The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-29 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 28.—The low prices to which
light 40-inch shirtings have declined, with a disposition
manifested to make still further concessions, have in-
duced a disposition to operate ; and for descriptions suit-
able to India a fair amount of business has been done.
A. moderate business has also been effected in lengcloths,
but, the production having increased in consequence of
manufacturers having given up the snake of other cloths
in favour of these, there has been a slight reduction in
price. Some little increase of demand has also been
experienced from the home trade at the reduced rates
now prevailing, so that the aggregate business exceeds
what we have had for some weeks past. In yarns the
market has been very flat, especially for cop twist, which
is lower in price, with a prospect of a still further de-
cline. These and some other classes of yarns are now
fully id. below the rates demanded a fortnight ago ;
and, though the depreciation of values in yarns is not so
nearly on a level with the low rates of 1348, as in cloths,
yet the advantage is at the expense of much less busi-
ness, the sales effected to-day by spinners being very
limited in comparison with the business effected by
manufacturers. Both yarns and cloths have continued
to manifest increased weakness throughout the day.
Messrs. John Stagg and Ce., giving a rather more un-
favourable account of the cloth-market, say,—
" The reluctance on the part of buyers to operate,
whlbh has existed for the last few weeks, has to-day been
more strongly manifested, and the general tone of the
market is decidedly against producers. This may be.
attributed in some degree to the very favourable ac-
counts received regarding the cotton crop, and partly
to the financial arrangements anticipated on the meeting
of Parliament. India goods continue in much the same
position as regards demand, but prices have again re-
ceded. Longcloths and T cloths are still under contract,
and prices are consequently not affected by the falling off
in the demand."
L 8 woollen olstb-markets to-day
have been Nov.N
fulo.
lyvas cheerful in tone as any during the pre-
sent month, but there has not been more than an average
quantity of cloth sold. Indeed, the markets at this
period of the year are rarely very brisk. The stooks
on hand are within a moderate compass, and care
is used to keep them so, all parties avoiding everything
like excessive speculation. Some heavy goods, including
20,000 woollen rags in one order, have just been made
up here for the Government, who intend to send them to
the army in the Crimea. Most of these rugs were made
at Heekmotadaike—a village noted for its manufacture
of blankets. These Government orders are found to be
great boons in this district. The Isteds co rn-tnarket
has been but thinly supplied with grain to-day, yet the
second-rate qualities of wheat were ls. per quarter lower.
The best wheat was about the same price as on this
day
week.

CHINA.
We have received files of China papers to the
11th October inclusive. We take the following
summary from the Overland Friend of China :
Earthquake, hurricane, and war, three of man-
kind's greatest terrors, have all been experienced
in this part of the world since the publication of
our last overland summary. Of the earthquake,
felt both in Hong Kong and Canton about the
same time on Thursday, the 25th ultimo, we find
no mark of the phenomenon on the earth's crust ;
and can say no more of it than that several persons
were made sicX by the convulsion. Of hurricanes
we have reports of three which have been expe-
rienced in our vicinity within the last fortnight.
The British ship Thomas Chadwick, and American
ship Eliza Thornton, are the only total wrecks
heard of ; if we except a large ship, water-logged,
seen some seventy miles from Hong Kong two or
three clays ago. Of war there is much to tell—war
by those enemies of mankind the sea-going pirates,
and war between the Patriots and' the Tartar
brood that infest the Chinese empire. But though
there is much to tell of it, accounts are so mixed
up with apparent falsehood that i 1 is imprudent
to write out all wo hear. Especially is this remark
applicable in connection - with reports from the
northern provinces. The Shanghai rebels, it is
said, aro getting tired of waiting for the lung-
promised relief from Nanking. rr—_f._._.__—•------_
Of matters about Canton, speaking generally, A DnuoirrEn. OF THE REGIIISST.—A letter from Ih3
they may be said to remain as last reported. Wesays1 set fire, we fount
French camp before Sebastopol •— " Recently, in
hear of horrible cruelties being perpetrated, every a house to which scene Cossacks.tet.beihnga
suffocated with the
now and then, by mandarins, but of no important i 4
smokea'room'clailidd oelift the point
18 months' old, elegantly
success or otherwise. T 010 chops (some say eight)suspendedour
grenadiers,
be
of new teas have arrived, somewhat damaged, dnereesks.e:lT, ahaen
poor
a infantv o l
within the last two days ; and it is to be hopedremoved it
. g 7 smiled gold uponerss
and have adopted it until the family to
more will 'follow soon, or we shall ' begin to despairthe baby, and treating '' •
for Canton's resuscitation. whom it belongs shall be discovered. It is curious to
see the grenadiers fondling
Matters continue quiet at Foo- hand
c ow, there as much tenderness as it could receive from its mother."
