The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-17 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Sept. 16.—The market has been with-
out material change, but has scarcely been so active as
on this day week. There is a demand for must markets,
except those of India and China, to a moderate amount,
and manufacturers are sufficiently supplied with orders
to enable them to support prices. For India and China
shirtings stocks are accumulating to some extent, and as
the demand is very sluggish sellers would have to make
a slight concession to effect sales of any moment. For
yarns the market has been quiet, but spinners are well
under contract, and paices are quite firm. It is believed
there are a good many orders in the market, but that
they are kept back to sae what change is likely to take
place. The demand for bundle yarn for Russia continues,
and prices are very firm. Much regret is expressed at
the suspension of Mr. John Shaweross, yarn agent, and
spinner and manufacturer. The liabilities are reported
at 22,0001.
Messrs. John Stagg and Co. report,—" There is very
little change in the market this week. India and China
shirtings are still neglected, and as stocks begin to accu-
mulate there is more anxiety to sell ; and, though we
make no change in our quotations, as the offers making
are too few to test the market, there is a very decided
tendency in favour of buyers. For nearly all other kinds,
although there is not quite so active a demand as there
has been for the last few weeks, manufacturers are suffi•
oiently well engaged to keep prices perfectly firm "
Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co. report,—"There
is no material change in our market to-day. It is in-
active ; but, excepting in India goods and yarns, which
continue slightly to droop in price, previous rates are
steadily maintained. The Russian demand supporta the
prices with great firmness of the better 'descriptions of
bundle yarns."

LEEDS, SEPT. 16.
The woollen cloth markets to-day have been scarcely
so brisk as those of Saturday last ; but, considering the
quantity of new goods brought to market, a fair amount
of business has been done—fully as much as is usual on
a Tuesday. There is no change in prices, and the heavier
kinds of fabrics are in the chief demand. The stocks of
seasonable goods are, so far as the public halls are con-
cerned, nearly exhausted, and ready sale is met for most
new goods offered.
The woollen market at Huddersfield has been quieter
this morning, although several representatives of large
London and Glasgow houses have been present. The
demand is mostly for cheap union doeskins, with a slight
intermixture of better goods. Wool continues firm.

SUICIDE OF A SUlLGRON.—lnformation was yesterday
forwarded to Mr. Wakley, announcing that Mr. Samuel
Holmes, aged 30, of No. 83, Uppa. Seymour-street,
Somers Town, a surgeon dentist, had committed suicide
by taking oxalic acid. The unfortunate man, who has
fatly been brought down by rever,e of fortunv, was
taken up the previous night for being disorderly, but
was bailed out, and was ordered at the time to be at the
Clerkenwell police-court. Au hour after ho committed
suicide.
A MILITARY BED.—The ox.liino T.,)aisi of Bavaria,
who recently attained his seventieth year, was a few
days ago waited on at his chateau at Liiwigshahe, in
the Palatinate, by a deputation from Strasburg, he which
who paid their respects to him on
place he was born,
the occasion. The King received them most kindly,
promised to visit their city, and related to them a curious
circumstance. At the time of his birth, in Angc,t,
1786, his father, who was then only Prince des Deux
Fonts, commanded the Alsace regiment in the service of
France, which was in the garrison of Strasburg; and a
few days after the birth he was aAonished to see that
all his grenadiers had cutoff their beards and moustaches.
On inquiring why they had done so, one of the men
stepped forward and said they had determined to beg his
acceptance of a velvet mattress for the newly born
prince, and that they had stuffed it with their beards
and moustaches 1 " I have the mattress still," cried
the King, " and will show it to you !" The mattress
was produced, and the King added, " I do not think
that there is in the world a bed which can be 'called more
strictly military than that 1"