The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-08 00:00:00

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THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
(THIS DAY.)
•‘ brilliant sunshiny day, remnbling more the
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S€ptember than the approactiing fall of 03tober,
fans afforded the holiday folk another opportunity of
seeing the lions of the metropolis to the greatest possible
advantitge. St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, the British
I\lusetitt, the National Gallery, and the numerous other
Zhts with which London abounds, have been crowded
with visitors, while the gay appearance of the streets would
almost induce a stranger to bedew) that the day had
been set apart for the celebration of a festival, or made
the occasion fir some univergal rejoicing. People
as they roll ;westward like a waving current seem
to ha bent on nothing but pieasur, as no doubt the ma-
jority of them are, and no matter what locality you
drCiled upon in the neighbourhood or the parks, you were
certain to encounter multidudes of merrymakers heavily
lk.d6ia with refreshment baskets. The numbers ad-
mitted into the Exhibition fall very little short of yes-
terday's return. They are as follow:
At 10 o'clock ... ... 20,627
At 11 o'clock 43,141
At 12 o'clock . . 71,279
At 1 o'clock 87,431
At 2 o'clock ... 97,756
At 3 o'clock ... 105,709
At 4 o'cleck 108,776
Probably the attractions of Hampton Court, Sion
'louse, and such like suburban places, have assisted in
awing off many of our foreign and country visitors.

•
STATE of TRADE.
• (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MANCHESTER, TUR,IDA.Y.— By the Niagara we have
-.•;viees of a further decline of ie. in the price of
eT)tton at New Ycirk, with accounts of ti dull state of
things in the southern markets, owing to increased
receipts at the ports, and rather unfavcurahle reports
from tl-.is side the Atlantic. In this market the subsi-
rlzace of prices from those nominal quotations for
1,-Arns which were the result of the late active de-
zaand, ha 4 proceeded somewhat further to-day, or,
at•least, has become somewhat more decided than

it, was 'last week. This, however, does not apply
to 24's and 28's warps, and not in any marked
degree to water twist in the bundle, or to 40's
male. But the decline from the late highest rates
for the general run of current numbers, is not more
Ulan id. to }I. per lb. ; the larger fraction being
frond chiefly in the lower counts of warps. These
modified terms h;se induced some of the buyers,
v.haie previous contracts had come to an end, or
were on the point of doing so, to give out fresh orders,
_•ugh in a most cautious manner, and only to a
mited extent. The transactions of the day have
!en chiefly for home consumption. The German
uyers find nothing to stimulate them in the letters
Leipsic, where the business of the fair
is proceeding but languidly. The Indian
hou=ses aro taking scarcely any yarns. In
goods, the sales have been altogether inconsiderable,
and the bias of prices, for the most part,
duce Amongst rs, though only slightly Eo. against pr;
mThgest
India
toh
steadiest articles are 36-inch 72 reeds.
and China buyers continue quite out of the market,
and the consequence is a further depreciation
fabrics
rtihc the
value of shirtings, madapoltams, and other
particularly adapted for the eastern trade. That this
should be the case is not at all surprising, when,
aloeg with a consideration of the fall of prices on
the
other side, the enormous shipments, shown in the
subjoined table, are taken into account. It was ex-
pel..
~ted that the exports in September would exhibit a
falling off; such, however, is not the case.
.ROCnDALE, MONDAY.—We have had about an
average market to-day, both as regards prices and
the amount of business transac'ed. There is little
change in the wool market, except that the dealers do
llot press sales so eagerly at former prices.
MACCLESFIELD, TuEsDAY.---Our market for manu-
faatured goods continues fairly active, and prices are
generally well maintained. This Eati.factory state of
things is, no doubt, mainly attributable to the fact,
that stocks of goods in the hands of makers have
been unusually small this autumn, and for the present
continue so, the demand being pretty nearly equal to
the production. Tne thrown silk market is extremely
quiet, and the inducements held out by holders to
consumers, having been almost without result in the
shape of business, have had the effect of further cur-
tailing the hours of labour in the mills. The raw
silk market is equally quiet; prices, however, are
without material alteration, and seem likely to remain
so, stocks in the hands of consumers being known to
be small.

