The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-26 00:00:00

THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES.

WOOL TRADE, LONDON, JULY 24.—The quantity of wool
imported into London during the week ending to-day has been
8,513 bales. Of this quantity, 5,080 bales were from Port
Phillip, 977 from Van Diemen's Land, 2,151 from Sydney,
105 from Italy, and the rest from Odessa, &c.
EEC LISH WooL, LEEDS, JULY 25.—We have no change
to report this week either in demand or prices.
LIVERPOOL WOOL, JULY 24.—The imports this week are
269 bales Alpaca, and 241 Oporto. The market continues
quiet, but steady. Low white wools very scarce.
TRADE or LEEDS.— The market on Saturday was brisk at
both cloth halls, but on Tuesday, in consequence of the reduc-
tion in the railway fares, many of the manufacturers have
taken the opportunity of visiting the Exhibition and attending
the wool sales, which caused a very thin attendance at the
market, and much less business was done. The deliveries to
direct orders continue active, and prices remain steady. There
has been a pretty brisk business done in the warehouses since
this day week.
BRADFORD MARKET, JULY 24.—Wool.—We cannot fur-
nish anything new touching any kind of English wool ; it
continues to be bought at clear prices from the growers, and
has only very dull sale here. Colonial is very animated at the
sales now on, and full prices are realised. Noils and brokes
are in good request, and late prices maintained. Yarns—
There is no change for the better in the demand for yarns;
the trade is as bad as it can be. We regret that the spinners
are compelled to curtail the supply by stopping machinery ;
and, taking the whole district, there is now a large quantity
idle. Pieces. —We are sorry we cannot report a more favour-
able aceount of the manufacturing business; for cheaply as
yarns are sold, the price of goods is so low that there is no
profit remaining.
TRADE OF MANCHESTER, JULY 24.—Printing cloths and
shirtings are not so much inquired after as they were on
Tuesday. In other respects the market is much the same as it
was at the commencement of the week. In long cloths and T
cloths the transactions have been rather numerous, and prices
are maintained with considerable steadiness for both these de-
scriptions of domestics. The better kind of T cloths hold the
rates of last month, and the lower 32-inch, at 41b Soz weight,
which were last month at 3s. 9d. per piece, are now only lid
higher. 36-inch long cloths, 8 lbs weight, quoted last month
at 6s 6d, may now be had at 6s 4id ; 5-4 long cloths are also a
shade lower, but 6-4 are are tolerably firm, and must yield a
fair return to the manufacturer at the present price of cotton.
The demand for 40-inch shirtings continues very languid, and
prices are still barely remunerative, being 3d to 4d per piece
under the lowest price of last month. Jacccnets are also much
depressed. For the lower counts of yarn, both in bundle and
of warp quality, there is a continued demand for export to the
Mediterranean, and prices are well maintained. In mule yarns
suitable for the east, as also in cloths for that market, prices
have declined so as to be almost unremerative, but there is still
only a limited business doing in these goods.

COAL MARI?;E
Carr's Hartley ..... 13s 9d
Dean's Primrose
Stobart's Tees Hartley 12s Od
Holywell
Howard's W. H. Neth. 13s 6d
Jonassohns Hartley
rantield Moor Butes 123 6d
West Wylam
Wylam ..
Windsor's Pontop l2s Ott

T.—YESTERDAY.
Braddyll
Hetton
Haswell lss Od
Pensher l3s 3d
Lam bton
Keepier l3s 6d
Keepier Grange
Russell's Hatton
Stewart's
Whitwell
Hartlepool lss 9d
illowden
Kelloe ... 14s Gd
South Hartlepool ..... 14s Od
Whitworth
Adelaide Tees
Backhouse l2B 9d
Tees
Sidney's Hartley
73. Sold, 51.

Wall's End, &c.

Acorn Close
Brown
Gosforth .
Hilda ... 13s Od
Northumberland ...... 12s 9d
Original Gibson ...... 13s Od
Riddell
Eden Main
Ships at market,

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending July 22,
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 265. 4d. per cwt
From the Mauritius ..• 265. lid. „
From the East Indies ... ..• ••• —a• —d•
Average price of the two foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... ... 265. aid. „
By authority of Parliament,
lIENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, July 25.

