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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 conceive a spec-
1
tack far exceeding our uriginial expeetatiens ; brit 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, surrounded 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, and 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: acs, 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.

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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 pasty has any claim upon the other.
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-in. 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.

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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 Manchester 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, which 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 manufactory 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 do nut know any without

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Are you able to state the number of lace machines that may be
in France ? I lately 'set:mined the number of those at Caleb,
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 very fan obvervation ; they said, ••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...

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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
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would buy their machines from 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.
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IVould not the inipmvements which take place in Rogiish ma.
thinrry have the effect of cur *witty making the manufacturers in
France ~sinus 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 improve 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 shearing
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.
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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 good
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 :
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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
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