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FASRJO%ADLI INTIILLICZNCS. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WELL TIIIS e:VIENINO. Goantess of EIMICX . 4 ball. 11:11-koset, Berkeley-square.. prints Politinac's grand entertainment, in Purtlantl- place. lAdy Hsiland's concert, Pircadilly. Earl Onvyrr's party, ilimillon-plmee. Mr. and Mrs. /I iteheit's party, (*hales ewer, Berkeley-square. teir Genre 11'arrender's perry, 11'hiteltaXpinee. The FJZI of Westover: les dinner party, Grosvenor-square. Mn.s Timantst it tplin's rout. Graftrin-,Arget, Tt • Arhl is' op of CaiterLury's dinner peaty, Lambeth Palace. Lady I Ca'AVrl/L . I al, aley-otreir. - TO- WOUNOW• elpta'n Parry's bell on bad the Ueda. I.DNENDAY• Earl Furst...Ames (Trawl thimer to the Directors of the Ancient It este, in irnOvt nor-aplarr. Alisack's gram! hall, W,ll es halms. 1 11115SDAY• The Decline of Northumberland's tint grand rout, Northern. berlanS Teel/tier of Wellingtun's grand entertnlnment, Apsley House. The Ho :. Aln. It Pthlhiies ball. Hill-street. Lt/ Lady King's party, Ihiver-strret. ERIDAY. Visanunteve Mtlvdle'e hall, Ad malt/. Lod? Itßyl righ'n Irll, nreen-strert. lim.yrnorAquire. Mr& Stewart Nl6olooll ' ll C011(11t. Portlantl.plate. Mr. and )In. Egerterie party, St. Janics's-squartr. SUNPAY. Mr. and Mrs. Egertosis party, St. James's-square. , lady Pulieney has issued cards of invitation for a rout, on the 14:11 orstun, at her house in Piccadilly. The Prus ian Amine...dor entertained Count Eleven, aril must of the Pareicn Ambassadors, and a large party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Mansfield-street. 31r. sad 3lr . Egerton had a dinner party yesterday, at their house In St. Janie:suquiut. Airs. Britigcnino Summit has hewed curls of invitation for a .rout, tog the 17th instant. AI her house in Saville street. Lad Sherburne entertained a large petty at dinner on Saturday, at Ms loiter in Ironer tirosvenor.strert. Sir Charl.n Hutu., Hart. had a grand dinner patty on Saturday, at his lonise in New Burlington-street. Lonl Hawk* entertained a large party of distinction at dinner Frrribilf , at his house in riveravenuruquarra. Sir Lharies ('note, Hart. had a grand dinner party yesterday, at ILI .1.11.1. in I !onnaught place. The Earl and Countess of Lansdale entertained a distinguished p sly at dinner yesterday, at their house in Charlesutrest, Berke -1 y square. Ludy Melville's bell on Friday evening, at the Admiralty, was very elegantly attended. Emily 31archirmess of Londonderry strived yesterday, at her house in St. Jaities . saiquare, from her seat, North Cray. Kent. The Marquis of l'handosi has arrived at iluckinglicn !louse, Pallanall, ilsoin his seat, VPotton. Tba Earl and (Unmet, of surrey have arrived at Norfolk House, St. Jortuesuquare, front their seat, \Fortson Manors, Notts. Led and laid, Carringtan and the lion. Miss Smith have sr. i mil In Mull, San their seat, Wyrombe thhey. 1113 Earl of Rosalyn and Lady J. St. (lair arrived on Saturday, at their house in St. James's...quire, from their *eat in Scotland. The Hight Hon. Omni, Drown, 31. P. and James Brown, Esq. N. P. have arrived at Henderson's Hotel, 13'estininster, from In laid. land Ifiantanton, M.P. has arrived in Palace-yard. Led Cluobroak has arrived in Clargesubrort, from tiluncester. shim Artirals at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's.strest :—Gen. Sir Robe. Boling, trial a tour; I . .olirliti Atiltie, ; the lie,. Mr. and Mrs.l.l. l'igutt and family, from their seat in Siropshirt. I norm train the iiiitieh Lintel, Jermyn.street :-.-Sir Wm. sal .1 d r Inglis and family, for ilastinga ; the Rey. Mr. and Mist antrcy, and Airs. liantrey. sen. on a tour. Blink Diumiond, Esq. has strived at this Waterloo Hotel, Jer myb.sigest, (non his seat in Strodand.—thr Archibald and Ludy Christie and family have left ditto for Chatham. Arrivals 111 the London lintel. Albemarle-street:-Manna Hops Vere. MIN, from Scotland ; and James Keay, Esq., from Es. murk. Ampsls at the St. °gorges Hotel, Albernarle.strsiet s—Sir Compd.° and hady 'Saturate and family, from Sum as ; and 111 r. sod Mm. Pemberton and family from a tour.-31r. and Mrs. Jervis mil tangly have left ditto on a tour. Arrival, At the Royal Ilad, St. Jantes'ibstrest flntu Fritter ; Esq., 00111 Ireland ; A. French, E. 9., (rum tube, ; Sir .1. Trollop ; and ('apt. H. flops, from Scot. Lica. Ihpartures from ditto mid T. Stewart, Esqrs. foe Ox ford. DISTILLERIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Sur—Your Correspondent N. Y. Z., in noticing in your paper of the wfl ult. tny letter of t h e sth, on the subject of the Distilleries and the Trade in Spirits, appears to have mistaken my meaning in that part of my letter in which I elhulect Oa the Irish Distillers. 1 stated, that "since the reduction of the duty, the regular distillers in Ireland have found full tinployment for their capital in supplying their own nuuket, which is no longer supplied by the illicit distiller, the prq it to 1w oblnisod under the prawn/ brine, uses/ to thr ri.a." I meant the profit of illicit die dilation In Ireland, and made the observation, to account for the Irish distillers being fully e►nployed at home. I ►mderstattd that the price of spirits has been higher in Ire land dm in Scotland, though not so high as lore ; and thcre vasty be sonic agreement between the Irish and ratglish distillers of the nature alluded to by your Corre spondent, but I do not know that this is the case. Your correspomlent is correct in stating, that the present price of spirits in Scotland is VII. 641. per gallon, whilst in f;ngLind it is Ss., exclusive of duty, and at the same strength, a reduction of price having taken place in Szot land about the date of my ktter, of which I was not then informed. I trust the attention of the public will be directed to the resolutions of a meeting of Scotch Distillers held at Edin burgh, and also to the facts brought forward by X. Y. Z., which are of great importance to the proper anisideratiati if this question. H satisfactorily proves, by referent...! to official documents, that Oar uniform duty of ate. per gallon, would produce more revenue than has ever been collected upon spirks, whibd, at the same time, smuggling of foreign spirits an! illicit distillation wouldl be effectually put down. 