The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-22 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCUESTER.—A fair inquiry continues to be ex-
perienced for some descriptions of goods, but not so
much actual business is doing as at the close of last
week. In some instances lower prices have been
taken for both yarn and goods. The Greek houses
are operating rather freely in low printing goods, and
are giving out their orders, but at very low rates.
No failures of any consequence have taken place here
during the present week, nor are any unpleasant
rumours afloat; so that, although no very decided
improvement in trade can yet be said to have been
experienced, a more cheerful feeling exists, and hopes
begin to be entertained that a more extended business
will ere long be done, and at more satisfactory prices
than those which at present prevail.—Manchester
Examiner.

LEEDS.—The woollen trade of this town and dis

trict continues in a very dull state, but it is not worse
this week than it has been for some time past. Indeed,
on Saturday the public cloth market wore an im-
proved aspect, and more goods were sold than for
many market days previous; but on Tuesday little
was done, owing, in some degree, to a mischievous
rumour in the London papers that a large house in
Leeds was likely to go down. The report turned out
to he as baseless as it was startling and injurious.—
Leeds Intell:gencer.

BRADFORD.—Pieces.—We cannot yet report any
decided improvement in our market. It was antici-
pated that the last American steamer would have
brought more orders for this market than as yet ap-
pears to be the case. Yarns are heavy of sale, and
the very small quantity now produced is found quite
adequate to the demand, and even difficult to quit.
Prices have not altered since our last.--Bradford Ob-
server.

NOTTlNGHAM.—Lace.—Novelties displaying good
taste, whether in black silk or cotton goods, command
a ready sale ; ordinary articles are unusually heavy.
Hosiery—There are considerable orders in the town
for the United States, for all descriptions of cotton,
Lisle thread, and spun silk gloves. The orders for
silk gloves more limited. The cotton hose trade con-
tinues very depressed, particularly the :full-fashioned
hose; if anything, it is rather worse than better. The
cut-up branch is in rather a better state. The drawer
and shirt trade was never more depressed than at pre.
sent.—Nottingham Mercury. .

LmossTEßT—Business sail keeps falling off. There
is a less demand, and it is feared no change for the
better will take place on this side Christmas. Manu-
facturers are acting with great caution, and the num-
ber of workmen out of employ is on the increase.—
Leicester Mercury.

MARYLEBONE SAVINGS' BANK,
76, WELBECK-STREET.—Established July 5, 1830.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PROGRESS, AT SPECIFIED
PERIODS, DURING THE LAST SEVEN TEARS.
Sums invested with
Open Deposit National Debt
Accounts. Commissioners.
On Nov. 20, 1841 £13,004 £266,407
1842... 13,349 285,382
1843........ 14,130 319,496
1844 15,124 350,089
1845 16,201 356,954
1846 17,280 348,643
1817 18,119 301,663
D. FINNEY, Secretary and Actuary.

APOTZIECARIESI-HALL. The following are the
names of gentlemen who passed their examination in
the science and practice of medicine, and received certi-
ficates to practise, on Thursday, November 18 :
Robert Walmisley Baxter, Bromley, Kent ; Benjamin
Kealley, St. Ana, Soho, Westminster ; John Beecroft,
Ely, Cambridgeshire; Robert Alexander William West-
ley, Bombay.
TUE SANITARY COMMISSION.—The metropolitan
sanitary commissioners presented their first report on
Saturday. They are known to have specially investi-
gated (and in two instances to have inspected per-
sonally) the state of those of the districts chiefly
inhabited by the poorer classes, which were the most
severely visited by the Asiatic cholera, and to have
examined witnesses from them. It is understood that
the commissioners' first report is upon the topic of the
practical measures in relation to that pestilence. The
Westminster commissioners have asked an audience
for a deputation to submit their solicitations to the Lord
Chancellor for a renewal of their powers. On the other
hand, some eminent members of the existing commis-
sion are known to be adverse to their renewal ; and
imnisostiohnererdsismtraiyabs
eloscuapleprseetditeiod on, prayingaecount
otfhtahte unsatis-
factory
sf
geTntoaurtyßur eeeharacter of their works, are in the course of
MAILMEN or Comhsfon..TilEES IN THE NEW
PARLIAMENT.—Mr. Bernal,
the former administration of the tirlVgst,dhies orffieteuernuedn under
the new Parliament, and will be
which he held before with so mpurgossest. to
the position
to all
parties ; and it is even probable that no ispapcti"
be offered to his election from any quarterci-Of°tsliitemillouwill The private business has increased to such an extent as as
to render it almost an impossibility for any one person
to attend to it and to the public Committees ofthe
House. Mr. Bernal, as we have said, will preside over
the House when in Committee; but it is not improbable
that the House of Commons may see the absolute neces-
sity of dividing the superintendence of the public and
the private business ; and should Mr. Greene be con-
sidered most fitted to preside over the private business,
to which he has devoted so much attention, we believe
the selection of that gentlemen—should it be found to be
the most fitting—would be very generally acquiesced
in.—Observer.

