The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-10 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

By the embarkation returns that have been received relative to
the 96th regiment of foot, it appears that that corps ereharkekin
three divisions, viz. on the 14th„ 17th, and 21st Septeinher,
board the Spoke, Arab, and Joseph Green, tramports, for convey.
once from timidity to Bermuda. As no official account hat yet dein
received of the loos of either of the above mansisorty, there is reason
to hope that the report of the loss of the right wing, contained jo the
letter from New Brunswick, of the 4th October, may eventually
torn out to be unfotmdcd.

Detachments belonging to the 70th, ifttli, and 96th regirnque of
foot matched yesterday from ‘Vestminater, for Winchestrre and
detachments belonging to the 80th and 95th regiments of infantry, .
for Al anchater.

TERMIN-4TIO:V of the BRADFORD CONTEST

Leans, Nov. 7.
The contest between the master manufacturers and tbsie
workmen, at Bradford, is happily at an and. The 104
advice given to the men has been talon. Oe &WNW,
in the afternoon, nearly a hundred of the Union 'nun
applied to Mr. Wood, one of the principal spinners in the
town, for work at the old wages; and this morning, the
combers and weavers generally followed their example.
On Saturday, the weekly allowance was for the most par:
paid to the turn-outs by the Union committee, sitting ar
the Roebuck Inn ; but the hopeless nature of the contest,
as demonstrated ha this paper of the 29th ult. bad th-
minislied the supplies, while the approach of winter was
daily increasing the demands upon their funds, !thick
could not be answered by a less sum than twelve or :font-
teen hundred pounds a week. The dangei of losing thdir
work entirely, by the introduction of mathinery, and thus
arrival of workmen from other places, had its indoema
on the 'decision. The Committee, boiving to cirentr -
stances, left the workmen to resume their work; and the
masters seem disposed to receive as many of them as thsr
can employ, which may be about one-half the number.
The town of Bradford is, in the meantime, in a state a
considerable excitation. The streets are fillesi with groups
of workmen, some of them deliberating upon .the scope
to be taken, and others reporting the success or failtire'oi
their applications to their former employers. The U..
lhabitants in general are congratulating each other eery
cordially upon the termination of the contest, and
.an-
ticipating the revival of that prosperity which fotAlte
last twenty years has rendered Bradford tine of tie eddst
flonrishing and increasing places ails size in the litagdtrii).
The meeting at Fairweather-green took Oisee this drier-
noon, John Tester in the chair. After some preliraillatv
explanations relating to the conflicting statements winch
had been published on the subject of the amount of wages
earned by the combers before the strike, the Chairmen al. -
flounced, that, having found that the masters copld not at-
ford to give an advance of wages at the price a: which .use
nufactured stuff goods were now selling, a number 'et de
men had applied for work at the former prices, and soave
of them had succeeded; others, it was hoped, would to
equally fortunate, and those who could not obtain work
would still continue to be paid the usual allowance 'Trans
the Union funds. In conclusion, they were cougratuleted
on the recognition of the Union Society by the masters,•les
far as not to require any of their vorkmen to disown it.
With this explanation, and this consolation. the rate:init.
which consisted of froMl,sloo to 1,500 workmen, twined
satisfied; and a vote of thanks was carried unariireoUsh,
on the motion of Mr. Tester, seconded by Mr. Wallwertil.
to Mr. Wood and Messrs. Rand, for the readiness tliev te.sd
shown to meet the men on the present occasien, arid 'for
their liberal conduct towards their workmen. The wer.::.,e
dispersed in perfect good humour, at nightfall, it lavii:g
been previously announced from the chair that nO'hirtVer
meetings would be held at this place.-Lerdt MercUry.

ALout enr-third of the whole import trade into Litgni,ss
and l'orto Uabeito, and nearly one-half of thew:port trine
of those ports, are with the United States. England isse4.4
next to us in theArade.—Baltimore paper.
MONTI:I:AL.—A census has lately Wen taken in ::e
cities of Quebec and Montreal, by The authority of the (...-
vernment ; and the general result, vie tulerstard, fiats :ern
made known, though not officially. A leper from C t:, •:.'a
informs us, that the population of the former place arty, its
to nearly twenty-three thousand, and t xecctis that ot f;',.....-
bec by fire or Six hundred. • It is singular that these 't. a
cities should be so nearly equal in point of numbers, t; to
is not to be rupposed Quebec can long, sustain a`tilat`C6 A
competition, as the whole surfecc'within the wills te• 1.'.-
readv crowded with buildings, and great exertions 'ire
making to increase the business of Montreal. Law:rice
of land in Upper Canada are rapidly settling, some oPtOrna
with a vditable population ; and great plans ire in ttttt►tt,.
don to secure as notch of the trade as possible' thmn abet
shores of the Lakes. It is impossible to foretell •wltp acr.
tainty what would be the effects, if the prepteed Goals
were once opened from ',Ake Erie to Montreal; bet A is
1 certain that the coarse, the veloCity, andilaimbesaght of
i the St. Lawrence, as well as 'the Arnett of tiid eassivew.
6 , would operate very unfavotnabteto Itafi aeon; 'an* *fat
' the canals of New York; ai yrell ils'itie 'ett, ' ~ c.Jl' eottpffei
cut river, if once rendeila 411gaiveoyo oger A linkr,
.srid often a more coevenjset speggeanaliesi walk !h{;At•
• lintic.—New York Paper.