The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-04 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER, Oct. 3. Our market has calmed
down considerably from the excitement of last week,
and there is a good deal less business doing; but the
hands of spinners and manufacturers are alike full
of orders, and they are not in a position to make
any abatement of price. In shipping yarns the de-
mand has been general, embracing goods for all
markets, but very little business of any momenthas
been effected. With spinners it is almost impossible
to obtain the extreme quotations they ask, and the
little business doing has been chiefly in resale lots
(in the hands of speculators) at about 3d. to 4d.
per lb. under the extreme quotations of spinners.
In consequence of the deep engagements of spin-
ners, however, there is not the slightest approach to
a giving way in the rates demanded by them, and
the market, upon the whole, is very firm. In homo
trade yarns the market has also been much quieter.
Prices have now advanced about 4d. per lb. for these
yarns as compared with last Tuesday, and these
quotations decidedly check business. In cloth, quo-
tations have been forced up to an extent by the late
excitement almost unexampled in so short a period
of time. They have now advanced to an extent
apparently far beyond what buyers are willing to
follow, so that with the exception of a few resale
lots offering at prices far below what it would cost
the manufacturer to produce them, with cotton at
present rates, but little business has been done for
several days past. To-day we seem to have been
settling down into comparative quietness. The very
high prices of cotton necessitate high rates for cloth,
and at these there appears to be but little disposition
to do any business whatever. There is no disposi-
tion on the part of manufacturers to give way.
Their heavy forward contracts and the great
cost of yarns forbid any expectation of this kind,
and the sales of cloth to-day have been few and of
small amount. The quotations generally show a
large advance, but these must be taken as nominal,
for the transactions have not been sufficient to test
what can be obtained for cloths to-day. Messrs.
John Stagg and Co. report of this day's cloth-mar-
ket :—" The excited condition of our market since
Friday has caused an advance in the quotations
that arrests business, except in a few cases of re-sale.
To-day our market is steady, but buyers are quite
indisposed to follow the advance in material ; and
although we have considerably advanced our prices
all quotations are nominal, and but little business
has been done."

LEEDS, 3d.—There has been a slight improvement
in the woollen cloth-markets to-day, and rather
more business done than on this day se'nnight. The
chief sales have been in seasonable fabrics of medium
qualities, including a good portion of meltans in
dark colours, and a fair proportion of tweeds and
union cloths. The reports from the country clothiers
and manufacturers generally keep very satisfactory.
Prices of wools, yarns, and goods are alike firm.
The flax trade is active, and the prices of the raw
material are firm. For threads and line yarns there
is a steady demand, and quotations are steady.
NOTTINGHAM, 3d.—lt being the " Goose Fair"
holydays, there was only a limited attendance at our
Exchange-hall to-day. The demand for lace yarns
was slow, on account of the high rates asked, and a
small business was done, operations being confined
to needy buyers. Hosiery yarns were quite as dear.
Silks as before. There was a moderate demand for
brown nets, and prices had an advancing tendency.
ROCHDALE, 2d.—The flannel trade keeps quiet,
the prolongation of summer weather into autumn
causing buyers to postpone their winter purchases.
To-day's attendance was below an average, and
the purchases of ordinary plain goods were small,
but there was a fair demand for printed flannels.
Indeed for such for shirtings there is a good sale,
and manufacturers are all busy. The Yorkshire
goods trade is far from being active, but prices are
steady. Wools also, likewise all classes of flannels,
keep steady, showing no signs of any probable
abatement.

