The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-22 00:00:00

xLVING INTELLIGENCE,

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(From, the Mining Journal of this day.)
The market for speculative, shares continues in a de-
pressed state, with few if any buyers, whilst the transat-
tions iu dividend stooks have not been of any great amount
this week. . • •
Businessin the' Gold Mining -Share- Market this week
has been almost at a- standstill. Sellers and buyers
equally hold aloof; and in,no instance has there-been any
important change in prices. The Carson's Creek, Com-
pany; we .nnderitand, are about to re-commence opera-
tions. -Previous to so
.doing, it -would be politic if they held a public'meeting, so that their shareholders might be
informed of the status in quo. The chairman of the Anglo-
Californian Mining Companyhas likewise published a state-
ment, excusing Sir H. Huntley, their local-manager, attri-
buting the delays that have arisen to the defective ma-
chinery sent out from here: This may probably be the
case; and with Out making any harsh comment,•they- are no excuses for the extravagant statements- which from
time to time have been received from Sir Henry Huntly.
We mentioned last week that gold had been discovered in
Ceylon ; we . have now to report that this has taken
place at the Cape of Good Hope. We do not dispute
the fact ; but, considering the doubt which is thrown
on nearly all the Californian and Australian adventures-,
no legitimate speculation can take place in these localities
until absolute results are arrived at elsewhere.
In Miscellaneous Shares the market has b4en steady,
showing an upward tendency.
In Iron and Coal Companies, during the week,-business
has been done in Portland iron at preen., and Ithymny
iron has advanced to 2931, Ita,othet companiei the mar-
ket has been unusually flat ; indeed, scarce any transac-
,tions have taken per.

STATE Op TRADE.

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(From the Mandlest„ Guardian' of this day.)
MANCHESTER, April' 21„.___Ncre have to report a con-
tinuance of the dernr..nd which aro
of last week for mule
and water twist, sad shirtings and oods adapted to
the market of India and Cbina'; and t
these articles are bought up enables the degrees
ein which
.
tain an advance of fully id. per lb. upon yarns, about lid.
per lb. per piece upon the lighter, and fully 3d. per piece
upon the heavier si,,lrtings. For some other markets also, there is a moderate business going on in some descrin'
tions of cloths ; and the German merchants, catching';
little of the irriproved. spirit, are executing any orders they
may have, and even venturing upon limited anticipatory
purchaser, The turn-out at Stockport has rather improved
24s ane., 28s warps and the lower numbers of
_pincops. To
a large extent prices now exhibit adecided*firMness, at a
Point slightly ebove that, to which they lately receded ; but
we hardly think that the tone of this market yesterday
.
and to-day is quite equal to what it was o n Tuesday. It
appears that there is a daily increasing number of the old
hands returning to work at Preston; and that, at Stock-
port, there are signs of acquiescente among the weavers in
the necessity for a reduction of wages in the present de-
pressed state of trade. These circumstances seem to have
sligttly modified the previous buoyancy. There are some
kinds of yarns and goods which have not felt the late im-
provement,-especially such as aremore particularlvadapted
lor the home trade. We find, however, that the borne-
trade houses ale beginning to experience some increase of
demand, and the manufacturers are consequently. doing a
littlemore in domestics forinstance. At Liverpool the
tendency of the raw - material is to harden, although in
America, according to thelast advices, prices were rather
unfavourably, affected by the first discouraging news from
this side of the Atlantic.

BRADFORD, April 2O.Wool—The transactions in wool
of all kinds suitable for combing purposes Continue limited,
and-the prioes which recent sales have commanded are
such as to deter the country dealers from sending forward
fresh supplies till they see at what rates new clips will
be bought. Noils and brokes without change. Tarns—
The demand for yarns is not active, but the prices which
have recently been submitted to entail a great loss to
the spinner, and the production is daily lessened. There
are no stocks on hand, and the spool trade is so flat as
wholly to prohibit spinning beyond two or three days a week.
Pieces—The long continuance of such fine weather gives a
tone of confidence in the prospect of approaching plenty, and
produces the feeling that thingshave seen their lowest, and
associated with the, fact that wool has now assumed a
stand, these influences are telling on the market. As this
is the season when large engagements are usually entered
into, it is not probable that ere long we may see symptoms
of increased activity. The prices at which goods have been
selling for some time past, are far below the cost of pro-
duCtion.

NOTTINGIIAM, April 20.—This week has been almost
entirely devoted to holidays, consequently little or no
btisiness has been doing either in the lace or -hosie7
trade—very few buyers having been here, and their
purchases being quite of a retail character. A few Ame-
ricans keep coming over, -but at present it appears' they
are determined to wait until the latest moment to make
their purchases; as they seem decided on having all the
-advantage in their power of buying on their. own terms,
owing to the present temporary derangement caused in
onr mercantile affairs by war. Hosiery yarn is without
any change in price. Lace yarn is a mere trifle more in
favour of buyers.—Nottingham Journal.