'flue expcose of the establishments now kept up for the purpose of repressing those evil practices would thus be sated, and the consumption of British barley greatly ear •artled. I am sarmised, however, that while he is advseating the cause of free trade, he should adhere to the old priju iflee of its being " equitable" to continue a higher duty uPon rum than on British spirit s though he candidly rr -1 titlarks, tbat " there cad be no solid objection to allowing ' rim to hs used hr the rectifiers." There would surely be al little "equity" in continuing thia injustice to rum as in continuing the present distilling monopoly, which is so in- jsrinus to the revenue, the landed interest, and the scotch fla:illers, as Well at to the public at large. It is evident, ', that making the trade free would be for the advantage of' levy prison in the kine. dont (except the monopolists), and it would 11C a cheap mode of giving some relief to the %Vest Mudd' plamers, to allow them to participate in that free grade. It is eertimily admitted, that they require and see guided to relief; and neither the landed interest nor the tibia i I lers bare reason to fear the competition of ruin, as the freight, inauranee, and other heavy charges, which must t.hrays attach to it v: hem brought to this market, operate 20 an ample protection to the manufacturer of British +rite. It oneht not to be forgotten, that the fifteen distillers the a rich, powerful, compact body of men, who have lung lad much influence in a ecrtaiii quarter, which they are apw exerting to the utmost, in the hope of securing their wonoply for another • ear ; and it is on'y by prompt wilrasures, and by a fair awl liberal concili to ft of the retreat interests, that this influence can be counteracted. nut the pmpored alteration is so just in principle, soil would be so generally ben-fleial, that I trust no influence will be able to prevent its adoption during the present Scs aion Parliament. I am, /Ike._ A Loossa-ox. Landon, May 1, 1821. Eel' LES I AST II 'A I. PROMOTIONS. The Rev. f'harlea Hawkins, Rector of Kellum, S imam:shire. sal Vicar of Cem/ey. taiinci-acrsinre, to the I'rebcnd of Patroby r, in the Cathedral of York. Thursday sennlght. the Rev. Alexander Forbore was ordained minister of the pariah of liryaien, and was ray medially received by the congregation. ills Hon. :11m. Hamann), of Ilargany, has presented Mr. %% m. M.Caonan, Preacher of the gleam I. to the Church and Parish of Mantra, vacant by the translation of the Rev. Robert llPNair, el Paisley. The Her. Reginald Chantlos Pole. M.A. of St. Mary's /Is been promoted to the Rectory of Radbourn, 1/abyshire, ea-, CMS by the death of the Rev. Edward Pole, Rumour stave that the Rev. Dr. Carr is about to be rdsed to the See of Gloomier, upon the transbakm of Re. Ryder to the Mshopric of Lichfield sod Coventry. wre was much dramatis Isurelbr oriel). of lity with iy which tior.s is he loan. our li. its ilia tat obli iculested Of all nit. con we find r alarms, fear and may be ellen it he sal- Out Its acting. Altuirable ig I art 4.4 r; and ine pas ong pen ally lb* he play. ee in his miaow; :haractcr and al n played matt, the trcely be t firms, ry clever .1- parts; constant habitual es, as it e on the this ea /magas, of Mims part, in twang ; itonation f would iteil anti thew ven out !. ruaater tlions are attoxlvd ion. s NT it rards of AstiINTER. The 'went melancholy accounts of the defeat of Sir Charles Wearthy and a British force on the Gold Coast, by the Ashanters, renders every account of this powerful and ferocious African race at present deeply interesting. The work of the lamented Mr. llowdich, which gives an account of the mission from Cape (*oast Castl:: to Aahantce in INI7, is the latt at and most authentic detail we have of this people; from it we select the following narrative of the entry of the mission into Cooniassie Our observations en passant had taught us to conce i ve a spec- 1 tack far exceeding our uriginial expeetatiens ; b ri t they had not prepared us for the extent and display if the scene which here burst upon us : an area of nearly is mile its circumference was crowded with megnificence and novelty. The King, his tributaritn, and captains, were resplendent in the distance, s u rrounded by at. tt ndanta of every description, (meted by u mass of warriors which leimied to snake our approach imperviona. The sun was reflected, with a glare scarcely 1111 l re supportable than the heat, from the gold ornaments, which glistened in every direction. Kure than a hundred bands burst at once on our arrival, with the pecu liar airs of their si•versil chiefs ; the hunts fliturisheti their defiance*, with the beating of innumerable drums and metal inatrutnents. and then yielded for a while to the soft breahings of their long limes, which were truly harmonious ; and a pleasing instrument, like a bagpipe without the drone, vita happily blended. At least a Min. tired large umbrellas, or canopies, which could shelter 341 persons, were sprung up and down by the bearers with brilliant .1411, being made of scarlet, yellow, and the most shewy cloths and silks, and crowned on the top wilt crescents, pelicans, elephants, barrels, and arms and swords of gold ; they were of various shapes, but meetly dome; and the valances (in some of which small looking glasses were inserted) fantastically scalloped and fringed; from the fronts of some the prolitrwis soil small teeth of elephants pry : jetted, and a few were roofed with leopard skins. and crowned with various animals naturally stuffed. The slate hammocks, like long cradles, were raised In the rear, the poles on the beads of the bearers ; the cushions and pillows were covered with crimson taffeta, and the richest cloths hang over the side*. Innumerable small unihrellas, of various admired stripes, were crowded In the intervals, whilst several large trees, heightened the glare, by con trusting the sober colouring of nature. Discolor wale auri per minus aura refulat." The King's messengers, with gold breast plates, made way for us, oral wecommencs d our round. preceded by the innes and the En g. ltsli flag. Vire stopped to take the hand sit every cabneetr, which, as their household Pones occupied several paces in aileauce, delayed on long enough to distinguieh some of the ornaments its the general Meow rI aplsedwi and 011401H•10011. - The tattooers, as did their superior captains and attendants, wore Ashantee digits, of extravagant uric, Amos the costly fort ign silk* which had been unravelled to weave them in all the varieties of colour, as well as pattern ; they were sif an incredible size and weight, and thrown liver the shoulder rattly like the Homan toga ; a small silk fillet generally encircled their temples, and mealy geld necklaces, intricately wrought ; suspended Moorish charms, dearly purchased, aid endowsl in small square eases of gold, silver, anti curious, I nitatlidury. Sante