HALIFAX, SATIJRDAY.—There were not many
buyers in our piece hall to-day, and the principal
sales were in fancy goods, of low quality. A few
seys were also inquired for. The yarn raarket is
fully at much depressed ; and, as the prices are wholly
unrernunerative, the spinners are greatly curtailing
production. There is no change to be noted in wool,
which goes off slowly, without any alteration in the
quotations.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our market to-day
has passed off much the same as last, without any de-
cided improvement. The home and export trade
a:e both quiet fur the season, though more has been
done in the warehouses during the week. We have
every reason to expect, from appearances at present, a
pod trade being done during the winter season. In
the wool market more has been done to-day than for
some time past, at nearly the same prices as last.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—On Saturday last we had an
Ilive market in the cloth halls, and a fair quantity
ends were disposed of ; but to-day the market has
een dull and languid. Prices very firm, and stocks
:aot large for the season.

i'HE PROGRESS OF RAILWAY
COMMUNICATION 1N EUROPE.
The Paris Constitutionnel publishes the following
account of the tour of M. Magne, the Minister of
I.Achlic Works of the French Republic, undertaken for
the purpose of examining the state of railway com-
munications throughout Europe :
"The Minister of Public Works has just resumed
his functions, after his tour through various parts of
Europe, to examine the state of railway communica-
tions. M. Magna made an interesting excursion.
Accompanied by M. Ciliatelug chief of the railway
division in the department of Public V,-orks, he visited
elgium, Germany, at Berlin Austria, and Italy, stopping
The fore
,i Vienna , 'Trieste, Rome, Genoa, and Turin.
t gn Governments gave him everywhere a
mos cordial reception, afforded him every fa-
cility for his investigations, and the Ministers of
Public Works of Prussia, the oman States, and
Piedmont were polite enough R
to accompany him
themselves in some of his
investigations. What
the Hon. Minister has, above all, been able to con-
vince himself of, and what he will no doubt detail to
the Assembly, is the persevering efforts of our neigh-
bours to place the ports of Ostend, Antwerp, Ham•
burgh, and Stettin in communication with the
southern states of Germany, in order to unite all Italy
with the Austrian provinces, and to draw to Trieste and Genoa the transit between England and India.
'Whilst we are discussing and delaying, others turn
time to account, and obtain en advance on us.
/"oreign railways are at our very doors, and we still
delliberate. What, for instance, did the Hon.
iniater aee in Germany ? Railways crossing each
Bother in every direction, from the North Sea and the
alaic to the Adriatic ; from Hamburgh and Cologne
to Tiieste ; fro
stan m Koningsber, to the Lake of Con-
ce, Switzerland and ItalY. He can say that he
says seven and thirty sovereignties, independent of
eetch other, acting in accord- for the construction of
aza complete railway system; whilst we, with that cent
been of which we are so itoud, have not y t
been able to agree on the execution of the most ime-
port.int line in cur territory. It is matter of no-
toriety that. fur a greet part of Germany and for the
circl-s of Prussia and of Beyaott, the shortest dis-
',ance from the sea coast is til right line drawm from
Havre, through Rouen, Paris, Metz, and Strasburg,
fa je the natural commercial course for central
urope.
-T• The Antwerp to Cologne line now dispute
i
i.nat transit with us. Tne recent opening of the lino
and which unites IlamburghStettin with the
:centre of Bavaria, and soon with the lake of Con-
:twice, has produced a competition which not leas
menaces our relations. Fortunately, the Strasburg
line is one of the most advanced of our number, and
he wyrks are being urged on most
.energetically.te
Three. sections of that line were opened during h.
7)R.st year; the line will be open to Commercy in
Nr vilbEtt• j the -
frontier and the port
branch line of Metz will soon reach
V orhach, and touch the Prussian front 1
‘)f
—"vre wilt to united to our frontiers of Alsace and
Loraine in the first ea hof B'2 so that in that di-
rection we shall arrivQenc a transit
which belongs to us in virtuele °to' preserve
tion. But it is the curorna,,
the Mediterranean end Indi
.of our geographical posi-
tions between England and
rally dispeted to us.
entatl:l°liu
made by the Austrian Govere often
s
Wahava Which are most energeti-
Trieste to the German railways enniteott.latheepeofirbtrotBf
which it has undertaken to 3-croast's Lttegigantic labours
the passage of the Summering. ti. ilulian Alps at
Chatetus visited all these works,
I'''rne
'gt'e
ant:level:al
aometimes in a carriage, and were prestietnetes on foot,
of the trials between the locomotives of whin
count has been published. If we are well
the immensity of the works at the passage of the
!Summering. Thirteen tunnels and twenty-five via-
ducts, amongst which is that of lialtenrinne of w
stories, 50 metres in height, and 222 rnetretinn
t'ngtb, can give an idea of those great works. The
tunnels are terminated, and the works of art are ad-
vancing rapidly. Not less than 13000 workmen
and 2,090 horses are employed in the work-y works
and
the engineers are in hopes of terminating the
at the beginning of 1853. The Austrian Government
i 3 now having the'definitive survey made for the part