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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JULY 25.
STocx ExcnAmax.—The share market was more animated
to day, with an advance in prices. The transactions were as
follow : —Great Western Original Shares, 831h—Ditto, New
17/. Shares, 14%—Midland, 39.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 25.
STOCK EXCHANGH.—The market was better to-day, and
prices had an upward tendency. The transactions were as
follow :—East Lancashire,l4l/B—London and North-Western,
sew Qnarters. 3:1 p.—Midland, 40%—Ditto, Halves, 21:Yji
dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 21%—York and North
Midland, 194-'l4—Dutch Rhenish, ‘l7 dis.
MANCHESTER, JULY 25.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been better
andprices higher. The transactions were as follow :
Counties, 61/2—East Lancashire, Quarters, 14 1-16
...._lO
a-Dsdtaietyrt' o n,
Preference, Fifths, 514—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
4914—London and North-Western, 123—Ditto, Manchester
and Birmingham, Quarters (C), Vis p,—Manchester and Lin-
coln Union, 401 h—North-Western, 13 3-16 dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, 21%.

Miles
opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
1851. 1850. 1851.
sainsn.
72 Aberdeen £1,624 41,543
37% Belfast and Ballymena 668 728
17 Belfast and County Down.. .....• 258 264
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,272 1,591
264 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York . 610 726
85,4 Bristol and Exeter ..... 5,116 5,511
160 Caledonian._ ............ 6,745 6,848
94% Chester and Holyhead. •. 3,726 4,067
49 Dublin and Belfast Junction 436 789
53 Dublin and Drogheda...... _ 1.238 1,185
6 Dublin and Kingstown 966 958
16% Dundee and Arbroath •......•. 515 535
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 695 726
19 Dundalk and Enni5ki11en............ 158 181
68 East Anglian.- ................ 715 2.15
79 East Lancashire ..... 3,621 4,241
322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. •16,586 17,751
95 Eastern Union ••• • • • 2,455 2,439
891 A Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • 4,156 4,456
81 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 2,781 2,450
19 Furness Railway •• • ••.. • 416 447
1.71 Glasgow, and South-W estern.. ' 3,1 31 4,639
2214• Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock ' 1;356 1,527
236 Great Northern and E. L. ••• • • .. 3,643 14,139
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 4,199 4,996
264 Great Western •••••••• .• • • • • • • .... 18,466 30,070
90 Lancaster and Carlisle ••• • • • • • ..... 4,309 4,714
260. Lancashire and Yorkshire... ••• • • .... 16,356 17,192
39 Leeds and Thirsk • • • • • • • • •••• • • • • 1,227 1,221
12% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 301 517
526 London and North Western .... 49,025 63,279
5% London and Blackwall. •• •
17314 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 11,984 13,843
24414 London and South Western. • • 12,761 21,263
15 Londonderry and Enniskillen •• • 193 200
11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, Bse. 275 173
167% Manchester, Sheffield, and,Lincolnshire 6,276 7,249
9% Manchester and South Junction .. • . 521 553
28 Maryport and Carlisle
496% Midland •... • ••• • • • . •..• •• 24,006 22,261
50 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • . 1,123 1,379
60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • • • .. 2,321 2,202
149 North British ••..••••• • • • •• •• 3,755 3,789
222 North Staffordshiro
47 North-Western • • • ...... •• .. 629 763
45 Scottish Central .• ••••• • • • • • • • 1,638 1,845
32 Scottish Midland ••••••••• • • • • • • • •• 530 552
47 Shrewsbury and Chester
30 Shropshire Union .. •• • ........ 436 563
58 South Devon ••• • • . .•..•• .. • • 2,101 2,105
261 South Eastern •••••• • • • • • • .......... 15,006 19,611.
75 South Wales .. ••..•• • • • • 1,025 1,271
69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole • • 1,019 1,191
40 Taff Vale .. •..••••• • • • • . . • ••• • • • 2,458 2,375
36 Ulster ...• • • .............••••
25 Waterford and Limerick • • .. • • • • • • • • - 282
13 West Cornwall .. •• • • • •••••• • • • • • • 322 347
12 Whitehaven Junction .• • 243 211
294 York and Newcastle, and Berwick .• • 13,692 13,984
279 York and North Midland. •• •• ••• • • • 9,127 8,783
Foanicui.
76% Amiens and Boulogne. .• •• .•
152 Central of France .......... •• • • 2,756 3,136
63 Montereau and Troyes. ••••• 960 964
336 Northern of France •••••••• • • • • • • • • 20,072 21,265
71 Orleans and Bordeaux.. •. .• ..... 3,009 3,675
240 Paris and Lyons .... ••• • • • 6,612 12,104
82 Paris and Orleans .... • • .... •••• • • • • 7.506 8 074
84 Paris and Rouen .••• • • • • ... •• • • 7,990
.7,614
59 Rouen and Havre ...... ••••••• • . 3,365 2,946

