The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-13 00:00:00

THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

(Prom the Leeds Mercury of this day.)
eetEEDS ay 12.—Thetrade
in the warehouses has
Lein quiet this week. The demand for the spring trade
snag over, very few buyers are visiting this market,
The whatever purchases are made are on a limited scale.
reac_ftplicated state of affairs at present induces the
jit'st caution by all persons engaged in the trade.
,tIM r)EItsPIELD, May 9.—There was a little improve-
goods today in the Cloth-hall over last week. Fancy
some and black doeskins are vet in chief request, and
Uwe houses, we understand, can hardly keep up with
orr ders. Wools are inactive, but prices unchanged.
ket raiDALE, May B.—We have had a still flannel mar-
-110'day, with very little doing.
at'4l,lpAg, May 6.—There still continues great lack of
Iraatioti in the worsted trade, both in the piece and
gt,atoli,,cl.partment, and prices inclined to relax, notwith-
ti„, um.' the ruinous disproportion they have for some.
•h-le shown to those of the raw material, which exhibit
410T:eased firmness on account of the bareness of stocks
in spinners' and staplers' bands.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
otlika
_a
epric.e..of metals keeps up, and there is every
.prospect
thgrt, atei rise, at least in copper • and when it is considered
oti;‘e umbers of speculative min?'s. have stopped,. and many
to pay owing to the inability or disinclination of shareholders
147 P continued calls, have been curtailed in their operations,
and materials must be cheaper, and so add to the
tII th's 9f the paying mines. Still there is a great stagnation
ea taiglish hShare Market ; and when several parties are
agar to sell, it generally happens few are anxious to buy, and
general decline in price takes place. This, which is true.
eeriptgri,,eat extent even in regard to the funds, and other ete-
Pnr.l "of stock, is so in a tenfold degree with a property so
th,jBlieculative as mining. In the absence of business, also
11,-„__giost extraordinary reports get in circulation, and in a few
Ve", shares become depreciated cent. per cent. This week
to, levidence have fallen to 16/.105., whilst three months
l're;',Wbe are informed, parties connected with the management
141111 :11Y:ing at 351. The actual cause of the fall at present is
kael"Jectural; but it appears that, from a breakage in the
epee's erY, the dressing of tin was delayed three weeks, and
e llientlY there will not be any dividend at the meeting.
kiih.j:e4.Bignation of the purser at such a time has been the
ilatetei‘ of much comment, but we understand it is not the
tllll/7°ll of the shareholders to let it pass over without the
A-4 investigation and inquiry by disinterested parties.
the int`l°og foreign mines, the reports from San Fernando. are of
tiee h encouraming at one or Lard r
discove-
k„ g taken °place. In 'the 60 yard level, east of San
NailVilte, the lode is yielding 10 tons of lead ore per fm. A t
the 864,liclue, the lode in the shaft is worth 2 tons per
fm.
In
0
Nyeet ti!re• level east the lode is worth 4 tons fin- ?
lier Nue lode is worth 5 tons per fin. A rise yieldi4n2o tons
Per cell', Previous to this discovery the shares were paying 12
The Per annum from profits.
tetanvl(l Mining Share Market this week has been a.lm.east-
'liPt'n devoid of interest and in such discredit has this de
a-
of stock fallen that even the shares iu the best chonave-
hilea- are but slightly in demand. Nouveau Mondes anya
trait considerably and the only stock that maintain,calicar_
Ilia, "8 are the Ague Fria, Quartz Rock, and Ang o- r f
ia
tinriaz Ths e total amount ogold dust shipped from Ca ornt d
g 11•
76„, .Prst three months of the current year amoun e.
ea It is the intention of the people of Marin-
ways-I_ritY to form a canal, so that the mines
ucnats
receiv , " Supplied with water. From the accoth t
the q:", elsewhere published, it will be seen
cral
Parz Ptoek and Anglo-Californian Companies are stea y
boa gold The latest accounts from Australia state that
„'eX of °°i(l. fields have been discovered in that colony ; a
%rwar(peeirriens, showing the character of the lode, has been
411etrap'd Goldpt Bell, the superintendent of the Ang o-
tram 'an Mining Company, to the offices, Essex-street,
kite 7-`be machinery is in course of erection, and, judging
oftt 9s a
6 7
tialinseter of the lode, as soon as the power of reduc-
°f iro
ught into play returns will be made. The arrivals
te.o__
1 this week have been restricted. The Kate has
ozs., of the value of 65,000/.

-14zrsa- AND NEUTRAL TRADERS IN

THE BALTIC.

