The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-31 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANcarsTEr., Aug. 30.—There is very little
doing in either yarn or cloth, and the market still
wears a very depressed tone. Not only is the de-
pression still severely felt in shipping yarns, which
had declined id. to id. per lb. on Tuesday, but
there is next to nothing doing for the markets of
India awl Germany. The price of yarns for these
markets is again rather lower, but what stops busi-
ness is not a question of price, but an absence of
demand. Yarns for China have been an exception,
and buyers of these have operated pretty freely at the
fullrates of the day. For home-trade yarns the market
is depressed, and they are almost unsaleable. The
demand for yarns suitable to Glasgow is equally
flat. Prices are tending downward for most de-
scriptions of cops, and we have now had 10 to 12
days of steady decline. In cloth the same weaken-
ing tone which has prevailed for some time still
continues, and is attended by much irregularity in
prices. Buyers continue to make reductions in the
rates they offer, and will only give these where
the goods are in stock or can be quickly
supplied. These low rates have met with
acceptance in some instances where goods are on
hand, but manufacturers find it impossible to
put down orders to contract except under the feel-
ing that they have only the alternative of doing this,
stopping their looms, or making to stock. There
is an opinion expressed in some quarters that the
market has now reached its lowest point, but few
seem to have practical faith enough in it to hold
goods where an opportunity of selling presents it-
self. 'We close without much business for any foreign
markets, and long cloths, T-cloths, domestics, and
counterpanes for the home trade are but in moderate
demand, partaking of the same tendency to weakness
which affects other fabrics.

LEICLSTEII, 30th.—There has been less activity in
hosiery than during the past few weeks, the improve-
ment that was anticipated having given place to a
somewhat dull feeling, although a few orders are
still being placed. The factors seem to have sup-
plied their immediate requirements, to have on hand
small stocks, and to show no disposition to purchase
largely until they know the wants of the shop-
keepers, who complain on all hands of an in-
signifisant trade. Wools are unchanged. Prices
are steady, and no one seems inclined to
sell or buy. The better class of wools are the
only qualities that meet with any sale, and of these
but little is leaving the staplers. Plain worsted
yarns are as before quoted, and manufacturers are
mostly engaged in completing orders. Lambswool
goods are flat, at stationary rates. Fancy yarns
and hosiery are a moderate inquiry ; cotton yarns
are slightly lower. The uncertainty in the price
of cotton causes the cotton hosiery trade of Hinck-
ley to remain very depressed. In the elastic
webbing trade only partial employment is given ;
but the boot and shoe trade is more favourable.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Niles Opened. Receipts.

Railways.

1867.

Belfast and N, Counties . 991
Belfast and County Down.... 44t
Blyth and Tyne . 36
Brecon and Merthyr
. . . .. ..._ ..

1866. - 1867 1866

Bristol and Exetei 1341
Caledonian, Scottish Central 57.11
Cambrian
Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 311
Cork and Bandon 2O
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l
Cork and Limerick Direct
Cornwall 651
Deeside l7

99t 2,556 2,438
tit 733 733
36 3,092 2,964
CS 1,417 1,425
1214 8,523 7,9i8
562 i 36.248 35,260
130 3,142 2,845
311 521 601
20 437 4 1
..1.31 -7 -

Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast Junction .... 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75
Dublin and Meath
Dab. & Wicklow and Wextd lO7
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, dm B5
Glasgow & South-Western
GL Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 441
Great North of Sootland 275
tit. Northn. & Westn.(lrel.) B3}
gt.Southn. & Westm(lrind.) 4l9}
Great Western l3ll
Highland ... 246
Hoy lake
Irish North-Western 145
Isle of Wight
Lancashire& Yorkshire 403
Limerick and Ennis.... 24
Limerick and loynes 26
Llauelly 46
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western 503
Lond. Brighton, &8. Coast 335
London,
,Chatham, & Dover; I 126
all Metropolitan Extension 1 13}
Da. Kent Coast
LID., Tilbury, & Southern!
Londonderry and Coleraine 36}
Han.,Sheflield.& Lincoinsh
Manch. S.J un.& A ltrincham 9}
liaryport and Carlisle 33
Metropolitan 4l
Midland (incL N.-Western) 695
Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 2OOl
Monmouthsh. RaiL & Canal II
North British, Edin., Pertn
and Dundee
NNo-ErtahsteLorundaonnd.!tfck.... .... D..ar..1 l2‘ll
North Staffordshire .....••••• 22687
Pembroke and Tenby ........
1223
Dorset
foicrd'elnwanynrdt:Kilkenny
sSitcoolimYttimersasheetYN.o.
andr. a- 8. te.. r n" ........ :
64
sSoouutthh.Dxes:
Swansea Vale
otenrn. ..........
63
Taff Vale
1051
10
31
Waterford and Limerick
vvyFU Valelsi o
cc.
rorr,
West Cork . . 171
wt rexham )fold, &c, ll
W'hayen,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 261
Bombay, Baroda,& Cen. India 306
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
Eastern Bengal ... ..... 110
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377
Great Central of Belgium 285
Great Indian Peninsula 852
Great Luxembourg 172
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 349
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa &ALicant BB3
Northern of Canada ...
Northern of France ......
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman.

252
2,2.3

4t2
2.207

15i
63 1,687 1.594
75 2,072 2,117
35 3 2 319
107 3,526 3,578
30 417 898
85 5,031 5.310
£49 12,5 t 6 11,412
7091 35,104 36,010
442 42.532 39,887
215 4,284 4,189
83i 635 614
4191 12,563 11.539
1292 84,145 81, 07
246 6,461 4,922
51 95 109
140 1r 46 1,891

8
403
24f
29

,2 -396
51,340 52,552
175 2 5
112 135

46a- ix° 780
33t 610 638
1294} 136,' 04 133,00)
600 i 30,333 29,275
2931 29,333 28,4.84
135 17,0,4 14,824
121 J 3,221 3,C44
27
42j
35i
216

42
8172

2601

732
124

1161
119

1051
10
31
77

2,6 ;0 2,4C7
612 482
22.551 21,104
1,62' 1.639
1,659 1,527
4,170 3,3:4
0,735 6:1.:65
5,011 4,778
3,07 2,5i5

30,304 29,034
82,06 78,089
6,664 6,056
8,906 8.639
492 176
1,183 3,133

1,33 S 1,3
5,501 5,304
34,4J8 29,393
410 987
6,7,8 G,479
1,031 577
2,913 2 810
331 214

40d 5:.11
1,611 1,475
V 8 tit./

- -
827 677

55.008 20,8:4
335 418
330 3 !E
3,:00 5,175
6 618 5,883
7,886 6,571
98,761 82,558
2,309 1,760
34,644 16, 03
25,031 2.5,703
11,595 8,3 4
20,745 12,645
6,8 0 6,3t5
1,061 82.
12,871 10,601
9,718 7,101
20,146 17,90
3,351 1,915
15,190 6: ,916
1,466 1,393
1,443 203

Paris, Lyons, & MediteraLean 2185 2006 174:340 155,475
Paris and Orleans.. lO2 185.2 9i,694 76,451
Recife and San Francisco. &c... 771 77i 857 1,102
Sc nde Fa 109 1,620 1,820
Smyrna and Cassaba
Southern of France lOlB 978 38,0 6 32..01
Victoria 254 k5l 9,7:/2 9,551

IVelland
150 702
Yet and N.-Went. of France 1204 1150 80,370 65,034