wore necklet-es reaching to the naval entirely of aggry ebtlUIT ; a band sif gold and beads encirtlul the knee, from which several strings of the same depended ; small cir. des of gold like guineas, rings, end casts of animals, acre strung round their antics ; their sandals were of gem'', red, and de licate whine leather ; manillas, and rude lumps of rock gold, huts' from their left wrists, which were so heavily laden as to be sup ported on the head of one of their handsomest boys. Gold and std. ver pipes and canes dazzled the rye in every direction. Striders and rams heads as large as life, east 112 gold, were suspended from their gold-handled swords, which were held around them in great numbers ; tile blades were shaped like roimil hills, and rusted in blood ; the sheaths were of leopard skin. or the shell of a fish like shagreen. The large drums supported on the head of one elan, and beaten by two others, were braced around with the thigh bones of their enemies, and ornamented with their skull,. kettle drums resting on the ground, were scraped with wet finger., and covert,' with leitp.ml skim The wrists of the drummer* were I g with bells and riotously shaped pieces of iron, which gingied lousily as they were beating. The smalls drums were suspended from the neck by scarves of red cloth ; the horns (the teeth of young elephants) were ornamented at the mouth-piece with gold, and the jaw bones of human victims. The war caps of eagles feathers nodded in the rear, and large fans, of the sing feathers of the uteri:ls, played around the dignitaries ; immediately behind their chairs (which were of a black wood, almost covered by halve of ivory and gold embossment) stood their handsomest youths, with coralets of leo pard's skin covered with gold cockle shells, and stuck full of small knives, sheathed in gold and silver, an d the handles oh blue agate; cartonch buses of elephatit's bide hung bc.ow, mniunented in the state manner; a large gold-handled sword wail thud behind the lett alioulder, and silk "carves and horses tails (generally white) streaintsl Iroin the arms and waist cloth : their long Danish muskets hail broad rims of gold at small distances, and the stocks Vat ornamented with shells. Finely gniwn girls onkel behind the chairs of come, with silver basin's. Their *beds (of the most laborious carved work • and generally with two large bells attached to them) were conspicuously placed on the heads of favourites ; and crowds of small boys were seated around, dourishing elephants' tails curious y mounted. The warriors sat on thy ground dose to 0101%4 sod so tiiirkly US rout to admit of our passing without treading on their feet, to which they were perfectly indifferent ; their caps were of the skin of the pangolin and leopard, the tail* hanging down be hind; their cartouch lieles (composed of *mall giants which hold th.• ells: a cs, and entered with leopard or pig's skin) were ettibussul with rid - obeli', sod small brass bells thickly hung to them ; on their hips and shoulders was a cluster of knives ; Iron chains and eiders dignified dui mad dying, who were prosir of them than of geld ; their muskets had rest' affixed of leopard's skin, and the locks a covering of the same; the sides of their faces were cu riously painted in long white streaks, and their anus alai striped, lwving the appearance of armour. We were suddenly surprised by the sight of Moors; who afforded the first general diversity adroit.; there were sent mein superiors, arrayed in large cloaks of while satin, richly trimmed with span. glut embroidery, their shirts and trowsers were (Walk, mid s very large turban of white usualiti was studded with a border of different coiner's! stone, : their attendants wore red caps and turbans, and long white shirts, which hung over their worsen,: those °fate in feriors were ill dark blue cloth : they slowly mise their eyes from the ground an we passed, and with a meet malignant scowl. The following was the Treaty entered into between Mr. on the part of the Governor and Council at Cape Coast Castle, and tln• British Gowen 1111 l •rit and the Bar harian Monarch% of Ashantee and Dwatitri : Treaty made and entere,l into by 1110111 All Edward Bowdich. Esqq.. in the numr of the Governor and Conned at Cum: Coast Caudle on the Gold l'oaat of Attica, and on behold of the British I.lu 'eminent, with Sai Tootoo Qoantina, King of Ashantee and its Dependriwitv, and Boltinnee Quanta, King ut Dwabin and its • Depesidenciev. - - Ist.. There shall be perpetual peace and harmony between the British subjects in thia country, and the subjects at the Kings of Aahamee and I/wabin. 2,1. The rmne shall exist ba'weers the Ma Ices rif the King. or and Ihrabin, and all nations of A trice residing under the protection of die l'unpaoy's forts and settlement' on the Gold covit ; and it is hereby agreed. that there are no palaver' now exiating, and that neither p a sty h as any c l a i m upon t h e ot h er. 3d. The King of Athwitee does the timothy of the people of Cape Coast, from the howllitiea threatened by die people of ith. In order to avert the burros of war, it is agreed, that in any case of aggression on the part of the natives under British protection, the Kings shall complain thereof to the Governor-i n. Chief to obtain rethess, and that they will in tin instance resort to botailities, even against theother towns of the Fantee territory, with out endeavouring as much as posvible to Jet an amicable ana tge. ment, atfuetting the I ;to...mar the upptattitiiiy of propitiatiog it, as for as he may with ditieretion. sth. The King of Astiantee agrees tat permit a British officer to reside eunstasily at his Capital, for the purpose of institutit% and preserving a regular ciatiamunicaties with the tiovcrutie.in-Chief at Cape Coast Camtle. ath. The Kings of Ashantee and Dwabia pledge themselves to countenance, promote, and encourage the trade of their subjects with Cape Coast Castle and its dependencies, to the extent of their power. . - - 7th. The Governors of the respeetive forts shall at all times afford every resection in their power to the persons and property of the people of Ashantee and Dwabin, who 'nay resort to the water side. &h. The lioversor-in-Chief reserves to himself the right of Dishing soy subject of Ashaoteut or Ihrsbto guilty of sccoodary offences, but hi ease (Warty triune of anagnitudi.. he will send the offender to the Kings, to be dealt with according to the laws of his Cottrttry..,.. thh..The Kings agree to commit their children to the eon of the 410,m -in-Chief, for education, at Cape Feast Castle, in the full confidence of the good intentions oh the British bloreroment, and of the benefits to be derived therefrom. 