The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-01 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, March 21.--Our market for ship-
ping yarns has been considerably better to-day, and

there has been a very fair amount of business doing
at ?rd. to id. per lb. advance on the rates of Tuesday.
But for this adrance in prices we should probably
have had considerably more business. Prices are
Very strong at the close, with an upward tendency.
There are many orders yet to give out, but buyers
are waiting till 'the Cuba's advices from America are
to hand, which aro generally expected to be ian-
portant, and may send prices up or down consider-
ably. The market for home trade yarns has im-
proved quite as much as that for export. A mode-
rate business has been done, and prices are quoted
t
about Id. per lb. higher than Tuesday. The demand
is general for most, counts required by manufac-
turers. The cloth market showed a good deal of
improvement yesterday, the activity in the Liver-
pool cotton-market, with better prices, giving a
decided impulse to business here. The transactions
were to a considerable amount, and at slightly ad-
vanced prices. The desire to buy appeared to be
more general than for some time past, and there
was a feeling of greater confidence. The advanced
quotations of manufacturers to-day, seem to have
somewhat modified this feeling, and, though there
has been a fair general inquiry for cloths, considerably
less business has been effected. Buyers, at all events,
are now disposed to await the arrival of the American
mail steamer's news before operating. The larger
business in yarns to-day (mentioned above) is gene-
rally attributed to the considerable orders given out
for cloth yesterday.
LEEDS.—The following is the trade report of the
Leeds Chamber of Commerce for March—" During
the whole of the month the woollen trade has been
very quiet. The unusual coldness of the weather has
no doubt tended greatly to prevent any consider-
able purchases of spring goods, but in addition to this
there evidently exists an indisposition on all hands
to do more than provide for immediate wants. There
have also been several large sales of merchants'
stocks. Under these circumstances stocks in the
hands of manufacturers are accumulating, and many
of them are consequently working short time. This
unfavourable state of things is not caused, as far as
can be seen, by anything peculiar to the woollen
trade, but arises from the general feeling of uncer-
tainty as to the future which exists in the country
generally. The London wool sales concluded on the
25th inst., with the exception of a damaged cargo,
which was sold on the 27th. About 80,000 bales
passed the hammer. The general range of prices has
been nearly the same as in November, Cape wools
being a trifle higher, and faulty Australian a little
lower. A full average proportion has been bought
for export. The English woolmarket has been quiet,
and the business done unimportant ; prices have
given way considerably. The flax tradehas been un-
unusually dull, and prices may be said to be nominal,
but to make sales a considerable reduction must be
submitted to. The same remarks will apply to tows
For yarns there is little or no inquiry, and prices
are altogether unsettled. The ,great fall in cotton
and the uncertainty felt as to its future price, have
given a check to the flax trade., The iron trade
continues in a'very fair state, the lock-out not ex-
tending to this neighbourhood. During the last
year a large-quantity of steel tires, &c., have been
been made in Leeds, and this manufacture is likely to
be increased; another firm being about to increase
its works for that purpose. The machine-makers
continue busy. The engineer tool trade is goof, con-
siderable contracts being on hand, and fresh orders
coming in to a fair extent. The railway plant and
locomotive makers continue busy. In cut nails a fair
business is doing. In the seed crushing and oil
-trades the continued inclement weather during the
past month has caused crushers to be actively em-
ployed in supplying the farmers. Rape and linseed
oik have maintained their value, and there is a fair
demand for both. Olive oil is firm in price, but not
much doing, as manufacturers are not all working
full time. There has been a steady demand formost
descriptions of leather. Heavy butts and bends
have been in moderate request, and light substances
have sold freely. Prices remain steady. Dressing
goods of all kinds have also met with a ready
sale, at full rates. Offal, both light and heavy,
has been extremely scarce, and prices have in conse-
quence advanced. The tanners are doing more than
for some time past. There is a moderate demand
for shoes, but scarcely as good as is generally the
case at this season. The paper trade has been dull,
the supply of material is good, and prices are on the
decline. There has been a good supply of cattle and
sheep, which have met with a ready sale. Number
shown (five markets), cattle, 2,664 ; sheep, 17,600.
There has been a good supply of wheat, and toward
the close of the month prices have advanced about
Is. per qr. Good barley has been scarce, and fetches
ls. more price. Oats and beans have met with a
good demand at firm rates."
NOTTINGHAM, 31.—We had again a very small
attendance at our Exchange-hall to-day. The ad-
vices from Liverpool caused prices to rule firm, but
neither buyers nor sellers were anxious to transact
business, and recent rates were quoted for both lace
and hosiery yarns.

The Metropolis Sewage and Essex E eelama-

tion Bill.

It will be remembered that the above bill was re-
mitted to a select committee of the House of Com-
mons, who were instructed to inquire into the most
useful and profitable means of disposing of the me-
tropolitan sewage on the north side of the Thames.
The committee have had laid before them the reports
of the select committees of 1862 and 1864, and the
report of the royal commission ; and they have also
heard witnesses. Their report has now been issued.
They say that the scheme brought before them by
Messrs. Hope and Napier, and embodied in the bill
before the Lower house, fulfils the following requi-
sitions :—" It provides, in the first place, for the
complete removal from the River Thames of the
whole of the ordinary sewage of the northern part
of the metropolis, leaving only, on the occasion of
heavy rains, a portion of the sewage still to flow
into the river, but so small and exceptional that it
may for all practical purposes be left out of conside-
ration. It provides, in the next place, for the irriga-
tion by sewage, in whatever quantities may be found
useful, of a considerable area particularly well adapted
for such a purpose, inasmuch as the natural character
of the soil is light and favourable. Moreover, the
low level of the district enables the sewage to be
applied with very little mechanical aid, and mainly
by gravitation. It may also be observed that an
extension of this area might be made by pumping
the sewage to a moderate elevation. Lastly, with
respect to whltever portion of the sewage may not
he disposed of in its course, the scheme proposes to
apply in the reclamation of a barren portion of
laud on the coast in a manner recommended by

experience."
The combination of these different modes of using
the sewage is, the committee think, of great conse-
quence in ensuring at all times and seasons the bene-
ficial application of the whole sewage, with the small
exception above mentioned on the occasion of heavy
rains. Upon this evidence the committee are of
opinion " that the scheme which has been submitted
to them is a useful and profitable mode of applying
the sewage of the northern portion of the metropolis,
and they have no reason to suppose that any more
useful or profitable scheme could be devised."
The committee consisted of Mr. Headlam (chair-
man), Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Knight, Dr. Brady, Mr.
T. G. Miller, Colonel Smyth, Mr. &later- Booth,
Mr. Paget, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Charles Turner.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

ring DAY.—Morning, sh. 36m.—Afternoon, sh. 58m
To-Monnow.-Morning, Gh. 20m.—Afternoon, 6h. 47m,