The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-17 00:00:00

ROYAL MARINES.

The augmentation of this corps to the extent of 1,500
men, in addition to its former strength, took place on
Saturday by the following General Order, sent to each
of the four divisions :--

"Royal Marine-office, Jan. 14, 1553,

" Her Majesty, by order in Council, dated Nov. 27,
1852, has been pleased to direct that 1,500 men be added
to the strength of the corps of Royal Marines.
"The re-distribution of the corps is therefore as
follows, viz. :-102 divisional companies, each company
to consist of 1 captain, 2 subalterns, 5 sergeants, 5 cor-
porals, 3 drummers, and 89 privates ; making a total of
105 in each company.
"And 10 artillery companies, each company to con-
sist of 1 captain, 4 subalterns, 8 sergeants, 7 corporals,
4 bombardiers, 3 drummers, and 145 gunners ; making
a total of 172 in each company.

"The whole establishment now consists of the follow
ing numbers :
Divisional companies
Artillery companies
Staff

Total
" The weekly general returns of divisions of the 15th
inst. to show the above increased establishment.
"By command of the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty."
The above augmentation does not add a single officer
or non-commissioned officer to the corps, as it is con-
fined exclusively to the addition of 13 privates to each
of the 25 companies at Chatham, to each of the 27 com-
panies at Portsmouth, to each of the 25 companies at
Plymouth, to each of the 25 companies at Woolwich,
and 17 gunners to each of the 10 artillery companies at
Portsmouth.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday. )

MANCHESTER, JAN. 14.—Our market exhibits, in the
present week, an increase of that cautious spirit to which
we referred in our last report, and which imposes an
evident restriction upon transactions, and renders the
tone of business somewhat less cheerful. In the depart.
ment of yarns it is found that the falling off in the de-
mand for China has caused a slight decline in the value
of 16's to 24's water twist ; No. 30's, which had not been
influenced by that demand, remaining still firm. In such
qualities of mule twist as are usually exported to
India, there is some business going on, partly for
the continent of Europe. Those counts of warps
from which domestics are made (affected by
the continued dullness of these cloths are hardly
saleable at the rates of a week back. Those numbers
of cop twist and pincops that enter into printing cloths,
shirtings, and the lower descriptions of jacconets, though
less easily sold, are, however, sustained in value by the
degree in which these goods are pre-engaged. As regards
the department of cloth, the classes last named are
quite steady in price ; printing cloths, indeed, are par-
ticula:rly firm. Domestics are not actually lower ; but
the continued absence of demand is producing an
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from Trieste. It was expected that we should commence
the new year with a degree of buoyancy which is not
experienced. The realisation of that expectation is in-
terfered with by more than one cause. Although seve-
ral well-informed Americans are anticipating a large de-
crease in the receipts of cotton at the ports of the Union,
people on this side are influenced by the fact of an excess
of 406,800 bales over those of this time last year, with
the probability, according to a telegraphic announcement
from New Orleans, of Dec. 25, that those figures will be
raised to 450,000 next week. The advance of the
rate of interest from 2 to 2i per cent. by the Bank of
England, though not looked upon with anything like un-
easiness, is certainly regarded as a precautionary mea-
sure which merchants may very properly have an eye
to, at a time when the appreciation of corn and other
produce may still further derange the foreign exchanges;
and, indeed, the effect intended is already perceptible in
a greater backwardness to operate on the part of those
who are engaged in a branch of commerce which, like
that to India and China, involves the drawing of long-
dated bills. The failure of Messrs. Collman and Stol-
terfoht tends also.to increase the general caution.
BRADFORD, JAN. 13.—Wool.—The inland buying
or jobbing from stapler to dealer and broker, re-
ferred to last week, still continues, and large quanti-
ties have been bought both of Colonial and En glish,
which is necessarily an abstraction of so much weight of
wool out of the market, whether on speculation or ship-
ment, it matters not, Our supply here is less, and a
firmness in price is associated with the feeling that wool
has not yet seen the top. The very bad weather has
not in any way damped the spirits of the buyers, who
have as yet shown no symptoms of uneasiness, and
anything good is ready sale at prices that cannot
at present be realised on yarns. Noils and broker
are good to sell, but the advance is yet small compared
with combing wools.—Yarn : The continued activity in
the wool trade is putting the spinners into a position
very unsatisfactory and ruinous, for, since the trade is
nearly one of day-by-day delivery, it is necessarily one
of contract or order, and unless the orders so taken
are immediately covered with a purchase of wool, be-
fore the orders can be supplied, the advance on wool will
have been so great as to leave no margin for spinners'
wages ; and the average deliveries now making by the
whole trade would not allow one fraction for labour.
Pieces : There is a fair amount of business doing, and
anything offering from yarns of old orders is good sale,
but to cover cost there is no opportunity, and to speak
of a brisk demand, which can only be effected at ruinous
prices, appears disheartening at the opening of another
year.—Bradford Observer.
NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 13.—The lace trade, with few ex-
ceptions, is yet to some extent depressed, especially
in the fancy departments, for the produce of which
we have the most skilled mechanics in the world ; but
ideas as to designs are not furnished them from quar-
ters whence we ought to look for them, consequently
complaints are made that new styles are not brought out
so quickly as they should be. Those who make these
complaints should remedy the difficulties, as it is mani-
festly impossible for the small number of designers em-
ployed to produce new things so fast as the London
buyers desires them ; and they of all others are the last
to communicate a thought as to anything likely to take
with the public—their principal notion seems to be that
every time they visit this market for goods they must
have them cheaper. To meet this difficulty our advice
is, as it has been for years, produce less and let demand
come, and not altogether anticipate it, as has been the
practice for the last year. Our yarn maintains its price,
and some, whose opinion we respect, think it will be yet
higher in price. The hosiery trade continues its wonted
state of prosperity, without the remotest chance of a
change for the worse for many months to come. The
price of hosiery yarn is unaltered.—Nottingliam Tourna.