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.
The directors of this company have issued their half-
yearly report to be submitted to the meeting on Wed-
nesday next. It states that the traffic for the half-
year ending the 30th of June, as compared
with the corresponding period of 1850, shows an in-
crease in the number of passengers of 76,626, and
in the receipts of 2,9981 ; also in the goods and
minerals an increase of 51,414 tons, and in the re-
ceipts of 8,4631. The number of passengers conveyed
on the line during the half-year was 430,784, of which
415,781 were local, and but 15,003 were through
passengers. The quantity of goods conveyed was
91,246 tons, of which 86,729 were derived from local
sources, and 4,517 tons on account of through traffic.
It will be seen that by far the greater proportion of the
receipts on the lino arises from local traffic, which must
be the case so long as the reasonable facilities stipulated
for by the agreement of the 13th of April, 1850, with the
London and North-Western Company are withheld. The
matter has been referred to the Recorder of London,
and the arbitration is still proceeding. It is stated that
while satisfactory arrangements for the stoppage of
the London and North-Western trains at Colwich
have been secured, the arbitrator ha'a not thought it
necessary at the present time to make any alteration
in the times of the arrival and departure of the
Macclesfield trains. The directors have there-
fore under consideration measures for forwarding
their passengers to their destination in the event
of a continual refusal on the part of the London and
North-Western Company to provide accommodation for
them. Under any circumstances the directors have reason
to believe that they are not entirely dependent upon the
London and North-Western Company for that outlet for
their traffic without which the resources of their line can-
not be fully and economically developed. The sum which
has been set aside this halt-year towards the reserve
tend amounts to 3,200/, leaving a reserve fund in hand
of 22,776/. The interest on the borrowed capital being
paid, and the dividend on the canal shares being
provided, there will remain a net balance of
20,7214 which enables the directors to recom-
mend a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share. Tho Bill
for an extension of the line to Burton and Derby has
been withdrawn, in consequence of an arrangement en-
tered into with the Midland Company, by which a great
economy has been secured. The expenses to Derby and
Burton in the six months ending the 31st of December,
1850,. were 4,2361. The expenses upon an increased
traffic in the six months ending the 30th of June, 1851,
are 2,700/. This will give a saving of upwards of
3,0001. per annum, being nearly equal to the amount
of economy proposed by the establishment of an
independent line. The directors have entered into a
contract with Mr. Brassey for the construction and
lease of the Ashbourne branch. The works on the
branch are to be constructed for the sum of
48,500/, to which is to be added the cost of the land, and
upon this entire cost Mr. Brassey guarantees to the com-
pany a sum equal to 4 per cent. per annum for a period
of five years; Mr. 13rassey to take the receipts of the
branch and one-third of the increase due to the branch
on the main line; the land and works to be paid fur in
bondi bearing interest at 4 per cent. per annum. It is
expected that the branch line will be opened in July,
1852. Since the last meeting the directors have found it
necessary to proceed with the works of the Newcastle
.branch, which has been delayed by various in-
junctions of the Court of Chancery. From mo-
tives of economy a now contract has been substituted for
the e original one, and the branch will be constructed as a
single line. The amount of this contract is 27,000/,
which, however, is exclusive of brickwork that may be
required for the tunnel. An end has been put to the
litigation in respect to the Apedale branch by an ar-
rangement with the proprietor of the minerals, by
which 4 per cent. is guaranteed to the company on
the cost of construction of the line, which has been
contracted for at a sum of 9,000/., to be paid in deben-
tures of the company bearing interest i
at 4 per cent. per
annum. The directors state that it s quite certain
that these branches are of very considerable import-
ance to the traffic of the line. The town of Ash-
bourne must bo supplied with coal from the New-
castle mines, while a large amount of limestone will
be required for the iron-works of Apedale and
Silverdale. The capital account states that the com-
pany is authorised to raise 4,650,000/. for the railway,
and 1,170,000/. for the canal, together 5,820,000/. Of
this sum 4,705,404/. has been raised, leaving 1,114,5961.
uncalled. The loan account shows that 709,032/. has
been raised on loan, of which 426,5321. has been
borrowed at 5 per cent., 222,0501. at 4 per cent.,
37,400/. at 4f per cont., and 23,050/. at 4 per
cent. The construction account of the railway
shows that 3,539,893/. had been received, including
2,826,7151. ou shares, and 3,538,529/ expended, leav-
ing a balance of 1,363/. The railway revenue ac-
count for the half-year ending the 30th of June shows
that 61,025/. had been received, and 34,6271. expended,
including 848/ Government duty, and 1,436/. rates
and taxes, leaving a balance of 26,398/. The canal
revenue for the same period amounted to 62,156/.,
and the expenses to 25,236/, including 2,040/.
rates and taxes, leaving a balance of 36,920/. The
general revenue shows a total of 70,9161., including
7,518/. for the Manchester traffic. The interest on
bonds amounts to 16,554/, dividend ou canal shares to
29,253/, reserve for fund and bad debts 4,3501., leaving
20,7211. applicable to dividend, which at the rate of
2s. 6d. per share will absorb 20,188/., and leave a small
balance.