The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-11 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, July 10.—We have had a fair de-
mand for yarn, but buyers of cloth object to the
upward tendency of prices, and where these are in-
sisted upon business is much restricted. In shipping
yarns there has been a very considerable businessi
and in a majority of instances extreme prices have
been paid. Shippers both to India and to Germany
have been operating, and the latter with great free-
dom, at the full rates demanded by spinners. Some
classes of yarns are now scarce, and there is some
difficulty in prevailing upon spinners to enter fur-
ther orders for the present. Spinners, indeed, are
already deeply under contract both with yarns for
home consumption and export. This bianch of the
market closes- strong, with an upward tendency in
prices. In home trade yarns the market has been
strong, at the full prices of Friday last. In cloth
the market has been far less satisfactory. While
cotton and yarn keep up in price the buyers of cloth
appear determined to resist the upward tendency of
values in fabrics of all kinds, and will not go into
any operation of consequence, so that the business
has been small to-day, and prices nominal. Messrs.
John Slagg and Co. say of this branch of the mar-
ket :—" The continued high value of cotton, and
the long engagements of spinners and manufacturers
keep up prices of all sorts of goods. The demand,
however, is but on a small scale to-day, and if it
were not for the reasons given above we should
scarcely be able to retain the rates current last
week."

CARDIFF, 9th.—The steam coal trade is active,
and orders come in freely, notwithstanding the
prospect of the termination of the war. Should,
however, such be the result of present negotiations,
the demand from some of the European markets
will be slightly diminished. During last week the
operations at the docks were more brisk than for
some time past, but owners of vessels still complain
of the long detention they experience in loading.
There is a good inquiry for Welch steam on inland
account, and large quantities are transmitted by
rail to Birkenhead and the home markets. There
is no change to note in the consumption of house
coal, and the coasting trade is rather less than this
time last year. The iron trade is dull, but few orders
coming in from the foreign markets, and virtually
nothing doing on home account. The prospects of
the future are, however, more hopeful from the
turn affairs have taken on the Continent. The men
have received the notice of the intended reduction of
wages in a good spirit ; their good sense telling them
that it is far better to accept the reduction than for
the works to be stopped altogether. The pig iron
market is inactive. The plates command a better
sale, and the prices fixed on at the quarterly meet-
ing are likely to produce more purchasers. The de-
mand for patent fuel is increasing.
LEEDS, 10th.—This being the first day of the•
Leeds annual summer fair the markets in the cloth
halls have been dull. Independent of that circum-
stance, however, the attendance of buyers was
small, and there was little disposition to operate
beyond making small selections of goods by the
home trade purchasers. The great uncertainty that
seems to be felt about Continental affairs prevents
almost anything being done by German houses, and
has also the effect of depressing the trade generally.
The goods selected by the home trade houses are
miscellaneous, including meltons, tweeds, witneys,
and all wool blacks and unions.
NOTTINGHAM, 10th.--There was a fair attendance
at our Exehange-hall to-day, and the demand for
lace yarns was more active, at an advance of 3d. to
6d. per lb. The demand for hosiery yarns was fair,
and prices must be quoted ls. per bundle of 101 b.
higher. The value of silks tended upwards, but there
was not much doing. For brown nets higher prices
were realised, but not equal to the rise which has
taken place in the value of the raw material.
ROCHDALE, 9th.—There has only been a limited
attendance at to-day's woollen market, and busi-
ness has been quite in proportion. There were a
few of the best class of buyers, who dealt on the
whole freely in fancies and printers, but the gene-
rality of the customers were parties looking out
for bargains, and except something very cheap came
in their way they would not operate. Manufac-
turers are almost unanimous in discouraging any-
thing like jobbing of that sort, and while the more
respectable and intelligent merchants make no such
attempts there is little chance of less influential par-
ties securing their unreasonable ends.
Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Amazon, 4, unarmoured screw despatch ves-
sel, Commander Hunter, sailed from Spithead on
Monday for the North American station, calling in,
it was expected, at a western port.

The Bellerophon, armoured iron screw frigate,
Capt. E. Tatham, has landed her experimental gun
carriages and slides on the sheer jetty at Ports-
mouth dockyard, and will be docked in the Warrior
dock about Friday next.

In accordance with instructions received at Cha-
thamon the stocks at
dockyard from the Admiralty, the wooden line
slip, has been surveyed by the offi-
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work upon her was suspended, and for a number of
years past she has been lying idle on thestocks,with
not a single hand employed on her, some of her
having been removed in
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air meantime,intoth timbers, and to prevent
the ravages of the dry rot. From the hull of the
Bulwark having been laid down long before the
adoption of the principle of placing armour on a
wooden frame, as well as other circumstances, it is
doubtful whether it will be found expedient to con-
vert her into an ironclad, but much will depend on
the nature of the report made to the Admiralty by.
Mr. Thornton, the master shipbuilder of Chatham-
yard.

The workmen employed on the new ironclad
frigate Hercules, building at Chatham dockyard,
commenced working extra hours yesterday in order
to hasten forward the completion of the keel of that
vessel.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander William Moriarty to
the Narcissus ; Lieut. Sir Francis Blackwood to the
Psyche, Lieut.-Commanding, vice Blanc, promoted ;
Lieut. Chas. A..Woodroffe to the Caledonia; Lieut.
Frederick J. Rendell to the Princess Royal ; Lieut.
William F. A. H. Russell to the Challenger ; Lieut.
Edward Trafford to the Duke of Wellington ;
Edward P. Forrest, surg., additional, to the Lion ;
Dr. Henry Fegan surg., additional, to the Daunt-
less ; and G. H. J. Sutherland, surg., additional, to
the Impregnable.

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