The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-08 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER, March 7.—We have again had a
very disappointing yarn-market The sellers of
shipping yarns were prepared to make reasonable
concessions, and spinners generally were free sellers
at the opening of the market. Buyers, however, at
once reduced their offers ld. to 2d. per lb. below the
prices they were prepared to have given on Friday
last, and consequently very little business has been
done. There are very large offers making, but at
low prices—so low, indeed, that spinners treat them
as absurd, and say that even were the war in Ame-
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some which have been offered to-day. All counts
of home-trade yarns are also lower to-day, and
only a very limited demand has been done. The
cloth-market has been further depressed since Fri-
day by the advices from India, where there has been
a very large reduction in the value of all kinds of
goods, and up to to-day there has been very little
disposition shown on the part of buyers in the Man-
chester market to resume operations at any scales of
prices. To-day, however, there seems to be a little
more general inquiry, and there are some few offers
making which show rather more disposition to do
business than has been apparent for days past. But
the offers made are at exceedingly low prices, and as
goods are wanted for early delivery, while few
manufacturers are prepared with stocks, the actual
operations have been much limited. The quota-
tions of sellers show a general reduction this morn-
ing on all descriptions of cloths as compared with
last Tuesday. Madapollams are quoted is. 3d. to
ls. 9d. per piece lower; shirtings is. to ls. 6d. per
piece lower (91b, 49-inch being quoted at 14s. 3d.) ;
jacconots are 3d: to 6d. lower; T-cloths, 4d. to
6d., and long cloths 9d. to is. per mere lower.
LEEDS, 7th.—There has been no new feature no-
' ticable in the woollen cloth markets this morning.
There was a moderate attendance of buyers, and
the business dpne was about equal to what was done
last Tuesday ; but on the whole the market was a
little more cheerful. There is rather more doing by
the large wholesale houses in the home trade, and
the export trade is quite as good as we have lately
had to report. There is no improvement, however,
as to the Canadian or American trade. The manu-
facturers from the neighbouring towns and villages
report themselves to be in moderate employment,
some fabrics for the later season of the year having
been commenced, in addition to summer goods. As
to prices, those of wocl and the raw materials, along
with those of yarns and cloths, keep steady.

NOTTINGHAM, 7th.—There was a moderate atten-
dance at this Exchange-hall to-day, but the demand
for lace yarns was limited, and prices remained
without any material change. The inquiry for
hosiery yarns was also dull at about late prices.
Silks quite as dear. There was very little doing in
brown nets, but the rates of last week were sup-
ported.
ROCHDALE, 6th.—There was but a small attend-
ance of buyers in the flannel market to-day, but a
fair amount of business was done at late prices.
During the past week some large buyers have been
here and bought a considerable amount of goods,
which has imparted a little more animation to the
trade that we lately had to report. In addition to
this some of our manufacturers have obtained a
Government contract for 10,000 pieces of 42 yards
each, which will keep hands busy for some time.
The Yorkshire goods trade keeps quiet, but prices
are steady. The local wool trade remains much the
same as last week—a quiet trade, but prices firm.

DUBLIN, March 7.--Mr. Senior, the Poor Law
Commissioner, was killed this afternoon on the Midland
Great Western Railway. He was crossing the line, when
the train came up. The wheels passed over his body,
which was shockingly mutilated.