The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-29 00:00:00

STATE CF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Mly 23.—1 n shipping yarns we
have had a steady market to-day, and a fair busi-
s Ili.onuithl
p ionr nd tae rr
busi-
ness has been done at full prices. There are some
m es: eept arket,
lotv'er offers,!i
pvllyedlairigse which 'could be
but this branch of the market closes rather firm. In
home trade yarns the in trket is steady. I n coarse
numbers a moderate business has been done.
Finer
counts are steady, but not in much demand. Cloth
for both the home trade and f • oreign markets is
rather dearer, the Liverpool cotton market having
remained firm, notwithstanding the
recent com-
mercial disasters. Manufacturers are well under
contract; though not doing much business to-
day they adhere with much firmness to their quo-
tations.
The principal of the orders for cloth
the hands of manufacturers are for lndia, mer,
chants in the home trade continuing to ope-
rate sparingly. The shipping returns for India
are expected to show enormous consignments,
aad there might be fears that • the trade
would be Overdone, but that it is known from the
large influx of wealth to that country for cotton,
and the extension of railways, there is room for a_
great development of the cloth trade there.
'.ISSTS.
John Slagg and Co. report :—Since Tuesday f. _as.,
prices have slightly hardened, and during the week
a considerable busir.ess has been done. Manufac-
turers
being now well engaged refuse further order a
at the current rates of to-day.
CARDIFF, 27.—'There is more business doing in
the steam coal trade; still the denland is far below
the capabilities of the collieries, and below what it
was at the corresponding period of last year. Tha
removal of the war cloud will, it is believed, lead to
additional purchases on continental account. in
the inquiry from the mail packet companies there is
no alteration to note. The communication between
the Taff Vale Railway and the East Dock has been.
completed, and that company will in future be able
to convey coal directto the East Dock without going
over the Rhytnney. There is a moderate coasting
sale for house qualities, but merchants experience a
good deal of keen competition, and prices are by no
means uniform. Freights continue low to both
home and foreign stations. There are slight indica-
tions of better times at the iron works, but the long
desired improvement will necessarily be a slow one,
owing to the utter prostration of many branches of
industry which are intimately connected with the
iron trade. Purchases of pigs are made with greater
freedom on the part of buyers, and the market indi-
cates au improving tendency. Tin plates dull.
LEEDS, 28.—There was no feature of change ob-
seivable in the aspect of the woollen cloth markets
here to-day. The attendance of buyers was not
large, and there was no great dispositian to purchase
beyond small selections of goods tb complete orders
on hand or to fill up assorted stocks. The .slight
itnprovement which was noticeable last week has
certainly not increased so far as the home trade is
concerned, but, on the contrary, it has rather fallen
off. The comparatively cold and ungenial nature
of the weather keeps the summer goods trade from
expanding; and until the retailers' shelves are cleared
of some. of their present stocks, the purchase of
autumn goods by merchants will remain quiet. The
foreign trade, taken as a whob, is getting a little
more active than we lately hid to report it, yet it is
far from being brisk. There is no change in the
prices of wool, woollen yarns, or goods ; but, con-
sequent on the quotations for colonial wools at the
sales now going on the metropolis, the local wool
markets have- a- loWering rather than a hardening

tendency.
ROCHDALE, 27.—The flannel market to-day
has shown little animation. The attendance of
buyers was less than last week, and they purchased
sparingly. The best demand was experienced for
fancy flannels, for which a moderate amount of
orders were received in addition to the stook bought
for immediate delivery. The demand for Yorkshire
goods keeps quiet, but prices are steady. There
was not much done in wools to-day. The lowered
currency of the present series of colonial wool sales
in London causes a somewhat depressing feeling
here, and has the effect of restricting orders for goods
as well as the sales of wools. There was, however,
no noticeable change in the price of wool in this
market to-day.

United Kingdom Band of Hope Union.

