The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-05 00:00:00

down that this latter proceeding was contrary to law,
but it was no such thing, and all that this bill did was
to declare as much.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE complained of the course which
the Government was taking. It was most unjust for
them to reserve their opposition until the third reading ;
but since the question in dispute appeared to be simply
one of interpreting the law, he called upon the house
to follow the dictates of common sense, and send
the bill to be disposed of by the Lord Chancellor and
the other law lords of the other house.
Mr.. HUME said it appeared to him that the law
was involved in great doubt, and as the working classes
had evinced such a strong disposition to obey the law,
it was only right that the legal doubts which surrounded
them should be cleared up.
Mr. WILSON suggested that this debate should be
adjourned; the question was one of so much importance
that it required further consideration.
Mr. HUME moved the adjournment of the debate.
Mr. GEACH said the masters had a right to meet
and combine for the protection of their own interests,
and why should not the workmen be possessed of the
same privilege ?

• Loid J. IiUSSELL could hold out no hope of the
bill being supported by the Government on a future
day.

Mr. S. WORTLEY hoped the noble lord would throw
no obstacle in the way of the adjournment of the
debate.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE could see no necessity for ad-
jamming the debate. It would be much better to divide
upon the principle of the bill at once.
Mr. HUME wished to withdraw his motion for the
adjournment of the debate.

Mr. KINLOCK said there was no body of men so
dangerous as the peaceable persuaders of working men,
and as this bill would have the effect of encouraging
their nefarious proceedings, he hoped the house would
unanimously reject it.
The house then dvided, when there appeared—
For the adjournment lO2
121
Against it

Majority
It being now six o'clock, the Speaker declared tht
house adjourned.

STATE OF TRADE.

( Front the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)

MANCHESTER, May 3.—We are informed by the Euro-
pa's advices of the 20th ult., that the total receipts of cot-
ton at the American ports amounted to 2,884,303 bales,
against 2,521,268 at the corresponding period of last year;
leaving an excess of 363,035 bales. The southern
markets were rather dearer; strict middling being quoted
101 c. to 104 c. per lb. ; freight, Id. to 5-16. The fall-
ing off in the receipts, according to the above accounts,
is not equal to that which, we were informed by the
previous steamer, had been telegraphed. But the har-
dening in price at the southern ports has had the effect
of sustaining the firmness of the Liverpool market, in
which there is, too, rather more inquiry from the trade.
In this market the sellers of yarns and goods have been
so far influenced by the same cause as to be, in general,
harder to deal with than they were last week. Buyers are
freer at giving out orders, at fully previous rates ; but they
are disposed to pay even the small advance asked for yarn
and cloth, which has therefore been only partially ob-
tained. On the whole, the market must be reported as
rather dearer. For the East, rather more business has
been done.

ROCHDALE, MAY 2.—The piece market has been more
inactive, fewer buyers have attended, and a more limited
amount of business has been transacted than on the
previous Monday. For what has been sold the manu-
facturers have obtained good prices. English wools are
scarce, and the dealers continue to demand a small
advance.

HALIFAX, April 30.—Very little business has been
done to-day in our piece hail, either in plain or fancy
goods ; and there is no noticeable change in yarns or
wools. The high prices tend greatly to check transac-
tions in every (department of the worsted trade, from
the raw material up to the finished goods.
HUDDERSFIELD, May 3.—Business continues good for
the advanced stats of the season, but we believe that
orders on hand are mostly for the home trade. Makers
continue to be well employed. Checks and unions are
mostly in request, and fancy wollens generally ; indeed
the fancy trade at present is extremely busy. There is a
falling off in the demand for low quality goods, which
may perhaps be accounted for, that the shipping houses
generally are quiet.
BIRMINGHAM, May 2.—During the past fortnight,
the ill-advised policy of the resolutions adopted at the
late preliminary meeting of the iron trade, has been
developed in the exhibition of shaken confidence,
diminished demand, and a determination on the part of
dealers to contend to the utmost for further concession.
These are the usual results of a first downward step ;
and, although they are at present chiefly felt by
the more needy makers, whose employment is regulated
by daily demand. if the maintenance of prices depended
upon the firmness and resolution even of our first-
rate manufacturers, there would be little hope of
the result. But fortunately, as we beforehand
have stated, there are other circumstances to uphold
the interests of the trade on the present occasion, and
such as are generally supposed to be equal t- the neces-
sity. The universal abundance of the circulating medium
—the enormous aggregate of railways in construction—
the increasing application of iron to maritime uses, and the
extended facilities of supplying it to foreign countries,
joined with the scarcity of labour in the face of extraor-
dinary high rates of wages, and the diminished produc-
tion of materials, are among the grounds for the very
prevalent expectation—not only general in this country,
but on the other side the Atlantic also—that the pre-
sent slackness is both temporary and artificial.