The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 20.
The slight improvement reported on Tuesday, in con-
pequence of orders brought by the Indian mail, was'still
perceptible ou Wednesday, but, as on the former day,
no salutary effect was proiuced on prices, the competi-
tion among sellers for the little business offering enaoling
buyers to operate at the very lowest rates of the previous
week for cloth, and to still greater advantage (id. to ids
per lb. decline) in yarns. Since Wednesday the market
has relapsed into the unrelieved dulness which charms•
terised it previously.
The attempt to get up values at Liverpool for cotton'
in the early part of the week, when prices advanced ld.
per lb., has proved abortive, the entire advance having
since been lost ; and the result of this attempt is pro'
bably reacting on the in arket for yarns and clothe, by
inducing buyers to withhold what few orders they have,
in the hope of still lower rates. The new failures an-
nounced every day, however, have also considerable
effect in retarding business, and even if the 10 per cent.
charged upon converting bills into money were to sxiit
no longer as an obstacle, would operate to induce the
utmost caution among all (gasses of traders before
increasing their responsibilities. Great relief, however,
has been felt here that the assistance sought by three
of the leading houses in the country (the names of which
are well known here) has been given by the Bank of
Eng!and. The only failure announced here this week is
that of Mr. Leopold Sampson, in the African trade,with
liabiuties to the amount of between 60,0001. and 70,0001.
The great depression of trade in this district is shown by
the fact that one of our local railways has found it
necessary to reduce the mileage of its trains by more
than HO miles per day.

CRUEL TREATMENT OF. THE SICK POOR.
DISMISSAL OF AN INFIRMAR Y 3V ÜBS-g•

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Yesterday, a very gross case, demanding the itnMed
diate dismissal of one of the infirmary nutses of tio,
Marylehone workhouse was brought under the notice 0
the board of directors.
pqMr. POTTER, a member of the weekly rota committee,
there
attended before the general board, and said that
hid justrauspired at the rota meeting inch disclosures
as rendered the immediate suspension of the nfirmary'
nurse, a woman named Marlow, necessary. It came 00t
that the nurse need most atrocious language to a Roor
woman who bad occasion to visit the workhouse, 1"1
puting to her grossly immoral acts, notwithstanding
that the poor woman was a respectable and indestriod!
married female. It then trausp;red that the nurse liau
been in the habit of exacing fees from the poor peePlie'
and this, even on her own admission, when examine',"
&se admitted ; and when remonstrated with, she rePq3o
that she was no more to blame than other nurses n'

did the same thing.
Dr. Randall was then questioned, and the doctor
stated that the stimuli sent from the stores frequentlf
never reacitecl the poor patient!, and in one case half the
quantity of braniiy sent from the stores only reached its
desticat. iota. ULder all these circumstances the ra
considered themselves justified in suspnndieg then urse,
and they trusted the general board would confirm their
decision.
Tivt CHAIRMAN and others insisted on Marlow's twine!
diate dismissal, whereupon—
,_,.
Mr. POTTER moved, and Mr. .11.1NG, see/ended,
that she shout i be forthwith dismissed.
Tile motion was nnaniously carried, and the nurse was
at once apprised of the determination of the board.