The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-12 00:00:00

THE COTTON TRADE.

The imports of cotton wool during the present year are
as under. IVe shall contrast them with the whole year's
imports of 1823; the heaviest by much that has preceded
the present:—
Repelled to Tot. Imports,
September 3. 1825. 1823.
American - . bags 345,164 448,259
Brazil . . 155.8a9 149,177
- -
West India, Demerara, &c. 20.814 25,362
-
Eslt India - 41,6111 . 38,383

Other Parts (in 18251 62,00
chiefly Egyptian)

10,462

Total to Sept. 3 - 626,160 Total 1823 - 671,623
The deficiency in import of the present year to this
period; as compared with that for the whole of 1923, it will
be seen, is only 45,463 bags, which, with a very inconsider-
able exception as regards IS'est India, &c. sorts, is entirely
in American descriptions; the imports of which indeed, in
1923, exceeded by something more than 100,000 bags, what
we have hitherto had in 1925. But there are many personv,
of good judgment and information, who assert conSclently,
that the total import for the present Year will exceed that
for the year 1821, by not less than 140 to 150, indeed, some
say 160,000 bags. Should this expectation be realised, our
import of North American cottons, will not fall greatly be-
low even that of 1923. What credit then can hereafter be
given to trans-atlantic reports of short crops, &c. when
in the face of assurances of the most positive kind, as to the
great deficiency which we should this year experience, we
find ourselves receiving little, if, at all, short of half as
much again as we did in the year immediately preceding?
By the by, u a further means of comparison, we may
u well supply the total imports of 1824:
American - - Bags 2:11.110
Brazil 145.11:3
West India, Demerara, Bcr. 23.0 I
East India . 49.8;4
Egypt and other parts . 37.R09

537.812
Or less than the import to Septeintxr g, 118a3, by '3V6
bar. Merichesrer

INDIAN AAMT.
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fIOVERNMENT GENERAL ormti.
A PUNDIT AND A MOOLVEE TO BE ADDED TO-EVEIT
• .GIMENT.
Fort William, March itts, kBks.
I. It ii hereby directed, that a Pundit and a Molvee be ael.
' born the Ist proximo, to the Interpreter' and Quartet-PI \mei
establishment, of every regiment of Native Cavalry and Infant" of
the Line:plain. ellow,ance of (eight) 8 'omit rupees per "leasers
each. T:tese men. as well as the regimental moonsbee allowed tp
each la:erpreter, shall be borne upon the muster tolls of thit
Officer. with the rest of his establishment, regularly paid and ac-
counted for in the acquittance rolls, and drawn for sepatately in di*
abstracts, by name.
2. The Putidit and Moolvee are expected to be well Tooted if
the native languages; ,the first in the Ilindee and Nagree readtrlg
and writing ; the second in the Persian ; and their duties will cop-
siat in attendance at all Coale-Martial or Courts of Inqvity
swear in the members of the Court. anti the eviden:Te. according'S
their respective faith. '1 hey will litewise swear in all teethitt.
previous to joining the regiment, withlhe usual solemnities in
front of the colours, after completing their course or drill, by
which time the recruits vijil have acquired a stronger sense of the
Obligation. It will be their duty also to assist and direct all men
in the corps anxious to qualify themselves for promotion by the
acquisition of reading and writing in one or both laugusgeik ash
generally to perform all similar duties that may be assigned to
them by the CoMmanding (kik*, or the Quarter-master of the
regiment; sixty (GO) sonar rupera will be admitted fora shed, ass
school, and for stationery. &c. to be drawn by the Interpreter ana
Quarter-master, annually, and in advance.
3. The instruction of the men in the essential knowledge of
reading and writing, to qualify them for Non-compiallinned Officeri,
should be duly encouraged by Commanding Officers, and the for.
:nation of schools promoted under the tuition of the monshee, pun-
dit, and moolvee ; and white Government would wish 'to r6freits
from interference in the amount of ...consideration payable by to
pupils to their masters for the trouble and time devoted to their in.
*ruction, k is still essential that a maximum shall be fixed, to
omit the dm-hands of the latter. It is, therefore, ditetted, that ab
szpoy shall pay more than two annas per mensem td each or eithet
of his teachers. anft that ho havildar or naick ahall be thieved mote
than four annas per rfiensem. for the period of his instroctinn, either
Hindce or Persian. The study or attendance to be entirely yolun.
tars. and the details regulated by the Regimental monshee, ant
the interpreter and Quarter-meatero7 the corps, under the authority
of the Officei Commanding.
4. From add after the let July, 1828, no tepee mill baproshotea
to the rank of a non-commilaiioned officer, in any corps of the beef
without a competent knowledge of reading and ivritiog ip et ,least
one language, except tot distinguished conduct or buttery in tint
field.

