The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-21 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterrday.)
MAN:CHESTER, Dec. 19.—Business has been rather un-
favourably affected to-day by the reports of the sanitary
condition of our army in the Crimea, and by a feeling
of anxiety about the position of the Government in re-
gard to the Foreign Enlistment Bill. At the same time
the declining tendency of prices in cotton inclines the
with coafuttlioen
d;aya.n d
The
buyersfeeling
has
y yarns
influenced
edg
aggregate transactions in yarns have not been large, but
cotohdes proceedings act
prices have continued steady. Common 40's mule for
India have been sold at an advance of id. per pound
upon what was obtainable last week. There continues
to be an active demand for printing cloths, T'e, long-
cloths, and domestics, for the Mediterranean and Levant
markets, and the prices of last week are fully sustained.
Of low shirtngs, jacconets, and madapoilams, the mar-
ket has been pretty well cleared, and the production is
largely pre-engaged for two or three weeks.
ROCHDALE, Dec. 18.—We have had a rather slack at-
tendance of buyers iu the market to day, and the amount
of business has been upon a limited scale. Wool has
been firm, and prices have been rather in favour of
sellers.

SHIP-WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.

DEAL, Wednesday.—During the snow-storm and gale
from the N.W. on Alonday evening a fearful wreck took
place on the Goodwin Sands to the bark Devonia, of
London, nearly 500 tons burden, Captain Lawson,
master, while on her way making for the Channel, on a
voyage to Aguilas, from Shields, with a cargo of coke.
The following narrative of the sad catastrophe is taken
dtai rmGt eeedo
George
gihnee
from the lips of the chief mate, Robert Parkin, one of
the survivors. The Devonia sailed from Shields on
Saturday last, and, after encountering severe storms of
1 snow and rain, fell in with a terrific storm off Yarmouth.
I The vessel was made all snug, and nothing happened to
I alarm the crew until about 9 o'clock on Monday night,
timewhen
the
eery, e
aaroms
made
dtehaat
completethe ship badbre ascthrucokvec atththe
vesselsame
washing overboard Richard Boyd and Allen Brown
who immediately perished. The remainder of the crew'
then ran to the poop for shelter, and had scarcely reached
there before the vessel broke up,frioncrgolroawuthlr;rhanp
1 two or three places. They. continued to hold on to the
wreck and
mate,w(thhl ce
h
sdtieteadrd,a
John
focr,trtoeilinelv()aurisr:a):lou
remains of the poop,
perished
mate)f from
aexhaustiondil
is shoulder and
dislocated and was muck bruised. They cDoaldv.is' tThhecsneca'ruradtor
were at length
providentially sighted from the Lo-d Warden steamer,
Captain Robinson, and the Princess' Helen steamer,
Captain Jenkins,
. from Boulogne for Folkestone (both
vessels belonging to the South-Eastern and Continental
Steam-packet Company), which instantly bore down to
the spot, and after a great deal of trouble succeeded in
taking them fr .
0 —viz. Captain Lawson, Charles Petts,
John Thomas, Alexander Lnmsden, Richard Jenkins
George Jenkins Thomas Davis, George Holywood,
James Al`Diarmid William Berry, William Brown, and
Thomas Praden, 'seamen. On the poor fellows being
picked up, they were found to be almost in au insensible
state from cold and exhaustion. Upon their landing at
Folkestone, Captain Hawthorn, R.N., the harbour-
master, and Captain Unniest, R. .N., personally attended
in providing the poor fellows with oreature comforts and
warm clothing. An American captain, who was on
board one of the packets, went round to the passengers,
and succeeded in collecting a sum of money for the
benefit of the unfortunate fellows. The pilots who came
in to-day report that not a vestige of the wreck is to be
soon On tie Godwin. chief
1 ief floated from
the