10th. The Kings promise to direct diligent imptiries to be made respecting the officers attached to the mission of Major John Pal. die, and t'apiain l'ltionlas Campbell ; anal to influeon and oblige the neighbouring kingdnnis and their trPoutaries, to befriend them as the subjects of the British tinvernrnent. Signed and sealed at Coomassle, this jtli day of Septa:lbn, in the year of our Lord 11117. i'he mark of a.ll BITOO I N.% (LS.) The mark of al /ITINNEE QI TA MA :sol (LS.) TI1()31.lfi EDWAIII) 1141%411(11. (LS.) The following extract of a letter from the Agent for Lloyd's at 'Tortola, dated the pith of March, was on Satur day posted at Lloyd's:—" There are three or four French men of war in our vicinity, where they have been hovering during the last three weeks. Out' of them, a brigantine, tired two guns at the Europe, Hanby, which aaded for Liverpool on the tith inst., shortly after she left this port, bnt on showing her colours took no further notice of her." Ft: At Ta.tor.—Arrangements are making in Birming ham for the introduezion of silk manufactures, owing to the twwly redness' chi:this, which, it is calculates', will ens ploy 40,000 or SO,OOO ham's. At Alailehest: r, Mucks field, and ih all partssof Lancashire, the swine enterprises are en foot. It is imagined that five millions of new ca pital will be embarked in this manufacture befog" the etsd of the year. Unless the Spitallields trade Is relieved from its present bunko., there will be an end to the London manufacture of this article.-I,eeds Mercer,. THIRD :REPORT FROM THE SELECT vommITTEI; ON ARTISANS AND MANIINERY. In going through theme Reports, which contain the hest lectures on po/iticed economy, as it respects the important , subject to which they relate, we were forcibly struck with the conviction that every system of laws, whether they affect the government of the nation at large, or regulate its trade, the labour of ha artisans, the exportation of its ma chinery, or enter into say part of its manufacturing detail, if enacted on any other principles than those of free and fair competition, are not only in theory unwise, but are practically injurious, in the end, to those interests, what ever they may be, which they were selfishly intended to: protect. The dreadful consequences of a eersihinutirm' among. workmen is dwelt upon with an eamemtnixs of la mentation that makes the hair of our legislators stand on end, and, after all, what is its object, and whence did it arise? COITIIIIOtI sense points out to every one, that the remedy for individual weakliess is collective strength ; a confederacy among the feeble is tht ir only chance of suc cess against the alliance of the strong. The mailer, are strong in power and wealth, and when they employ this superiority to the prejudice or oppression of the wool-men, the workmen in their turn combine to resist it, and their defeated employers instantly raise an outcry against this moil rlartning evil, which their own avarice has generated, and at length succeed, by !heir importunity, in procuring the most severe laws to be passed against cumbiuulivas among leurkmen, by means of which laws they can them selves be unjust with impunity ; for the discontented being singly and successively subdued, they are enabled to triumph over all opposition. The motion for the repeal of he= combination laws, which conics on very shortly, will, we trust, be effectual ; we cannot figure to ourselves any unprejudiced mind su constituted us to hold Gut against the I vidence contained in these Itrpirts, to the subject of which the Committee have devoted themselves with a diligence and impartiality which does them infinite credit. We pro ceed to lay before the reader the most important puts of the evidence of Mr. ALLXANDI.II ' as to iiie eacileishments "tatesalla France for the mikingollnuery:" Mr. Alczawder called in anti examined. Have you hid opportunities of knowing *Sat manufactories are establiyhed for the making of machinery in France krow, ge nerally, the cotton manutactorits in France. I know the spinning machine and weaving machine • they are carried on there to a very great extent. I was In Manc hester in WA, when the first decree of Napoleon prohibited all the manufactured cotton goods of this country. Will von state whit number of cotton spinning fachnies wow exist in France, and the phere where they exist ?—%Ve have Now between five and six hundred cotton mills, fur spinning utvartous classes. have you got any list of the places ?—Rouen. in the department of IA Seine Inferictise ;" Lisle, in the department of the North ; ht. Quentin, in the department of l'Aisne and Mitlhoma, whi c h is the department of " hoot Rhin." These grr this tour principal departments of France, where there arc c:itton %mimes, weavers,' and calico printers. Will you state the number of spinning machines, and of each kind. that are in each of those departments ?—1 cannot state that correctly ; it would be difficult at present to do so, yet 1 have it under hind, and expect to have it shortly finished. Cannot you state about the number in each department ?—1 sup pose in the Haut Rhin, about 2h spinning mills- What are there in the other departments ?--In the department l'Aisne, I suppose there arc very nearly Intl cotton iniumfactoriss, about tiro same magnitude as those in the " Seine Inferieure t" and in the department (Aare north about lON .aitoljoej!loo of td'_ ferent extent. We have many other cotton manufactories, besides thaw in the four departments I have mentioned ; they are scattered over several places in Franca. Have you sitarist, manufactories l—%Ve have a great number of weavers, but our weavers are exactly like those in England, divided in our several departments; we have very few master weavers who keep all their workmen working in the same shop, except in Haut Rhin." Then they are not in largemanufactorier ?—A very great number a weavers are attached to all arge manttlaetorim, but seldom work together in the sante shop. Are they in the woe departments as the spinning ?—Yes, generally no. Have you any cairn printing manufactories 9—A great number. In what districts?—Particularly in the departments of the " lima Ithin," and "seine Interiense " Since what time have they been established ?—ln the department of tbs " ilaut Rhin" they have been established about 40 yaws; they we far advanced before that time, and even before lilulhouse belonged to France. Ify whom are those manufactories for spinning' and weaving principally conducted; arc there any I higlishinen who assist in the conduct of those manufactories e— A great number. Are they managers of the niaisulueturien?