The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-27 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—We regret to be under
the necessity of announcing the suspension of pay-
ment of two mercantile houses in this town, of very
great respectability, both of which became known
yesterday. The first, which was announced at the
commencement of business, is that of Messrs. R. J.
Farbridge and Co., East India 'merchants, and the
second, which only became known late in the day,
is that of Mr. Robert Gardner, who, as most of our
readers are well aware, in addition to a large spin-
ning and manufacturing business, was engaged in
extensive mercantile transactions with different parts
of the world, and particularly with South Ame-
rica. We understand, however, that the amount of
Mr. Gardner's present liabilities is by no means so
large as might have been expected from the extent of
his dealings; and not the slightest doubt is enter-
tained that his property is amply sufficient, not
merely to meet all his engagements, but to leave him
in possession of a large surplus. Therefore, although
some inconvenience may result from the suspension,
there will certainly be no eventual loss. Of the
extent of Messrs. Farbridge and Co.'s liabilities, we
have not heard even a conjecture ; but we feel perfect
confidence in the sufficiency of their property to an-
swer all the demands upon it.
We are glad to learn that the expectations held
out of the payment of an early instalment upon the
debts of Messrs. De Jersey and Co. will be realised.
At a meeting of the inspectors, on Monday, it was
resolved that an instalment of 2s. ad. in the pound
should be paid forthwith; and we believe it is now
receivable. Recent advices from Russia, in refer-
ence to the affairs of this firm are conside.ted highly
favourable. It is stated that the suspensions of
Messrs. De Jersey and Co. and Messrs. Thomas,
Son, and Lefevre, had become known there ; that
they had not produced any disastrous consequences ;
and that the expectations of speedy relief from thence
to the suspended houses were likely to be fully
realised.

At Liverpool the principal occurrence of the week
has been the stoppage of the North and South Wales
Bank, a joint-stock concern with its principal estab-
lishment in that town, but having no less than 24
branches, principally iu Wales. This bank had been
in bad credit for some days, and rumours of its sus-
pension prevailed, and weee very generally believed
in this town a week ago ; but it did not suspend until
Saturday last. A list of the shareholders has been
published, from which it appears that they are 270
in number. The following is a list of the
places where its branches were established :
Abergele, Aberystwith, Bangor, Birkenhead,
Bishop's Castle, Cardigan, Chester, Carnarvon,
Conway, Denbigh, Dolgelly, Festiniog, Holyhead,
Holywell, Llanrwst, Llangefni, Mold, Newtown,
Oswestry, Port Madoc, Pwllheli, Ruthin, Welshpool,
and Wrexham. The difficulties of the establishment
are stated to have originated in a run upon some of
the branches in Wales—an inconvenience to which
banks with many branches are peculiarly liable in
times like the present.
The only failure of consequence announced in Lon-
don since our last report, is that of Messrs. Scott,
Bell, and Co , East India merchants ; with respect to
whose liabilities we do not her anything to be relied
upon. Their suspension, we believe, is likely to cause
some loss in this town.
There is no material change in the market here.
On the whole, perhaps, there has been an increased
demand, both for goods and yarn. The buyers in
many cases endeavoured to supply themselves at the
low and irregular rates accepted by some parties last
week ; which, however, were not submitted to by
spinners and manufacturers ; and the business done
was generally at what were considered previous mar-
ket prices.
The scheme for a general suspension of labour in
the cotton factories of the district appears to have
failed. At Mossley and Ashton-under-Lyne, where
notices had been given of an intended reduction of
wages, the mills are all, or nearly all, standing ; but
the attempts made to cause a general suspension of
labour at Stockport, Hyde, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale,
Heywood, and Oldham proved entirely unsuccessful.
Indeed it was tolerably obvious from the first that
the men were too much divided in opinion to be
likely to act in unison in respect to so important a
step as voluntarily relinquishing their employment.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had, to-day, a
decidedly worse market, and fewer pieces have been
sold than last Monday. The wool market has been
still ; little business transacted, and those who have
sold, have submitted to lower prices.
Haurax, SATURDAY.—We cannot record any im-
provement, but ratner increasing dulness, in our
Piece Hall. Most of the manufacturers attend
from week to week, and do not sell a single
piece for many weeks together. As to yarn,
scarcely any orders have been given out, though
it ;is generally understood that the export mer-
chants are not without, but withhold them, from
the fear of not being able to convert their remittances
into case, as well as a certain amount of mistrust with
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HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The market has been
very dull to-day, and scarcely a buyer in the town.
Much anxiety is felt as to the result of the present
wool sales, and there is little inclination to purchase
until the sales are closed. _ _

