The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-06 00:00:00

State of Trade.

MANCHESTER, April s.—The market for shipping
yarns has been very quiet to-day, and to effect sales
lower prices must be accepted. There is, however,
a strong conviction among sellers that prices have
nearly reached the lowest, and few spinners appear
disposed to enter into large contracts at the rates
now offering by buyers. In home trade yarns
there is about a retail business going on, and some
conession has being made in prices. There is not
much pressure to sell. In the cloth market
there is no new feature. The absence of business
is not greater than it has been for several days past,
but it strikes the attention more forcibly, because
this i 3 market day. There is no positive change in
prices, though they arc certainly a shade weaker, and
the feeling in the market is rather duller. The
Timex, in its quotations of the New York cotten-
market by cable yesterday, gave middling Orleans
at 23,;., ttild to-day
of these quotations differ from the most reliable
advises here, which it quotes it at 33e. Both
place cotton at 291 c. The
quotation yesterday showing a fall of 3d. caused
a good deal of uneasiness here, because com-
mercial people place great reliance on the 1 imes' s
sources of information, and though they suspected
an error, were afraid to disregard the news as in-
correct.

CARDIFF, April 4.—Trade has improved to a
slight extent at the docks consequent upon the ar-
rival of a good number of vessels, and the scarcity
of tonnage, which has so long injuriously affected
the coal trade, is likely to soon pass away. There is
a better inquiry for steam coal from some of the
Mediterranean and French markets, and there are
hopes that the activity which prevailed during part
of last year will again be witnessed this year.
The mail packet companies are beginning to take
larger quantities, and for the next few months they
are expected to be considerable buyers. The arrival
of vessels has enabled colliery proprietors to keep
their pits in more regular employ, and the stop-
pages are not so numerous as was the case a month
ago. Now that the hard weather has disappeared
the railway companies are able to conduct a
larger inland traffic, and the shipments of Welsh
steam at Birkenhead keep up tolerably well.
For house coal there is a moderate coasting sale,
and the spring-like weather has caused a decrease
in the local consumption. The coke proprietors
have carried out a reduction of 10 per cent. in the
wages of the men in their employ. Stocks of pig
and puddled iron are heavy at several of the local
establishments, and there is no material improve-
ment as yet experienced in the iron trade. Conti-
nental requirements are small, and the advices
from the United States lead to the hope that
American buyers will continue to make considerable
purchases. Tin plates are selling freely, and prices
are fairly maintained.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,

Railways.

Miles Opened. Recelr s.
1807. 1866. 1867 18C6

2,4203 2.6264
Belfast and N. bounties ..... 991 got
Belfast and County Down 49 451 8 4 719
Blyth and Tyne 36 4,6 2,073 2,337
Brecon and Merthyr .......• 68 64 871 1,258
Bristol and Exnter
Caledonian, Scottish Central 5734 6621 31.403 3 ,183
Cambrian
Cockermouth IC & Penrlth .• 311 314 358 379
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 417 4e2
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 161 144
Cork and Limerick Direct
Cornwall 6sh 651 2,001 1.777
Deeside l7 17 243 240
Do Extension
Dublin& liettastJ unction.... 63 63 1,248 1.278
Dublit, and Drogheda........ 75 75 1,643 1.598
Dublin and Meath .......... 35 35 231 250
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd. 106 106 2,540 2.573
Forth and Clyde Junction •• 30 30 3)0 255
Furness, &c B5 83 4,531 4.681
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrf k.,&E. Union 7091 7271 31.157 36,176
Great Northern 422 40: 37.501 34,290
Great North of Scotland
it. N ortlin. & Wes tn. (I rel.) Bll 711 717 4;7
"?.t.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 4191 410) 9,752 8.259
Great We-tern 131.4 12,01 71,012 72,40/
Highland
Hoylak ' - - -
Irish North.• Western 145 145 1,,20 1,821
Isle of Wight
Lancashire. Yorkshire; . 403 403 43.585 16,670
Limerick and Ennis..
Limerick and Foynes . 261 261 .81 136
Llanelly
LI) nvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 313 2531 1:,361 2 ,673
London, Chatham, a Dover; 11351 154 1 0,372 10.52,
all Metropolitan Extension / 131 12 j 2,.81 2.;87
Do. Kent ~ oast - -
Lou., Tilbury, & Southend
Londonderry and Coleraine 351 311 317 2.)1
Man.,Sherlield, & Lincolnslx
Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9i di 100.5 1,865
liaryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.- Western) 657 6/71 50,0 0 53,273
klohritlahndilitt.ol,hr, ;d 0 00
e sltn.
ionf., Iriin.,endr.t 2601 2601 4,56: 4.289
llonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 3,0.5 3.3
North
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. •St Darl 12201 12'7 6,,312 71058
North London ll 11 4,980 4.696
North Staffordshire 268 267 8,07) 8.121
Pembroke and Tenby 271 111 18) 135
It:tyranny 221 221 1,18 i 1,188
Scottish North-Eastern 143 138 - -
Somerset and Dorset 66 68 1,0 8 1,074
South Devon
.. ..
South-Eastern 330 319 21,994 26, 64
Calf Vale 63 63 5,2..6 0, 92
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd. lO 10 132 121
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 5 9 445
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,0 t 1,281
West Cork - 86 -
v 5 rexham Mold, ttc ...... - -
10 771 793
W'haven,Cleator,&Egriant lO
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B 828 28.'45 30,1.29
Bahia and San Francisco ... 762 761 767 809
Belgian Eastern .1 unction • 261 261 3to 318
Bombay, Baroda, & e'en. India 306 306 8,7 3 8,6.4
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 6, 79 5,599
Dutch Rhenish
Eastarn 01 Prance 1645 1263 68,683 72,45
Eastern Bengal
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1477 1377 24,185 25,5 6
Great Centrai of lielgium.,,, 285 235 9,451 9,751
Great Indian Peninsula 823 624 j 40,103 3,3.2 i 3
Great Luxembourg 172 142 4,873 6,124
Great Southeen of India
Great Western of Canada., 30 3.5 17,831 17,714
Madras - 1346 6.1 9,385 5,29;
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant.. 8:48 778 17,513 16,005
Northern of Canada ... , 54 91 ,9A 1,912
Northern of France -- . 783 161 60,6154 58,703
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Meditera can 2171 2'(o 143,483 141,100
Paris and Orleans. lB5l )818 75,082 77,155
Recife and San Fraciseo,&e.„ 771 27'i 2,,,71 2,0/4
Sc.nde l4 105 4,155 1,857
Southern of France 014 893 32'401 20,843
Victoria
Welland
West & N-Wn. of France