The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-28 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, OCT. 27.
The market has been in a very depressed state, and
houses able to hold their own appear more anxious to
secure money for what has already been parted with than
to enter into new transactions. Those who are not in a
position to hold, however, have a difficulty in making
sales except at a reduction. Yarns have been offered at
n reduction of ad. per lb. on last Tuesday's rates ; in
some cases at a greater sacrifice. Cloths may be re-
ported 31, to 41d. per piece cheaper.
Reports have prevailed for some time affecting a large
American house here—Messrs. Thornton, Huggins,
Ward, and Co.—but have been very generally dis-
credited. The advices by the last two American mails,
ho wever, have been of a nature to place in difficulties,
and towards the close of last week they called together
their largest creditors for advice, and, after laying a
statement before them, the meeting was adjourned to
Monday. At, this adjourned meeting yesterday it was
thought advisable they should suspend payment and
call a general meeting of creditors for Friday next.
From what we can learn their affairs were in a
very healthy state but for the American failures, and
though their liabilities are very large, they hold a
large stock of goods to meet them with, besides bills
and other securities, which would leave a considerable
surplus after discharging them. Upwards of half-a-
million of these bills and securities, however, are Ameri-
can, and consequently next to valueless at present. A
large portion of the securities,it
perfectly good if time can be given. Full particulars
will probably not be known until after the meeting of
is mid, will turn out
Friday.
Another small failure has also been announced in
Manchester—that of Messrs. Charles Smith and Co., a
firm in the muslin or Glasgow trade, who have been
brought down by tho stoppages in G;ssgow• There are
certain further unpleasant run:tows concerning the
stability of firms in that town, and it is believed here
that the worst of the crisis is not oser in Glasgow. It
is said that a blank there, which "its suffered largely,
will have to wipe off nearly half-a-nillion of money in
bad debts. The news sent here by
telegraph from Liver-
pool, to the effect that the Borough ]lank bad closed its
doors at 11 this morning, has exciter
mach sensation,
and it is expected that several lar e
g speculative houses
(in cotton) will suspend payment v-morrow in that
town.
The telegraphic accounts from Mitt to hand this
morning, announcing the fall of Delhi and an improved
demand for imports have led to more
inquiry fur India
goods, and offers have been made
at
tP in the same
higher prices than
could have been obtained at any time during the last 10
days ; but so far there has not been mxch business done.
In other respects the market conues
gloomy state, and prices of all kinds of goods are gra-
dually declining.

...
buyers this day, and LEEDS, OCT. 27.
The cloth balls have been attencbd by but a few
Small parcels to make up stocks or chtap lots have com-
prised the chief transactions The news from Delhi has
been read with great interest and if that from America
had not been ot a depressing character a slightly
very little clo,h has been sold.
proved market might have been one of the consequences.
OCT. 27.
As it was, the market was a very inatimate one.
HUDDERSFIELD,
The market has been uniformly flat throughout the
day, There are few buyers from
a distance in. Little
can be sold without a serious sacrifice. Wool steady in
price, but business scarcely moving.

LIFE-BOATS OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE.
BOAT INSTIITTION.

The following is a list of the Life-boats belonging to,
or in connection with this Institution, stationed on
different parts of the coasts of the United Kingdom :
Berwick-on-Tweed.
Northumberland—Boulmer, Alnmouth, lianaley,
Newbiggin, Cullercosts.
Durham—Whitburn, Seaton Carew.
Yorkshire—Filey, Bridlington, Hornsea.
Suffolk—Lowestoft, Pakefield, Southwold, Thorpe-
nese, Aldborough.
Kent—Walmer, Dover, Dungeness.
Sussex—Camber, Rye, Eastbourne, Newhaven.
Dorset—Lyme Regis.
South Devon—Teignmouth.
Cornwall—Penzance, Sennen Cove, Padetow, Bud e
Haven.
North Devon—Appledore, No. 1 ; Appledore, No.
2 ; Appledore, No. 3.
South—Llanelly, Tenby, Fishguard, Cardigan.
North Waleg—Aberdovey, Barwoutb, Portmadoc,
Rhyl Tubular.)
Anglesey—Cemlyn, No. 1 ; Holyhead, No. 2 ,• Rhos-
colyn, No. 3 ; Penman, No. 4; Llanddwyn, No. 5;
Moelfre, No. 6.
Lancashire—Lytham.
Isle of man—Castletown.
Ireland—Newcastle, Dundturo ; Drogheda, Skerries,
County Dublin ; Wicklow, Arklovr, Cahore, Kilmore,
Youghal, Ballycotton, Westport.
at
Each life-boat is supplied when required with a trans-
porting Brightonboats are
Hastings,
about
aanlds o
at being i
Gg
roornsport, in Ireland.
n placed by the Society
porting carriage, every kind of store, including Ward's
cork jackets for each man of the crew, is also provided
for the boat. Each boat has also a master or coxswain
attached to her at a salary of Si. a-year, and is exercised
every quarter by her crew, who are paid either ss. •r
35. per man for their work, according to the state of the
weather. Some of these boats are old, and are now, by
the society, gradually replaced by ',Lew life-boats. To
enable the institution to maintain its numerous life-boats
in a state of efficiency, and either to increase their num-
ber or to replace others which are no longer lit for ser-
vice, the committee earnestly appeal to the public for
support.

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Company,thelne to get two lamps
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE TH- ESTERN RAILWAY. '
—INQUEST.—An inquest was held yesterday morning
on the body of George florder, aged 4,,,
.t, a servant of the
The deceased on
from the pointsman's box, when an engine knocked him
Sunday South-Western
night
was Railway e
crossing
s ing
dowa and passed over his body, killing him on the spot.
Not the least blame was attachable to any one but the
deceased. Mr. Young, superintendent of the Waterloo
station, observed at the inquest that when they got
habituated to danger the men often paid little attention
to their own safety.—Verdict, "Accidental death,"