The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-22 00:00:00

ATD
COM MEE. OTAL INTELLIGENC

CITY, Two o'CLocE.
The advices received this morning from the ma-
nufacturing,' districts represent business as having
been exceedingly dull during the past week. At
Birmiegham the iron foundries were far from being
actively employed. In some instances inferior
qualities of manufactured iron are said to have been
sold at prices lower than last quarter day's quota-
tions, but the best brands maintain their value.
In the various trades of the district there is
nothing new to report ; almost all brsnehes are
extremely dull, and some of them may be said
to be completely at a standstill.
The Woollen Clo li trade at Leeds has been ex-
ceedingly quiet ; few buyers had reached the town,
and in the Halls only email qu tritities had changed
;? hands. There is no definite opinion as to whaT
Will be the character of the trade during the year,
there being a complete absence of speculation en
the part of both merchants and manufacturers. A
hope has been expressed, however, chat a fair de
bland maybe experienced during the spring mow hs
The general state of the worsted trade at Bradford
Was exceedingly dull. The difference between the
prices offered by purchasers and those at which
spinners are disposed to sell, limits transactions to
a small amount, There had been a few purchases
of piece-goccl3, but the orders given out for th..,
continental rn,trke-s and for the Ueited
continue very limited. At Halifax, no change can
be reported in yarns or goods, and pries gooerdily
are unaltered. Rather more business has been
doing in the lace trade at Nottingham. The
market is now firm both for yarns and silks
which show a slight improvement in prices. The
hosiery trade at L:dcever still continues extremely
dull. There are few export orders in the market,
and but lit tla demand for home consumption has
been experienced. Numbers of the operatives still
continue out of work. Wools, however, are rather
firmer. At Manchester business has ulightly im-
proved. The demand for most descriptions of
cloths had been very general, particularly for
fine and heavy printing cloths. Many of the
baillowners being without stock, and were fully
engaged upon orders. A large quanti yof machi-
nery, however, still remains idle, and the recovery
of trade from the late severe depression is of a very
gradual nature.
Accounts from Liverpool rep:rt that the Cotton
Market on Saturday manifested a very active ap-
pearance, and prices of all descriptions were
extreme. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales,
3,000 of which were taken by ihe speculators. The
Railway Share Market clo-ed firmly, and a fair
amount of business was transacted at full rates.
The official returns relating to trade and navi-
gation, for the month ending 31st January, 1858,
havebeen published, From these it appears t hat tho
total declared value of the exports from the United
ICiegdom for the month was 7,221,6001., being a
decrease of 1,836,505/, compared with those of the
like month of 1857. The decrease is perceptible in
coals and culm, cotton manufactures, F arthern-
Ware, fish, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares
and cutlery, linen manufactures, linen yarn,
Metals, silk manufactures, thrown silk, soap,
British spirits, sheep and Limbs' wool, and
Woollen and worsted manufactures and yarn.
There was, however, a slight augmentation in beer
alld ale, cotton yarn, machinery, and stationery.
11. e, importations of the principal articles were
smaller as regards live animals, flour, cochineal,
I.°Prood, flax, fruit, guano, hemp, mahogany, raw
spirits, tallow, timber, wine, and sheep and
'alas' wool. The shipping accounts show a slight
decrease in the amount of shipping employed, both
for the entries inward and the clearances out-
Ward, in the home and fore:gn trade of the king-
-185, compared with that of the same month in
7.

