The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-17 00:00:00

THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

(From the Leeds Mercury of this day.)
LEEDS, Juno 16.—There has been no material alters flit
in the state of the woollen cloth market this week.
steady business was done in the Cloth-halls both on 5",,,,e)
day and on Tuesday, in addition to which there have 'lO,
some good deliveries direct at the merchants' warellentgi-go
The mills in the surrounding villages are generally in a„fsto-
work, and the artisans employed the textile rone-ent„
tures of this district are on the whole in good emPicT,P,,i'og
There have been a few good buyers in the town do 100
this week, which has caused a little improvement 'll4Ol
trade of the warehouses ; but June is generally
month, and there is quite as much business doing
usual at this period af the year. ore
HUDDERSFIELD, June 13.—The market was Vino
depressed state to-day than on the previous week- 'lti; sit
vestings are in very low request. There was a less Lions
usual number of buyers in attendance.. Some ten:10'1110s
were held out in the form of what are called job lots, w ova
might operate upon the more necessitous, but in gefut*
there is a disposition to keep up prices, there being
small margin for change. Wools are a shade lower. ~,jg
BRADFORD.—WooIs.—This has been the dullest lev;t,,
ever experienced, and the whole trade seems indifix's boo
do business. Yarns.—The trade is said to have never And
worse since the year 1826. Little business is doing, osi.
with the present gloomy prospect, the prevailing di9,l;gde
tion is to do as little as possible. Pieces. The hornet oce
for autumn will be late, if the merchants intend tO :igns
any provision for this season, of which there aro few' be
at present. The goods in hand are light, and if t"enrect
any change of the present state of things, we may ear
material improvement in demand and in prices.
TRADE OF LEICESTER.—On the whole, there is Ws doing
in the warehouses than for some time past, and the et.11:4
tives are suffering greatly from want of emploYmell,.; to/
the dearness of provisions. Nor does there aPPl7,iyell
prospect of improvement. Worsted yarns have ag"'",- ory
way a shade, and the market is the
and unentil"c erg
to the spinner. There is but little doing in wools, "/
and sellers both holding off until after our fair.

THE MARQUIS OF LANDSDOWNE's BALL._yeste
ball
evening the Marquis of Lansdowne gave a grand t..
at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square. This being the
e t
first entertainment of the kind that has taken plac
for some years, one of the most numerous and distri;
all
guished assemblages of the nobility and fashion,..
world thronged his lordship's saloons, to honour the
casion with their presence. The guests commenced 0,,t
riving shortly after ten o'clock, and continued to a%
down in uninterrupted succession until after one o'ol°e/citke
by which time there were upwards of 1,000 of the
of the haat ton present. Their Royal Highnesses Ore
Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary sere
among the early arrivals. Dancing was kept up
an advanced hour in the morning.
THE EARL OF JERSEY'S DINNER PARTY._Yesterday
evening the Earl of Jersey gave a grand banquet t°
select circle of the aristocracy, at his lordship's ma sere
in Berkeley-square. The guests on this occasion
.gwe",.
the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Granby, tbe ms:
quis and Marchioness of Blanford, the Earl of 313,1:0*,
bury,m Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge and the "ord
iss Hardinge, Lord and Lady Southampton, tab
Forester, the Hon. Frederick and Lady Elizam-
Villiers,_&c.
THE TYNE PIERS.—The foundation stone of the will;
mense works projected at the mouth of the Type
laid yesterday with great ceremony. The co w
sioners and corporations reached Shields from °
castle and Gateshead in their barges shortly after 13°°
and an immense procession, consisting of the corperA'
apa
tions of Newcastle, Gateshead, South Shields,
.t r
Tynemouth, the River Tyne Commissioners, the gaveil
and brethren of the Trinity House, the North e j3-ed
r the
South Shields seamen, Tyne pilots, and others, roof
to the " Lowe," when the foundation stone odo
south pier was laid by Mr. Joseph Cowen, 0f.13.15i01/ 08,r
Burn, the chairman of the Commissioners. -tl• tb,
demonstration took place on the cliffs of Tyne°3-11be
amid a large multitude of people. The works to 4
executed are on a largo scale. The act of Parlille7o
giving the Tyne Commissioners the necessary Pali be
was passed in 1852, and the whole of the works 111 Ad-
executed from plans projected by Mr. `Volker, the lco.
miralty engineer. The Lords of the Admiralty eta tot
late that all the improvements contemplated co
600,0001., to be raised by a tax on shipping frequetien-0/;
the port, the annual produce of which is about 12,`ich
It is supposed that the improvements will prevent ill
loss of life and property. The pier on the south side "
extend 4,000 feet into the sea
NEW CHURCH AT BAYSWATER.—The
L. Of
he
new church has been commenced in the centre of 171.
plothe
of ground in the Bayswater-road, facing I(ensinghiell
gardens, formerly nursery and fruit gardens, but yr 01,
has been laid out for building houses on a scale: in 11°1b
with this
improved and fashionable locality- bat the
THE AUSTRALIAN STEAMER.--It appears be
erection
steamerlai Australian, belonging to the Australian ger
Mail Company, which got on shore at Table Bah Sol
homeward passage from Australia, via the Cape °f ed
Hope,
had arrived at St. Vincent's on the Ist June: a
may, therefore, shortly be expected to arrive.

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