The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-21 00:00:00

SPATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, OCT. 20.
The market bas been exceedingly dull and de-
pressed. The feeling hss been something akin to
a panic. In yarns no concession would tempt
buyers to operate, the difficulty being, not a ques-
tion of pricee but of means and a want of confi-
dence. If the Bank had not further raised dis-
counts probably some business would have been
done, as a better feeling than prevailed last" week
was gaining ground, but this measure has created
an exceedingly uneasy feeling, and no business has
been done worthy of mention either for home con-
sumption or export. Buyers cannot operate be-
cause their paper is not discountable. Sellers of
cloth make no quotable change in their terms, but
practically the market is easier, if there was busi-
ness. Ou domestics 1-16 d. to id. per yard, and
on longcloths and T-cloths lid. to 3d. per piece,
would have probably been conceded from the
highest point in some cases to effect tales, and there
has been more desire manifested to take orders for
these goods than of late. The offers, however,
have not been of a character to test values. Very
little business has been effected in any kind of
cloth. Turkey red clothe and jacconots have been
neglected.
A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Auld and
Buchanan calico printers, having establishments
here and in Glasgow, is to be held this evening.
The liabilities are said to be 75,0001., and the es-
tate will realise, it is expected, 13s. in the
pound. About 11,000/. to 12,0001. ale owing to
Manchester houses, and the remainder chiefly
in Glascow. A small cloth agency house in
Manchester, owing 30,0001., is said to be in
difficulties, and a small buying agency house is
also reported to have suspended payments.
LEEDS, 'OCT. 20.
The tone of the market this morning was flatter
than has been observed for some time, and scarcely
any business was transacted. There is very little
doing in the home trade, and it is Lot likely there
will be much :mplovement until we have a change
of weather, for at present it is more like spring
than the close of autumn, th 3 atmosphere being
warm and genial.

The retail dealers can do nothing in heavy goods,
which are at present almost a drug upon their
hands, and until the winter sets in more in earnest
the consumption is likely to continue very much
below the supply. No doubt there are a variety
of causes c mtritaiting to the want of activity ma-
nifested, and the rise of the Bank of England dis-
count has not been without its effect.
HUDDERSFIELD, OCT. 20.
The market has been vary quiet this morniug,,
thenstate of•the Ainerican trade, the rate of discount,
and the price of the raw material all combining to
cheek operationl. There was very lit'le done
excepting in low goods. Devonshires were inquir el
after, and there were a few transactions in drabs.
Wools do not advance, but are firm. The next
sales are fixed for Thursday, the 12th of Novem-
ber, though the quantity at present in hand is only
33,051 bales, but it will, no doubt, be largely in-
creased before the sales.

LORD RECTOR OF ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY.—On
Wednesday, Mr. John Inglis, Dean of Faculty, was in-
stalled Lord Rector of King's College and University,
Aberdeen, in the public hall, in the presence of the
professors and 'ectorers, the graduates, and a large
assemblage of others, including several ladies. His
inaugural address was rem irkable for its cl;aite cornposi
tion, abounding in apt quotations from the classicA, and
conveying sound practical advice, and was received with
great appb; use. —Edinbu, gh Witness.
THE LATE FATAL FIRE AT PoPLAR.—DEATII OF ANO-
THER SUFFERER.--Yesterday Mr. Baker ha I an inques
at the Blakeney Head, poplar,
on the body of Mis-
t
Sarah Fl.iwers, aged 42, who died fruit injuries aid BUS-
tAined in endeavouring to rescue her sister-in-law, who
was burned to death in a fire which recently took place
at her .resideace, No. 221, High street, Poplar. The
sister-in-law was an aged widow lacy, paralysed. On the
morning of last Saturday week the apartment in which
she was, was discovered on tire. The deceased rushed
up stairs into the blazing room to the aid of her infirm
relative. She became (~,,po
smoke, and fell on the filer. Shewe red
wasl the heat
broughtand
out in-
sensible, and shockingly burnt, by two men who were
passing in the street at the time,
and who nobly con-
ducted themselve3 in rescuinghtr bole the burning
room. However, she gradually hunk,-and died on Sa- '
turday. The old lady was font:d burnt to death. The
jury returned a verdiot of accidental death. The event
ha; created a deep ' sensation in the neighbourhood.