The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

LEICESTER, Sept. D.—There is not much change
in the hosiery trade. _Business is in a healthy con-
dition, and manufacturers are also fairly engaged
completing orders on hand. In the country districts
trade is rather quiet, but the operatives are quite as
well employed as they are generally at this time of
the year. Worsted yarns are in fair request, the
market being firm and spinners are working to orders.
In wools there is not much doing, and the market
remains without any important change.
NOTTINGHAM, 19th.—The lace trade continues
very quiet. There has been no improvement during
the past few days in the demand for any class of
goods. The cotton trade generally is dull. Clunys
continue in request, but there is not so much doing
in black silk laces. Narrow edgings and silk quilt-
ings continue a very slow sale. There is a little doing
in plain silk mechlins. The market has not been
visited by many buyers recently, and what has been
purchased has been chiefly for immediate wants. In
hosiery there is a fair amount of business doing.
The shipping trade continues healthy, and there is
an average home demand. The workpeople in most
branches are fully employed at good wages. In
yarns there is no change.

The Fatal Collision and Sinking of the
Ross Mangles Steamer.

The Board of Trade yesterday received from the
receiver of wreck for the port of London the an-
nexed statement, taken on oath, from Captain John
Douglas, master of the Ryhope, iron screw steamer,
473 tons, belonging to Messrs. Taylor and Co., of
Sunderland, which came into collision and sank the
Ross Mangles, steamer, off the Sufiolk coast (with-
in a mile and a-half of where the Bruiser went
down)

We left Sunderland on the 4th of September, for Lon-
don, coal laden, weather fine, and a gentle wind from the
S.S.W. About 1.30 the next morning (the 6th) we were off
the Suffolk coast, near Aldborough Naps, Orfordness Light
bearing W.S.W., distant about four miles; the wind blow-
ing strong from the W.S.W., weather clear. The second
mate was on the bridge iu charge of the vessel. Saw a
dim mast-head light coming on the starboard bow ; he
supposed about two and a half miles distant. Ho imme-
diately lost sight of the light from the smoke of the
approaching vessel
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starboard side. He saw no side lights in consequence
also of the smoke, she being at that time three
points on our weather bow, and our course was
S.W. by S., which was never altered. We had been steer-
ing that course for several hours through the heavy sea,
and the vessel constantly dipping her head under, the look-
out man could not stand on the forecastle, but was placed
on the port side of the bridge; the man was also steering the
vessel at the wheel on the bridge, so that there were three
on the bridge onthe look-out. About 10 minutes after the
vessel was first seen, viz., 20 minutes to 2 o'clock, she was
seen again about half a ship's length from us coming out of
her smoke, which had hidden her from us, immediately right
across our bows, and within a minute a collision took place,
our stem striking her abaft the midships on the port side,
cutting her down below the waterline. As soon as she was
seen coming out of the smoke our engines were stopped, thorn
was no time to do anything more. Immediately after the
collision the engines were put easy ahead to keep the ves-
sels together, so that we might save the lives on board the
other ship, as she was evidently sinking. We remained
together about five minutes. I, who had just come up from
below, had arrived at the bridge at the time the collision
took place, and having called out to know if all the persons
on board the other vessel had escaped on board of us was
answered, • Yes.' We then immediately backed out, and
the vessel sank in about five minutes. Wo then discovered
there wore still some hands left on board from the cries we
heard, and immediately the jolly boat and lifeboat were put
out, and picked up four of the crew that were floating on
life buoys. There were supposed to be five left on board,
four wore saved, one supposed to be drowned. We now
looked to repair the damage our own vessel had sustained
as well as we could, and kept a sharp look out for the
missing man. Afterwards wo proceeded to London and
landed the crew of the other ship, 13 in number, at North
Woolwich—the master was injured. If the vessels had
kept their respective courses they would have passed each
other on the starboard side nearly a mile distant, but the
other vessel altering her course, which could not be seen
in consequence of the smoke, was the cause of the collision.
(Signed) ‘• JouN DOUGLAS,
Master of the Ryhope steamer."