LEEDS, TUESDAY.—«e have again had a very quiet
market to-day. Nothing is bought but what is abso-
lutely wanted for positive orders, or for re-assorting
stocks; and these are little enough. The latest ac-
counts from London, bearing upon Government in-
terference to relieve commerce, have, however, given
a rather hetter tone to business.—Manchester Guard.

LIE SHAKSPEARE MEMORIAL NIGHTS.—We are
happy in being authorised to state that both the lessees
of the royal establishments of Covent-garden and Drury-
lane have generously given the free use of their respec-
tive theatres to George Jones, Esq., as Chairman of the
People's Central Committee, fur the purpose of a
" Shakspeare Memorial Night." The lessee of the
theatres at York, Leeds, and Hull, has also granted to
the chairman the free use of his several theatres, upon
which occasion Lord Morpeth, M.P. for Yorkshire, has
given his patronage. The members of the histrionic
profession will now have an opportunity of evincing
their sympathy in the good cause by their instant
volunteering, and thus
support the enthusiastic efforts
of the chairman of the committee, who, upon this occa-
sion, re-enters the profession, and has given his gra-
tuitous services to every principal theatre In the king-
don).—Obsrrver.
ALARMING INcinENT.—Yesterday afternoon a
carriage and pair, belonging to Mr. Connal, broker,
while standing at a shop door in Sauchtehall-road, sud-

denly started off at a fearful pace, the horses, it seems,
having become alarmed by the carriage door being
slammed to by the coachman. Fortunately there was no
one within the carriage, or the constrquenees might
have been serious, the animals rushing along with fright-
ful velocity; nor was it till they had reached Patrick,
a distance of nearly two miles from where they started,
that they came to a stand-still. Such was the momen-
tum which they had acquired that a horse and cart,
which the driver drew across the road in the hope of
checking their speed, were overturned in an instant,
thaugh without sustaining any material damage. No
accident, we are glad to say, cccurred during their
headlong career with the above exception.—North Bri-
tish Mail, of Tuesday.
SERIOUS ACClDENT.—Yesterday forenoon a serious
accident occurred at Cambuslang, on the works of the
Clydesdale Junction Railway. It appears that the
miners were engaged in blasting some hard rock in an
open cut, and, for this purpose, had beside them a barrel
of gunpowder, which was at the time almost full.
With most reckless indifference as to consequences,
as the event showed, the loose gunpowder was left
uncovered during the operations of the workmen ;
and it is conjectured that a spark, struck from the rock
by a pick-axe, had fallen into the barrel, for the con-
tents suddenly exploded, with tremendous violence,
among the labourers, of whom about fifty were em-
ployed near the spot. Four of the men were injured,
two of them very severely, who had to be conveyed to
the Royal Infirmary in the course of the dap. One of
the two, an Englishman, named William Gormley, was
blown, by the violence of the explosion, against some
large stones, and has thus, in addition to his body being
dreadfully scorched, received severe injuries about the
head. The unfortunate men lie in a very precarious
condition. We understand that the miners have been
repeatedly warned of the danger to which they exposed
themselves by having their gunpowder uncovered.—
North British Mail. of Tuesday.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.

NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Cambridgeshire Stakes betting has been very flat,
and beyond a marked improvement in Queen Mary and
Blackbird, and a decline of several points in Patriot and
Collingwood, does not show many changes. The general
prices, up to the present hour, are as follows:-
Bto 1 agst Queen Mary 30 to 1 agst Wanota
10 to 1 agst Giselle 133 to 1 agst Fistiana—t
11 to 1 agst Geraldine 33 to 1 agst War Eagle
12 to 1 agst Hydrangea 33 to 1 agst Dulcet
12 to 1 agst Blackbird 33 to 1 agst The Widow
15 to 1 agst Patriot 35 to 1 agst Sagacity
15 to 1 agst Vanish 50 to 1 agst Deriades
16 to 1 agst George Hudson 1,000 to 15 agst Valiant
20 to 1 agst Collingwood 1,000 to 15 agst Prior of St.

