The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-15 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Mar. 14.—The yarn-market shows
a decided improvement to-day, buyers holding
orders in suspense being obliged to some extent to
execute them at once through a sudden upward
movement in the Liverpool cotton-market, which is
leading spinners also to put up their prices. In
shipping yarns there has been a considerable amount
of business to-day, at about ld. per lb. advance on
hanks and of 2d. per lb. on cops, as compared with
last Friday. The amount of business would have been
much more considerable had spinners been easier to
deal with. Nearly all classes of buyers appear to be
operating under the impression that lowest prices
have been touched for the present, and the market
closes very strong, with an upward tendency. Home
trade yarn houses report much better business, at
prices fully ld. per lb. higher than on Friday last.
The cloth market has not nearly improved so much

as that for yarn. In fact, the improvement in yarns
and cotton is a good deal attributable to the large
orders recently taken by manufacturers for Indian
shirtings, which has sent manufacturers into the
market to cover their orders. Up to yesterday
evening there was a considerable business doing by
shippers on India account, principally in shirtings,
from an impression that prices were low enough to
render transactions safe. An advance of manufac-
turers' quotations to-day has not been well re-
sponded to by buyers. In some instances as much
as 6d. per piece more is asked for shirtings, but it
checks business. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. re-
port of the cloth-market :—" A good business has
been done since last Tuesday, at gradually declin-
ing rates. The improvement manifested in Liver-
pool yesterday has been to some extent responded
to here, and to-day makers have somewhat raised
their quotations. There is, however, little disposi
tion to give an advance, and the business of the day
has been limited."

LEEDS, 14th.—There has been but a moderate at

tendance of buyers in the cloth halls this morning,
and the market was of much the same quite character
as last week. The chief cause of the dulness in the
woollen trade is attributed to the weather, and the
general remark is to the effect that till warmer
weather sets in there will be no great improvement in
trade. The goods purchased to-day have included a
fair amount of ordinary blacks, as well as medium
goods in the white state, mixture coatings, light mel-
tons, and tweeds. The export trade to the Continent
and to Canada and the American States are devoid
of animation. The country manufacturers are rather
checking their rates of production, so as not to over-
stock the market, but many of them are beginning
to execute orders for autumn fabrics. Prices, those
of wool as well as of cloth, are steady. The flax
trade is not very active, and the high price of the
raw material keeps operations from expanding.
NOTTINGHAM, 14th.—There was a fair attendance
of merchants and others at the Exchange-hall to-
day, but the demand for lace yarns was by no means
brisk. Prices, however, ruled firm, and late rates
were well maintained. The demand for hosiery
yarns was limited, at previous currencies. Silks
supported their value. The inquiry for brown nets
still continues very dull, and coarse sorts are easier
to buy. Fine numbers may be quoted at late prices.
ROCHDALE, 13th.—Business as between buyers
and sellers keeps quiet, though there is little or no
cessation of industry in the mills, as the Govern-
ment order for the goods of this district has just
been given out, and distributed among a larger
number of hands than usual. This affords a season-
able counterpoise to the depression arising from the
long-standing scarcity of orders and the want of
animation at the weekly markets. The state of the
market to-day was flatness, and though buyers go
their usual rounds, there is very little animation
among them, and their transactions are most de-
sultory.

DON CLAUDIO FONTANELLAS.—The Barcelona

journals announce that the Queen of Spain has granted a
free pardon to Don Claudio Fontanellas, who was recently
condemned to hard labour for a term of years, on a charge
of having falsely pretended to be the son of the late wealthy
banker of that name. The trial has been reported at length,
and our readers may remember that the young man, on his
return from South America, after a long absence, was at
first joyfully welcomed and acknowledged by his relatives,
but afterwards arrested and prosecuted by them as an
impostor.
THE EDMUNDS PENSION.—Mr. Jas. R. Brougham,
in a letter to a contemporary, says :—" My father,
Mr. John Brougham, died in 1829, and therefore could
not have been privy to any arrangement in Mr. Edmunds's
Appointment in 1833 ; and as to the allegation that Mr.
Edmunds "held his office in trust, so far as the emoluments

were concerned," for the widow and five children of Mr.
Tohn Brougham, I can only say that I now for the first
t, 'me learn that so extraordinary a statement has been made,
a ad I hasten most distinctly to declare that neither my
n tothor nor any of her family have ever received any sum
of !.money, either directly or indirectly, from Mr. Edmunds
in. _respect of any office hold by him nor on any other
r xca ant whatever."

