The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-10 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, SEPT. 9.
In the cloth-market there is very little change)
since this day week. A steady business is doing
In almost every description of goods; at; full•prices.
In no particular class is a large business doing, but
tile demand is general for all kinds, except India
and China skirtings ; and manufacturers are well
supplied with orders. For India and China shirt-

ings makers are asking 14d. per piece more than
they could sell at eight or ten days ago : and
this checks the disposition of buyers, who other-
wise would be disposed to purchase in anticipation
of a probable rise resulting from the briskness in
other departments. There is consequently less
doing in those goods than might have been ex-
pected.
The yarn market is exceedingly firm, with a good
general demand for all kinds, except India num-
bers. Spinners are well engaged, and in some
cases asking rather higher prices. The demand for
Russia still continues, shippers for that market
buying up all they can lay hold of, while many
of the spinners of yarns suited to the market are
engaged to the end of the season. Water twist is
also in request for Russia, though previously ne•
glected by buyers for that quarter for some years
past. Manufacturers are purchasing pretty freely,
and yarns suited to the Mediterranean trade are
also in request at full prices.
Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report—
" The market continues in much the same posi-
tion as reported last week. There is still a steady
demand for certain kinds of printers, T-cloths,
longcloths, and madapollams, and a fair amount
of business has been done in them at last Tuesday's
prices. For India and China goods the demand
continues very languid, and the slight advance
which is generally asked on the prices current ten
days ago puts a complete stop to business."
Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co. report—
" Tho demand for India goods continues very

inactive, and prices appear still to be tending rather
downwards, although they are not quotcabJy lower.
Other departments of our market continue to exhi-
bit great firmness, but with scarcely so much acti-
vity to-day, perhaps. The better makes of 66 and

72 reed sl;iitings have advanced further lid. to 3d.
per piece during the last ten days. Yarns keep in
good demand and very strong in price."
LEEDS, SEPT. 9.
A good demand has been experienced to-day for
heavy goods, such as Witneys, beavers, pilots, and
other fabrics for winter wear. The demand ap-
pears equal to the supply, and manufacturers are
well employed. Some of the cloth finishers are
more than ordinarily busy. The report of this
day's woollen market at Huddersfield is as fol-
lows :—" There has been a fair attendance of buy-
ers in the market to-day, and the amount of 'busi-
ness transacted is about the same as last week.
There is a demand for plain goods and mixtures,
and various descriptions of fancies. Stocks are
1 ow."

EASTLAKE AND MUNOLEII IN ROME.

The following extract from the letter of a Roman

correspondent is ominous, both as respects —the
National Gallery and the national purse. East-
lake and Mundler let loose among paintings of
" the Byzantine period," will probably "enrich"
anything but the National Gallery :
Sir Charles Eastlake is at present in Rome with Mr.
Mundler, observing what works of ancient art are dis-
posable for the enrichment of the National Gallery. The
British Government, being in treaty for the purchase of
the Marquis Campana's valuable museum, is desirous to
have the best opinions upon the contents of its several
branches, and Sir Charles Eastlake has consequently
paid some visits to the Marquis's collection of paintings
by the early Italian masters from the Byzantine period
to that of Raphael—a collection which, besides forming
a most interesting history of the progress of art during
that period, contains many admirable specimens of the
rarest schools. The report of Messrs. Newton and Price,
who were sent to Rome this summer for the purpose of
examining the Etruscan department of the Marquis's
museum, is already in the hands of the Government, and
cannot fail to give a satisfactory idea of that collection,
unrivalled even by the Etruscan gallery in the Vatican ;
and Mr. Gibson, R.A., who is now in England, will pro .
bably be requested to give his opinion with respect to
the merits of the Marquis's sculpture gallery, in order
that some determination may be come to with respect to
the acquisition of the whole museum for the British
nation.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation •f gold at Paris is
about 63 per mille premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25.30 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per
ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly
2-10ths per cent, dearer in Paris than in Loudon: By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.31 per 1/. sterling.
Standard gold, at the English Miut price, is therefor*
about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in Lon-
don. The course of exchange at New York on London
for bills at. 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., which, at com-
pared, with the Mint par between the two countries,
ahows that the exchange is slightly in favour of Eng-
land ; and, after making allowance for charges of Iran s-
port and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a
tuall profit on the importation of gold from the United
States.