20 to 1 aj;st Forecrosure
25 to 1 agst Lady Wildair
28 to 1 agst The Cur

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Margarei's
1,000 to 10 agst Rufus—t
(30 to 1 laid once).

;DAY.

The grand day of the Houghton Meeting has been
characterised by all the bustle and excitement incident
to great occasions, and, saving that the betting on the
principal event was much below the average, may be
said to have passed off with much eclat. The weather
was favourable, the muster on the Heath little, if at all,
inferior to the best Cambridgeshire-day on record. The
field was the greatest ever seen, no less than thirty-seven
horses having started, and it will be collected from the
hasty sketch of the race, that the favourite; as was the
case for the Cesarewitch, were " nowhere," not one of
them having been within four or five of the winner, who
was so little thought of at starting, that 1,000 to 30
went begging—she was absolutely " friendless ;" the
owner and his party, however, had previously got on a
good deal of money at long odds, and have " landed" a
large stake. The other races made up a fair amount of
short, but do not call for any observation. We subjoin
a brief return:—

Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b;
four, Bst 41b. First half of Ab. M. The winner to be
sold for 701. (3 Subs )
Mr. Wallace's f Jest. by Touchstone—Firefly (Nat) 1
Mr. Elliott's b f Glance, by Venison
Mr. J. Scott's Whitewall ... ... 3

Betting-2 to lon Jest, who made all the running,
and won by two lengths. Run in 54 secs.
The Selling Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft ; for three
yrs old, &c. D.M. The winner to be sold for 2001.,
&c. (7 Sub.)
Mr. Payne's Spider, 3 yrs, 7st llb
Colonel Peel's Palma, 3 yrs, 7st 81b _
Count Bathyany's Master Stepney, 5 yrs, Bst 41b ... 3
The following also ran :—Mr. Mostyn's Fisticuff,
aged, Bst 71b—Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful, 5 yrs, Bst 31b—
and Sir J. Hawley's Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs, Bst 2:b.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Spider, 3to 1 agst Palma, and
4 to 1 agst Lady Cecilia.
Fisticuff, Spider, and Master Stepney, got off abreast,
and ran together to the new ground, where Fisticuff ob
tained a slight lead, which he kept into the cords ;
Spider then took up the running, and won cleverly by
half a length ; a head between second and third ; and
the others, Lady Cecilia excepted, well up. Run in
1 min. 48 secs.

(Mann) 1

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 7st 101 b;
four yrs, Bst 41b ; five yrs and upwards, Bst 81b. Last
half of Ab. M. The winner to be sold for 801.
(6 Subs.)
Mr. Hyde's Will-o'-the-Wisp, 3 yrs
Lord Chesterfield's Cherry, 4 yre
Mr. Marson's Rosaura, 5 yrs ...
Mr. Gully's Wee Bit, 3 yrs
Betting-5 to 4 agst Wee Bit, sto 2 agst Nell Cook,
and 3to 1 agst Cherry. Cherry, with Will-o'• the-Wisp
and Rosaura in waiting, made play to the cords, where
Rosaurz, was beaten. Will-o'-the-Wisp then joined
Cherry, headed her a few strides from home, and won
cleverly by half a length. Run in 52 seconds.

...(Simpson) 1

Match, 100. First half of Ab. M. 7st 71b each.--
Lord Enfield's Garry Owen ... ... ... (Nat) 1
Lord Strathmore's Secundus ... ... ... ... 2