--Sonte part of them, hut Plot in the calico printing manufactories, chiefly in the spin ning cotton Are they in the weaving /—Vcs. for the power looms; there', areseveral power looms now at work, cooducterlsby Are the Committee to understand, that moat of those cotton manufactories are conducted by Englishmen ?—•-oatirtimes Eng lishmen act as tOreMell ; but the common cotton spinners of Manchester and llisagow do nut wane to France, as we cannot pay limit sufficient wages. Its spinning factories it is only the foreman who is an English man ?--,lost so. Front whence are those manufactories now supplied with ma chinery 7—'l'hey are supplied by their own machine makers. Where is mach machinery made P-111 Ilaut Rhin, in Paris, in St. Quentin, and Rotten. Who are the conductors of those manufactories of machinery are they Englishmen or Frenchmen P—There is in Haut Rhin a very extenaive manufactory set up by an Englishman. 1% . hat is his name ?—1 fi von. llow many years has lie been there P—Five years • and he is in. creasing his manufactory : he had no money when he came to France from Manchester. What number of workmen may he now employ P—lle told me he had about ILO men at work in lila shop. Arc ninny of divan Englishmen P--Very few. Does he supply the principal part of the machinery which Is wanted in that department ?—l'es ; but besides Mr. 1/ixon there is a Mr. Douche, who makes a great quantity now. Is there any other manuf a ct o ry in that district for machinery ? There may be others there ; there are others at Bourn. Wini conducts theme. P . —There are several Englishmen, and and several Frenchmen, but I do not know their names. Are there any Englishmen employed P—A great number there. Dues Douche employ English miliaria ?—No. At Rouen, how many Englishmen arc employed in the manu factories cannot state the number; but there are a great many. !fn. you know the proportion of I:neigh, with the other workmen employed then• been informed by the proprietors Mot they employ a great number of Englishmen. The superior despatch with which an English artisan puts his works out of hand is remarkable. It appears from the evidence of Mr. Alexander, that a Frenchman, if he has a good model before him, will make the ma chict, whatever it may be, as well as an English mechanic could do; indeed so correctly, that no ditkrence in the workmanship is visible: but the great difference is in the comparative quickness with which they are made, as the same number of onr workmen will turn out sixteen ma chines in this country, in the same time that an equal number of French workmen will turn out onlyjiiiir of the same description. l'his dispatch he attributes in part to the superior wtience of our workmen but more to the great variety of the tools used in English manufactures, by which their labour is facilitated. As to the policy of prohibiting the exportation of machinery, the evidence of the sates intelligent witness proceeds thus ; You have been atquatuted with tuauy of the anioufactories for many yews ?—1 hav:. It the law is Eimghi d had permitted machinery to go freely out, would all those 1111141UIACtutiCil that have grown up in the last ten years have been established 7—Not to the same extent that they mow are for the machine maker, but very little dilli:retice to the other I manufacturer.. Would much machinery go, If the laws which now prohibit the exportation were repealed f—Vea, 1 think so, bccau.e our animistic niters have thought that the English machinery is much better than the French ; and were it at the wine price, if a machine cost in France lOW., if a Frenchman could get it Irons England at that price, he would give the torch-rent*, linen the aka that. the English was &KILN I toot not Out write from their finding thelE better 1 , --They have, I dare bay, found them better. Von think the proficiency in France makes their machines now almost equal to our own believe they raw make Lice as good with the., machines as with the English. I have some lace made in Farisand in Calais ' and Minty, which I could not distinguish from the lace made in England. Arc there any Englishmen who work or direct thoselace machines in France P--The lace niatlinea in France ate gebersdly directed by lingliwiniten Ido not know any manufactory of lace, i.e of uiacitines fur making lace, which is not directed by Engluihmen, or English workmen employed. Art 7 there any ntantifatioriea for the 'Tinning and weaving, which are lately eatablivlted P—There are 'many establialwel, and ill creaaing to a great eaten!. . _ Ira jou say", that the lace manufacture is exclusively carried on by Ettgbahmen d o nut know any without _ .... Are you able to state the number of lace machines that may be in France ? I lately 'set:mined the number of those at C a l e b, thirty.sis machines for bobbin and 3lecklin, which belong to twelve ur tourteth master*, of whom only lIIIC is a Frechman, and there arc many snail manufactories round Calais; they cannot ork without the yarn, which they get thorn England. I put the question, why they established themselves in Valais. in preference to any town hi the interior or France; and to several of them I re alatkeal, that the customs and government looked upon Meui as arnegghrs, because beteg so near the west they (lob/ have their goods Rem Nottingham, and by manufacturing two pieces with I one of their loom., and stamp fifty pieces (smuggled) as made by ' them. But they made Inc a ver y f an o b vervat i on ; t h ey sa id , •• t i. not fur that, it in became we are obligist to smuggle the yarn, we cannot get any yarn in "'rata: to du well tor making late, and we are mint nearer the mod, and we get the yarn in the night." I have stvn several of Ilion at a stand the yarn. Is the importation of yArn entirely prohibited in France i— fintirely... - , Then if Ergfish earn were admitted into France, the manufac ture of tine late windd be murh increried ? Ye, U'ould not the Femurs) of the present laws tend to increase the number of machines but not of Friiich manufacture • they E would buy their machine s f ro m nolanil, as they Intend to ;hinge them, whether the prohibitory lava are repealed or not. They hare all the models of Eitehowl in France at present, and I do not know any machines at Alai:cheater ur elsewhere, the models of which far not iu France. You pay yirm know ro noiebilre in 3lanchcstcr which is not now in France ?—Not oce that is generally known. Do you know whether, in every kind of machinery, improve ments take place from year to ysnr ?