COMBINATION p.rtßADESArladjtirit

Owing to the zealous. exertions of Mr. Farrell, the me.:
ritorious and indofatigahle chief constable of the Dublirk
police, we have gained some insight into the Ora:ceding, of
the wicked combination which has for some time past ex-
isted amongst the workmen of Dublin. Mr. Farrell having
learned,. that a party of sawyers were to assemble for some
deliberative purpose•at Brady's public-house, corner of Sh ip-
street, on Sunday night, took measures accordingly, and
just as' the " President" had taken the chair Mr. Farrell,
accompanied by two of the police, made his unwelcome
entrée, and quite in time to seize a letter which the presi-
dent was about to read. Upon inquiry Mr. Farrell was in-
formed by the president, Mr. Mooney, a sawyer, that the
meeting was assembled for a charitable purpose, that of
making arrangements for the relief of some of their CA
members. Mr. Farrell then proceeded to read the letter,.
which purported to be from a person named Graham (a
saddler), congratulating the meeting upon the success of'
" the Union, in ravine the lives of the four men convicted
of the attack on Mr. Butterworth. The writer next pro-
ceeded to impress upon the meeting the necessity for the
honourable discharge of the expenses incurred in their pro.-
ceedings to obtain that object, and stated, that there was W
sum of 21. 10s. due to himself, besides Si. to Mr. William
Hall, and then most strongly urged the expediency of sub-
scribing fifteen shillings from each trade, to pay off the
, costa due, and also to form a fund to enable them to bring
a writ of error against the conviction, and in which they
had no doubt but they would succeed, and thereby procure
the liberation of the four men in November hest ! The
president denied to. Mr. Farrell having any knowledge of
the wriicr;of the letter. The president ani secretary bay-
ing undertaken to appear at the bead polr:c-office, on next
morning, Mr. Farrell departed. Those functionaries ac-
cordingly appeared before the Magistrates, and after some
explanation were dismissed.—Diehlia Fr eeman's Journal.

hENEFITS or MACIIINERY.—It is a cnrious fact, that
although the Combing wool used in the stuff manufacture
of this county, which thirty years ago sold for 18s. a tort
(of 2Slbs.) now sells for 455. yet the pieces made from the
wool fetch less money in the Bradford and Halifax markets
I now than they did then. This is the effect of machinery
the advantage of which is thus felt both by the land owner
an't the public. In the mean time, the master manu—
facturers have flotirished, and the wages of the embers
and spinners have alvanced; the only thing that has re-
mained stationary, or rather that has retrograded, is the
wagea of the poor weave, who is now receiving less money
for a day's labour, by five 'and twenty per cent. than was
paid to him before the breaking out of the French revo-
lutionary wars, when provisions were five and .twenty pee
cent. lower than they are at present. —Leeds IlifePrety.
&rare of TRADE.—At the Excise Sitting on Tuesday
last the amazing sum of 16,000/. was flitcl by Messrs.
Marsland and Son, for the last six weeks' duty on calicoes
printed at their est abli Omen —Stoclesort Adrerfiser.
The Bristol Auxiliary Bible Society has unanimously
adopted a series of Resolutions, disapproving, in very de-
cided terms, of employing the funds of the Bible Society
in publishing or circulating the Apocrypha. It appears
that the Catholi•es of the Contiriettt will not generally re-
ceive the Old Testament, Unless the Apocryphal book* are,
without any distinctive mark, intermingled with the
canonical. The Parent Society has, in consequence, ap-
pointed a Select Committee, to consider whether it will Le
proper for the Society to assist in the distribution of Bibles
with the Apocryphal hook thus inserted.
A new road is forming across the Bishop of London's
estate at Paddingtor, which will unite the Marylebone
with the Uxbridge-road at Bayswater, and by which route
it is supposed that the Western mails will proceed, instead
of by Oxford-street and Piccadilly, when the new Post-
office is finished.