Even betting ; won by a length ; time, 5 FseconK -
Handicap Plate of 100 sous.; for three yrs old, &c. D.I.
Lord E. Russell's Fergus, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (J. Sharp) 1
11r. C. Rayner's Alboni, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b 2
Mr. Shelley's Tarella, 3 yrs, 6st 1 llb
The following also started :—Mr. Drinkald's Mathe-
matician, 3 yrs, Bst 131b—Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton, 4
yrs, Bst 31b—Lord Exeter's St. Demetri, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b
—Mr. Derry's My Mary, 5 yrs, 7st 91b—Mr. Parr's
Rosin the Beau, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Mr. Bell's Spectator,
aged, 7st 61b—Mr. Waller's Columbus, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—
Mr. Gill's Shelforth, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Mr. Sandford's
Camera Obscure, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—and Sir J. Hawley's
Vanity, 3 yrs, Est 111 b.
Betting-7 to 2 agst Tarella, sto 1 agst Alboni, sto
1 agst Demetri, 7 to 1 agst Fergus, 8 to 1 each agst
Shelforth and Camera Obscura, and 10 to 1 agst Spec-
tator. The three horses placed by the judge were in the
van from the start to the finish, Fergus, who made all
the running, winning cleverly by a length, Tarella a
bad third, Sheraton fourth, and Rosin the Beau fifth.
Run in 3 min. 54 secs.

The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, and
5 only if declared; with 100 added. Cambridgeshire
Course. (149 Subs., 48 of whom pay 5 soya. each.)
Mr. Leigh's The Widow, aged, 7st ... (Pettit) 1
Colonel Bouverie's War Eagle, 3 yrs (Robinson) 2
Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Rogers) 3
The following also started, but were not placed:—
Lord E. Russell's Dulcet, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (J. Marson) 0
Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (Nat) 0
Mr. Roles The Cur, 5 yrs, Bst 21b ... (Bell) 0
Mr. G. Wortley's Patriot, 6 yrs, Bst 111 b (Sly) 0
Mr. Nunn's The Prior of St. Margaret's, 4 yrs, Bst 0
Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b 0
Mr. Robertson's Blackbird, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ... 0
Mr. Elliott's Nottingham, aged, ist 81b (F. Bell) 0
Sir C. Monck's Vanish, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Nat) 0
Sir J. Gerard's Blacaic, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (W. Howlett) 0
Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (A. Day) 0
Count Batthyany's Tragical, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ... 0
Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Mann) 0
Mr. F. Annesley's Giselle, 4 yrs, 7st (W. Butler) 0
Mr. C. Maraon's Rufus, 4 yrs, 7st (W. Marson) 0
Mr. Gregory's Clermont, 3 yrs, Est 12Ib (Treen, jun.) 0
Mr. Clifton's Valiant, 5 yrs, Est 121 b ... (G. Abdale) 0
Sir R. W. Bullieley's Montpensier, 3 yrs, Est 101 b... 0
Lord Exeter's Hydrangea, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (J. Sharp) 0
Mr. Johnstone's Rough and Ready, 5 yrs, Est 101 b... 0
Mr. W. Smith's Master Downes, 5 yrs, 7st 10Ib ... 0
Lord Caledon's Wanota, 3 yrs, Est 101 b... (Tasker) 0
Mr. Clifton's Brown Bess, 3 yrs 6st 81b ... (Rider) 9
Mr. Boyce's Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs, 6st 71b (G. Oates) 0
Mr. Gordon's Queen Mary, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Kitchener) 0
Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, 3 yrs, Est 61b ...(Pearl) 0
Mr. Mostyn's Sagacity, 3 yrs, 6st Gib ...(J. Evans) 0
Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses, 3 yrs, 6st 6lb ... (Dockeray) 0
Mr.j,B. Green's Rob Roy, 3 yrs, Est 61b ...(Fenn) 0
Mr. Greville's Geraldine, 4 yrs, Est ... (Prince) 0
Mr. Taylor's George Hudson, 3 yrs, 6st (Donaldson) 0
Duke of Bedford's Fistiana, 3 yrs. sst 121 b (T. Abbott) 0
Mr. Wigram's Deriades, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Dean) 0
Mr. Drinkald's Pillage, 3 yrs, sst 41b ...(Rodney) 0
Betting at starting-6 to 1 agst Hydrangea (t.)-6 to
1 agst Queen Mary-7 to 1 egst Geraldine (t.)-12 to 1
agst Blackbird-12 to 1 agst Patriot-14 to 1 agst
Giselle-15 to 1 agst Vanish-20 to 1 each agst Coiling-
wood, Lady Wildair, and George Hudson-30 to 1 each
egst Fistiana and Foreclosure-33 to 1 agst The Widow
(no backers)—and 33 to 1 agst any other.
Valiantjumped off first, followed by The Widow, Sa-
gacity, Rufus, Deriades, and the Prior of St. Marga-
ret's, several others lying well up, but so wide that it is
impossible to describe their positions. War Eagle laid
near the centre, and in the rear were Collingwood, Re-
miniscence, and Queen Mary, none of whom got off
upon good terms. Valiant held the lead till near the
Duke's Stand, when the running was taken up by the
Widow, War Eagle immediately after getting into the
second place, with Collingwood, Lady Wildair, and
Foreclosure in his wake. This was the order to the end,
The Widow maintaining a decided lead, and winning by
a couple of lengths; the same between second and third,
and half a length between Collingwood and Lady Wild-
air. Run in 1 min. 58 seconds.
50/.; for two yrs old, a feather; three, 7st 51b; four,
Bst 91b; five, 9st 31b; six and aged, 9st 71b. Last
three miles of B.C. Winner to be sold for 300

