of
more doing for the home trade to-day, however,
especially in printers and domestics. There is
also more doing in fancy goods, and manufacturers
now hold some rather heavy orders. Prices are
tending upwards, and in some cases check business
in cloths; but the market closes with a healthy
feeling.

CARDIFF, Aug. 14.—During the last few days a
most extraordinary demand for coal has been ex-
perienced at this port, and considerable delay has
already been occasioned to many ships in conse-
quence. Some of them have remained 15 days
without a berth. Iron also continues in good de-
mand, and throughout the year a very steady in-
crease is manifest. Freights are now settled, and
we quote :—Alexandria, 235. ; Aden, 355. ; Bom-
bay, 265. ; Cape of Good Hope, 295. ; Constanti-
nople, 225. ; Hong Kong, 425. ; New York, 12s. to
15s. The coasting trade still continues dull, and
freights are extremely low.

NOTTINGHAM, Aug. 14.—There was a small
attendance at this Exchange-hall to-day, and the
business done in lace yarns was limited at fully
late prices. For hosiery yarns the inquiry was by
no means brisk, but recent currencies were well
supported. In silks there is no material alteration.
Brown nets a dull sale at unaltered rates.

LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday.

BOROUGH OF LUDLOW.
The Gazette contains the Speaker's warrant for issuing a
new writ for the election of a member to serve in Par
ment for the borough of Ludlow, in the room of Beriah Bot..
field, Esq., deceased.__

FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 13.
The following despatch has been received from Sir Fred.
Bruce, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Chief
Superintendent of Trade in China :
Peking, April 30, 1863
My Lord,—Referring to my despatch of Bth September,
1862, I have the honour to state that Mr. Medhurbt, before
leaving Shanghae, published the letter to him which
formed inclosure in that despatch. The publication has
done good, by clearing up the misapprehension that pre-
vailed. as to the real position of foreigners at the Chinese
ports open to trade, and as evidence that her Majesty's
Government will not agree to any system which does not
respect the territorial rights of the Chinese Government,
and its exclusive jurisdiction over its own subjects. This
exclusive jurisdiction of China over Chinese, and of each
foreign nation cver its subjects, is the foundation on which
the international relations of China with the outer world is
based.

I am glad to say that Monsieur Berthemy enclosed to the
French Government the paper containing my correspon-
dence with Mr. Medhurat as expressing the views enter-
tained by him en this delicate question. They are fully
concurred in by the Russian and the American Ministers.
The British and American communities have appointed,
a committee to prepare a scheme for the municipal govern-
ment of the large part of the settlement inhabited by them,
in conformity with these principles, and I hope that, with
the aid of their experience, a system may be found which
will meet the requirements of the place, and to which the
Chinese Government will give its assent.
The growth of Shanghae is wonderful; its population is
estimated at 1,500,000, and it bids fair to become soon the
most important city of the East. The Chinese flock to it
on account of the security it enjoys, and the silk manufac-
ture which was destroyed by the Taeping occupation of
Soochow and Hung-chow, is taking root at Shanghae.
It is a subject of great satisfaction to me that our resolu-
tion to save 6hanghae from the destruction that menaced it
at the hands of the Taeping hordes, has not only been pro-
ductive of great benefit to trade, but has afforded a safe
asylum and an escape from ruin to so large a body of the
industrious and respectable naFtißvEeppEoßplucx.
latil.
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The Right Hon. Earl Russell, K.G., &c.
WAR OFFICE, AUG. 11.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Sir James Hudson, K.C.B , Her
Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the King of Italy, to be an Ordinary Member or the
Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross
to the Most Hon. Order of the Bath; and of James
Douglas, Esq., C. 8., Governor and Commander-in• Chief
in and over Vancouver's Island and the colony of British
Columbia, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division
of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said
Most Hon. Order.
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