The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, APRIL 1.
An improvement has taken place in the market to-
d and a good (lea' of excitement has manifested itself
among manufacturers, who are generally asking bights
prices. Stllers report that tbi, advance has not been
reApon,led to very well on the part of buyers. Shirtingi
and all kinds of India cloths are in rathtr brisk deman,l,
and the only difficulty is as to price. The advance
asked by manufacturers is 10. per piece. Longcloths
remain unchanged. Oa the whole there is a healthy
feeling in the market.

In yarns there has not been much doir g by shippers,
but tho hom., trade buyers have been active, and an
advance has been secured of id. to id. per lb. on cops -
and warps. The spintiers of bundlo yarn, fir export, are •
asking id. per lb. higher, but are not realising
Messrs. John Sfxgg and Co. report :
" The improved feeling noted in our last report e
tinned throughout the week, and, with the exception of
longcloths and domestics, which were dull of sale, a
steady business was done at gradually hardening prices.
Yesterday and to day, in con,equence of the long sad
anxiou.ly desired news of the termination )1 tt4e war, a
general advance has been asked bypaanufacturers;
however, has in only vcry few instances been concedes.
and the business of the day is consequently on a very
small scale."

The monthly circular of Messrs. Robert Freeland and
Brother will also be read with interest at this juncture
" At the date of our last monthly circular sellers had
succeeded in mai..taitung their advanced position, though
'upported only by a feeble demand in the latter part of
February. An active business for India and China was
then ju.t beginning to show itself, nor did it slacken
till prices of shirtings had sprung 31. per piece, and pro-
duction suitable for those markets had been erga,7ed for
some weeks forward.

‘• The home trade demand has also been active, as is
usual at this season, which has assisted the market ma.
terially. But during the last fortnight there has been
lees doing ; prices, however, continue firm, and sellers
are iu good spirits. Indeed, from the news to hand this
mornirg of the treaty of peace being signed, there is a
di-position to hold for extravagant rates. Tho telegra-
phic accounts from the East by Trieste ara also looked
upon as being more satislact.,ry for the manufactures of
this district. But it is questionable whether buyers will
readily follow any upward movement, for we are now
approaching that period of the year when demand falls
off for several markets, and, with large arrivals of cotton
which may shortly be expected, manufacturers may pro-
bably put on fresh cootract', without much advance
in prior.

4.‘ The exports of cotton piece goods and yarns for the
month are 86,114 packages against 68,5(33 for the same
time last year, hut rather under the average for the last
previous three months, which is 91,879 packages. The
following classification shows at a glance the proportion
to the various markets :

Packages Lb.
Cotton Cotton
Piece Goods. Yarns.
East Indies 27.6 11.8
China
Australia....
Central and South America 19.4 0.1
North America
Wost In' les
Co..A of Africa
Turkey, Egypt._and Levant 10.9 7.0

Gorui:Ziiy a-n'(i Holland

... 5.2

47.6

Other luropean States 6.7 27.7
"The Liverpoul catt,n-rnarket hay been Well sup-
ported during the month f middling' and fair qualities
of A.intrican, but the lower grades are quoted per lb.
lower.

" Mule Twist—Our quotations for the lower qualities
are fully per lb. higher, and say from 70's and up-
wards there is a general advance of 11.1. per lb., which
has been caused more by the anticipation of peace than
by actual bu-iness, although there has been a great
amount of business done.

tt In water twist the advance i.gbout!d.
The goods market is in a healthy state, the demand
throughout the Intmth having been of a very general
character. 39 inch shirting., for India and China, are
31. to 41d. per piece higher ; 45 inch ditto, 3d ter
piece. Madapollams 3 I. per piece of 46 yards. T cloths,
longcloths, and dorne.tic., without alteration. Jaco.
nets, fro,' beinz quite neglected, have sprung up from
1,;(1. to 3d. per piece."

EEDS, APRIL 1.
The cloth-halls have been well ate.nded to-dav, and a
good deal of business has been done at fully as good
prices as those of last week. The news of the signing of
the peace treaty has had no perceptible effect upon the
market. The report of this day's Iluddtrsfield market
is as follows :—" We have had a fair trade, but not
equal to the average of the past few weeks. There is a
reluctance to give advanced prices. Stocks are very
light. Buyers were in the market from London avd
Manchester, but few large sales were effected. In wool
a good business was done. Prices are firm and stocks
low."

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 4 per mille premium (according to the last tariff),
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per oz.
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.27 ; and, the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.374, it
follows that gold is about 0.41 per cent. dearer in Lon-
don than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price
of gold is 426 i per mark, which, at the English Mint
price of 3/. 17s. 100. per cz. for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 13.5 i ; and the exchange at Hamburg on
London at short being 13.71, it follows that gold is
0.87 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.
The course of exchange at New York on London for
bills at 60 days' sight is 109! per cent., and the par of
exchange between Eng'and and America being 109
23 40 per cent., it, folio ivs that the exchange is
nominally about at par ; but, after making al-
allowance for charges of transport and difference of
interest, the present rate leaves scarcely any profit on
the transmission of gold either way between the two
countries.
THE MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ART AT MARLBOROUGH
HOUSE.—The numbers attending, &c., during the month
of March were as follows :-19.250 persms on the publi 0
days, and admitted free ; 168 persons on the students]
and admitted as students on the payment. of sispencie
each, besides the registered students of kbo- clas.os
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