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
conessiou 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 ii strikes the attention more forcibly, besause
this is market day. There is no positive change in
prices, though they are certainly a shade weaker, and
the feeling in the market is rather duller. The
Times, in its quotations of the New York cotton-
market by cable yesterday, gave
middling Orleans
at 263., and to-day it quotes it at 33c. Both
of these quotations differ from the most reliable
advices here, which place cotton at 291 c. The
quotation yesterday showing a fall of 31 caused
a good deal of uneasiness here, because com-
menial people place
great reliaace on the 7inies'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 pith 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 teveral of the local
establishments, and there is no material improve-
ment as yet experiencedin 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,

Mlles °paned. Receipts.
Railways.
1867. 1888. 1887 18(6

£ £
Belfast and N. Counties ..... . 911 got 2,203 2.626
Belfast and Comity Down•••• 10 19 64 749
Blyth and Tyne . . ........... • 36 36 2,073 2,337
Brecon and erthyr ........ 68 64 874 1,253
Bristol and Exeter........... 1311 121} 6,7.9 6,55%
Caledonian, Scottish Central. 5733 5021 31,403 3,, 85
Cambrian
Cockermouth K & Penrlth • • 31& 31i 358 379
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Blackreck, & Passage.•• 6i gi 161 141
Cork and Limerick Direct .. 25 25 163 247
Cornwall 653/4 650
2,001 L2lO
777
Deeside l7 173
Do Extension
Dublin & Pielfast Junction.. • • 63 63 1,214 1.2:8
Dublin and Drogheda ....... 75 75 1.613 1.518
Dublin and Meath .......... 35 35 231 250
Dub. & Wicklow and Virextd. 106 100 2,540 2,673
Forth and Clyde Junction .. 30 30 3 it) 295
?emetic, &c B5 85 4,831 4.681
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 422 101 37,01 36,290
Great North of Scotland
(I t. Northn. & Wesel. (Ira)" 811 711 717 417
'lt.Southn. & Westa.(lrind.) 4191 4191 9,782 8.2 r 9
Great. Western l3l t 3 1280 i 71,012 72.4 U.:
Highland
Hoylak !
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,820 1,821
-- - -

fsieoi*i;;lit
Lancashire& Yorkshire 403 403 43.03 i 40,670
Limerick and Innis... 241 241 14 .39
Limerick and Foynes 2Ol 26 184 1:;0
Llanelly
84 , C 66
_.._

Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western 503 19t;4 25,091 211,.5a
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 315 2931 17,30 f 2 •,1173
London, Chatham, & Lover; 135} 134 / 9,372 10.82 P
all Nletropolitan Lxtenilion / 13f 12 J 2,:51 2.1r7
Do. Kent p oast

Lou., Tilbury, & Southend 421 421 929 1,057
Londonderry and Coleraine 361 33} 3i 7 247
lian.,Shetlield,& Lincolmin 246 216 19,420 21,211
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 91 91 1,303 1.865
Haryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 697 6771 50,0 0 53,27)
Midland Gt.Weatn. of Irind 2Ol 2601 4,56! 9.2b9
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 if 3,015 3.0'5
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Danl 12201 12)7 8"'312 7 l•:'58
North London ll It 4,980 4.696
North Staffordshire 268 267 8,079 8.123
Pembroke and Tenby 271 111 189 • 135
Rhymney 22/ 221 1,185 1,168
Scottish North-Eastern ll3 138 - -
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,0 8 1,074
South Devon
,„, South-Eastern •• 319 21,994 26, 64
Taff Vale .'63u 63 5,2)6 6, 92
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 5' 9 445
Waterford and Limerick n 77 1,401 1,281
West Cork..,,86
__ - -
IWrexham Mold, J2c ...... • • 14 14 -
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrinnt lO 10 771 798
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 261 g 349 318
Bombay, Baroda, & l'en. India 306 306 8,7.3 8,654
Detroit and 3tilwaukic lB9 189 6, 79 5,599
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France.
Eastern Bengal ... ... 110 110 2,3, 1 2,577
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1177 24,185 25,5 6
Great Central of Belgium 285 2,5 9,254 9,751
Great Indian Peninsula 823 624$ 40,708 36.213
Great Luxembour ' 172 192 4,873 6,124
Great Southern of 'lndia
great Western of Canada 343 315 17,831 17,714
Madras
Madrid. Saragossa &A iican t BBB 778 17,513 16,005
Northern of Canada .... . 94 91 ,019 1,012
Northern of France ..
788 761 60,684 58,703
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Meditera ean 217/ 2116 143,483 141,100
Paris and Orleans. ..
Recife and San Fraoiseo. &c 771 771 2,171 2,024
Sc ndc l,v 105 4,355 1,457
douthern of France .014 803 32,191 29,868
Victoria
Welland
West & N-Wn. of France