The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-08 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

(Prom the Mandester Guardian of Saturday.)
MANCHESTER, May 5.—,-The depressing causes which
operated upon our market have been felt throughout the
present week with rather increased force ; the money
market having become somewhat stringent, and a
further decline in the price of cotton being reported in
the American advices. Buyers have acted with extreme
caution, and the business of the week has been very in-
considerable. Under these circumstances, an unfavour-
able bias in the prices of yarns is slightly more marked
than it was a week ago ; 16's to 24's water twist being,
however, comparatively steady. In many instances
the makers of goods, also, are willing to accept prices
they would scarcely have taken last week ; the general
tendency is against manufacturers. In Liverpool, the
price of the middle grades of American cotton is id.
per lb lower than on this day week, but fair is reported
as.unchanged.
NoTTINGIiag, May 4.--The condition of the staple
business of this town seems to be worse, rather than
otherwise, more particularly the lace trade, in which
many of the manufacturers say they have never pre-
viously experienced any time of such extreme depres-
sion. The hosiery, although not by any means so bad, is
warrantnot near
uysinexspoectg.
healthy
in a condition as the season would
There is but little doing in yarn,
and the price is nominally the same, although purchasers
to any extent would doubtless have an advantage.
LEICESTER, May 4.—There has been no improvement
in the demand since Easter to induce manufacturers to
employ the machinery previously laying idle. The scar-
city of employment is therefore still severely felt by the
operatives. The American orders, usually largest at
this season, are given out as yet on the most contracted
scale, and the home trade is universally languid.
Worsted spinners are firmer in their prices, owing to
the impression existing that wools have touched their
lowest point. The wool market is firm, and sorts can-
not be bought so well by 10s. per sack. Some idea of
the depressed state it has been in, may be formed by the
fact that the woolsorters both here and elsewhere have
been out of work for upwards of twenty weeks, and they
still remain so without a prospect of regular work until
after shear-day.

CRICKET.

THE UNITED ELEVEN v. FIFTEEN OF
SHEFFIELD.

The United Eleven opened their season last week at
Sheffield, whore, upon the new ground known as the
" Newhall Cricket Ground and Pleasure gardens," they
were met by 15 sturdy Sheffielders. The weather was
somewhat unsettled in the early part of the match ; but it
cleared off as the afternoon progressed. The ground, al-
though it had not been long laid down, stood the wear and
tear far better than from the weather we have of late had
was anticipated. It is between three and four hundred
yards from the station of the railway, and it is said, toge-
ther with the pleasure gardens and attendant matters, to
have cost no less a sum than between 9,0001. and 10,000/.
The result may in some measure be fairly attributed to
the newness of theground, and the want of more water and
rolling. However, all that under the circumstances could
be done was effected, and the play in due time was entered
upon. The attendance amounted to about 2,000 on each
day, and the proceedings were greatly enlivened by the
presence of the band of the 34th Regiment.
At the conclusion of the contest it was found that the
northern team had been vanquished in one innings by 12
runs. The final score standing thus :

SHEFFIELD.
First Innings.
W. Prest, Esq., c Picknell, b
Wisden 3 b Nixon 3
P. Smith, b Wisden .. ll b Wisden 3
John Berry, b Nixon
Coates, s Lockyer, b Wisden ... 2 run out 1
Rowbottom, b Nixon
T. Dakin, c Grundy, b Nixon.. 0 c Picknell, b Wisden 5
Sampson, b Nixon 8 c Lillywhite, b Nixon 7
Stephenson, liWisden 4 c Grundy, b Nixon... 7
Wright, c Lockyer, b Wisden 5 b Wisden 0
Chatterton, b Wisden ....—. .. .. -6 b Wisden 3
Thompson, b IVisden . ll s Lockyer, b Wisden 1
H. Mann, Esq., run out 0 run out
Biggins, not out
Shearstone, run out 3 not out 2
R. T. Skelton, Esq., b Wisden 8 b Nixon
Byes

Second Innings,

Total 67
THE UNITED ELEVEN.

Total 4l

First Innings.

W. Nicholson, Esq., b Berry
Dean, b Stephenson
Hunt, b Wright
Bell, b Berry
John Lillywhite, c Sampson, b Shoarstono
Adams, c Biggins, b Smith
Lockyer, c Berry, b Smith 22
Grundy, c'Beny, b Shearstone l5
Picknell, run out . 9
Wisden, run out 3
Nixon, not out 4
Byes 3, legs 1, no balls 6

Total 120
And SO the United Eleven won in one innings by 12 rum