The new street from Northumberland House to the
British Museum, we are most happy to state, is in pro-
gress—the parishes of St. Martin, St. Ann, and St
Giles, through which it will pass, have presented memo-
rials to Government in favour of the great undertaking;
and the drawings by Mr. Nash are represented as beauti-
ful and magnificent in the extreme. It is, we understand,
in contemplation also to build a new street upon similar
plans from Waterloo-bridge, so connecting itself with the
main avenue as to take the line of Charlotte-street, Bed-
ford-square, and Gower-street, into the /few-road, and
thence into the North-road, opposite Frederick-glare.--,
John BuY.

The market cross of Leeds hat been removed by order of
the Commissioaers fur carrying into erect the Leeds Im-
provement act.
The game certificates taken uut this year are said to be
more numerous than ever before remembered.

POTEEN.—On Tuesday, a General Officer. iu this city
was waited on at his house by a revenue officer, and re-.
quested to order be butler to deliver to a porter in waiting
ten gallons of potecn, which the General hsd jug! put-
ci•ased. The General, seeing it was impossible t 3 hold
out, surrendered at discretion, upon which the captor
marched off in triumph, with good spirits, and indulgibg
in the pleasing anticipation of n•ceiving the penalty of one-
half of one hundred founds.—Dublin raper.
The South American miners wear boots made or the
tanned skin of the boa-constrictor, which are quite imper-
vious to the wet.

NA TUBE'S Faorres.—There is in this town a pear, of
the Jargonelle kind, of 'cry curious form • the first
blossom produced a fruit, that frurt produced a second
blossom, that produced a second fruit, that also produced
a blossom, and A third fruit is projecting from the second,
with the remains of the third bloom.--Nor•tharrapt.m•fife.
cur,,.
UREA DECO A CCIDE N T .—On Saturday last, %los. Dean,
enfaancttaOnrvgyl
laoolthksisctroschkoitro'r
glkipra.rtAortililessinaHcobwitajerrey's,
and was immediately
carried round by it till the shirt was torn to atoms, whet be
tPorsrle.wivirerilwis'it'iasaniinrr
shaft,
was hurled with much force against a window and seve-re;y
cut and larcerated about the face and neck. Ile was taken
up apparently lifeless and conveyed to the Hinge of Reco-
very, where it was founit he had sustained a compound
.facture of the arm and &dislocation of the tight knee. The
force with which lie.was flung from the shaft to the wis-
'ilow was so great as to knock out the greater [art of the
frame. He lies is a. 4ngerous state, without hopei of an•
COtelfy.—ilamoiesltt4Ciatarlitiß.