CARRIAGE ACCIDENT AND Loss OF THREE
LIVES.—A carriage accident occurred on Friday
night, about nine o'clock, in the woods, Bolton-bridge. A
carriage containing James Wharton of Bolton-brfdge, cab
driver ; Thomas Livesey (who for some years has earned
his living by attending to the horses of visitors to the
Strid, in the Bolton Woods), his wife, and a maid-servant
of Mr. Chowley's were coming from Mr. Chowley's
house, and had reached that portion of the woods near
to the bridge leading out of the Deer Park, when
the horse and carriage fell over the precipice, fifteen
yards high. Two of the party, Wharton, the driver,
and Mrs. Livesey, were killed on the spot, and Livesey
died shortly after from the effects of the injuries
he sustained. Tho maid-servant was not danger..
ously hurt, nor was the horse much injured, but the
carriage was broken to pieces. An inquest was held on the
bodies on Saturday, before Mr. Thomas Brown, coroner,
when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. The
following were the facts deposed to at the inquest:—
Richard Wellock, of Hazzlewood, coachman, said—On
Friday night, about half-past eight o'clock, Mrs. Chowley
gave Wharton some beer, Livesey drank with him; they
had a gill a-piece. Wharton had a horse and carriage. He
drove. Livesey and his wife got in with him. A servant
of Mr. Chowley's also got in to ride down to the gate. I
saw them proceed as far as the dog kennel. Wharton put
on the brake on going down the hill. All went on well so
far as I saw. I went after a short thus and found the
whole of the parties at the bottom of the Gill. Thomas
Livesey was sitting holding the horse, which had fallen on
Livesey, and his wife, Alice, and Wharton were dead.
Thos. Livesey lived about four hours, and died from the
injuries received from the fall. Jane, the maid, stood
on the opposite side of the stream. I did not think
Wharton was in liquor. Charles M'Kinnel deposed—On
Friday night, after the last witness returned from the
Gill, I went with him with a light. When we got down,
Thos. Livesey was sitting under the horse's head. He
was alive. We got him out, and then we got out his wife.
She was dead. We then got Wharton from under the
carriage. He was dead. The servant girl fainted, and we
had her removed. Thos. Livesey was hurt about his head
and internally, He survived about four hours. The road
runs close to the precipice down which all the persons
with the horse and carriage fell. The fall would be
about fifteen yards.

EXTRAORDINARY PLAGUE OF FLIES.—On the
morning of Saturday last the air in and around Hawick for
many miles was filled with a small fly, a little larger than
our common meadow midge. So dense was the cloud of
insects that passengers could only prevent their mouths and
eyes from being filled by keeping up a constant process of
fanning. On Sunday the nuisance remained unabated, and
churchgoers might be seen in the lobbies, before entering
their pews, brushing the insects from their garments as they
would snow flakes on a winter's day. On Monday the
flies were still to be seen, but in greatly diminished num-
bers. It is supposed by some that a heavy thunder-shower
which fell during Friday night has been the cause of this
wonderful development of insect life.
AN UNEXPECTED PRIZE. —At an agricultural
dinner held in Lincolnshire a few days since, a Mr.
W. North, whilst proposing "The Town and Trade of
Boston," begged permission of the chairman to exercise a
privilege conceded to him by the stewards—that of award-
ing a judge's prize, which the official judges had over-
looked. (Laughter.) It would be fresh in the recollection
of many present (said Mr. North) that at the last annual
meeting he had the distinguished honour to receive a white
hat—(roars of laughter)—as a prize for the worst stacking
and the most slovenly stackyard. He had carefully pre-
served the prize—(laughter)—and having made an inspec-
tion of a great many farmsteads, he had met with one that
he considered fairly entitled its owner to be the holder of
the hat for the ensuing twelve months, and having brought
the hat with him to the meeting, he had very great pleasure
in awarding it to the gentleman he had just alluded to,
and that was the vice-chairman, Mr. Welsh. (Roars of
laughter.) Mr. North said the hat had never fitted him—
(laughter)—and therefore he could very cheerfully part
with it. He then, amid the convulsive laughter of the
company, handed the hat and box over to Mr. Welsh, and
resumed his seat.

HEALTH. OF SO UTHAMPTON.•-•-S0 uniAmPToN, Tues-
day Night.—Only one case of cholera has been reported
to-day from the town or the neighbouring hamlets of
Bitterne or Spoling. That case is in Ning7st.reet, a very
densely-populated part of the town, and a fatal result is not
apprehelided by the medical men in attendance. The sani-
tary committee of the town sits daily to receive reports of
cases should they occur.