I Tin HARVEST IN IRELAND.—The reports from
Ireland state that the weather continues very unfa-
vourable for harvest purposes. From the Cork district wo
learn that half the month of August was wet; but, not-
withstanding this interruption to field work a good deal
of corn was levelled and stooked and stacked in the
fields ; but the heavy gales of the first three days of this
week scattered them on the ground, and the heavy rains
prevented their being gathered. Much corn still remains
uncut, and both causes have disappointed the hopes fondly
entertained by the farmer some six weeks ago. In the
early su.nmer it was known that the harvest this year
would be a month late, owing to the unpropitious weather
in the spring ; but the deficiency in the quantities of all
grain brought into the Cork market for the two weeks of
this month is unprecedented. The quantity of wheat
9e6 period
brought in for the first two weeks of 1864 was 17,663
O ifn fortnight,b
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thereecwwLt wblunotretdhbueuritsna 6gm, t2h wt last
the first two weeks of 1864, 13,619 cwt.; in 1865, 7,393
cwt.; and this month 1,028 cwt. In 1864, of oats, 73,779
cwt.; in 1865, 76,521 cwt.; and this month but 39,546 cwt.
The corn now brought to market is in rather good condi-
tion, having been saved in the early season, which was
dry, and the price is very remunerative, owing to the sub-
sequent state of the weather, which affected the saving of
the crops abroad. The Galway Express declares that potato.
blight has made its appearance in some districts. The Lime-
rich Chronicle says:—"From various districts of Limerick,
Clare, and Kerry has the sad intelligence reached us of
rivers overflowing their banks and carrying away the en-
tire produce of the lowland meadows, or of the violent wind
prostrating alike standing corn and stacked, and scattering
the fresh new cut grain in every direction, to be utterly
destroyed by the rain torrents. Wo fear that in conse-
quence the harvest will prove sadly deficient in quantity
and quality from what has been expected. The potato
crop, too, is much complained of, as the presence of tho
disease in some districts is but too apparent. Hay cer-
tainly has turned out a fair average yield, and will prove
very remunerative, but the quantity required must be much
beyond that of former years, and with little or no old stock
to back it; the great redeeming crop of the year will be
mangolds and turnips, which have not been for many
years so productive."

THE MASSACRE OF FRENCH ECCLESIASTICS IN
TIIE COREA.—The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily News, writing on July 22, gives some additional par-
ticulars of the murder of two Roman Catholic bishops and
seven priests in the Corea, the king of which is tributary
to the Emperor of China. Ho says :—" The native autho-
rities seem to have been opposed to the new faith, and put
those unfortunate missionaries to death as the first stop in
their persecution. Three others, however, succeeded in
concealing themselves, and one of them arrived at Chefoo
in a Corean junk, having been sent by the other two to
communicate the sad intelligence. The information on the
subject is not sufficiently explicit, and, so far as it goes,.fi ot
is highly coloured front the missionary point of view. ►,of
are told of 50,000 Christian Converts in the Corea, a
by the
the great consternation produced amongst the
compulsory nbi 10-not lksso IL
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dictionaries,ntmciat renunciation oof
and of
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thefaith, a
sacred
dt destructioniviecssmoisoYi,.
tlie
priests. As to what may be taken to constitute , convert
in the Corea it is difficult to divine,
la-
bours there meet with as little positiveersaucabuse
of the term.
in China, to talk of conversion is ahasm
gone to Pekin to see
The priest who arrived at Chefooll be a singular spectacle if
the French Minister; and it w i but
cit ss asmissionaryelsewhere
moans very liberal in
the French Government, itself by
t barbaric intoler-
pionship of missionary.
Cores to trade, a cause
As to the opening up of the Co
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allowing proselytismatehntoemrperi,ssehaanlgloaiunnsdertakothe chain-
anhetee.b, like every other, finds some advocates, it would be
perfectly
their The reexipso exportslittle
being o mainly
r no trade
attiovbee cotton
cloth and tiger skins, and to the foreigner it offers no ad-,
vantage."
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