guineas, Sze.
Mr. Shelley's Tarella, 3 yrs ...
Sir J. Hawley's Vanity, 3 yrs
• •.•
Lord Spencers Dacia,. 2 yrs ... 3
The following also ran :—Lord Lonadale's Martingale,
3 yrs (Chapple)—Lord Chesterfield's gr f, by DOH
John, out of Prizefiow er's dam, 2 yrs (a lad)—Duke
Bedford's Minto, 2 yrs (Parr)—Mr. J. Daley's thoe
Pope, 2 yrs (Note)—Mr. Death's Novice, 2 yrs (C.
Brown)—Lord Exeter's br f, by Giovanni, out of Silis - tria, 2 yrs (Harlock)—Mr. Marson's Pius IX., 2 yrs
(Planner)—Mr. Hargrave's br c, by Scroggins, out of
Jill (Charlton).

... (S. Mann) 1

sto 2 agst Vanity-3 to 1 agst Minto—and 4to 1
agst Tarella. Won cleverly by half a length. Dacia a
bad third,

Match, 200, h ft, A.F.

Lord Stradbroke's Marpesus, Bst 11b., received forfeit
from Mr. Bo) ce's 1)r. Goodall, Bst 101 b.
Match, 100, h ft, last half of Ab.M.

Mr. Osbaldeston's Vice-Consul received forfeit from
the Duke of Bedford's Sable, 7st 21b.
NEWMAKRET, TUESDAY NIGHT.
ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.
Handicap Plate. A.F.
Paultons, Bst 101b—Bingham, Bst—Pimento, 7st 121 b
—Marquis of Conyngbam, 7st 6st—Julia, 7st 71b—
Milliner, 7st 61b—Cosachia, 7st 61b—Lady Lurewell,
7st 101b—Millwood, 6st 121 b.
Subscription Plate. T.Y.C.
Circassian Maid, 3 yrs—Pottinger, 3 yrs—Gabbler,
3 yrs—Tamarind, 2 yrs—St. Ann, 2 yrs—Br c by
Charles XII., out of Dean Swift's dam, 2 yrs.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each. Winner to be sold

for 150/.
Winchester, 5 yrs—Hector, 5 yrs—Terrier, 4 yrs—
Marquis of Conyngham, 4 yrs—Dromedary, 3 yrs—
Headsman,
.4 yrs 'Bella Donna, 3 yrs—Redwing, 3 yrs.

Handicap. Last mile and a distance of
Queen Mary, Bst 71b—Kimbleworth, Bst 21b—Mill-
wood, 7st 81b.—This race is off.
The Handicap for the Nursery Stakes has produced only
one class, and promises to be a good betting race.
The following horses stand:—
Blaze, 9st 21b—Ribaldry, Bst 5113—Cupid, Bst 51b—
Paladin, Bst 31b—Cracow, Bst 11b—Distaffina, Bst—F by
Don John's dam by Colwick, Bst—Whipper Snapper,
7st 121b—Sir Oliver, 7st 111b—Reflection, 7st 111 b
Hecuba, 7st 91b—Tippet, 7st 61b—Duplicity, 7st 51b—
The Architect, 7st 41b—Egremont, 7st 4113—Vanessa,
7st 41b—Impertinence colt, 7st 31b—Contesaa, 7st—
Sword Player, 6st 91b.