—l'es. Having been at Alanclienter • good deal, and at the different ma. attractants in France, can piti mate whether the iiiiprovemenui in the machinery are made in France, as well at in England ? Yes; bat improvements donut go on so quick in France ita in Eng. land, in consequence c.f . experience using less in Friume than to ttmlastl. . . IVould not the inipmvements which take place in Rogiish ma. thinrry have the effect of cur *witty making the manufacturers in France ~ s inus to have the Englieh machines ?-1 think the effect of the repeal of the act here would • mainly be, to prevent our ma. chine matters in Freoce from close supplying the k rench ituttiutec tare's. ho you know, at the present moment, that some of the machine mama/woe' ri in Fiance °Main niachines front England, anti sell them there frequently as their own ?—Yea. Is not that very general ?—Yea; I an positive of it. If the laws in England were repealed, would nut a great portion of the machinery that is used in that country be obtained from En4land ?—A very great yuactity. Would not that imp rove Cie manufacture of the different article' very much in Fiance --l'rolichly it would, in some branches. then the effect of th.• present laws is, to keep back, in sotne degree, the noninfacturea in Fraace ?-1 conceive the present laws to have the effect of the French amaanfeeterer to have his machine, made at Inane, and fa deprive viand Ridge manifest advantage off anpplying other parts if Me world, 6y Mrosint the whole Irwin isitu the hands of Feebler. I will state one fact wkhin, my own knowledge. Pack of PAIN had applied in Eng hind far m ' etes , booms he wimp gong to grose cotton; upon which he received an answer fmm different machine makers in England, through his agent, that he coedit nut get that machinery in England, beennne it rive prohibited. He has directed his views to France, and I know the party who has written to him, they on. supply hint trill. a iiminaity of cotton machinery as prod as it Elig land, although not so cheap. Ho you know whether any machinery for any other country has been made in France ?—Yes ; fur Stritserlkad, Germany, and Do you know whether, if our laws bad permitted the export /if that machinery, the 'lidera would have been executed In Rocked instead of France doubt they maid have &tea t they would have given their orders to LoglanJ, Weems they could have been executed here 40 per cent cheaper, and superior in quality, and with greater despatch. Is there any duty on the export of mach . ;eery/ism France F No 4 but all kinds are aiknee4 to be e.rpirkd. In what state are the Pullen evaatefoetarei *tete P—l had a con versation yesterday wits sumo of the largos manufacturers in France ; they had just anise from Yorkshire, where the 'siva woollen manufacturts are carried on • they 'kilted a numbest of those manufactories. I asked then, ;hat they would think. lithe woollen manufactures of England were permitted to enter France under a certain duty. whether they would he afraid. They an., ssered, " No, not at all, because we should always have a duty oo them . • rod we Ilia', a great number of articles that we could send to kkigland, under a reasonatie duty ; of course, if tee lose one ar ticle. we shall gain by same others exported to E Where is the machiarey which island in the sheari ng of cloth made in France P—Partieuisrly in Pavia 4 the inventor (31r. Col lier, an Englishman) has been established in Femmes for many you% whose French patent is now inutieutied in England. Are you acquainted with the plenienkt mehiser rod in the dressing of cloth f—Not very fully. the laws, prohibiting the exportation of our machinery, *ere repealed, would not France, in the course of a few years, have tstabbslionvita of every description, the same as in England No. __ _ Why not ?—llecaltse Frlnce has woe capital enough to do it, nor that steady perseverance au essentially necessary to establish large works, ercept juiced to It ey the peuhtkitaelt law IV' Ragland. Would not France, on accosuit of the low price of labour, be enabled to underwork the English manufacturer, as to the price of his manufactures I—Never. _ Is not the price of labour In France considerably lower than in England ?—Considerably lower in some parts of France. Do not the English artisans who have gout there, get consida ably better wages threerhen In England ?—They do. What is the reason why an Englishman will receive in a French &malty more wages than • Frenchman, both equally masters ist their business will take an English engineer for example, or an iron founder, or a smith, era turner ; either of these, it g ood workmen, °bolo* ten or twelve francs • day, while the natives will not get more then Ave or six franca. BM /lAA erpkl,s the cause : ail these Alairnaelle masnisfrom-knaliumiam • Iss View* nuoinfseturers as siugled mm, withey have been obliged to get out ul England ea tinted 111e13, therefore great value is put on their abilities ; an the English workmen. from their better aw -1 thod, do inure work, and better than the French ; and though their wages are higher, yet their work does not cost more ntoney in France, than ildone by Frenchmen, At lower wages. Then are the t'ointuittee to understand, that whether the laws are repealed or nut, it will not make much difference to France ?—lt will not make any difference to French manufacturers now. France can go welt alone. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Sta,—ln the public prints of last week, I observed the report of a meeting hvld at the City of London Tavern, for considering the project of erecting a suspension bridge over the 'fhaines, at the cut end of the 'rower, and beg leave to make a few observations and statements respecting it ; but first I cannot help remarking on the unseemly dictatorial language of the projector, as reported in the papers, who declared that his scheme ought to be carried through without regarding the interests of all those who will be affected by a measure, which, to say the least of it, I think is unnecessary. In the prospectus it is stated, that at the towers the height of the bridge, from high water mark, is to be 70 ket, and the greatest height in the centre, 75 feet; and that this " will allow ships of 200 tons to pass under, without striking their top-gallant-masts, and ships of 300 to 400 tons, to pass with main-top-gallant-masts down." In answer to this I can state that 1 have at present be fore me a list of vessels, with the height of their masts, which may have occasion to go under this bridge; the smallest vessel in this list is one of 130 