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THE BRADFORD CONTEST.
irrorn the Leeds Mere ury.l
A petting of a very important nature in improbable in-
ilateffee upon the matters in dispute between the master
tuautrfacturers of Bradford and their workmen, took place
last Thursday, in the Court-house, at Bradford—G. T.
a.ister, Esq. in the Chair.
The CuataitArr announced to the Meeting, that in con-
Mequence of the circular transmitted by the 'Bradford ma-
nufacturers to the persons in the same line of business at
a distance, calling for their co-operation to resist, and put
down the combination of the workmen, which had so long
-existed, a number of communications had been received,
some of which he read to them.
It appeared that a meeting of the manufacturers of
Keighley, &c. had been held at the De-
vonshire Arms Inns in Keighley, on Tuesday last, to de-
termine upon the proper answer to be returned to the
Bradford circular, when after mature deliberation it was
resolved to oppose the combination formed amongst work-
people' and the following Resolutions were passed
people,
it is our determination to turn off all who are in the
'Comber,' and Weavers' Union.
?it —That it is our determination to nun all off who ran be ascer-
tained to support the embers' and Weavers' Union in any man.
net. either hirect or indirect.
These Resolutions were numerously signed.
The CIiAIRDAN, on looking over the list, said, that it
contained, with the Bradford masters, a large proportion of
the worsted trade of the county of York.
Mr. SUGDEN, the Chairman of the Keighley meeting,
stated, that their list contained the names of all the prin-
cipal manufacturers in that part of the country, and they
were estimated to employ from seven to eight thousand
ember, and weavers. He added, that their determina-
tion was to carry their resolutions into effect on Saturday,
(this day) and to dismiss every man who would not abjure
the Union by withdrawing its name from its books, and
by ceasing entirely to contribute to its funds. In answer
totha question, what they should consider as a test of their
men not being in or supporting the Union, they said
that they should not require them to sign any paper to
that effect, but they would question them closely, and
aatiefj themselves with a verbal assurance that they were
not connected with it directly or indirectly. As to discon-
.tinuing the working of their mills they did not think it ne-
cessary or politic. On a former occasion; about two years
ago, they had broken up a combination without resorting
to that expedient, or making any advance of wages, and
they conceived that they should now be able to effect the
same object by the same means. Nor did they think it ne-
cessary to abstain from purchasing tops. They thought it
advisable to act as a distinct body from the Bradford ma-
nufacturers, but to co-operate with them for the same end,
which was to break up the Union, and to resist the demand
for an advance of wagrs. From the present state of the
trade they considered this a favourable time to resist the
demand made by the work-people, and they thought all
advance on combing wages unreasonable and uncalled-for,
and as to the weaving wages, they had been reduced both
n the neighbourhood of Keighley and Halifax since the
turn-out at Bradford.
Mr. PODIA'', a gentlemsn from Kidderminster, on being
asked what were the feeling~ of the masters in that place
with respect to the Union Societies, said, their workmen
were all Union Club men, and to such a puts was their
tyranny carried, that no master could employ any work-
men without first asking permission of the club. Ile ad-
vised that the Bradford circular shoud be sent to the
Kidderminster houses, which was determined upon.
A manufectrerer from Halifax said, a meeting would be
held in that neighbourhood by the masters on the subject
ut the Bradford circular, and he believed they would ac-
quiesce in the measures to pnt down the Union—they
would be materially influenced by Mr. Akeroyd's views on
the subject, who was at present from home.
The Keighley manufacturers were reminded, that at a
meeting held at Bradford, on the elst of June last, a reso-
• lotion was passed, which it might be advisable for them to
adopt, namely, " That no master shall employ another's
work.people, until one month after the Chairman, with the
consent of a general meeting, shall have declared, either
that the Weavers and Cambers' Union has been dissolved,
or that it has ceased to be injurious, unless the master of
the hand seeking employment shall give him a note, stating
that he is at liberty to get work where he can." In this
suggestion the Keighley gentlemen concurred, and it was
nuderstood, that they would regulate their conduct towards
' each other accordingly.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the chairman made a
powerful call upon the manufacturers, of whom there were
sheet one hundred present, to act with cordiality, firmness,
rale faith towards each other. This, alone, he said,
• secure success, and if they pursued this course, aided
as they now were by the co-operation of their fellow
tradetmen, and favoured by the present state of the trade,
'Atte overthrow of the formidable combination, which they
Dad so long resisted, was certain.
• After the general meeting had broken up, the Associated
lifillters of' Bradford remained in deliberation for some
time, and a motion previously made for rescinding the re-
solution restricting the masters to buy tops of each other
or.ly was discussed, but no decision was come to upon it,
The meeting was then adjourned till Monday, the 19th
inst. to be held in the Court-house, at ten o'clock in the
Morning.
The proceedings of the masters, reported above, which
took place at Bradford, on Thursday, have 'partly anti-
quated those of the workmen at the weekly meeting on
Fairweather-green, on Monday last. At that meeting
John Tester, the secretary, stated, that they bad already
paid away upwards te7 9,0001., certainly a great sum, but
not sotmuch as would be raised by a contribution of six-
pence a-week from 40,000; subscribers. That a larger
number than this had not come forward to support them
was-owing to their ease not being known sufficiently, but
should the threat of their employers be put in practice, not
Er-individual in England should long be unacquainted with'
their condition. They had nothing to fear then from
• this threat, fix ef every twenty workmen who had been
applied to in their behalf, nineteen had cheerfully affi
forded them assistance. Although many bodies of work-,
men had contributed liberally towards their support, they'
had left untouched the money in their boxes, and had
only yet applied their weekly contributions, but he was
Wares! that these funds should be exhausted for them if
it. was found necessary. Places that had never before
made any public collections were now coming forward,
aid Shipey, Idle, Eccleshill, and Windhill, were of the:
number. lames Wallworth next addressed the meeting,
and reported the success of his application to the brick-
layers, joiners, anti bruslimakers of Leeds. The menu-,
faCturers, •he said, with Mr. Moulden at their head,
• akre digging a pit for them, but they would fall into it
themselves. John Thornton, from Keighley, congratulated
the meeting on theepresd of Union societies, and the seal
with which they were supported—at Keighley, he said,
they were williug to lose their employment any day to up-
hold them. If their employers required it, they would
Suit their work hut not the Union; but he believed they
knew better than to fall into the trap that the Bradford
manufacturers had set for them.
When it was ascertained by the Committee of the Union
Society sitting at the Roebuck, thnt the masters in the
Keighley district bad actually recolved to join the associe
ated masters of Bradford, and just at the moment whn-,
• the masters' meeting was about to assemble in the Contr-1
hquse on Thursday, the- Union put forth a placard, in
which they declare that, as the combination against them
is extending, and measures adopted that are likely to be-
came very serious, they will, in order to oppose most suc-
cessfully the harsh conduct of the worsted maculae-
tuners of this county, make known their ease to the ope-
ratives of every town in England, by delegates, and that a
earcular letter-shall be written, requesting the operatives of
every trade to send a delegate to Bradford as soon as
rieible. 'ln the Meats time every wool-comber and etuff-
.
fearer in the country is desired to acknowledge his at-
tachment to the Union, whatever rosy be the consequence,
and so attend their meeting on Fairweather-green next
Monday, when their desires and future plan of action will
be made known.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.