NIILTON'S DEATH AND BURIAL.—MiIton died in
1679 . He had long suffered from the gout, and in
July, feeling that his end drew near, he wished his brother
to ma ko his will. He expired on the Bth of November, so
easily , that persons in the room were not aware of his
('Loath . His remains were followed to the grave by "all his
I earn .d and great friends in London, and not without a
f iienatly concourse of the vulgar." Ho was interred next
I tis father, in the chancel of St. Giles, Cripplegate. There
i 8 a saw dalous story that, in 1795, the grave was opened,
l Ile belly exposed, and most irreverently treated. We trust
other and meaner remains were dealt with. Such curiosity
is -wholly unpardonable. Mr. Whitbread set up a bust, by
Bacon, to his memory, with an appropriate inscription.—
The ,Old City, its highways and Byways. Collingridge,
London.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER SPRING-3IEETING.-YESTERDAY

No greater contrast than that between the autumn
-gathering held here and the one we are now attending can
be conceived. To one accustomed to the crowds and ex-
citement of the former, the aspect of the principal street
last night, free from its blockade of loungers, and a Sub-
cription Room destitute of subscribers, was curious in the
extreme, while the course this morning looked desolate and
the long array of stands almost tenantless.
Still it was Doncaster despite these drawbacks, and the
most splendid racecourse in England can be enjoyed with-
out the necessity of a crowd. The sport was very good, the
Hopeful introducing a field of promising youngsters, among
whom Qui Vive and Emma were most noticeable for good
looks and condition. The former, though small, showed
decided quality, and odds were laid on him directly the
numbers went up, which ho landed very cleverly. The
Spring Handicap, for which Wandering Minstrel (who had
been made such a warm favourite at the Corner on Mon-
day) was an absentee, causing thereby the usual complaints
from those who had taken liberties with him, saw a good
race between Duukeld and the Earl of Surrey, the latter
being defeated by a short neck.

The other events call for no particular comment.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 sovs added.
T.Y.C. 12 subs.
Mr. Savile's The Pirate, 3 yrs, 6st 61b .....,,.,,,(Carroll) 1
General Holloway's Hartley, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (R. Covey) 2
Mr. Robert Johnson's Grenadine, 3 yrs, Est 61b
(J. Grimshaw) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Hartley, 3to 1 agst The Pirate.

The Pirate made the running, the favourite with a slight
lead of Grenadine lying next, and they continued in this
order to the distance, where Grenadine dropped far into
the rear, and The Pirate without' being headed won
cleverly by a length.
The Hopeful Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added by the
Corporation of Doncaster, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ;
fillies and geldings, Bst 71b. Hopeful course, about five
furlongs. 53 subs.
Mr. Pardoe's Qui Vivo (Fordham 1
Mr. J. Nightingall's Ambition (J. Nightingall 2
Mr. Hodgman's Valentine (Morris 3
Mr. Henry's Fury (Morgan 4
The following also ran :—Haphazard, Redneck, Emma,
Jessamine, and Lassitude.

Betting-6 to 4on Qui Vive, Bto 1 each agst Emma
and Valentine, 10 to 1 agst Lassitude, and 100 to 9 agst
Fury.

Ambition jumped off with a slight lead, followed by
Emma, Qui Vive, and Lassitude, Lord St. Vincent's filly
lying up on the inside, and the rear brought in by Redneck
and Fury. Coming round the bend the favourite took up
the running, Valentine at the same time rushing to the front,
and Lassitude soon after declining. At the distance Ambi-
tion challenged Qui Vive, and with Valentine close up, the
three raced home, the favourite with always the best of it
winning cleverly by half a length, the same distance sepa-
rating Valentine from Ambition. Fury was a bad fourth ;
Haphazard was fifth, Redneck sixth; Lassitude and Jessa-
mine were the last two.

The Doncaster Spring Handicap of 10 sovs each, with 100
added by the Corporation of Doncaster. St. Leger course.
53 subs., 13 of whom pay 3 sovs ft.

Mr. G. Augell's Dunkeld, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Parr) 1
Mr. F. Fisher's Earl of Surrey, 6 yrs, Gst 121 b (c. 21b ex)
(Hibberd) 2
Mr. G. W. Morris's Club Queen, 3 yrs, sst 9lb

(Carroll) 3
Mr. Saxon's Idle Girl, 4 yrs, ist 51b (inc 101 b extra)
Grimshaw) 4
—East Lancashire, Beckenham,
wily, Oberon, and Gannochy.

The following also ran

Betting-7 to 2 agst Earl of Surrey, 4to 1 agst Dunkeld,
sto 1 agst Idle Girl, 6 to 1 agst Club Queen, 7to 1 agst
Gaily, and 10 to 1 agst East Lancashire.

