The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-26 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

LEICESTER, JAN. 25.—There continues to be a
good business doing in most descriptions of hosiery
for the period of the year. The market is buoyant,
and there is perfect confidence among the manu-
facturers. Future prospects are of an encouraging
nature. At Loughborough and Hinckley there is
a fair amount of business doing. Spinners are
well employed, and yarns continue firm, without
any disposition to recede in value. Wools arc
making high prices.
NOTTINCHAM, JAN. 25.—There is no improve-
ment in the lace trade, and many branches con-
tinue as dull as they were before Christmas ; in
others, however, there is rather more doing, and
there is every reasonable prospect of a thorough
revival very shortly. There are a few tolerable
orders for plain goods in the market. The fancy
trade is yet very dull. In the silk branch there is
,
but little improvement to note. here is a good
amount of business doing in the hosiery trade,
many departments being entirely engaged, and the
trade generally is in a satisfactory state. At
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mansfield, and other hosiery
districts, trade is in a healthy state, yarns are firm,
and make higher prices. In silk no material
change.

THE CLERICAL BIGAMIST AT LEEDS.—At the
Leeds Town-hall, on Monday, the Rev. Henry Lloyd
Biekersteffe was again brought up on a charge of bigamy.
On bail* charged in the usual form, the prisoner said he
had no defonce to make, except that he wished to expedite
the course of justice rather than retard it. He was com-
mitted to take his trial at the next York assizes.

The launching
three-decker,
with the most et. some days
previous the weather had been unpropitious in the
extreme, and yesterday morning broke dark and
loWeriug, with a cold N.N.W. wind, promising
little pleasure to the visitors at the tunnel]. As the
morning wore on the sky became clearer, with
glimpses of sunshine, and as enthusiasm on such
occasions never flags -,vith the inhabitants at Ports-
mouth some thousands of people had assmbled on
every point whence a view of the proceedings could
he obtained by the time the ship \vas launch. d.
Among those present on the platform erceted
under the bows of the vessel were—Admiral W.
Bowles, C. 8., Rear-Admiral the Hon. G. Grey,
with Flag-Lieuts. Robinson and Swinburn ; Cap-
tains Farquhar and Hamilton ; Commanders Ins
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Cator,
&e. ; her Serene Highness t he Princess of Leiningen
and Miss Bowles; his Serene Highness Prince
Edward of Saxe Weimar, &e. The band of her
Majesty'v. ship Victory was in attcnilance, and
played a variety of airs during the proceedings pre-
liminary to the launching of the vessel, At 12 25
the master builder, Mr. Ahethell, placed the bottle
of wine, which was suspended in the usual manner,
in the hands of the Princess of Leiningen, who
broke it against the ship's bows amid the cheering
of all present, and the christening of the Prince of
Wales was complete. The workmen immediately
commenced splitting away the blocks remaining
under the ship's keel, and at 12 30 the cord beinob
cut which held suspended the pigs of ballast, these
descended in their channels and liberated the vessel
from the dogshores. A few minutes more and she
began to move, gliding easily into the water, ac-
companied by cheering from the crowds of people
present, and the strains of the National Anthem
from the Victory's band. The ship was no sooner
clear of the shed under which she had been con•
structed, than flagstaffs rose as if by magic from
her dear, display-111,g the Royal Stand4ud,.the Ad-
miralty Ensign, and the Union J wk. A bower an-
chor check.ul her further progress astern, aed being
taken in tow by steamtugs, she was berthed for the
pretent alongside the Victorious hulk, in the-har-
bour, and will be placed in the ,steam Win next
spring tides, for the purpose of docking and, receiv-
ing her machinery, &c. The Prince of IVales was
laid down on the 10th of June, Ib4B, from designs
approved by the then Surveyor of the Navy,Sir
Wrn. Symonds, and intended foz a sailing three-
decker. It was, however, subseqeently determined
that, with several others then on the stocks, she
should undergo considerable alterations, necessary
to adapt her to the " screw;" and for this purpose
she was cut asunder amidships and lengthened about
50 feet; her stern was also lengthened as much as
was necessary to enable her to receive her outer

stern-post fur her screw-shafting and rudder. The
figure-head is a bust of his Royal highness
the Vrinee of Wales, and has b en executed by
Nlessrs. liellyer, of Cosham and Southampton. The
following:are her princi pn 1 dimensions, description
of armament, engines, &e.