The twelfth annual meeting of the United King-
dom Band of Hope Union took place last evening
at Exeter Hall ; Mr. Surma Morley presided, and
amongst others on the platform were—the Rev.
John Guttridgc, the Rev. L. D. Bevan, LL.D.,
the Rev. B. W. Backe, M.A., Rev. Newman Hall,
LLD., and Joseph Payne, E3q. The proceedings
having been opened with prayer, the Secretary read
the report of the past year, from which it appeared
that a large number of bands of hope have been esta-
blished in different parts of the country; that juve-
nile intemperance was on the increase; and nowhere,
perhaps, is this more strongly manifested than at the
east-end of London. In one district of Whitechapel
there are 635 houses, peopled by 7,496 persons; there
are 1,780 children, 1,350 of whom do not attend any
school. In the same district there arc 21 houses o_pen
for drinking purposes; in another district, about a
quarter of a mile square, there are 6,165 houses,
.25,000 families, and nearly 70,090 individuals; and
in one street alone in this district there arc no less
than 21 houses licensed to sell intoxicating drinks.
The demand for the various publications of the
union continues on the increase. The finances of
the union do not show the pecuniary support that
might be rendered to so deserving an object, nor do
the committee think it has ever been supported to
the extent to which it' may fairly lay claim ; and
they, therefore, earnestly urge the claims of the
Band of Hope movement on all who are interested
in the moral and religious welfare of the young.
The income of the past year amounted to £912 4s
9(1, and the expenditure was OG6 Os sd. The
Chairman moved the adoption of the report in an
appropriate speech, and the meeting was afterwards
addressed by several of the above-named gentle-
men. During the evening the children, of whom
there were about 600, sang a series of pieces very
well indeed.

IMPORTANT CAUTION.—The unpre:•edentcd saccess of
Rowlands' Macassar Oil during the last half century In pro-
nalting the grolith, restoring, and leautifying- the human
hair, has caused imitators to spring up in every possible
variety ; some so far capy the label Ai frequently to de•elve
the unwary: some offer to eispose of the recipe of A Macas-
sar Oil (omitting Rowlands' name). with other reefing of a
elnifiar character for a few postage st-mps, whilst others
profess to manufacture the real (?) article at a considerab'y
reduce i price, it the public will only purchase V. Indee-i.
the name of these w etellei purloiners tram i
c.i7ap and
laino•sf
traelly receipt books is " Leguni," silt wills for nr:re than
usual care on the part of the purchasers in their selection
articles for the toilet. Messrs. Rowlaihris have comp
fepeate&y /rum parties who have materially sbir_.,, ' -
R•Av..
the use of these trashy compounds ; and to irustrat ' d from
extent such impositions pure 'lasers should 6C3 thate to sane
lands' name is on the wrapper of each bottle.
THE TOOT" OF A MAmmOTII. A 1
of a mammoth has been dis-
covered irfre fossil
- a
lump of the lower maxillary
eerx,enam
covered in Nottingham. A labour,
was at Work in St. Michael-street, excavating some named Edwin Cox,
sand-
stone rock, when lie came upon a stone-like of sub-
stance which greatly surprised him.
be put it aside, and it was handed o Having picked it up
the Nottingham Philosophical over te the members of
been examined with much
stump is greatly
worn interest. The centre of the
enamel
lines
()tithe byseries of
constant mastication, but the
grinders are very bright and
clear. • The tooth w:-,s f. =id in the sand drift Bft. Gin
below the surface • "..
a creditable weighsadditio'n"to
By news
the Legislature
from Mel cryb o
mously condemn
til ii about ill'o, and would form
museum in the)... kingdom.
nrne, April -r , we learn that
and the public. of Victoria nnani-
the arrangements agreed upon rt
tale rostal Coufereuo, i

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—In consequence of the
DEATH ofsir THOMAS ruluars, Chairman of
the Council, the MEETING NOT TAKE PLACE.
aounced for THIS EVEN-
ING, the 29th inst., WILL
By order,
P. LE NEVE FOSTER, Eccretary.
Society's House, Adelphi, W.C., May 27, 1667.

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Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatter
toff.
Tiffs EVENING. T HAT RASCAL JACK. Mtsers. J.
Roube, J. Neville, C. Warner ; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C.
Thompson.
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THIS EVENING, DEAF AS A POST. Mr. Compton.
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