The Sun. — 1861-07-04 (London, England)

STATE OF TRADE.  MANCHESTER, July 2.—There is rather more firmness and activity to-day in the market for both goods and yarns, but the change is attributable chiefly to increased animation at Liverpool. The hardening of price on the part of spinners and manufacturers has led to the giving out of some of the smaller orders, which could not longer be delayed with safety, but all purchases to any large amount are still withheld, wherever they may be. In the market for yarns the business is much restricted by the advance of price demanded. At the rates of last week there is more disposition to operate both for the home trade and for foreign markets, but spinners are now asking generally Id. to id. per lb. advance, and wherever sales take place probably the full ad. is obtained. There is not much doing. but the business is of fair amount, considering the firmness of these quotations. In the market for cloth there is little more effect produced by the animation at Liverpool than the general demand by manufactures of an advance of price, which buyers will not respond to. Nothing higher than the rates of last week can yet be obtained for piece goods. The advance of price checks business, not only in all fabrics suitable for India and China, but likewise in T-cloths and longcloths generally. Among the manufacturers there seems to be a prevalent belief that the principal consequence here of the movement at Liverpool will be the more general adoption of short-time working, which has been resorted to this week by a good many large establishments. The following is the weekly report of Messrs. I. Stagg and Co.:—" There was a little more inquiry at the close of the week for 40-inch shirtings and some other descriptions of India goods, and a fair amount of business was done in them at Tuesday's prices. Yesterday and to-day, owing to the excitement in the cotton market, sellers are asking an advance, but so far without success, and the day's business is consequently much restricted. For other kinds of goods also sellers are firmer, and without any improved demand the late downward tendency of price is arrested." LEEDS, 2d.—The woollen cloth markets have been of a very quiet character this morning. Few buyers wera in attendance, and they operated sparingly. Small parcels of plain and fancy fabrics for the fall trade were the chief purchased, with a few lots of ordinary blacks. Prices are steady. Those of wool are fully as high as last week. The flax trade is not so brisk as it was a short time ago.  .• ROCHDALE, Ist.—There has been rather. more doing in flannel to-day, buyers operating more freely than of late. More business would be done, but manufacturers refuse to make any material concession from late prices, alleging that neither the cost of wool nor the manufacture will allow of reduction. The Yorkshire goods trade is flat. Still manufacturers in general are fairly employed, and the stocks are not very large. There have been few transactions in wools, but there is no change in pri▪ ces. When more of the new clip has come to market the demand is expected to be better and pri▪ ces more settled.  rl) the Doris, i SUlClDES.—Yesterday a ni---- , of aea ectablei t Gaprpaevaersaennede,anwdhLonowdaoan a passenger on board steamer, deliberately jumped the deck of that vessel into the Thames, nearNtb from and was drowned. The body has not been recove°rredfl —eet' pensioner, named Smith, residing at Plumstead, yesterday A committed suicide by cutting his throat. Information has been forwarded to Mr. Carttar, the coroner for the district. [