Feet. in.
Length, extreme .. 292 1
Ditto, between perpendiculars .. 2.52 0
Ditto, keel for tonnage 213 31
Breadth, extreme GO 2
Ditto, for tonnage .. 4
• •
Ditto, moulded • • 58 6
• •
Depth in hold 25 61
height of figure-bead from keel .. 60 9
Ditto of taffrail from keel .. 64 9
Burdens in tuns .. 3,994
Her propelling power consists of a pair of 400-horse
power (nominal) trunk engines, by Messrs. Penn
and Sons. Armament—Upper Deck . t,ne 68
pounder, 95 cwt., pivot gun, 10 feet long, and 20
22 pounders, 25 cwt., 6 feet long. Main Deck: 38
32-pounders, 42 cwt., 8 feet long. Middle Deck :
30 32-pounders, 56 cwt., 9 feet 6 inches long, and
6 8 inch guns, 65 cwt., 9 feet long. Lower Deck :
26 32-pounders, 56 cwt., 9 feet 6 inches long, and
10 8 inch guns, 65 cwt., 9 feet long,
The Royal Frederick, 91 screw, nearly complete
for launching in N 0.2 shed at Portsmouth. had her
name changed yesterday to the Frederick William,
in compliment to his Royal Highness Prince Fre-
derick William of Prussia.

The measles have broken out among the crew of
the flag-ship Royal Albert, 121, in Plymouth Sound.
Several officers and men have been sent ashore to
the Naval Hospital.
The paddlewheel steam-sloop Virago. G, Com-
mander Montagu B. Dunn, left Plymouth Sound
on Tuesday afternoon, with supernumeraries for the
fit at Portland.

The l)evonport dockyard lighter Hamoaze, Wm.
Webber master, having encountered a heavy gale,
put into Padstow on Sunday, with sails split, boats
stove, and ballast shifted.

Capt. K. Barnard, of the screw steamship Nile,
90, at Plymouth, is obtaining hands expeditiously.
Fifty A.B.'a entered on Sunday and 30 on Tuesday
on board the flagship Impregnable.
Topgallantmasts were sent up on Tuesday on
hoard the screw steam-ship Revenge, 90, at Ply-
mouth.

It is repotted at Pembroke that Capt. Ramsay,
superintendent of the dockyard there, will bo one
of the 24 captains to be made Admirals, and that
C,pt. Tatham, commanding Milford district, will
be his su-cessur.

Letters dated Gibraltar, Jan. 13, have been re-
ceived at Plymouth from her Majesty's screw
steam-ship Caesar, 90, Capt. T. 11. Mason. The
gale just passed had been so severe that it was ne-
cessary to have three anchors down in the Bay and
to keep steam up, so as to be prepared for any con-
tingency. After it had passed, two days were oc-
cupied in clearing the cables, which were much
twisted by the storm. While superintending this
duty her master, Mr. Brehaut, received a fracture

of the leg, so severe that it became necessary to have
him conveyed ashore to the hospital. It is stated
that the condition of the boilers of the Caesar will
not admit of her continuing on a foreign station 12
in Grant
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months longer. The Orion is ordered to Malta.
Lieut. John P. F. Grant, belonging to the screw
steam coastguard-ship Ajax, 60, Capt. Joan M'Boyd,
has been appointed additional Lieut. to the screw
steam-frigate Chesapeake, 51, Rear-Admiral James
Hooepseo,uCt.Bpa.,ssoeiii China
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steam-transport Khersonese.

The follor►ing appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander C. I). Buckley, to the
Forte ; Commander G. H. Parkin, to the Hannibal ;
Commander Y. Baker, to the Orion ; Lieut. H. T.
G unnuell, to the Wellington ; Lieut. It. H. N. Moly-
neux, to the St. Jean d'Acre ; Lieut. C. Jenkins and
Lit-ut. A. Markham, to the Emerald; Lieut. C. J.
Rowley, to the Nile ; H. T. Ellis, master, to the
Caesar; W. F. Rose, second master, to the Banshee;
E. Hinvcst, second master, to the Perseverance;
W. J. Lewis, assistant-surgeon, to the Nile ; F. T.
Pendleton, promoted to second-class assistant-sur-
geon in the Greyhound ; W. A. Stewart, acting
third-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, as super-
numerary ; F. R. H. Yorke, midshipman, to the
Emerald; J. F. Barns, master's assistant. to the
Prometheus ; G. Shambler, paymaster additional,
to the Castor; H. M. D. Wilson, assistant- paymaster,
to the Nile; and H. J. Gardner, assistant clerk ad-
ditional to the Nile.