The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-10 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, OCT. 9.—There has been a large
business done in yarns, more particularly for China,
and the prices for twist suitable to that market
have advanced fully Id. per lb. on the rates of Fri-
day. Some business has also been done in yarns
for Calcutta, and sellers of 40's mule are asking
higher rates. Home trade yarns in good demand
at Id. per lb. higher, and all numbers up to 120's
are very firm. The market is generally strong,
and there is a tendency to higher rates. In clothes
the India shippers are still buyers to a fair extent,
notwithstanding discouraging advices. A telegram
from Calcutta to the 9th of Sept. states that a large
business has been done, and that a slight advance in
prices had been established, but the market on that
day was quieter, with a downward tendency, so
that it is supposed here the previous advance would
bo lost. Some reports say that 71b. and 81b 4oz.
China shirtings are 11-d. per piece higher than last
Tuesday. In the home trade and export markets
other than the Eastern there is a steady business,
and almost every description of cloth is in demand,
manufacturers being well engaged, and indisposed
to sell except at some slight advance. Since the
stoppage of Messrs. Sofiano and Co. there have
been several other suspensions in the Greek trade,
but they have not caused much surprise, because
expected as a result of the first. Ono of them,
announced yesterday, was the failure of Messrs.
Lambiehi Brothers, whose liabilities are estimated
at about £25,000. Two others are mentioned to-
day, one for £lO,OOO, and the other for about
£7,000. Messrs. 7. Stagg and Co. report :—" There
is little or no change in the market since Tuesday
last. Although the latest telegraph accounts from
India are said to be less favourable, we have still a
moderate business doing for that quarter at the
extreme prices of last week, and occasionally at a
slight advance. For longcloths, T.cloths, and
printers the demand continues steady, and the
tendency of prices is still in favour of sellers."
LEEDS, Oct. 9.—There has been a fair attend-
ance of buyers in the cloth-halls this morning, and
they bought a moderate quantity of goods. Heavy
fabrics for winter are the chief kinds saleable, but
same inquiries for spring fabrics are making, rather,
however, with a view to future orders than to
actual sale at the present time. The trade in the
outlying districts is steady. The prices of wool and
cloth are alike firm.
ROCHDALE, Oct. B.—The market for wool has
been rather quiet to-day, but prices are very firm,
with a slightly upward tendency. Noils and
brokes continue in good demand, both here and in
the neighbouring markets. The flannel manufac-
turers are fully employed. The demand for low
and middling goods continues unabated, and the
trade in Yorkshire goods is active. Prices in ge•
ral remain the same as last week.

Daring the gale which visited Scotland on Wed-
nesday, two women were in bed in a cottage at Itoseneath,
when a very large tree fell upon the roof and embedded its
branches in the earthen floor. Before the women could be
extricated the branches had to be dug out of the ground.
Ono of them was seriously injured, but the other escaped
with slight bruises,—Grecnock, .davertiser.