Itol_lle
Pe extract of a letter from the German port of
t 'toek,
the probable position both of British and neutra.
_ ners in the Baltic, when the expected declaration of block-
Ige shall have been made against St. Petersburg and Riga :
t' Some 60 ships bad got into Riga, and were load'ng the
articles • freights
'4, p• very high-10s. 6d per quarter to
Itie Firth for oats, and 101. per ton for flax to Dundee. The
ti ga merchants do not know whether they are under
tileekade or not ; three English vessels of war were seen off
e P°rt but they allowed three
sid e 4 From vessels to wind their way
th,,,,,n,er the harbour. what I can learn from good au-
the",,y, the blockade will not. be strictly enforced until after
tin.° 15th inst., when it will be carried out with all possible
tiallti:s so that the ports not
nototimardedvith ice will have a fair
bilent.° to get off some, if of their stocks ready for ship-
sta, Those who have stuff at' St.. Petersburg will, however,
ti,e but a poor chance, and many innocent persons, both Bri-
4,,,aubjects and those of neutral States, particularly in Hol-
oirb, :will be ruined, which is very hard, considering that most
It ~,,:ir Purchases were made in autumn or early in winter,when
114,8*-8 never supposed that war between France, England, and
sia _
selves would actually ensue, and the British Ministers them-
e,l3l., ! if their statements be true,
.did not anticipate it would
tisk: to extremes. As an illustration of the‘ extent of these
tho saetiens, I may mention this place (Rostock), which,
30,01111 but a small port, is interested to the amount. of some
(Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
haveb" quarters of rye, oats, and wheat, uponhwathfitchheaanidvoannticte.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.30 a.m.
lliii, ,eeo Paid, varying from one-third to one-half
if our merchants cannot get away their stuff, which they Wind, N.N.W. ; moderate breeze, and fine.
The Marco Polo, from Melbourne,'
is off the port, after
1.4 aitherto been prevented from doing by ice, and after the
a9ntho tohferNroavpeinad passage. November
last a
nSdh She sailedas
thus fromperfo
r Liverpooled tho voony
agethe
l'oci:titllibe prevented by the blockade, the Rusisniasntesadwiolfl
1714 the,,, e amount—viz., about 40,000/. Hence
soauitlianndfrhoommemienlbsoixurmneonitwhusnetnaeonardmtaeifnro.uGr days. Her date of
-41/.2° „ Russians harm b strictly blockacling'St. Peters- ,
0461, Vey will be benefitedy I think that the allied Powers
Thegdamage to the seres to th" '0 make arral nt's for granting letters of licenes
ioned by her runninr,
o foul of a sunkreenat-roßekn,
Reed°B6 Parties whog
embeour,ht and partly paid for their mks
8
(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
Dr °oL or before a certain period, which might be Britain was oc-
GRAVESEND, Sattllday, 10.11 S.M.
11::,11 by the letters of purchase their books, and corre-
Wind, W.; weather very fine ; tide, one hour flood.
truces 'nee, to be il•ondducteedstiadnedd swornb to before the magis-
Freti,of the placer'
prize) • Junatta, from Demerara ;
ilie resident English and Arrived,l2(tithu—ssGiaenorgper.Henry, from Porto Rico ; Aland,
an.d. dell Consuls 'This would be ay boon to neutral nations, Copenhagen .
Minde P'llban ; T'a. 't
; Mary, Gi.le_ut.,..
tie -,°,00 harm' .to the British or French Government, and Arnie Kars --- it
am urgh , Seine(s), Boulogne , Bei
IttlWB-ja°,l .zs the Russian. It is possible that the Emperor of Wilberfore t (sn)ji.
eller might prevent ships and goods passing in and out, in
pubijeTat the state of his fortresses, &c., might not be made 1 giusianjosk_Rs jenz...........____ina, for Dantzic.
captains. If so, that would be tantamount to a I
torthiibitron of exports, which would release the contracting'
fin,de!,of their contracts, and the sellers would have to re-
Lilt t,Te amount they have received in advance. Thus none
sithjeuct Russians would suffer, and the buyers (British and
torest, Of neutral States) would lose nothing but the in-

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t0.1,13831.--The mercantile letters from Odessa reach
lst of May. The inhabitants were beginning to
Were to the town, and the shops and places of business
few °Pening again. With the exception, however, of a
t ad(litional vessels having been chartered to proceed
1?(Ihe mouth of the Dnieper for cargoes of seed, there
1114 been scarcely any resumption of business. The bank
been
Some distance from the town.