Wind. S.W.—High Water, 13 m. p. 8.
Arrived last night, the James, Brown, from Archangel ; Stren-
shall, Adamson, from ditto; Squid, Warren, from Faro; Com-
merce, Barns. horn Quebec ; 31aria, Ruck, from Antwerp ; For-
tuna, Maas, from Dentate.
' Arrived this day, the Children& Thomas, from Barbadoes;
Britannia,'Prunniugs, from Newfoundland ; Benjamin,
Sicily Jannina. from ditto ; New York, Bennett,
New York ; Gold Hunter, Wheelwright, from ditto.
The Wakefield, from 31aranham. sailed 21st July. On the 30th
Aug. lat. 48. 28. long. 14. 43. spoke the Hope from Rotteniaoi fur
New Bedford. On the 4th inst. in lot. 60. 46. long. 9. 26. spoke
the Alexander, from Citmervoli for lifiramichi.
The Oscar, 11•Cartney, from Rio de Janeiro, arrived at Mann-
bent, 18th July.
The Commerce, from Quebec, soiled Aug. 2. On the 21st Aug.
in lat. 411. 30. long. 36. 36. spoke the brig Fair Lady, from Clyde,
for Newfoundland. On the 26th, in Is;. 41. 17. long 26. spoke the
Ulysses, front 31aryport, for St. John's, N.B.
Sailed the Favourtte,Billings,for Charleston • Superior, Fanning,
Evelina, Knight; and Manhattan. Hackstaff. for New Fork;
Montezuma, Potts, for Philadelphia; Waterloo, Dudnee,
and Jane. Longbettom, for New Brunswick; William, Shiraton,
for 31iramichi ; Susannah, Beckett' for Trieste; Union, Hutchin-
son, for Bahia; 3lary, Hannah,, for Newfoundland ; St. Peter,
Raby, for St. Petersburgh ; Venus, Black, fur 31obile; Balloon,
Smith, for Baltimore.

SATURDAY

Wind R. to S.S.E.

Arrived the Margaret, Darirs, from London; Vrouw Anne.
from Amsterdam; Thomas and Hannah, Bence, from Cadiz;
Perthshire. Sangston, from Malaga.
Off at lua.past six o'clock.—'f wo sbips, two brigs, and one
snow.