tons hurdle'', and the height of her rnast is 114 feet. Now, allowing that there should be seven feetof this under water when she is fully loaded, which is a large allowance, will Captain Brown be so good as inform me how the remaining 107 feet of a mast is to sail under a bridge 75 feet high its the centre: the rest of the vessels in this list will have to encounter the same difficulty. would request any one who wishes to be master of the subject, only to look over London bridge, and ace how many hundred sail of vessels are lying above the intended site of this proposed bridge, which must all either entirely leave the wharfs to which they at present resort, or else be subject to the delay and inconvenience of coining to anchor below the I.ridge till they have struck their top-mast, or top-gallant masts, which any one at all acquainted with the coasting or fruit trade (in which I might safely say three fourths of these vessels are engaged) must know that they will never submit to, but rather go to other wharfs lower down the river. _ The supporters of this bridge scheme arc aware that this must he the effect of their plan, to turn away the trade from the wharfs above this new bridge; for the projector has been heard to say that he thought they ought to he supported by the wharfs below, as it will benefit their business by stopping the vessels front going up, if the allegations as to the height of masts be correct. For that reason is the trade of the most valuable wharfs on the Thames to be diverted away from them, and a com plete overturn of waterside property to take place for the advantage of a few individuals, for, as to the publicadvan tagr, it is out of the question. The water-side property on the south aide of the river will nut be benefited by it, because the extravagant toll, together with the distance of the descent of the bridge from the wharfs, &c. will more than counterbalance the disad vantage of going round by London-bridge. 'lbis bridge, if erected, will command both the Tower and the proposed St. Katharke's 1)ock, neither of which can from thenceforth be considered u places of security, and it will moreover block up by its pillars the only thoroughfare which will be left to the water-side property in that quarter, after the proposed new docks are inclosed. I am, Sir, NO 111011 FLYER. NA rt.'s, APRIL $.—A new loan, to a small amount, has been contracted for Sicily : it is saiol to be for 150,000 ounces, which Mr. Rothiehild has taken on him, ler the name, it is affirmed, of Talonel and Co. The condi tions are not known, but it is believed that the Govern ment does not pay more than & per cent. interest per Ylllllllll. 7114 EAST INDIEB. [Men tlw Ne. ef the eithifie Jestrool, published se Saiesigyr blornlng.] CALCUTTA.—Thin city has been agitated orainsupd.fnes, about six weeks, with a succession of exaggeratedrunalwes. respecting an attack upon the British frontier by " Majesty of the Golden Feet," alias the King of Ara. At: length, however, it was ascertained that the war supposed to be raging between the two empires, was. nothing mow than an insolent attack on the part of the Burinaha titian the island of Sbapuree, situated in one of the mouths of the Buraupooter, and which indisputably belonged to tho. British government. However petty the affair was, is.espio.' trotted with the rumours thp,t were afeit respecting it, it . was impossible that the indman goverrnnent should pass it over in silence. Consequently, such an expedition ha's . been despatch e d t o t h at quarter, as w ill command cespoct, while a proper spirit is sheitn by our diplomatists. • There are also military umny.:ments on our westeris trek:- tier, but • qually trifling. The government of Oudiporo appears to be in 1 somewhat distracted state, arising, as we should imagine, from time feudal arrogance of the principal chiefs. Our reader are aware that the British government. engaged, at the claw of the lite Mahratta war, to maintain die internal peace of this principality. Consequently our strv . c.is are now put into requisition, to reduce the fortified town of ilueneergur. The Ralpoot nobles arc a haughty race, and will doUbtless give tie trogble even wbeve have little prospect of success; ,but the truly valuable prits;. lication of Sir John Malcolm gieon us reason to hope, that or already command both the tespect and confidence of the bulk of the population. The expedition l termed from the Nusserabad end &rowel detachments., and is under the command of Colonel Lumley. The very Reverend Doctor Jaoolmus, an Armenian by birth, but a dignitary of the Catholic Churcli, ha; totently arrived at Calcutta from Rome. The Rev. D. Corrie, LL.B., Stair Chaplain ,of this presidency was intellect Ayclulwoou ar Calcutta with the Amid earth - Wes, on the isth October. Mamas.—Ovr intelligence from this presidencyss down to the beginning of January. The most interesting cioeur i . tense wr hare to roefflibb, is the e s tablishment of i male and female Orphan Asyligrim, in the Black Town, for such chil dren as are not eligible to be admitted into the military asylum,. The foundation stone of the edifice to he erected was laid by the masonic body with the mummery with which they usually amuse themselves on such occasions. Sir Charles G. Metcalfe, ban., ltswitient at Hydetahad, had been so seriously indisposed that he was obliged to leave Hyderabad, few Calcutta, to obtain the best medical advice. The peornment yacht had been sent ftom Cal 'cutta for hint early lb November. The scarcity of grain in the line of ctiuntry bCtwoen . ..Cellore and Gonjeoo, was so excessive, that many &milks in the vicinity of Ingeragn had gone without food for too and three days. Government had, hoivercr, taken up ships to convey rice to Corioga. On the night of the .Sied December, a vast multitude assembled in the Black Town, Anti proceeded to break open some of the rice stores belonging to native merchants, which were plundered, and much grain carried off. Guards of native troops were sent to protect property of this de scription ; the mob, however, Waved in a most daring and outrageous manner towards the aepoys, while the latter; we understood, acted with the greatest forbearance, under very tiling cir/bwatisees • two of the mob, however, are reported to be wounded, hod tilled. It is imagined, that not lesli than 100,000 persons were collected. PORTSMOUTff. May 1. ~..... • • • On Wednestlay the Vibelia transport, Lieut. Jim. COle, agent, arrived from Ilaniadom and St. Vincent's; ahe left the former island on the 20th, and the latter the 27th of March. We are happy to learn that all was