The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-12 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN LINEN TRADE.

611 b."

The Northern Whig, in its weekly commeroial
summary on the subject of linen, says—
" The market for white goods has been quiet this
week, not because of any actual change in the
market, but in consequence of the failure of a house
pretty largely engaged in the shipping of manufac-
tures. In the export of linen a steady outgo con-
tinues from the chief warehouses, the demand for
the American markets as well as for several Conti-
nental seats of sales being pretty good. There has
been a better state of demand in the home trade,
chiefly in low and medium lines of linen, but, up to
the present, that portion of the business has not
been equal to former seasons.
" Brown Markets—The supplies of goods offered
at the public places of sale in the north of Ireland,
taking a general view of all the towns in which linen
webs are sold in open market, do not come up to the
average. We have frequently noticed that the
sale of goods in tLe brown state is generally
turning into a private channel, and that transac-
tions are being more and more confined to those
between manufacturer and bleacher. Ballymena,
on Saturday, was pretty large, and sales generally
active. At Armagh, on Tuesday, the demand for
roughs was brisk, and for linens for the brown
finish the inquiry was good. Lurgan, a small
market. The diaper trade is rather bare of stock
—in damasks there is steady production, and at
the power-loom factories hands are kept fully at
. work, while no complaints are heard relative to
accumulations.
" Yarns—Flax spinners are pushing on the

productions of yarns with the usual enterprise, but
the extreme rates for raw material press close on
the margin of profits, and in coarse numbers that
margin has been exceedingly narrow for some
months past. On this department of the staple
trade the action of the treaty will have its influence,
but not to the extent anticipated by the more san-
guine capitalists.
"Flax—The markets for raw material have been
more liberally supplied this week, and sales went
off on terms which must prove satisfactory to enter
prising growers. In the lower ranges of fibre there
is more firmness, owing to the lessened prospects of
large supplies from Riga and other parts of Russia.
The value of prime lots of hand-scutched is the
turn higher; in low and very inferior qualities the
rates have been fluctuating, but these extremes can
hardly be taken as true tests of general quotations.
Hand-scutched sold this week at Gs 6d to 8s 3d,
and for a few extra quality samples 6d was had;
milled went off at is 6d to 13s 6d per stone of

DUBLIN, SUNDAY.
DESTRUCTION OF THE KILDARE CLUB-HOUSE BY

FIRE.

At half-past 4 o'clock this morning the Kildare-
street Club-house was discovered to be on fire, and
in less than two hours after the fire the building,
with the exception of the front wall, was completely
destroyed. Three lives have been unfortunately
lost—those of Miss Smith, the barmaid, and two
female house servants. Miss Smith was an English
lady, and had won the respect and esteem of every
member of the club. Owing to the extraordinary
exertions of the clerk, Mr. Hughes, six other female
servants were rescued uninjured. Owing to the
perfect stillness of the morning the flames were
directly confined to the building in which they
originated. Neither of the adjoining houses has
been in the slightest degree injured. The Club-
house, so far as I have been able to ascertain, was
insured for at least £14,000 in various offices. The
building was sold some months since to the College
of Physicians for £5,000, a splendid new edifice
being in course of erection for the members of the
club in Nassau-street and Kildare-street. It will
not, however, be ready for occupation for six
months to come.