We are happy to say that not a town in England
has been less affected by the recent commercial disasters
than Leeds. We have had no considerable failures. Of
course mercantile men have been pinched here as else-
where; but there has been no serious mischief. We are
also happy to learn that country bills confirma to be re
markably well paid. At present, manufacturing opera-
tions are slightly reviving, owing to the low price of the
raw material and the more hopeful state of the country.
—Leeds Mercury.
INNER TEMPLE, Nov. 19.—The ordinary course
of exercises, &c., required of the students of the Society
of the Inner Temple to qualify for their cull to the bar
in the present term having terminated, the undermen-
tioned members were called to the degree of barrister-at-
law:—John Alldin Moore, Esq, Stafford Henry North-
cote, Esq., Thomas Greenwell, Esq., Isaac John Innes
Pocock, Esq., William Tidd Pratt, Esq., Joshua Bird
Allen, Esq., Augustus Colin Mackenzie, Esq., William
George Coventry, Esq., Charles Joseph Wade, Esq,
and Henry Thomas Coles, Esq.

The zemindary of Goomsoor is still plc rtiany in
rebellion, in consequence of the measures of Govern-
ment to suppress the diabolical ceremonies practised
there. The matted jungles and pestilentli .1 atmos-
phere of that district are found more forrale .able then
an army or a line of fortresses; and thr, refusal of
the Government to consent to a system o' liazzias ne-
cessarily entails a protracted and diflic ta course of
operations.

The statement we received by a form( r mail of the
capture of Doonghur Singh was inc. wrect. Sur-
rounded in the mountains of Rajpoo !arta, he had
ordered his adherents to disperse, and th ey were suc-
cessively captured; but the Dacoit chief hi mself was
still at large.
The foundation-stone was about to be laid of a
church at Bombay, to be erected in mein Dry of the
officers and men who perished in Affghaniat an.
Trade had, it appears, somewhat improl led in the

presidencies.
Another disast,,r had befallen the Indian navy.
The steamer Indus left Bombay for Karr achee on the
sth of October, and on the 7th she struck on some
rocks thirty miles from Diu-head. A to rge hole was
made in her bottom. The crew and passengers are
safe. The crew were busy in remov in g the boilers
from the wreck when the news left. Mr. J.
Galbraith was the acting master in r :onrtmand of the
Indus.

The following casualties by death in the armies of
India had been reported since the departure of the
mail of the Ist of October :

Her Majesty's Troops.—Lieuten ant R. Heaton,
50th Foot, at Fort William, Calcutta,, on the 28th of
September.

Bombay—Lieutenant W. Hodgsoi 2, Native Vete-
ran Battalion, off Hurnee, on voyage, -to Bombay, on
the 29th of September. Lieutenant C. F. G. Church,
2d European Regiment, at Aden, on the 26th of Sep-
tember.

Madras.—Captain W. Isacke, 51 at Regiment, at
the Presidency, on the 27th of Sept ember. Lieute-
nant-General II.C. Kenny, in Eng'ls nd, on the 24th
of August. Assistant-Surgeon W. Moorhead, Ni-
zam's army, at Hyderabad, on the 2fitlh of September.
Royal Navy.—Surgeon J. Patri el:, of the sloop
Cruizer, in the Persian Gulf, on lila 7th of Sep-
tember.

Our dates from Hong-Kong are to, stile 29th of Sep

:ember.