S. and B
appears to be no immediate prospect of an out- 'opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, ob.,
[ADVERsTISEMENTI—SIGHT AND HEIIUNG —Messrs. s
,ththeantersion becoming Jail-
break. Trade goes on as usual, and the people ss
earl
voom 0 no
Pposite the York Hotel. Newly-constructed Spectacle
seem to . pursue their daily employments without Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The valuable 'advert-
fear. But in proportion as the Chinese Govern- tape
_derivedi frreosmervtehiits iannvdentsiotren
nis
meet feel themselves strong in any locality, to the pa_l.sreo4ns tare enabled to employ theirs Isightaged. at the most
their engagements with foreigners. A great deal nifying power—and they do not require the frequentmul
hangesulage
has been. written and said about Sir John Bow- to the dangerous
_. effects of further powerful assistance. '
ring's recent visit, and the honourable atteutionast inice,srsy—New
somvanery.n—owThl Discovery.—The Vibrator, an sxtraordi-
which he received from the local governmentdelusion I entirely different from all SO
rr:nted instrument for deafness,
I'oo-chow. Never was there a greater has
been .
i ),:ind that has been, or probablytheve pass anything of the
than to suppose that his excellency'st.
visiticommunity I Being of the same colour as the skin, ever
is
cannot be,
e eeprtiobdluee.edit.
an advantage to the foreign mercantile ernodan enableso deetbteerssons to hear distinctly at perceptible
and at
interview with
at Foe- chow. Since his visit
. unpleasant sensation of singing noises
havea thrown every 1 in the ears is entirely the
the viceroy, the mandarinsyeypieved ; and it affords all the assist-
ance foreign merchants, 1 aneo that
.roesibi
possible obstacle in the way of could be desired. By her Majesty's Royal
promise which 1 Letters Patent for. valuable
and seem bent upon breaking every _
Ifni and extraordinary improverrients
the British plenipotentiary imagines that the. ' Race".:oursue7
Opera,Po e • and brilliant. Telescopes, Camp,
A large and brisk ' and Perspective Glasses (glazed with
Chinese viceroy made to him.
Mimic
German Glass), to know the distances of objects
trade has been opened with the native merchants, viewed through them—of great importance to the army,
and prospects of an immense export. .
of tea, far be- aiv
. 7, and others. These telescopes possess such extra.
Vend the most sanguine calculations, bid fair to ordinary powers that some 3i inches, with an extra eye.
render Foo-chow the great mart for black teas on I Pic", will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring,
. and the double stars • with the same telescope can be
the Chinese coast during the present troubles. And seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant,
when the tea trade has been diverted into the nOHourl , and an object from 12 to 14 miles. They are of larger and all
channel, it is not difficult to foresee that Foo-chow '
, sizes,' with increasing powers accordingly.—The Royal Ex-
is ligely to become a permanent resort for Chinese ' hibition, 1851 Valuable, newly-invented, very small,
traders from the interior desirous of selling their i powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which
g 1 a can be seen and known ri miles distant ; they answer
produce to foreigners. The old duplicity and faith- i a person
and at the opera houses,
every purpose on the race-course,
.
lessness of the mandarins has, however at 8 to 10 miles.
, come into country scenery, and ships are clearly seen .
, play ; and no attempt is left untried by them for . They arc invaluable for shooting, doer-stalking,. yachting, to
I preventing an extension ofintercoursewitl foreigners sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers,
_and toll.l.l,sts• Odpera,
l. ,camp, and perspective glasses, ',mita Ivor erfui
and crushing the first beqinnino•of race-course
08 a foreign settle- power ;an object can
' be clearly seen from 10 to 12 miles
• merit in the provincial: • pital. Many of the British di 'tent —39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Observe—oppo-
and American firms have their the ' ' •
York 11 tel
agents on spot ; elle the, o • .;