Dunkold wont to the front immediately the flag was
lowered, with Gaily and Gannochy as his immediate at-
tendants, Buckonham and Club Queen lying next, and East
Lancashire, who was nearly left at the post, bringing up
the rear with Oberon. Going over the hill Club Queen
took second place, East Lancashire and Earl of Surrey
improving their positions, and Dunkeld still holding the
lead. At the milepost Gaily, Earl of Surrey,and East Lan-
cashire joined the leading horses, and at the Red House
Idle Girl drew up, and coming round the bend into the
straight Dunkeld and Earl of Surrey were nearly head and
head, a fine race ensuing between them from the half dis-
tance, and Mr. Angell's horse Winning by a short neck.
Club Queen was a bad third. Idle Girl, not persevered
with, was fourth ; Gaily fifth, and Buckingham sixth.
The rear was brought up by East Lancashire and
Oberon.

The Municipal Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 sovs
added ; for all ages ; selling allowances. Half a mile.
3 subs.
Mr. Pardoe's Tragedy, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (car. 7st 111 h) (al)
(Ford ham 1
Mr. G. Hodgman's Halifax, 2 yrs, 7st tub (X3O
(llatfield) 2
Mr. J. Osborne's Nelly Grey, 3 yrs, ist 91b (cso)
(Whitely) 3
Betting-2 to lon Tragedy, 3to 1 agst Halifax.
Tragedy made all the ruuninw with Halifax in attend-
ance, and won easily by three lengths. The winner was
bought in for 180 guineas.

The Londesborough Plate of £lOO, for 3-yr-olds and up-
wards. Red House in. 25 subs.
_ _ _

Mr. F. Fisher's Reindeer, aged, Bst ^~
(Hibberl 1
Mr. Saxon's Jane Shore, 4 yrs, ist 7.1 b ...(J. Grimshaw 2
Mr. J. Osborne's Jig, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Stead 3
The following also ran :—Vanessa, Queen Bee, Innis-
fallen, Surrey, and Sisyphus.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Reindeer, sto 2 agst Jana Shore,
100 to 20 agst Sisyphus, and 10 to 1 agst Surney.
Sisyphus took up the running, followed by Reindeer and
Jane Shore, Surrey and Queen Bee bringing up the rear.
At the bend Sisyphus dropped astern, and from this point
a slashing race ensued between the two favourites, who
ran together to the chair, Reindeer winning by a short
head. Jig was a bad third, Sisyphus fourth, Queen Bee
fifth, and Vanessa sixth. Surney and Innisfallen were the
last two.

The United Runt Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 50 added ;
for horses that have been regularly hunted with any
established pack of hounds; gentlemen riders ; profes-
sionals allowed to ride by carrying 6lb extra. Two miles.
25 subs.

Lord Middleton's Vandal, aged (h b), 12st 91b

. _
(Mr. C. Boynton) 1
Mr. Cublin's Old Squire, 12st 71b (Mr. R. Batty) 2
Mr. Smith's Little Goy b), 4 yrs, list 71b
(Mr. T. Price) 3
Mr. R. Walker's Cortolvin, 6 yrs, 12st 71b ...(Owner) 4
The following also ran :—Foresight, Mischief, New-
church, Beachnut, and Huguenot.

Betting—Even on Vandal, and 5 to 2 agst Newchurch.
Foresight made the running, followed by Vandal, Beech-
nut, and Cortolvin, the Old Squire lying next, with Little
Goy and Newchurch in the rear. Ascending the hill Cor-
tolvin ran into the second place, and the Old Squire passed
Vandal near the Rifle Butt ; Cortolvin dropped last, and at
the Red House Old Squire took up the running, and Fore-
sight going to :the rear left Vandal and the leader to
race home, Lord Middleton's horse winning by a length ;
Little Goy a bad third, and Cortolvin fourth ; Newchurch
was fifth, Huguenot sixth, and Foresight seventh.
Match, four miles over the Steeplechase Course, the owner
of Cock Robin staking £6O to £5O.
Mr. Hall na Cock Robin, aged, list 71b (Montague) 1
Mr. F. Jacob's Mistake, 5 yrs, 13st 2
Betting-7 to 4on Mistake.
Mistake refused at the first fence, and was out of the
race from that point; Cock Robin cantered in alone.

THE LATE DATCHET MEETlNG.—Surbiton being in the
forfeit list is disqualified for the Stand Plate for which
he came in first on Saturday, and the stakes have been
awarded to Strike, who was second.