The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-22 00:00:00

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STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Leeds Mercury.)
LEEDS, FEB. 20.—Business has been quite as brisk at
the Cloth-halls this week as for some time past ; the stocks
on hand are reduced very low, and prices are a little
higher. There has also been more business done in the
warehouses this week than last.
BRADFORD, FEB. 18.—It is impossible to vary the ac-
count of the piece market, which we gave so fully last
week. Business continues brisk, with favourable indica-
tions that the briskness will be lasting. The demand
which we have reported for a few weeks in the yarn market
still continues, and the prices are rather higher in conse-
quence. It is to be hoped that prices will not be more
advanced, as it will be the means of checking the demand.
There has been considerable business done in- wools the
last few days, partly by the spinnerS, and partly on specu-
lation, by the shippers. Prices are very little altered, if
anything they are rather higher.
SHIPLEY.—The clothing trade of Shipley continues in a
very flourishing condition. The demand is now principally
for goods of a somewhat finer description than those which
had been chiefly manufactured previous to the last, month
or two. Nearly all the manufacturers are_workiug upon
orders, which arc accumulating, owing to 'the scarcity of
hands. We noticed a short time since the scarcity of
cottages in Shipley, and the inconvenience to which the
workmen were in consequence subjected ; and we are glad
to hear that a great number are now in course of erection:
HALIFAX, FEB. 13.—For stuff goods generally there
has been a brisk demand to-day, and last week's prices
have been fully supported. Indeed the demand has been
so good, and the stocks on hand are so very small, that
many manuficturers have been induced to supply their cus-
tomers with goods that will require° a fortnight or three
weeks to execute,oand, in almost all instances, we under-
stand, a small advance in price has been realised. In the
yarn and wool markets there has been no perceptible varia-
tion from last week.

ROCHDALE, FEB. I.s.—The market was upon the whole
brisk, yet the finest qualities were little sought after ; mid-
dle and low sorts were in good demand, and several manu-
facturers obtained a little advance. During the last week
several of the principal manufacturers have advanced the
wages of their workmen, and yet they are not able to get
hands sufficient to supply their orders.

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MAIL ROBBERY.-011 Sunday morning the man
who usually meets the Salisbury mail -at Beekington, to convey
the From° bags to that town, was, on his return about six in
the morning, • when within about two miles from Frome, as-
saulted by four villains, dragged from his horse, and robbed of
ten mail bags .and their contents. The bags were found, in
the course of the day, in a field, with many of the letters torn
open ; but the loss is not yet ascertained. Mr. Jones,. post-
'master cf Frome, and others, have used every exertion, and
four bad characters are now in custody at Front°, on suspicion.
IRON STEAM BOATS. _Mr. Laird, who has already
built iron steamers to navigate the Euphrates, the Shannon,
and some of the rivers of America, is going to build one for the
Nile, ordered by the Pasha of Egypt.