The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-26 00:00:00

SIAIE OF !JADE.

LEICESTER, Dec. 25.—There has not been ranch
alteration in the state of trade during the pat
week, most of the: houses being very busy stock'
taking. But few transactions have been effected iO
wool, and prices remain firm. The spinners are
holding a fair stock, therefore it is not expected that
much will be doing until the new year. Worsted
spinners have been chiefly engaged working t°
stock. In lambswool goods the market is noted for
an almost entire absence of buyers and orders ; a°3
at the same time the tone of the market is cheer'
ful. It is considered that prices are likely t°
advance, and a renewal of business in the month
of January is looked forward to with confidence.
The fancy or striped hosiery is rather dull, as i 5
usual at this period, and, owing to the extreme
openness of the season, the year closes with less ani-
mation than usual. The elastic web trade is mar'
by a complete stagnation of business, the orders to,
hand being of such a meagre description as to afford
the hands only partial employment. in the h°°°
and shoe department many houses have closed for
the Christmas holidays, while those that have bee°
open have simply been working to complete ordere•
A large number of hands are out of employ, end'
owing to stock-taking, are likely to be so for sorae
time. The home trade is more than usually dull'
A few orders for materials have been placed for the
new year, at late rates.

THE ROYAL ST.A.GIIO UNDS.— A committee is being
formed in connection with the proposed presentation t°
Lord Colville of Culross, who has just retired from tits
Mastership of the Buckhounds. The honorary secreted
is Mr. Stephen Pulling, of Horton, Bucks. Among tilt)
names he has received are those of the Due de Chartres
and the lion. A. T. Fitzmaurice. The committee includ°
the leading farmers of the district over which her 31°-
jesty's staghounds hunt, Mr. Lambert, M.P., and some
members of the London division. The subscription i°
limited to £2 2s.
THE AUSTRIAN TRADE.—The secretary of the
Bradford Chamber of Commerce yesterday received
communication floor the office of Committee of Prig
Council for Trade, in which the Chamber lie inforree t
" that the Austrian Reichsrath and the Hungarian Die
have been prorogued without their having given their
sanction the Supplemental Commercial Conventi°
with this entry, and that, therefore, the reduced duties
provided hat convention for cotton and woollen g°°cD
will not be brought into force on the let of January neX"
A SAD ACCIDENT.—AS the 8 a.m. train frail
Portland was entering the Weymouth station on Wecl°°°'
day morning, a man named Symes was seen to rush on tii°
line and place his head on the metals. The engine dril,r
did all in his power to stop the train, but without er'",
The whole of the carriages passed over Symes, smaebto
his head and doing other frightful injuries. Up t°,[icl
o'clock he was alive, but there was no hope that he NO

survive the day.
THE DANGERS OF SMOKING IN BED.—A utelfilr-
choly case of death by burning was reported to the atitb°
a
rities of Hamilton a few days ago. An old man, 112'13ie,t
Robert Crosbie, a weaver, resided alone in a small Orr,-
at Barnhill, in the parish of Blantyre. it appears that
had thrown hirnselt down on the bed with his elotbes
lib
and it is supposed he had afterwards struck a match' vti
his pipe, and fallen asleep, when his clothes soinell°,.,
c tught lire. A neighbour named Wilson was aroused we
Crosbie's cries, and went to his assistance, but the Pc°
man was so severely burned that he died the next 1101.11-
ing. He vi as 68 years of age.
.KOYAL PAVILION, BRIGHTON.—On Tuo,sday, 0E °8
1
Emily Faithtull delivered her lecture on the " C13i°3,90
Women." Without pledging ourselves to approve Cli
doctrines enunciated by Miss Faithful!, we can comaieo,
her lecture as a very able intellectual effort. The reB,6°id
ing is close and forcible throughout ; the style of virtej
is elegant and concise; and the general effect is polis"Lc.
and refined.. Those who do not hear Miss Faithful!
tare miss a genuine twat; Brighton Guardian.