The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-13 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Aug. 12.—We have a quiet but
steady market. Under ordinary circumstances,
with the present demand for India, lower prices
would have to be taken ; but in the heavy con-
tracts, extending over many weeks to come, for
these goods, buyers generally have no advantage.
They are not realising the extreme prices demanded
a little time back ; but there is a difficulty in
placing orders at anything under the actual prices
hitherto given. In T-cloths there is a moderate
business at full prices ; but there is less business
for long cloths. Domestics are firm. Printers,
especially of 26-inch width, are in good request,
and manufacturers have a difficulty in meeting the
demand. The makers of 36-inch shirtings are
mostly pre-engaged: Yarns are less-actively in re-
quest, but prices are sustained. Cops and warps
for Indian goods are an exception, being easier in
price; but 16's to 24's water twist, for China and
Bombay, continue dearer, as was the case on Tues-
day. The finer yarns from 60's to 100's are firm,
and two-folds are in more request at full rates.
Continental buyers of yarn are not buying so
freely, but the general demand for these yarns
keeps them at full rates.

FATAL OCCURRENCE ON THE RIVER.—Last even-
ing, Mr. Langham, deputy coroner for Westminster, held
an inquiry in. St. Martin's Vestry-room, relative to the
death of George Murphy, aged 23, which took place under
the following circumstances :—Ralph Phillips deposed that
on the afternoon of Sunday last, the deceased, himself, and
two young women named Sarah Spering and Susan Tarbot,
engaged a smallboat at Waterloo-bridge, and proceeded up
the river as far as Wandsworth, where a short stay was
made. About a quarter before 10 o'clock at night they
arrived, on their return, near Westminster-bridge, when
witness, who was steering the boat, called attention to a
green moving light, which they supposed belonged to a
steamer, but the night was very dark ; shortly afterwards
they discovered it to be a steamer, and endeavoured by
" backing water" to clear her, but the tide was running
with such rapidity that they were carried with much force
nearly under the paddle-wheel. The captain of the steamer
called out to them to be seated and quiet, but the deceased
jumped up from the boat, and in endeavouring to get on
board the steamer he .missed his footing and fell back into
the boat, which was at once capsized, causing all four to be
immersed in the water. The captain of the steamer threw
out the life-belts to them, while they were all clinging to
the boat, which was bottom up; witness caught one of the
belts and was dragged on to the steamer, as was also Susan
Tarbot, but George Murphy and Sarah Spering were seen
to sink together, although every effort was made to save
them. This evidence having been confirmed, the coroner
summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental
Death, attributing no blame to the captain of the steamer.
THE MURDER AT LUTON.—AtI inquest was on
Thursday opened on the body of the unfortunate woman.
Jane Castle—the particulars of whose'death we shortly gave
in our Wednesday's impression—before Mr. J. Eagles, jun.,
deputy-coroner for the county of Bedford and a highly re-
spectable jury. Evidence was given as to the identity and
finding of the body, and the nature of the wounds, after
which the coroner adjourned the inquiry to Friday the 19th
inst. In the meanwhile it was intimated that an applica-
tion would be made to the Secretary of State for the ap •
pearance of the prisoner, who is in custody of the police an
a remand from a private meeting on Wednesday last by a
county magistrate, and the public examination before the
Bonch is appointed for Monday next.