The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-10 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE,

CARDIFF, Aug. B.—The coal trade in all its
branches may be said to be neither active nor de-
pressed, the principal merchants and colliery pro-
prietors doing a fair business ; but there is no press
of orders. The Mediterranean markets are taking
about the usual quantity of steam coal, and the
French trade is getting more buoyant. Shipments
to South American and West Indian stations show
a slight increase as compared with several weeks
past. Coasting buyers of hong% coal are preparing
for the winter, and the moderate rate of freight has
tended to give an impetus to the coasting trade
with Ireland and the West of England. The local
and inland sale has not improved. Increased firm-
ness is evinced in the iron trade, and a better feel-
ing prevails among the makers. There has been an
accession of American orders since last week's re-
port, and there is a slight movement in the trade
with the States. Transactions on Eastern account
have again commenced, and there is every indica-
tion of a gradual revival in the trade with that
quarter. Home requirements for certain descrip-
tions are larger. Rails are quoted £7 to 7s. 6d.
at the works ; and bars, £7 to £7 ss. The ship-
building yards are in regular employ, and consider-
able activity prevails at the local foundries.
LEICESTER, 9th.—There is an average amount of
business doing in most branches of the hosiery trade.
Manufacturers continue well employed in the ware-
houses, with orders on hand. Fancy and regular
goods are still in request, and the market is healthy
for the country districts. The operatives are well
employed. Wools are quiet, at recent prices.
Worsted yarns are firm, and spinners are fully em-
ployed.
NOTTINGHAM, 9th.—The lace trade continues
without much change. Business in the home
branch remains quiet, there being about an average
amount doing. Cotton goods meet a moderate de-
mand, buyers holding off purchasing on account of
their dearness. There are, however, a few small
orders in the market for both plain and fancy
goods. In the silk branch black laces are still in
request, and are likely to remain so if the prevailing
fashions continue. There is not much doing in silk
mechlins or quillings. The hosiery trade is brisk.
Most branches are well engaged, and the operatives
are fully employed. Th6re are plenty of orders on
hand, both for the home and shipping trade.

The execution of the sentence of death passed
upon Charlotte Winsor at the recent Devon Assizes, for
the murder of an infant, has been respited until Monday,
the 27th of November next. This course has become ne-
cessary in consequence of a grave doubt raised by very
high judicial authority as to the legality of the discharge
without a verdict of the jury before whom the convict was
tried at the last Lent Assizes for the same offence. This
doubt has been communicated to the Lord Chancellor,
who considers that it ought to be submitted to the Judges
for their opinion. To effect this object the execution of
the sentence has been stayed until the end of next
Michaelmas Term.

GENERAL SHERMAN AND HIS COMMISSARIAT.-
General Sherman says :—" I always travelled with a copy
of the cenrus in my saddle-bags. I could thus tell how
many inhabitants, how many cultivated acres, how many
head of cattle and horses, how many bushels of grain
each county possessed in 1860, and so, approximately, hovi
many there would be now, and how long it would subsist
my army."

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Arrival of her Majesty at Antwerp.

ANTWERP, Wednesday.

Queen Victoria arrived here at seven o'clock this
evening. ller Majesty, upon disembarking, was
received with cheers by the English residents and a
considerable number of the inhabitants of Antwerp,
who had assembled on the quay.
ller Majesty proceeded to the railway terminus,
and left by train to Lacken.