The Ministerial changes have naturally exercised
further irnpr. ssion upon the market for English
securities, and to-day numerous sales have been
effected, which have caused a good deal of excite-
nlent. This is always the case at such periods and
until the *nor Cabinet is firmly established the
market will no doubt remain in a very uncertain
state. The decline at one time was as much as
MS per cent., but there is a great deal of varia-
tion, and occasional symptoms of recovery were
visible. Consols have been 961, and since, 06 to
but for money and account, the present
(Notations however are 96i 4, an extensive pur-
chase 2 in speculative account having ben made.
The New Three per Cents. are marked 96g the
'educed 96g /. The March Exchequer Biils, 225.
and the June ditto, 225. prom. Bank
Stock is 225, and India ditto, 222.
In the Foreign Stock Market there is considerable
Tlination, but most of the quotations are lower.
131141 h Bonds are most affected, the 6 per Cents.
eing 1004 and the 4 per Cents., 1031104 ;
aardinian are 911 92 ; Spanish, 43l 44 ; ditto,
aDefer d, 25/ 264 ;
d Dutch 4 periCents., 1001 101 ;
tli Portuguese, 45i 46 ; Mexican Bonds are
arked 204 ; Buenos Ayres, 821 ani 80 ; and the
and Deferred, 19; Brazilian 5 per Cents. are IU3,
Equador, 14.
li In the Railway Share Market, to-day, onl3 a
blll!ted amount of Lusiness has b: en transacted,
most of the leading lines have fully sympa-
-1:18ed with the decline in the English Stock Mar-
a et, North-Western, South-Western, Midlands,
nd South Wales, have declined Id.; North-Eastern
(41.‘''ick), Great Northern, Ediubut gh and Glas-
gow, and Caledonian, 11. 10s. ; and Western
and .Lancashite and Yorkshire, 10s. to 15s. The
-Foreign Lines are almost neglect, d, but prices show
4 downward tendency. In the Colonial Markets
Grand Trunk of Canada Great-Western of have receded 1/. 10s. ;
Canada, 15s. ; and East In-
dian, ii.

Mines, Bank, and Miscellat,eous hares
been very inactive, and but little variation
have
C3ll be
quoted in the rates realised.

4RITISI FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE

(.From the (Metal Ltst:t
Busineu dote
talk Stock
225
a
.4 per ent. Reduced Auucittes
f"Per C:cat Consnln Antlxities ......
w. 3 per Cont. ..knnuition
Stock
VOLSOIS rot Account

. ............. .. ......... .. 96i 3 3 6
4.1
I.Pnuer Bills, 21d
March. June.
£lOOO
£SOO
PRICES 01' FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brard,sn 5 per Cent.
D tto Account,
titienos Ayres lionas, 6 per Cent.
2Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. . . l9
,hilia.n Bonds, 6 per Cent lO5
';•.,q,iladorNew Consolidated l4
'relaadp New Active, 2) per Cent. -
I,lol3xiitto Deferred 6
-&,''''' ,i per cent
p„ kto count 2Ol
-.I lionds, ,1 per Cent
,p0,..410 Account . .
;;11,9'sliese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 --
ultto 18'-,31 Cent
pea---
ri.Ditto Ae.count
',,iniat, hi:n..4 .....
(hut ... ---
01-)o_o Account„
•
................. ..: .. ......... ..
i t-, f,,,,
Mitts account (Febrar 26) ---
i 4
D.tta New Deferred, 3 purY, ~ .......
•••••
43-
3
_ Ditto Account . .... --- •
Warkith ionds, 6 per e; ... .............. ,
Ditto Account ............. ':
..
.....
' " ...... —_,,,
2
Ditto Guaranteed, i per Ceni.. .... ..
''° 99 100
i
~,, Ditto Account .............. • ........ 104 3i
"rieznela Bonds, 4i- per Cent .................... '
1.o: ),2 i i
Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent 4
bUra Pa .............
able in ...
: 1-321 i Dividends on tly
1144 Exchange, 24 per Cen:,., Guilders ' '
DO. 4 per Cent. Certificates 12
........
Tivo o'ci.t)Cß,
T‘eonsolB, money
••• • 963
""itt°, Account

Paul. 4. SATES AT LIBERTY.—At the time of the trial of
against the con-
Strahan, and Co.,
without evidence•
viction of Poor B• teq as being entirely ,
we protested
would
..the. time, neithera' the public nor_n
etnxemiallth;orait;de:
i row bEten to anything but making a t
the
° lowing the precept, 2'614 Si pOSSiS
if it could be
burp
..solvedre to convict—with evidence,
?CC e_, sed rent,
out, has
01 f not, without it. The Crown, it torus , liberty.
''. ita robzgivings, for Mr. Bates has been set au
''',..6„ isPatch.
~.,Itt.
pe, 4NLAND WHALE FISHERY.--The s—
en(-4
:, mall town of
9;1, 'thead on the • tcoast f 6 tl• nd this year s
-.„ ~ ,
vui .B'el,i to the Greenland seal and whale fi.hery, 2,,13,
)21:1e1:'°g a capital of 200,0001,, and (-nip!, ying 1•""
f•The neighbouring town of Fra-erburgn Bench-,
otir ph
04 tt,,,,IPS tO the same fishery, two of which are managed
-‘l):Tallee trilaciplegs

0 MAEKVTI MARKETS---,This Day).