tr a n qu il i n t h e L eewar d W est I n di a islands., and that they are all considered, with their respective gar. risme, as in a healtilyatate. At Demenua, martial law has ceased since the Ist of January. Colonel Blackwell had been appointed Governor of St. Lucia. A French store-ship had, arrived at Mar. unique, with nothing* for a a linC-4.battle ships, which wens to be laid down at th e Sainte*: but there were no French ships of war on the station when the ibelia sailed. ?bit Gangee, 74, Captaiii Edward Were, t:.13, and the Stterbs 74, Captain Sir Thomas Stain's, K.C.8., were lying at Bal badoes, waiting for T eri . The Athol had arrived with seamen for them, from the An telope, at Bermuda, and railed again. —The troops were thus Aaiun among the Wands :—the 11th Regiment at Grenada, Tobago and Trinidad; 3d Wait India Regiment at Trinidad; bth Regiment at Dominica. and Kt. Lucie; Ith Roe imam at AntiguA, biontstvt, Nevis, and St.Kitt's; Vet Regiment at St. Vincent a ; Stith. yid, and Ist Wet India Regiment*. at karbadoes ; 27th Regiment, and three Companies of the let West India Regiment. at Dennensra. The folloling OMene eras past vergers in the Vibelis :-- Capt. Chada, lot West I n di a Jt eg i ment , Captain Fafrweatber, 121st, Capt. blibaughlin, Royal Engineers, Lieut.-St. John, nth Regiment, Ensign Magee, lit West India Regiment, Assn. tentlrommintry General Spry, and Mr. Milne, R.N. liiha. 1 bi'lizughlin died on the passage, and was buried at sea. The Isis, Hyperion, Emulous. and Kangaroo. were lying at Pees koyal on the 21st Vrbeuery.—The Pyramus end Icarus had enbal for Havannah ; Forte, fur Porto Rim ; Relit-on, for St. Jago de Cuba. . ~ - 1 — •. The mnion er of the With regiment has embarked, with Colonel Gustavus Breen, in the Surrey transport, Lieutenant R. 0:1•41111. agem, for Malta.—The Success, Lieutenant S. P. Pritchard, h att take part of the 24th regiment from this garrison to Hobbit, and bring back pie the 2d regiment. which corps if to take the (lug). at Windier for a short period, previous to embarkation fur the East Indira.—The Prince of Orange, 'deur, T. Williams. agent, and the Ciao, Lime. S. Meredith, are ordered to Cork to tab, the 71st regiment to Quebec, and to bring home the Ist battalion Ugh regiment. —These ships will and on a change of wind. On Wednesday the Sparrowhawk, la, Hon. Camain Dundms. came in from a (mike. This morning the Basilisk, Licutensns Hough, railed twin the !kilns station. Remain, at Spithend— Terror, Sparrowhawk, Ja s p er . I n th e Haltom—Victory, Queen Charlotte, Bulwark, Wtiltaley, Albion, Jupiter, Semarang, Me dina, Cyrene Arrow ; also the Royal George and %Valises and Mary yaChtd.. The Rattlesnake, 21i, Captain ugh Patton, is expected bereft= Chatham, premratory to peat ding to the 1i eat Indies. Captain R. H. Barclay is apputnted to the Infernal, bomb, as Deptford ; Lieutenant George 11. Martin, late Flag Lieutenant to Sir James Whi,ahed. and Lieutenant ('harts Grahsm, late Flog Lieutenant to Sir Alexander 'oelarane, are promoted to the rank of Commander; Mr. J. R. I'. Ilay, Queen Charlotte; and Mesas.. Avame and Wilmot, Britannia, to the rank of Lieutenant. Me. George Muorsom. Student of Naval Arthitecture, to be Foremast of Portsmouth Duck-yard. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCL. t'smarnot, APRIL WA Tuesday morning, the lion, and Right Rey. Henry Ryder, DA) Lord Itidiop of Lichfield and Coventry, underwent the ceremony of installation, in the Cmliedral of Lichfield, and afterwards dined at the l'alare, with Sir C. (hikeley. Bart. At a Congregation on ‘Vedumday last, the following Degree were conferred Uono►ar Nesters of Arts—The Hon. Robert Sumford, of Trinity College, son of . the Earl of Courtown; Edmund Caning("► Smith, Esq. St. Peter's College. Masters of Arts—Rev. Alfred °Meant. Fellow of Trinity Cs& lege; Thonisa Tyleeote, Yellow of St. John's Collqp; Rtvanal. Samuel Fennell, Fellow of Queen's College- Baehr/ors of Arts—Thonins Hopkinson, Trinity CAL (ester. I pounder); Frederick Sully Flood, Trim. Coil (compounder); Harry Lewin, Trio. Call. Henry Ragman. Trin Coll. Horace Walook Ruck, Trin. Coll. Frederick Patterson, Trin. CAL Richard Cham Mellish. Trio. Coll. Randle Hairy Fielding, tit. JoblesColl. Fre derkk Holmes, St. John's Coll. Philip James Chabnk, St. Jolts's Coll. Carlos C. Wheat, St. John's C4)11. C. T. Clark, St. Jab's Coll. James M`Call, St. John's Cell. Henry West, St. Pe*'a Coll &minims Palmer, St. Peter's Coll. France Haylea Wei laston, Pembroke 11,11; John Burk, Queen's Coll. John Olem eroas, Queen's Coll. Henry Courtney, Queen's ColL Edward Hyde Cozens. Catharine Hall ; I luninhrey Thomas Watford, Cathavislm Hall; John C. Brook. Catharine Ilall ; Henry (Sane Brice, Peet Coll. II enry Butterfield. Christ Coll. %Footle! , spencer, William ('. Freeland. Sidnt y Coll. Robert Thomas Adnutt, Me, manucl Coll. Henry lVuodington, Emanuel Coll. 01,111111: MAT I. Wednesday, the first day of Easter Tem. the following Dew were conferred : Doctor la Cid/ Law—The Rev. Edward llenry Dawkins, Pt, uw of All Souls' College. Rachelow is Civil Law—James Wentworth Buller, Fellow of All Soul. oatege. .flusters of Arts—William Strati, Rog. Oriel renege, Oran Compounder; Rev. Frederick Wilkinson. Magdalen Hall: John klaynanl. Exeter College: Rev. John Holding, St. John's Col lege ; Rev. John Stourie Wawataffe, Lincoln College; Rev. Jab Cowherd, Lincoln College; Rev. Thomm Verrone Duren, Student of Christ Church ; Rev. Charles Lacy. ('hrivt Church. Barhelons Arls—John 14'irketirla, Nt. Edmund Hall; Rd Charley Ilippisley Tucktield, Ovid Callow.% In the afternoon of the value day, in full Convocation, the Rev. John ()dente, M.A. Fellow of Lincoln College, and the Rev. Richard Webster Huntley, M.A. Fellow of All Soul.' College. were admitted Proctor, for the ensuing year; and the Rev. Thos. William I 41icaster, M.A. of Queen's College, the Ile , - Romig , Cracroft, lI.A. Fellow of Lincoln College, the Rev. Wm. Simmeor Phillips, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College, and the Rev. John. William Hughes, M.A. of Tilnity College, were adniitted Pau- Proctors. Yesterday the election took place at Linenla Cam, whoa is lloa in, Gentlemen were chosen Fellow. of that Society. wit a— nemia Promo Walesby, 11. A. Scholar of Wadbant Calls; ansl the Rev. Haines Gibbs, 13. A. of Litteola College. 1 o i -, , 1 • , , - ' ... , s1 - I 1 - s 1' f t , i I , I s ' 4 I ( f 1 ,r, '. i , • r 1.: I l 1 . t . g . .. , P 1 .. ~ ! I c ! , , it i, ,I I - .), Iv ; '• l i . 0, -. 11. IT' I' , , ... li: 1 . . ( . 1 . 1 . ..., ~ . ~, , I, ... , . 1 . t 1 ..- 1