The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-10 00:00:00

IIiERCANTIL4' FAILURES.

The suspension has been announced of Messrs.
Bennoch, Twentyman, and Rigg, of London and
Manchester, a respectable house largely engaged in
the silk trade as agents, Their liabilities range
from 200,0001. to 300,0001., and their fall, it is
said, will probably involve that of four or five firms
with whom they are connected in the manufactur-
ing districts. The callse3 of the difficulty are stated
in the annexed circular :

"59, Friday-street, London, Nov. 9.
We are requested by our clients, Messrs. Bennocb,
Twentyman, and Rigg, of Wood-street, in this city, and
of Manchester, to inform you that, in consequence of
the heavy advances they have made upon goods specially
prepared for the American sad other markets, for which
there is no present demand, of losses sustained by recent
failures in the manufacturing districts, and of the sudden
depreciation in the value of silk of which Messrs. Bew
noels, Twentyman, and Rigg are large holderg, they are
compelled to announce their inability to meet their en-
gagements.
" Messrs. Farrington, Ladbury, and Co , of King-
street, accountants, have been instructed by the princi-
pal creditors to examine Messrs. Bennoch and Co.'s
books, and prepare a statement of their affairs, which
they will submit as early as possible to a general meeting
of the creditors, of which due notice will be given to
you.—We are, &c.

"REED, LANGFORD, & MARSDEN."
Another house to be added to the list is that of
Messrs. Broadway and Barclay, East India and
general merchants. The liabilities hi this case are
supposed to reach 180,000/. or 200,0001. The
causes of the stoppage are not stated, but it may be
supposed to be connected with the decline in all
articles of produce.

SUSPENSION OF THE WESTERN BANS
OP SCOTLAND.

GLASGOW, Nov. 9.

The Western Bank of Scotland suspended payment at
two o'clock, at which hour the doors at the head office
and branches were closed. Although to some extent
looked for the suspension has caused great dismay. The
bank did an immense business in Glasgow, and had
about a hundred branches scattered over Scotland. Its
deposits are very large, amounting, it is said, to between
five and six millions sterling. There cannot be any
eventual loss, as the proprietary contains many of the
wealthiest men in Scotland, some of whom are believed
to be wcrth about a million sterling.
The directors have put forth a statement to the effect
that circulars will be immediately issued to the creditors
communicating details and suggesting measures to be
pursued, which, with forbearance and calm self-posses-
sion on the part of the public, may avert many of the
calamitous effects which would other wise result from
such a catastrophe. There is scarcely another bank in
Scotland (they add) which, if time is allowed by the
creditors, is so well able to draw upon the resource'
of its wealthy proprietary. The holders of the notes of
the bank are enjoined not to part with them at a dis-
count, as full ultimate payment is certain.

THE ESSEX HIMMEL—We regret to say that up to 'a
late hour yesterday no clue bad been obtained to Use
parties who so barbarously murdered Mr. Isaac Buteirr,
farmer, of Colne Esgaine, on Saturday se'nnight. There
is now very little doubt that one of the suspected parties
slept on the Saturday night at a public-house in Kelve-
don, the nearest railway town to the scene of the murder,
and left by an early train for London on the following
morning. The gentry and farmers resident in the neigh-
bourhood of llelmtead and the Colnes have offered a
reward of 2001. for the apprehension of the murderers,
to which the Government has added 1001., with the offer
of a free pardon to any accomplice not the actual inur-
arta.. The remains of the decsased were interred on Fri •
day. in the presence of a large concourse of spectatore
ana the greatest excitement still prevails in the neigh!
beurhood.

A HOUR BLOWN 13P WITII GUNPOWDER.—On Satur-
day evening, about 7 o'clock, a terrible explosion, fatal
in its consequences, occurred at the shop and house of
Mr. James Moore, chytuist and druggist, Ince, near
Wigan. It appears that Mr. Moore was serving in the
shop, when two lads came in to purchase tobacco, and
having filled thelr pipes, asked for a light. He lit a
piece of paper at.the gas and handed it to them, and it
is supposed that a spark from the paper must have fallen
into some colliers' blasting powder that was lying loose
in the shop, which at once exploded with a terrific re-
port, blocking out the front wall of the shop and the
house adjoining, and considerably damaging the adjacent
premises. One little girl, named Mary Jane Taylor,
about ten sears of age, happened to be standing at t' 9
shop window at the time, and she was killed on the
spot, her body being dreadfully mangled. Another
little girl, also named Taylor, bad both her legs broken,
and is so much injured that her life is despaired of. Mr.
Moore is himself very badly hurt, and Mrs. Moore, who
was buried in the ruins, was promptly got out, and
found to be severely irjured, but not so much as to lead
to any fear of its terminating fatally with her. About
five minutes before the accident, a group of about 20
children were standing outside the shop, and had the
explosion happened then the consequences might have
been still more terrible.—Manchoter Gnaraian.