The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-06 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Sept. 5.--The market for yarns
has been remarkably firm, without the least giving
way in prices. Some spinners are asking even
higher prices than on Tuesday. This is more
particularly the case for home trade yarns,
which are dearer by ld, to 2d. per lb., and cheap
lots offering have been taken rather eagerly. For
cloth the market has been exceedingly fiat. The
much quieter state of the Liverpool cotton-market
for a few days past has reacted upon this, and yes-
terday speculators were generally rather inclined
to sell at a slight decline of prices. There were
scme exceptions to this feeling, so far as price was
concerned, but there was very little disposition to
purchase. This morning the feeling of distrust vvaa
increased by a telegram frcm Liverpool, posted on
our Exchange, which said, " At a meeting of cotton
brokers, just held, a proposition to take stock was
negatived by 24 to 15." The report caused a little
uneasiness for some hours among heavy holders of
cloth on speculation, and offers were made to sell at
is. to 2s. per piece decline. The alarm, however,
was hardly general, and the market recovered this
afternoon. As a rule, buyers do not appear
anxious to sell this evening, and buyers are rather
cautious. The real transactions of to-day have
been on a very limited scale. What has been done
has mostly been for speculation, and we hear of
little or nothing doing in the shape of orders to
make. Manufacturers do not care to name prices
for goods in the loom, but prefer to wait till they
are ready for market, and take their chance of the
prices then ruling.

NEWPORT, 4th.—The coal trade of this district is
now btginning to show signs of increased anima-
tion, and the coal ports evince an activity which has
not been witnessed for some time. The favourable
operations of the French treaty have caused a large
increase of coal shipments to France and Italy ;
Spain, Portugal, and Austrian Italy are also im-
portant customers. There is no real advance in
prices as yet, but the demand is steadier and in-
creasing, and present quotations are firmly adhered
to. House coal, free on board, is quoted at Bs. 6d.
to 9s. 6d. per ton, and steam coal, 7s. 6d. to Ss. 6d.
The general opinion prevails that with the steady
demand which has set in, and the advent of winter,
many weeks will not elapse before a substantial ad-
vance will take place. If these expectations should
be realised, and there is every reason to think that
they will, the coalmasters may look forward to the
future with a considerable degree of confidence. As
to the iron trade, the advance which has already
taken place has imparted quite a new life through-
out Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire. The works
are going better, and several of the ironmasters are
making preparations for more extended operations,
which proves that there is no lack of confidence as
regards the coming months. Rails are firm, at from
£5 10s. to £5 15s. at the works, and merchant bars
£5 ss. to £5 7s. 6d., which. shows an advance of
from 8 to 12 per cent. within the last four months.
The importance of this advance is increased by the
fact that the coal trade benefits greatly by it, and if
another like improvement took place, which would
bring iron to from £6 to £6 10s., the district ge-
nerally would soon be in an active state. Present
indications tend to the conclusion that this result
may be confidently looked for, and the distress pre-
vailing in Lancashire would then be considerably
mitigated by the increased employment in the
mineral districts.

MARKETS-THIS DAY.

COVENT GARDEN.

The supply of fruit is moderate—of vegetables good. In
most descriptions a fair business is doing at the annexed

rates :

MISERABLE DEA7H OF AN ECCENTRIC
GENTLEMAN OF PROPERTY.

An inquiry was held by Mr. John Humphreys,
one of the Middlesex coroners, at the York Minster
Tavern, Philpot-street, Mile end, late on Thursday
night, respecting the death of Mr. Wm. Wollaston,
aged 53, a gentleman of independent property,
who expired on Sunday last under the following
melancholy circumstances:—
Mrs. S. Wollaston, the stepmother of deceased,
deposed that some years ago he had been left a con-
siderable property by his uncle, but instead of living
affluently, he took lodgings in the East-end, and
denied himself all comforts. He never, however,
actually went without food. A few months back an
abscess formed on his face, and began to eat into his
cheek in a frightful manner ; but though witness
earnestly entreated him to allow a doctor to be called
in to attend him, he positively refused, saying—
" That no doctor should ever touch a penny of his
money." Latterly he suffered dreadfully. He used
to lie on the floor without any bed under him,
merelyresting his head on a pillow. His landlady
saw him suffering so much that she bought a bottle
of medicine and gave it to him. It made him much
easier, and she tried to induce him to have a doctor,
but without success. Last Sunday evening she took
him in a cup of tea, which she was in the act of
giving
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Dr, Henry said deceased died from hemorrhage
caused by an abscess eating into an artery. With
medical attendance deceased would not have died.
hemorrhage."
The Jury returned a verdict of " Death from