The state of affairs in Canton appeared more satis-
factory, and general quiet prevai'ed ; confidence
seemed in a great measure restore d,—money was
more easy, with greater activity in trade. The prices
in some articles had improved, but in general im-
ports were low. The Colonial Gov er ntnent seemed
to think well of the posture of affairs, for tenders had
been advertised for ships to convey ;the 42d Native
Regiment to Madras, and the 18th Royal Irish to
Calcutta, leaving the colony with a part only of the
95th and the Ceylon Rifles, which may be considered
a small garrison.
The French men-of-war, La Gloire and La Victo-
rieuse, reported by the last mail to have sailed north,
were both wrecked off the Island No-koon-to, off
Corea, in lat. 35.47, long. 126.21, on the 10th of
August, about 300 miles from ShanFhae, to which
place two boats were dispatched. Her Majesty's ship
Espiegle, then at Woosung, sailed immediately to
communicate the sad disaster to Captain Peter
M'Quhae, senior officer of her Majesty's ship Dwdalust
then fortunately at Chusan, who, with the Espiegle,
Captain Thompson, and the Childers, Captain Pit-
man, sailed immediately, on the 30th of August, to
the island, to assist and relieve Commodore La
Pierre, his officers, and men, who had succeeded in
landing provisions, and sufficient firearms for protec-
tion.

_Captain M'Quhae, in the Dwdalto, arrived at
Hong• Kong on the 25th September, with Commodore
La Pierre, 12 officers, and 296 men. The Espiegle
and Childers sailed for Shanghae with the remainder
of the crew, where a vessel had been chartered to take
them to Macao.

During the month of September a fair business
bad been done at Canton. About 22,000 bales of raw
cotton had been sold at rather better prices ; about
80,000 pieces of long-cloths disposed of; grays from
2 dolls. 20 cents. to 2 dolls. 65 cents. ; white, 2 dolls.
40 cents. to 2 dolls. DO cents. The :prices of yarn
had declined, and the stock was heavy. Exchange
on England was 4s. 3id. to 4s. 4d.; East India Com-
pany's bills accepted, 214. Freights, Si. to 41. 15:i.,
with plenty of tonnage.
The following is the amount of export of tea from
China to Great Britain, from the Ist of July to the
date of our advices

Black
Green

••• 10,794,410
••• 904,160

11,698,570
About 4,000 bales of silk were estimated to be
shipped from Shanghae and Canton for England.
The latest dates received at Canton were—from
London, July 24; Calcutta, August 16 ; Bombay,
August 12 ; Singapore, September 7; and Manilla,
the 17th.

Our dates from Shangbae are to the 12th of
September. Long-cloths had declined, the stock
being large. In teas there were limited purchases—
none fine. In silk a brisk demand ; prices had ad-
vanced about 12 per cent. from the favourable re-
ports by the June mail ; but fine was not procurable;
for the best Tsatlee, 410 dolls. to 420 dolls. offered ;1
Taysaam, 280 dolls. to 290 dolls. Freights, fit 101.
to 71. The Confucius and Francis Burn were ready
for sea, and the Achilles was to sail about the 20th of
September.

We have also dates from Amoy to the24th. Markets
were generally steady, with a fair supply of goods.
From Egypt we learn that the trade of Alexandria
has been quite paralysed by the bad accounts received
by the last mails from England, and the numerous

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKET.
(From the Bombay Times.)
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O'CLOCK, OCT. 14.
The general tenor of our markets has been pretty
much the same during the past as in the preceding
fortnight; in that for imports a little more animation
has been exhibited with a partial tendency to improve-
ment in prices, whilst the export one is without
change.
Cotton Manufactures—A good and rather general
inquiry has prevailed for piece goods, and the same
having been met by importers, the sales, it will be
observed, are large, particularly of shirting, mada-
pollam, jacconet, and domestic in the grey, the three
first-named descriptions, with long cloth suited to
dyers, being those most sought after. Prices are
without change, except of low to middling madapol-
lam, and jacconet from middling quality upwards,
which have been the qualities most run upon, and
are from one to two annas per piece in advance of last
month. For long-cloth, as above, higher prices would
also be paid, the same being scarce; but shirting and
low jacconet are scarcely so firm as they were, the large
sales made haring for the present satisfied the de-
mand. 40-inch width in the former has been the
only kind wanted, 45 being neglected; as are also
all kinds of domestic, except coarse and heavy makes
in 40-inch widths. In bleached goods there have
been transactions to a moderate extent in shirting,
madapollam, and jacconet; the low qualities of the
last are, however, alone in request, but the prices
ruling are low, and not in proportion to what are
paying for the same cloth in the grey. Of Scotch
fancy goods some trifling sales are reported at former
prices. Dyed cloth and prints continue as before, the
sales noted showing the depression under which both
continue to labour.
Cotton Yarn—A good inquiry exists for current
qualities in the grey, and some importers having been
freer sellers, a fair amount of business has been done
at our quotations, which for 20 and 40 mule are
slightly advanced. The following sales have come to
our knowledge :
Mule-138,9001b. No. 20 at annas 61 to 7 per lb.
30 do. do. 71 do.
40 do. do. 7 to 8 do.
50 do. do. 91 do.
54 bales, of 2001 b. and 3001 b. each.
No. 20 annas 6 per lb.
30 do. 7 do.
40 do. 4 do.
Water-54,1001b. No. 20 at annas 7 per lb.
30 do. do. 8f to 81 do.
20,0001 b. No. 20, 22, 24, 26, do. if do.
30 do. do. 81 do.
225 bales, of 2001 b. and 3001 b. each.
No. 20 at annas 71 per lb.
30 do. do. 81 do.
40 (inferior) do. 8i do.
Dyed, as before reported, both in demand and price.
Turkey red continuing to labour under the same
great depression it has done now for some time past,
our quotation for it is purely nominal. In it or in
orange no sales have transpired.
Cotton Thread—A sale of 2,0001 b., 20 to 60, is re-
ported at 15 annas per lb.
Woollens—The same indifference to purchase con-
tinues to prevail, and the sales made partake in their
nature more of forced transactions than caused by le,
gitimate demand.
The following are reported :

