The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-13 00:00:00

rAYS.

STATE OP TRADE.

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can. These hales include 3,500 bales for epeculation and.
export, 80 that the quantity taken by millowners has
not exceeded half the present limited consumption of
sPinue'.. The quantity imported during i -wreck la..
been 73,34 t. The effect has been a reduction of id.
per lb. in price, while yarns have given way in our own.
market fully as much if not rather wore. In fact, spin—
ners have had to give way id. to id. per lb. since Tues.-
day, and manufacturers, though many of theca through
having ordsrs stilt uncompleted show considerable.
firmness, could not dispose of their cloth without a re-
duction fully corresponding to that on yarns. But the
depression in trade here is not to be measured merely by
the reduction in money value, or the uncertainty and
pe,•plexity arising out of a falling cotton-market. The'
uneasiness caused by the state of France, including the
wh lesale arre=t and deportation of political offenders,.
with Its probable consequences, and the state of our owes
relations with that country, ie interfering very muds
with business. Triers is a general and undefined feeling
of alarm, and buyers are less disposed to operate than at
any time since the partial revival of trade after
Christmas.

HEaIING TEADB.—WICIC, March 4.—By the latest
accounts from Ireland it appears only a few of the
n arkets have shown symptoms of improvement. The,
others continue rather dull, prices ranging from 30e, to•
343. The period of Leit will be over in a month, and if
is feared prices will thou decline, but the stock over can- -
not be heavy. The latest advices from Stettin quot' f
full crown brands at $l2. per barrel, and some few sale ,a
were made at that figure. Full unbranded fik th
are quoted at $lO. ; spent at $9. The quantity of tl re
two latter qualities was large, and there were r
to
sales. One or two cargoes were shipped here th
its
week for Ireland, and some others are to follow for cant if-
nental ports. Accounts have been received of the Norse( s•
giau ft- hing, which is represented as being very heavy ;
prices in some instances being as low as 2s. 6d. per crag. •
This will tend to keep down prices in Baltic ports, at
though the greater part of the catch is consumed in Russis
and Sweden. The season is now approaching when prepare -
hoes are usually made for the Lewis fishing. The pries
of the cran is talked of at lls. to 125., but &barmen is
this quarter are not likely to engage larg-ly in it at these +
prices, as the fishing hitherto has not paid them, •
Some curen, too, who embarked in the trade last yea! '
word are not to speculate in it this year, having also lost
money by it.
pisronboab e of any early contracts foe
cured fish, nor is that much will be done ill
Their:
he line this season. We hope, however, that with the
abundance of cheap money both at home and on thee
continent, the trade will show some symptoms of a re-
vival by the month of May, when other provisions are
likely to advance. Cutch has maintained the same price
in the London market for the past three weeks, and it
ia'
not now expected to fall. The retail rice, however,
this sewn is likely to be 25 per cent. under last year's
rates, (farm iburno,