The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-14 00:00:00

STATE OF -TRA.DE.

CARDIFF, 11th.—Since last report there has been
a slight improvement in the demand for steam coal
on former account, and in consequence of the long
prevalent easterly winds, . wnich have prevented
shipping coming up Channel, there is a brisk in-.
quiry for ready tonnage. Coal freights to most of
the foreign markets, including the long voyages,
have advanced. There is a lack of that vitality and
activity which characterised business some three or
four mouths since to be observed throughout the
district, but it is hoped that the foreign demand will
shortly resume somewhat its old proportions. The
advices from the Continent lead to the belief that
the stocks which had accumulated there towards the
and that foreign consumers will again enter the
close of last quarter
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chases, indeed, taking the market as a whole, were
miscellaneous, and included a few job lots purchased
at rather low prices. In the general quotations,
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the
cur-
rent sales of colonial wools, has tended rather to
harden the prices of both woollen yarns and cloths.
ROCHDALE, 11th.—The flannel market to-day has
been no more-active than for some time past; and,
though there was a good attendance of buyers, they
showed no great disposition to buy beyond almost
immediate wants. Fancy goods are the most easy
of sale, and the manufacturers of such are well em-
ployed, having an average amount of orders in
lh_orank
d.
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slow demand.
, shire goods trade, which is quiet. .o are gene-

THE POMPEIAN lIOUSE BUILT FOR PRINCE
NAPOLEON in the Avenue Montaigne has passed into the
bands of M. Arsene Houssaye, the well-known author and
editor of the Artiste, who is now engaged in preparing an
exhibition of portraits. It is said that• the project has been
well received, and that the collection islikely to be a highly
interesting one, including many fine and curious works,
especially of the,revoltionary period. Id. Arsene lions-
saye't3 position in the administrative department of the
Beaux Arts, and his reputation as an art critic, give him
peculiar advantages for such an undertaking.

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