A. P.
6,310 yards of scarlet save list cloth, at 2L 4 0 per yard.
2,870 do. do. 1 8 0 do.
5,030 do. do. 1 2 6 do.
1,440 do. do 1 8 0 do.
Flannel—Neglected.
Metals.—lron—A small lot of Swedish bar was
sold on the eve of last mail's departure at 48r. per
candy, since when nothing has been done in it ; but
in British a large transaction has recently transpired,
said to be 900 tons of a good assortment, at 40r. per
candy, to a native speculator. 82,5 bundles of hoop,
partially rusted, is also reported, sold at 7r. per cwt.
In sheet or nail rod nothing has been done. In
copper the only sales that have come to our know.
ledge are 300 cwt. Braziers at the advanced price
of 63r., and 200 cwt. raised bottoms at 631 r. per cwt.,
the same having been made about the time of the
dispatch of our last mail. Of pig lead 500 cwt.
have been sold at 11r., and 800 cwt. at 11ir.; and of
spelter 800 cwt. at 13ir. per cwt. ; the former article
showing an improvement, and the latter a slight de-
cline, on the respective prices per last mail. In sheet
lead or Swedish steel no sales reported.
Cochineal—The demand for this article has again
revived, aad for silver we advance our quotation to
4ir. per pound, which is to-day obtainable. No
sales are reported, there being none of the articles in
first hands.

Saffron—Sales to the extent of 1751 b. have been
made at from 10r. to 13ir. per pound, and the latter
must now be considered the price of best quality.
Beer—Qontinues_ in limited, inquiry, but the price
of Allsoppithd Bass, the only two brands at market,
is firmly supported, with trifling sales.
Spirits—Brandy and gin are both rather neglected.
No sales have transpired in the fortnight—quotations
for both nominal.
Marine Stores—The only article under this head
in which we have heard of sales is canvass, and of it
we have to report 300 bolts, bleached (No. 1 to 5), at
16r. per bolt, and 166 bolts, brown (No. 1 to 5), at
15r. per bolt.

EXPORTS.
Cotton Wool—The month opened with a good deal
of animation in the market, which led to a general
improvement in prices, and which feeling was main-
tained up to the arrival of the Overland Mail on the
Bth inst., 105 r. having in the interim been paid for
Broach; 104 r. for Dollera, 92r. to 95r. for Manga-
lore, and 93ir. per candy for Compta, the latter being
an advance at once of sr. per candy. Since the
arrival of the mail, however, the market has become
quiet, and supplies coming forward freely, prices have
taken a turn, and have now a tendency downwards,
but as yet cannot be considered under our quotation.
At the moment very little is doing.
Sheeps' Wool—Several small parcel', of Mekran
have arrived since our last, and have been sold at
from 80r. to 85r. per candy, the quality being in-
ferior. Of Catch we have also had a little, which
has realised 80r. to 95r. per candy, according to
quality. These are the only two qualities that we
have as yet had any receipts of, so that there is little
doing.

Opium—Without change, and little or nothing
doing in it.
Freights—The rate to Great Britain is slightly in
advance of our last quotation-6i. 123. 6d. to 61. 15s.
per ton having been paid to Liverpool, and 6/. to
6/. ss. to London, the higher rate being upon small
parcels of produce only : these quotations may be
considered the rate of the day to the ports named, and
17r. per candy that for China.
Exchange—Therate on London has further slightly
declined, Is. loid. to Is. 11d., being to-day's rate for
six months' sight, and at which transactions to some
amount have had effect.