The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-02 00:00:00

State of Trade.

MANCHESTER, Sept. 1--The market has been quiet
to-day, but business has not been inactive on the
whole, and prices have been steadily maintained.
In shipping yarns the market has been very firm to-
day, but the amount of business doing has not been
large, spinners being mostly deeply under contract,
and stocks cleared out. Spinners are now conside-
rably more independent than they were, and the full
prices they now ask have had something to do with
the quietness which has prevailed in the market to-
day. In home trade yarns we have had a quiet,
steady market, and the business done has been at
the full prices of Tuesday. As regards cloth, the
excitement and, to some extent, improvement mani-
fested on Tuesday have rather subsided, and we
have a quieter, though still a steady market, at prices
well maintained. The inquiry to-day has been
pretty general. The business has not been large,
and though we may describe prices as almost un-
3hanged since Tuesday, the tendency to advance has
to a great extent disappeared. Such demand as we
have experienced has been of a rather general cha-
racter. There are large orders in the market for
execution, and if people could agree about prices a
good deal of business would be done ; but the limits
of buyers are somewhat below the average rates de-
manded by sellers, and the former find a difficulty
in the execution of their orders.

LEEDS, Ist.—The following is the trade report of
the Leeds Chamber of Commerce for the month of
August :—" In the woollen trade there has been a
brisk demand for winter goods, and a large business
has been done in the warehouses. The manufacturers
have been and still continue to be busy. There has
been a goodbusiness done for shipping. The captrade
is good. The current sales of colonial wool in London,
which began on Aug. 17, comprise about 123,000
bales from all the colonies. The striking feature
about them is the comparatively large quantity of
New Zealand, and the smaller proportion of Port
Phillip wools. The attendance of home and foreign
buyers is very large, and the competition generally
good. Prices range on the average, as nearly as
may be, at the highest point of the May-June sales.
The unsettled state of the weather has so far tended
to discourage any speculative purchases. Theforeign
buyers are taking a fair proportion. Trade in the
country continues very steady, without any remark-
able briskness. In English long wools a good busi-
ness has been done at hardening prices. The stocks
of the better sorts of flax are low,.and a tolerably
brisk demand has caused prices to harden, and in
some cases to advance. In commoner sorts little
has been done, and prices remain without change.
The better classes of tows are also scarcer and
dearer. There has been little inquiry for hemps.
The spinners are all very well employed, and con-
siderable orders have been received for line yarns at
about the same rates as before. Tows, especially
low sorts, are not easy of sale, and prices for them
rather unsteady. Threads are in fair demand. The
makers of iron are generally very busy. The ma-
chine makers continue in full work. The engineer
tool trade is very brisk. The makers of locomotive
and railway plant generally are well supplied with
orders. The cut nail trade is very brisk. There
has been a short supply of rapeseed ; the demand
has been very active, and prices have consequently
advanced considerably. The continental crops are
reported to be short. Oil is dearer, and the in-
quiry good. The value of linseed remains the same
as last month. The demand for linseed oil is good
for the time of the year. Cakes have not been
much wanted, the pastures being now very good.
Olive oil is in fair demand, and prices
are firm. There has been a good demand for all de-
scriptions of leather, and prices are without mate-
rial alteration. Heavy sole leather has continued
dull of sale, but prices are very fairly maintained.
The shoe trade has improved considerably, and a
brisk business has been doing. There has been a
steadier demand for paper, and the makers are fully
employed. The market is well supplied with mate-
rial. There has been a fair supply of beasts, but a
great falling off in sheep, which have consequently
fetched very high prices. -Number shown (five mar-
kets)—beasts, 2,591; sheep, 12,400. Although
nearly half the beasts are imported, no trace of the
cattle disease has been detected. The unsettled wea-
ther has caused a rise of ss. per qr. in wheat, at
which rate a moderate business has been done. For
barley there has been a good demand, at about is.
per qr. advance. Oats and beans are also about is.
per qr. dearer."
NOTTINGHAM, Ist.--We had a fair attendance at
our Exchange-hall, and the demand for lace yarns
was more active. Higher prices were asked, and
an advance of id. to 2d. per lb. on Tuesday's rates
was obtained. For hosiery yarns prices also tended
upwards. Spun silks commanded extreme rates. The
demand for brown nets was very slow ; prices for
these goods are very low in comparison with the
value of the raw material.

STEAM SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—The Buf-
falo, a sister vessel to the Wolf and the Llama, has
been put on the Irish mail service this week ; she was built
by Messrs. Caird, of Greenock. Messrs. W. Denny and
Brothers, of Dumbarton, have launched a composite screw
of about 1,000 tons, builders' measurement, and to be sup-
plied with engines of 300-horse power nominal. This fine
ship is named the Wisconsin. The blockade-runners
Fanny and Alice, which were recently thoroughly over-
hauled and repaired at Dumbarton, have been put on
I between Stranraer and Ireland. The Mongolia, screw,
built by Messrs. Scott and Co., and engined by the
Greenock Foundry Company for the Peninsular and Orien-
tal Steam Navigation Company, has left the Tail of the
Bank for Southampton. The dimensions of the Mongolia
are :—Length, 330 ft. over all ; breadth, 40ft. 4in. ; depth
of hold, 311 t. She is fitted with oscillating engines of 500-
horse power, steam winches at each hatch on the spar deck,
Downton's patent pumps, &c. She has a ventilating fan,
worked by machinery, for sending a current of air along
the main or troop deck. The Count van den Bosch,
screw, has made a trial run of 150 'lined. She accom-
plished the stipulated speed with 350 tons dead weight,
at a consumption of 2/Ib. of Scotch coal per indicated
horse-power per hour. As the Count van den Bosch
is intended for Indian service, this economy in respect
to coal is a very important consideration. The burden of
the Count van den Bosch is 850 tons, and she is fitted with
a steam windlass, three surface condensers, &c. She is the
property of the Netherlands Steam Navigation Company,
and was built and engined by Messrs. Simons and Co., of
the London Works, Renfrew. Messrs. Hedderwick and Co.,
of Govan, have on hand an iron screw of GOO tons for the
East India trade, and two paddle saloon steamers for the
Saloon Steam-packet Company, London.
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