PrirateSignals.—Afesers. J. Bibby, and Co. for the Bootle, from
Li.bon le.srs. Crowder, Clough, and Co. for the South Boston,
from Charleston.
Sailed the Paulina, Jontions, for Antwerp; Louisa and Augusta.
Richter, for Dantric; Orean,Bahlbon, for Elsinore; Crown, Baird,
for New Brunswick: Lancaster, West, for Philadelphia; Philip
Tabb, Wheeler, for Virginia.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS.-.SIT 1' BOAT SEPT. 10.

We have a continued steady demand for B. P. Sugar, and prices
are fully supported, with the exception of the lower qualities, which
are a little lower About 1000 hhds. have been sold. No sales in
Ilavannah, Brazil, or East India Sugar, nor Molasses. Cocoa and
Ginger continue neglected. The market for Rum is steady, at
about 15 puncheons have been sold at former prices. In Coffee the
sale, are only a few parcels of B. P. at steady prices : 500 bags St.
Domingo have been sold at 504. A good inquiry for Pimento. 800
bags have been sold, ordinary at and some few at Lid. a MI.
per lb. In Ashes the sales consist of 650 barrels Pot at 295.
a 295. 6d. for old, and 30s. a 31s. Gd. for new, with 100 brls. Pearl
Ashes at 325. 6d. a 335. In Dyewoods. the sales have been 150
tons Campeachy Longwood at 71. 15s. a 81.; 5 tons Spanish Pestle
at W. 17s. Gd. a 71. ; 15 tons large common solid Nicaragua Wood
at 281., and 3 tons small at 181. 10s. 300 brls. Virginia Tar sold
at 175.; and 4,500 brls. Turpentine at 9s. a 10s. 6d. In Rides,
17,500 Buenos Ayres Ox arid Cow have been sold at 101 d. a !lid. :
' 650 salted at ept.: and 200 North American at bid. Rice, El
casks Carolina sold at 18s. a 225.

Our Cotton Market has again declined during the ably part of
the week, about a halfpenny per lb. The sales by private contract
consist of 4,1(10 bags Upland Georgia- at 6d. a 11d.; 460 Alabama
at 7d. a 91d.; 2,500 New Orleans, at 7d. a la.; 60 Sea Islands at
17d. a 22d ; CO stained Sea Island, at td. a 111 d. ; 900 Pernam-
buco, at 111 d. a 12id.; 1,900 Maranham, at 11d a le.; 100 Egyp-
tian at Md. a 1 lid. ; 360 Bahia, at lid, a Ilid.• 10 Para, at
Iftid.; 100 Demerara, at 101 d. a 11i14 14 earthagena, a
10d.:' 20 Barbadses, a led.; 170 Surat, a &I. a Bd. and
20 Bengal amounts to 10,900 bags. Public sales were held yester-
day, which went otf with spirit, and about id. was recovered of the
former depresilao. The sale consisted 0(2,600 bales Upland at 6ie..
for barely merehantable,oid.and7itl. for ordinary, and 131(1.alid. tbr
fair to good. 700 Albania at 61d for ordinary.7id. for fair, and 83d.
for good. COO Orleans, at Bd. a 91a. for ordinary to fair. About 1,000
Alabama, 1000 Upland. and 400 New Orleans have been taken this
week for export, and 1500 Brasil, and 96110 Upland and Alabama Mr
i speculation. 560 bales Turkey Madder Roots have been sold at 425.',
a 445. ISO bates French at 455. Five cheats East India Indigo
at 9s. 7d. 300 barrels American sour Flour have been sold at
13s. 6d. Timber continues in demand without alteration in prices.
The Corn Market is dull, not much doing excepting a few sales in
low wheat--Prices steady. The gustily of the Wheat from Ire-
land is generally good.

Such is tliedematil for machinery for the new mann-
rectums springing up and other improvements going on in
itis country, that we learn there has been during the last
two years, as many works and as much machinery put up
in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, to make and manufac-
ture machinery for the works alluded to, as had, been esta-
blished for nearly thirty yaws prealling.—Glaigow Carrier.